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305 lines
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{
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"tweet":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a chirping note":[],
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": a post made on the Twitter online message service":[],
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": to make a chirping sound":[
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"Later I'll want to hear the high frequencies again, the birds tweeting in the morning and the raindrops on the roof.",
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"\u2014 Dee Snider"
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],
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": to make a posting on the Twitter online message service : to post a tweet (see tweet entry 1 sense 2 )":[
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"Madison's job was to verify information being sent in and then relay that to legal observers, street medics, and other organizers who could in turn tweet the information to the masses in the streets.",
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"\u2014 Matthew Power",
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"You can tweet as much as you want or lurk without comment, though consistent tweeting and audience engagement are key to attracting and keeping followers.",
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"\u2014 Charlotte Abbott"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tw\u0113t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheep",
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"chirp",
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"chirrup",
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"chitter",
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"jargon",
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"peep",
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"pip",
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"pipe",
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"twitter"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The fire initially shut down traffic in both directions on Highway just east of Kyburz in El Dorado County about 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe, California Highway Patrol said in a tweet . \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 July 2022",
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"In a tweet , the office advised the public that the intersection would be closed for several hours. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 30 June 2022",
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"Four people are dead and three were critically injured on Thursday after a driver suspected of human smuggling crashed into a truck, the Texas Department of Safety said in a tweet . \u2014 Gina Martinez, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
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"Foreign Minister Enrique Reina said in a tweet that the country was investigating whether any Hondurans were among the deceased. \u2014 Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
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"First Lady Jill Biden announced the new addition to the family in January with a tweet accompanied by various pictures of Willow making herself at home on Pennsylvania Avenue. \u2014 Bymason Leib, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
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"Along with this tweet , several other people voiced their disappointment over the song lyric. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 14 June 2022",
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"Kuo then followed up with another tweet just yesterday. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"To that point, Sony Interactive Entertainment\u2019s Shuhei Yoshida tried to temper expectations with a tweet last week. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 2 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In March, Tesla appealed a National Labor Relations Board order to delete a May 2018 tweet that the agency said had violated the law. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
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"Only 22% of Americans have Twitter accounts (fewer than LinkedIn!), and most of those users don\u2019t tweet very often. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"The messages were exchanged Monday but Lucas did not tweet about it until Friday. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Neither Musk nor Twitter is allowed to make announcements about the agreement without the permission of the other side, but a carveout gives Musk permission to tweet about it. \u2014 Reed Albergotti, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
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"Musk took a liking to Dogecoin years ago, and started to tweet about the cryptocurrency in 2019. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"But in 2019, the S.E.C. asked a judge to hold him in contempt for violating the settlement terms by continuing to errantly tweet about Tesla. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"As part of the partnership between the Academy and Twitter, Twitter users will also be able to tweet about their favorite scene from a 2021 film using #OscarsCheerMoment. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"Other accounts that tweet about restocks include @CameronRitz and @lordofrestocks. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 9 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"imitative":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214724"
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},
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"twenty-four seven":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": all the time : twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190000",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"twenty-twenty hindsight":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the full knowledge and complete understanding that one has about an event only after it has happened":[
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"With 20/20 hindsight we now see where our strategy went wrong."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184004",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"twenty-twenty vision":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": good vision : the ability to see without glasses":[
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"The doctor told me I have twenty-twenty vision ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180459",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"twerking":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": sexually suggestive dancing characterized by rapid, repeated hip thrusts and shaking of the buttocks especially while squatting":[
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"\u2026 twerking has become a catch-all for an overtly sexualized style of dancing wherein one manipulates the hips and posterior in an often hypnotic and physics-defying bounce.",
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"\u2014 Luke O'Neil"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Apart from her good as hell bangers and candid TikTok videos, Lizzo is worshipped worldwide for her incredible twerking skills. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"His dancers brought it, too, with twerking , braid whipping and splits to boot. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Cyrus, who also headlined Friday night at the festival, shared video of the moment on Instagram, with the singer running up from the side of the stage to join other fans during what appeared to be a mid-set twerking competition. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 2 Oct. 2021",
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"Lizzo's twerking skills are unparalleled, and so was her recent speech schooling everyone on the dance move's history and Black culture. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"But through the power of twerking and the inimitable guiding hand of Missy Elliott on the video, anything is possible. \u2014 Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 July 2021",
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"But the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn\u2019t ready to handle her twerking superpowers -- due to the enviable strength of Meg\u2019s knees -- and her shine that cuts like the giant diamond projected above her. \u2014 Heran Mamo, Billboard , 28 June 2021",
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"As Rae goes through the moves step by step, Kim can\u2019t help but cringe at the body rolls and twerking , which her teacher takes note of and adjusts to her comfort level. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 22 Apr. 2021",
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"Several of them twerk on their hands and knees in the sand, while in two shots Hanks lets two women\u2019s twerking buttocks bounce off his face. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"2001, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"twerk , phonesthemic coinage, perhaps with elements of twist entry 1 and jerk entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tw\u0259r-ki\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184849",
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"twerp":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"bigwig",
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"eminence",
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"figure",
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"kahuna",
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"kingpin",
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"magnate",
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"nabob",
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"personage",
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"somebody",
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"VIP"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a silly, insignificant, or contemptible person":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Some little twerp took her seat.",
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"Her boyfriend's just a pretentious twerp .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"His Abigail is a perfect twerp , the peevish flipside to Pitt's Most Interesting Man in the World shtick. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"When Briggs leaves Lulu in a (cool, safe) car at night, an animal-rights twerp seeks to break a window with a rock to let in some air, until Briggs advises him why this would be a bad idea. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"That\u2019s the mystery and the magnetism of what the actor\u2019s doing, and without it this Henry would merely be a Lancastrian twerp . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
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"To that end, its supporting characters are vivid: One step above Travis in the FAM hierarchy is Cody (Th\u00e9odore Pellerin), a type-A twerp with a masochistic streak. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 20 Aug. 2019",
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"The fear is that kids who habitually order Amazon's Alexa to read them a story or command Google's Assistant to tell them a joke are learning to communicate not as polite, considerate citizens, but as demanding little twerps . \u2014 Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED , 11 May 2018",
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"In addition to that little twerp from New England, Ballard also interviewed Matt Nagy, Mike Vrabel, Matt Ruhle and Kris Richard, and scheduled an interview with Steve Wilks that was canceled. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 11 Feb. 2018",
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"Her latest prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Don Atari (Kyle Mooney), is an anti-fashion hipster and sour little twerp whose idea of a fashion-show locale is a garbage dump. \u2014 Stephen Holden, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tw\u0259rp"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cipher",
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"dwarf",
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"half-pint",
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"insect",
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"insignificancy",
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"lightweight",
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"morsel",
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"nobody",
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"nonentity",
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"nothing",
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"nullity",
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"number",
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"pip-squeak",
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"pygmy",
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"pigmy",
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"shrimp",
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"snippersnapper",
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"whippersnapper",
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"zero",
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"zilch"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024111",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"twenty-two":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"pronoun, plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a number that is one more than 21 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8twen-t\u0113-\u02c8t\u00fc",
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"\u02c8tw\u0259n-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154204"
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},
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"twenty-fourmo":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cctw\u0259n-",
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"\u02cctwen-t\u0113-\u02c8f\u022fr-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1841, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025754"
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},
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"twenty-four hours a day":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": all day and night":[
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"The store is open twenty-four hours a day ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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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":"20220709-234532"
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},
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"twenty-one":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"pronoun, plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a number that is one more than 20 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
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": blackjack sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cctw\u0259n-",
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"\u02cctwen-t\u0113-\u02c8w\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020955"
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}
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} |