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4226 lines
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{
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"yahoo":{
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"type":[
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"interjection",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans",
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": a boorish, crass, or stupid person",
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": yippee"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u0101-(\u02cc)h\u00fc",
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"\u02c8y\u00e4-",
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"y\u00e4-\u02c8h\u00fc"
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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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"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",
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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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"yo-yo"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"glory",
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"glory be",
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"ha",
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"hah",
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"hallelujah",
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"hey",
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"hooray",
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"hurrah",
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"hurray",
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"hot dog",
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"huzzah",
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"wahoo",
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"whee",
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"whoopee",
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"yippee"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Some yahoo cut me off in traffic.",
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"A bunch of yahoos were making noise outside.",
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"Interjection",
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"you mean we were accepted for the reality show? yahoo !",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"And the episode demonstrates the downsides of priced-to-move legal advice in the opening scene, which follows two meth-addled yahoos who celebrate Saul\u2019s introductory bargain rate by launching into a multiday bender. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 24 Feb. 2020",
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"Saul came to function as an exterminator of the kind of refined sensibility that separated the sophisticates from the yahoos in haut-bourgeois twentieth-century America. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020",
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"After failing to bully the Russians into giving up the black box, Saul tries internal diplomacy, arranging an Oval Office meeting with President Hayes but finds yahoo warmonger John Zabel (Danes' husband, Hugh Dancy) there. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"If the public is in the mood for yahoo -ism, that\u2019s what Haley will give them. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 9 Jan. 2020",
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"Who knows why these yahoos did a minstrel show in 1960? \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 5 Oct. 2019",
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"There\u2019s a sentiment among some politically bent if racially biased yahoos that this spate is symptomatic of an uncaring, anti-cop administration that recently nixed a budget request to hire five more police officers. \u2014 Rub\u00e9n Rosario, Twin Cities , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
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"This is what failure looks like, unemployable yahoos who join a mob and demand people with jobs just give up. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Aug. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Interjection",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Interjection",
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"1921, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190348"
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},
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"yak":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a large long-haired wild or domesticated ox ( Bos grunniens synonym B. mutus ) of Tibet and adjacent elevated parts of central Asia",
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": laugh",
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": joke , gag",
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": to talk persistently : chatter",
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": persistent or voluble talk",
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": a wild or domestic ox of the uplands of central Asia that has very long hair"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yak",
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"\u02c8y\u00e4k",
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"\u02c8yak",
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"\u02c8yak",
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"\u02c8yak"
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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":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"1795, in the meaning defined above",
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"Verb",
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"1949, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun (3)",
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"1950, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210136"
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},
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"yammer":{
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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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": to utter repeated cries of distress or sorrow",
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": whimper",
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": to utter persistent complaints : whine",
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": to talk persistently or volubly and often loudly"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ya-m\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"grump",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"keen",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"maunder",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yawp",
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"yaup",
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"yowl"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crow",
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"delight",
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"rejoice"
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],
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"examples":[
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"customers yammered on for what seemed like days about the billing mistake",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Abandoned on my own private Exile Island without a recap in which to yammer on endlessly about trivial matters that are of no real importance whatsoever. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Only in a minority of cases did one partner want to yammer on whereas the other wished to cut things off. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 1 Mar. 2021",
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"Where are all the hanging geraniums? Kids yammering for ice cream? \u2014 Sue Hertz, BostonGlobe.com , 25 Apr. 2018",
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"There was already enough finger-pointing, yammering about bad people doing bad things. \u2014 Gary Thompson, Philly.com , 29 Mar. 2018",
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"The North Koreans had largely let the South Koreans do the talking until Bolton started yammering on about Libya. \u2014 Sean Illing, Vox , 24 May 2018",
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"The president yammered about several topics, including his ties to Michael Cohen, Robert Mueller\u2019s Russia investigation, and Kanye West\u2019s recent pro-Trump tweets. \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 27 Apr. 2018",
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"In other words, the event all those Y2K conspiracy theorists were yammering about 18 years ago has finally happened, and we're all doomed. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 8 Feb. 2018",
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"There was still a really strong turnout, but on the periphery, people were yammering and there was a steady flow of people exiting throughout. \u2014 Robert Morast, Houston Chronicle , 18 Dec. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English yameren , alteration of yomeren to murmur, be sad, from Old English g\u0113omrian ; akin to Old High German j\u0101maron to be sad",
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224715"
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},
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"yap":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to talk in a shrill insistent way : chatter",
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": to bark snappishly : yelp",
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": a quick sharp bark : yelp",
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": shrill insistent talk : chatter",
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": an unsophisticated, ignorant, or uncouth person : bumpkin",
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": mouth",
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": to bark often continuously with quick high-pitched sounds",
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": to talk continuously and often loudly : chatter",
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": a quick high-pitched bark",
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"islands in the western Carolines population 11,377"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yap",
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"\u02c8yap",
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"\u02c8yap",
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"\u02c8y\u00e4p"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chops",
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"gob",
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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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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The dog was yapping all night.",
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"Kids were yapping in the back of the room.",
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"She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.",
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"Noun",
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"I heard yaps coming from the yard.",
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"a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"They yap and annoy you and run around in circles endlessly. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 24 Nov. 2020",
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"And dogs have been known to yap and masticate their displeasure. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"The photo gave a glimpse of Mr. Bezos\u2019 puppy, which sometimes yaps during calls, and the Saltillo tile at his West Texas ranch. \u2014 Karen Weise, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
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"The feisty players took turns yapping at each other and officials. \u2014 Mark Medina, USA TODAY , 20 Dec. 2019",
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"Poole animatedly exulted, and yapped , all the way back downcourt. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 27 Nov. 2019",
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"As for the Tigers\u2019 early yapping in the budding SEC West rivalry? \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com , 25 Nov. 2019",
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"While modern socialists yap on about free college, paid for by other people\u2019s money, his money is actually providing free college. \u2014 Jon Caldara, The Denver Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
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"There were laughing vipers, yapping gargoyles, salamanders fanning the fire with their breath, and monsters that sneezed in the smoke. \u2014 Ken Follett, Smithsonian , 15 Apr. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"No texting, no soda-sucking, and no chatter, save for a thoughtful yap every now and then. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"More Stories Nine also marks the band\u2019s second album since the departure of DeLonge, whose utterly distinctive yap has been replaced by the more generic emo voice of Alkaline Trio\u2019s Matt Skiba. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"Some offer support via timely yaps , others by quiet companionship. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartzy , 11 Sep. 2019",
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"The source said Green sometimes personalizes his yaps at refs. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Feb. 2018",
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"The perpetual disconnect between NBA refs and players has risen to a crisis level this season, in no small part because the best team can\u2019t shut its yap and play ball. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Feb. 2018",
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"Twitter Facebook \u2212 + sawdustInmyeye mpls1981 \u2022 4 months ago Shut your yap see more 1 \u2022 \u2014 Dave Orrick, Twin Cities , 9 Feb. 2017",
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"But with half of Washington leaking to the other half, and with nobody in town including the president* able to keep their yaps shut, the whole government is throwing rods and leaking oil. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 May 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221427"
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},
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"yard":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : court",
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": the grounds of a building or group of buildings",
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": the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass",
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": an enclosure for livestock (such as poultry)",
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": an area with its buildings and facilities set aside for a particular business or activity",
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": an assembly or storage area (as for dry-docked boats)",
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": a system of tracks for storage and maintenance of cars and making up trains",
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": a locality in a forest where deer herd in winter",
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": of, relating to, or employed in the yard surrounding a building",
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": of, relating to, or employed in a railroad yard",
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": to drive into or confine in a restricted area : herd , pen",
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": to deliver to or store in a yard",
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": to congregate in or as if in a yard",
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": any of various units of measure: such as",
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": a unit of length equal in the U.S. to 0.9144 meter \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
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": a unit of volume equal to a cubic yard",
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": a great length or quantity",
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": one hundred dollars",
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": a long spar tapered toward the ends to support and spread the head of a square sail, lateen, or lugsail",
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": a slender glass about three feet tall having a flared opening and a bulbous bottom",
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": the amount it contains",
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": all of a related set of circumstances, conditions, or details",
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": an outdoor area next to a building that is often bordered (as by shrubs or fences)",
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": the grounds of a building",
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": a fenced area for livestock",
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": an area set aside for a business or activity",
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": a system of railroad tracks especially for keeping and repairing cars",
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": a measure of length equal to three feet or 36 inches (about 0.91 meter)",
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": a long pole pointed toward the ends that holds up and spreads the top of a sail"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u00e4rd",
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"\u02c8y\u00e4rd"
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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":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1758, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
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"Noun (2)",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220432"
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},
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"yardstick":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a graduated measuring stick three feet (0.9144 meter) long",
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": a standard basis of calculation",
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": a standard for making a critical judgment : criterion",
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": a measuring stick a yard long",
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": a rule or standard by which something is measured or judged"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u00e4rd-\u02ccstik",
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"\u02c8y\u00e4rd-\u02ccstik"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bar",
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"barometer",
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"benchmark",
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"criterion",
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"gold standard",
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"grade",
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"mark",
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"measure",
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"metric",
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"par",
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"standard",
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"touchstone"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Some feel that test scores aren't an adequate yardstick for judging a student's ability.",
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"Ratings are the yardstick by which TV shows are evaluated by networks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Putting a value on birthdays is not the yardstick of relationship investment. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
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"To be completely fair, if one were to measure it by any non-Rooney-specific yardstick , the series would register as a resounding success. \u2014 Keely Weiss, ELLE , 16 May 2022",
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"Deaths are only one yardstick for measuring maternal health. \u2014 Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica , 5 May 2022",
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"Like the megapixels on cameras or the processing speeds of computer chips that consumers once obsessed over, the features of batteries will be the yardstick by which cars and trucks are judged and bought. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Long considered a yardstick for what\u2019s happening in American pricing, a gallon of whole milk may well hit $4 very soon, up about 17 percent in the last two years. \u2014 Ethan Karp, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"While the breakeven number is based on the CPI, Luther adjusts it to the comparable PCEPI reading, using the yardstick the Fed favors. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Tun-hou Lee, professor emeritus of virology at Harvard\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, offered another yardstick : mortality rate. \u2014 Karen Kaplan Science And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"Now many awards pundits have fixated on that film\u2019s B.O., as if the 2019 yardstick were still valid. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200005"
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},
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"yaup":{
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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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": to make a raucous noise : squawk",
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": clamor , complain",
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": a raucous noise : squawk",
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": something suggestive of a raucous noise",
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": rough vigorous language"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u022fp"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"bellyache",
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"bitch",
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"bleat",
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"carp",
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"caterwaul",
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"complain",
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"crab",
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"croak",
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"fuss",
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"gripe",
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"grizzle",
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"grouch",
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"grouse",
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"growl",
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"grumble",
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"grump",
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"holler",
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"inveigh",
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"keen",
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"kick",
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"kvetch",
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"maunder",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"nag",
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"repine",
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"scream",
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"squawk",
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"squeal",
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"wail",
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"whimper",
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"whine",
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"whinge",
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"yammer",
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"yowl"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crow",
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"delight",
|
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"rejoice"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
|
|
"Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
|
|
"The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
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"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182329"
|
|
},
|
|
"yauping":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to make a raucous noise : squawk",
|
|
": clamor , complain",
|
|
": a raucous noise : squawk",
|
|
": something suggestive of a raucous noise",
|
|
": rough vigorous language"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022fp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
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|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
|
|
"Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
|
|
"The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193418"
|
|
},
|
|
"yawner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one that yawns",
|
|
": something that causes boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022f-n\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"droner",
|
|
"dullsville",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"snoozer",
|
|
"yawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The show was a real yawner .",
|
|
"even die-hard opera fans are finding this production to be a real yawner",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The NFC South is such a yawner and this game will align with that notion. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Jets 20, Packers 16 (Sept. 3, 2000) Vinny Testaverde, of all people, outplayed Favre in this thriller \u2013 OK, yawner \u2013 at Lambeau Field. \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Thanks to the aerodynamic package that NASCAR came up with to promote better racing after last year's yawner at Daytona, the 43rd version of the stock car Super Bowl produced 49 lead changes among 14 drivers. \u2014 Mike Harris, Star Tribune , 11 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The Browns can make this one a yawner , so keep an eye on the scoreboard. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 28 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"This proposal is basically a yawner ; no one should get exercised about it one way or the other. \u2014 Barry Latzer, National Review , 17 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"And the 'Fight of the Century' between world-champion boxers Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. turned out to be a ' yawner ,' which prompted this lawsuit. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Baker Mayfield threw three interceptions, and Odell Beckham\u2019s debut was a yawner , with seven catches for 71 yards and no touchdowns. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Ironically, The Windows 10 October 2018 Update was supposed to be a yawner , with unexciting improvements and minor new features. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 13 Nov. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192904"
|
|
},
|
|
"yawp":{
|
|
"type":"verb",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to make a raucous noise squawk",
|
|
"clamor , complain",
|
|
"a raucous noise squawk",
|
|
"something suggestive of a raucous noise",
|
|
"rough vigorous language"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8y\u022fp",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
|
"Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
|
"Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
|
|
"But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
|
|
"Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
|
|
"The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"yawping":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a strident utterance"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022f-pi\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185507"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeast":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a yellowish surface froth or sediment that occurs especially in saccharine liquids (such as fruit juices) in which it promotes alcoholic fermentation, consists largely of cells of a fungus (such as the saccharomyces, Saccharomyces cerevisiae ), and is used especially in the making of alcoholic liquors and as a leaven in baking",
|
|
": a commercial product containing yeast fungi in a moist or dry medium",
|
|
": a unicellular fungus that is present and functionally active in yeast, usually has little or no mycelium, and reproduces by budding",
|
|
": any of various similar fungi",
|
|
": the foam or spume of waves",
|
|
": something that causes ferment or activity",
|
|
": ferment , froth",
|
|
": a single-celled fungus that ferments sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide",
|
|
": a commercial product containing living yeast cells that is used in baking to make dough rise and in the making of alcoholic beverages (as wine)",
|
|
": a unicellular chiefly ascomycetous fungus (as of the family Saccharomycetaceae) that has usually little or no mycelium, that typically reproduces asexually by budding, and that includes forms (as Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) which cause alcoholic fermentation and are used especially in the making of alcoholic beverages and leavened bread",
|
|
": a yellowish surface froth or sediment that occurs especially in sugary fermenting liquids (as fruit juices) and consists chiefly of yeast cells and carbon dioxide",
|
|
": a commercial product containing yeast cells in a moist or dry medium"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113st",
|
|
"especially Southern and Midland US",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113st",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"taxation without representation proved to be the yeast of rebellion",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Tea tee oil, apple cider vinegar, baking soda, and coconut oil have all been shown to have anti-fungal properties, which kills the dandruff-causing yeast . \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"At the company, the design and build team makes sure the yeast will produce and bring the same immunity to the baby that breast milk does. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"The balls are then flattened and kept under a cloth for the yeast to do its work. \u2014 Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"The two top wines are Roederer Estate L\u2019Ermitage ($68) and Roederer Estate L\u2019Ermitage Ros\u00e9 ($100), made only in the very best vintages and aged much longer on the yeast than the multi-vintage offerings. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"In a separate bowl, dissolve the yeast in the remaining 125 milliliters (1/2 cup) warm water. \u2014 CNN , 22 May 2022",
|
|
"Principessa ages on the yeast for 18 months, which is more than the minimum of basic Champagnes though not as long as for vintage cuvees at 36 months. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
|
"The yeast will finally be properly celebrated with its own official festival next month. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"This thick paste, made from the yeast left after brewing beer, is a vitamin-rich spread popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"With bread and yeast hard to find early in the pandemic, more people began baking sourdough bread at home. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Directions: In a large bowl, mix together yeast , sugar and 2 \u00bd cups of warm water (warm bath water temp). \u2014 Karla Alindahao, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
|
|
"Oddly, cancer cells also metabolize sugars through fermentation, in a manner analogous to yeast cells. \u2014 Sam Kean, WSJ , 15 June 2021",
|
|
"Another issue is that the drug is not suitable for one group of people particularly prone to yeast infections: pregnant people. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 3 June 2021",
|
|
"But the operation still feels kind of smalltown, punctuated by the fact that a Yuengling family member followed the recipes and yeast down to Texas to begin a historic expansion for the company. \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
|
|
"Supply shortages have made flour, beans, pasta, and yeast hot commodities. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Witness the disappearing flour and yeast off grocery store shelves, the uptick in sourdough. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"For recipes with drier doughs and longer mix times like pasta, tortilla or yeasted doughs, add the discard directly to the other ingredients during mixing. \u2014 Erin Jeanne Mcdowell, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1819, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203514"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeasty":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of, relating to, or resembling yeast",
|
|
": immature , unsettled",
|
|
": marked by change",
|
|
": full of vitality",
|
|
": frivolous sense 1a",
|
|
": frivolous sense 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113-st\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8\u0113-st\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The kitchen had a yeasty odor.",
|
|
"the yeasty chatter at a cocktail party on New Year's Eve",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Then there\u2019s beer spilled by the person behind you, which adds unexpected yeasty barley notes and helps the dry bun go down easy. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"This pale yellow junmai (made only with rice, water, koji, and yeast; crafted with rice grains milled to 70 percent of their original size) offers soft, yeasty aromas reminiscent of milk bread and Botan rice candy. \u2014 Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"For the mom who prefers red wine, consider Alfred Gratien (SRP: $70) \u2014its lovely yeasty nose gives way to an intense bright raspberry palate, a firm structure and a round finish. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"It\u2019s most similar to makgeolli \u2014 viscous, with a yeasty flavor in its basic form. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The tasting note described it as: A distinctive yeasty aroma on the nose with green and stone fruit notes and a core of minerality with a bright brisk acidity. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Other than spending hundreds of millions in yeasty Seidler dough, what has Preller accomplished? \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"His bottles have the perfect amber color and eau-de-bakery yeasty aroma of a true champagne-method wine. \u2014 Valerie Stivers + Hank Zona, Travel + Leisure , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The base is soft and pillowy, serving as complement and contrast to the gooey four-cheese blend contained within its yeasty walls. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223457"
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},
|
|
"yell":{
|
|
"type":"verb",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to utter a loud cry, scream, or shout",
|
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"to give a cheer usually in unison",
|
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"to utter or declare with or as if with a yell shout",
|
|
"scream , shout",
|
|
"a usually rhythmic cheer used especially in schools or colleges to encourage athletic teams",
|
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"to speak, call, or cry out loudly (as in anger or to get someone's attention)",
|
|
"a loud call or cry shout"
|
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],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8yel",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
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"squeal",
|
|
"yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"We saw people yelling for help.",
|
|
"I heard someone yelling my name.",
|
|
"The crowd was yelling wildly.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the crowd gave a yell of approval",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
|
"Pickett added that concerned visitors began to yell for help as no zookeepers were nearby. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The Chardon, 64, man was belligerent and continued to yell about global warming and the situation in Ukraine. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Jarrett continued to yell and approached the squad car again. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"LeClair told The Post that the woman continued to yell obscenities after she was restrained. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 12 July 2021",
|
|
"The forum became contentious, the Tribune\u2019s Stephanie Casanova reports, as people\u2019s comments took longer than 90 seconds and their mic was cut off, prompting others to yell out from the crowd. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"With everyone giving them space, Ayton and Wainright wait on opposite ends as, say, Paul or Bridges yell out a play call. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Sending a truck of roses to his ex\u2019s house, encouraging his followers to yell at her boyfriend, posting her private text messages\u2014this behavior, as many commentators have argued, resembles dangerous, stalker tactics. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Responding officers advised the woman not to yell at the man. \u2014 cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
|
"The pitcher did it herself, firing three consecutive strikes to retire Northwestern\u2019s all-time home run leader, celebrating her most important strikeout of the night with a ferocious fist pump and yell . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"In the sixth inning, a baserunning blunder by Mike Yastrzemski led to an inning-ending double play on a flyout and Ashcraft celebrated with a fist pump and a yell . \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"People can't help themselves \u2014 even the same people that watch the show on TV and yell at players for doing what Drea did this week. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"So, If anyone knows that city and that state, give a yell . \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Aquino let out a yell after connecting on a 93-mph fastball at the top of the strike zone for his first homer of the season. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Booker ripped the ball away from Nuggets Jeff Green, scored, was fouled by Green and unleashed a massive yell as his bucket cut Denver's lead to seven. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"After failing to get a shot to fall just a few feet from the basket while drawing a foul midway through the second half, Smith clasped his hands above his head and let out a flustered yell . \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Over the static of the phone, Marcus heard a faint yell in the background from Manuel, barely hanging onto consciousness. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"yelp":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a sharp shrill bark or cry (as of a dog or turkey)",
|
|
": squeal",
|
|
": to utter a sharp quick shrill cry",
|
|
": to utter with a yelp",
|
|
": a quick high-pitched bark or cry",
|
|
": to make a quick high-pitched bark or cry"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yelp",
|
|
"\u02c8yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The dog yelped in pain.",
|
|
"yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"All of a sudden, Bowie did a giant backflip while letting out an awful yelp . \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
|
|
"Taj made a childish yelp , paddled back out, and the two traded three-foot tubes for the next hour. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The distinctive yelp of R&B singer Holloway is pronounced throughout this chugging hit. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 31 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Dirty Honey is built from LaBelle\u2019s soulful yelp and the lean electric ruckus guitarist John Notto, drummer Corey Coverstone and bassist Justin Smolian kick up. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"One gobbler may show little interest in a seductive yelp or purr, no matter how sweet the music. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 26 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"American yelp was what kept Gian interested, kept him reading when others might have stopped. \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, Vulture , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"And Ernie would emit a great big yawn, or a yelp , or a prolonged, chirruping cry. \u2014 Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"But then a flock of turkeys begins to tree- yelp and soon the woods around us are alive with a massive bachelor group of gobblers. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"The audience members are quiet, attentive, respectful (moviegoers might yelp ); for his part, Saul looks ecstatic. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Right-wingers who constantly yelp about the need for congressional and legislative term limits would instantly oppose the idea for a conservative court. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"There are some people that just can't dance, some people that can't sing (even in the shower), and some people that can't cluck, cut, and yelp like a turkey. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 24 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The Frames get their Internet connection from your smartphone over Bluetooth, which sometimes flakes out, leaving Alexa to yelp that it is disconnected. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"His call-and-response to Fritz, the absurd blond Labradoodle next door who yelps from the window of the first floor of the pale yellow colonial. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2020",
|
|
"In the sky, a police helicopter yelped in celebration. \u2014 Lily Altavena, azcentral , 17 May 2020",
|
|
"On a recent Friday evening, huddles of adults were exuberantly reliving childhood, yelping and hollering with joy on one of the busiest streets in Manhattan. \u2014 Aaron Randle, New York Times , 28 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Ward yelps in pain, groans and says something inaudible on the body camera footage. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Stella Chan, CNN , 23 Dec. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1501, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1553, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214535"
|
|
},
|
|
"yet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": in addition : besides",
|
|
": even sense 1b",
|
|
": on top of everything else : no less",
|
|
": up to now : so far",
|
|
": at this or that time : so soon as now",
|
|
": continuously up to the present or a specified time : still",
|
|
": at a future time : eventually",
|
|
": nevertheless , however",
|
|
": up to the present or a specified time",
|
|
": one more time",
|
|
": but nevertheless : but",
|
|
": in addition",
|
|
": even entry 2 sense 2",
|
|
": up to now : so far",
|
|
": at this time",
|
|
": up to the present : still",
|
|
": at some later time",
|
|
": nevertheless",
|
|
": in spite of the fact that"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yet",
|
|
"\u02c8yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eventually",
|
|
"finally",
|
|
"someday",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"sooner or later",
|
|
"ultimately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"but",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Kerr did not comment because the news is not yet official. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Abnormally hot weather has punished many parts of Texas since the second half of May and Saturday may be one of its hottest days yet . \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Some residents feel strongly the property should remain a refuge for wildlife and passive recreation and yet another group is interested in putting solar panels at the property. \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Angela Davis and Bryonn Bain credited artists and abolitionists as seeing what is not yet there. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The practical impact of the diplomatic move is yet to be seen, although Algeria has reportedly ordered its national bank to stop facilitating payments with Spain, which could disrupt trade. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"And yet words were her medium, her weapon, her light \u2014 on the page and in the thundering urgency of her speeches. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"But even once these are authorized for children under 5, public health officials say the vaccine rollout for this age group could be the most challenging yet . \u2014 ABC News , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Deadline says a deal with any actor is yet to close. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Conjunction",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231352"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation",
|
|
": to produce or furnish as return",
|
|
": to produce as return from an expenditure or investment : furnish as profit or interest",
|
|
": to produce as revenue : bring in",
|
|
": to give up possession of on claim or demand: such as",
|
|
": to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another : hand over possession of",
|
|
": to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit",
|
|
": to relinquish one's possession of (something, such as a position of advantage or point of superiority)",
|
|
": to surrender or submit (oneself) to another",
|
|
": to give up (one's breath, life, or spirit) and so die",
|
|
": to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required",
|
|
": to give up (a hit or run) in baseball",
|
|
": recompense , reward",
|
|
": to give way to pressure or influence : submit to urging, persuasion, or entreaty",
|
|
": to give up and cease resistance or contention : submit , succumb",
|
|
": to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly",
|
|
": to give way under physical force (such as bending, stretching, or breaking)",
|
|
": to give place or precedence : acknowledge the superiority of someone else",
|
|
": to be inferior",
|
|
": to give way to or become succeeded by someone or something else",
|
|
": to be fruitful or productive : bear , produce",
|
|
": something yielded : product",
|
|
": the amount or quantity produced or returned",
|
|
": the capacity of yielding produce",
|
|
": to give (something) over to the power or control of another : surrender",
|
|
": to give in",
|
|
": to produce as a natural product",
|
|
": to produce or give back as interest or profit",
|
|
": to be productive : bring good results",
|
|
": to stop opposing or objecting to something",
|
|
": to give way under physical force so as to bend, stretch, or break",
|
|
": to allow another person or vehicle to go first",
|
|
": the amount produced or returned",
|
|
": return entry 2 sense 7",
|
|
": to produce as return from an expenditure or investment : furnish as profit or interest",
|
|
": to give place or precedence (as to one having a superior right or claim)",
|
|
": to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly",
|
|
": agricultural production especially per acre of crop",
|
|
": the return on a financial investment usually expressed as a percentage of cost"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113ld",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113ld",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113ld"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain(s)",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"incoming(s)",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revenue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Dew points, meanwhile, will sit in the mid to upper 60s along the Interstate 20 corridor and the lower 70s along Interstate 10, combining with the heat to yield heat indexes in the 105 to 110 degree range. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"This reduces production but concentrates flavor to yield better quality wine, which, as Graf explains, is the ultimate goal. \u2014 Michelle Williams, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Moderna, meanwhile, have reported that two smaller shots appeared to yield a similar immune response as their two-dose vaccine series does in adults 18 to 25. \u2014 Rob Picheta And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"That boost is expected to yield an additional $150,000 to $200,000 a year through 2034. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Manson, who could be on Don Sweeney\u2019s UFA shopping list next month, was acquired for Boston College defenseman Drew Helleson and a second-round pick in 2024 \u2026 Jake DeBrusk would not be enough for Fitzgerald to yield his No. 2 pick to Boston. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"Not every retrograde is going to yield madness and insanity in our lives. \u2014 Lisa Stardust, Glamour , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"This allows you to dry-pitch in rainstorms and choose from three interior configurations: center the mesh body to yield a small vestibule on each side, move it backward to create one big vestibule, or use the fly on its own. \u2014 Ryan Stuart, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Other stakeholders are sure to pile on, as evidenced by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren\u2019s effort to get BlackRock to use its share-voting power to pressure a private company to yield to union demands. \u2014 Phil Gramm And Mike Solon, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The yield on the benchmark US 10-year Treasury bond rose to 3.27%, the highest level since November 2018. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which banks use to set rates on mortgages and other loans, rose to 3.02% from 2.97% late Tuesday. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which banks use to set rates on mortgages and other loans, rose to 3% from a little over 2.9% late Tuesday. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-Year T-Note rose last week as concerns over additional rate hikes had a negative impact on the stock market. \u2014 Tom Aspray, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.94%. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to move with expectations for Fed action, rose to 2.68% from 2.62% just before the report\u2019s release. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps set interest rates on mortgages, rose to 2.78% from 2.74% late Wednesday. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.04%. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201027"
|
|
},
|
|
"yo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"year old; years old"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Interjection",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Interjection",
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225900"
|
|
},
|
|
"yobbo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lout , yokel",
|
|
": hoodlum"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4-b\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some yobbo has been threatening shopkeepers in the East End"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" yob + -o entry 1 ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221026"
|
|
},
|
|
"yoke":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together",
|
|
": an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person",
|
|
": a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions",
|
|
": a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness",
|
|
": a crosspiece on the head of a boat's rudder",
|
|
": an airplane control operating the elevators and ailerons",
|
|
": a frame from which a bell is hung",
|
|
": a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position",
|
|
": two animals yoked or worked together",
|
|
": an oppressive agency",
|
|
": servitude , bondage",
|
|
": tie , link",
|
|
": marriage",
|
|
": a fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments",
|
|
": to put a yoke on",
|
|
": to join in or with a yoke",
|
|
": to attach a draft animal to",
|
|
": to attach (a draft animal) to something",
|
|
": to join as if by a yoke",
|
|
": to put to work",
|
|
": to become joined or linked",
|
|
": a wooden bar or frame by which two work animals (as oxen) are harnessed at the heads or necks for drawing a plow or load",
|
|
": a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal parts",
|
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": a clamp that holds or connects two parts",
|
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": two animals yoked together",
|
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": something that brings about pain, suffering, or a loss of freedom",
|
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": slavery sense 1",
|
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": a fitted or shaped piece at the shoulder of a garment or at the top of a skirt",
|
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": to put a yoke on",
|
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": to attach a work animal to"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u014dk",
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"\u02c8y\u014dk"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bondage",
|
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"enslavement",
|
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"servility",
|
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"servitude",
|
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"slavery",
|
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"thrall",
|
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"thralldom",
|
|
"thraldom"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"catenate",
|
|
"chain",
|
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"compound",
|
|
"concatenate",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
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"interconnect",
|
|
"interlink",
|
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"join",
|
|
"link"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The two oxen were yoked together.",
|
|
"yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"For his next trick, Hall will release a video of himself doing a 500-pound yoke carry for five hours across a dry lake bed. \u2014 Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The rush to express eagerness for Ukraine to come under the Russian yoke \u2014or to even applaud Putin for invading a sovereign and democratic country\u2014could be understood as an attempt to fill that America First vacuum. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"State media has also been playing on a popular perception in Russia that Ukraine is under the yoke of corrupt and inept leadership. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
|
|
"Less than a year after shaking off the yoke of dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, a review of the habous system was atop their agenda in 2012. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Its struggle to emerge from the yoke of Soviet aggression during the Cold War became a stirring example of courage in the name of freedom. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Now, nearly 75 years later and with the surviving monks too old to continue their work, a family of another faith is taking up the brothers\u2019 yoke . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"His shoulders slump, as though bowed by an invisible yoke . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"At that time, roughly the middle third of the nineteenth century, the historic capitals of both Poland and Ukraine\u2014Warsaw and Kyiv\u2014were under the yoke of the Russian tsars, who kept a close eye on such things. \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"At the same time, the slowing of Moore\u2019s Law has triggered a pre-Cambrian explosion of chip design startups, some with radical new ideas for how to configure chips and yoke them together. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Elder also has emerged as the favorite target of Newsom, who has done his best to yoke the conservative to former President Trump, who is widely unpopular in California. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Democrats plan to yoke the entire party, especially vulnerable members in tough districts, to Greene in the midterms. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Trump, meanwhile, managed to yoke the meeting to his administration\u2019s campaign to buttress Israel on the world stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Progress required that citizens yoke themselves to an immoral economy in ever more complex ways. \u2014 R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books , 4 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Munch has the daring to yoke this world-menacing science fiction and world-historical politics to peculiarly intimate settings. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 June 2020",
|
|
"Yet none of the other technocrats succeeded in heading a second government, as Mr Conte has done since last September, when the M5S switched partners to yoke itself to the centre-left Democratic Party. \u2014 The Economist , 27 June 2020",
|
|
"Still, these mutually resentful women can\u2019t disengage: their womanhood, and an accompanying unease in the world, keep them yoked together, entangled in talk. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213701"
|
|
},
|
|
"yokel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town",
|
|
": a person from a small town or the country who has little education or experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d-k\u0259l",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"chawbacon",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rube",
|
|
"rustic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The first comic, Charles F. Browne, hit the lecture circuit in 1861 and adopted the pseudonymous persona of a country yokel named Artemus Ward. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"At first he was depicted as a country yokel , but by the end of that first season the puppet\u2019s operator, Carroll Spinney, had changed tack. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"King himself directed this gloriously goofy adaptation of a short story from his Night Shift collection about a group of local yokels trapped in a roadside truck stop by a convoy of killer big rigs. \u2014 Matthew Chernov, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Urbanites defined themselves as forward-looking sophisticates who sneered at yokels in backwaters; cosmopolitanism faced off against parochialism. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 7 Feb. 2019",
|
|
"Every single in-game model, from huge wooden shacks to flying spaceships, and from slack-jawed yokels to individual blades of grass, has been handsomely redrawn by this remaster's development team. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 11 June 2019",
|
|
"How not to be a local yokel The parents of one of David Benglian\u2019s Penn classmates bought their son a Society Hill townhouse to live in during the school year. \u2014 Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com , 25 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Everyone is too goddamn afraid of Trump and his band of yokels . \u2014 GQ , 11 Oct. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps from English dialect yokel green woodpecker, of imitative origin",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1819, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214721"
|
|
},
|
|
"young":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name ()",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun plural"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development",
|
|
": junior sense 1a",
|
|
": of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink",
|
|
": having little experience",
|
|
": recently come into being : new",
|
|
": youthful sense 5",
|
|
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person",
|
|
": representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement",
|
|
": young persons : youth",
|
|
": immature offspring",
|
|
": a single recently born or hatched animal",
|
|
": pregnant",
|
|
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development",
|
|
": lacking in experience",
|
|
": recently formed, produced, or come into being : new",
|
|
": youthful sense 1",
|
|
": young people",
|
|
": immature or recently born offspring",
|
|
": immature offspring",
|
|
": a single recently born or hatched animal",
|
|
": pregnant",
|
|
"Andrew Jackson, Jr. 1932\u2013 U.S. ambassador to U.N. (1977\u201379)",
|
|
"1801\u20131877 American Mormon leader",
|
|
"Cy originally Denton True Young 1867\u20131955 American baseball player",
|
|
"Michael W(arren) 1949\u2013 American geneticist",
|
|
"Owen D. 1874\u20131962 American lawyer",
|
|
"Whitney Moore 1921\u20131971 American civil rights leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With unemployment especially high in rural areas and among the young , Colombians were ready for a change. \u2014 Juan Forero, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"But prescribed burning in the highly flammable oaks still could doom the young pines now growing, according to S\u00e1nchez Meador. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Lopiano, 75, finds examples of today\u2019s young female athletes, such as Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince, being more willing to speak out when they are not treated fairly. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"After kicking off a rebuild in March 2021, the Magic already have significant young talent. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The young bowlers\u2019 choreography is enough to leave their teammates\u2019 mouths agape. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The hatchery artifically spawns them and feeds the young before returning them to the wild. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"A few weeks later, Abelseth contacted the Department of Child and Family Services to report that Barnes had allegedly pulled their child\u2019s hair and ear, and that the young girl was afraid to go to his house. \u2014 Fox News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The film also details his visit to South Africa as an anti-apartheid activist accompanied by Ambassador Andrew Young, where Ashe spent most of his time in Soweto with young , Black, South Africans. \u2014 CNN , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall\u2019s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn\u2019t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 24 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201742"
|
|
},
|
|
"youngish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"biographical name ()",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun plural"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development",
|
|
": junior sense 1a",
|
|
": of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink",
|
|
": having little experience",
|
|
": recently come into being : new",
|
|
": youthful sense 5",
|
|
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person",
|
|
": representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement",
|
|
": young persons : youth",
|
|
": immature offspring",
|
|
": a single recently born or hatched animal",
|
|
": pregnant",
|
|
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development",
|
|
": lacking in experience",
|
|
": recently formed, produced, or come into being : new",
|
|
": youthful sense 1",
|
|
": young people",
|
|
": immature or recently born offspring",
|
|
": immature offspring",
|
|
": a single recently born or hatched animal",
|
|
": pregnant",
|
|
"Andrew Jackson, Jr. 1932\u2013 U.S. ambassador to U.N. (1977\u201379)",
|
|
"1801\u20131877 American Mormon leader",
|
|
"Cy originally Denton True Young 1867\u20131955 American baseball player",
|
|
"Michael W(arren) 1949\u2013 American geneticist",
|
|
"Owen D. 1874\u20131962 American lawyer",
|
|
"Whitney Moore 1921\u20131971 American civil rights leader"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"With unemployment especially high in rural areas and among the young , Colombians were ready for a change. \u2014 Juan Forero, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"But prescribed burning in the highly flammable oaks still could doom the young pines now growing, according to S\u00e1nchez Meador. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Lopiano, 75, finds examples of today\u2019s young female athletes, such as Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince, being more willing to speak out when they are not treated fairly. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"After kicking off a rebuild in March 2021, the Magic already have significant young talent. \u2014 Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The young bowlers\u2019 choreography is enough to leave their teammates\u2019 mouths agape. \u2014 Arelis R. Hern\u00e1ndez, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The hatchery artifically spawns them and feeds the young before returning them to the wild. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"A few weeks later, Abelseth contacted the Department of Child and Family Services to report that Barnes had allegedly pulled their child\u2019s hair and ear, and that the young girl was afraid to go to his house. \u2014 Fox News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"The film also details his visit to South Africa as an anti-apartheid activist accompanied by Ambassador Andrew Young, where Ashe spent most of his time in Soweto with young , Black, South Africans. \u2014 CNN , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall\u2019s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn\u2019t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 24 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202958"
|
|
},
|
|
"youngling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one that is young",
|
|
": a young person or animal"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b-li\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she quit babysitting when she got tired of wrangling younglings who weren't even her own",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And then, inexplicably, the next two episodes are devoted entirely to the continuing adventures of Din Djarin, protagonist of The Mandalorian, and the youngling Grogu. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Luke\u2014sensing the youngling 's divided loyalties\u2014tells Grogu to choose between the chain mail and Yoda's old light saber, i.e., between his love for the Mandalorian and his Jedi training. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Sammy gave birth to the youngling after a 10-month pregnancy. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"His son, Jett, plays a youngling killed by Clone Troopers. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"And now, some super-responsible hunters (read with sarcasm) blamed a group of younglings for illegally killing nearly 60 doves during a hunt in Maverick County. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The offspring of National Zoo tiger Damai, the youngling is bidding adieu to his birthplace, and is en route to a new home at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"Balmy, albeit sloppy, conditions Monday meant even the younglings could partake in early efforts in the annual Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt. \u2014 Dave Orrick, Twin Cities , 23 Jan. 2017",
|
|
"The Crayola Story Studio Star Wars edition allows your youngling to put themselves in the boots of a true Jedi Padawan. \u2014 Dak, WIRED , 17 May 2012"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200131"
|
|
},
|
|
"youngster":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a young person : youth",
|
|
": child",
|
|
": a young animal or plant especially of a domesticated or cultivated breed or type",
|
|
": a young person : youth",
|
|
": child sense 3"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b(k)-st\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b-st\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"moppet",
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"sprat",
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"sprout",
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"squirt",
|
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"whelp",
|
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"youngling",
|
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"youth"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
|
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"grown-up"
|
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],
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"examples":[
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"As a youngster , he was very shy.",
|
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"bright-eyed youngsters interested in learning",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of learning to become a responsible gun owner as a youngster in Uvalde. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, Chron , 7 June 2022",
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"Footage of Prince as a youngster was recently found by CNN affiliate station WCCO in Minneapolis. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"As a youngster , her parents encouraged her to play various team sports. \u2014 Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
|
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"Beginning at age 12, Roberts started giving violin instruction on Saturday mornings to a youngster with Down syndrome at the urging of her Mainly Mozart music teacher. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
|
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"As a youngster , Humberto Castellanos dreamed of playing third base and idolized former Boston Red Sox (and Arizona State) infielder Dustin Pedroia. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022",
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"Cabrera had wheels as a youngster , but even then, his ambitions seemed to stop at second base; his career high for three-baggers was three, set in his 87-game rookie season of 2003. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"Our classic clear CBD gummy bears are available in a variety of flavors and sizes, from which to relive the emotions associated with eating gummy bears as a youngster . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"As a youngster , Josh Hader dreamed of someday pitching at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194455"
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},
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"youthful":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of youth",
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": being young and not yet mature",
|
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": marked by or possessing youth",
|
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": having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous",
|
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": having accomplished or undergone little erosion",
|
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": belonging to, relating to, or characteristic of youth",
|
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": not old or mature",
|
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": having the appearance, spirit, or energy of youth"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u00fcth-f\u0259l",
|
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"\u02c8y\u00fcth-f\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My grandparents are still very youthful .",
|
|
"it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Your skin will receive a new life and a youthful glow. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Clarins\u2019s ultra-concentrated body serum unveils a youthful glow with natural plant extracts including antioxidant-rich christophine, soothing water lily, and exfoliating hibiscus flower. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Without art and without youthful energy, the movements tend to flicker or die off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"The mix of manuka honey, peptides, and cica plump up the skin and give it such a youthful glow. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Having a comprehensive skincare routine that works for your skin type can help immensely to keep your youthful glow. \u2014 Essence , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Despite her youthful topical glow, Waddingham also emphasizes the significance of harnessing beauty from within. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The result is a more even complexion, reduced hyperpigmentation, defense against skin-aging free radicals and a noticeably youthful glow. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 29 July 2021",
|
|
"Vans\u2019 youthful glow might be fading, but VF Corp. still has ways to grow. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 21 May 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182553"
|
|
},
|
|
"yowl":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail",
|
|
": to complain or protest with or as if with yowls",
|
|
": to express with yowling",
|
|
": a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)",
|
|
": to utter a loud long cry (as of pain or suffering)",
|
|
": a loud long cry (as of pain or suffering)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yau\u0307(-\u0259)l",
|
|
"\u02c8yau\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The cat was yowling outside.",
|
|
"He was yowling in pain.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the cat gave a yowl of anger",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In normal times, life in any city means a constant barrage of sounds: car horns, yowling cats, heated arguments from windows overhead\u2014often over inconsequential things. \u2014 Samer Kalaf, The New Republic , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Sirens yowled and vents whistled; a motorcycle potato-potato-potatoed and a can skittered on the concrete. \u2014 Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic , 8 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Detuned guitars warble from the corners of songs; the visuals go medieval; the dark lord Ozzy Osbourne yowls one chorus. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Some, at 15, were already fantasizing about marshaling breakfast for whining, barking, yowling households. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Or your just moved-in, very sweet neighbors with the sick, yowling cat? \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 12 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"My normally mild-mannered dog lost her mind, yowling and dancing around the kitchen until someone, anyone, would give her even the smallest morsel of cheese. \u2014 Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit , 26 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The brown mutts yowled into the blackness of the forest. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 2 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Stop pausing to yowl when a call doesn\u2019t go your way. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The wind rose to a sustained yowl , shredded the treetops, racked the old lean-to, seemed to be swelling toward a terrible end. \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015",
|
|
"As usual, his instinctive approach and trademark yowl created additional ambiguities: there are ghost words here. \u2014 Brad Shoup, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But, when Yarielis suddenly turned red, opening her mouth in a silent, tearful yowl , the children screamed for their mother to help her. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The song is a bluesy slow-burner packed with the singer's signature yowl , and is featured prominently in the Season 2 finale of the Juliette Lewis-starring FacebookWatch series Sacred Lies. \u2014 Claire Lobenfeld, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Hearses and Gucci furs and callous relationship advice and desperate questioning all get strung together in drowsy yowls with strikingly logical syntax. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Miley Cyrus, in her rodeo yowl on the song, warns some boy to quit it with the pet names. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The frontman\u2019s last yowl during this section surely rattled the concert hall\u2019s lobby chandelier. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2013"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210343"
|
|
},
|
|
"yowling":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail",
|
|
": to complain or protest with or as if with yowls",
|
|
": to express with yowling",
|
|
": a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)",
|
|
": to utter a loud long cry (as of pain or suffering)",
|
|
": a loud long cry (as of pain or suffering)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yau\u0307(-\u0259)l",
|
|
"\u02c8yau\u0307l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The cat was yowling outside.",
|
|
"He was yowling in pain.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the cat gave a yowl of anger",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In normal times, life in any city means a constant barrage of sounds: car horns, yowling cats, heated arguments from windows overhead\u2014often over inconsequential things. \u2014 Samer Kalaf, The New Republic , 10 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Sirens yowled and vents whistled; a motorcycle potato-potato-potatoed and a can skittered on the concrete. \u2014 Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic , 8 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Detuned guitars warble from the corners of songs; the visuals go medieval; the dark lord Ozzy Osbourne yowls one chorus. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Some, at 15, were already fantasizing about marshaling breakfast for whining, barking, yowling households. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Or your just moved-in, very sweet neighbors with the sick, yowling cat? \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 12 Nov. 2018",
|
|
"My normally mild-mannered dog lost her mind, yowling and dancing around the kitchen until someone, anyone, would give her even the smallest morsel of cheese. \u2014 Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit , 26 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"The brown mutts yowled into the blackness of the forest. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 2 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Stop pausing to yowl when a call doesn\u2019t go your way. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"The wind rose to a sustained yowl , shredded the treetops, racked the old lean-to, seemed to be swelling toward a terrible end. \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015",
|
|
"As usual, his instinctive approach and trademark yowl created additional ambiguities: there are ghost words here. \u2014 Brad Shoup, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But, when Yarielis suddenly turned red, opening her mouth in a silent, tearful yowl , the children screamed for their mother to help her. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The song is a bluesy slow-burner packed with the singer's signature yowl , and is featured prominently in the Season 2 finale of the Juliette Lewis-starring FacebookWatch series Sacred Lies. \u2014 Claire Lobenfeld, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Hearses and Gucci furs and callous relationship advice and desperate questioning all get strung together in drowsy yowls with strikingly logical syntax. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Miley Cyrus, in her rodeo yowl on the song, warns some boy to quit it with the pet names. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The frontman\u2019s last yowl during this section surely rattled the concert hall\u2019s lobby chandelier. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2013"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225559"
|
|
},
|
|
"yuck":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": laugh",
|
|
": joke , gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faugh",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"phew",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"yech",
|
|
"yecch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Interjection",
|
|
"yuck , I really hate brussels sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Interjection",
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211431"
|
|
},
|
|
"yucky":{
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"repugnant , distasteful",
|
|
"unpleasant , disagreeable",
|
|
"causing discomfort, disgust, or a strong feeling of dislike"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0113",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The water was dirty and smelled yucky .",
|
|
"I felt yucky after eating all that cake.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Seldom has the natural tendency of artists to mine themselves for creative material been pushed to such exquisitely yucky extremes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The people who love it are growing ever grayer, and French parents are no longer bringing up their young to appreciate a taste that any normal child instinctively finds yucky (god knows, mine does). \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The absurdity of the entire 90ish-person organization, which is famous for transactional relationships with studios among other yucky things, has been well-documented. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
|
|
"The relationship is obviously to kids parents only push them to eat foods that are yucky . \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 18 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The children never got more than a few tired days and a yucky cough. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" yuck ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1970, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
|
},
|
|
"yuk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": laugh",
|
|
": joke , gag",
|
|
": laugh , joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"boffola",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"one-liner",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"wisecrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the yuks on this new sitcom are so pathetic that the souped-up laugh track merely adds insult to injury",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"pay no mind to those clowns\u2014they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1964, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222125"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yahweh":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
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|
],
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"definitions":[
|
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": god sense 1a",
|
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"\u2014 compare tetragrammaton"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4-(\u02cc)w\u0101",
|
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"-(\u02cc)v\u0101"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"Allah",
|
|
"Almighty",
|
|
"Author",
|
|
"Creator",
|
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"deity",
|
|
"Divinity",
|
|
"Eternal",
|
|
"Everlasting",
|
|
"Father",
|
|
"God",
|
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"Godhead",
|
|
"Jehovah",
|
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"King",
|
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"Lord",
|
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"Maker",
|
|
"Providence",
|
|
"Supreme Being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a count of the number of times Yahweh is mentioned in the Old Testament"
|
|
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Hebrew Yahweh ",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1869, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171818"
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|
},
|
|
"yellow":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of the color yellow",
|
|
": become yellowish through age, disease, or discoloration : sallow",
|
|
": having a light olive or light brown complexion",
|
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": featuring sensational or scandalous items or ordinary news sensationally distorted",
|
|
": mean , cowardly",
|
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": something yellow or marked by a yellow color: such as",
|
|
": a person having light olive or light brown skin",
|
|
": the yolk of an egg",
|
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": a color whose hue resembles that of ripe lemons or sunflowers or is that of the portion of the spectrum lying between green and orange",
|
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": a pigment or dye that colors yellow",
|
|
": jaundice",
|
|
": any of several plant diseases caused especially by phytoplasmas and marked by yellowing of the foliage and stunting",
|
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": to become or turn yellow",
|
|
": to make yellow : give a yellow tinge or color to",
|
|
": of the color of a lemon : colored yellow",
|
|
": cowardly sense 1",
|
|
": the color of a lemon",
|
|
": something (as the yolk of an egg) yellow in color",
|
|
": to turn yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ye-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
|
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"dialectal",
|
|
"or",
|
|
"\u02c8ye-l\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
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"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The look features bright coral eyeshadow covering the eyelid, a fuchsia shade in the crease, and a swipe of fluorescent yellow eyeliner on the outside half of the eye and right under the brow. \u2014 Andrea Park, Teen Vogue , 20 July 2017",
|
|
"In addition to selling yellow mustard and hot sauce, the division makes ketchup, onion flavorings and other products. \u2014 Nick Turner, Bloomberg.com , 19 July 2017",
|
|
"Three prominent Austin chefs teamed up with the Youngblood family to build a new restaurant from scratch that looks like a legacy chicken dinner house, down to the bright blue-and- yellow colors and the helpings of hot yeast rolls with honey. \u2014 Bud Kennedy, star-telegram , 19 July 2017",
|
|
"Majeski pulled off with two laps remaining during the final yellow flag situation. \u2014 Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown , 16 July 2017",
|
|
"Either red or yellow maca will work here, but the flavor of the red is more mild. \u2014 Anya Tchoupakov, Bon Appetit , 12 July 2017",
|
|
"The group recently wore matching black polos with yellow piping from the British brand, like some sort of unofficial uniform. \u2014 Christine Flammia, Esquire , 10 July 2017",
|
|
"Layered yellow atop thick green strokes conjure up a bouquet without providing any detail. \u2014 Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com , 3 July 2017",
|
|
"Ebony, 32, slipped the voucher back into its bright yellow folder and waited. \u2014 Alden Woods, azcentral , 2 July 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Capital Bikeshare, the popular Washington-area bicycle program, may get a corporate sponsor and advertising on the iconic red-and- yellow bikes next year. \u2014 Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post , 20 June 2017",
|
|
"Living Room Suites use bold combinations of deep yellow and navy blue. \u2014 Gabe Hartwig, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2017",
|
|
"There isn\u2019t even a cross walk or a speed bump or a caution sign or a flashing yellow ; there is nothing but blacktop for miles. \u2014 Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com , 5 June 2017",
|
|
"CENTRALIA \u2014 Men, women and children, all wearing yellow numbered Army identification tags, gathered at the Chehalis Train Depot on June 2, 1942. \u2014 Graham Perednia, The Seattle Times , 3 June 2017",
|
|
"Three other sterile barberry varieties that are being grown by wholesalers for later sale are a super compact cultivar with yellow foliage, and two compact shrubs, one with yellow and the other with green foliage. \u2014 Theresa Sullivan Barger, courant.com , 1 June 2017",
|
|
"The gleaming fleet of green-and- yellow John Deere tractors is still driven by Chinese workers, while almost two-thirds of Gaza's population lives in poverty. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 22 May 2017",
|
|
"A video posted last month of Xiaoman biting off tender morsels of yellow ... \u2014 Kathy Chu, WSJ , 21 May 2017",
|
|
"Dwyer is suspended for the match after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season \u2014 most in MLS \u2014 in last weekend\u2019s loss to Minnesota. \u2014 Sam Mcdowell, kansascity.com , 12 May 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"But kids, pets, furniture and everyday dirt can spoil their appearance or cause damage, and sunlight can yellow or fade finishes. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The trees do yellow and drop their leaves during fall. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The case itself is protected against scratches and guaranteed not to yellow . \u2014 Brad Moon, Forbes , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Perhaps the best time to do needed dividing is mid-summer, when the stems begin to yellow and start to die back to the ground. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 3 July 2021",
|
|
"In home offices around the country, the wallpaper has begun to yellow . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 10 May 2021",
|
|
"Iron deficiencies yellow the tissue between small veins on young leaves. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Henry suggested looking for a non-yellowing resin, because some cheaper brands will yellow the tint in the sun. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"More leaves may yellow and drop as new growth appears in the spring. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 4 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-152056"
|
|
},
|
|
"yea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": yes",
|
|
": more than this : not only so but",
|
|
": to this extent or degree",
|
|
": affirmation , assent",
|
|
": an affirmative vote",
|
|
": a person casting a yea vote",
|
|
": yes entry 1 sense 1",
|
|
": a vote in favor of something",
|
|
": a person casting a yea vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0101",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"verily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affirmative",
|
|
"yes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"we will go to the new land, and, yea , we will pursue our dreams!",
|
|
"I vote yea on the proposed increase in the school budget.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"the measure passed with 50 yeas and 17 nays",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The House passed the second part of the bill in a 260-171 vote that same day at 10:06 PM, in which 39 Republican representatives votes yea and 171 voted nay. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Montgomery Academy rallied from a 28-23 halftime deficit to improve to 7-8 on the yea and 4-2 in Area 6. Freshman DJ Vinson had a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds in the win. \u2014 al , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Monday\u2019s vote before the UN's First Committee, which is focused on international security and disarmament, passed overwhelmingly, with representatives of 163 countries voting yea versus eight nays and nine abstentions. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The annual Hurun Rich List, launched in 1999, included entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan in its rankings for the first time this yea . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"These votes were surprise, surprise, split along party lines with Republicans voting yea and Democrats voting nay. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
|
|
"As for our 30-year-old son living in New York, I FaceTimed or Zoomed with him to go through his items one by one, getting a yea or nay for each item. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"If a state delegation is deadlocked, they aren\u2019t counted as a yea or nay for either candidate, said Edward Foley, constitutional law professor at Ohio State University. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"GovTrack, a government transparency website, recorded Biden's yea vote on the 1993 Act. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 16 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-211657"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeah":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": yes"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ye\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8ya\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"okeydoke",
|
|
"okeydokey",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yep",
|
|
"yes",
|
|
"yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"no way",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u201cAre you coming with us?\u201d \u201c Yeah , I'm coming.\u201d",
|
|
"Yeah , I agree with you.",
|
|
"\u201cThat looks good.\u201d \u201c Yeah , I think so too.\u201d"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"by alteration",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123920"
|
|
},
|
|
"yummy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": highly attractive or pleasing",
|
|
": delicious , delectable",
|
|
": very pleasing especially to the taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259-m\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259-m\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"mouthwatering",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He prepared all sorts of yummy dishes.",
|
|
"a yummy meal that is also nutritious",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The honey in this treatment not only smells yummy but helps to clear out the pores, while Vitamin E and olive oil moisturize and soothe the skin. \u2014 ELLE , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Growing your own vegetables is yummy , fun, and the ideal practical response to a challenging time. \u2014 Christopher Ketcham, Outside Online , 20 May 2020",
|
|
"Sitting between my friend and me were two yummy , uneaten treats. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The New York designer Jonathan Simkhai is well known for his yummy knits, but don't sleep on his smart leathers\u2014vegan leather! \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Try spots like the Lighthouse Restaurant, which serves towering seafood platters that will leave you full for days, and Starfish Restaurant for particularly yummy shrimp and oysters. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Blitzen loves taking yummy treats, such as apple slices, from his caregiver\u2019s hands. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Pecan praline, Mississippi Mud, and apple all sound pretty yummy to us. \u2014 Rachel Taylor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Food availability would have peaked between spring and autumn, and all the yummy zooplankton the fish ingested would have enriched the growing skeleton, elevating the ratios between the heavier Carbon-13 isotope and the lighter Carbon-12. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" yum-yum ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192200"
|
|
},
|
|
"yes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an affirmative reply : yea",
|
|
": a positive reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yes",
|
|
"\u02c8yes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"okeydoke",
|
|
"okeydokey",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yeah",
|
|
"yep",
|
|
"yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affirmative",
|
|
"yea"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"yes , I'll be ready for the test tomorrow",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"We need a yes to go ahead with the project.",
|
|
"She answered all the questions with yeses and nos.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
|
"Squire, who formed Yes with singer Jon Anderson and others, died in 2015. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News , 17 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"Yes -style interventions can succeed elsewhere, considering that its solutions not only are difficult to implement, but, at least in the short-term, also cost more than many communities are willing or able to spend. \u2014 Amadou Diallo, The Atlantic , 18 July 2017",
|
|
"Though in a coma and an unresponsive state for several weeks, Ashlee could hear family members talking to her and would wiggle her foot to answer yes -and-no questions. \u2014 Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com , 25 June 2017",
|
|
"None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Defaults Done \u2014 Troublesome Middle Child DEAR TROUBLESOME MIDDLE CHILD: Yes : \u2014 Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times , 11 June 2017",
|
|
"And after Brownback quickly vetoed the bill and denounced the tax plan, House Speaker Ron Ryckman\u2019s decision to vote yes on overriding the governor provided the spark needed for other conservative lawmakers to vote yes. \u2014 Hunter Woodall And Jonathan Shorman, kansascity.com , 8 June 2017",
|
|
"The TPA, which gives lawmakers a yes -or-no vote on amending trade deals, was passed amid tension over whether the U.S. should sign the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, championed by then-President Barack Obama. \u2014 Andrew Mayeda, Bloomberg.com , 17 May 2017",
|
|
"The Michigan Republican gave cover for people to switch from no to yes by extracting more financial assistance \u2014 $8 billion over five years \u2014 to help people with preexisting conditions pay for medical costs. \u2014 James Hohmann, Washington Post , 4 May 2017",
|
|
"The name Fly on the Wall Entertainment is a nod to [Big Brother], yes ? \u2014 Brian Porreca, Billboard , 28 June 2017",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"After 200 negative responses, Shufelt finally got a yes from John Walker, the head brewer at Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. \u2014 Outside Online , 31 July 2019",
|
|
"His next administration will be marked by vengeance and stocked with even more sycophants and yes -men than the first time around; there will be no one in a position to rein in Donald\u2019s worst impulses. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The story of this evil yes -man is itself one that needs to be told. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Washington Post went to the vaults and compiled a video of relevant comments not just from Trump's justices but also the other two expected yes votes, Alito and Justice Clarance Thomas. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Though contestant Sam Moss only earned a yes from Perry during her first audition in Austin, Texas, the judge believed in her so much Perry brought Moss back a month later to audition again in Nashville to prove Bryan and Richie wrong. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Years in the company of yes -men have additionally blunted his ability to calculate risks. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Immediately after businessman Joe O'Dea offered the group's only explicit no, state Rep. Ron Hanks, long a vocal promoter of false claims about the election, delivered an enthusiastic yes . \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Again, the conversation didn\u2019t last long \u2014 but this time the answer was an emphatic yes . \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1712, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194122"
|
|
},
|
|
"yo-yo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a thick grooved double disk with a string attached to its center axle that is made to fall and rise to the hand by unwinding and rewinding on the string",
|
|
": a condition or situation marked by regular fluctuations from one extreme to another",
|
|
": a stupid or foolish person",
|
|
": shifting back and forth or up and down uncertainly or unexpectedly",
|
|
": to move from one position to another repeatedly : fluctuate",
|
|
": a small round toy that has two flattened disks with a string attached to the center and that is made to fall and rise to the hand by unwinding and rewinding on the string"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d-(\u02cc)y\u014d",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d-y\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
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"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
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"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1932, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1967, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195439"
|
|
},
|
|
"yank":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to pull on something with a quick vigorous movement",
|
|
": to pull or extract with a quick vigorous movement",
|
|
": to remove in or as if in an abrupt manner",
|
|
": a strong sudden pull : jerk",
|
|
": yankee",
|
|
": a strong sudden pull : jerk",
|
|
": to pull suddenly or forcefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ya\u014bk",
|
|
"\u02c8ya\u014bk",
|
|
"\u02c8ya\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hoick",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"twitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"wrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He yanked the door shut.",
|
|
"She yanked on the dog's leash.",
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"had to give the shoe a good yank to get it off",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Not that Grant minded at all, though, seeing sophomore Jailey Farnsworth yank a ball over the left field fence for a seventh-inning home run. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Of course the ring gets briefly stuck, and Kate has to yank it off to hand it over to Edwina. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"What is life even for, many of them yelled over the music, if not for a dress-up-and-let-go, yank -each-other-up-on-stage-and-SING sense of abandon? \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"Her agitation and self-disgust, her terror of being barely human, drove her to twist clusters of her hair around her fingers, to yank hard. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"But traders showed little relief on Monday, prioritizing fears about economic growth \u2014 particularly in China \u2014 and whether central banks could yank pandemic-era support sooner than expected to fight inflation. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"At the time, Sony threatened to yank Spidey out of the MCU after disagreements with Disney. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"That helped prompt Toyota, the biggest carmaker in Japan and a key Olympic sponsor, to yank Japanese TV ads related to the Games for fear of alienating its local market. \u2014 NBC News , 23 July 2021",
|
|
"For example, Bird dumped dozens of scooters in Somerville and Cambridge in 2018 without any advance notice to city officials, only to yank the machines a few weeks later under heavy criticism. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The little guy\u2019s first outing on the Nintendo DS saw HAL grabbing the system\u2019s experimental nature and giving it a solid yank . \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Detailing is excellent for the price and includes a waterproof abdomen pocket with cable port for earphones and a locking slider for unzipping with just a quick yank on the lapel. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Aug. 2014",
|
|
"Backpacks embedded with something called JetForce Technology can inflate with 200-liter bladders to about seven times their size at the yank of a handle to help keep avalanche victims from being buried and suffocating beneath the snow. \u2014 Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2014",
|
|
"Amazon is the focus of a push to curb \u2018rank-and- yank \u2019 worker ratings. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Robbie wisely leans into the cartoonish aspects of the character, and Yan lets her voice-over yank the timeline out of order and splashes graphics on the screen to accompany her more exaggerated affect. \u2014 James Grebey, Vulture , 6 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"His method is to push down the barb below the flesh, loop the shoestring around the hook and yank fast. \u2014 John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News , 24 June 2021",
|
|
"Made from surgical grade stainless steel, the swooping design will not pull, tug, or yank at your lashes. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"The son figured out that by stretching PTFE with a sudden yank , the polymer expanded by 1,000 percent. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Sep. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1822, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"circa 1864, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1778, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200320"
|
|
},
|
|
"yukky":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": repugnant , distasteful",
|
|
": unpleasant , disagreeable",
|
|
": causing discomfort, disgust, or a strong feeling of dislike"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The water was dirty and smelled yucky .",
|
|
"I felt yucky after eating all that cake.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Seldom has the natural tendency of artists to mine themselves for creative material been pushed to such exquisitely yucky extremes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
|
|
"The people who love it are growing ever grayer, and French parents are no longer bringing up their young to appreciate a taste that any normal child instinctively finds yucky (god knows, mine does). \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The absurdity of the entire 90ish-person organization, which is famous for transactional relationships with studios among other yucky things, has been well-documented. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
|
|
"The relationship is obviously to kids: parents only push them to eat foods that are yucky . \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 18 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The children never got more than a few tired days and a yucky cough. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" yuck ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1970, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204031"
|
|
},
|
|
"yearning":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a tender or urgent longing",
|
|
": an eager desire"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259r-ni\u014b",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259r-ni\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a sudden yearning for something sweet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Psychologists say people are balancing this yearning for social engagement and interaction with reality that this particular type of gathering can be a breeding ground for anxiety. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"The store\u2019s founder seemed to have anticipated this yearning . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Israel\u2019s national symbols \u2014 a biblical candelabra, the star of David on its flag \u2014 do not include Palestinian or Arab emblems and Israel's anthem speaks of the yearning of the Jewish soul. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Bridgerton season two was a near-perferct romance drama full of yearning stares, pall mall, and classical covers of pop music. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And employees should be skeptical of any employer promising to satisfy all the needs and desires of their yearning souls. \u2014 Jeremy Duvall, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And now the pandemic \u2013 which left many people stuck at home yearning for connection to the outside world \u2013 has accelerated a shift in thinking about virtual connections. \u2014 Jocelyn Yang, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This glorious soulful soaring heart-string yearning anthem. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The way Mitchell repeats the title with such yearning resonates with any listener who has lost a loved one. \u2014 Haben Kelati, Washington Post , 18 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-102811"
|
|
},
|
|
"yen":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"the basic monetary unit of Japan \u2014 see Money Table",
|
|
": a strong desire or propensity",
|
|
": urge , craving",
|
|
": to have an intense desire : long",
|
|
": a strong desire : longing"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yen",
|
|
"\u02c8yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"1875, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"1906, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"circa 1919, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105012"
|
|
},
|
|
"yonder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": at or in that indicated more or less distant place usually within sight",
|
|
": farther removed : more distant",
|
|
": being at a distance within view or at a place or in a direction known or indicated",
|
|
": something that is or is in an indicated more or less distant place",
|
|
": at or in that place",
|
|
": more distant",
|
|
": being at a distance within view"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4n-d\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4n-d\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"yon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"We could see people gathering down yonder by the riverbank.",
|
|
"look yonder and you'll see the skyline of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adverb",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Pronoun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110444"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yahveh":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": god sense 1a",
|
|
"\u2014 compare tetragrammaton"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4-(\u02cc)w\u0101",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)v\u0101"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Allah",
|
|
"Almighty",
|
|
"Author",
|
|
"Creator",
|
|
"deity",
|
|
"Divinity",
|
|
"Eternal",
|
|
"Everlasting",
|
|
"Father",
|
|
"God",
|
|
"Godhead",
|
|
"Jehovah",
|
|
"King",
|
|
"Lord",
|
|
"Maker",
|
|
"Providence",
|
|
"Supreme Being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a count of the number of times Yahweh is mentioned in the Old Testament"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Hebrew Yahweh ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1869, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115207"
|
|
},
|
|
"youth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the time of life when one is young",
|
|
": the period between childhood and maturity",
|
|
": the early period of existence, growth, or development",
|
|
": a young person",
|
|
": a young male between adolescence and maturity",
|
|
": young persons or creatures",
|
|
": the quality or state of being youthful : youthfulness",
|
|
": the time of life between being a child and an adult",
|
|
": a young man",
|
|
": young people",
|
|
": the quality or state of being young"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00fcth",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00fcth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are so many incredible anti-aging skincare products on the market these days, from youth -boosting retinols to night creams that plump and smooth the skin. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"For example, Junior Girl Scout Troop 14213 in Pembroke Pines gave 1,000 pounds of food to Brown\u2019s Harbor, a housing program for transitioning youth ages 18 to 23. \u2014 Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Friday programs are open to youth ages 13 to 18 and will start June 10 and run through Aug. 5. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Louisville Visual Art and Waterfront Park are hosting a day camp for youth ages 7-12. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Late last year, several organizations representing children\u2019s health professionals declared a national emergency for youth mental health. \u2014 Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"This organization focuses on providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth ages 25 and under. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Our program with the San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office \u2014 the first of its kind in the nation \u2014 diverts youth ages 12-18 who commit non-serious felony crimes away from the juvenile justice system. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"In recent years, social media has been a dominant force for youth ages 13 to 17, who split their time between Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok, according to data from the Pew Research Center. \u2014 Chloe Castleberry, Essence , 25 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English youthe , from Old English geoguth ; akin to Old English geong young \u2014 more at young ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122250"
|
|
},
|
|
"yob":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": yobbo",
|
|
"year of birth"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"A couple of yobs damaged his car.",
|
|
"the complaint that English football has been taken over by the yobs , who make the stadiums unfit for families"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-180827"
|
|
},
|
|
"yawn":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to open wide : gape",
|
|
": to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom",
|
|
": to utter with a yawn",
|
|
": to accomplish with or impel by yawns",
|
|
": gap , cavity",
|
|
": an opening of the mouth wide while taking a deep breath often as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom",
|
|
": a reaction resembling a yawn",
|
|
": bore entry 5",
|
|
": to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to being tired or bored",
|
|
": to open wide",
|
|
": an opening of the mouth while taking a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to being tired or bored",
|
|
": to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom",
|
|
": an opening of the mouth wide while taking a deep breath often as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022fn",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4n",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022fn",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022fn, \u02c8y\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"droner",
|
|
"dullsville",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"snoozer",
|
|
"yawner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
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"Students were yawning in class.",
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"Noun",
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"I tried to stifle a yawn .",
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"as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Not going to lie, men's fashion at major awards shows errs on the side of being yawn inducing. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Meantime, the gaps in wealth, education, social justice, and healthcare can\u2019t yawn any wider without swallowing whole swaths of humanity. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"But no one who pays attention to the daily news will yawn at another first-timer: Coalition. \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
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"There are also township government elections in the south and southwest suburbs, but don\u2019t yawn them off, the Southtown\u2019s Ted Slowik writes. \u2014 Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
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"Sometimes someone would yawn or freeze with a tortured expression. \u2014 Sam Anderson, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2020",
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"In America there is a yawning partisan gap in trust (see chart 2). \u2014 The Economist , 3 June 2020",
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"His dancers are often caught in awkward, ungainly poses, stretching and yawning , or slumped, exhausted. \u2014 Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2020",
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"There is time to make up the yawning gap between cities and suburbs before this census year is over, but the novel coronavirus makes the task more daunting. \u2014 Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Alabama had competitive Senate and governor contests on the ballot Tuesday, but voters reacted mostly with a collective yawn . \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
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"Leaning back in his leather seat, Gotti unleashes a jaw-cracking yawn . \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
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"When Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the news was greeted with a yawn . \u2014 Kay S. Hymowitz, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
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"Team after good team slaps the Heat around and the Heat attitude is a bored yawn . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"It\u2019s not an absolute roaring yawn or a page turner. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"Many of the locals eventually shifted from mouth-gaping rapt gawking to now emitting an expansive yawn of boredom to witness those meandering self-driving cars. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"Dividends\u2014even monthly ones\u2014normally get a collective yawn from investors in bullish times. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Other D+ Day\u2019s new releases are, in what\u2019s already become a yawn -worthy Disney Plus tradition, mostly a list-stuffing collection of behind-the-scenes documentaries, making-of videos, and shorts featuring prominent franchise characters. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-200938"
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},
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"yock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": laugh",
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": joke , gag"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u00e4k"
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-004304"
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},
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"yecch":{
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"type":[
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"interjection"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of yech \u2014 used to express rejection or disgust"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u0259k",
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"\u02c8y\u0259\u1e35",
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"\u02c8yek",
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"\u02c8ye\u1e35"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"faugh",
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"fie",
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"phew",
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"phooey",
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"rats",
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"ugh",
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"yuck",
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"yuk"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"yech , I hate those bugs!"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1969, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-042320"
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},
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"yielding":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": productive",
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": lacking rigidity or stiffness : flexible",
|
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": disposed to submit or comply"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u0113l-di\u014b"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"acquiescent",
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"nonresistant",
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"passive",
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"resigned",
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"tolerant",
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"tolerating",
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"unresistant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"protesting",
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"resistant",
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"resisting",
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"unyielding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"She has a gentle, yielding temperament.",
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"The seat was made with a soft and yielding material.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"With the Fed raising rates at a faster than anticipated pace to fight surging inflation, investors are moving out of risky, non- yielding assets such as cryptocurrency. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"The concentration of low- yielding , 50+-year-old vines is on display in this flagship Pinot from Benovia. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Under the hood is a 4.8-liter V8 yielding which offers up 1018 horsepower and a top speed of 254 mph. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"Tossed in oil and roasted until caramelized and yielding , the cooked carrots provide a meaty backbone to this vegetarian dish. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"On the other hand, gold is a non- yielding asset, so if the Fed is indicating Treasury yields might be ticking up sooner rather than later, there might be greener pastures elsewhere. \u2014 Jj Kinahan, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
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"The Eagles have averaged scoring 41.3 points per game, which ranks 19th in the nation, and have averaged yielding 10.3 points per game, which ranks fifth in the nation. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 25 Sep. 2021",
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"Similarly, the dry conditions of this year's growing season have likely already determined that 2022's harvest will be low- yielding as well. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"High yielding and indeterminate varieties appear to be more susceptible. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 July 2021"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-111955"
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},
|
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"yedda":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a natural unsplit straw for hats"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8yed\u0259"
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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":"origin unknown",
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163536"
|
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},
|
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"yippee":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"interjection"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of yippee \u2014 used to express exuberant delight or triumph"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8yi-p\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
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"ha",
|
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"hah",
|
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"hallelujah",
|
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"hey",
|
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"hooray",
|
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"hurrah",
|
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"hurray",
|
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"hot dog",
|
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"huzzah",
|
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"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
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"yahoo"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"she took one look at the new car in the driveway and exclaimed, \u201c Yippee !\u201d"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
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"1906, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203430"
|
|
},
|
|
"yenta":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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": one that meddles",
|
|
": blabbermouth , gossip"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yen-t\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulator",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"gossipmonger",
|
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"newsmonger",
|
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"quidnunc",
|
|
"tale-teller",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"telltale"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish yente , from the name Yente ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1923, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224010"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield (to)":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the total rate of return to an owner holding a bond to maturity expressed as a percentage of cost See the full definition"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005915"
|
|
},
|
|
"yen-shee":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the residue formed in the bowl of an opium pipe by smoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yen-\u02c8sh\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Chinese (Guangdong) y\u012bn-s\u00ed , from y\u012bn opium + s\u00ed excrement, filth",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1882, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012113"
|
|
},
|
|
"yon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"pronoun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": yonder",
|
|
": that or those yonder",
|
|
": yonder",
|
|
": thither",
|
|
": yonder entry 2",
|
|
": yonder entry 1",
|
|
": thither"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4n",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u00e4n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"yonder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"the belief that it is the destiny of the human race to explore our solar system and yon"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Pronoun",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
|
"Adverb",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022853"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yomud":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a Turkoman people inhabiting the Khoresm oasis of Soviet Turkestan",
|
|
": a member of the Yomud people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014dm\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050418"
|
|
},
|
|
"yippie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yi-p\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" Y outh I nternational P arty + -ie (as in hippie )",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072054"
|
|
},
|
|
"yearn (over)":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"to have sympathy for who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080304"
|
|
},
|
|
"yipe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain",
|
|
": a noise made by or as if by yiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u012bp",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Intransitive verb",
|
|
"imitative"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132444"
|
|
},
|
|
"yips":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a state of nervous tension affecting an athlete (such as a golfer) in the performance of a crucial action"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Soon, the operating room is full of healthy yips as the baby dogs \u2014 two boys and one girl \u2014 get acquainted with the world. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Jazz are like a golfer with yips right now: their mind is preventing them from doing the things their bodies can do. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Nor were there coyote yips or wolf howls piercing the night air in anticipation. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With the yips gone, the first-half goals must come if the U.S. want to win in the next window. \u2014 Drake Hills, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Bando\u2019s favorite example: When one of the Chinese pitchers suffered his own battle with the yips , Matzek would spend time helping him through bullpen sessions. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The yips , Kuhn believes, develop similarly \u2014 a subconscious tension that surfaces every time the ball leaves the hand. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Kuhn hadn\u2019t devised a structured program to fix the yips specifically until a mutual friend \u2014 former Middle Tennessee State and Rockies catcher Michael McKenry \u2014 connected him and Matzek four years ago. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"This story and Helene Elliott\u2019s excellent column explained what has to be the second scariest version of the yips (diving has to be the worst). \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"origin unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1935, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140455"
|
|
},
|
|
"yom tob":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a Jewish holiday or festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Hebrew y\u014dm \u1e6d\u014dbh , from y\u014dm day + \u1e6d\u014dbh good"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152504"
|
|
},
|
|
"yep":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": yes"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yep",
|
|
"or with glottal stop instead of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"okeydoke",
|
|
"okeydokey",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yeah",
|
|
"yes",
|
|
"yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"no way",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\u201cThat's really what she said?\u201d \u201c Yep \u201d"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"by alteration"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1882, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190224"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield gene":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": any of a group of complementary genes no one of which has apparent individual effect",
|
|
": one that directly or indirectly affects (as by increasing resistance to disease or to drouth) the yield of various field crops"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"yield entry 2 + gene"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202526"
|
|
},
|
|
"yieldingly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": in a yielding manner"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212414"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yonath":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":[
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"Ada E. 1939\u2013 Israeli biochemist"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u014d-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214719"
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},
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"Yenisey":{
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"river over 2500 miles (4022 kilometers) long in Russia in Asia flowing north into the Arctic Ocean"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccyi-ni-\u02c8s\u0101"
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220001"
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},
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"yieldingness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the quality or state of being yielding"
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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":"20220630-233643"
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},
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"Yeats":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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"William Butler 1865\u20131939 Irish poet and dramatist"
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u0101ts"
|
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024420"
|
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},
|
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"yird":{
|
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"type":[],
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of yird chiefly Scottish variant of earth"
|
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],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u0259rd"
|
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030438"
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},
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"Yenisei-Ostyak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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": yeniseian",
|
|
": ket"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Yenisei river + English ostyak"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043858"
|
|
},
|
|
"yech":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of yech \u2014 used to express rejection or disgust"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259k",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259\u1e35",
|
|
"\u02c8yek",
|
|
"\u02c8ye\u1e35"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faugh",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"phew",
|
|
"phooey",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"ugh",
|
|
"yuck",
|
|
"yuk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yech , I hate those bugs!"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1969, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-062045"
|
|
},
|
|
"yip":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to bark sharply, quickly, and often continuously",
|
|
": to utter a short sharp cry",
|
|
": yap entry 1 sense 1",
|
|
": yap entry 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yip",
|
|
"\u02c8yip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We could hear the puppy yipping playfully in its kennel."
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"imitative"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132946"
|
|
},
|
|
"yin-yang symbol":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a graphic symbol of Chinese origin that has the form of a circle divided evenly into two symmetrical teardrop shapes representing yin and yang"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yin-\u02ccy\u00e4\u014b-",
|
|
"-\u02ccya\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-133723"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeoman warder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": beefeater sense 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1573, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151306"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yerava":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one of a people in Kanatarka in southern India"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"y\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4v\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-153050"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield insurance":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": insurance that guarantees investors a stated yield on their investment in approved residential housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"yield entry 2"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155155"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeatmanite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a rare mineral (Mn,Zn) 16 Sb 2 Si 4 O 29 consisting of a pseudo-orthorhombic oxide and silicate of manganese, zinc, and antimony"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0101tm\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Pope Yeatman \u20201953 American mining engineer + English -ite"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173501"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yoncalla":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a Kalapooian people of southwestern Oregon",
|
|
": a member of the Yoncalla people"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-014148"
|
|
},
|
|
"yielder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one that yields : such as",
|
|
": a person who surrenders, concedes, or gives in",
|
|
": something that yields produce or products"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0113l-d\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1590, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-025630"
|
|
},
|
|
"yerb":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of yerb dialectal variant of herb"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259rb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-032604"
|
|
},
|
|
"yieldance":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the action of yielding : compliance , concession , submission , surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259n(t)s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"yield entry 1 + -ance"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-115659"
|
|
},
|
|
"yerba buena":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a trailing perennial evergreen herb ( Satureia douglasii ) of British Columbia, Idaho, and California that has small white flowers and has been used as an anthelmintic and emmenagogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yerb\u0259\u02c8bw\u0101n\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u0259r-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Spanish, literally, good herb"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-154339"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yom Kippur":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a Jewish holiday observed with fasting and prayer on the 10th day of Tishri in accordance with the rites described in Leviticus 16",
|
|
": a Jewish holiday observed in September or October with fasting and prayer"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccy\u014dm-ki-\u02c8pu\u0307r",
|
|
"\u02ccy\u022fm-",
|
|
"\u02ccy\u00e4m-",
|
|
"-\u02c8ki-p\u0259r",
|
|
"-(\u02cc)pu\u0307r",
|
|
"\u02ccy\u014dm-ki-\u02c8pu\u0307r",
|
|
"\u02ccy\u022fm-",
|
|
"-\u02c8ki-p\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Hebrew y\u014dm kipp\u016br , literally, day of atonement"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1735, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-191447"
|
|
},
|
|
"yoncopin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": water chinquapin"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"modification of Ojibwa wankipin , literally, crooked root"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-210244"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield point":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a stress sufficiently beyond the elastic limit that the material begins to exhibit plastic properties and continues to deform without further increase of load",
|
|
"\u2014 compare yield value"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-224840"
|
|
},
|
|
"yieldable":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": capable of yielding : disposed to yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185747"
|
|
},
|
|
"Yeniseian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a member of one of a group of peoples in the Yenisei river country including the Sagai",
|
|
": a language family spoken in the valley of the Middle Yenisei river in Siberia of which Ket is the only member still spoken"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0101\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Yenisei river, western Siberia + English -an"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192002"
|
|
},
|
|
"yield strength":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the stress at which a piece under strain is deformed some definite amount (as 0.1 or 0.2 percent)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-140908"
|
|
},
|
|
"year-rounder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": occurring, effective, employed, staying, or operating for the full year : not seasonal",
|
|
": active, present, or done throughout the entire year"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yir-\u02c8rau\u0307nd",
|
|
"\u02c8yir-\u02c8rau\u0307nd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-161312"
|
|
},
|
|
"year-over-year":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": comparing or based on comparing the same time period in successive years"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1951, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174548"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeo":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"yeomanry"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175228"
|
|
},
|
|
"yeoman usher":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the deputy of the black rod"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175546"
|
|
},
|
|
"yearslong":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": lasting through several or many years"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8yirz-\u02c8l\u022f\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-192956"
|
|
},
|
|
"year of grace":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a calendar year of the Christian era"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201747"
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},
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"yin-yang":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, symbolizing, or being the Chinese principles of yin and yang",
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": being or comprising opposite and especially complementary elements"
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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":"20220704-202444"
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},
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"yond":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": yonder",
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": yonder"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u00e4nd"
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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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"Adverb",
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"Middle English, from Old English geond ; akin to Old English geon"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
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"Adjective",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-220200"
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},
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"yerbal":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a plantation of mat\u00e9 or a district in which it abounds"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"y\u0259r\u02c8b\u00e4l"
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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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"American Spanish, from yerba"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082011"
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},
|
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"yirk":{
|
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"type":[],
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"definitions":[
|
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"Definition of yirk Scottish variant of yerk"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8y\u0259rk"
|
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091836"
|
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},
|
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"Yenisei":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": the Uralic language of the Yeniseian people"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6yen\u0259\u00a6s\u0101"
|
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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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"from Yenisei river, western Siberia"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100710"
|
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},
|
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"year-round":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": occurring, effective, employed, staying, or operating for the full year : not seasonal",
|
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": active, present, or done throughout the entire year"
|
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],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8yir-\u02c8rau\u0307nd",
|
|
"\u02c8yir-\u02c8rau\u0307nd"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105428"
|
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},
|
|
"year of confusion":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
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": the year 46 b.c. when the Julian calendar was introduced 708 years from the founding of Rome"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113205"
|
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},
|
|
"yomawood":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the wood of an Asiatic padauk and especially Andaman padauk"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u014dm\u0259\u02cc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"perhaps from Burmese youma mountain range + English wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123150"
|
|
},
|
|
"years young":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of years young informal \u2014 used to describe an older person's age in a way that is meant to suggest that the person still looks or feels young She's 60 years young today!"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124142"
|
|
},
|
|
"yaw":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the action of yawing",
|
|
": a side-to-side movement",
|
|
": the extent of the movement in yawing",
|
|
": to deviate erratically from a course (as when struck by a heavy sea)",
|
|
": to move from side to side",
|
|
": to turn by angular motion about the vertical axis",
|
|
": alternate",
|
|
": to turn suddenly from a straight course",
|
|
": one of the lesions characteristic of yaws \u2014 see mother yaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022f",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022f",
|
|
"\u02c8y\u022f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"zag",
|
|
"zig"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"Sensors measure the pitch and yaw of the plane.",
|
|
"The airplane's rudder is used to control yaw .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"the ship yawed hard to the right when the rogue wave hit it broadside",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This firms up the suspension response and asks more of the electric motors, working together with the magnetic dampers to control yaw during cornering. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 12 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"One of the men was afflicted with the virus that causes hepatitis B, and another had a bacterium that causes the skin infection yaws , a disease similar to syphilis. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"Another individual was infected with the bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue that causes yaws , a chronic infection of skin, bone and cartilage. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
|
|
"One had the hepatitis B virus, and the other carried the bacterium that causes yaws , a disease in the same family as syphilis. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 30 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Every man in the ship would have an intuitive sense of the weather after rising, feeling the pitch and yaw of the ship in the harsh seas. \u2014 James G. Stavridis, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"This creates a steering effect on the rear axle, increasing yaw to help a car rotate through a corner. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 22 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"In low speed flight yaw was controlled by varying the turboprops' propeller pitch via rudder pedals. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Through this method, India became yaws -free in 2016, though the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the spirochete may complicate efforts. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Air was not flowing smoothly over the F-14's wings while it was configured for landing, creating an opportunity for the plane to suddenly yaw left or right. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2017",
|
|
"A video shows the helicopter lifting off and then yawing \u2014 or twisting \u2014 to the left nearly one full rotation before rising out of view. \u2014 Jesse Paul, The Denver Post , 28 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"origin unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132022"
|
|
}
|
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} |