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9525 lines
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{
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"go (away)":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to leave a place or person",
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": to leave home for a period of time",
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": to stop existing or happening : to end"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220623-182105"
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},
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"go down":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a warehouse in a country of southern or eastern Asia",
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": to go below the horizon : set",
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": to fall to or as if to the ground",
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": to become submerged : sink",
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": to admit of being swallowed",
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": to find acceptance",
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": to come to be remembered especially in posterity",
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": to leave a university",
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": to undergo defeat or failure",
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": to become incapacitated",
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": to take place : happen",
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": to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"be",
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"befall",
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"betide",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"come down",
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"come off",
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"cook",
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"do",
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"go on",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"pass",
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"transpire"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"when's the drug deal supposed to go down ?"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1552, in the meaning defined above",
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"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192547"
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},
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"go down (with)":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to begin to have or suffer from (an illness)"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220623-202104"
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},
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"go on":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a stupid person",
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": a man hired to terrorize or eliminate opponents",
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": enforcer sense 2b",
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": to continue on or as if on a journey",
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": to keep on : continue",
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": proceed",
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": to take place : happen",
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": to talk especially in an effusive manner"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00fcn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"be",
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"befall",
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"betide",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"come down",
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"come off",
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"cook",
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"do",
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"go down",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"pass",
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"transpire"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He was beat up by a couple of goons .",
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"an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him \u201cbrainless goons \u201d",
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"Verb",
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"what in the world is going on in there?",
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"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That wish is soon granted when BioSys goon Rainn Delacourt (Scott Haze) kidnaps her and Beta, shipping them off to a black market in Malta. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 8 June 2022",
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"Forgo the fitness- goon look and slip on these stylish, high-performing shades ($130), with impact-resistant synthetic frames and shatterproof lenses good enough for the brightest days. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
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"Chicago finds himself in the middle of a gang war involving a briefcase, a goon with a gunshot wound and a mysterious network of underworld bigwigs. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"There went the grouper, the goon of the reef, who keeps the population under control. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
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"The new clip focuses solely on Susie, as her goon BFFs show her around her new office. \u2014 Jason Newman, Rolling Stone , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"Jackie allows Monica to call her mom, who has been paging, but tasks a goon with hovering his finger over the switch hook. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"Kevin Owens was cut off by a returning Riddick Moss, who will serve as Happy Corbin\u2019s newest goon . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Davis had his own goon squad called State Police going after enemies. \u2014 Dave Lieber, Dallas News , 2 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191910"
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},
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"go out":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to go forth, abroad, or outdoors",
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": to leave one's house",
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": to take the field as a soldier",
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": to participate as a principal in a duel",
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": to travel as or as if a colonist or immigrant",
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": to work away from home",
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": to come to an end",
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": to give up office : resign",
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": to become obsolete or unfashionable",
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": to play the last card of one's hand",
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": to reach or exceed the total number of points required for game in cards",
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": to bring a performance to a close",
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": to take part in social activities",
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": to date someone romantically",
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": to go on strike",
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": break , collapse",
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": to become a candidate",
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": to die, end, or finish in a thrilling, forceful, or impressive way"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"buckle",
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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"crumple",
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"founder",
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"give",
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"go",
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"implode",
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"tumble",
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"yield"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"there was concern that the dam would go out under the force of the flood waters",
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"she enjoys going out on weekends, but during the week she's a homebody"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211724"
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},
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"go over":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to make one's way",
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": to become converted",
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": to win approval : succeed",
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": to be received"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"fail",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"wash out"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-232314"
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},
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"go-getter":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an aggressively enterprising person",
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": a person determined to succeed"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02c8ge-t\u0259r",
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"-\u02ccge-",
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"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccge-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bootstrapper",
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"go-ahead",
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"highflier",
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"highflyer",
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"hummer",
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"hustler",
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"live wire",
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"powerhouse",
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"self-starter"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1919, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195105"
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},
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"goal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the end toward which effort is directed : aim",
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": an area or object toward which players in various games attempt to advance a ball or puck and usually through or into which it must go to score points",
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": the act or action of causing a ball or puck to go through or into such a goal",
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": the score resulting from such an act",
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": the terminal point of a race",
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": an area to be reached safely in children's games",
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": purpose",
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": an area or object into which a ball or puck must be driven in various games in order to score",
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": a scoring of one or more points by driving a ball or puck into a goal",
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": the point at which a race or journey is to end",
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": an area to be reached safely in certain games"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u014dl",
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"chiefly Northern US especially in senses 3b and 2a also",
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"\u02c8g\u014dl"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aim",
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"ambition",
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"aspiration",
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"bourne",
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"bourn",
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"design",
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"dream",
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"end",
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"idea",
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"ideal",
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"intent",
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"intention",
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"mark",
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"meaning",
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"object",
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"objective",
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"plan",
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"point",
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"pretension",
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"purpose",
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"target",
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"thing"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Olivia Moultrie made history on Sunday night by becoming the youngest NWSL goal scorer ever. \u2014 Seth Vertelney, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
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"Pugh scored her fifth goal of the season in the 10th minute by firing a shot from outside the box, which hit the crossbar and went into the net. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
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"An own goal by Hartford\u2019s Rashawn Dally in the 83rd minute sealed the scoring. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
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"Emmanuel Boateng provided the deciding goal in the 87th minute as the Revolution (5-5-4, 19 points) improved their unbeaten streak to six games (3-0-3) in steamy conditions at Children\u2019s Mercy Park in Kansas City. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
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"The defense of the city of Severodonetsk, which is central to the Kremlin\u2019s goal of capturing eastern Ukraine, continues in the face of fierce artillery bombardment and airstrikes. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
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"Colorado won its two games against Tampa Bay this season, by one goal each time. \u2014 Ken Belson, New York Times , 11 June 2022",
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"The Indiana Commission for Higher Education released Thursday data that shows just how disastrous the COVID-19 pandemic was the state\u2019s goal to get more Hoosiers a college education. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
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"Four years later, at age 50, music fan Haller launched her own music business with one goal in mind. \u2014 Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gol boundary, limit",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214004"
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},
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"gobs":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun ()"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": lump",
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": a large amount",
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": mouth",
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": sailor",
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": lump entry 1 sense 1"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
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"\u02c8g\u022fb",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
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"\u02c8g\u022fb",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blob",
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"chunk",
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"clod",
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"clot",
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"clump",
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"dollop",
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"glob",
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"gobbet",
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"hunk",
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"knob",
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"lump",
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"nub",
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"nubble",
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"nugget",
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"wad"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"chops",
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"kisser",
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"mouth",
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"mug",
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"piehole",
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"trap",
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"yap"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1568, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun (3)",
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"1910, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214009"
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},
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"godhead":{
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"type":"noun",
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"definitions":[
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"divine nature or essence",
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"god sense 1",
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"the nature of God especially as existing in three persons"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02cched",
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"synonyms":[
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"deity",
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"divinity",
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"godhood"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly",
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"most Christians believe that there are three separate persons\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014that make up the Godhead",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The go-to collaborator of some of hip-hop's brainiest underground heroes (Freddie Gibbs, late greats MF Doom and J Dilla), Jackson has shaped his latest standalone LP with the help of another studio godhead , Four Tet. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 23 June 2021",
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"Then, after two weeks of impassioned social media debate, \u201970s movie godhead Francis Ford Coppola waded into the fray. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
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"Christianity also shares a certain kind of internal division with Hinduism, over whether and in what ways the godhead is unitary or multiple. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
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"If his supporters managed to ignore the white working-class godhead Bruce Springsteen, who has any hope of reaching them? \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 7 May 2018",
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"Scattered throughout the new expansion are artworks by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone and art-furniture godhead Wendell Castle. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald , 21 Dec. 2017",
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"This answer is pantheist, animist, with self and godhead as terminals on a vital circuit. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 14 Dec. 2017",
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"Emerson had prodded Thoreau to look through nature\u2014not at it\u2014in order to perceive the godhead . \u2014 Longreads , 13 July 2017",
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"Paul Thomas Anderson has not lost a single golden fleck of godhead status or critical stature, even if things have gotten a little poky at the box office. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English godhed , from god + -hed -hood; akin to Middle English -hod -hood",
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"first_known_use":[
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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},
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"godless":{
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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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": not acknowledging a deity or divine law"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4d-l\u0259s",
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"also"
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"irreligious",
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"nonreligious",
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"religionless"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"religious"
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],
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"examples":[
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"treated the God-fearing and the godless with equal respect and compassion",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"According to Happy Science, the virus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government in Wuhan, and then, in a twist, it was unleashed by a U.F.O. to punish the communists for their godless ways. \u2014 Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
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"Government propaganda at home portrayed the communist USSR as godless , tyrannical and antithetical to individual freedoms. \u2014 Oana Godeanu-kenworthy, The Conversation , 27 Feb. 2020",
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"To some, that makes me godless and unworthy of my citizenship. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
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"In the piece French specifically references Chris Pratt, an evangelical Christian cruelly consigned by godless Hollywood progressives to that obscure backwater of the film industry, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"Many Americans don\u2019t fully appreciate just how godless European culture has become. \u2014 David French, National Review , 22 July 2019",
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"The Pixar cosmos may be fairy-free and godless , but at least, Toy Story 4 suggests, a parent \u2014 sorry, a toy \u2014 who serves long and honorably might deserve a few RV trips and cruises with his squeeze before the end. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 11 July 2019",
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"The Ahmarists don\u2019t want to share the public square with the godless and think the French types are naive for believing that pluralism will ever work for conservatives. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 17 June 2019",
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"Despite the decade\u2019s influx of godless movie people and their trailing entourage of wannabes and hangers-on, the city had remained a magnet for aging health-seekers, middle-class snowbirds, and retirees from the Midwest. \u2014 Gary Krist, Los Angeles Magazine , 7 May 2018"
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"type":"noun",
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"a desirable or needed thing or event that comes unexpectedly",
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"some badly needed thing that comes unexpectedly"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccsend",
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"benediction",
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"benefit",
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"blessing",
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"boon",
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"felicity",
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"good",
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"manna",
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"windfall"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affliction",
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"bane",
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"curse",
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"evil",
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"plague",
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"scourge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that holiday bonus has proved to be a godsend for my bills",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And in New York, a patch of grass\u2014admittedly, even turf\u2014is a godsend . \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 16 June 2022",
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"The foldable design makes the No Mo-Stache razor a godsend for travelers and is sharp enough to exfoliate the skin without any tugging or irritation. \u2014 ELLE , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Anyway, Twitter can be a joy and a godsend \u2014 a fantastically useful tool. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"For Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a creative writing professor at American University in D.C., meal-kit delivery was a godsend during the pandemic for her household of five. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"And of course, every solid skincare routine should include vitamin C for brightening benefits, and the Obagi Medical Professional C Serum 20%, Vitamin C Facial Serum is a godsend for anyone with normal to oily skin types. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Suddenly captions became a godsend for understanding television shows and song lyrics. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"My other label has been a godsend after 17 years on that type of major label. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"For a man with a beard, this grooming set is a godsend . \u2014 Anna Tingley, Variety , 18 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from god-sent ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1792, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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},
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"going":{
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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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": an act or instance of going",
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": behavior , actions",
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": the condition of the ground (as for walking)",
|
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": advance toward an objective",
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": that goes",
|
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": working , moving",
|
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": living , existing",
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": current , prevailing",
|
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": conducting business with the expectation of indefinite continuance",
|
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": drawing near to : approaching"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u014d-i\u014b",
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"\u02c8g\u022f(-)i\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"advancement",
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"furtherance",
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"headway",
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"march",
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"onrush",
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"passage",
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"process",
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"procession",
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"progress",
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"progression"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"conventional",
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"current",
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"customary",
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"popular",
|
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"prevailing",
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"prevalent",
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"standard",
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"stock",
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"usual"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Debris in the street made the going difficult.",
|
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"The going got better as we neared the town.",
|
|
"She wrote four books in two years, and that's pretty good going by any standards!",
|
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"Adjective",
|
|
"He's the best novelist going .",
|
|
"what's the going price for a good used washing machine?",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"In the early going , Treasury yields slowed their monster moves higher. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Alexander was an escape artist in the early going , holding the Nationals off the scoreboard despite allowing a pair of baserunners in the first inning with one out, a one-out double in the second and then stranding the bases loaded in the third. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"The music helped make the style of Peaky Blinders topic A in the early going . \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Ben Carlson immediately will be of great interest in the early going . \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"But Gauff did not give her support group much to cheer for in the early going , losing her serve in a hurry in the opening game with a series of errors and one very edgy double fault. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Barwis manager Pat Fucci said the first-year team was formed in December 2021 and struggled in the early going . \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"These services and technologies will likely only grow more relevant going forward as digital transformation finally penetrates the healthcare sector. \u2014 Shafin Tejani, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Things grow choppier in the late going , especially compared with the strong first half. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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|
"Lordstown, which aims to launch its first vehicle this year and doesn\u2019t generate any revenue yet, issued a going -concern warning in June 2021, flagging worries about its financial health. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Kayla Bowling was an easy- going , young mother who enjoyed life and loved her family. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"In short, the Spider was a gateway drug to Italian car ownership: exciting, affordable, and easy- going . \u2014 Ronan Glon, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Last Tuesday, his district approved a mid-year budget change to increase entry wages for cafeteria employees by $1.50 , to a total of $15 an hour \u2014 the going wage rate at restaurants in the area. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In a bizarre and slow- going , motion-to-dismiss hearing Wednesday, Randy Swopes \u2014 the father accused of keeping his 10-year-old daughter captive in a Waukegan basement in 2018 \u2014 struggled to put coherent sentences together while representing himself. \u2014 Yadira Sanchez Olson, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"One is easy- going , messy and unconcerned about the state of her apartment. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Outside of his political engagements, he was most remembered for his generous, easy- going nature that helped him make friends easily and his tireless pursuit of an ethic of love and acceptance. \u2014 Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Totem\u2019s bike also has an easy- going and durable-looking step-through frame, with the battery mounted under the seat for better weight distribution. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 6 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185113"
|
|
},
|
|
"gold mine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": a rich source of something desired"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"argosy",
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
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"mine",
|
|
"mother lode",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The library is a gold mine of information.",
|
|
"the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The gold mine has also been closed until further notice. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The trial proved to be a gold mine for online influencers, who took to Twitch and YouTube to react in real time and posted memes on Instagram and Facebook. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"He\u2019s been booking comedy shows steadily ever since, and credits his personal life for providing a gold mine of material. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Researchers view the records as a gold mine , and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees, a field of research that has seen dramatic growth in recent years through the popularity of home DNA testing kits. \u2014 Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Such databases can be a gold mine for detectives, but their searches by police have alarmed privacy advocates and others. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was seen by auto makers as a potential gold mine . \u2014 William Boston, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Cosmopolitan Mexico City is a gold mine for vegetarian travelers. \u2014 Joni Sweet, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Last month, at least 13 people were killed in Ghana after a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorbike and caused an explosion. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1605, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201412"
|
|
},
|
|
"gold standard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of gold, unrestricted convertibility of other money into gold, and the free export and import of gold for settling of international obligations",
|
|
": benchmark sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barometer",
|
|
"benchmark",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The free silver movement\u2014to allow for unfettered silver coinage alongside the gold standard \u2014reflected these divides. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Power supply filtering is also further enhanced, ensuring the Anniversary Edition \u2013 which weighs 64g \u2013 sets the \u2018 gold standard \u2019 among ultraportable USB DAC/headphone amps. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"As dermatologist's gold standard anti-aging skincare ingredient, retinol is sought after for its myriad benefits like smoothing, firming, brightening and more. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Many pointed me to the gold standard for how schools can adapt to climate change, which is just over 300 miles from Tabor City: Virginia Beach City Public Schools. \u2014 Andrea Stanley, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Many pointed me to the gold standard for how schools can adapt to climate change, which is just over 300 miles from Tabor City: Virginia Beach City Public Schools. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The gold standard , to date, is Casamigos, the tequila brand cofounded by George Clooney and Rande Gerber. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"To date, no large randomized clinical trials (considered the gold standard of research) had investigated whether fish oil and vitamin D could actually prevent the development of autoimmune diseases. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"National Board Certified teachers, who earn what is considered the gold standard in teacher training, already are eligible for $5,000 from the state. \u2014 Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al , 17 Jan. 2022"
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215113"
|
|
},
|
|
"golden":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": consisting of, relating to, or containing gold",
|
|
": being or having the color gold or the color of gold",
|
|
": blond sense 1",
|
|
": lustrous , shining",
|
|
": of a high degree of excellence : superb",
|
|
": prosperous , flourishing",
|
|
": radiantly youthful and vigorous",
|
|
": having talents that promise great success",
|
|
": highly favored : popular",
|
|
": favorable , advantageous",
|
|
": of, relating to, or being a 50th anniversary or its celebration",
|
|
": mellow , resonant",
|
|
": like, made of, or containing gold",
|
|
": having the deep yellow color of gold",
|
|
": very good or desirable",
|
|
": very prosperous and happy"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"roseate",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"unencouraging",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The memoir recounts the golden times in her life.",
|
|
"this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The creative team, led by director Kyle Balda, blends Three Stooges slapstick routines with the classic squash-and-stretch character animation of the golden era, while getting creative with how to stage such gags in three-dimensional space. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"And a little bit of Classic, golden era and current hip hop. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The upcoming decades will be a golden era for the semiconductor industry. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The political drama Borgen first aired on Danish TV in 2010, when TV\u2019s golden era was still on the upswing (Mad Men and Breaking Bad were mid-flight; Game of Thrones and Girls were not far off). \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"By the 1990s, the golden era of girl groups was upon us, thanks to bands like En Vogue, Xscape, SWV and TLC. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"John Lee\u2019s elevation makes clear that this prior golden era of sorts is over, and a new one is under way. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Cruise likening himself to Kelly, one of the best athletes of Hollywood\u2019s golden era, is a fair comparison. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"During the golden era of railroading, after all, practically every major city and town in the United States was linked by passenger railroad. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222429"
|
|
},
|
|
"golden mean":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the medium between extremes : moderation"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middle ground",
|
|
"midpoint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The trajectory's holding steady, not trending to the golden mean of 2%. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The result of this mechanical wizardry is the golden mean of a modern luxury conveyance. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sullivan notes, for instance, Mayan astrologers\u2019 discovery of the golden mean . \u2014 Alyssa Mora, Variety , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The Prediction Survey, Miller's golden mean , has Warnock as a 1.46% favorite. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"This golden mean \u2014or the happy medium where life regains some parts of normalcy\u2014has existed all along in COVID-19 recommendations on a national level, but the strategy hinges on events happening in the right sequence. \u2014 Nsikan Akpan, National Geographic , 13 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Imitation allows for virtuosity but traduces its source, which is why Dryden champions the golden mean of Paraphrase. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 26 June 2020",
|
|
"Whereas a crystal can be understood as a motif of atoms repeating with a certain frequency in space, a quasicrystal involves two or more frequencies and their ratio is an irrational number, like the square root of two or the golden mean . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 June 2014",
|
|
"If Bevin strayed too far from the political golden mean , John Bel Edwards never wavered. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 23 Nov. 2019"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1541, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170326"
|
|
},
|
|
"golden-ager":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an elderly and often retired person usually engaging in club activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n-\u02c8\u0101-j\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"1961, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184530"
|
|
},
|
|
"golem":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an artificial human being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life",
|
|
": something or someone resembling a golem: such as",
|
|
": automaton",
|
|
": blockhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-l\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fi-",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0101-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
|
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
|
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"dip",
|
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"dodo",
|
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
|
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"dork",
|
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"dullard",
|
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"dum-dum",
|
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"dumbbell",
|
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"dumbhead",
|
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"dummkopf",
|
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"dummy",
|
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"dunce",
|
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"dunderhead",
|
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"fathead",
|
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"gander",
|
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"goof",
|
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"goon",
|
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"half-wit",
|
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"hammerhead",
|
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"hardhead",
|
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"idiot",
|
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"ignoramus",
|
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"imbecile",
|
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"jackass",
|
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"know-nothing",
|
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"knucklehead",
|
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"lamebrain",
|
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"loggerhead",
|
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"loon",
|
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"lump",
|
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"lunkhead",
|
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"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
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"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
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"nincompoop",
|
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"ninny",
|
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"ninnyhammer",
|
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"nit",
|
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"nitwit",
|
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"noddy",
|
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"noodle",
|
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"numskull",
|
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"numbskull",
|
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"oaf",
|
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"pinhead",
|
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"prat",
|
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"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
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"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The golem was molded out of clay by an elderly rabbi, who brought his creation to life with a magic spell written on a piece of parchment. \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In this way, by erasing and rewriting that letter, the rabbi could start and stop the golem . \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Likely, many will glean in Yente\u2019s story certain echoes of the story of the golem , that old Jewish legend from Prague. \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But their mission \u2014 to take down Cara Delevingne\u2019s undersketched witch, Enchantress, and her giant golem -like brother \u2014 is a bit of a bust. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"In the back half of Helene Wecker\u2019s new book, The Hidden Palace\u2014a sequel to her popular 2013 novel, The Golem and the Jinni\u2014the golem gets a new job. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 10 June 2021",
|
|
"This entire damage mitigation thing kicked off when PCF patched out a bug that allowed a permanent golem protection shield, reducing damage for an entire run. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
|
|
"For a playground in Jerusalem in 1971, Saint Phalle designed a black-and-white golem , its rippling walls indebted to Gaud\u00ed, with three slides formed from its three giant tongues. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The Flamelurker, an imposing golem of fire, looks like a Diablo monster. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 24 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish goylem , from Hebrew g\u014dlem shapeless mass",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173249"
|
|
},
|
|
"good":{
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"of a favorable character or tendency",
|
|
"bountiful , fertile",
|
|
"handsome , attractive",
|
|
"suitable , fit",
|
|
"free from injury or disease",
|
|
"not depreciated",
|
|
"commercially sound",
|
|
"that can be relied on",
|
|
"profitable , advantageous",
|
|
"agreeable , pleasant",
|
|
"salutary , wholesome",
|
|
"amusing , clever",
|
|
"of a noticeably large size or quantity considerable",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"well-founded , cogent",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"deserving of respect honorable",
|
|
"legally valid or effectual",
|
|
"adequate , satisfactory",
|
|
"conforming to a standard",
|
|
"liking only things that are of good quality choice , discriminating",
|
|
"containing less fat and being less tender than higher grades",
|
|
"landing in the proper area of the court in tennis and similar games",
|
|
"successfully done",
|
|
"having everything desired or required content and not wanting or needing to do anything further",
|
|
"virtuous , right , commendable",
|
|
"kind , benevolent",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"competent , skillful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"free from infirmity or sorrow",
|
|
"in effect virtually",
|
|
"of the highest worth or reliability",
|
|
"well-behaved",
|
|
"very , entirely",
|
|
"something that is good",
|
|
"something conforming to the moral order of the universe",
|
|
"praiseworthy character goodness",
|
|
"a good element or portion",
|
|
"advancement of prosperity or well-being",
|
|
"something useful or beneficial",
|
|
"something that has economic utility or satisfies an economic want",
|
|
"personal property having intrinsic value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments",
|
|
"cloth",
|
|
"something manufactured or produced for sale wares , merchandise",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"good persons",
|
|
"the qualities required to achieve an end",
|
|
"proof of wrongdoing",
|
|
"forever , permanently",
|
|
"in a favored position with",
|
|
"for the best beneficial",
|
|
"in a position of net gain or profit",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"better than average",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"behaving well",
|
|
"pleasant sense 1 , enjoyable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"of a favorable character or tendency",
|
|
"suitable for a use satisfactory",
|
|
"desirable sense 1 , attractive",
|
|
"showing good sense or judgment",
|
|
"closely following a standard of what is correct or proper",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"helpful , kind",
|
|
"being honest and upright",
|
|
"being at least the amount mentioned",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"welfare sense 1 , benefit",
|
|
"the good part of a person or thing",
|
|
"something right or good",
|
|
"products that are made for sale",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"commercially sound or reliable",
|
|
"valid or effectual under the law",
|
|
"free of defects",
|
|
"characterized by honesty and fairness",
|
|
"conforming to a standard of virtue",
|
|
"characterized by or relating to good behavior",
|
|
"advancement of prosperity and well-being",
|
|
"an item of tangible movable personal property having value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"all things under section 2-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than information, the money that is to be paid, investment securities, the subject matter of foreign exchange transactions, and choses in action",
|
|
"all things under section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time that a security interest in them attaches or that are fixtures but excluding money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, and minerals or the like before extraction",
|
|
"goods purchased primarily for personal, family, or household uses",
|
|
"consumer goods that last and are used for a number of years durables",
|
|
"goods of which any unit is by nature or by usage of trade the equivalent of any other like unit especially as defined by section 1-201 of the Uniform Commercial Code",
|
|
"goods that are the subject of a contract but are not yet existing or specified",
|
|
"durable goods in this entry",
|
|
"goods used in connection with the home",
|
|
"furniture, furnishings, and personal effects used in a dwelling as defined by section 7-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code",
|
|
"goods as formerly defined in section 9-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are mobile, are of a type (as vehicles) usually used in more than one jurisdiction, are not covered by a certificate of title, and are either the equipment of a debtor or inventory leased by a debtor",
|
|
"goods as formerly defined by section 9-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are anything other than those covered by a certificate of title, mobile goods, or minerals",
|
|
"goods (as tools and raw materials) used to produce other goods and satisfy human wants only indirectly",
|
|
"consumer goods that are not durable goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8gu\u0307d",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
|
"And now might be a good time to take inventory of how the team has worked over the past two years and reset some boundaries, experts say. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"And now might be a good time to take inventory of how the team has worked over the past two years and reset some boundaries, experts say. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Public transportation is not as good , and sprawl makes getting to some parts of the region difficult without a car. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"As great as Judge has been, the Yanks have been just as good at preventing runs than scoring them, and their exceptional starting rotation has been a big reason why. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"With an increase in opioid overdoses, mass shootings, gun violence and teen suicide, now is a good time to create the mental health board and invest more money in mental health services, said Ventura, a Democrat from Joliet. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But there\u2019s also just as good a chance that both movies will give the husband and wife at least a day or a few days of being on the ranking together with both of their movies. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Teller is also good as Jeff, a prisoner taking part in a scientific experiment. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"If these thoughts have crossed your mind, now is a good time to surprise Dad with luxury scents. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
|
"Here\u2019s to more time with your awesome family, playing golf, smoking cigars, drinking Keystone Light and a variety of quality bourbons, rocking on rocking chairs - and continuing to do good . \u2014 Jeff Wagner, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Getting angry, flipping tables and throwing chairs really doesn\u2019t do anyone any good . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Looking to do some good in the world while enjoying a pint? \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the evil oligarchy of ancient Athens, the A.I. oligopoly set out to do good . \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Today, the public expects companies to do good , along with doing well. \u2014 Amy Glynn, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"The commercial will also do some good , as Apple will donate Styles' artist fee to the International Rescue Committee, at his request. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The Good News Choose to do good , rather than acting on your negative emotions. \u2014 Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Moretti checked them out for his friend and found out the drugs were fake and wouldn\u2019t do any good . \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
|
|
"Mejia is good -looking in a middle-aged Vin Diesel sort of way. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Like the other collections, the swimwear line is good -looking, comfortable and supportive. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The guy\u2019s a good -looking, young director that has a penchant for younger girls. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"She got scouted in a club, one of the places where Hollister managers would recruit good -looking people to work in their stores. \u2014 Diyora Shadijanova, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Throughout my childhood, Elvis was ever-present in our home, like a good -looking, sequined uncle. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The build quality of this seriously good -looking headset is exemplary. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"This grill is quite good -looking, too, made of stainless steel accented by sleek knobs and trims. \u2014 Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Plemons is the beating heart of Jane Campion's period Western as good -hearted George, weathering all manner of insults and toxic vitriol from his cruel cowboy brother Phil (Cumberbatch). \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-fellowship":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an affable companionable person"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210206"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-looking":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having a pleasing or attractive appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8lu\u0307-ki\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1715, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224855"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-tempered":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": not easily angered or upset",
|
|
": not easily angered or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8tem-p\u0259rd",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8tem-p\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"unamiable",
|
|
"ungenial",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1685, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223851"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodie":{
|
|
"type":"noun (1)",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"a usually married woman of lowly station",
|
|
"something that is particularly attractive, pleasurable, good, or desirable",
|
|
"one that is good",
|
|
"an opponent of the villain (as in a motion picture)",
|
|
"something especially good to eat",
|
|
"something desirable"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8gu\u0307-d\u0113",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"cate",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"viand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1559, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the quality or state of being good",
|
|
": the nutritious, flavorful, or beneficial part of something",
|
|
": the quality or state of being good",
|
|
": excellence of morals and behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-n\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-n\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Even if you don't agree, at least have the goodness to be polite!",
|
|
"a person of such unaffected goodness that his friends were inspired to lead better lives",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Hot Pockets can't compare to these homemade bundles of cheesy chicken goodness . \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Our English language features a great number of prefixes, such as pre- as in prewar, and suffixes, such as -ness, as in goodness . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
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"The dish guarantees bite after bite of savory goodness , and Moon Rabbit does not skimp on the tender meat. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 10 June 2022",
|
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"The one simple change results in a gooey center of cheesy goodness . \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"And all of this goodness is housed in an opaque, airless cartridge placed inside a refillable glass bottle. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Packed with mulberry root extract to soothe irritated skin, Aloe barbadensis leaf to moisturize and ascorbic acid to detoxify, this serum offers nature\u2019s goodness in a bottle. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Plus, the whole family can sneak a taste of the bite-sized goodness \u2014 there are enough cupcakes to go around! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
|
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"Fresh veggies are piled high, perfectly proportioned to complement that blast of beefy goodness . \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204404"
|
|
},
|
|
"goods":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of a favorable character or tendency",
|
|
": bountiful , fertile",
|
|
": handsome , attractive",
|
|
": suitable , fit",
|
|
": free from injury or disease",
|
|
": not depreciated",
|
|
": commercially sound",
|
|
": that can be relied on",
|
|
": profitable , advantageous",
|
|
": agreeable , pleasant",
|
|
": salutary , wholesome",
|
|
": amusing , clever",
|
|
": of a noticeably large size or quantity : considerable",
|
|
": full",
|
|
": well-founded , cogent",
|
|
": true",
|
|
": deserving of respect : honorable",
|
|
": legally valid or effectual",
|
|
": adequate , satisfactory",
|
|
": conforming to a standard",
|
|
": liking only things that are of good quality : choice , discriminating",
|
|
": containing less fat and being less tender than higher grades",
|
|
": landing in the proper area of the court in tennis and similar games",
|
|
": successfully done",
|
|
": having everything desired or required : content and not wanting or needing to do anything further",
|
|
": virtuous , right , commendable",
|
|
": kind , benevolent",
|
|
": upper-class",
|
|
": competent , skillful",
|
|
": loyal",
|
|
": close",
|
|
": free from infirmity or sorrow",
|
|
": in effect : virtually",
|
|
": of the highest worth or reliability",
|
|
": well-behaved",
|
|
": very , entirely",
|
|
": something that is good",
|
|
": something conforming to the moral order of the universe",
|
|
": praiseworthy character : goodness",
|
|
": a good element or portion",
|
|
": advancement of prosperity or well-being",
|
|
": something useful or beneficial",
|
|
": something that has economic utility or satisfies an economic want",
|
|
": personal property having intrinsic value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments",
|
|
": cloth",
|
|
": something manufactured or produced for sale : wares , merchandise",
|
|
": freight",
|
|
": good persons",
|
|
": the qualities required to achieve an end",
|
|
": proof of wrongdoing",
|
|
": forever , permanently",
|
|
": in a favored position with",
|
|
": for the best : beneficial",
|
|
": in a position of net gain or profit",
|
|
": well",
|
|
": better than average",
|
|
": skillful",
|
|
": behaving well",
|
|
": pleasant sense 1 , enjoyable",
|
|
": healthful",
|
|
": of a favorable character or tendency",
|
|
": suitable for a use : satisfactory",
|
|
": desirable sense 1 , attractive",
|
|
": showing good sense or judgment",
|
|
": closely following a standard of what is correct or proper",
|
|
": reliable",
|
|
": helpful , kind",
|
|
": being honest and upright",
|
|
": being at least the amount mentioned",
|
|
": considerable",
|
|
": almost",
|
|
": welfare sense 1 , benefit",
|
|
": the good part of a person or thing",
|
|
": something right or good",
|
|
": products that are made for sale",
|
|
": personal property",
|
|
": commercially sound or reliable",
|
|
": valid or effectual under the law",
|
|
": free of defects",
|
|
": characterized by honesty and fairness",
|
|
": conforming to a standard of virtue",
|
|
": characterized by or relating to good behavior",
|
|
": advancement of prosperity and well-being",
|
|
": an item of tangible movable personal property having value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments",
|
|
": as",
|
|
": all things under section 2-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than information, the money that is to be paid, investment securities, the subject matter of foreign exchange transactions, and choses in action",
|
|
": all things under section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time that a security interest in them attaches or that are fixtures but excluding money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, and minerals or the like before extraction",
|
|
": goods purchased primarily for personal, family, or household uses",
|
|
": consumer goods that last and are used for a number of years : durables",
|
|
": goods of which any unit is by nature or by usage of trade the equivalent of any other like unit especially as defined by section 1-201 of the Uniform Commercial Code",
|
|
": goods that are the subject of a contract but are not yet existing or specified",
|
|
": durable goods in this entry",
|
|
": goods used in connection with the home",
|
|
": furniture, furnishings, and personal effects used in a dwelling as defined by section 7-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code",
|
|
": goods as formerly defined in section 9-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are mobile, are of a type (as vehicles) usually used in more than one jurisdiction, are not covered by a certificate of title, and are either the equipment of a debtor or inventory leased by a debtor",
|
|
": goods as formerly defined by section 9-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are anything other than those covered by a certificate of title, mobile goods, or minerals",
|
|
": goods (as tools and raw materials) used to produce other goods and satisfy human wants only indirectly",
|
|
": consumer goods that are not durable goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"commonsensible",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"And now might be a good time to take inventory of how the team has worked over the past two years and reset some boundaries, experts say. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"And now might be a good time to take inventory of how the team has worked over the past two years and reset some boundaries, experts say. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Public transportation is not as good , and sprawl makes getting to some parts of the region difficult without a car. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"As great as Judge has been, the Yanks have been just as good at preventing runs than scoring them, and their exceptional starting rotation has been a big reason why. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"With an increase in opioid overdoses, mass shootings, gun violence and teen suicide, now is a good time to create the mental health board and invest more money in mental health services, said Ventura, a Democrat from Joliet. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"But there\u2019s also just as good a chance that both movies will give the husband and wife at least a day or a few days of being on the ranking together with both of their movies. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Teller is also good as Jeff, a prisoner taking part in a scientific experiment. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"If these thoughts have crossed your mind, now is a good time to surprise Dad with luxury scents. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Here\u2019s to more time with your awesome family, playing golf, smoking cigars, drinking Keystone Light and a variety of quality bourbons, rocking on rocking chairs - and continuing to do good . \u2014 Jeff Wagner, The Enquirer , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Getting angry, flipping tables and throwing chairs really doesn\u2019t do anyone any good . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Looking to do some good in the world while enjoying a pint? \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Unlike the evil oligarchy of ancient Athens, the A.I. oligopoly set out to do good . \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Today, the public expects companies to do good , along with doing well. \u2014 Amy Glynn, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"The commercial will also do some good , as Apple will donate Styles' artist fee to the International Rescue Committee, at his request. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The Good News: Choose to do good , rather than acting on your negative emotions. \u2014 Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Moretti checked them out for his friend and found out the drugs were fake and wouldn\u2019t do any good . \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Mejia is good -looking in a middle-aged Vin Diesel sort of way. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Like the other collections, the swimwear line is good -looking, comfortable and supportive. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The guy\u2019s a good -looking, young director that has a penchant for younger girls. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"She got scouted in a club, one of the places where Hollister managers would recruit good -looking people to work in their stores. \u2014 Diyora Shadijanova, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Throughout my childhood, Elvis was ever-present in our home, like a good -looking, sequined uncle. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The build quality of this seriously good -looking headset is exemplary. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"This grill is quite good -looking, too, made of stainless steel accented by sleek knobs and trims. \u2014 Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Plemons is the beating heart of Jane Campion's period Western as good -hearted George, weathering all manner of insults and toxic vitriol from his cruel cowboy brother Phil (Cumberbatch). \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, and Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224628"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodwill":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a kindly feeling of approval and support : benevolent interest or concern",
|
|
": the favor or advantage that a business has acquired especially through its brands and its good reputation",
|
|
": the value of projected earnings increases of a business especially as part of its purchase price",
|
|
": the excess of the purchase price of a company over its book value which represents the value of goodwill as an intangible asset for accounting purposes",
|
|
": cheerful consent",
|
|
": willing effort",
|
|
": kind feelings or attitude",
|
|
": an intangible asset that is made up of the favor or prestige which a business has acquired beyond the mere value of what it sells due to the personality or experience of those conducting it, their reputation for skill or dependability, the business's location, or any other circumstance incidental to the business that tends to draw and retain customers",
|
|
": the value of projected increases in the earnings of a business especially as part of its purchase price",
|
|
": the excess of the purchase price of a business above the value assigned for tax purposes to its other net assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccgu\u0307d-\u02c8wil",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8wil",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02ccwil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"cordialness",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"good-fellowship",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"neighborliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She has goodwill toward all her coworkers.",
|
|
"They allowed him to keep the extra money as a gesture of goodwill .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Ohtani generates tons of goodwill for the Angels, and millions in marketing dollars. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"For the $50 difference, The New Yorker compromises a lifetime of goodwill . \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"With some exceptions, the three countries all enjoy positive relations and even occasional goodwill with their former imperial possessions. \u2014 Frank Lavin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"While run from London, HBC on the ground depended on the knowledge, savvy, and goodwill of the Indigenous inhabitants. \u2014 Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"After becoming the first people to land on the moon, Americans Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin undertook a global goodwill tour, stopping at Buckingham Palace on Oct. 14, 1969. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The problem isn\u2019t due to a lack of goodwill or righteous ... \u2014 Robert Nicholson, National Review , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"In addition to Dodd, the administration deployed first lady Jill Biden on a six-day goodwill tour through the region this month. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"In other major oil producing states prices are kept low as a matter of politics, to meet domestic demand and seed goodwill about the exploitation of a nationally important resource. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 12 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203709"
|
|
},
|
|
"goofy":{
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"being crazy, ridiculous, or mildly ludicrous silly",
|
|
"silly sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8g\u00fc-f\u0113",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was making goofy faces at us in class.",
|
|
"an actress known for her goofy charm",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The images are variously goofy , charming, solemn, moving, puzzling, forthright, bizarre, deadpan, upright, offbeat, patriotic, startling, mundane, and, of course, frequently marvelous. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Harlow is not a plant but a savvy hustler who has parlayed his goofy white-boy antics into a marketable persona. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"That era on Earth was a goofy time to be a vertebrate, according to Ben Otoo, a graduate student studying early tetrapods at the University of Chicago. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Vanguard was a goofy WWII game that already tossed history to the wind. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But Sterns also has a playful side, enrolling Sarah in a goofy hip-hop dance class to pass the time before her fateful duel. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His goofy sense of self-effacing humor is as entertaining as the singalongs those jokes and anecdotes are setting up. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Then picture her at 12, meeting her manager-to-be for the first time the same actor, with little pretense to obscuring the fact that this is a goofy adult play-acting as a preternaturally gifted kid. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Speculation ramped up even further when Quicksilver actor Evan Peters made a goofy appearance in last year's WandaVision (allthough he was eventually revealed not to be playing Pietro Maximoff but out-of-work actor Ralph Bohner). \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see goof entry 1 ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1921, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"gook":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": oozy sloppy dirt or debris",
|
|
": goo , gunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fck",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307k",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205703"
|
|
},
|
|
"goon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a stupid person",
|
|
": a man hired to terrorize or eliminate opponents",
|
|
": enforcer sense 2b",
|
|
": to continue on or as if on a journey",
|
|
": to keep on : continue",
|
|
": proceed",
|
|
": to take place : happen",
|
|
": to talk especially in an effusive manner"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
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"prat",
|
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"ratbag",
|
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"saphead",
|
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"schlub",
|
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"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"befall",
|
|
"betide",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"come down",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
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"occur",
|
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"pass",
|
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"transpire"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"He was beat up by a couple of goons .",
|
|
"an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him \u201cbrainless goons \u201d",
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"what in the world is going on in there?",
|
|
"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That wish is soon granted when BioSys goon Rainn Delacourt (Scott Haze) kidnaps her and Beta, shipping them off to a black market in Malta. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Forgo the fitness- goon look and slip on these stylish, high-performing shades ($130), with impact-resistant synthetic frames and shatterproof lenses good enough for the brightest days. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
|
|
"Chicago finds himself in the middle of a gang war involving a briefcase, a goon with a gunshot wound and a mysterious network of underworld bigwigs. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"There went the grouper, the goon of the reef, who keeps the population under control. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The new clip focuses solely on Susie, as her goon BFFs show her around her new office. \u2014 Jason Newman, Rolling Stone , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Jackie allows Monica to call her mom, who has been paging, but tasks a goon with hovering his finger over the switch hook. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 12 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Kevin Owens was cut off by a returning Riddick Moss, who will serve as Happy Corbin\u2019s newest goon . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Davis had his own goon squad called State Police going after enemies. \u2014 Dave Lieber, Dallas News , 2 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204814"
|
|
},
|
|
"goose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": any of numerous large waterfowl (family Anatidae) that are intermediate between the swans and ducks and have long necks, feathered lores, and reticulate tarsi",
|
|
": a female goose as distinguished from a gander",
|
|
": simpleton , dolt",
|
|
": a tailor's smoothing iron with a gooseneck handle",
|
|
": a poke between the buttocks",
|
|
": to poke between the buttocks with an upward thrust",
|
|
": to increase the activity, speed, power, intensity, or amount of : spur",
|
|
": a waterbird with webbed feet that is related to the smaller duck and the larger swan",
|
|
": a female goose",
|
|
": the meat of a goose used as food"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcs",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"don't be such a silly goose \u2014you're dressed just fine for the party",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"No matter the color, the comforter is a great option for those with allergies because it's stuffed with synthetic goose feathers instead of traditional down. \u2014 Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s an old story about a golden goose that comes to mind. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The label continues to accomplish this feat in part by exclusively using goose feathers that are the byproduct of the food industry, and has been doing this since 201. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The pillows are stuffed with a mix of goose feathers and down, crafting a pillow that's wonderfully soft, supportive, and plush. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Efforts of any kind to excise dual-use AI, such as putting in place onerous laws, could essentially kill the golden goose . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"By a creek in Shanghai on Tuesday, a marinated goose store was restocking shelves; a bar was doing last-minute renovations; cleaners were scrubbing shop windows. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"As a young man, Mr. Powell enjoyed goose hunting on the Eastern Shore. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"After sitting tight for two years, Paramount\u2019s egg is now hatching into a golden goose . \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The worry among executives, officials and traders is that the continent will run low later in the year when cooler temperatures goose demand and gas begins to drain from storage. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"If anything, the Olympics brings an urgency \u2014 a 2028 deadline \u2014 to goose legislators to speed up a laborious process. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In Japan and China, policymakers are still trying to goose their economies. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The economy continues to expand, and there\u2019s no sign of recession, but the shame is that growth could be so much healthier if policy makers hadn\u2019t piled on the spending to goose demand while ignoring the supply-side incentives to work and produce. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Down, which comes from ducks or geese, provides better insulation and doesn't tend to be as heavy as down-alternative counterparts; duck down is lighter than goose down. \u2014 Glamour , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Word is the show\u2019s promoter, AEG, has been debating that very question in an effort to goose ticket sales. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Every wrinkle the academy has introduced to try to goose ratings seems to backfire before the show even reaches the air. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There have been cases of schools churning out more short-term certificates or lowering academic standards to goose their completion numbers. \u2014 Preston Cooper, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175242"
|
|
},
|
|
"gore":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb",
|
|
"verb ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a small usually triangular piece of land",
|
|
": a tapering or triangular piece (as of cloth in a skirt)",
|
|
": an elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe",
|
|
": to cut into a tapering triangular form",
|
|
": to provide with a gore",
|
|
": to pierce or wound with something pointed (such as a horn or knife)",
|
|
": blood",
|
|
": clotted blood",
|
|
": gruesomeness depicted in vivid detail",
|
|
": blood from a wound or cut",
|
|
": violence and bloodshed",
|
|
": to pierce or wound with a pointed object (as a horn or spear)",
|
|
"Albert, Jr. 1948\u2013 American politician and environmentalist; vice president of the U.S. (1993\u20132001)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195934"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorilla":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a very large typically black-colored anthropoid ape ( Gorilla gorilla ) of equatorial Africa that has a stocky body with broad shoulders and long arms and is less erect and has smaller ears than the chimpanzee",
|
|
": an ugly or brutal man",
|
|
": thug , goon",
|
|
": a very large ape of the forests of central Africa that lives mostly on the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8ri-l\u0259",
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8ri-l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.",
|
|
"the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to \u201cconvince\u201d him to pay up",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In the 1949 film and its 1998 remake, a young woman helps protect a gorilla from poachers. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Sometimes a single sort of edible is juxtaposed with an apt plaything, such as bananas piled under a toy gorilla or doughnut holes heaped beneath a miniature police officer. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The trailer highlights the big difference between She-Hulk and (He)Hulk, as the latter looks like a green neanderthal, his body shape distorted by bulging muscle, like a gorilla overdosed on steroids. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The average lifespan for a gorilla in the wild is 35. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"In those first weeks in the studio, Monita sometimes joked that her son was like a gorilla wielding a paintbrush. \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Some destinations and their activities cost more than others, such as Rwanda\u2019s typically $1,500 gorilla trekking permit for international tourists, or Botswana as a whole. \u2014 Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The Fluxus pranksters staged a mock Mass, among other Happenings, as they were known, with clergy in gorilla suits and a chorus of barking dogs. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Coltan mining in Africa still impacts gorilla habitats, but not at the level once thought. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Greek Gorillai , plural, a tribe of hairy women mentioned in an account of a voyage around Africa",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191905"
|
|
},
|
|
"gormlessness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lacking intelligence : stupid"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frm-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of English dialect gaumless , from gaum attention, understanding (from Middle English gome , from Old Norse gaum, gaumr ) + -less ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1883, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183603"
|
|
},
|
|
"gospeler":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person who reads or sings the liturgical Gospel",
|
|
": a person who preaches or propounds a gospel"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-sp(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Horatio Alger is remembered as the great gospeler of the American success story."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202534"
|
|
},
|
|
"gossamer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather",
|
|
": something light, delicate, or insubstantial",
|
|
": extremely light, delicate, or tenuous",
|
|
": a film of cobwebs floating in the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-z\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
|
|
"-z\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"a butterfly's wings of gossamer",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing",
|
|
"the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Under is gossamer -thin \u2014 like the wings of the butterflies that become one more sign of childhood pleasures being discarded. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Both are incredibly detailed and have a gossamer lightness to them. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Trek\u2019s new superbike ($15,750) weighs an astonishing 10.3 pounds, thanks to its gossamer parts. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
|
|
"Her gossamer vocals glinted on lush orchestral waves. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Also noteworthy were the Magnolias of the emblem float, each attired with illuminated, full-length gossamer wings, to stellar result. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"China's second entry comes in the form of the classic gossamer -thin translucent flour pancakes used to wrap slow-cooked Peking duck. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Rather than the image of a slender Galadriel dressed in her ethereal gossamer gown that Peter Jackson chose for his Tolkien trilogies, the Lady of Lothl\u00f3rien was instead portrayed charging a field atop her steed, clad in full armor. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer -thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The result is a sequence of events that\u2019s both intriguing and gossamer -thin. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
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"The hangers are also coated with velvet flocking, better for grabbing gossamer blouses that can slide off smoother hangers. \u2014 Jennifer Hunter, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
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"Both would be coated with a gossamer -thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations\u2014and thus their temperature. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2019",
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"But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering. \u2014 Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics , 9 Dec. 2019",
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"Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
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"Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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"circa 1807, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182042"
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"gossamery":{
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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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": a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather",
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": something light, delicate, or insubstantial",
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": extremely light, delicate, or tenuous",
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": a film of cobwebs floating in the air"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
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"also",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-z\u0259-",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-m\u0259r",
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"-z\u0259-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"cobwebby",
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"filmy",
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"flimsy",
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"frothy",
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"gauzy",
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"gossamery",
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"insubstantial",
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"sleazy",
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"unsubstantial"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"sturdy",
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"substantial"
|
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"a butterfly's wings of gossamer",
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"Adjective",
|
|
"fairies are usually depicted as wearing gossamer or tattered clothing",
|
|
"the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Under is gossamer -thin \u2014 like the wings of the butterflies that become one more sign of childhood pleasures being discarded. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Both are incredibly detailed and have a gossamer lightness to them. \u2014 Tobias Grey, WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Trek\u2019s new superbike ($15,750) weighs an astonishing 10.3 pounds, thanks to its gossamer parts. \u2014 Aaron Gulley, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
|
|
"Her gossamer vocals glinted on lush orchestral waves. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Also noteworthy were the Magnolias of the emblem float, each attired with illuminated, full-length gossamer wings, to stellar result. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"China's second entry comes in the form of the classic gossamer -thin translucent flour pancakes used to wrap slow-cooked Peking duck. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Rather than the image of a slender Galadriel dressed in her ethereal gossamer gown that Peter Jackson chose for his Tolkien trilogies, the Lady of Lothl\u00f3rien was instead portrayed charging a field atop her steed, clad in full armor. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"No matter how far-fetched the premise or gossamer -thin the story, the musical invites (compels) us to go along with its essential surrealism, to travel to that dream space where everyday life suddenly moves and sounds deliriously out of this world. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The result is a sequence of events that\u2019s both intriguing and gossamer -thin. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The hangers are also coated with velvet flocking, better for grabbing gossamer blouses that can slide off smoother hangers. \u2014 Jennifer Hunter, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Both would be coated with a gossamer -thin layer of gold for reflectivity and bathed in faint laser beams to detect their oscillations\u2014and thus their temperature. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 11 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"But his most impressive skill is the ancient art of gilding, using gossamer sheets of gold leaf just .12 microns thick to add a brilliant metallic effect to lettering. \u2014 Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics , 9 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Cool in Top-Siders and floral maxidresses and gossamer pareos. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Or the glamorous Starry Starry Night, gossamer black sesame sponge cake, silky sweet chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of marzipan stars. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"circa 1807, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171805"
|
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},
|
|
"gossip":{
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|
"type":[
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|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": godparent",
|
|
": companion , crony",
|
|
": a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others",
|
|
": rumor or report of an intimate nature",
|
|
": a chatty talk",
|
|
": the subject matter of gossip",
|
|
": to relate gossip (see gossip entry 1 sense 2a )",
|
|
": a person who repeats stories about other people",
|
|
": talk or rumors involving the personal lives of other people",
|
|
": to talk about the personal lives of other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"yenta"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Cardone suggested avoiding the trap of gossip and sharing your dirty laundry, which opens you up to criticism. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Hearing of the gossip , Milad goes on to publicly question society's entrenched ideas around gender. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Her preferential treatment \u2014 a result of the burgeoning crush the foreman has on her \u2014 is the subject of gossip in the back. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Driver\u2019s memoir isn\u2019t filled with much in the way of celebrity gossip or outsize personal trauma. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"As rumors of adultery, violence and alcoholism come into play, their divorce becomes a subject of hot gossip . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The sofa in his office \u2014 or, later in the day, his table at Crown and Hammer \u2014 always was occupied by someone who needed advice, support, sympathy or just a few jokes and bits of gossip . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Of course, there is no way to prevent talk or gossip outside of the mastermind, but good masterminds are built on trust, and trust is built on confidential sharing and advising. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"However, gossip not only derails their career but can also destroy the foundations of a culture of trust. \u2014 Loubna Noureddin, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The badaud is predominantly male, but women are allowed to stop and stare and mingle and gossip as well. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Product drops and gossip about its collaborators remained largely within the confines of the devoted YouTube and Reddit beauty communities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The heart of a city may beat loudest in its restaurants, the places where people gather to eat and drink, to gossip and celebrate. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But '60s gossip aside, the song is about demanding independence and a sense of self. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Bridget\u2019s shop became a destination for local biddies, cooks, and seamstresses to gather and gossip \u2014and sometimes tipple. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1627, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220904"
|
|
},
|
|
"gossiper":{
|
|
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|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": godparent",
|
|
": companion , crony",
|
|
": a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others",
|
|
": rumor or report of an intimate nature",
|
|
": a chatty talk",
|
|
": the subject matter of gossip",
|
|
": to relate gossip (see gossip entry 1 sense 2a )",
|
|
": a person who repeats stories about other people",
|
|
": talk or rumors involving the personal lives of other people",
|
|
": to talk about the personal lives of other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"yenta"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"This has descended into the realm of personal gossip . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"Cardone suggested avoiding the trap of gossip and sharing your dirty laundry, which opens you up to criticism. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Hearing of the gossip , Milad goes on to publicly question society's entrenched ideas around gender. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Her preferential treatment \u2014 a result of the burgeoning crush the foreman has on her \u2014 is the subject of gossip in the back. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Driver\u2019s memoir isn\u2019t filled with much in the way of celebrity gossip or outsize personal trauma. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"As rumors of adultery, violence and alcoholism come into play, their divorce becomes a subject of hot gossip . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The sofa in his office \u2014 or, later in the day, his table at Crown and Hammer \u2014 always was occupied by someone who needed advice, support, sympathy or just a few jokes and bits of gossip . \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Of course, there is no way to prevent talk or gossip outside of the mastermind, but good masterminds are built on trust, and trust is built on confidential sharing and advising. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"However, gossip not only derails their career but can also destroy the foundations of a culture of trust. \u2014 Loubna Noureddin, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The badaud is predominantly male, but women are allowed to stop and stare and mingle and gossip as well. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Product drops and gossip about its collaborators remained largely within the confines of the devoted YouTube and Reddit beauty communities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The heart of a city may beat loudest in its restaurants, the places where people gather to eat and drink, to gossip and celebrate. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But '60s gossip aside, the song is about demanding independence and a sense of self. \u2014 Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Bridget\u2019s shop became a destination for local biddies, cooks, and seamstresses to gather and gossip \u2014and sometimes tipple. \u2014 Neal Thompson, Town & Country , 22 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1627, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220046"
|
|
},
|
|
"gotcha":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an unexpected usually disconcerting challenge, revelation, or catch",
|
|
": an attempt to embarrass, expose, or disgrace someone (such as a politician) with a gotcha"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-ch\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program has a few gotchas in store for unsuspecting computer users.",
|
|
"the gotcha in the low monthly rate quoted by the cable company is that it is a teaser and good for only six months",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In fact, there should have been more than one gotcha . \u2014 al , 30 June 2021",
|
|
"Overdraft fees remain a moneymaking machine for banks and a devastating financial gotcha for poor families and communities of color. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021",
|
|
"Quite a few people flagged her tweet as a gotcha , but there was nothing surprising about it. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 25 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"While the Thelio is a powerful machine that can hold its own against the Mac Pro, the gotcha for creative professionals is that Adobe's photo- and video-editing software does not support Linux, the operating system that ships with it. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 14 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Anti-American nihilism and hopeless racial cynicism give the show its gotcha . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 26 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Naturally, anti-penny campaigners use this as a fundamental gotcha . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2020",
|
|
"Claire and Jack rush into her home office expecting something awful, but gotcha ! \u2014 Jean Bentley, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020",
|
|
"Yet, when the political media isn\u2019t preoccupied with a gotcha du jour, pundits, partisans, and journalists have seemed downright giddy to let their minions know that the United States now has the most coronavirus cases in the world. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 30 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of got you ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1974, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181311"
|
|
},
|
|
"gouge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section",
|
|
": the act of gouging",
|
|
": a groove or cavity scooped out",
|
|
": an excessive or improper charge for something : extortion",
|
|
": to scoop out with or as if with a gouge (see gouge entry 1 sense 1 )",
|
|
": to force out (an eye) with the thumb",
|
|
": to thrust the thumb into the eye of",
|
|
": to make (someone) pay too much for something : overcharge",
|
|
": a chisel with a curved blade for scooping or cutting holes",
|
|
": a hole or groove made by cutting or scraping",
|
|
": to make a hole or groove in something by cutting or scraping",
|
|
": a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section for removing portions of bone in surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gau\u0307j",
|
|
"\u02c8gau\u0307j",
|
|
"\u02c8gau\u0307j"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"surcharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The accident left a big gouge in the side of the car.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The lamp fell and gouged the table.",
|
|
"A bomb had gouged a large crater in the street.",
|
|
"They feel that they are being gouged by the oil companies.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Cord cutting carved another gouge in the legacy TV business in the first quarter of 2022, with 1.95 million people heading for the exits among the top providers. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"President Joe Biden is also calling on state attorneys general to hold companies that price gouge accountable. \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Garamendi also talks about Vladimir Putin's similarities to Adolf Hitler, how oil companies are using the crisis as cover to gouge prices, and how Americans should be willing to sacrifice for democracy by paying higher prices at the pump. \u2014 Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The shopping experience is simple and straightforward, and unlike other online marketplaces, Granted doesn\u2019t price- gouge . \u2014 Spin Contributor, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Nineteen weeks later, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, headed to Kenya, also crashed, leaving a deep gouge in a field near the Addis Abba Bole Airport. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Critics say the companies \u2014 as well as their main competitor, GTL \u2014 are exploitative middlemen that price- gouge inmates and their families. \u2014 Tana Ganeva, Rolling Stone , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The car\u2019s antenna was hit, damaging the vehicle\u2019s electrical system, and left a 7-foot long gouge in the pavement, FHP reported. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 15 June 2021",
|
|
"The lightning strike damaged the compact SUV the 48-year-old was driving and left a 7-foot-long, 4-inch-wide gouge in the pavement, according to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Retail sellers have not been responsible for price spikes generally and did not gouge , Tong said. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Michael Bluth never shot anybody or watched a Mexican drug lord gouge out the eyes of a man who betrayed him. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For hikers who intend to press ahead, Magee has kept his prices on food, fuel, and booze stable, refusing to gouge them with convenience fees. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"The fragility of these rock layers allowed the floods to gouge out channels and canyons in a way that harder rocks would have been more resistant to. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Tencent Music was hit mid-2021 by Chinese regulators who stripped the company of its exclusive supply contracts with big music labels and ended its ability to gouge sub-licensees. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With Dave Hansen Whitewater and Scenic River Trips, guests can embark on a thrill ride of 8 miles of class II and III rapids that gouge through the Snake River Canyon. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That Big Coffee, Big Burrito, and Big Bone-In Wings are all involved in various dastardly plots to gouge the public seems unlikely. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"One latched onto my face and got his thumb in my right eye, attempting to gouge it out. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183646"
|
|
},
|
|
"govern":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the making and administration of policy in",
|
|
": to rule without sovereign power and usually without having the authority to determine basic policy",
|
|
": manipulate",
|
|
": to control the speed of (a machine) especially by automatic means",
|
|
": to control, direct, or strongly influence the actions and conduct of",
|
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": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
|
": to hold in check : restrain",
|
|
": to require (a word) to be in a certain case",
|
|
": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for",
|
|
": to prevail or have decisive influence : control",
|
|
": to exercise authority",
|
|
": rule entry 2 sense 1",
|
|
": to influence the actions and conduct of : control",
|
|
": to serve as a rule for",
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the administration of policy in",
|
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": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
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": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
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"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
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"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"boss",
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"captain",
|
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"command",
|
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"control",
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"preside (over)",
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"rule",
|
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"sway"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But whether Macron will be able to actually govern the country will depend on elections to the lower house of France's parliament, the National Assembly, which begin this Sunday and conclude with the second round one week later. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Democracies differ over how to govern politicians\u2019 behavior. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"For one, Bukele is looking to get re-elected in two years, in June 2024, and govern for another five years after that. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Utah County attorney decides who to charge with crimes, when to offer a plea deal and what justice policies govern the office, a panel of community members pointed out Tuesday, speaking passionately about the power of the prosecutor. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"These might include: \u00b7 Moving to a new state so that new laws may govern your documents. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"This is because a constellation of government agencies, courts and laws together govern how we are surveilled. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
|
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"Gun violence is rare in Iran, where tight controls govern who can own a firearm. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Individuals could join multiple groups and groups would self- govern ; this is not a heavy-handed idea. \u2014 Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022"
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French governer , from Latin gubernare to steer, govern, from Greek kybernan ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202643"
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},
|
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"governance":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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"the act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization) government"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259r-n\u0259n(t)s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"administration",
|
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"authority",
|
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"government",
|
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"jurisdiction",
|
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"regime",
|
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"r\u00e9gime",
|
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"regimen",
|
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"rule"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"They have very different approaches to the governance of the city.",
|
|
"after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The company has recruited people with analytical capabilities, including a controller for environmental, social and governance issues, Mr. Ralhan said. \u2014 Jennifer Williams-alvarez, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"In fact, 76% of executives of companies that have more than $10 billion in annual revenue said environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are a priority. \u2014 Shane Barker, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"In particular, Cruz took issue with applying environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria to its screening, a practice that has become so pervasive some fund managers are being investigated for greenwashing. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Such entities filed more than 529 resolutions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the 2022 proxy season, up more than 20 percent from last year according to Proxy Preview. \u2014 Hamza Shaban, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"There was a question about banning the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores before mentioning last week\u2019s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s part of a larger movement of investors who prefer to hold companies that are stewards of environmental, social and governance , or ESG, issues. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"As the stock markets sink and concerns about inflation grow, the pushback against environmental, social and governance concerns is spreading. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Tesla may rate well on many environmental factors, but social and governance factors have been dragging the company down. \u2014 Tom Lyon, The Conversation , 24 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see govern ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164442"
|
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},
|
|
"governed":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the making and administration of policy in",
|
|
": to rule without sovereign power and usually without having the authority to determine basic policy",
|
|
": manipulate",
|
|
": to control the speed of (a machine) especially by automatic means",
|
|
": to control, direct, or strongly influence the actions and conduct of",
|
|
": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
|
": to hold in check : restrain",
|
|
": to require (a word) to be in a certain case",
|
|
": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for",
|
|
": to prevail or have decisive influence : control",
|
|
": to exercise authority",
|
|
": rule entry 2 sense 1",
|
|
": to influence the actions and conduct of : control",
|
|
": to serve as a rule for",
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the administration of policy in",
|
|
": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
|
": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But whether Macron will be able to actually govern the country will depend on elections to the lower house of France's parliament, the National Assembly, which begin this Sunday and conclude with the second round one week later. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Democracies differ over how to govern politicians\u2019 behavior. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"For one, Bukele is looking to get re-elected in two years, in June 2024, and govern for another five years after that. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Utah County attorney decides who to charge with crimes, when to offer a plea deal and what justice policies govern the office, a panel of community members pointed out Tuesday, speaking passionately about the power of the prosecutor. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"These might include: \u00b7 Moving to a new state so that new laws may govern your documents. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"This is because a constellation of government agencies, courts and laws together govern how we are surveilled. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Gun violence is rare in Iran, where tight controls govern who can own a firearm. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, ajc , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Individuals could join multiple groups and groups would self- govern ; this is not a heavy-handed idea. \u2014 Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French governer , from Latin gubernare to steer, govern, from Greek kybernan ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204325"
|
|
},
|
|
"gown":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a loose flowing outer garment formerly worn by men",
|
|
": a distinctive robe worn by a professional or academic person",
|
|
": a woman's dress",
|
|
": dressing gown",
|
|
": nightgown",
|
|
": a coverall worn in an operating room",
|
|
": the body of students and faculty of a college or university",
|
|
": a dress suitable for special occasions",
|
|
": a loose robe"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gau\u0307n",
|
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"\u02c8gau\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"dress",
|
|
"frock"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The bride wore a lovely lace wedding gown .",
|
|
"a shopping trip for the express purpose of finding the perfect gown for the wedding",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Other members of the royal family, however, have been showing off their best spring-summer looks, including Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who wore a dramatic floral gown on day three of the event. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"To honor the night\u2019s theme, co-chair Blake Lively wore an Atelier Versace gown that paid tribute to New York City, while Alicia Keys wore a luxe Ralph Lauren cape beaded and embroidered to depict the Manhattan skyline. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"To begin her life as a princess, Charlene wore an elegant, white, shoulder-skimming gown with embroidered details and a show-stopping train to her royal wedding to Prince Albert. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Fox, 36, wore a gemstone blush gown from Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, which featured an hourglass silhouette and thigh-high leg slit, and a pair of Andrea Wazen stilettos. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Priyanka Chopra wore a simple black gown with an old-timey twist. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Dyer wore a Cinderella-esque blue chiffon gown with embellished straps while Heaton wore a sharp suit alongside her. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, ELLE , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"In a timeless look styled by Law Roach, Hadid wore a strapless black Versace gown that was complete with peplum waistline and hefty back bow. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"The bride wore a deep blue lace gown and carried a bouquet containing a locket with a photo of her parents. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French gune, goune , from Late Latin gunna , a fur or leather garment",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195739"
|
|
},
|
|
"God":{
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"the supreme or ultimate reality such as",
|
|
"the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe",
|
|
"the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit infinite Mind",
|
|
"a being or object that is worshipped as having more than natural attributes and powers",
|
|
"one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality",
|
|
"a person or thing of supreme value",
|
|
"a powerful ruler",
|
|
"to treat as a god idolize , deify",
|
|
"the Being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe",
|
|
"a being believed to have more than human powers",
|
|
"an object worshipped as divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8g\u00e4d",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"divinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
|
"Kavachi, named for a sea god of the Gatokae and Vangunu peoples, is approximately 15 miles south of Vangunu Island. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Khnum was the Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and represented as a man with a ram\u2019s head. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Named after a sea god of the Indigenous Gatokae and Vangunu people, Kavachi is located about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, part of the Solomon Islands east of Papua New Guinea. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The asteroid would come to be called Apophis, after the Egyptian god of destruction. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Already on Mars are NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover, which landed in Feb. 2021, and China\u2019s first Mars rover, Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s the only one named after the Greek god of the sky (Uranus was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The temple honors Zeus Kasios\u2014a deity who merges Greek god Zeus and Mount Kasios. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Leslye Headland, the writer who co-created Season 1 with Lyonne and Amy Poehler, has likened Horse to Pan, the Greek god of nature and wildness. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 23 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1595, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163355"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goliath":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David",
|
|
": giant"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259th"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"dreadnought",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Hebrew Golyath ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223841"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-humored":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": good-natured , cheerful",
|
|
": good-natured"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8(h)y\u00fc-m\u0259rd",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259rd",
|
|
"-\u02c8y\u00fc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-120951"
|
|
},
|
|
"goatish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation or noun",
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": any of various hollow-horned ruminant mammals (especially of the genus Capra ) related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair",
|
|
": one ( Capra hircus ) long domesticated for its milk, wool, and flesh",
|
|
": capricorn",
|
|
": a licentious man : lecher",
|
|
": scapegoat sense 2",
|
|
": the greatest of all time : the most accomplished and successful individual in the history of a particular sport or category of performance or activity",
|
|
": an animal that has hollow horns that curve backward, is related to the sheep, and is often raised for its milk, wool, and meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dt",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dt",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall guy",
|
|
"scapegoat",
|
|
"whipping boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat .",
|
|
"an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"James used a goat emoji on Twitter to confirm Johnson\u2019s preeminence. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Mixed Drum is another popular wheel, a blended cow and goat milk cheese aged about seven months. \u2014 Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Instead of Philadelphia soft cheese, there was fresh goat milk ricotta straight from the shepherds. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"The students gathered around the enclosure each had a favorite goat , the most popular seemed to be Stella. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Diagneault further earned the goat \u2019s horns by hooking Brown in the third overtime. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"The sea goat isn't scared of commitment and tends to be in it for the long haul. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Didu replaced her small-batch spice mixes with Baba\u2019s to make her goat curry. \u2014 Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"He\u2019s been shipped off to a Chechen goat farm by Noho Hank (Anthony Carrigan) until things cool down in L.A. \u2014 Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Abbreviation or noun",
|
|
"1996, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123554"
|
|
},
|
|
"go off":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": explode",
|
|
": to burst forth or break out suddenly or noisily",
|
|
": to go forth, out, or away : leave",
|
|
": to undergo decline or deterioration",
|
|
": to follow the expected or desired course : proceed",
|
|
": to make a characteristic noise : sound",
|
|
": to enter recklessly on a course",
|
|
": to become very much excited"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"crump",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"pop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implode"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off",
|
|
"the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-185150"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorgeous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent",
|
|
": very beautiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
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"beauteous",
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"beautiful",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"comely",
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"cute",
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"drop-dead",
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"fair",
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"fetching",
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"good",
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"good-looking",
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"goodly",
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"handsome",
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"knockout",
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"likely",
|
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"lovely",
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"lovesome",
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"pretty",
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"ravishing",
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"seemly",
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"sightly",
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"stunning",
|
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"taking",
|
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"well-favored"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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"grotesque",
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"hideous",
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"homely",
|
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"ill-favored",
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"plain",
|
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"ugly",
|
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"unaesthetic",
|
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"unattractive",
|
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"unbeautiful",
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"uncomely",
|
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"uncute",
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"unhandsome",
|
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"unlovely",
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"unpleasing",
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"unpretty",
|
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"unsightly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The difference in appearance can be dramatic, as I saw on a visit to the small, modern factory where Pineider prints its stationery, in a gorgeous part of Tuscany near Florence and bordering Chianti. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , May 2001",
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"In the Arlberg \u2026 my wife and I were taken to the most perfect dinner by an elderly Viennese couple and their gorgeous young daughter, whom we had met in Washington. \u2014 Geoffrey Wolff , Granta , Autumn 1990",
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"Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. \u2014 L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , 1900",
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"Your baby is absolutely gorgeous !",
|
|
"sunsets in Hawaii are just gorgeous",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"He's created a gorgeous environment complete with archive rooms that sell vintage pieces from past collections. \u2014 Vogue , 21 June 2022",
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"This gorgeous campus facility houses the Oil Slick Lanes bowling alley, the So Fracking Hungry Caf\u00e9, and the Spill the Beans coffee bar. \u2014 Carlos Greaves, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
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"The celebrity nail guru has mastered the art of maintaining gorgeous , healthy nails, so this treatment is almost as good as having her on speed dial. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
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"No group has reinforced that message like Black visual artists, who have created some of the most gorgeous portrayals of Blackness. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
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"There are several gorgeous parks in the vicinity, including Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park, located on the ranch of the nation's 36th president. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
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"While making her appearance alongside her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Saturday, Beatrice, 33, looked gorgeous in a black-and-white polka dot dress. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
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"Her Instagram is full of gorgeous art images and photos of her new husband. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
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"Led by Patton Oswalt\u2019s superb voice work as Remy, the unlikeliest chef in France, Bird\u2019s gorgeous animation and moving sentiment serve up the perfect recipe of cinematic comfort food. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gorgeouse , from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat",
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-231600"
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},
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"gold":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a yellow metallic element that occurs naturally in pure form and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and electronics \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table",
|
|
": gold coins",
|
|
": a gold piece",
|
|
": money",
|
|
": gold standard sense 1",
|
|
": a variable color averaging deep yellow",
|
|
": something resembling gold",
|
|
": something valued as the finest of its kind",
|
|
": a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition : a gold medal",
|
|
": qualifying for a gold record",
|
|
": to have enough sales to qualify for a gold record",
|
|
": a soft yellow metallic chemical element used especially in coins and jewelry",
|
|
": gold coins",
|
|
": a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition",
|
|
": a deep yellow",
|
|
": a malleable ductile yellow metallic element that occurs chiefly free or in a few minerals and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and dentures and in the form of its salts (as gold sodium thiomalate) especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis",
|
|
"\u2014 see Chemical Elements Table"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dld",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dld",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"diamonds in a setting of 24-karat gold",
|
|
"What is the price of gold ?",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Jesus are not just painted but constructed, as if made from a sheet of gold that has been decoratively punched. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"High School Principal Nicholas Ellis said honors student Ania Hill has a heart of gold . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"From the owner, security, and of course the dancers, every character is filled with mystery and intrigue, but all have hearts of gold . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"In the middle of the room is a table, on top of which sit two ornate bottles that look from a distance like they might be made out of gold , along with about two dozen glasses for sampling. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The medals are merely symbolic \u2014 these teens have hearts of gold . \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"With sizes ranging from XS to 5X, just about everyone can look and feel like an attractive pot of gold . \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"When a cloud was overhead, the paintings grew quiet; when the sun returned, the colors and the shimmer of gold came chattering back to life. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"These are frightening days for the NCAA, but it\u2019s like these universities are whispering for help from inside Fort Knox surrounded by bars of gold . \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. \u2014 CBS News , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The Associated Press NEW YORK \u2013 Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The tailgate is also emblazoned with a gold Jaguar script below the brand's leaper logo. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The ring is mostly gold , except for the two large baby blue gems. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The Fenty Beauty mogul paired the daring look with gold hoops, strappy sandals, and a black Dior saddlebag. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Sorkin, 59, and Porizkova, 56, cozied up \u2013 Porizkova in a gold cowl-neck gown; Sorkin in a classic black tux \u2013 outside the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday, confirming rumors that swirled last week about the two becoming an item. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Kate completed her look with dangly gold earrings by jewelry designer Nadia Irena, as well as matching green heels and a clutch by one of her go-to brands, Emmy London. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 4 May 2022",
|
|
"Hastings later donated $100,000 in gold coins to the state to establish the law school in San Francisco. \u2014 Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times , 6 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1969, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-003338"
|
|
},
|
|
"godly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb,",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": divine",
|
|
": pious , devout",
|
|
": devout sense 1 , pious"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-l\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antireligious",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She lived a godly life.",
|
|
"a godly and humble man who will be richly rewarded in the next world"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-013925"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-natured":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of a pleasant and cooperative disposition",
|
|
": having or showing a pleasant disposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8n\u0101-ch\u0259rd",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8n\u0101-ch\u0259rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"unamiable",
|
|
"ungenial",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1582, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-024441"
|
|
},
|
|
"gospeller":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person who reads or sings the liturgical Gospel",
|
|
": a person who preaches or propounds a gospel"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-sp(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Horatio Alger is remembered as the great gospeler of the American success story."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-120107"
|
|
},
|
|
"goldbrick":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a worthless brick that appears to be of gold",
|
|
": something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless",
|
|
": a person who shirks assigned work",
|
|
": swindle",
|
|
": to shirk duty or responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl(d)-\u02ccbrik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1893, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-171803"
|
|
},
|
|
"goosey":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": resembling a goose",
|
|
": affected with goose bumps : scared",
|
|
": very nervous",
|
|
": reacting strongly when goosed or startled"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc-s\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have been feeling goosey all morning, knowing that I have that driving test hanging over my head"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192558"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-heartedness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having a kindly generous disposition",
|
|
": kind and generous"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192939"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorge":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a narrow passage through land",
|
|
": a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon",
|
|
": throat",
|
|
": a hawk's crop",
|
|
": stomach , belly",
|
|
": the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort",
|
|
": a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject",
|
|
": a mass choking a passage",
|
|
": the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar",
|
|
": to eat greedily or to repletion",
|
|
": to partake of something in large amounts",
|
|
": to stuff to capacity : glut",
|
|
": to fill completely or to the point of distension",
|
|
": to consume greedily",
|
|
": the act or an instance of gorging",
|
|
": a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon",
|
|
": to eat greedily"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frj",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frj"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"We gorged on chips and cookies.",
|
|
"We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
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"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1854, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194145"
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},
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"goddess":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": a female god",
|
|
": a woman whose great charm or beauty arouses adoration",
|
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": a female god"
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],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-d\u0259s",
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"also",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-d\u0259s"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"diva",
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"princess",
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"queen"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"a goddess of ancient Greece",
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|
"The actress, who is already a goddess in her own country, is finally getting recognition here.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"If only country music goddess Mickey Guyton hadn\u2019t canceled her set due to a battle with COVID, the diversity of genres across the entirety of the Picnic would have been complete. \u2014 A.d. Amorosi, Variety , 6 June 2022",
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"Through TikTok, our fave supermodel has given us her tips on how to nail the off-duty, glowy goddess look, from full-fledged daily makeup GRWMs to teaching us how to apply lipgloss. \u2014 Seventeen , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"The cemetery site where the coffins and statues were found was originally named for the ancient Egyptian cat- goddess Bast, due to the numerous statues of the deity discovered there. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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|
"Wake the sleeping goddess in you with a natural dual-strength conditioner. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
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|
"Commonly paired in many Latin cuisines, briny rich seafood \u2014 in this case, lobster \u2014 goes wonderfully with creamy potatoes in this salad, invigorated by a tart, creamy green- goddess -style dressing. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Leah Jeffries, a Black actress, was cast as Annabeth Chase, a half-mortal-half- goddess character who is described as white in the book. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
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"But, per The Wrap, the goddess should have been there. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 May 2022",
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|
"Four thousand years ago, the Sumerians baked date-syrup cakes for the goddess Inanna; the early settlers of Ireland buried pots of butter in bogs, possibly to placate supernatural forces, in the fifth century B.C. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194557"
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},
|
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"good deal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a considerable quantity or extent : lot"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he knows a good deal about the current situation in Africa",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Into this hectic environment comes Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), hired as a sous chef, a Culinary Institute of America graduate with restaurant experience, a good deal of ambition and an awareness of Carmy\u2019s reputation. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"While other places have seen a good deal more this month, D.C. has recorded only 0.87 inches in June, which is the 18th-lowest value on record for the month through the 20th. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The movie\u2019s other orphan, a Black girl named Maisie Brumble (Zaris-Angel Hator), is a good deal younger. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Both would cost them around $1,800 a month, and Klein was doing his best to explain that this, in fact, was a very good deal . \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The bank will fork that over with a smile and give you a really good deal , say 3% interest. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"As China shops around for a good deal to refill its strategic crude stockpiles, Russia \u2014 with few other countries to sell to \u2014 is offering its oil at a tantalizing discount. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s been a good deal of commentary recently about how the cost of beer is going to go up. \u2014 Kevin Mcgee, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, there\u2019s a good deal of hand-wringing over the final decision. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195013"
|
|
},
|
|
"godlessness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": not acknowledging a deity or divine law"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-l\u0259s",
|
|
"also"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"religionless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"religious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"treated the God-fearing and the godless with equal respect and compassion",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to Happy Science, the virus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government in Wuhan, and then, in a twist, it was unleashed by a U.F.O. to punish the communists for their godless ways. \u2014 Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Government propaganda at home portrayed the communist USSR as godless , tyrannical and antithetical to individual freedoms. \u2014 Oana Godeanu-kenworthy, The Conversation , 27 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"To some, that makes me godless and unworthy of my citizenship. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"In the piece French specifically references Chris Pratt, an evangelical Christian cruelly consigned by godless Hollywood progressives to that obscure backwater of the film industry, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 9 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Many Americans don\u2019t fully appreciate just how godless European culture has become. \u2014 David French, National Review , 22 July 2019",
|
|
"The Pixar cosmos may be fairy-free and godless , but at least, Toy Story 4 suggests, a parent \u2014 sorry, a toy \u2014 who serves long and honorably might deserve a few RV trips and cruises with his squeeze before the end. \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 11 July 2019",
|
|
"The Ahmarists don\u2019t want to share the public square with the godless and think the French types are naive for believing that pluralism will ever work for conservatives. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartz , 17 June 2019",
|
|
"Despite the decade\u2019s influx of godless movie people and their trailing entourage of wannabes and hangers-on, the city had remained a magnet for aging health-seekers, middle-class snowbirds, and retirees from the Midwest. \u2014 Gary Krist, Los Angeles Magazine , 7 May 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1528, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195034"
|
|
},
|
|
"goo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a viscid or sticky substance",
|
|
": sentimental tripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corn",
|
|
"mush",
|
|
"schmaltz",
|
|
"schmalz",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"soap opera",
|
|
"sorghum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"What's this goo all over the stove?",
|
|
"the latest goo from a children's author who knows how to lay it on thick",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The milky goo that squirted out stank like the alley next to our old shack and tasted like vinegar-laced glue. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Master Chief going nuts on the Covenent with a shotgun and pummeling an Elite into a goo . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That said, those interested in the simpler pleasures of watching bugs go splat will also find plenty to like, from its gnarly, goo -slinging action set pieces to CGI effects that stand up to today's technology. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The winner is a lemon trifle, a sweet goo of Swiss roll, amaretti biscuits, whipped cream and fresh citrus, a quintessential British dessert. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"Then an orange blimp appeared overhead, releasing more goo , and a big sea monster made of something similarly viscous sprouted from the field, flexing its biceps. \u2014 Jake Nevins, The Atlantic , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But users found a cheaper way of getting their hands on this beautifying goo : straight from the snail. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Most importantly, why did my antivaxx aunt start eating horse goo from the tractor store? \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 27 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"But when Eddie is leaving the bar, the camera shows a bit of black goo has been left behind. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps short for burgoo ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201930"
|
|
},
|
|
"government":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization: such as",
|
|
": the officials comprising the governing body of a political unit and constituting the organization as an active agency",
|
|
": the executive branch of the U.S. federal government",
|
|
": a small group of persons holding simultaneously the principal political executive offices of a nation or other political unit and being responsible for the direction and supervision of public affairs:",
|
|
": administration sense 4b",
|
|
": such a group in a parliamentary system constituted by the cabinet or by the ministry",
|
|
": the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it",
|
|
": the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out",
|
|
": the act or process of governing",
|
|
": authoritative direction or control",
|
|
": the continuous exercise of authority over and the performance of functions for a political unit : rule",
|
|
": political science",
|
|
": the office, authority, or function of governing",
|
|
": the term during which a governing official holds office",
|
|
": moral conduct or behavior : discretion",
|
|
": control and direction of public business (as of a city or a nation)",
|
|
": a system of control : an established form of political rule",
|
|
": the people making up a governing body",
|
|
": the act or process of governing",
|
|
": authoritative direction or control",
|
|
": the office, authority, or function of governing",
|
|
": the continuous exercise of authority over and the performance of functions for a political unit : rule",
|
|
": the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it",
|
|
": the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out",
|
|
": the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization: as",
|
|
": the officials comprising the governing body of a political unit and constituting the organization as an active agency",
|
|
": the executive branch of the U.S. federal government",
|
|
": the prosecution in a criminal case in its capacity as agents of the political unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259r(n)-m\u0259nt",
|
|
"-v\u0259-m\u0259nt",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-b\u1d4am-\u0259nt",
|
|
"-v\u1d4am-",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn-m\u0259nt",
|
|
"-v\u0259r-m\u0259nt",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259r-m\u0259nt, -v\u0259rn-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"regime",
|
|
"r\u00e9gime",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Are you being perceived as supporting atrocious acts by a government ? \u2014 Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Soon after her death, top Japanese officials addressed the danger of cyberbullying and pledged to speed up government discussions on relevant legislation. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The city will lay out a package of government financial incentives in an effort to find a developer willing to put up a mixed use retail and apartment building on the site. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Less high profile is the immunity enjoyed by other government actors at issue in the case filed in 2020 against leaders in the Iredell-Statesville School District of North Carolina. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative government in April announced plans to send some undocumented migrants to Rwanda. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Members of the group were ultimately convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government , among other charges. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The president, whose party and its allies currently hold 345 seats, named a government only last month, led by Prime Minister \u00c9lisabeth Borne. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"And since late last year Germany has had a coalition government that includes the progressive Green Party, a vocal critic of China\u2019s human-rights record. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see govern ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203033"
|
|
},
|
|
"godlike":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": resembling or having the qualities of God or a god : divine",
|
|
": like or suitable for God or a god"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccl\u012bk",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccl\u012bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"supernatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the godlike splendor of creation",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"People are impressed by his razor-sharp intuition, thinking that his reasoning ability and efficiency are godlike . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The first title presented him as an almost godlike figure, standing far above mere mortals. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The cult of personality surrounding Musk, coupled with the nature of Starlink\u2019s high-flying operations, cast the SpaceX CEO as an almost godlike figure\u2014our great internet savior, making Wi-Fi rain down from the sky. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The century of the Method\u2019s rise saw a theater culture in which directors and instructors became godlike figures, irrefutable prophets with access to the actor\u2019s whole psyche. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Not golden or godlike , like say Zep\u2019s Robert Plant. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The fictional Namgoong perhaps figures as Bong\u2019s alter ego: the absent, godlike designer of the drama and chaos unfolding on-screen. \u2014 Ed Park, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"This is a market in which one entity has a godlike view of everything that is happening, and everyone else is in the dark. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 28 July 2020",
|
|
"Part of holding onto power involves the cultivation of a cult of personality that paints the family as godlike figures who dominates daily life. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211552"
|
|
},
|
|
"goof":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a silly or stupid person",
|
|
": blunder",
|
|
": to spend time idly or foolishly",
|
|
": to engage in playful activity",
|
|
": to make a usually foolish or careless mistake : blunder",
|
|
": to make a mess of : bungle",
|
|
": to make fun of : kid , put on",
|
|
": a stupid or silly person",
|
|
": blunder entry 2",
|
|
": to spend time foolishly",
|
|
": to spend time doing silly or playful things",
|
|
": to make a blunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcf",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around ",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
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"lounge",
|
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"veg out"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"Don't be such a goof .",
|
|
"I'll admit it's my goof .",
|
|
"I made a major goof .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"It was clear that someone had goofed .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"But Smith took the goof -up in stride when posting a reaction on Twitter. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"With a seemingly bottomless feed of goof -offs, dance-offs and good-natured pranks, TikTok bills itself as the happiest place on the internet. \u2014 Georgia Wells, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Hannah was the de facto hero who Dunham could play as a willful goof . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Dave is very laid back and easy going and everything is kind of a goof . \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The opening titles reflected the song's peppy feel, showing Jess singing as she and loft-mates Nick, Schmidt (Max Greenfield), and Winston (Lamorne Morris) goof around amongst brightly painted set pieces. \u2014 Jessica Derschowitz, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"No room for goof -ups and an opportunity to play another day in any sort of best-of-seven format. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"There, Thiessen and her costars honored the late actor by gathering in character at their high school hangout, The Max, to remember the loveable goof Screech Powers, whom Diamond played for over 12 years in the original show and its spinoffs. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"With the new season comes the return of fan-favorite Raymond, aka Stingray \u2014 played by award-winning actor Paul Walter Hauser \u2014 an eccentric goof who just wants to be in with the popular karate crowd, despite being far older and fairly out of place. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In another era this might have been an opportunity to chat or goof around. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"The McLaren team has been trailed by not one, but two sets of cameras \u2014 one for the Netflix series and one to goof around on a network late-night show. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
|
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"Let loose today, preferably with some friends, and give yourself permission to goof off like kids again. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Not ones to goof off after school, Amir and Armoni Gause instead put their energy into developing unique gadgets and backlit posters in their family garage. \u2014 Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Getting back out on the road for work, and being able to goof on/talk about/complain about matters related to air travel is pretty awesome. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 July 2021",
|
|
"Wright loved to goof around, play sports and drive the car he had just been given by a family member, relatives and family friends said at a news conference Tuesday. \u2014 Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Friends goof around and occasionally tease each other. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 10 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Friends goof around and occasionally tease each other. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-214945"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gomorrah":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a place notorious for vice and corruption",
|
|
"ancient city thought to be in the area now covered by the southwestern part of the Dead Sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259",
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259",
|
|
"-\u02c8m\u00e4r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Augean stable",
|
|
"cesspool",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looks upon Las Vegas as a Gomorrah that undermines traditional values"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"from Gomorrah , ancient city destroyed by God for its wickedness in Genesis 19",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1850, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-011117"
|
|
},
|
|
"gob":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lump",
|
|
": a large amount",
|
|
": mouth",
|
|
": sailor",
|
|
": lump entry 1 sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fb",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fb",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"kisser",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"piehole",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1568, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-082225"
|
|
},
|
|
"gooey":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": soft, wet, and sticky",
|
|
": excessively sweet or sentimental : cloying",
|
|
": wet and sticky"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-213706"
|
|
},
|
|
"gossipmonger":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person who starts or spreads gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259p-\u02ccm\u0259\u014b-g\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02ccm\u00e4\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"newsmonger",
|
|
"quidnunc",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"yenta"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the upcoming nuptials between the sixtyish businessman and the twentysomething have sent the gossipmongers into overdrive",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Meanwhile, Coughlan\u2019s gossipmonger Lady Whistledown continues to have a hold on the \u2018ton, while keeping her double life a secret from most of the people closest to her but entrusting it to a key few. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The royal tastemaker is intent on finding out the identity of Lady Whistledown, the anonymous gossipmonger exposing the secrets (and hypocrisy) of London\u2019s elite. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Ayamma and Dede are fans and daily watchers of a talk show hosted by an interviewer-cum- gossipmonger named Adenikeh (Abena). \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The internet gossipmonger is quickly welcomed into the fold of conservative rabble-rousers; in some leafy enclave of Greater Washington, Laura Ingraham even hosts a party to introduce him around. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Helen plants a story about the film with gossipmonger Hedda Hopper, and Avis greenlights a new movie written by Archie and directed by Raymond. \u2014 Jean Bentley, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020",
|
|
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"De Havilland objected to her depiction on the show, saying her likeness was illegally used and her character, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, came across as a vulgar gossipmonger . \u2014 Fox News , 2 Oct. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-052231"
|
|
},
|
|
"goose egg":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": zero , nothing",
|
|
": a score of zero in a game or contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aught",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nil",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"o",
|
|
"oh",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They put another goose egg up on the scoreboard.",
|
|
"was such a bad bowler that his final score was a big, fat goose egg",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Celtics won the game despite White's goose egg , but don't expect that to be repeatable trick. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Long gone are the days when a film gets a bonafide theatrical release, with potential results that can range from a goose egg to a home run. \u2014 Schuyler Moore, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One goose egg equals two duck eggs or three chicken eggs. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Hoyas are in danger of finishing the conference season with a goose egg in the win column. \u2014 Adam Baum, The Enquirer , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The United States has a goose egg on the board after the first full day of competition at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, with 13 different countries taking home medals going into Sunday's slate. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Gaxeola, 22, had shown up that morning with a goose egg on his forehead after being jumped in a bar fight the night before. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In a game that saw the New Orleans Saints blank quarterback Tom Brady, and coach Bruce Arians and the rest of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense get shut out, the fallout from Sunday night goes beyond the goose egg . \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The weather was better in Tampa Bay for this game, but the Packers still tossed up a goose egg even though Green Bay only amassed 218 yards in its own right (Tampa had 188). \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114950"
|
|
},
|
|
"good faith":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": honesty or lawfulness of purpose",
|
|
": honesty, fairness, and lawfulness of purpose : absence of any intent to defraud, act maliciously, or take unfair advantage",
|
|
"\u2014 see also good faith exception , good faith purchaser \u2014 compare bad faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You have no right to question my good faith .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"On dismissal, Netflix argued that there\u2019s no legal authority supporting the claim that an employer\u2019s refusal to negotiate in good faith constitutes discrimination or retaliation. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The museum has had a recent history of collaborating with foreign governments, particularly Italy and Cambodia, by returning objects reported to have been stolen or looted before the museum acquired them in good faith through gifts or purchases. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"Instead of being suspicious of any underlying motives, accept this gift in good faith and see what plans people and the universe have in store for you. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"These were often set up in good faith but allowed to lapse into mudslinging, thanks to lax moderation\u2014think TripAdvisor, but for Tinder, mashed up with Twitter-level rage. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Ultimately, better incentives for all parties to act in good faith would lead to cheaper prices for consumers, which would bring all of the economic and social benefits of affordable electricity. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Starbucks Executive Vice President Rossann Williams has said the corporation respects workers' rights to organize and will bargain in good faith . \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"The complaint said the League and the Chargers failed to negotiate in good faith with home cities before moving teams. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"While companies must bargain in good faith with N.L.R.B.-certified unions, they are not required to agree to a contract, and negotiations could drag on for years. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-142455"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-bye":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a concluding remark or gesture at parting",
|
|
": a taking of leave",
|
|
": a remark made when someone is leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gu\u0307d-\u02c8b\u012b",
|
|
"g\u0259(d)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"au revoir",
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite this, Young followed her heart and sent Brandon Jones home in a tearful goodbye \u2014 making Olukoya the only man left. \u2014 Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"After the season-ending loss to St. Peter's, Brooks offered what could have been perceived as a goodbye to Kentucky. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"But the cameras didn\u2019t go dark without a heartfelt goodbye from cohosts Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Garcelle Beauvais. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Her creative ideas consider the deceased\u2019s professions and interests for a uniquely themed final goodbye . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Rudolph and Armisen then quickly left the stage with a quick goodbye . \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"This clearly doubled as a McKinnon goodbye as well. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Chrissy Teigen almost gave Ellen DeGeneres a NSFW goodbye when the cookbook author and husband John Legend surprised the comedian on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday (May 18). \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Kim Jong Un took a break from his regime\u2019s string of missile tests and threats to wish South Korea\u2019s outgoing president a warm goodbye . \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of God be with you ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-154334"
|
|
},
|
|
"Godhead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": divine nature or essence",
|
|
": god sense 1",
|
|
": the nature of God especially as existing in three persons"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02cched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"divinity",
|
|
"godhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly",
|
|
"most Christians believe that there are three separate persons\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014that make up the Godhead",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The go-to collaborator of some of hip-hop's brainiest underground heroes (Freddie Gibbs, late greats MF Doom and J Dilla), Jackson has shaped his latest standalone LP with the help of another studio godhead , Four Tet. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 23 June 2021",
|
|
"Then, after two weeks of impassioned social media debate, \u201970s movie godhead Francis Ford Coppola waded into the fray. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Christianity also shares a certain kind of internal division with Hinduism, over whether and in what ways the godhead is unitary or multiple. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"If his supporters managed to ignore the white working-class godhead Bruce Springsteen, who has any hope of reaching them? \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 7 May 2018",
|
|
"Scattered throughout the new expansion are artworks by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone and art-furniture godhead Wendell Castle. \u2014 Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald , 21 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"This answer is pantheist, animist, with self and godhead as terminals on a vital circuit. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 14 Dec. 2017",
|
|
"Emerson had prodded Thoreau to look through nature\u2014not at it\u2014in order to perceive the godhead . \u2014 Longreads , 13 July 2017",
|
|
"Paul Thomas Anderson has not lost a single golden fleck of godhead status or critical stature, even if things have gotten a little poky at the box office. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English godhed , from god + -hed -hood; akin to Middle English -hod -hood",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-185851"
|
|
},
|
|
"go-getting":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an aggressively enterprising person",
|
|
": a person determined to succeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02c8ge-t\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02ccge-",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccge-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1919, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-012615"
|
|
},
|
|
"goblin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious",
|
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": an ugly and often evil imaginary creature"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"brownie",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
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"faery",
|
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"fairy",
|
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"fay",
|
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"gnome",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
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"hobgoblin",
|
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"kobold",
|
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"leprechaun",
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"pixie",
|
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"pixy",
|
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"puck",
|
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"sprite",
|
|
"troll"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Magic Portal: Teams steps into a world of trolls and mythical beasts, separated from mankind by magic portals, each guarded by a goblin . \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
|
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"This fantasy drama, also called Goblin, stars Gong Yoo as Kim Shin, an immortal goblin who has lived for 900 years, and searches for a human wife who can end his life. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Everyone wants puppies; not everyone wants a decrepit goblin with dental disease. \u2014 Elena Lacey, Wired , 5 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"All manner of businesses\u2014hairdressers, dry cleaners, hardware stores, pasta shops\u2014in my neighborhood are decorated in some variation of the ghost- goblin -witch-pumpkin schtick these days. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
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"The autumn sun gives the greens of the fields an impossible, mythic radiance and transforms the back roads into light-muddled paths where a goblin with a riddle, or a pretty maiden with a basket, could be waiting around every gorse-and-bramble bend. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Those who have the courage can create their own groups and meet Sherry Spenzer (local author, historian and chief ghost-and- goblin tour director) at the mysterious cemetery located at 32808 Lake Road in Avon Lake. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 21 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Along the way, yokai transformed from superstition to satire, as artists began employing goblins to slyly comment on politics or current events. \u2014 Matt Alt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"On the eve of Hannukah, Hershel must use his wits and courage to defeat the goblins , who are fierce and scary, but also foolish. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gobelin , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin gobelinus , ultimately from Greek kobalos rogue",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-053541"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobbledegook":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": wordy and generally unintelligible jargon"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l-d\u0113-\u02ccgu\u0307k",
|
|
"-\u02ccg\u00fck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"song and dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook .",
|
|
"cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But Lisa Kudrow\u2019s speech about the glue is complete gobbledygook \u2014those words have nothing to do with my formula adhesive at all. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Without that unique hardware identifier, the data on the drive is unreadable gobbledygook . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To most baseball fans, many of the points of contention between billionaire MLB owners and millionaire players play out on a privileged battleground, spoken in a dialect of financial gobbledygook . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"What followed was a Lombardi-esque screed \u2014 at least if Lombardi\u2019s message was filtered through the Medieval English and Advanced Psychology and then saturated in ivory-tower gobbledygook . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The lack of any basic humanity in that bureaucratic gobbledygook is telling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"All told, the message will look scrambled or seem like gobbledygook . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Bits of story eddy around him, and the vast intricate gobbledygook of inevitable multiverse developments go rushing past. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
|
|
"The Biden message is refreshingly unequivocal\u2014it is offered without any excusing the perpetrators of violence with gobbledygook about their passionate beliefs. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 24 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"irregular from gobble , noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093352"
|
|
},
|
|
"go-ahead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": marked by energy and enterprise : progressive",
|
|
": indicating that one may proceed",
|
|
": being a score that gives a team the lead in a game",
|
|
": energy , spirit",
|
|
": one possessing go-ahead",
|
|
": a sign, signal, or authority to proceed : green light"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u0259-\u02cched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-111544"
|
|
},
|
|
"go (for)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to move on a course : proceed",
|
|
"\u2014 compare stop",
|
|
": to travel to a place",
|
|
": to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time",
|
|
": to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave , depart",
|
|
": to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure",
|
|
": to pass by means of a process like journeying",
|
|
": to proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner",
|
|
": to extend from point to point or in a certain direction",
|
|
": to give access : lead",
|
|
": walk",
|
|
": to be habitually in a certain state or condition",
|
|
": to become lost, consumed, or spent",
|
|
": die",
|
|
": to slip away : elapse",
|
|
": to come to be given up or discarded",
|
|
": to pass by sale",
|
|
": to become impaired or weakened",
|
|
": to give way especially under great force or pressure : break",
|
|
": to move along in a specified manner : fare",
|
|
": to be in general or on an average",
|
|
": to be or become especially as the result of a contest",
|
|
": to turn out well : succeed",
|
|
": to apply oneself",
|
|
": to put or subject oneself",
|
|
": intend",
|
|
": to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication , or decision : resort",
|
|
": to be guided, governed, or regulated",
|
|
": to act in agreement or cooperation",
|
|
": to begin an action or motion",
|
|
": to maintain or perform a certain action or motion",
|
|
": to function in the proper or expected manner : run",
|
|
": to be known",
|
|
": to act in accordance or harmony",
|
|
": to come to be determined",
|
|
": to come to be applied or appropriated",
|
|
": to pass by award, assignment, or lot",
|
|
": to contribute to an end or result",
|
|
": to be of advantage",
|
|
": to be about, intending, or expecting something",
|
|
": extend",
|
|
": to come or arrive at a certain state or condition",
|
|
"\u2014 see also go into sense 2 (below)",
|
|
": to come to be : become",
|
|
": to undergo a change",
|
|
": to be in phrasing or expression : read",
|
|
": to be capable of being sung or played",
|
|
": to be compatible, suitable, or becoming : harmonize",
|
|
": to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted",
|
|
": to have a usual or proper place or position : belong",
|
|
": to have a tendency : conduce",
|
|
": to carry authority",
|
|
": to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate",
|
|
": to hold true : be valid",
|
|
": to empty the bladder or bowels",
|
|
": to proceed along or according to : follow",
|
|
": to travel through or along : traverse",
|
|
": to make a wager of : bet",
|
|
": to make an offer of : bid",
|
|
": to assume the function or obligation of",
|
|
": to participate to the extent of",
|
|
": yield , weigh",
|
|
": to put up with : tolerate",
|
|
": afford",
|
|
": enjoy",
|
|
": to cause (a characteristic sound) to occur",
|
|
": say",
|
|
": to engage in",
|
|
": to have a record of",
|
|
": to set about : to begin to do",
|
|
": to try to get : seek",
|
|
": to enter into complete agreement",
|
|
": to engage in sexual intercourse",
|
|
": to make an attack on",
|
|
": to make an approach to",
|
|
": undertake",
|
|
": abandon",
|
|
": betray",
|
|
": fail",
|
|
": to be in little demand",
|
|
": to be carried over a ship's side",
|
|
": to be discarded",
|
|
": to be sparing",
|
|
": to stop being an annoyance or disturbance",
|
|
": to pass for or serve as",
|
|
": to try to secure or attain (something, such as a goal)",
|
|
": favor , accept",
|
|
": to have an interest in or liking for",
|
|
": attack , assail",
|
|
": to put forth all one's strength or resources",
|
|
": to achieve great success",
|
|
": to cease to be of interest or concern",
|
|
": to be contained in (something)",
|
|
": to begin to be in (a specified state or condition)",
|
|
": to begin (a specified kind of movement)",
|
|
": to enter (something) as a profession or occupation",
|
|
": to subject (something) to examination or discussion",
|
|
": to behave in a reckless, excited, or impromptu manner",
|
|
": to proceed in a rapid or furious manner",
|
|
": to conduct one's affairs : act",
|
|
": to become lost : disappear",
|
|
": outdo , surpass",
|
|
": examine",
|
|
": repeat",
|
|
": study , review",
|
|
": to be on the way to success",
|
|
": to make a public disclosure",
|
|
": to date one person exclusively and frequently",
|
|
": to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study",
|
|
": experience , undergo",
|
|
": carry out , perform",
|
|
": to give active support or assistance to : defend , champion",
|
|
": to have sexual intercourse with",
|
|
": to cause one to become confused, excited, or dizzy",
|
|
": to cause one to become conceited or overconfident",
|
|
": to become shattered (as in nerves or health)",
|
|
": to make an all-out combative effort (as in support of a position)",
|
|
": to work or act rapidly or efficiently",
|
|
": to be markedly successful",
|
|
": to indulge oneself excessively",
|
|
": date",
|
|
": choose sense 2",
|
|
": to be self-evident",
|
|
": conform sense 2b",
|
|
": the act or manner of going",
|
|
": the height of fashion : rage",
|
|
": an often unexpected turn of affairs : occurrence",
|
|
": the quantity used or furnished at one time",
|
|
": energy , vigor",
|
|
": a turn in an activity (such as a game)",
|
|
": attempt , try",
|
|
": a spell of activity",
|
|
": success",
|
|
": permission to proceed : go-ahead",
|
|
": to no avail : useless",
|
|
": constantly or restlessly active",
|
|
": functioning properly : being in good and ready condition",
|
|
": a game played between two players who alternately place black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines in an attempt to enclose the larger area on the board",
|
|
": to move or travel from one place to or toward another",
|
|
": to move away : leave",
|
|
": to lead in a certain direction",
|
|
": to be sent",
|
|
": to become lost, used, or spent",
|
|
": to pass by : elapse",
|
|
": to continue its course or action : run",
|
|
": to be able to fit in or through a space",
|
|
": to make its own special sound",
|
|
": to be suitable : match",
|
|
": to reach some state",
|
|
": explode sense 1",
|
|
": to begin to make a usual noise",
|
|
": to proceed as expected",
|
|
": to continue as time passes",
|
|
": to continue talking",
|
|
": to leave home",
|
|
": to stop burning",
|
|
": experience entry 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun (1), and Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1961, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-143223"
|
|
},
|
|
"Godspeed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a prosperous journey : success",
|
|
": a wish for success given to a person who is going away"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02c8sp\u0113d",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02c8sp\u0113d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"au revoir",
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hearty Godspeed was extended to all the departing troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English god speid , from the phrase God spede you God prosper you",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-170650"
|
|
},
|
|
"godhood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": divinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02cchu\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"divinity",
|
|
"godhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to Greek myth, Hercules was granted godhood after his death",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Subin takes us centuries back to Columbus, Cortes and Cook and the self-serving myths of conquistador godhood . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Perhaps more frequently than Subin would care to admit, the resistance made possible by godhood was more symbolic than physical. \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The photo was received in Vanuatu as further proof of his godhood . \u2014 Ian Beacock, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Leadbeater and Annie Besant, the force behind Theosophy, groomed the reluctant child for godhood . \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Klan robes hiding in a closet, pleasant politicians with plans toward repressive godhood , the eerie possibility that the vengeful striving of a heroic Black woman is part of some mysterious higher power's maniacal plan. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 21 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The merely infuriating Devs finale ends with Forest explaining his own new godhood . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 30 July 2020",
|
|
"But her ascension into godhood and becoming a superhero, detailed in Aaron and Dauterman\u2019s Mighty Thor comic, comes with a twist. \u2014 Alex Abad-santos, Vox , 23 July 2019",
|
|
"As for the Miltonic saga of Dodge's godhood , which gradually comes to dominate the narrative, Stephenson more or less gives us a cyber-Silmarillion. \u2014 Paul Di Filippo, Dallas News , 18 June 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181527"
|
|
},
|
|
"goof (around)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to spend time doing silly or playful things"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191212"
|
|
},
|
|
"godforsaken":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": remote , desolate",
|
|
": neglected and miserable in appearance or circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-f\u0259r-\u02ccs\u0101-k\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"depressive",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dreich",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
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"sullen",
|
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"sunless",
|
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"tenebrific",
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"tenebrous",
|
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"wretched"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"bright",
|
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"cheerful",
|
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"cheering",
|
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"cheery",
|
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"comforting",
|
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"cordial",
|
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"festive",
|
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"friendly",
|
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"gay",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
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"sunshiny"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
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"Who would want to visit such a godforsaken place?",
|
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"grew up in the kind of godforsaken town in which everyone drank in order to forget that they were there",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"It\u2019s a mode of have-it-all eclecticism that is frequently redolent of the wishful artists\u2019 statements that art schools require their students to write\u2014a godforsaken prose genre that is, at best, wholesomely cynical. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Erin and their two young children are none too happy about idling while awaiting repairs at a godforsaken motel in the middle of nowhere with an empty pool and the only place to eat a dismal Subway restaurant. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
|
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"Ballylough, a godforsaken spot of near-perpetual rain. \u2014 Alissa Simon, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"From his youth at boarding school in Brienne-le-Ch\u00e2teau to his final months on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte was an avid gardener who sought to create order and beauty in the natural world. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
|
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"Soon, that godforsaken beach will be a distant memory! \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 21 May 2021",
|
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"She's seen at last, but in a godforsaken way, an object of ridicule, forever on the internet. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 18 Aug. 2020",
|
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"In Milwaukee broadly and 53206 specifically, the task of racecraft is made easier, with black people relegated, both formally and informally, to certain areas that are considered godforsaken slums. \u2014 Caleb Gayle, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2019",
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"The father of three adult children lives in El Sobrante and sets his alarm for the godforsaken time of 2:50 a.m. each morning. \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 3 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191528"
|
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},
|
|
"gobbledygook":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": wordy and generally unintelligible jargon"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l-d\u0113-\u02ccgu\u0307k",
|
|
"-\u02ccg\u00fck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"song and dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook .",
|
|
"cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But Lisa Kudrow\u2019s speech about the glue is complete gobbledygook \u2014those words have nothing to do with my formula adhesive at all. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Without that unique hardware identifier, the data on the drive is unreadable gobbledygook . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"To most baseball fans, many of the points of contention between billionaire MLB owners and millionaire players play out on a privileged battleground, spoken in a dialect of financial gobbledygook . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"What followed was a Lombardi-esque screed \u2014 at least if Lombardi\u2019s message was filtered through the Medieval English and Advanced Psychology and then saturated in ivory-tower gobbledygook . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The lack of any basic humanity in that bureaucratic gobbledygook is telling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"All told, the message will look scrambled or seem like gobbledygook . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Bits of story eddy around him, and the vast intricate gobbledygook of inevitable multiverse developments go rushing past. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
|
|
"The Biden message is refreshingly unequivocal\u2014it is offered without any excusing the perpetrators of violence with gobbledygook about their passionate beliefs. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 24 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"irregular from gobble , noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191902"
|
|
},
|
|
"gooeyness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": soft, wet, and sticky",
|
|
": excessively sweet or sentimental : cloying",
|
|
": wet and sticky"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fc-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-193326"
|
|
},
|
|
"gory":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": covered with gore : bloodstained",
|
|
": bloodcurdling , sensational",
|
|
": covered with blood",
|
|
": having or showing much violence and bloodshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodstained",
|
|
"bloody"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Our list of the best horror movies on Amazon Prime has something for everybody, from gory classics to found footage indies to slow-burning arthouse horror. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Plus, even Cronenberg admits this gory confection won\u2019t be for everyone. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Halloween Kills, the second installment in this modern trilogy, was extremely gory . \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But the incident was described in all its absurd, gory detail in a paper published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine three years later. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"The film includes a gory child autopsy scene, shots of bloody intestines and characters who orgasm by licking each other\u2019s open wounds. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"The best scary movies for kids offer those doses of adrenaline without being too violent, too shocking or too gory . \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"And its unusual juxtaposition of a darling baby boy and heaps of bloody, gory violence surely will not appeal to everyone. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-193343"
|
|
},
|
|
"Godiva":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an English earl's wife who in legend rode naked through Coventry to save its citizens from a tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-201503"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-by":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a concluding remark or gesture at parting",
|
|
": a taking of leave",
|
|
": a remark made when someone is leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gu\u0307d-\u02c8b\u012b",
|
|
"g\u0259(d)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"au revoir",
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite this, Young followed her heart and sent Brandon Jones home in a tearful goodbye \u2014 making Olukoya the only man left. \u2014 Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"After the season-ending loss to St. Peter's, Brooks offered what could have been perceived as a goodbye to Kentucky. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"But the cameras didn\u2019t go dark without a heartfelt goodbye from cohosts Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Garcelle Beauvais. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Her creative ideas consider the deceased\u2019s professions and interests for a uniquely themed final goodbye . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Rudolph and Armisen then quickly left the stage with a quick goodbye . \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"This clearly doubled as a McKinnon goodbye as well. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Chrissy Teigen almost gave Ellen DeGeneres a NSFW goodbye when the cookbook author and husband John Legend surprised the comedian on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday (May 18). \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Kim Jong Un took a break from his regime\u2019s string of missile tests and threats to wish South Korea\u2019s outgoing president a warm goodbye . \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of God be with you ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-211218"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobbet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a piece or portion (as of meat)",
|
|
": lump , mass",
|
|
": a small fragment or extract",
|
|
": a small quantity of liquid : drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"dollop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gobet , from Anglo-French",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-084400"
|
|
},
|
|
"go-between":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an intermediate agent : broker",
|
|
": a person who acts as a messenger or peacemaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-b\u0259-\u02cctw\u0113n",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-b\u0259-\u02cctw\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"page",
|
|
"runner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-093907"
|
|
},
|
|
"goggle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to stare with wide or protuberant eyes",
|
|
": protuberant , staring",
|
|
": to stare with bulging or rolling eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawp",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He goggled in amazement at the huge statue.",
|
|
"goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Mok, the former second-in-command of the Yellow Neck daofei, goggled his eyes in surprise. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 5 May 2020",
|
|
"Any human eye, goggled by a car\u2019s windshield, can graft such fantasies onto the great Mojave. \u2014 Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books , 6 June 2019",
|
|
"Owing as much to his big leg as to his goggled face, Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship may very well be the star of the national championship game. \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 8 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Kevin Heenan, the thin- goggled duke with 30-foot range. \u2014 Tom Corvin, latimes.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"After her final run, the American freeskier remained down at the bottom of the halfpipe, hands covering her goggled eyes, undoubtedly overcome with emotions. \u2014 The Si Staff, SI.com , 24 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Hippos goggled at us from their muddy pools; crocodiles blinked from sandbanks. \u2014 Paul Theroux, Town & Country , 17 June 2013",
|
|
"Hippos goggled at us from their muddy pools \u2014 Paul Theroux, Town & Country , 17 June 2013",
|
|
"Of course, the short, goggled and sometimes cyclopean minions are on hand, engaging in a prison food fight and dancing in a cancan-like production number. Innocuous pandemonium ensues in candy colors. \u2014 Andy Webster, New York Times , 29 June 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The fit is comfortable on a wide range of head shapes, the retention system offers a depth adjustment, and the visor tilts high enough to offer goggle -storage space. \u2014 Ryan Labar, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Additionally, SteelSeries has made some design changes to its ski goggle style headband. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Use brown cardstock for the pots, add goggle eyes and draw on a cute smile. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"To place an order, go to the city\u2019s Facebook page and click on the goggle docs link found in the post about this fundraiser. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"That is why Apple has applied for patents on various mini- goggle and glasses designs, which will most likely be the medium that delivers the most significant AR user experience. \u2014 Tim Bajarin, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Supremely comfortable with foam cushioned ear cups and a ski goggle -style headband, this headset gives just about anyone a snug, comfortable fit without putting undue pressure on their head or ears. \u2014 Quentyn Kennemer, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
|
|
"Supremely comfortable with foam cushioned ear cups and a ski goggle -style headband, this headset gives just about anyone a snug, comfortable fit without putting undue pressure on their head or ears. \u2014 Quentyn Kennemer, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
|
|
"Supremely comfortable with foam cushioned ear cups and a ski goggle -style headband, this headset gives just about anyone a snug, comfortable fit without putting undue pressure on their head or ears. \u2014 Quentyn Kennemer, Forbes , 7 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1742, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1540, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113147"
|
|
},
|
|
"go beyond":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to do more than (something) : to do more than is expected or required"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131620"
|
|
},
|
|
"goof (off)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one who evades work or responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcf-\u02cc\u022ff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1953, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132722"
|
|
},
|
|
"good book":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ",
|
|
"Scripture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133105"
|
|
},
|
|
"Godfrey of Bouillon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"circa 1060\u20131100 French crusader"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-fr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134903"
|
|
},
|
|
"going-over":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a severe scolding",
|
|
": beating",
|
|
": a thorough examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014d-i\u014b-\u02c8\u014d-v\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02ccg\u022f(-)i\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
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"checkup",
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"examination",
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"inspection",
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"look-see",
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"review",
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"scan",
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"scrutiny",
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"survey",
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"view"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141445"
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},
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"goat":{
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation or noun",
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
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|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": any of various hollow-horned ruminant mammals (especially of the genus Capra ) related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair",
|
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": one ( Capra hircus ) long domesticated for its milk, wool, and flesh",
|
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": capricorn",
|
|
": a licentious man : lecher",
|
|
": scapegoat sense 2",
|
|
": the greatest of all time : the most accomplished and successful individual in the history of a particular sport or category of performance or activity",
|
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": an animal that has hollow horns that curve backward, is related to the sheep, and is often raised for its milk, wool, and meat"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u014dt",
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"\u02c8g\u014dt",
|
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"\u02c8g\u014dt"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"fall guy",
|
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"scapegoat",
|
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"whipping boy"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat .",
|
|
"an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"A century ago, families would gather to spend time together as a goat or calf cooked underground. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
|
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"According to ancient myth, when Zeus, the king of all gods and humans was born, his mother, Rhea, sent a protector to keep her son and his nurse, a goat , safe. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Scotch Bonnet is a super-hot pepper with origins in Jamaica, and puts the bite in Jamaican classics like jerk sauces, curried goat and chicken, and escovitch fish. \u2014 Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Disney+ series will feature Walker Scobell in the title role of 12-year-old Percy, a teen demigod; Aryan Simhadri as Grover, a satyr who is half-boy and half- goat ; and Jeffries as Annabeth, a daughter of the goddess Athena. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
|
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"After weeks of drought, the single night of rain brought more tragedy to Safiya Abdullahi, a goat and camel herder in Somaliland. \u2014 David Bruckmeier, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 May 2022",
|
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"His entire life, Mr. Edris had spent Eid in his village, trekking up a mountainside to roast a goat or sheep with his friends. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"Grover is a satyr, half boy and half goat , disguised as a 12 year old boy. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 5 May 2022",
|
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"This should tell you something about the success of its birria, available in either beef or goat . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
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"Abbreviation or noun",
|
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"1996, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141903"
|
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},
|
|
"gorgeousness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent",
|
|
": very beautiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-j\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The difference in appearance can be dramatic, as I saw on a visit to the small, modern factory where Pineider prints its stationery, in a gorgeous part of Tuscany near Florence and bordering Chianti. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , May 2001",
|
|
"In the Arlberg \u2026 my wife and I were taken to the most perfect dinner by an elderly Viennese couple and their gorgeous young daughter, whom we had met in Washington. \u2014 Geoffrey Wolff , Granta , Autumn 1990",
|
|
"Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. \u2014 L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , 1900",
|
|
"Your baby is absolutely gorgeous !",
|
|
"sunsets in Hawaii are just gorgeous",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He's created a gorgeous environment complete with archive rooms that sell vintage pieces from past collections. \u2014 Vogue , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"This gorgeous campus facility houses the Oil Slick Lanes bowling alley, the So Fracking Hungry Caf\u00e9, and the Spill the Beans coffee bar. \u2014 Carlos Greaves, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The celebrity nail guru has mastered the art of maintaining gorgeous , healthy nails, so this treatment is almost as good as having her on speed dial. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"No group has reinforced that message like Black visual artists, who have created some of the most gorgeous portrayals of Blackness. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"There are several gorgeous parks in the vicinity, including Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park, located on the ranch of the nation's 36th president. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"While making her appearance alongside her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Saturday, Beatrice, 33, looked gorgeous in a black-and-white polka dot dress. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Her Instagram is full of gorgeous art images and photos of her new husband. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Led by Patton Oswalt\u2019s superb voice work as Remy, the unlikeliest chef in France, Bird\u2019s gorgeous animation and moving sentiment serve up the perfect recipe of cinematic comfort food. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gorgeouse , from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144432"
|
|
},
|
|
"gospel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation",
|
|
": one of the first four New Testament books telling of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ",
|
|
": a similar apocryphal (see apocrypha sense 2 ) book",
|
|
": an interpretation of the Christian message",
|
|
": a lection (see lection sense 1 ) from one of the New Testament Gospels",
|
|
": the message or teachings of a religious teacher",
|
|
": something accepted or promoted as infallible (see infallible sense 1 ) truth or as a guiding principle or doctrine",
|
|
": gospel music",
|
|
": having a basis in or being in accordance with the gospel (see gospel entry 1 sense 1 ) : evangelical",
|
|
": marked by special or fervid emphasis on the gospel",
|
|
": of, relating to, or being religious songs of American origin associated with evangelism and popular devotion and marked by simple melody and harmony and elements of folk songs and blues",
|
|
": the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles",
|
|
": something told or accepted as being absolutely true"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-sp\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-sp\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"ideology",
|
|
"idealogy",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"testament"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"a reading from the Gospel of St. John",
|
|
"her private gospel is to do good cheerfully and without any expectation of reward",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The gospel Koenen has preached for two decades isn\u2019t for everyone. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"In 2019, the Business Roundtable officially renounced the shareholder-value gospel . \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
|
|
"The haunting guitar notes of a gospel blues song recorded nearly a century ago emerge from a quiet background of hiss and crackles. \u2014 Joe Heim, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Ross grew up singing gospel , writing songs, recording, and travelling to state fairs. \u2014 Taiia Smart Young, refinery29.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The Sunday gospel concert sends folks home on a high note. \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s nonsense, of course, but it\u2019s modern American gun gospel . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"All of the above might have been very provocative in a film focused solely on Lewis\u2019 gospel work. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"It was originally conceived as being more on the gospel session T-Bone produced with Jerry Lee in 2019. \u2014 Jake Coyle, ajc , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Smyth had gradually come to accept their theories too as gospel truth, and had incorporated them into his thesis. \u2014 Jimmy Maher, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Meanwhile in South Carolina, Booker's campaign has launched a new radio advertisement on eight urban contemporary and gospel radio stations across the state. \u2014 Caitlin Conant, CBS News , 6 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Large chunks of the film are made up of Cambridge Analytica sales decks, which the directors appear to take as gospel truth about how sophisticated and successful the company was. \u2014 L.m., The Economist , 24 July 2019",
|
|
"Market prices, of course, are no more gospel truth than are the extrapolations of economists. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 30 July 2018",
|
|
"Gospel stage production about family's struggle with alcoholism and their journey back to God through faith, hope and love. \u2014 Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com , 5 July 2017",
|
|
"Gospel singer Bebe Winans sings beautiful hymns; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joins her on stage. \u2014 Capricia Marshall, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Dec. 2016"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144609"
|
|
},
|
|
"governable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the making and administration of policy in",
|
|
": to rule without sovereign power and usually without having the authority to determine basic policy",
|
|
": manipulate",
|
|
": to control the speed of (a machine) especially by automatic means",
|
|
": to control, direct, or strongly influence the actions and conduct of",
|
|
": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
|
": to hold in check : restrain",
|
|
": to require (a word) to be in a certain case",
|
|
": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for",
|
|
": to prevail or have decisive influence : control",
|
|
": to exercise authority",
|
|
": rule entry 2 sense 1",
|
|
": to influence the actions and conduct of : control",
|
|
": to serve as a rule for",
|
|
": to exercise continuous sovereign authority over",
|
|
": to control and direct the administration of policy in",
|
|
": to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over",
|
|
": to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259-v\u0259rn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Neidig said the executive committee will spend time discussing its policy to govern participation of transgender athletes. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Its ranks included ultranationalist right-wingers, pro-peace leftists, centrists, and, for the first time ever, an Arab Israeli political faction, all coming together to govern . \u2014 Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"The declaration gives the mayor the ability to govern by proclamation and impose regulations as needed, per state law. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Needing 76 seats in the lower Parliamentary chamber, the House of Representatives, to govern in its own right, Labor on Sunday afternoon was being called the winner in 71, with 67% of votes counted, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp. \u2014 Trevor Marshallsea, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"During a campaign swing last month, Mr. Kemp told about 60 supporters at a restaurant in Dawsonville, Ga., that Mr. Biden\u2019s first year in office shows how Ms. Abrams might govern . \u2014 Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"But whether Macron will be able to actually govern the country will depend on elections to the lower house of France's parliament, the National Assembly, which begin this Sunday and conclude with the second round one week later. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Democracies differ over how to govern politicians\u2019 behavior. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"For one, Bukele is looking to get re-elected in two years, in June 2024, and govern for another five years after that. \u2014 Fortune , 8 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French governer , from Latin gubernare to steer, govern, from Greek kybernan ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163440"
|
|
},
|
|
"go berserk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to become very angry, crazy, and violent",
|
|
": to become very excited"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164346"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobernadora":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": creosote bush"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014db\u0259(r)n\u0259\u02c8d\u014dr\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, wife of a governor, feminine of gobernador governor, from gobernar to govern, from Latin gubernare to pilot, steer, govern",
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171711"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": pleasantly attractive",
|
|
": significantly large : considerable",
|
|
": of pleasing appearance",
|
|
": large , considerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-l\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"$10,000 is a goodly reward to offer for a missing wedding ring",
|
|
"a goodly number of people gathered to watch the spectacle",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Next, spray a goodly amount of Neem oil product on the soil and the container and tubers to kill as many of the remaining spores as possible. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The drafting committee spent a goodly amount of time discussing this issue and considered many alternatives. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Over the years, the Navy has collected a goodly amount of data to inform battle-damage models. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"Shouldn\u2019t the board take into consideration what a goodly number of owners want? \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"There was goodly number of drive-ins scattered around Cleveland and environs for a few decades in the middle of the last century. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 8 May 2020",
|
|
"In other words, most Americans are disturbed by the epic, endless scale of military spending, and would like a goodly portion of that to be redirected back into the country itself. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 7 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The ball players spent a goodly part of their time picking up these relics and tossing them resoundingly against the white sideboards of the enclosed arena. \u2014 Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"They're reportedly paid $1200 per day\u2014a goodly amount but less than what many of them could make as industry consultants. \u2014 Ann Finkbeiner, Science | AAAS , 27 June 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172430"
|
|
},
|
|
"go":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to move on a course : proceed",
|
|
"\u2014 compare stop",
|
|
": to travel to a place",
|
|
": to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time",
|
|
": to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave , depart",
|
|
": to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure",
|
|
": to pass by means of a process like journeying",
|
|
": to proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner",
|
|
": to extend from point to point or in a certain direction",
|
|
": to give access : lead",
|
|
": walk",
|
|
": to be habitually in a certain state or condition",
|
|
": to become lost, consumed, or spent",
|
|
": die",
|
|
": to slip away : elapse",
|
|
": to come to be given up or discarded",
|
|
": to pass by sale",
|
|
": to become impaired or weakened",
|
|
": to give way especially under great force or pressure : break",
|
|
": to move along in a specified manner : fare",
|
|
": to be in general or on an average",
|
|
": to be or become especially as the result of a contest",
|
|
": to turn out well : succeed",
|
|
": to apply oneself",
|
|
": to put or subject oneself",
|
|
": intend",
|
|
": to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication , or decision : resort",
|
|
": to be guided, governed, or regulated",
|
|
": to act in agreement or cooperation",
|
|
": to begin an action or motion",
|
|
": to maintain or perform a certain action or motion",
|
|
": to function in the proper or expected manner : run",
|
|
": to be known",
|
|
": to act in accordance or harmony",
|
|
": to come to be determined",
|
|
": to come to be applied or appropriated",
|
|
": to pass by award, assignment, or lot",
|
|
": to contribute to an end or result",
|
|
": to be of advantage",
|
|
": to be about, intending, or expecting something",
|
|
": extend",
|
|
": to come or arrive at a certain state or condition",
|
|
"\u2014 see also go into sense 2 (below)",
|
|
": to come to be : become",
|
|
": to undergo a change",
|
|
": to be in phrasing or expression : read",
|
|
": to be capable of being sung or played",
|
|
": to be compatible, suitable, or becoming : harmonize",
|
|
": to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted",
|
|
": to have a usual or proper place or position : belong",
|
|
": to have a tendency : conduce",
|
|
": to carry authority",
|
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": to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate",
|
|
": to hold true : be valid",
|
|
": to empty the bladder or bowels",
|
|
": to proceed along or according to : follow",
|
|
": to travel through or along : traverse",
|
|
": to make a wager of : bet",
|
|
": to make an offer of : bid",
|
|
": to assume the function or obligation of",
|
|
": to participate to the extent of",
|
|
": yield , weigh",
|
|
": to put up with : tolerate",
|
|
": afford",
|
|
": enjoy",
|
|
": to cause (a characteristic sound) to occur",
|
|
": say",
|
|
": to engage in",
|
|
": to have a record of",
|
|
": to set about : to begin to do",
|
|
": to try to get : seek",
|
|
": to enter into complete agreement",
|
|
": to engage in sexual intercourse",
|
|
": to make an attack on",
|
|
": to make an approach to",
|
|
": undertake",
|
|
": abandon",
|
|
": betray",
|
|
": fail",
|
|
": to be in little demand",
|
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": to be carried over a ship's side",
|
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": to be discarded",
|
|
": to be sparing",
|
|
": to stop being an annoyance or disturbance",
|
|
": to pass for or serve as",
|
|
": to try to secure or attain (something, such as a goal)",
|
|
": favor , accept",
|
|
": to have an interest in or liking for",
|
|
": attack , assail",
|
|
": to put forth all one's strength or resources",
|
|
": to achieve great success",
|
|
": to cease to be of interest or concern",
|
|
": to be contained in (something)",
|
|
": to begin to be in (a specified state or condition)",
|
|
": to begin (a specified kind of movement)",
|
|
": to enter (something) as a profession or occupation",
|
|
": to subject (something) to examination or discussion",
|
|
": to behave in a reckless, excited, or impromptu manner",
|
|
": to proceed in a rapid or furious manner",
|
|
": to conduct one's affairs : act",
|
|
": to become lost : disappear",
|
|
": outdo , surpass",
|
|
": examine",
|
|
": repeat",
|
|
": study , review",
|
|
": to be on the way to success",
|
|
": to make a public disclosure",
|
|
": to date one person exclusively and frequently",
|
|
": to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study",
|
|
": experience , undergo",
|
|
": carry out , perform",
|
|
": to give active support or assistance to : defend , champion",
|
|
": to have sexual intercourse with",
|
|
": to cause one to become confused, excited, or dizzy",
|
|
": to cause one to become conceited or overconfident",
|
|
": to become shattered (as in nerves or health)",
|
|
": to make an all-out combative effort (as in support of a position)",
|
|
": to work or act rapidly or efficiently",
|
|
": to be markedly successful",
|
|
": to indulge oneself excessively",
|
|
": date",
|
|
": choose sense 2",
|
|
": to be self-evident",
|
|
": conform sense 2b",
|
|
": the act or manner of going",
|
|
": the height of fashion : rage",
|
|
": an often unexpected turn of affairs : occurrence",
|
|
": the quantity used or furnished at one time",
|
|
": energy , vigor",
|
|
": a turn in an activity (such as a game)",
|
|
": attempt , try",
|
|
": a spell of activity",
|
|
": success",
|
|
": permission to proceed : go-ahead",
|
|
": to no avail : useless",
|
|
": constantly or restlessly active",
|
|
": functioning properly : being in good and ready condition",
|
|
": a game played between two players who alternately place black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines in an attempt to enclose the larger area on the board",
|
|
": to move or travel from one place to or toward another",
|
|
": to move away : leave",
|
|
": to lead in a certain direction",
|
|
": to be sent",
|
|
": to become lost, used, or spent",
|
|
": to pass by : elapse",
|
|
": to continue its course or action : run",
|
|
": to be able to fit in or through a space",
|
|
": to make its own special sound",
|
|
": to be suitable : match",
|
|
": to reach some state",
|
|
": explode sense 1",
|
|
": to begin to make a usual noise",
|
|
": to proceed as expected",
|
|
": to continue as time passes",
|
|
": to continue talking",
|
|
": to leave home",
|
|
": to stop burning",
|
|
": experience entry 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun (1), and Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1961, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173555"
|
|
},
|
|
"goofa":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of goofa variant spelling of gufa"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175248"
|
|
},
|
|
"goggle-eye":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": rock bass",
|
|
": warmouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259l-\u02cc\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181649"
|
|
},
|
|
"God/heaven forbid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of God/heaven forbid \u2014 used in speech to say that one hopes a bad thing will not happen This is the number you should call if, God forbid , you should get into an accident. Heaven forbid that something bad should happen."
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182204"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobemouche":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a credulous person",
|
|
": one who believes everything he or she hears"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)g\u014db\u00a6m\u00fcsh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, from gober to gulp down, swallow + mouche fly, from Latin musca ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182502"
|
|
},
|
|
"gormandize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to eat gluttonously or ravenously",
|
|
": to eat greedily : devour"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-m\u0259n-\u02ccd\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving\u2014it's traditional!",
|
|
"hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" gormand , alteration of gourmand ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184630"
|
|
},
|
|
"gormaw":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": cormorant"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f(\u0259)r\u02ccm\u022f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" gore entry 1 + maw (gull)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184810"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorge hook":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": gorge sense 5",
|
|
": a hook having two barbs : two hooks with shanks joined together"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185125"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gobi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"desert in east central Asia in Mongolia and China area about 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square kilometers)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193849"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorgerin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the part of the capital in some columns between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus",
|
|
": the space between two neck moldings"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f(r)j\u0259r\u0259\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, from gorge throat",
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195700"
|
|
},
|
|
"godkin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": godling"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-dk\u0259\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" god + -kin ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1765, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200226"
|
|
},
|
|
"go spare":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to become very angry or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200440"
|
|
},
|
|
"go belly-up":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to fail completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200735"
|
|
},
|
|
"gone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lost , ruined",
|
|
": dead",
|
|
": characterized by sinking or dropping",
|
|
": involved , absorbed",
|
|
": possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire : infatuated",
|
|
": pregnant",
|
|
": past",
|
|
": great",
|
|
": no longer present",
|
|
": no longer existing",
|
|
": dead entry 1 sense 1",
|
|
": pregnant"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fn",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fn",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"She should have been back by now. She's been gone for more than an hour.",
|
|
"The outfielder went back to the fence and jumped, but the ball was gone .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"People have found out in the process \u2014 some who\u2019ve gone virtual \u2014 their attendance has gone way up. \u2014 Peggy O\u2019hare, ExpressNews.com , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"Inspired by Eusope\u2019s great-grandfather\u2019s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who\u2019ve gone public with the news. \u2014 Dan Singer, Dallas News , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria) The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends\u2018 final season could\u2019ve gone much differently. \u2014 Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Be gone , debt: The University of Phoenix cancels $141 million in student loan debt. \u2014 Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The rifle pictured has an aftermarket synthetic stock on it which replaced a wooden stock that was too far gone for repair\u2014another reason this rifle makes an excellent camp gun. \u2014 Craig Caudill, Outdoor Life , 13 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Things haven't quite gone to plan for Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid side this season, despite positive results on the whole. \u2014 SI.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Much of the film\u2019s early conflict derives from Rosie\u2019s fear that Jojo is too far gone \u2014that the ideology of a regime that\u2019s existed his whole life has irrevocably brainwashed him. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 17 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-204043"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gondwana":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"ancient supercontinent that included the currently separate landmasses of South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica \u2014 compare laurasia"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u00e4n-\u02c8dw\u00e4-n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205938"
|
|
},
|
|
"going light":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": any of various diseases of poultry marked by loss of weight",
|
|
": avian tuberculosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"from the phrase go light ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-210649"
|
|
},
|
|
"go out (with)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to go on a social engagement with I'm going to go out with that foxy woman from work next Saturday night"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215531"
|
|
},
|
|
"gormless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lacking intelligence : stupid"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frm-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"alteration of English dialect gaumless , from gaum attention, understanding (from Middle English gome , from Old Norse gaum, gaumr ) + -less ",
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"definitions":[
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": the master of a household",
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": mr.",
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"Benjamin David 1909\u20131986 Benny Goodman American musician and bandleader"
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],
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"\u02c8gu\u0307d-m\u0259n",
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],
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"noun"
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],
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": any of several small vertical or slanting stitches worked over one or more threads of canvas to form a solid ground of stitches"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230058"
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": proper or correct conduct or deportment",
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": in a state of trial with the final disposition dependent upon proper conduct",
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": well-behaved"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000120"
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},
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"gorm":{
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of gorm variant of gaum:4"
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],
|
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|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f(\u0259)m"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003042"
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},
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"go/run through someone's mind":{
|
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"idiom"
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": to be what someone is thinking about"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-041446"
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},
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"Godful":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": divine , awe-inspiring"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-f\u0259l"
|
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1593, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042656"
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},
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"good and lawful":{
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],
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"definitions":[
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": having every statutory as well as common-law qualification required"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052910"
|
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},
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|
"gory details":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": the small facts or pieces of information about something that are unpleasant or interesting in a shocking way"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-055636"
|
|
},
|
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"gourmand":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking",
|
|
": one who is heartily interested in good food and drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307r-\u02ccm\u00e4nd",
|
|
"-m\u0259nd",
|
|
"\u02ccgu\u0307r-\u02c8m\u00e4nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"epicurean",
|
|
"gastronome",
|
|
"gastronomist",
|
|
"gourmet"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a finicky gourmand who vacationed in Europe every year simply for the wine",
|
|
"the kind of gourmand who swallows food without even pausing to taste it",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"With eight restaurants, One&Only Reethi Rah is a gourmand \u2019s dream. \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"The tide is a gourmand 's menu of scallops, mussels, oysters, crabs and seaweed. \u2014 Anabel Dean, CNN , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"For any modern gourmand worth their weight in cookbooks, the name Kenji is a familiar one. \u2014 Leah Bhabha, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Within its first year, the Chinese-Peruvian restaurant earned a bib gourmand acknowledgment from Michelin, landed on the Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler list of best new restaurants in the world and, Mr. Leon said, has a wait of several weeks for indoor tables. \u2014 Jessica Testa, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Milk Bar Gift Card Have a gourmand with a sweet tooth? \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Affable and a noted gourmand , Mr. Epstein struck up friendships with generations of writers, including Wilson, who had been a prominent literary critic since the 1920s. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Before Morra\u2019s marketing savvy, which put truffles on the radar of every chef and gourmand globally, the truffle was most recently seen as swill by many farmers, says executive chef Paolo Lavezzini of the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Each features a specific artisanal aromatic profile, from floral to gourmand to woody. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 6 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gourmaunt , from Middle French gourmant ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061701"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goody Two-shoes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person who is goody-goody",
|
|
": a person who is uncommonly good"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307-d\u0113-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u02ccsh\u00fcz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"from Goody Two-Shoes , heroine of a children's story perhaps by Oliver Goldsmith",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1843, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-065503"
|
|
},
|
|
"gourmet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a connoisseur of food and drink",
|
|
": connoisseur sense 2",
|
|
": of, relating to, or being high quality, expensive, or specialty food typically requiring elaborate and expert preparation",
|
|
": equipped for the preparation of such food",
|
|
": a person who appreciates fine food and drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307r-\u02ccm\u0101",
|
|
"gu\u0307r-\u02c8m\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307r-\u02ccm\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bon vivant",
|
|
"epicure",
|
|
"epicurean",
|
|
"gastronome",
|
|
"gastronomist",
|
|
"gourmand"
|
|
],
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|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"food critics have to be gourmets in order to write about food in an informed way",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Two blocks west at the Euro Food Depot, a handful of customers wearing blue Qualcomm lanyards browsed the aisles of the small import market selling hard-to-find gourmet items from France like chestnut spread, pork rillettes and foie gras mousse. \u2014 Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com , 1 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Drai's rooftop playhouse offers music lovers 30,000 square feet of slip-proof pool deck to get low on, plus luxury cabanas, day beds, two full-service bars, palm trees and a full-service gourmet cafe. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 21 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"An Alaskan might forgo a latte to pay $5 for a single perfect Sumo mandarin orange, flown in by New Sagaya, the city\u2019s largest gourmet market. \u2014 Julia O\u2019malley, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"The restaurant offers made-from-scratch gourmet mac and cheese in 15 varieties, such as pizza mac and cheese, Philly cheesesteak mac and cheese and goat cheese mac and cheese. \u2014 Megan Becka, cleveland.com , 20 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"In the main area, guests dined on meatballs, gourmet chicken wings and all manner of fruit. \u2014 The Masked Observer, AL.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Free activities for kids, unlimited mimosas for $10 and live music, local produce, plants, exotic flowers, herbs, baked goods, gourmet foods, teas, coffee and specialty pet products at the Waterfront Commons in downtown West Palm Beach. \u2014 Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting , 14 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"Dean & Deluca, the Kansas gourmet chain with stores uptown and in SouthPark, expanded its selection of meat, seafood and produce last spring at its Phillips Place store. \u2014 Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver , 13 Feb. 2018"
|
|
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1820, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072748"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gove":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Philip Babcock 1902\u20131972 American lexicographer"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dv"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080331"
|
|
},
|
|
"go off with":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to leave (a spouse, partner, etc.) in order to live with and have a sexual relationship with (someone)",
|
|
": to take away (something that belongs to someone else) : to steal"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082248"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodbye":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a concluding remark or gesture at parting",
|
|
": a taking of leave",
|
|
": a remark made when someone is leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gu\u0307d-\u02c8b\u012b",
|
|
"g\u0259(d)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"au revoir",
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hello"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite this, Young followed her heart and sent Brandon Jones home in a tearful goodbye \u2014 making Olukoya the only man left. \u2014 Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"After the season-ending loss to St. Peter's, Brooks offered what could have been perceived as a goodbye to Kentucky. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"But the cameras didn\u2019t go dark without a heartfelt goodbye from cohosts Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Garcelle Beauvais. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Her creative ideas consider the deceased\u2019s professions and interests for a uniquely themed final goodbye . \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Rudolph and Armisen then quickly left the stage with a quick goodbye . \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"This clearly doubled as a McKinnon goodbye as well. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Chrissy Teigen almost gave Ellen DeGeneres a NSFW goodbye when the cookbook author and husband John Legend surprised the comedian on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday (May 18). \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"Kim Jong Un took a break from his regime\u2019s string of missile tests and threats to wish South Korea\u2019s outgoing president a warm goodbye . \u2014 Timothy W. Martin, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of God be with you ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082844"
|
|
},
|
|
"gory dew":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a gelatinous blood-red patch often seen on stones, soil, or walls and caused chiefly by a red alga ( Porphyridium cruentum )"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-093414"
|
|
},
|
|
"god":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the supreme or ultimate reality: such as",
|
|
": the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped (as in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism) as creator and ruler of the universe",
|
|
": the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind",
|
|
": a being or object that is worshipped as having more than natural attributes and powers",
|
|
": one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality",
|
|
": a person or thing of supreme value",
|
|
": a powerful ruler",
|
|
": to treat as a god : idolize , deify",
|
|
": the Being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe",
|
|
": a being believed to have more than human powers",
|
|
": an object worshipped as divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"divinity"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Kavachi, named for a sea god of the Gatokae and Vangunu peoples, is approximately 15 miles south of Vangunu Island. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Khnum was the Egyptian god of fertility, associated with water and represented as a man with a ram\u2019s head. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"Named after a sea god of the Indigenous Gatokae and Vangunu people, Kavachi is located about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, part of the Solomon Islands east of Papua New Guinea. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The asteroid would come to be called Apophis, after the Egyptian god of destruction. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Already on Mars are NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover, which landed in Feb. 2021, and China\u2019s first Mars rover, Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"It\u2019s the only one named after the Greek god of the sky (Uranus was the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter). \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"The temple honors Zeus Kasios\u2014a deity who merges Greek god Zeus and Mount Kasios. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Leslye Headland, the writer who co-created Season 1 with Lyonne and Amy Poehler, has likened Horse to Pan, the Greek god of nature and wildness. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 23 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"1595, in the meaning defined above"
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": having a kindly generous disposition",
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": kind and generous"
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],
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"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
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"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
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],
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"beneficent",
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"benevolent",
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"benignant",
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"compassionate",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"softhearted",
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"sympathetic",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"warmhearted"
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],
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"atrocious",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"bestial",
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"brutal",
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"brute",
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"brutish",
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"callous",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cruel",
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"fiendish",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"inhuman",
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"inhumane",
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"insensate",
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"sadistic",
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"savage",
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"truculent",
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"uncompassionate",
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"unfeeling",
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"unkind",
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"unkindly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"vicious",
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"wanton"
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},
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],
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": to move along : proceed",
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": to go or travel as a companion",
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": to act in cooperation or express agreement"
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"come",
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"come along",
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"do",
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"fare",
|
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"forge",
|
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"get along",
|
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"get on",
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"go",
|
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"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
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"pace",
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"proceed",
|
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"progress"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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"remain",
|
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"stand",
|
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"stay",
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"stop"
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],
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"examples":[
|
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"everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered"
|
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],
|
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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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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": a wild sheep of mountainous regions of the Gobi Desert that is a subspecies ( Ovis ammon darvini ) of the argali"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1990, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-115758"
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},
|
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"gorming":{
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|
|
"Definition of gorming variant of gaumy"
|
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],
|
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|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f(\u0259)m\u0259\u0307n"
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122458"
|
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},
|
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"Gondomar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Conde de 1567\u20131626 Diego Sarmiento de Acu\u00f1a Spanish diplomat"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccg\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123707"
|
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},
|
|
"goad":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad entry 2 sense 2a )",
|
|
": to drive (an animal) with a goad (see goad entry 2 sense 1 )",
|
|
": a pointed rod used to urge on an animal",
|
|
": something that urges or stimulates into action : spur",
|
|
": something that pains as if by pricking : thorn",
|
|
": a pointed rod used to keep an animal moving",
|
|
": something that urges or forces someone to act",
|
|
": to urge or force a person or an animal to act"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dd",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egg (on)",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"urge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The threat of legal action should goad them into complying.",
|
|
"tried to goad me into auditioning for the play",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The threat of legal action is a powerful goad to companies that have ignored the regulations.",
|
|
"the threat of skin cancer\u2014not to mention the prospect of wrinkles\u2014should be sufficient goad for using sunscreen",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Some countries have no desire to goad the Russian bear. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Although more than 100,000 Russian troops are massed on Ukraine\u2019s border, Putin faulted the West for causing tensions, depicting a deliberate attempt to goad Moscow into making a military move. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Sigal and his colleagues have found that Omicron infections in unvaccinated people don\u2019t goad the immune system into churning out antibodies that recognize other variants very well. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Third shots can also goad the immune system into broadening its range of coronavirus-fighting tools, so that kids end up ready to duel even antibody-dodging variants such as Omicron. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Some creators don\u2019t necessarily try to goad performers into saying outrageous things about camera, but center their entire channels around their interactions with performers, such as flirting with Disney princesses. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But that doesn\u2019t square with the serious decisions that came before this: decarceration, prioritization for the vaccines, and expenditure of resources to goad prisoners to queue up for the vaccine. \u2014 Chandra Bozelko, STAT , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Internalizing that fact is an important task, not least because doing so might goad us to develop a nimbleness in our response to disasters and resilience in our supply chains once the worst discrete weather events have receded. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Later in the episode, Tom (Matthew Macfadyen) tries to goad Greg into tussling in a last-ditch attempt to overpower somebody, anybody, at Waystar. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Thus began Johns\u2019s career-long fascination with signs and symbols \u2014 not as a subject for representation, but as a goad to pure painting. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Politics now in Illinois is about herding the people, using their emotions as the shepherd\u2019s goad . \u2014 John Kass, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"It\u2019s not solely Republicans who find themselves on the wrong end of Trump\u2019s lash and goad . \u2014 Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner , 17 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Morton is applying those lessons to winning local district councils, which have the ability to declare local climate emergencies that serve as a goad to the federal government. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The book also served, throughout, as a worthwhile goad , spurring me to test its assertions against my own uneasy re-experience \u2014 as both avid user and resistant consumer of social photography. \u2014 Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times , 10 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"The only difference was that, during Marcus\u2019s birth, the amplified heartbeat was with us through the entire labor, a goad , and solace. \u2014 Jon Michaud, The New Yorker , 15 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Stories like those emanating from San Francisco General can be powerful goads to federal lawmakers. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 2 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Their fairly gentle demeanor means handlers can manage them with verbal commands and the judicious use of goad sticks. \u2014 Denise Coffey, courant.com , 17 June 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Noun and Verb",
|
|
"Middle English gode , from Old English g\u0101d spear, goad; akin to Langobardic gaida spear, and perhaps to Sanskrit hinoti he urges on"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133017"
|
|
},
|
|
"go off the rails":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": to lose control and start to behave in a way that is not normal or acceptable"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134052"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobiesocid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of or relating to the Gobiesocidae",
|
|
": a gobiesocid fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u014d\u00a6b\u012b\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4s\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"\u00a6g\u014db\u0113\u0259-",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"New Latin Gobiesocidae"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-144951"
|
|
},
|
|
"goose-step (to)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to act according to the commands of the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145404"
|
|
},
|
|
"going rate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the average or usual price that is charged for something"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
},
|
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"go in (on)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to help pay for (something, such as a present)"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150601"
|
|
},
|
|
"go-cup":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a plastic or paper cup used especially for taking a beverage off the premises of a bar, restaurant, etc.",
|
|
": such a cup used (as in New Orleans) for carrying an alcoholic beverage"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02cck\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1973, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162106"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gourmont":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Remy de 1858\u20131915 French writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"gu\u0307r-\u02c8m\u014d\u207f"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163359"
|
|
},
|
|
"goof-off":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one who evades work or responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcf-\u02cc\u022ff"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1953, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-163941"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gorlovka":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"city of eastern Ukraine in the Donets Basin north of Donetsk population 256,500"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-l\u0259f-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172434"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobbler":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a male turkey",
|
|
": one that gobbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"circa 1725, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174940"
|
|
},
|
|
"good guy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a morally correct person or character : a hero"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175203"
|
|
},
|
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"goadman":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one who drives an animal or team by means of a goad"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-dm\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181129"
|
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},
|
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"going/getting nowhere fast":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": failing to make progress or to produce a desired result"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181351"
|
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},
|
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"goad stick":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a stick used as a goad"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192917"
|
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},
|
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"Gobelin green":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a moderate green that is yellower and slightly duller than sea green (see sea green sense 1a ) and yellower and paler than myrtle (see myrtle sense 3a )"
|
|
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-201310"
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},
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"gonecium":{
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of gonecium variant spelling of gonoecium"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203909"
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},
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"gourmandizer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": gourmand sense 1"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-204409"
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},
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"gossipy":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": characterized by, full of, or given to gossip"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-s\u0259-p\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chattery",
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"chatty",
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"colloquial",
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"conversational",
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"dishy",
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"newsy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bookish",
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"literary"
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],
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"examples":[
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"this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"If Barber\u2019s narrative of tumultuous times is often more gossipy than revelatory, his insight into how power operates and sustains itself is truly intriguing. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
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"Golden-Coners, mostly gay men and straight women, hustled from gossipy panel discussions to raucous trivia games and reverent autograph signings. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
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"Sun was glinting off the creek, a gossipy circle of wild turkeys faced us on the other side, and Somers was in a pensive mood. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
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"Back in London, gossipy members of society accused Duff Gordon of bribing the crew to row the two-thirds-empty craft from the scene without helping victims in the water. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"As does adding the heroine\u2019s parents, best friend, and sister, who watch Remy date from the sidelines, providing gossipy , loving, commentary. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In a famously gossipy industry, the lack of a clear motive fueled a frenzy of speculation. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
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"After weeks of gossipy reports about Chris Cuomo\u2019s plans to sock it to his former employer, Zucker in early February shocked his colleagues with a resignation announcement. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"Cox's memoir hits shelves in all its gossipy glory on Jan. 18. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 15 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1818, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210819"
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},
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"go insane":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to become mentally ill : to go crazy"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220630-213359"
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},
|
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"gobble":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb",
|
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"verb ()"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": to swallow or eat greedily",
|
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": to take eagerly : grab",
|
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": to read rapidly or greedily",
|
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": to make the natural guttural noise of a male turkey",
|
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": to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey",
|
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": to eat fast or greedily",
|
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": to make the call of a turkey or a similar sound",
|
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": the loud harsh call of a turkey"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The seaweed will gobble up carbon from the air and water, and the limestone will serve as an antacid for the surface layer of the sea -- like a Tums for the ocean. \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"The problem for the industry: casinos\u2019 technology partners gobble up the bulk of the revenue from internet wagers, according to Joe Lupo, head of the Casino Association of New Jersey and president of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The goats happily gobble everything up, creating environmentally-friendly fire breaks. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The centers employ relatively few workers and gobble up massive amounts of electricity in an age when social and governmental pressures are pushing companies to reduce their carbon footprints. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That gives programs like Ole Miss, South Carolina and others the opportunity to gobble up a dozen or more impactful transfers and perhaps level the playing field a smidge. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In diners my father learned to smoke cigarettes and guzzle coffee and gobble down any food that was at hand, enough to get him through a double shift plus back-to-back classes. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"As streaming services continue to gobble up listeners, vinyl keeps finding an audience, Fortune\u2019s Jonathan Vanian reported Thursday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Less certain, Petraeus said, is whether Putin will try to gobble up the western part of the country that borders Poland. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Star expects more firms to look to independent drivers for advertising as rideshare companies gobble up marketshare. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist who studies the briefings, found that the five major TV networks gobble up a disproportionate amount of time in them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The goats happily gobble everything up, creating environmentally-friendly fire breaks. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The seaweed will gobble up carbon from the air and water, and the limestone will serve as an antacid for the surface layer of the sea -- like a Tums for the ocean. \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"In diners my father learned to smoke cigarettes and guzzle coffee and gobble down any food that was at hand, enough to get him through a double shift plus back-to-back classes. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Meanwhile, DoorDash, which has rapidly expanded into various categories from convenience goods to groceries, continues to gobble up the market from 45% to nearly 60% in that time frame. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The centers employ relatively few workers and gobble up massive amounts of electricity in an age when social and governmental pressures are pushing companies to reduce their carbon footprints. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Although under pressure to gobble up less energy, Bitcoin has no plans to change its technology like Ethereum did. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
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"Verb (1)",
|
|
"probably irregular from gob entry 1",
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
|
"imitative"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"Verb (1)",
|
|
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
|
"1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215512"
|
|
},
|
|
"goody-goody":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": affectedly or ingratiatingly good or proper"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccgu\u0307-d\u0113-\u02c8gu\u0307-d\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221946"
|
|
},
|
|
"go into conniptions":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to become very upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222522"
|
|
},
|
|
"goings-on":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun plural",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": actions , events",
|
|
": irregular or reprehensible happenings or conduct",
|
|
": things that happen"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014d-i\u014b-\u02c8z\u022fn",
|
|
"\u02ccg\u022f(-)i\u014b-",
|
|
"-\u02c8z\u00e4n",
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014d-i\u014bz-\u02c8\u022fn",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224217"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gorno-Altaisk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"city of southern Russia in Asia that serves as capital of the autonomous republic of Altay population 47,500"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-n\u0259-\u02cc\u00e4l-\u02c8t\u012bsk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-230455"
|
|
},
|
|
"God's acre":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": churchyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyard",
|
|
"cemetery",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"memorial park",
|
|
"necropolis",
|
|
"potter's field"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was laid in rest in God's acre , with a comforting view of the river he loved so much"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1605, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233605"
|
|
},
|
|
"go after someone's scalp":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to want to have someone removed from a position"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235525"
|
|
},
|
|
"gourdhead":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": bigmouth buffalo",
|
|
": wood ibis"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235813"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gobiesocidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a family of small marine teleost fishes that have soft dorsal and anal fins and a large sucker formed in part by the pelvic fins located well forward on the throat and that form an order Xenopterygii or in some classifications a highly specialized suborder of Percomorphi \u2014 compare clingfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)g\u014d\u02ccb\u012b\u0259\u02c8s\u00e4s\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014db\u0113\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin, from Gobiesoc-, Gobiesox , type genus + -idae"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-002120"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goodyera":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes, stalked ovate leaves, and small flowers in a twisted raceme \u2014 see rattlesnake plantain"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307dy\u0259r\u0259",
|
|
"gu\u0307d\u02c8yir\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307j\u0259-",
|
|
"gu\u0307\u02c8ji-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin, after John Goodyer \u20201664 English botanist"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1813, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003938"
|
|
},
|
|
"go someone's way":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to travel in the same direction as someone",
|
|
": to happen in a way that helps someone"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004038"
|
|
},
|
|
"goodyear welt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a method of shoe construction in which the insole, upper, and welt are sewed together and the welt is then stitched to the outsole so as to leave the upper surface of the insole free of tacks and stitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d\u02ccyi(\u0259)r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"from Goodyear Welt , a trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004809"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gorno-Badakhshan":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"autonomous region of southeastern Tajikistan in the Pamirs bordering China and Afghanistan; capital Khorog area 24,595 square miles (63,701 square kilometers), population 205,949"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fr-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02ccb\u00e4-\u02ccd\u00e4k-\u02c8sh\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013802"
|
|
},
|
|
"go so far":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of go so far \u2014 used to indicate that something one suspects might be beyond what is generally believed Would you go so far as to call them dishonest? I wouldn't go so far as to say she's a billionaire."
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023130"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gorzow Wielkopolski":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"city on the Warta River in western Poland population 124,500"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f-zh\u00fcf-\u02ccvyel-k\u022f-\u02c8p\u022fl-sk\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045057"
|
|
},
|
|
"goalmouth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the area directly in front of the goal (as in soccer or hockey)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02ccmau\u0307th"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"However, King/Drew was able to use the wind to play as equals to the higher-seeded hosts in the second half and broke through with a score in front of the goalmouth in the 67th minute by Hephzibah Okafor. \u2014 Ramon Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With Marcinkowski well outside of the goalmouth , Asprilla took the rebound and launched the ball over the goalkeeper's head and in for an incredible goal. \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Rogie Vachon, in one wild goalmouth scramble in the Bruins\u2019 net, finally was able to get back upright on skates just when the puck zipped by him for a goal. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2021",
|
|
"Benn\u2019s shot clanked off Driedger and then a Florida skate before sliding towards the goalmouth , but Driedger keep the puck out with the hook of his goal stick. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 13 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Left back Jorge Villafana curled a dangerous ball into the box, and Ebobisse rose above everyone to drive it toward the goalmouth . \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"John Klingberg yanked a shot on the power play, missing the inviting goalmouth . \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 15 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"The goal came off a pass from Jason Robertson towards the goalmouth that Mattias Janmark backhanded to Seguin on the backdoor. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 14 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Trevor Zegras\u2019s goal off a goalmouth scramble with 1.2 seconds remaining forced overtime. \u2014 Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053807"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goa cedar":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": portuguese cypress"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Goa ; from the belief that it was native to India"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053819"
|
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},
|
|
"gosmore":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": cat's-ear sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4s\u02ccm\u014d(\u0259)r",
|
|
"-\u00e4z\u02ccm-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"perhaps alteration of gossamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-061259"
|
|
},
|
|
"go all out":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to do something with as much effort as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-071907"
|
|
},
|
|
"goal line":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a line at either end and usually running the width of a playing area on which a goal or goalpost is situated",
|
|
": a line that must be crossed to score a goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Once upon a time, Scurry was so comfortable in that alone space, standing on the goal line facing down the opposition. \u2014 Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"The original call was that Josh Morrissey had kept the puck out the net with his stick, but a video review after play showed the puck across the goal line . \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"With 58 seconds remaining in the first half, Jackson and nose tackle Eddie Goldman converged on running back Devontae Booker near the Giants end zone with Jackson ripping the football from Booker\u2019s hands and securing it across the goal line . \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Spartans got on the board first, set up by an opening kickoff by freshman Stephen Rusnak that bounced inside the goal line and pinned Pitt at its own 2 and a three-and-out stop by the defense. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Valdes-Scantling lunged across the goal line for the final yard, beating Baltimore's Robert Jackson in the process. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Valdes-Scantling lunged across the goal line for the final yard, beating Baltimore's Robert Jackson in the process. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"His 9-yard touchdown catch was impressive for his getting across the goal line , finding an open space in the Carolina zone and waiting for Tua to deliver the ball. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Backup quarterback Jordon Brookshire straining to thrust the ball across the goal line with a defender dangling from his ankles. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Nov. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1860, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-072154"
|
|
},
|
|
"go-round":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one of a series of recurring actions or events : round"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccrau\u0307nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1891, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075210"
|
|
},
|
|
"goggle-eyed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having bulging or rolling eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259l-\u02cc\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1711, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075425"
|
|
},
|
|
"good grief":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of good grief informal \u2014 used to express surprise or annoyance \"He's burned the toast.\" \" Good grief ! Can't he do anything right?\""
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-081847"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goodall":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Dame Jane 1934\u2013 originally Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall British ethologist"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307-(\u02cc)d\u022fl",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)d\u00e4l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-090434"
|
|
},
|
|
"gobiesociform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": resembling the Gobiesocidae"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u014d\u00a6b\u012b\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4s\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm",
|
|
"\u00a6g\u014db\u0113\u0259-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin gobieosocidae + English -form"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-092912"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gortonist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": gortonian"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f(r)t\u1d4an\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"S. Gorton + -ist"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-102644"
|
|
},
|
|
"goal kick":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a free kick in soccer awarded to a defensive player when the ball is driven out of bounds over the end line by an opposing player"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Every throw-in seemed to take an age, and every free kick and every goal kick , too. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The play started with a goal kick from U.S. keeper Matt Turner that was knocked down by the wind. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"No Phoenix player attacks the ball off a Vegas goal kick , letting the Lights win the ball in the air. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Larin scored for unbeaten Canada seven minutes in, taking advantage of a short goal kick by Matt Turner for his 12th goal of the qualifying cycle. \u2014 Ian Harrison, chicagotribune.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The Bobcats got the ensuing goal kick in quickly and scored at the other end within 20 seconds to take a 2-0 lead. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Stuver played a goal kick short and got the ball right back to his feet only for Pepi to close him down and nearly take the ball off him. \u2014 Jon Arnold, Dallas News , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Sch\u00f6n got behind defender Jhohan Roma\u00f1a on a goal kick with his presence enough for the Austin center back to send his clearance directly toward the winger. \u2014 Jon Arnold, Dallas News , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The word was heard once, relatively faintly, after a Honduras goal kick . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 24 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-103812"
|
|
},
|
|
"gov":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"government; governor",
|
|
"governmental institution",
|
|
"governor, government"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104710"
|
|
},
|
|
"goggle-eyed perch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": crappie"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132841"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goa":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"state of western India on the Malabar Coast; before 1962 belonged to Portugal; with Daman and Diu constituted a union territory 1962\u201387; capital Panaji area 1404 square miles (3636 square kilometers), population 1,458,545 \u2014 see portuguese india"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-153331"
|
|
},
|
|
"go crazy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to become mentally ill : to go insane",
|
|
": to act in a way that is out of control : to act wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-154901"
|
|
},
|
|
"goalkeeper":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a player who defends the goal in any of various games (such as hockey, lacrosse, or soccer)",
|
|
": a player who defends a goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Katie, the goalkeeper and captain of the Stanford women's soccer team, was 22 years old when she was found dead in her dorm room on March 1. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"The senior goalkeeper made three of her five saves down the stretch, including a tremendous play with 1:55 remaining in the Class 3A Naperville Central Sectional final. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"At one point during a Zoom interview last month, Emily Sterling, the junior goalkeeper for the Maryland women\u2019s lacrosse, shrugged off a question about her own personal success to praise the defense in front of her. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Former Lions manager Adrian Heath was the original coach of the Texas franchise, and current TV broadcaster Miguel Gallardo was the goalkeeper . \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"The England goalkeeper made some key saves during this run of games, while Richarlison\u2019s work-rate and goals have also been vital. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
|
|
"McDonald shot over a cross to Kizer, who finished the play by knocking her attempt past Current goalkeeper Adrianna Franch. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Most notably, goalkeeper Adrianna Franch will take on her former team for the first time since being traded to KC in mid-August. \u2014 Portland Timbers And Thorns Fc, oregonlive , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"After a scoreless first half, Canada went up 1-0 in the 74th minute on Fleming\u2019s penalty against backup U.S. goalkeeper Adrianna Franch. \u2014 Anne M. Peterson, chicagotribune.com , 2 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1789, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155525"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-for-nothing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of no use or value"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-f\u0259r-\u02ccn\u0259-thi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"no-good"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1533, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-172654"
|
|
},
|
|
"goalie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a player who defends the goal in any of various games (such as hockey, lacrosse, or soccer) : goalkeeper",
|
|
": goalkeeper"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-l\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Puzzlers try to identify a current NHL player\u2014but not a goalie \u2014from their attributes and accomplishments rather than the spelling of their surnames. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Before facing the Rangers, the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers, and their goalie , Sergei Bobrovsky, who is from Novokuznetsk. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The goalie left during Colorado's 8-6 victory against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Carolina went on the attack immediately to try to get back into the game, but Igor Shesterkin, the Rangers\u2019 goalie and the Vezina Trophy favorite, was flawless, withstanding a second Hurricanes power play. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"The Knights are young, with a freshman goalie (Eddie McElroy). \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"In years past, the Americans fielded a team comprised of an internationally proficient goalie , a couple decent players on mid-level international teams, and a bunch of MLS players. \u2014 Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"That defense leans on junior goalie John Ontko, who entered last season never having played the position. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Both Medway/Ashland goalie Zoe Ratcliffe (20 saves) and Norwood netminder Lily Newman (20 saves) were on top of their games early as the teams remained scoreless after one. \u2014 Kevin Stone, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1894, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-192654"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gobelin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of tapestry produced at the Gobelin works in Paris"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014d-b\u0259-l\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02ccg\u014d-b\u0259-\u02c8la\u207f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Gobelin dye and tapestry works, Paris, France"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1750, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-195658"
|
|
},
|
|
"gossoon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": boy , youth",
|
|
": a serving boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)g\u00e4\u00a6s\u00fcn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"modification of French gar\u00e7on"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205900"
|
|
},
|
|
"gonef":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of gonef variant spelling of ganef"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0259\u0307f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210246"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-for-naught":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": good-for-nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1773, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210934"
|
|
},
|
|
"going spare":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": not being used : available for someone to use"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-220922"
|
|
},
|
|
"go before":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to happen or exist at an earlier time than (someone)",
|
|
": to be considered by (someone or something) for an official decision or judgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-222318"
|
|
},
|
|
"good God":{
|
|
"type":[
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],
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"definitions":[
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": pileated woodpecker"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-223451"
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},
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"gossypetin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a yellow crystalline flavone pigment C 15 H 10 O 8 occurring in cotton flowers and obtained by hydrolysis of gossypin and gossypitrin ; 8-hydroxy-quercetin"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"g\u00e4\u02c8sip\u0259t\u1d4an"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary gossyp in + -etin (as in quercetin )"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-235611"
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},
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"goggle fish":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": goggle sense 3 , spearfish"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-000128"
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},
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"Gobiesox":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the type genus of Gobiesocidae"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"g\u014d\u02c8b\u012b\u0259\u02ccs\u00e4ks",
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"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u0259-"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"New Latin, from Latin gobius gudgeon + esox pike"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-002757"
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},
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"gourmandise":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": appreciation of or interest in good food and drink : gourmandism"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccgu\u0307r-m\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u0113z"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"French, from Middle French, from gourmant"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-005140"
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},
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"god-king":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
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": a human ruler believed to be a god or to possess godlike powers or qualities"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1862, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-012255"
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},
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"go off the air":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to stop broadcasting or being broadcast"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-030916"
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},
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"Goodyear":{
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"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"Charles 1800\u20131860 American inventor"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gu\u0307d-\u02ccyir"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-034532"
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},
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"gobbo":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of gobbo variant of gobo:1 2"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220702-045318"
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},
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"God knows":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of God knows informal \u2014 used to stress that something is not known God (only) knows if the reports are true."
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220702-064251"
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},
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"goal crease":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": crease sense 3b"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220702-122253"
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},
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"goggle-nose":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": surf scoter"
|
|
],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"so called from the dark spots on its bill"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-132105"
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},
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"go against":{
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"type":[
|
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"phrasal verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": to not agree with (something)",
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": to oppose (someone or something)",
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|
": to compete against (a player or team) in a contest or game",
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": to not be good for (someone) : to not produce the result that is wanted by (someone)"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220702-135251"
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},
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"go along with":{
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": to go or travel with (someone)",
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": to agree to do or accept (what other people want)",
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|
": to be part of (something)"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220702-135651"
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},
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"gossipred":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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|
"definitions":[
|
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": the relationship between a person and that person's sponsors : spiritual affinity : sponsorship"
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|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4s\u0259\u0307\u02ccpred",
|
|
"-pr\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"Middle English gossibrede , from gossib + -rede state or condition"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-142226"
|
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},
|
|
"gorp":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a snack consisting of high-energy food (such as raisins and nuts)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"origin unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-212414"
|
|
},
|
|
"gondolier":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one who propels a Venetian gondola"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccg\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02c8lir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Next up is Osteria Ai 4 Feri Stori, a popular gondolier hangout known for its modern take on cicchetti. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"An article last Sunday about a young transgender man preparing to become a gondolier in Venice referred incorrectly to Alex Hai, who runs a private gondola service under the auspices of a hotel. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This can help the gondolier in the practice of his art. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"This includes a narrated tour of the Providence Riverwalk, handmade Italian wine biscuits, and singing from your gondolier . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"This gyroscope is powered by a mixture of solar energy and a rotating turbine \u2014 if the gondolier so wishes. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Which stinks because my gondolier graduated as a theater major, and this is primarily a singing job. \u2014 T.m. Shine, Washington Post , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"Through Gondola Adventures, a gondolier will steer couples around the waterway. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 11 June 2020",
|
|
"Venice gondoliers wore face masks while transporting people along the Grand Canal \u2013 where weeks earlier boat traffic was virtually nonexistent, and waterways looked empty from space. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2020"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1603, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-000158"
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},
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"God-given":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": received as a gift from God : natural"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02c8gi-v\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1642, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-174014"
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},
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"going for the gold":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": trying to win a gold medal"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220703-182500"
|
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},
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"Goala":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": a member of a Hindu caste employed chiefly in dairying"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"g\u014d\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"Hindi go\u0101l\u0101 , from Sanskrit gop\u0101laka cowherd, from go cow, bull + p\u0101laka protector"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190940"
|
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},
|
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"good cholesterol":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": a lipoprotein of blood plasma that is associated with reduced risk of developing atherosclerosis : hdl",
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|
"\u2014 compare bad cholesterol",
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": hdl"
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|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gu\u0307d-"
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|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"By contrast, transmasculine people taking testosterone see their good cholesterol decrease. \u2014 Heather Boerner, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
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|
"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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|
"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1977, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194248"
|
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},
|
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"gondolet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
|
": a small gondola"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6g\u00e4nd\u0259\u00a6let"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Italian gondoletta , diminutive of gondola"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194748"
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},
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"goat's chicory":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": pilewort sense 3"
|
|
],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195859"
|
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},
|
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"Good Book":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": bible"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Book",
|
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"Holy Writ",
|
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"Scripture"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1651, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200103"
|
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},
|
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"go against someone's grain":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": to not seem right or natural to someone"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220703-200344"
|
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},
|
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"gone feeling":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a feeling of faintness or weakness"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220703-201612"
|
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},
|
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"good heavens":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of good heavens \u2014 used informally to express surprise, anger, etc. Good heavens ! You startled me."
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220703-210212"
|
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},
|
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"goat's hair":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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": a bundle of short white hairy cirrus clouds believed to portend rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220703-212350"
|
|
},
|
|
"goggles":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun plural",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": protective glasses set in a flexible frame (as of rubber or plastic) that fits snugly against the face",
|
|
": an electronic apparatus that covers the eyes and is used to enhance vision (as at night) or to produce images (as of a virtual reality)",
|
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": protective glasses set in a flexible frame (as of plastic) that fits snugly against the face",
|
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": protective glasses set in a flexible frame (as of rubber or plastic) that fits snugly against the face"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259lz",
|
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-g\u0259lz",
|
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"\u02c8g\u00e4g-\u0259lz"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Designed to be worn any time the goggles are off, these frames are made for active lifestyles in the mountains. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 6 June 2022",
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"The goggles , while a fashion statement, do serve a practical purpose. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Meta spent $10 billion in 2021 building metaverse products like the virtual reality goggles and Horizon Worlds. \u2014 Dan Patterson, CBS News , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Luger, wearing a yellow beanie and safety goggles , explains over down-tempo instrumental hip-hop how others can replicate his work in locations as inhospitable as parking lots or campsites, using cheap materials available at any hardware store. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
|
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"The most indelible images show G\u00e9rard in blinding goggles with a noose around his neck, or seated in a courtroom with others on trial for their lives, before judges enforcing regime dominance. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 June 2022",
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"Their sponsorship helped buy goggles , swim caps and other swim necessities. \u2014 Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Accompanied by a young mechanic and, for much of the trip, a faithful, goggles -wearing bulldog, Jackson pulled off what was thought to be an impossible feat. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022",
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"Wear closed-toe shoes and safety goggles at all times when operating your pressure washer. \u2014 Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081427"
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},
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"good form":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a proper way of behaving"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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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":"20220704-081911"
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},
|
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"gondola":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice",
|
|
": an elongated car attached to the underside of an airship",
|
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": an often spherical airtight enclosure suspended from a balloon for carrying passengers or instruments",
|
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": an enclosed car suspended from a cable and used for transporting passengers",
|
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": one used as a ski lift",
|
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": a heavy flat-bottomed boat used on New England rivers and on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers",
|
|
": a railroad car with no top, a flat bottom, and fixed sides that is used chiefly for hauling heavy bulk commodities",
|
|
": a long narrow boat used in the canals of Venice, Italy",
|
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": a railroad freight car with no top",
|
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": an enclosure that hangs from a balloon or cable and carries passengers or instruments"
|
|
],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0259-l\u0259",
|
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"g\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u014d-",
|
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"\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0259-l\u0259",
|
|
""
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And for Big Sky 2025\u2019s final chapter, visitors can look forward to a massive base-to-summit lift network comprised of a two-stage gondola and tram. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"While there are no Olympic events yet planned at Dodger Stadium, the gondola would offer sweeping views to visitors of downtown and the San Gabriel Mountains. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The gondola will carry up to 1,400 people per hour, Alterra said. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Utah Department of Transportation is weighing ideas for expanded bus service, a gondola or a railway to serve Little Cottonwood Canyon, but implementation would still be years away. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Cost is $75 for adults and $40 for kids 5 to 12; that includes the gondola ride to the lodge, plus the brunch buffet and beverages. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"During the summer, hike Dercum Mountain, go biking, play a few rounds of golf, or take a gondola ride. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"In its first incarnation, the opera involved a dying magician contemplating his impending death on a gondola ride on the river Styx. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"In South Lake Tahoe, there's a shuttle bus that takes you up Ski Run Boulevard while others park downtown for $25 days in Heavenly Village and take the gondola up the mountain. \u2014 David Mckay Wilson, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Italian dialect (Venetian), probably from Middle Greek kontoura small vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082413"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorger":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a narrow passage through land",
|
|
": a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon",
|
|
": throat",
|
|
": a hawk's crop",
|
|
": stomach , belly",
|
|
": the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort",
|
|
": a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject",
|
|
": a mass choking a passage",
|
|
": the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar",
|
|
": to eat greedily or to repletion",
|
|
": to partake of something in large amounts",
|
|
": to stuff to capacity : glut",
|
|
": to fill completely or to the point of distension",
|
|
": to consume greedily",
|
|
": the act or an instance of gorging",
|
|
": a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon",
|
|
": to eat greedily"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frj",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frj"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"We gorged on chips and cookies.",
|
|
"We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)",
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga , alteration of gurges , from Latin, whirlpool \u2014 more at voracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1854, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084956"
|
|
},
|
|
"goofball":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a barbiturate sleeping pill",
|
|
": a goofy person"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00fcf-\u02ccb\u022fl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Mark, played by Adam Scott, is the lovable goofball , sort of the middle child in the family trying to hold everyone together. \u2014 Dan Erickson, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"Weaving in and out of this is NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan), a Chechen gangster who is truly one of the best and most original TV characters in memory, thanks in large part to Carrigan's goofball , big-hearted performance. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Kenedi Anderson, whose platinum-ticket-winning audition has gone viral on YouTube with over 4.8 million views, also made it through, as did soulful security officer Fritz Hager, lovable goofball Leah Marlene, powerhouse belter Nicolina and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Tom\u2019s reaction to his mother\u2019s new focus carries the barest whiff of melancholy \u2014 just enough to suggest there might be something deeper and sadder simmering beneath his genial goofball persona. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"From that moment on, Alphabet was less of a goofball and more of a yeoman, determined to win. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"His version of Biden is a loudmouth, backslapping goofball who, as The Onion imagined in a 2010 article, might get banned from Dave & Busters. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 25 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Pfeffer did what any self-respecting goofball who's spent 10 years singing for a band called Playboy Manbaby might do. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Harbour is a brutish, beefy goofball still longing for his glory days as the Red Guardian; Weisz is the brains, a coolly analytical scientist with her hair tucked into Heidi braids. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 29 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133304"
|
|
},
|
|
"gossypin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a glucoside C 21 H 20 O 13 occurring in cotton flowers and hibiscus flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4s\u0259p\u0259\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary gossyp- (from New Latin Gossypium ) + -in"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-135632"
|
|
},
|
|
"good afternoon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of good afternoon somewhat formal \u2014 used to say hello to someone in the afternoon Good afternoon ! Thanks for calling."
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141809"
|
|
},
|
|
"gorse":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a spiny yellow-flowered European shrub ( Ulex europaeus ) of the legume family",
|
|
": any of several related plants (genera Ulex and Genista )"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022frs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Rich, redolent, juicy aromas of cranberries and red cherries and a hint of gorse . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"In spring these are swapped for narcissi, gold gorse and yellow fists of aeonium flowers which sprout up from the plant's purple rosettes. \u2014 Kate Eshelby, CNN , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Scotland\u2019s landscape is wild and expansive: rugged islands, jagged mountains, moors covered in mustard-yellow gorse . \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 5 May 2021",
|
|
"The autumn sun gives the greens of the fields an impossible, mythic radiance and transforms the back roads into light-muddled paths where a goblin with a riddle, or a pretty maiden with a basket, could be waiting around every gorse -and-bramble bend. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"The ordinance also required them to completely remove from their property all acacia, bamboo, thuja, juniper, Italian cypress, gorse and four types of broom. \u2014 Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com , 23 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Gin makers are especially savvy about leaning on local: Germany\u2019s Woodland Sauerland Gin features locally sourced spruce and dandelion root while Method and Madness Irish Gin incorporates local Irish gorse flower. \u2014 John Kell, Fortune , 21 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"After a walk through yellow gorse and purple heather, my wife reasonably suggested driving to a beach: After all, Ilsington is less than 15 miles from the English Channel as the crow flies. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 30 Oct. 2018",
|
|
"Sky News reports that a large gorse fire last month exposed the huge signal at Bray Head on Ireland\u2019s east coast. \u2014 James Rogers, Fox News , 6 Aug. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Middle English gorst, grost \"gorse ( Ulex europaeus ), similar thorny shrubs, area overgrown with gorse,\" going back to Old English gorst \"gorse, thorny shrub,\" probably going back to a zero-grade ablaut derivative of Germanic *gerst\u014dn- \"barley\" \u2014 more at orgeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141848"
|
|
},
|
|
"goalpost":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one of usually two vertical posts that with or without a crossbar constitute the goal in various games",
|
|
": one of two upright posts often with a crossbar that serve as the goal in various games"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02ccp\u014dst",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02ccp\u014dst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Forty seconds later, Martin Necas fired a shot that got past Shesterkin but hit off a goalpost to keep Carolina off the scoreboard. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Hartford Courant , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Ericksen came close to scoring a second time, according to CNN, but hit the goalpost . \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The 1-0 lead didn\u2019t last long as CC\u2019s Parker Jamieson answered at 6:07 of the same period with a backhanded rebound after defenseman Nick Condon\u2019s shot from the left point caromed off the goalpost . \u2014 Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"For the second round, the Stoltmans take Matt and Ben outside for their version of the sandbag throw, which involves hurling a beer keg up over their heads, with the goal of clearing the crossbar of a rugby goalpost . \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"He's continued to move the goalpost ; he's never negotiated in good faith and is obstructing the president's agenda, 85% is still left on the table. \u2014 Allison Pecorin, ABC News , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"There was an 8-yard sack in the third quarter that led to Jason Sanders\u2019 52-yard field goal doinking off the goalpost . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"On third down early in the first quarter, quarterback Kaleb Eleby had managed meager yardage to get the Broncos out from the shadow of their own goalpost . \u2014 Andrew Hammond, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"On third down early in the first quarter, quarterback Kaleb Eleby had managed meager yardage to get the Broncos out from the shadow of their own goalpost . \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 27 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1842, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160703"
|
|
},
|
|
"Goa ball":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a mixture of drugs made up in the form of a ball and formerly used as a remedy for fever"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Goa"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161740"
|
|
},
|
|
"good luck":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of good luck 1 \u2014 used to say that one hopes someone will succeed We're sorry that you're leaving. Good luck in your new job. 2 informal \u2014 used to say that one thinks what someone is trying to do is difficult or impossible \"I'm planning to ask for a raise.\" \"Oh, really? Well, good luck (to you).\""
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174148"
|
|
},
|
|
"good for it":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": able to pay back a loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191543"
|
|
},
|
|
"going train":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the gearing in a striking or chiming timepiece that drives the hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-194323"
|
|
},
|
|
"go into detail":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to discuss or describe everything about something including the small or unimportant parts"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205904"
|
|
},
|
|
"go according to schedule":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to happen as planned"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-222013"
|
|
},
|
|
"goal set":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a preparatory set oriented toward a goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-223939"
|
|
},
|
|
"God-fearing":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": having a reverent feeling toward God : devout"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccfir-i\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1548, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-225944"
|
|
},
|
|
"good-for-nothingness":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the quality or state of being good-for-nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1740, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-233312"
|
|
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": a tropical Old World herbaceous annual vine ( Psophocarpus tetragonolobus ) bearing purplish or blue flowers in a close raceme and pods with four jagged wings",
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": the edible seed of the Goa bean"
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"\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053112"
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|
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to eat gluttonously or ravenously",
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": to eat greedily : devour"
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],
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"\u02c8g\u022fr-m\u0259n-\u02ccd\u012bz"
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],
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"gorge",
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"overeat",
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"pig out",
|
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"swill"
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"examples":[
|
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"everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving\u2014it's traditional!",
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"hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge"
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],
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"gormand , alteration of gourmand"
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"1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-063148"
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"definitions":[
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": a state of exhaustion : faintness"
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"\u02c8g\u022fnn\u0259\u0307s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071241"
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},
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"going forth":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
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": a way or place of exit",
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": boundary"
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|
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"from the phrase go forth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075737"
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},
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"go in on":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to help pay for (something, such as a present)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075938"
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},
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"Gogh, van":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"Vincent Willem 1853\u20131890 Dutch painter"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"van-\u02c8g\u014d",
|
|
"-\u02c8g\u00e4\u1e35",
|
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"-\u02c8\u1e35\u022f\u1e35",
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|
""
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083842"
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},
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"goaltender":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": goalkeeper",
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": goalkeeper"
|
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],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02ccten-d\u0259r",
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"\u02c8g\u014dl-\u02ccten-d\u0259r"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"After star defenseman Cale Makar failed to put a shot on goal for the first time all playoffs, despite being one of the NHL\u2019s best at doing so, the Avalanche must figure to find a way to put more rubber on Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"The player was a 25-year-old undrafted goaltender from Winnipeg, Hodson. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Raanta, a fan favorite who was a Coyotes goaltender from 2017 to last season before signing with Carolina, stopped 23 shots but didn't look sharp in giving up two late second-period goals. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"That said, if there was even a chance of any question about their goaltender after Game 1, well, his glove hand had the answer. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"The Detroit Red Wings showed some of the moxie that's been missing over the past week, battling back after their opponent chased their goaltender five minutes into the game. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Slovakia made those plays, won those battles, tied the game late in regulation after pulling their goaltender in favor of an extra skater and got the lone goal in the shootout. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Minnesota Wild goaltender Cam Talbot has turned around his game, but backup Kaapo Kahkonen has lost six in a row. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Kraken had pulled goaltender Philip Grubauer for an extra skater. \u2014 Allan Kreda, courant.com , 30 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1882, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090509"
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"God-fearer":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
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": a devoutly religious person"
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"first_known_use":[
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"1668, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094125"
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},
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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": to do things that do not agree with what most other people are doing"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100116"
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},
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"Gonder":{
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"type":[
|
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"definitions":[
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"city in northwestern Ethiopia north of Lake Tana; capital of Amhara and former capital of Ethiopia population 207,000"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u022fn-d\u0259r"
|
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],
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102248"
|
|
},
|
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"gouty stem":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": bottle tree"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115200"
|
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},
|
|
"Gortonian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one of a short-lived sect composed of followers of Samuel Gorton originally of Massachusetts and later of Rhode Island who rejected all outward forms and clergy and held that Christ was both human and divine and that heaven and hell exist only in the mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"g\u022f(r)\u02c8t\u014dn\u0113\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"Samuel Gorton \u20201677 American religious leader + English -ian"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121607"
|
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},
|
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"goner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one whose case is hopeless",
|
|
": someone or something with no chance of surviving or succeeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f-n\u0259r",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022f-n\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"This old computer is a goner . We'll have to get a new one.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"If Democrats gain two Senate seats and hold the House, the filibuster could be a goner . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"One look at Domino, and Andrew is pretty much a goner . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Is Nancy a goner ? Vol. 1 ends with Nancy in a precarious position, having fallen under Vecna's curse before making it through the Upside Down gateway. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Speculation continued for months that Murray, whose brother Bryan led the Wings before Bowman, was a goner at the season\u2019s conclusion. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"But altogether, Paxton has become an example of how powerful allies and acts of God can drag out career-threatening criminal charges, and allow a politician to rise above being written off as a political goner . \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Davis, though, was far more unpopular than Newsom and was surely a goner no matter what Bustamante did or didn't do. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 9 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Bigger, 100 times more powerful, and also more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Bigger and more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1850, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130843"
|
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},
|
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"gorse weevil":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a small black European weevil ( Apion ulicis ) that feeds on gorse seed and has been introduced into New Zealand for use in biological control of this plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132119"
|
|
},
|
|
"goutweed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a coarse European plant ( Aegopodium podagraria ) with umbellate white flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105203"
|
|
},
|
|
"godfather":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a man who sponsors a person at baptism":[],
|
|
": one having a relation to someone or something analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild: such as":[],
|
|
": one that founds, supports, or inspires":[
|
|
"made him the godfather of a whole generation of rebels",
|
|
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
|
|
],
|
|
": the leader of an organized crime syndicate":[],
|
|
": to act as godfather to":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8g\u00e4d-\u02ccf\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r",
|
|
"also \u02c8g\u022fd-"
|
|
],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"Her uncle is her godfather .",
|
|
"Many people regard him as the godfather of rock and roll.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Her dad introduced her to stars of the gelato world, including Luca Caviezel, widely considered to be the godfather of modern gelato. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The elder singer is even the godfather of Jackson\u2019s son, born in April. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Bobrovsky is the godfather of the modern Russian goalie, having won the Vezina twice, in 2013 and 2017, both times with the Columbus Blue Jackets. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The late jazz musician is considered to be the godfather of Afrofuturism. \u2014 al , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"Not only was his father a big fan who passed along the blue-and-red fandom but his godfather was an executive at the Chicago Tribune, which owned the team at the time. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Legendary artist Black Coffee, who is considered the godfather of South African house music, drops his 12-track sophomore album, Subconsciously. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Her godfather was the composer Igor Stravinsky, and her young life was surrounded by bohemian friends of her parents. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"In the director\u2019s chair is Sam Raimi, whom many consider to be the godfather of superhero cinema. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Even the beginning is a little iffy: Where does godfather Drosselmeyer come from? \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The sons also took Murdaugh\u2019s advice to hire attorney Cory Fleming to be executor of their mother\u2019s estate without telling them Fleming was a longtime friend, old college roommate and godfather to at least one of Murdaugh\u2019s sons. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The sons also took Murdaugh\u2019s advice to hire attorney Cory Fleming to be executor of their mother\u2019s estate without telling them Fleming was a longtime friend, old college roommate and godfather to at least one of Murdaugh\u2019s sons. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Hawkins, godfather to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, took teammates to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum whenever in Kansas City, decades before MLB officially recognized the leagues. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 25 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"Now Leroy could be dad first and coach second, while Lewis could be coach first and godfather second. \u2014 Matthew Futterman, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Hosted by Sean, 44, the two-part documentary about his dad \u2014 who was tragically murdered outside his New York City apartment on Dec.8, 1980 \u2014 also features memories from his elder brother, Julian Lennon, and godfather Elton John. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2020",
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"The new generation of progressives in the city, godfathered by Garcia, and represented in the March elections by Alma Anaya, Aaron Ortiz, and Beatriz Frausto, is a force to be reckoned with within the party. \u2014 Jacqueline Serrato, chicagotribune.com , 25 Apr. 2018"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1651, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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