2385 lines
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2385 lines
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"fiddles":{
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"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
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"examples":[
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"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buncos",
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"bunkos",
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"cons",
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"flimflams",
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"frauds",
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"hustles",
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"scams",
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"shell games",
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"stings",
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"swindles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crosses",
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"fixes",
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"Ponzi schemes",
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"pyramid schemes",
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"rackets",
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"rip-offs",
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"thimblerigs",
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"three-card montes",
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"devices",
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"dodges",
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"gimmicks",
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"jigs",
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"ploys",
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"schemes",
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"sleights",
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"stratagems",
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"tricks",
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"wiles",
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"counterfeits",
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"fakes",
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"forgeries",
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"hoaxes",
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"humbug",
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"phonies",
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"phoneys",
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"shams"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make jerky or restless movements":{
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"examples":[
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"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fidgets",
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"jerks",
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"jiggles",
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"jigs",
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"squiggles",
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"squirms",
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"thrashes",
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"threshes",
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"tosses",
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"twists",
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"twitches",
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"wiggles",
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"wriggles",
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"writhes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flits",
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"flutters",
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"twitters",
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"quakes",
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"quivers",
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"shakes",
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"shivers",
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"shudders",
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"trembles",
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"paces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relaxes",
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"rests",
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"unwinds",
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"calms (down)",
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"stills"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bilks",
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"bleeds",
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"cheats",
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"chisels",
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"chouses",
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"cons",
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"cozens",
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"defrauds",
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"diddles",
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"does",
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"does in",
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"euchres",
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"fleeces",
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"flimflams",
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"gaffs",
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"hoses",
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"hustles",
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"mulcts",
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"nobbles",
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"plucks",
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"reams",
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"rips off",
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"rooks",
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"screws",
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"shakes down",
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"shortchanges",
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"shorts",
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"skins",
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"skunks",
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"squeezes",
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"sticks",
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"stiffs",
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"stings",
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"suckers",
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"swindles",
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"thimblerigs",
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"victimizes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorts",
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"wrenches",
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"wrests",
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"wrings",
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"clips",
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"gouges",
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"nicks",
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"overcharges",
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"soaks",
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"exploits",
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"milks",
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"deceives",
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"dupes",
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"fools",
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"gulls",
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"tricks",
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"ropes (in)",
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"betrays",
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"bitches",
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"double-crosses",
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"bamboozles",
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"fast-talks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fiddling":{
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"lacking importance":{
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"examples":[
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"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"foolish",
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"frivolous",
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"incidental",
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"inconsequential",
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"inconsiderable",
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"insignificant",
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"little",
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"Mickey Mouse",
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"minor",
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"minute",
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"negligible",
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"nugatory",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"small-fry",
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"trifling",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jerkwater",
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"one-horse",
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"nickel-and-dime",
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"paltry",
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"petty",
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"small-time",
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"worthless",
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"anonymous",
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"nameless",
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"obscure",
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"uncelebrated",
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"unknown"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decisive",
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"fatal",
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"fateful",
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"chief",
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"dominant",
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"overbearing",
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"overmastering",
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"overriding",
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"principal",
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"distinctive",
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"exceptional",
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"impressive",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"remarkable",
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"valuable",
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"worthwhile",
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"worthy",
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"distinguished",
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"eminent",
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"great",
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"illustrious",
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"preeminent",
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"prestigious",
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"famous",
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"notorious",
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"renowned",
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"all-important",
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"basic",
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"essential",
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"fundamental",
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"key"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"consequential",
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"eventful",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"unfrivolous",
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"weighty"
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]
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},
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"as in fidgeting , twitching":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fidgeting",
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"squirm",
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"squirming",
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"twitching",
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"wriggling",
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"writhing",
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"locomotion",
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"mobility",
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"motility",
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"motivity",
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"flailing",
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"flapping",
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"waving",
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"dislocation",
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"migration",
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"relocation",
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"motion",
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"move",
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"movement",
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"shift",
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"shifting",
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"stir",
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"stirring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"motionlessness",
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"immobility",
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"inertia",
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"inertness",
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"stillness",
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"cessation",
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"discontinuance",
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"ending",
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"expiration",
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"finish",
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"halt",
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"lapse",
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"pause",
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"shutdown",
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"shutoff",
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"stop",
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"stoppage",
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"surcease",
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"termination"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make jerky or restless movements":{
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"examples":[
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"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fidgeting",
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"jerking",
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"jigging",
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"jiggling",
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"squiggling",
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"squirming",
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"thrashing",
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"threshing",
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"tossing",
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"twisting",
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"twitching",
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"wiggling",
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"wriggling",
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"writhing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flitting",
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"fluttering",
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"twittering",
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"quaking",
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"quivering",
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"shaking",
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"shivering",
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"shuddering",
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"trembling",
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"pacing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relaxing",
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"resting",
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"unwinding",
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"calming (down)",
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"stilling"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"bilking",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"chousing",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"defrauding",
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"diddling",
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"doing",
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"doing in",
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"euchring",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"gaffing",
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"hosing",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"nobbling",
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"plucking",
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"reaming",
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"ripping off",
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"rooking",
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"screwing",
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"shaking down",
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"shortchanging",
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"shorting",
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"skinning",
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"skunking",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stiffing",
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"stinging",
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"suckering",
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"swindling",
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"thimblerigging",
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"victimizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorting",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing",
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"clipping",
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"gouging",
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"nicking",
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"overcharging",
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"soaking",
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"exploiting",
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"milking",
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"deceiving",
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"duping",
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"fooling",
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"gulling",
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"tricking",
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"roping (in)",
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"betraying",
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"bitching",
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"double-crossing",
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"bamboozling",
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"fast-talking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fiddling (with)":{
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"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
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"examples":[
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"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"diddling (with)",
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"fooling (with)",
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"messing (with)",
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"monkeying (with)",
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"playing (with)",
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"tampering (with)",
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"tinkering (with)",
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"toying (with)",
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"twiddling (with)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abusing",
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"altering",
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"doctoring",
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"manhandling",
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"manipulating",
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"mistreating",
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"misusing",
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"butting in",
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"interfering",
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"intruding",
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"meddling",
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"mucking (about or around)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fiddle-footed":{
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"easily excited by nature":{
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"examples":[
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"although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"excitable",
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"flighty",
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"fluttery",
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"high-strung",
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"hyper",
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"hyperactive",
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"hyperexcitable",
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"hyperkinetic",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"skittery",
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"skittish",
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"spasmodic",
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"spooky"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hot-blooded",
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"mercurial",
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"temperamental",
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"unstable",
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"volatile",
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"volcanic",
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"anxious",
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"edgy",
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"flibbertigibbety",
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"nervy",
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"tense",
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"uptight",
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"emotional",
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"emotionalistic",
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"hypersensitive",
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"intense",
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"sensitive",
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"soulful",
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"dramatic",
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"histrionic",
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"melodramatic",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"perturbable",
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"prickly",
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"testy",
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"touchy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"collected",
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"cool",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"easy",
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"easygoing",
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"laid-back",
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"relaxed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"imperturbable",
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"nerveless",
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"unexcitable",
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"unflappable",
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"unshakable"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"fiddlesticks":{
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"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
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"examples":[
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"some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks !"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applesauce",
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"balderdash",
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"baloney",
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"boloney",
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"beans",
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"bilge",
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"blarney",
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"blather",
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"blatherskite",
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"blither",
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"bosh",
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"bull",
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"bunk",
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"bunkum",
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"buncombe",
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"claptrap",
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"codswallop",
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"crapola",
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"crock",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"fiddle",
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"fiddle-faddle",
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"flannel",
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"flapdoodle",
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"folderol",
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"falderal",
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"folly",
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"foolishness",
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"fudge",
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"garbage",
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"guff",
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"hogwash",
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"hokeypokey",
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"hokum",
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"hoodoo",
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"hooey",
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"horsefeathers",
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"humbug",
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"humbuggery",
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"jazz",
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"malarkey",
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"malarky",
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"moonshine",
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"muck",
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"nerts",
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"nonsense",
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"nuts",
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"piffle",
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"poppycock",
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"punk",
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"rot",
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"rubbish",
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"senselessness",
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"silliness",
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"slush",
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"stupidity",
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"taradiddle",
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"tarradiddle",
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"tommyrot",
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"tosh",
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"trash",
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"trumpery",
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"twaddle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
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"fatuity",
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"foolery",
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"idiocy",
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"imbecility",
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"inaneness",
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"inanity",
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"insanity",
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"kookiness",
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"lunacy",
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"absurdness",
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"craziness",
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"madness",
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"witlessness",
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"hoity-toity",
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"monkey business",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"shenanigan(s)",
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"tomfoolery",
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"gas",
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"hot air",
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"rigmarole",
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"rigamarole",
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"double-talk",
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"greek",
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"hocus-pocus"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"levelheadedness",
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"rationality",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"sensibleness",
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"common sense",
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"horse sense",
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|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle away":{
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidgetiness":{
|
|
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she couldn't stay still before her speech, and by her fidgetiness you could tell that she absolutely dreads speaking in public"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"jitteriness",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"freneticism",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"trepidation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oh, fiddle ! I've heard that excuse a thousand times before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddled (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"fooled (with)",
|
|
"messed (with)",
|
|
"monkeyed (with)",
|
|
"played (with)",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"tinkered (with)",
|
|
"toyed (with)",
|
|
"twiddled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"meddled",
|
|
"mucked (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidelities":{
|
|
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"dedication",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"piety",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddlings":{
|
|
"as in squirms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddler":{
|
|
"as in pianist , guitarist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"cornetist",
|
|
"cornettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddled away":{
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidelity":{
|
|
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhesion",
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"dedication",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"piety",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddling away":{
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"trifling (away)",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"overspending",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"laying out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddles (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"tinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidgeted":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squiggled",
|
|
"squirmed",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"paced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidgets":{
|
|
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one dental patient in the waiting room had a bad case of the fidgets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"fidgetiness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"jitteriness",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"freneticism",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"trepidation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddling (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidgeting":{
|
|
"as in twitching , fiddling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddled":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squiggled",
|
|
"squirmed",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"paced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddles away":{
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle-faddle":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a grandmother who routinely pooh-poohed the advice of the so-called experts in child care as so much fiddle-faddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddled (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"tinkered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidgety":{
|
|
"making jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I get too fidgety to sit after a few minutes in a waiting room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"squirmy",
|
|
"twitchy",
|
|
"wiggly",
|
|
"wriggly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"twittery",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddlers":{
|
|
"as in pianists , guitarists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"cornetists",
|
|
"cornettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddles (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"fools (with)",
|
|
"messes (with)",
|
|
"monkeys (with)",
|
|
"plays (with)",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"tinkers (with)",
|
|
"toys (with)",
|
|
"twiddles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"meddles",
|
|
"mucks (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fidget":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small children are likely to fidget in church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"fool (with)",
|
|
"mess (with)",
|
|
"monkey (with)",
|
|
"play (with)",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"tinker (with)",
|
|
"toy (with)",
|
|
"twiddle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"muck (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |