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{
"Boas":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Franz 1858\u20131942 American (German-born) anthropologist and ethnologist"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccaz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-095510",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Boasian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the anthropologist Boas or his anthropological theories":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Franz Boas \u20201942 German-American anthropologist + English -ian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d\u02ccas\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170842",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Bodleian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": belonging to the Bodleian Library of Oxford University":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sir Thomas Bodley \u20201613 English scholar (who restored the Oxford library) + English -ian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)b\u00e4d\u00a6l\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105056",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Bofors gun":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a double-barreled automatic antiaircraft gun":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Bofors , munition works in Sweden":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-",
"\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccf\u022frz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170603",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bombacaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a widely distributed family of tropical trees (order Malvales) with palmate leaves and large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from Bombac-, Bombax bombax + -aceae -aceae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4mb\u0259\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133800",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Bombarde":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, literally, bombard entry 1 (musical instrument)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)b\u014dm\u00a6b\u00e4rd",
"(\u02c8)b\u00e4m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bondo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of the Bondo people":[],
": a people of the hill country of the Koraput district in India":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4n(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171936",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bonfire Night":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the night of November 5th observed in Britain with fireworks and bonfires to celebrate the capture in 1605 of a group of people who planned to destroy the buildings of Parliament":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102912",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bontemps":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Arna Wendell 1902\u20131973 American writer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4n-\u02c8t\u00e4m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032403",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
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"Bontok":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of such people":[],
": a predominantly pagan people inhabiting northern Luzon, Philippines \u2014 compare igorot":[],
": the Austronesian language of the Bontok people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in northern Luzon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4n\u02c8t\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071650",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Booidea":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Booidea taxonomic synonym of bovoidea"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, alteration of Bovoidea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014d\u02c8\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-152408",
"type":[]
},
"Book":{
"antonyms":[
"bespeak",
"reserve"
],
"definitions":{
": a book of arrangements for a musician or dance orchestra : musical repertory":[],
": a long written or printed literary composition":[
"reading a good book",
"reference books",
"hardcover and paperback books"
],
": a major division of a treatise or literary work":[
"the books of the Bible"
],
": a packet of items bound together like a book":[
"a book of stamps",
"a book of matches"
],
": a position from which one must answer for certain acts : account":[
"bring criminals to book"
],
": a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition":[
"\u2014 often used in plural the books show a profit"
],
": a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory":[],
": a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover":[
"an address book"
],
": all the charges that can be made against an accused person":[
"threw the book at him"
],
": an act or occurrence worth noting":[],
": bible sense 1":[
"put his hand on the Book and took the oath"
],
": bookmaker":[],
": derived from books (see book entry 1 sense 1 ) and not from practical experience":[
"book learning"
],
": e-book":[],
": in favor with one":[
"getting back in his boss's good books"
],
": in one's own opinion":[],
": inside information or analysis":[
"the book on him is that he can't hit a curveball"
],
": libretto":[],
": magazine sense 1a":[],
": on the records":[
"outdated laws that are still on the books"
],
": shown by ledgers":[
"book assets"
],
": something that yields knowledge or understanding":[
"the great book of nature",
"her face was an open book"
],
": the number of tricks (see trick entry 1 sense 4 ) a cardplayer or side must win before any trick can have scoring value":[],
": the script of a play":[],
": the standards or authority relevant in a situation":[
"runs her business by the book"
],
": the total available knowledge and experience that can be brought to bear on a task or problem":[
"tried every trick in the book"
],
": to enter charges against in a police register":[
"was booked on suspicion of murder"
],
": to make a reservation":[
"book through your travel agent"
],
": to note the name or number of (someone, such as a soccer player) for a serious infraction of the rules":[
"booking him for a late tackle"
],
": to register (something, such as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings)":[
"he was booked to sail on Monday"
],
": to register in a hotel":[
"\u2014 usually used with in went to the hotel and booked in"
],
": to reserve in advance":[
"book two seats at the theater",
"tried to make reservations, but they were all booked up"
],
": to schedule engagements for":[
"book the band for a week"
],
": to set aside time for":[
"booking a strategy meeting"
],
"\u2014 see also cook the books":[
"\u2014 often used in plural the books show a profit"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The shelves in his office are filled with books .",
"That's one of the best books I've read in a long time.",
"a novelist who has written some wonderful books",
"The library has many dictionaries and other reference books .",
"the books of the Bible",
"a story that is told in the Book of Job",
"Adjective",
"His schooling provided him with extensive book knowledge.",
"She had plenty of book learning but no hands-on experience.",
"Verb",
"They booked two seats at the theater.",
"They booked tickets for a direct flight from London to New York.",
"I booked a table at our favorite restaurant.",
"She booked through her travel agent.",
"We will need to book early.",
"She booked me on a flight from Oslo to Paris.",
"He was booked to sail on Monday.",
"The band was booked to play at the reception.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Attending the book launch party of The Young Stalin: The Adventurous Early Life Of The Dictator 1878-1917 in London with sister Pippa Middleton. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"As such, the book belongs as much to the people Laisv\u0117 connects. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The book spans a decade and grew out of an unlikely place. \u2014 Julius Constantine Motal, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Shoemaker-Galloway, who is also a children\u2019s book author, said her customers were understanding. \u2014 Dee-ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The free program is designed to help book lovers of all ages accomplish reading goals and for children to continue learning throughout the summer. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"The most common advice is to be flexible and book early. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Based on the beloved 1965 children\u2019s book by Bernard Waber, the film follows the anthropomorphic croc on an adventure through the Big Apple after the Primm family moves into their house on 88th Street. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"Nye reached out to Mundy by email to share a note about the book , and the two began dating. \u2014 Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Airport officials recommend travelers to arrive early, pre- book and plan ahead. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Non- book readers who are curious: this season is based on The Viscount Who Loved Me. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Kaepernick Publishing, which was founded in 2019, earlier this year announced a multi- book partnership with children\u2019s media giant Scholastic. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The Flyer officially begins service Feb. 1 and guests can pre- book online. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Simon & Schuster, which has a multi- book deal with New York Magazine, currently boasts best sellers including a Rupi Kaur collection and memoirs from Stanley Tucci and Tori Amos. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At the heart of Herbert\u2019s Dune series, a multi- book tale of space empires, sandworms, religious fervor, and political gamesmanship spanning centuries, was a simple observation: Great power comes with terrible burden. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The consolidation was mostly to cut down on non- book inventory like magazines, records, gifts and used DVDs, not because of pandemic distress. \u2014 Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Visitors must pre- book tickets and follow Covid-19 safety precautions. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like all beach clubs here, reservations are required and book up quickly. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Try to book midweek flights and select a seat beside an empty middle seat, if possible. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Users log in to the app, can see your auto listing by location and can book it with specific pickup and drop-off times. \u2014 Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Survey respondents overwhelmingly showed a desire to book faraway trips and execute ambitious, meaningful, and scaled-up travel plans this year. \u2014 Audrey Hendrey, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"But travelers need to vote with their wallets and book their hotel rooms as part of a conversation with the hotel, and not online. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"The best way to do that is to skip the commercial flights, packed with people as often as not already in party mode, and book a seat instead on an Aero jet. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Local media reported that visitors couldn\u2019t book tickets for the city\u2019s public theaters and museums, and residents were forced to communicate with officials via fax. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"TD Garden doesn\u2019t book many events in early June, in case of deep postseason runs for the Celtics or Bruins, said Latimer. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1807, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English b\u014dc ; akin to Old High German buoh book, Goth boka letter":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"tome",
"volume"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165504",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective,",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"Boone":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Daniel 1734\u20131820 American pioneer":[],
"city north-northwest of Des Moines in central Iowa population 12,661":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035111",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bordelaise":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a brown sauce flavored with Bordeaux wine"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1902, in the meaning defined above"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French bordelaise , feminine of bordelais of Bordeaux, from Bordeaux"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6b\u022fr-d\u0259-\u00a6l\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021515",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Borden":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Sir Robert (Laird) 1854\u20131937 Canadian lawyer and statesman; prime minister (1911\u201320)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fr-d\u1d4an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190225",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Border Leicester":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a strain or variety of the Leicester breed of sheep used in England and Scotland chiefly in the production of superior mutton through crossbreeding especially with the Cheviot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042810",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Boreas":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the Greek god of the north wind":[],
": the north wind personified":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from Greek":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Borrelomycetaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a group of microorganisms coextensive with Mycoplasmataceae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Borrel + New Latin -o- + mycet- + -aceae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u00a6rel\u014d\u02ccm\u012bs\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
"-\u00a6r\u0113l-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112152",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Borreria":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of herbs or shrubs (family Rubiaceae) found in warm or tropical regions with opposite entire leaves and small funnel-shaped flowers":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from William Borrer \u20201862 English botanist + New Latin -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8rir\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215607",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Borrichia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of low shrubby American herbs (family Compositae) having coriaceous or fleshy opposite leaves and solitary heads of yellow flowers with blackish anthers":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Olaus Borrichius \u20201690 Danish medical writer + New Latin -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8rik\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021943",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Botany Bay oak":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the wood or timber of the she-oak":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140010",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Botany Bay olive":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": an Australasian shrub or small tree ( Olea apetala ) with evergreen leaves and red fruits"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Botaurus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of birds (family Ardeidae) comprising the typical bitterns":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, modification (influenced by Latin bos cow and Latin taurus bull) of Middle English botor bittern & Old French butor bittern; Middle English botor from Middle French butor , from Old French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014d\u02c8t\u022fr\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085124",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Botticelli":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Sandro 1445\u20131510 Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Italian painter":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4-t\u0259-\u02c8che-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140650",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Botticellian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the painter Botticelli or his work":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Alessandro Botticelli \u20201510 Italian painter + English -an":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u00e4t\u0259-",
"-ly\u0259n",
"\u02ccb\u00e4t\u0259\u0307\u02c8chel\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112411",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Bourdon spring":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Bourdon tube coiled into a flat spiral spring":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Eug\u00e8ne Bourdon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307r\u02ccd\u014d\u207f-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124520",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bourdon tube":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a thin-walled flattened tube of elastic metal bent into a circular arc whose application to certain pressure gauges and thermometers depends upon the fact that increase of pressure inside the tube tends to straighten it \u2014 see bourdon gauge , bourdon spring"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075045",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bouteloua":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a large genus of North American forage grasses distinguished by the one-sided spikes of the inflorescence \u2014 see grama"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, irregular from Claudio Boutelou \u20201848 Spanish botanist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00fct\u1d4al\u02c8\u00fc\u0259",
"\u02ccb\u014dt\u1d4al\u02c8\u014d\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bowling Green":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"city in southern Kentucky population 58,067",
"city in northwestern Ohio south of Toledo population 30,028"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132400",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Bowman's capsule":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a thin membranous double-walled capsule surrounding the glomerulus of a vertebrate nephron through which glomerular filtrate passes to the proximal convoluted tubule":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1860, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sir William Bowman \u20201892 English surgeon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-m\u0259nz-",
"\u02ccb\u014d-m\u0259nz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140044",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Box and Cox":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in turn : alternating":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Box and Cox , farce (1847) by John M. Morton \u20201891 English playwright, and Cox and Box , comic opera (1867) with text by Sir Francis C. Burnand \u20201917 English playwright and music by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan \u20201900 English composer, adapted from Morton's farce; from the arrangement in the farce and opera whereby the same room is rented to two men named Box and Cox, one occupying it by day and one by night without either's knowing about the other":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6b\u00e4ks\u0259n\u00a6k\u00e4ks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"Boyden":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Seth 1788\u20131870 American inventor":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-d\u1d4an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051301",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
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"definitions":{
"Paul Delos 1918\u20132018 American chemist":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140546",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
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"board":{
"antonyms":[
"cater",
"feed",
"provision",
"victual"
],
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": a flat usually rectangular piece of material (such as wood) designed for a special purpose: such as":[],
": a group of persons having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers":[
"She is on the bank's board of directors.",
"board of examiners",
"a board member"
],
": a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width":[
"nailed boards over the windows"
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": a securities or commodities exchange (see exchange entry 1 sense 5a )":[],
": a sheet of insulating material carrying circuit elements and terminals so that it can be inserted in an electronic apparatus (such as a computer)":[],
": a surface, frame, or device for posting notices":[
"Pin the photo to the board ."
],
": a table at which a council or magistrates sit":[
"sat at the council board"
],
": a table spread with a meal":[
"offered to help clear the board"
],
": aboard":[],
": accost , address":[
"boarded me with some light remark",
"\u2014 W. A. White"
],
": an examination given by an examining board":[
"\u2014 often used in plural pass the medical boards"
],
": an exposed dummy (see dummy entry 1 sense 2a ) hand in bridge":[],
": blackboard":[
"wrote the assignment on the board"
],
": border , edge":[],
": cardboard":[],
": daily meals especially when furnished for pay":[
"paid for her room and board"
],
": in support of a particular objective":[
"needed to get more senators on board for the bill to pass"
],
": league , association":[
"local board of realtors"
],
": message board sense 2":[
"Add a link to the board ."
],
": skateboard":[
"\u2026 Tony Hawk has just legitimized the youthful rebellion they'd abandoned along with their boards .",
"\u2014 Sean Pamphilon"
],
": skis":[
"a new pair of boards"
],
": springboard sense 1":[
"Do a backflip off the board ."
],
": stage sense 2a(2)":[
"one of the best actors that ever trod the boards"
],
": surfboard":[],
": switchboard":[],
": table sense 1a":[],
": the exposed hands of all the players in a stud poker game":[],
": the low wall enclosing a hockey rink":[],
": the side of a ship":[],
": the stiff foundation piece for the side of a book cover":[],
": to check (a player) into the low wooden wall enclosing a hockey rink : to check (a player) into the boards (see board entry 1 sense 5 )":[],
": to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack":[],
": to cover or seal off with a long, thin, and often narrow piece of sawed lumber : to cover or seal off with boards (see board entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"\u2014 usually used with up board up a window board up a house"
],
": to get into or onto a means of transportation (such as an airplane, bus, ship, etc.)":[
"A bit late, we hurried to the gate just in time to board .",
"\u2014 Ellen Creager"
],
": to go aboard (something, such as a ship, train, airplane, or bus)":[
"boarded a bus to Chicago"
],
": to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation":[
"supplemented her income by boarding college students"
],
": to put aboard":[
"an airliner boarding passengers"
],
": to put or allow passengers into or onto such a means of transportation":[
"\u2026 before my plane boarded I wandered into a duty-free shop to pick up a few last-minute presents.",
"\u2014 Ted Mooney"
],
": to ride a skateboard, snowboard, etc.":[
"At 12, Danny joined his 16-year-old brother \u2026 on the slopes, boarding every day after school.",
"\u2014 Scott DeSimon"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They nailed some boards over the broken window.",
"They covered the board in fabric and pinned some photographs to it.",
"the board that is used to play games like chess and checkers",
"I saw a notice on the board calling for volunteers.",
"Write the answers on the board .",
"She is on the town's planning board .",
"The parole board has decided that the prisoner is not yet ready for release.",
"Verb",
"You must have a ticket in order to board the train.",
"The pirates tried to board the ship, but we fought them off.",
"We're supposed to board at 10:15.",
"We're now boarding all passengers.",
"The flight is about to begin boarding .",
"Passengers should remain in the boarding area.",
"The caretaker boarded the window.",
"They board guests during the summer season.",
"Many students board at the college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The budget process has been fraught as the GOP leadership has not been able to get all of its members on board . \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"That ceremony, still scheduled as planned, is slated to be followed by a three-night news media preview sailing, the first with any significant number of people on board . \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"This marked the first time South Korea has launched a\u200b real working\u200b satellite on board a domestic rocket. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"According to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news, Kazan will write and executive-produce the Netflix project, and Florence Pugh (Little Women, Black Widow) is on board to star as the manipulative matriarch Cathy Ames. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"On May 23, an F-7 jet crashed in the same province, killing the two-man crew on board . \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Dutch FilmWorks\u2019 bosses, including CEO Willem Pruijssers, co-CEO Marcel De Block and COO Ren\u00e9 van Turnhout, will remain on board following the deal. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Qantas has promised that its economy class seats on board will offer 33 inches (84 centimeters) of pitch. \u2014 John Walton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Now that the season is in full swing, both airlines are competing on price as well as frequent flyer miles to coax travelers on board . \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It was also announced that Dailyn Rodriguez will board the show in its second season in the role of co-showrunner and executive producer. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"All Wheels Up is crash testing and lobbying for planes to be fitted with wheelchair tie-downs and restraints to enable passengers to board and fly seated in their own devices. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Greene also explored the option of getting a prescription for heavy sedation medicine that Elijah could take to board the plane and stay seated without incident. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Just beyond the reach of New York City\u2019s frenetic, round-the-clock subway, people in a slice of western Queens wait \u2014 and wait \u2014 to board one of the borough\u2019s slowest buses. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Mountaineers board helicopters to shuttle them from base camp to base camp, thus avoiding the days or sometimes weeks of trekking between the mountains. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
"Get a room with a veranda \u2014 balcony \u2014 for $829 per person, double. Make your way to Houston and board the Grandeur of the Seas, which sails the Western Caribbean on June 1. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Betsy maintains that ethics, not religion, influenced her decision, not to board . \u2014 Judy Sammon, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"And just this month, German airline Lufthansa did not allow a large group of Jewish travelers to board a plane because other travelers, who were Jewish, refused to wear masks. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 5":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 11":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u022frd",
"\u02c8b\u014d(\u0259)rd, \u02c8b\u022f(\u0259)rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"association",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073315",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boarwood":{
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": a tropical American timber tree ( Symphonia globulifera ) of the family Guttiferae":[],
": the hard greenish brown lustrous wood of boarwood":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114354",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boast":{
"antonyms":[
"blow",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
],
"definitions":{
": a cause for pride":[],
": a statement expressing excessive pride in oneself : the act or an instance of boasting (see boast entry 2 ) : brag":[
"It may sound like a boast , but I truly am very wealthy."
],
": glory , exult":[],
": have , contain":[
"a room boasting no more than a desk and a chair"
],
": to possess and often call attention to (something that is a source of pride)":[
"boasts a new stadium"
],
": to praise oneself extravagantly in speech : speak of oneself with excessive pride":[
"boasting about her accomplishments"
],
": to shape (stone) roughly in sculpture and stonecutting as a preliminary to finer work":[],
": to speak of or assert with excessive pride":[
"He liked to boast that he was the richest man in town."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"When he says he's the richest man in town, he's not just making an idle boast .",
"We were offended by his boast that he would easily beat us.",
"The museum's proudest boast is its collection of rare gems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mackerel, salmon and cod liver oil boast some of the highest levels of omega-3. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"While those rates are encouraging on their own with regards to this pick, some of the situations that Brown falls into for tonight\u2019s game boast even loftier returns. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Homes around Salt Lake boast lush, forest-green lawns, despite the drought. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The FireCuda drives each boast a 2TB storage capacity, USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for zippy file transfers, and can be used to save games and data on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Most fans have at least three speed settings, though some boast 12 or more. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Gardens boast banana, papaya, tamarind and mango trees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Not only do nearly all of the above boast a larger population which in turn provides a larger candidate pool, but other nearby cities that currently appoint their law directors include Independence, Brecksville, North Royalton and Broadview Heights. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"The Aztecs boast the stingiest scoring defense in the tournament field at 57.7 a game. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the Boilermakers still boast 7-4 Zach Edey and will be looking for breakout seasons from players like Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst and Ethan Morton. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Both sizes boast a range of up to 35 feet, are easy to refill, and are durable enough to survive an entire summer of fun. \u2014 Zachary Mack, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"Different wheel cleaners boast varying levels of dirt-busting strength. \u2014 Duncan Brady, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"Winners of 29 straight \u2014 the longest streak in WFA history \u2014 the Renegades boast the league\u2019s top scoring offense (53.3 points per game) and limit opponents to 14.2 points per game, second-best in the WFA. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Even smaller rivals boast much more search traffic than Brave. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The burgeoning sisters boast performances at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Lightning In A Bottle and the Instagram Met Gala Afterparty. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Fleet Foxes already boast numerous Billboard chart achievements, dating to the group\u2019s first appearance in 2008, but the folk-rock group\u2019s members can now officially call themselves Billboard Hot 100 hitmakers. \u2014 Xander Zellner, Billboard , 13 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1823, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English boost":"Noun and Verb",
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014dst"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for boast Verb (1) boast , brag , vaunt , crow mean to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments. boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration boasts of every trivial success , but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride. the town boasts one of the best museums in the area brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself. bragging of their exploits vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or na\u00efvet\u00e9 than brag . vaunted his country's military might crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging. crowed after winning the championship",
"synonyms":[
"credit",
"crown jewel",
"glory",
"honor",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure",
"trophy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081357",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boastful":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": given to or marked by boasting : expressing excessive self-pride":[
"a vain, boastful man",
"A few of the \u2026 parents are downright boastful about their sons.",
"\u2014 Jane Gross",
"\u2026 journalists who are only too willing to take at face value the boastful pronouncements of the company's publicity department.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Young",
"At the highest levels, the administration's response to the crisis has been sluggish, characterized by boastful rhetoric but stagnant funding.",
"\u2014 The Washington Post"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014dst-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021240",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"boastingly":{
"antonyms":[],
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": in a boasting manner":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034234",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"boastless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having no boast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-stl\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191550",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"boastworthy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": deserving to be noted with pride : worthy of boasting":[
"A quick dip in egg and matzo meal creates a light, crisp crust for this boastworthy fried chicken.",
"\u2014 Melissa Roberts-Matar , Gourmet , April 2006",
"\u2026 the 100-mile road race \u2026 : a boastworthy challenge you don't need a yellow jersey to accomplish.",
"\u2014 Chris Kostman , National Geographic Adventure , June/July 2007"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014dst-\u02ccw\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203443",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"boat":{
"antonyms":[
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
],
"definitions":{
": a boat-shaped container, utensil, or device":[
"a gravy boat",
"a laboratory boat"
],
": a large car":[
"A lot of people still think Cadillac makes big floaty boats .",
"\u2014 Mark LaNeve"
],
": a small vessel for travel on water":[],
": in the same situation or predicament":[],
": ship":[],
": to go by boat":[],
": to place in or bring into a boat":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He tied the boat to the dock.",
"Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.",
"traveling by boat across the ocean",
"Verb",
"We boated over to the island.",
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nights were spent at a small table in the boat \u2019s belly, cushioned by a micro-suede banquette, eating Mopsy\u2019s famous spaghetti Bolognese and playing hearts. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Edward left home at the head of an enormous army and returned to England in a fishing boat . \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"And for the fashion set, there\u2019s model Bianca Balti in a white bikini, bobbing in a boat near the arched Faraglioni rock formations in Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s memorable commercials for the fragrance light blue. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"The Bank of Japan may find itself in a similar boat . \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Blood was found in a boat owned by a suspect in the pair's disappearance last week, according to authorities. \u2014 Mia Alberti, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Police have also reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Their plan is to boat across the Yukon River and camp out until it\u2019s safe to return. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Step it up with these high-waisted jeans that boat a D-ring belt for a more elevated take on classic wide-leg denim. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The men had left Pilot Station 12 days ago to boat down to the coast to hunt seal and beluga whale. \u2014 Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Visitors to the region can hire local indigenous guides to boat them around the lake and through the river networks, pointing out wildlife and explaining the historical importance of the site. \u2014 Lucy Sherriff, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"But don\u2019t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The easiest and most important things for people to remember is to boat sober and wear their life jacket, said Lt. Darren Kuhn, DNR boating law administrator. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2021",
"Texas guide Dawson Hefner specializes in alligator gar fishing and had volunteered to ferry the two anglers onto the Trinity River in a final attempt to boat the elusive fish. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"The scam impersonates Alabama Power, warning people who intend to boat or swim in Lewis Smith Lake to stay out of the water due to a significant increase in the amount of flesh-eating bacteria found in the lake. \u2014 al , 29 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English boot , from Old English b\u0101t ; akin to Old Norse beit boat":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183631",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boatload":{
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
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"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
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"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"definitions":{
": a load that fills a boat":[
"a boatload of passengers"
],
": an indefinitely large number or amount":[
"a boatload of criticism",
"a boatload of money"
]
},
"examples":[
"a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And most important: How could a boatload of Haitians disappear without a trace? \u2014 CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"And while that's still a few weeks away, the retail juggernaut has already unveiled a boatload of early Prime Day fitness deals that span home gym equipment, workout clothes, fitness trackers, and more. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"The Bulldogs have a boatload of talented athletes, including senior Jaylen Cole. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"The series has also made a boatload of money, notching more than $3.5 billion over six films at the global box office. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Naylor sees tremendous value in spending a boatload of money to build and launch into the cosmos a telescope with no preconceived judgments. \u2014 Andrea Morris, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Once again, the county taxpayers are paying a boatload of money because the stewards of the jail are not doing their. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"With the departure of a boatload of starters, the Sun Devils will be hard-pressed to match that win total. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Memorial Day Weekend marked the unofficial start to summer with a boatload of shopping deals. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 6 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dt-\u02ccl\u014dd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003640",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bouquet",
"nosegay",
"posy"
],
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": a hanging ball or weight (as on a plumb line)":[],
": a knob, knot, twist, or curl especially of ribbons, yarn, or hair":[],
": a method of change ringing using a bob":[],
": a modification of the order in change ringing":[],
": a short haircut on a woman or child":[],
": a short quick down-and-up motion":[],
": a small polishing wheel of solid felt or leather with rounded edges":[],
": any of several folk dances":[],
": bobsled":[],
": bunch , cluster":[],
": deceive , cheat":[],
": float sense 2a":[],
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": shilling":[],
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": to cut shorter : crop":[
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],
": to emerge, arise, or appear suddenly or unexpectedly":[],
": to move up and down briefly or repeatedly":[],
": to move up and down in a short quick movement":[
"bob the head"
],
": to nod or curtsy briefly":[],
": to polish with a bob : buff":[],
": to strike with a quick light blow : rap":[],
": to take by fraud : filch":[],
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"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun"
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"Middle English bobben , from Old French bober":"Verb",
"Middle English boben":"Verb",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4b"
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"bobble",
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": hubbub":[]
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"proponents of a silent birth believe that the bobbery that accompanies most births is harmful to the newborn"
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"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi b\u0101p re , literally, oh father!":""
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"ado",
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": a machine-made net of cotton, silk, or nylon usually with hexagonal mesh":[]
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"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"blend of bobbin and net":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-b\u0259-\u02ccnet"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a lively rustic dance"
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"from the present participle of bob entry 1 + the name Joan"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4bi\u014b\u00a6j\u014dn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072341",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": being in good spirits : hearty":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from bob entry 1 + -ish":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4bish"
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"adjective"
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"blunder",
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"Verb",
"The catcher bobbled the ball.",
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe",
"Noun",
"a bobble that cost them the game",
"The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Looking through all the frames, Njoku doesn\u2019t bobble the catch at all. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Jan. 2021",
"Turbulence is nothing more than wonky wind currents that cause planes to bobble a bit, not at all unlike driving on a bumpy road or sailing on a choppy sea. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 23 Sep. 2020",
"Edelman bobbled the ball for a split second but clearly reached out and got both hands under the ball before landing on the turf. \u2014 Sportsday Staff, Dallas News , 4 May 2020",
"Rengifo bobbled the grounder but recovered to throw to first to complete the 11th no-hitter in club history and first combined no-hitter since Mark Langston and Mike Witt against Seattle on April 11, 1990. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com , 12 July 2019",
"Don\u2019t let your head bobble or your chin tuck toward your chest, which can create tension in the neck and shoulders, says Atkins. \u2014 Mallory Creveling, Health.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Your arms were like strings and your head bobbled on your neck. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Then, backup Philip Nelson, Jones\u2019 replacement, turned the ball over on a play that was ruled a fumble when a backward pass was bobbled and landed in the hands of Houston linebacker DeMarquis Gates. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2020",
"The Eagles nearly scored on fourth down, but a pass from sophomore quarterback Cameron Knickerbocker to junior Tony Valdez was bobbled in the end zone and ultimately dropped, causing a turnover on downs. \u2014 Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Despite that bobble , Maxwell\u2019s intent with this delicate phraseology is clear: Post-conviction, Ghislaine Maxwell is now in the process of presenting herself as yet another victim of Jeffrey Epstein. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"On a 4 on 4, Gustafson gets a breakaway after taking a bobble from James Stefan, who has to take him down. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Despite a bobble at the start of his semifinal run, Radamus finished ahead of his German competitor, Linas Strasser, to get the United States\u2019 only point. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Chen landed four more effortless quads, his only slight bobble coming on a late combination sequence. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Kagiyama, 18, and Uno, 24, both had a high degree of difficulty in their routines, but each made mistakes on his jumps, and against a skater at the peak of his talents like Chen, any bobble was one too many. \u2014 Juliet Macur, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Under pressure, Jackson sidearmed a ball to running back Justice Hill, whose bobble gave inside linebacker L.J. Fort enough time to make a play for the ball. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Bader's bobble allowed Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain to accomplish the rare feat of scoring from second base on a sacrifice fly in the Brewers' 4-1 victory. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 13 May 2021",
"The Bruins squandered the advantage, and McAvoy tripped Yegor Sharangovich after a bobble at the line with 14 seconds left in the man-up. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Mar. 2021"
],
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"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"frequentative of bob entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-b\u0259l"
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"blow",
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"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002238",
"type":[
"noun",
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"antonyms":[],
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": a doll having a head that makes repeated bobbing movements when touched or moved":[
"Her desk is covered in bobbleheads and tchotchkes.",
"\u2014 Lauren Collins , New Yorker , 22 June 2009",
"There are lobster T-shirts and lobster bobblehead dolls and inflatable lobster pool toys and clamp-on lobster hats with big scarlet claws that wobble on springs.",
"\u2014 David Foster Wallace , Gourmet , August 2004",
"During five home games this season the team gave away bobblehead dolls of its 2005\u201306 starters. \u2026",
"\u2014 Michael Farber , Sports Illustrated , 21 Feb. 2011"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-b\u0259l-\u02cched"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134006",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": police officer":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bobby on his beat",
"asked a passing London bobby for directions",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The piece also came enclosed in a silk zippered case alongside two bobby pins and two elastic bands. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This concept is also exemplified by the Nia Bobby Pin chains, which find single bobby pins accented with long crystal chains. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Forego traditional bobby pins and add one of these faux succulent hair accessories to your collection. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Secure one sock at the top of your head with a claw clip or bobby pins. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 25 May 2021",
"Sometimes bobby pins don't cut it to upgrade your day-two hair. \u2014 Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2020",
"To pick the lock, use your bobby -pin pick to push up the pins, one at a time, until the cylinder is free to turn. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Nov. 2020",
"These colorful acrylic bobby pins can be added to so many styles. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2020",
"What about like a bobby -pin situation on men\u2019s hair? \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 26 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Bobby , nickname for Robert , after Sir Robert Peel, who organized the London police force":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-b\u0113"
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"bull",
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"cop",
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"fuzz",
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"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003333",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": body":[],
": fellow , guy":[],
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"biological oxygen demand":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Some bod from the office rang you.",
"He's a bit of an odd bod , but I quite like him.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There is Andrew\u2019s increasingly unmanageable lie of a boyfriend, who overnight becomes an internet sensation (having a rocking bod and a global influencer/activist/philanthropist online footprint helps with that). \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"Dua has been feeding our souls with the best swimwear content while on tour, giving us a peek at her angelic side in a butterfly charm bikini and putting her super-strong bod on display in a simple black two-piece. \u2014 Seventeen , 24 May 2022",
"The mom of one, who shares daughter Bryn with ex Jason Hoppy, also flaunted her rockin' bod in a black bodysuit underneath a structured, black blazer in one Instagram Story. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Chilly weather is the perfect time to show your bod some extra love. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The chilly weather is the perfect time to show your bod a little extra love. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The Mazda 3 Turbo is a credible contender with its hot bod and explosive 310-torque turbo-4 under the hood. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Honestly, would've probably rather seen that than an entire episode of Kenny's naked bod . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Simone showed off her beach bod ' in a pink and yellow tie-dye bikini. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 10 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4d"
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"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
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"face",
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"guy",
"head",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180651",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
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"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
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": remarkable , noteworthy":[
"a bodacious bargain"
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": sexy , voluptuous":[
"bodacious babes"
]
},
"examples":[
"a singer with a bodacious voice",
"the bodacious decor of the boutique hotel is intended to appeal to the young and the hip",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Leroy Valent\u00edn Fern\u00e1ndez: Leroy, also known as Indara Valkayre, a bodacious drag queen who impersonated Beyonc\u00e9's moves on stage at Parliament House and favored big wigs, tight suits and big boots. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Raft The Numbers, a bodacious stretch of the Arkansas, with Browns Canyon Rafting. \u2014 Outside Online , 18 June 2021",
"Gloria also has bodacious style, wearing fuchsia print shirts, metallic skirt suits, and necklaces dangling on her cleavage. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 13 Jan. 2022",
"My colleague Janelle Okwodu cited the bodacious Jessica Rabbit as an inspiration, and my former colleague Brooke Bobb sent over an image of Pamela Anderson at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival busting out of a leather corset and a pair of opera gloves. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The show is quick and bodacious , funny and well-built. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Indonesian wax ginger, birds of paradise, and a bodacious heliconia bring instant aloha to your lover\u2019s heart. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 12 Feb. 2020",
"This bootylicious powerhouse from the Davenport drag dynasty made it to the top four of season 11, thanks to her bodacious beauty and performing talents. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
"In the show, the sister duo is seen sporting big bodacious curls. \u2014 Shelby Stewart, Chron , 6 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"probably blend of bold and audacious":""
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"b\u014d-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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"arresting",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105229",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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},
"bode":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to announce beforehand : foretell":[],
": to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage":[
"bode disaster",
"recent data that bodes well for her reelection"
],
": to show or suggest that future developments or events will be good or favorable : to be a sign of good things to come":[
"\u2026 the news \u2026 does not bode well for our future standard of living.",
"\u2014 Lester C. Thurow"
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": to show or suggest that future developments or events will be unfavorable or unwelcome : to be a sign of trouble to come":[
"Any further diminishing of the species' gene pool can only bode ill for the future.",
"\u2014 John Hew Fanshawe"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"This could bode disaster for all involved.",
"her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So this metric is less decisive, but still doesn\u2019t bode well. \u2014 Simon Moore, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The same factors that make a place like Keller Williams a Top Workplace eight years in a row, also bode well for retention and recruitment. \u2014 Michael Schroeder, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Legal precedent also doesn\u2019t bode well for any such suit filed against these companies. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 7 July 2021",
"Mahe, a junior from France, believes the Bulldogs' contention with match play's top team will bode well for Georgia's future. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Additionally, Xilinx\u2019s complete platform and software solutions go-to-market approach will bode well for AMD in the data center, and also in other areas where AMD doesn\u2019t currently play, like automotive, aerospace and industrial automation. \u2014 Dave Altavilla, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Stern, Rourke, Bacon, Daly and Reiser are each right on, likable and interesting, with good screen personalities that bode well for future movie contributions, as well. \u2014 Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Just about every other major housing stock is in a bear market and if housing stocks continue to fall that will bode poorly for housing prices on Main Street. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, state parks tend to be less crowded and more affordable, two things that bode well for overnight guests. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English bodian ; akin to Old English b\u0113odan to proclaim \u2014 more at bid entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"promise"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003756",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bodement":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": omen":[],
": prediction sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"the continuing fascination with the obscure bodements of the 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dd-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"auguring",
"augury",
"cast",
"forecast",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"presaging",
"prognosis",
"prognostic",
"prognosticating",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"soothsaying",
"vaticination"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190452",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bodiless":{
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
],
"definitions":{
": having no body":[]
},
"examples":[
"ghosts are supposed to be bodiless"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-di-l\u0259s"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"ethereal",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"spiritual",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060843",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
],
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": having a body : physical":[],
": in a manner that involves physically moving someone's body":[
"The blast lifted him bodily into the air.",
"Jerry Wexler called him a \"parasite\" and threw him bodily out of his office.",
"\u2014 Jack Kroll"
],
": in the flesh":[],
": of or relating to the body":[
"bodily comfort",
"bodily organs"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The victim suffered serious bodily injury.",
"the old man suffered from a number of bodily ailments",
"Adverb",
"The blast lifted him bodily into the air.",
"The house will have to be moved bodily to the new site.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Talk about a message at odds with our current political moment, where women's bodily autonomy and power are under siege. \u2014 Sara Stewart, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"Maybe my personal morality\u2014my sense of right and wrong\u2014tells me that individuals should have bodily autonomy at all costs, and that no one else should interfere with that autonomy. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Much like the audience, Cronenberg\u2019s depiction of bodily autonomy wasn\u2019t always clear to the lead actors. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"Forcing people to undertake these risks against their will is a fundamental violation of bodily autonomy and human rights, Yet multiple states stand poised to ban almost all abortions as soon as the court revokes this right to terminate a pregancy. \u2014 Adebayo Adesomo, Scientific American , 30 May 2022",
"Everyone should have the right to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. \u2014 Anu Kumar, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"With regard to bodily autonomy, women must be entitled to it, irrespective of whether the Constitution explicitly provides for it. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 13 May 2022",
"The speakers, some of whom were as young as 16, emphasized the importance of bodily autonomy and supporting Utahns in making their own decisions in their lives. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"The overturning of Roe V Wade will mark a catastrophic shift in our fundamental rights to bodily autonomy and reproductive health care. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"That\u2019s interesting, because, in a way, the portal, in the first half of your novel, is something that the protagonist is bodily immersed in\u2014is living a life inside of. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Standing before the Harrow School committee, Churchill flawlessly poured out line upon line telling the story of Horatius \u2014 the noble captain who would bodily defend the city against the onslaught of the mighty Etruscan army. \u2014 Tod Worner, National Review , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Those who refused to move were bodily escorted out by police. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 June 2021",
"About 24 hours later, she was transported bodily , still snoozing, to the stage of the Gem Theatre, a vaudeville house at 113 W. Third St. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 14 June 2021",
"We are bodily immersed in this show, and very, very far from the lonely, make-do experience of streaming theater. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2021",
"Conservatives have prevailed in an effort to deny people bodily autonomy. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 8 July 2020",
"Still, a beard could trap bodily fluids from coughs and sneezes, potentially infecting other people in close contact, Adalja said. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2020",
"But a brand-new study just discovered that another bodily fluid may contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus, too: semen. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 8 May 2020"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0259-l\u0113",
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"noun"
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"-d\u0259\u0307m-",
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"noun"
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": foreboding":[]
},
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"among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities"
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"boding (from present participle of bode entry 2 ) + -ly":""
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": dagger , stiletto":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin \u2014 a large needle \u2014 driven through the tongue. \u2014 Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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": a copper coin that was issued in Scotland in the 17th century and was worth two Scotch pence":[]
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"origin unknown":""
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"The body was shipped home for burial."
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],
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"What's a body to do?"
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": a mass of matter distinct from other masses":[
"a body of water",
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],
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"body parts",
"normal body temperature"
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],
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"a bird with a yellow body and head and black markings on its wings"
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"when the soul leaves the body"
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"body parts",
"normal body temperature"
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"the body of a wet suit"
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"If Jordan spins past him or bodies him away, Russell won't give up on the play.",
"\u2014 Ian Thomsen",
"\u2014 often used with up The most physical player this side of Shaq, Artest not only bodies up forwards but also has the quickness to defend shooting guards. \u2014 L. Jon Wertheim"
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"\u2014 used especially of oils and grease"
]
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"a part of the body",
"Her body is very muscular.",
"A bird's body is covered in feathers.",
"This species has a black body and a white head.",
"She held her arms tightly against her body .",
"There was extensive damage to the truck's body .",
"The body of the bus is almost entirely rusted out.",
"Verb",
"abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Evans\u2019 body was found four days later on April 24, 2022. \u2014 Amanda Su, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"The body of a man suspected of murder in Ohio was found Thursday inside a vehicle in north Alabama, authorities said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"While the children were taken away for a short time, they were returned to her before June 21, when the infant's body was found. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Levin\u2019s body was found lying in the dirt, with a single bullet buried in the soil underneath, the group said. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"Her body has never been found, but she was legally declared dead in 2002. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Prather\u2019s body was found by dive teams at about 7:30 p.m., the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Mary Helene Hall, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"The body was found in an advanced stage of decomposition, police said. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 19 June 2022",
"The night before Dadkhah\u2019s body was found, neighbors had called police to report a disturbance involving Chambers at the condo. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The program since has revised its policies pertaining to weight and body fat percentage. \u2014 Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
"Weight was assessed via body mass index, an estimate of fat based on weight and height, as well as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and/or body fat percentage. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"But failure to acknowledge your feelings ultimately does your mind and body a disservice, as Sumpter soon learned. \u2014 L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF , 6 May 2022",
"From there, the acupuncturist will develop a treatment plan, mapping out where on the face and body the needles will be inserted and stay in place until removed. \u2014 Julia Guerra, Allure , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Thompson picked up his fourth foul in the opening minute of the second half, severely limiting the team\u2019s ability to body up to Embiid. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"How should body type be discussed when covering athletes? \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The 6-foot-5 Javonte Green is always willing to body up to bigger players, and the 6-10 Tony Bradley has been getting more minutes. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The Official Charts are collated by the Official Charts Company, a joint venture of labels body the BPI and Entertainment Retailers Assn. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u00e4d-\u0113"
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"brunt",
"bulk",
"chief",
"core",
"generality",
"heft",
"main",
"mass",
"staple",
"weight"
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"verb"
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": to have sexual intercourse with":[]
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"an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Serena and Nate boff at a wedding reception on Gossip Girl Two high-school students bump uglies on the bar of Michael Jordan's Steakhouse with a reception happening about two feet away. \u2014 Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan , 25 July 2017"
],
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"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1937, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"from boff blow, punch, perhaps imitative":"Verb",
"perhaps from b ox off ice":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4f"
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"cachinnation",
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"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"Our boffins finally broke the enemy's code!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And boffins are constantly improving what bogus burgers taste like. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Oct. 2019",
"So China\u2019s boffins are, like many others, surprised by how things have gone. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Whereas in many other countries legal boffins do the drafting, in Indonesia the job can fall to politicians, many of whom are inexperienced. \u2014 The Economist , 21 June 2018",
"According to the boffins , the different results stem partly from a tweak to its methodology to avoid double-counting across Chinese regions. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 5 July 2018",
"But the boffins at headquarters in Los Gatos help set the budgets. \u2014 The Economist , 28 June 2018",
"But the boffins in Stuttgart have been tinkering with their PHEV tech, adding more kWh, horsepower, torque, and generally refining all the software and control electronics that make everything work. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 May 2018",
"The Lucasfilm Story Group's boffins are tying together the franchise's two main trilogies, doubling down on what many thought to be beyond salvaging. \u2014 Brendan Nystedt, WIRED , 29 May 2018",
"Allen is the latest British boffin to argue for the Traversette. \u2014 Smithsonian , 29 July 2017"
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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"a boffo performance that wowed even Broadway's toughest critics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kenneth Walker III caps his amazing year with another boffo performance and Mel Tucker lays the groundwork for continued success in 2022. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Its latest boffo performance came in a 59-18 victory over Maryland, when Michigan held the Terrapins\u2019 dynamic passing attack to 178 yards and stanched one possession after another. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 23 Nov. 2021",
"November 2 was a boffo night for the Republican Party, and not such a great night for Donald Trump. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 5 Nov. 2021",
"More evidence is the boffo fundraising by the National Republican Congressional Committee so far. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 21 May 2021",
"Expect ritualistic apologies for Monday\u2019s outage and insanely boffo user-growth numbers. \u2014 Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com , 26 Aug. 2020",
"Zoom flexed its muscles last week with a boffo earnings report. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 8 June 2020",
"Salons: Many Northeast Ohio hair salons and barber shops have done boffo business in the first few days after Gov. Mike DeWine reopened them. \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2020",
"Yet when Iowans caucus in three weeks, her boffo performance Tuesday probably didn\u2019t win her too many die-hard supporters. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Jan. 2020"
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-(\u02cc)f\u014d"
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"blue-ribbon",
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"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
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]
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"antonyms":[],
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": boff":[]
},
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"the audience could be heard chuckling throughout the play, but there were few theater-filling boffolas",
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"irregular from boff":""
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"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
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"snigger",
"titter",
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"noun"
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"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
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],
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"1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"circa 1789, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"short for boghouse , from British argot bog to defecate":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u022fg",
"\u02c8b\u00e4g"
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"fen",
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"marshland",
"mire",
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"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
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"slue",
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"swampland",
"wash",
"wetland"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 often used figuratively It's easy to get bogged down in details."
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"borrowed from French bogache , borrowed from Yemeni Arabic buqash , plural of buqsha":""
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"noun"
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": to use or consume without sharing":[],
"Humphrey (DeForest) 1899\u20131957 American actor":[]
},
"examples":[
"our coach told us not to let the other team bogart us on the field",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep an eye out for this on a crowded table, because someone is likely to bogart it. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Back in the Dark Ages of cannabis consumption, the only rule that seemed to matter was not to bogart that joint. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Built in 1963, the State House was designed to house the Alabama Department of Transportation, but in 1985, the Legislature bogarted the building while the capitol across the street was being renovated. \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Tres Santos was accused of bogarting the small town\u2019s water supply and displacing the local fisherman, who had been using the beach at Punta Lobos for generations. \u2014 Christina P\u00e9rez, Vogue , 21 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"probably from Humphrey Bogart \u20201957 American film actor":""
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"\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccg\u00e4rt"
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"blackjack",
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"bullyrag",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"strong-arm"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013637",
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"verb"
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"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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": the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck":[],
": to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"He made a bogey on the second hole.",
"He made bogey on the second hole.",
"Verb",
"She birdied the first hole but bogeyed the second hole.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His third shot failed to reach the green, and Thomas walked to the fifth tee box with a bogey . \u2014 Riley Hamel, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"Thomas ended the fourth hole with a bogey and fell to 2-over. \u2014 Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal , 18 June 2022",
"Strange began pulling away on 13, making birdie on a 25-foot putt while Faldo ended up with a bogey to fall three strokes back. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Matt Fitzpatrick of England, who played in the final group with Pereira, also stayed in range, two shots behind until his sloppy bogey on the 17th. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Hadley held firm after his opening bogey before his birdie run left him on top once more. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021",
"But Ames gave a stroke back with a bogey at the difficult seventh hole overlooking Lake Michigan and Alker, Langer and others began to close in. \u2014 John Fineran, Detroit Free Press , 30 May 2022",
"Pressel plays her final 25 holes over Mission Hills without a bogey as Suzann Pettersen blew a four-shot lead with four holes to play. \u2014 Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Barron, who bogeyed three of his last four holes in the opening round and had to settle for a one-shot lead, chipped in for eagle Saturday on the 571-yard 12th hole at Prestonwood Country Club to stretch his lead to three shots. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Oct. 2019",
"Thomas, who won the inaugural event in 2017 \u2014 South Korea\u2019s only PGA Tour stop \u2014 bogeyed the 18th for a 70 and he and Lee (68) were tied with a three-round total of 15-under 201. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
"The group another shot back included Dustin Johnson, who only made birdies on the par 5s and bogeyed his last hole for a 70. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times , 14 Apr. 2019",
"After a rough start to the back nine, bogeying the first two holes in Amen Corner, Woods picked up some momentum down the stretch, culminating with a clutch birdie on No. \u2014 Adam Woodard, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2018",
"But after bogeying the fifth, McIlroy\u2019s third shot to the par-5 sixth hole rattled around a pile of rocks separating the green from a pond. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2020",
"But Thomas bogeyed the 17th after his 12-footer for par lipped out, reducing the deficit to two strokes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Finau bogeyed the first hole on Thursday \u2014 a typical occurrence for Masters rookies, even those with two healthy ankles. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Li bogeyed the 10th and 14th but more than negated those mistakes with birdies at Nos. \u2014 Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of bogle":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d-g\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"b\u00eate noire",
"black beast",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"dread",
"hobgoblin",
"ogre"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194818",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mishandle , bungle":[],
": to hesitate because of doubt, fear, or scruples":[],
": to overwhelm with wonder or bewilderment":[
"boggle the mind"
],
": to start with fright or amazement : be overwhelmed":[
"the mind boggles at the research needed"
]
},
"examples":[
"she boggled her first effort to make Christmas cookies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the past year alone, the once-outre Arkestra has enjoyed institutional recognition that would even boggle the mind of its prescient founder. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This seat has a history that would boggle your mind. \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"To tweak the settings, go into your subclass menu and let your eyes boggle at all the options. \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 21 Feb. 2022",
"If dry fluid dynamics doesn\u2019t boggle your mind, just add water. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The blood of people who seek challenges that boggle mere humans contains extremely low levels of an enzyme that regulates the effects of stress on mental activity. \u2014 Kim Ode, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"In museum-quality objects, the number and quality of those details can boggle the mind, says Laura Taylor, the curator of interpretation at the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures in Kansas City, Missouri. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science , 1 Jan. 2021",
"But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind\u2014vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. \u2014 Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"This beastly powerplant chums out 280 horsepower at 4400 rpm and a boggling 350 pound-feet of torque at 3600. \u2014 Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver , 19 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from bogle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190024",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a low strongly built cart":[],
": a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition":[],
": a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)":[],
": a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment":[],
": a swiveling railway truck":[],
": an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course":[
"He was the sort of player who does the first two holes in one under bogey and then takes an eleven at the third.",
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
],
": one stroke over par on a hole":[
"made a bogey on the second hole"
],
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": the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d-g\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212221",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bogus":{
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"definitions":{
": not genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
"a bogus claim",
"The evidence was completely bogus ."
]
},
"examples":[
"It was just a bogus claim.",
"The evidence was completely bogus .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Several witnesses testified that many of Trump\u2019s advisors, including Eastman, knew their theory that Pence could declare Trump the winner was bogus . \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Future hearings, including one on Monday, will demonstrate how a succession of advisers also told Trump that his claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were bogus , Jan. 6 committee members said during a string of Sunday show appearances. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Musk has argued, without providing evidence, that 20% or more are bogus . \u2014 Sam Metz, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Their mission: to discuss the possibility of a prisoner swap that could free Trevor R. Reed, an ailing former U.S. Marine held for two years on what his family considered to be bogus charges of assault. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Congress subsequently passed the law banning such bogus charges. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Putin has repeatedly made the bogus claims that Ukraine promotes neo-Nazism and that Zelensky, who is Jewish, is a Nazi sympathizer. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"The private eye ended up being a fraud with bogus information. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"In the texts released by the committee, Perry encouraged Meadows to talk to Jeffrey Clark, an assistant attorney general who was sympathetic to Trump\u2019s bogus claims of election fraud. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete argot bogus counterfeit money":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d-g\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050452",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bogy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a low strongly built cart":[],
": a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition":[],
": a small supporting or aligning wheel (as on the inside perimeter of a tank tread)":[],
": a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment":[],
": a swiveling railway truck":[],
": an average golfer's score used as a standard for a particular hole or course":[
"He was the sort of player who does the first two holes in one under bogey and then takes an eleven at the third.",
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
],
": one stroke over par on a hole":[
"made a bogey on the second hole"
],
": specter , phantom":[],
": the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck":[],
": to shoot (a hole in golf) in one over par":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"He made a bogey on the second hole.",
"He made bogey on the second hole.",
"Verb",
"She birdied the first hole but bogeyed the second hole.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His third shot failed to reach the green, and Thomas walked to the fifth tee box with a bogey . \u2014 Riley Hamel, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"Thomas ended the fourth hole with a bogey and fell to 2-over. \u2014 Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal , 18 June 2022",
"Strange began pulling away on 13, making birdie on a 25-foot putt while Faldo ended up with a bogey to fall three strokes back. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Matt Fitzpatrick of England, who played in the final group with Pereira, also stayed in range, two shots behind until his sloppy bogey on the 17th. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Hadley held firm after his opening bogey before his birdie run left him on top once more. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2021",
"But Ames gave a stroke back with a bogey at the difficult seventh hole overlooking Lake Michigan and Alker, Langer and others began to close in. \u2014 John Fineran, Detroit Free Press , 30 May 2022",
"Pressel plays her final 25 holes over Mission Hills without a bogey as Suzann Pettersen blew a four-shot lead with four holes to play. \u2014 Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Barron, who bogeyed three of his last four holes in the opening round and had to settle for a one-shot lead, chipped in for eagle Saturday on the 571-yard 12th hole at Prestonwood Country Club to stretch his lead to three shots. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Oct. 2019",
"Thomas, who won the inaugural event in 2017 \u2014 South Korea\u2019s only PGA Tour stop \u2014 bogeyed the 18th for a 70 and he and Lee (68) were tied with a three-round total of 15-under 201. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2019",
"The group another shot back included Dustin Johnson, who only made birdies on the par 5s and bogeyed his last hole for a 70. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times , 14 Apr. 2019",
"After a rough start to the back nine, bogeying the first two holes in Amen Corner, Woods picked up some momentum down the stretch, culminating with a clutch birdie on No. \u2014 Adam Woodard, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2018",
"But after bogeying the fifth, McIlroy\u2019s third shot to the par-5 sixth hole rattled around a pile of rocks separating the green from a pond. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2020",
"But Thomas bogeyed the 17th after his 12-footer for par lipped out, reducing the deficit to two strokes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Finau bogeyed the first hole on Thursday \u2014 a typical occurrence for Masters rookies, even those with two healthy ankles. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Li bogeyed the 10th and 14th but more than negated those mistakes with birdies at Nos. \u2014 Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of bogle":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-g\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"b\u00eate noire",
"black beast",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"dread",
"hobgoblin",
"ogre"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181104",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bohemian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a native or inhabitant of Bohemia":[],
": a person (such as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others":[],
": the group of Czech dialects used in Bohemia":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see bohemia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014d-\u02c8h\u0113-m\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161938",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"boho":{
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
],
"definitions":{
": bohemian sense 2a":[]
},
"examples":[
"after living among the bohos for a while, she realized that there was a disenchanting conformity to their nonconformity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If sand is your enemy, look no further than this mesh bag that's got a cool boho vibe, hasp plenty of space for your stuff, and effortlessly shakes free of sand. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 25 Apr. 2022",
"After all, Andalucia, Spain\u2014whose spirit this nouveau- boho table evokes\u2014is home to Islamic architectural monument the Alhambra and renowned for both Moorish mosaics and pomegranates. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"The boho chic boutique has a nice array of body-care products, hipster outdoor gear, baby gifts and foodstuffs. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The internet and Instagram may unite us today, but now everybody can see everybody else\u2019s new boho chic. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"One of the latest products in their range is their boho -looking macrame swing, which was handmade by artisans in India and made using 100 percent organic cotton thread and a solid wood bar. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Metallic fringed shorts, chiffon black and white maxi dresses, and a knit white jumpsuit with side cutouts fit right in with the boho hordes in Indio California. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Available in seven colors and 25 sizes, this lively boho rug can seamlessly fit in most spaces. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Lucky for you, storage space has never looked cuter than with this boho bar cart from Urban Outfitters. \u2014 Megan Wahn, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-h\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"counterculturist",
"deviant",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"lone wolf",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171525",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"boil":{
"antonyms":[
"fester",
"hickey",
"papule",
"pimple",
"pock",
"pustule",
"whelk",
"zit"
],
"definitions":{
": a localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from infection of a hair follicle and adjacent tissue, having a hard central core, and forming pus":[],
": a swirling upheaval (as of water)":[],
": the act or state of boiling":[],
": to be moved, excited, or stirred up":[],
": to become agitated : seethe":[],
": to burst forth":[],
": to come to the boiling point":[],
": to cook in boiling water":[],
": to form or separate (something, such as sugar or salt) by boiling":[],
": to generate bubbles of vapor when heated":[
"\u2014 used of a liquid"
],
": to heat to the boiling point":[],
": to rush headlong":[],
": to subject to the action of a boiling liquid":[],
": to undergo the action of a boiling liquid":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Keep the temperature low enough so the mixture will not boil .",
"a pot of boiling water",
"french fries cooked in boiling oil"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, alteration of bile , from Old English b\u0233l ; akin to Old High German p\u016blla bladder":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French buillir, boillir , from Latin bullire to bubble, from bulla bubble":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8b\u022fi(\u0259)l",
"\u02c8b\u022fil"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"rage",
"rankle",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"steam",
"storm"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083122",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boil down":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": condense , summarize":[
"boil down a report"
],
": to be equivalent in summary : amount":[
"his speech boiled down to a plea for more money"
],
": to reduce in bulk by boiling":[],
": to reduce ultimately":[
"your choices boil down to three"
],
": to undergo reduction in bulk by boiling":[]
},
"examples":[
"the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The low-intensity vibe threatens to boil down the June electorate to habitual voters and hard-core partisans, a result traditionally favoring Republicans. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"The options to provide that backup essentially boil down to either nuclear, gas, or coal. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
"Out-of-network disputes boil down to two powerful actors who have never liked each other. \u2014 Bob Herman, STAT , 29 Apr. 2022",
"While the film\u2019s moral concerns still boil down to the battle between good and evil, Rowling, who penned the screenplay with Steve Kloves, uses an upcoming Wizarding World election to up the stakes of this conflict. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The low-intensity vibe threatens to suppress turnout and boil down the June electorate to habitual voters and hardcore partisans, a result traditionally favoring Republicans. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"The reasons are complex but boil down to high demand, low supply, and rising interest rates. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022",
"But my own model seeks to boil down the complexities into a simple, consumable framework. \u2014 Jeffrey Eiben, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s been said that all great stories boil down to one or both of the following. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1723, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"abstract",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095048",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boiling":{
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
],
"definitions":{
": heated to the boiling point":[],
": intensely agitated":[
"a boiling sea",
"boiling with anger"
],
": to an extreme degree : very":[
"boiling mad",
"boiling hot"
],
": torrid":[
"a boiling sun"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I'm boiling in this suit.",
"It is boiling in here.",
"Adverb",
"The sun was boiling hot .",
"He is boiling mad at how he was treated.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas. \u2014 Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2020",
"If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn\u2019t come clean. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The simplest fix could be as easy as boiling water\u2014boil a medium-size pot once or twice per week, and pour down the drain. \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 14 Oct. 2019",
"Although boiling water is always a set temperature, eggs coming from the fridge or countertop are not. \u2014 Genevieve Ko, latimes.com , 18 June 2019",
"Organizers shared tips to help prevent the virus, which include washing hands with soap for more than 30 seconds, eating food that is thoroughly cooked and boiling water before drinking. \u2014 Rachel Axon, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2018",
"Organizers shared tips to help prevent the virus, which include washing hands with soap for more than 30 seconds, eating food that is thoroughly cooked and boiling water before drinking. \u2014 Rachel Axon, USA TODAY Sports , 6 Feb. 2018",
"More boiling water: Boil water advisories typically happen due to a water main break and/or a loss of pressure in the water system. \u2014 Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press , 24 Oct. 2017",
"The station is home to two boiling water reactors, capable of powering more than 2.25 million homes and businesses. \u2014 Staff Report, The Aegis , 6 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1607, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi(-\u0259)-li\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105855",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"boiling point":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the point at which a person becomes uncontrollably angry":[],
": the point of crisis : head sense 17b":[
"matters had reached the boiling point"
],
": the temperature at which a liquid boils":[]
},
"examples":[
"The boiling point of water is 212\u00b0 Fahrenheit or 100\u00b0 Celsius.",
"when the situation reached the boiling point , the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the full scale of any rebellion in China isn\u2019t known, the Quanta Computer backlash in Shanghai suggests that many workers have hit a boiling point . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"The pro-life versus pro-choice debates that our nation is deeply embroiled in have reached a boiling point as the looming threat of a reversal of Roe v. Wade lingers on. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"Conversely, one of the most heartbreaking scenes depict Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford\u2019s complicated relationship reaching a boiling point . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Abbott echoed a common stance that many Republican lawmakers on both the state and national levels have repeatedly taken amid a nationwide debate on gun violence, which reaches a boiling point following each mass shooting. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 26 May 2022",
"Heat the milk in a small saucepan over a medium heat to just below boiling point then take off the heat. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 10 May 2022",
"Make ganache by putting the cream into a small saucepan and heat to just below boiling point . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Family dysfunction reaches boiling point as three generations of warring women face-off. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Feb. 2022",
"When a situation reaches boiling point , pausing the conversation can be effective. \u2014 Anna Shields, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-li\u014b-\u02ccp\u022fint"
],
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"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"orderly"
],
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": marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits":[],
": massive":[],
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": stormy , tumultuous":[]
},
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"The crowd was young and boisterous , the cheeseburgers were juicy and perfectly charred, and the place was always packed. \u2014 Jonathan Black , Saveur , October 2007",
"Things had apparently gotten a little too boisterous during the Northern Ohio Girls Soccer League games. And it wasn't the kids. Fed up with noisy, know-it-all parents, the league banned cheering and jeering from the sidelines for one game, which they dubbed Silent Sunday. \u2014 Kate Rounds , Ms. , December 1999/January 2000",
"Suzanne Massie, boisterous and voluble as we drove through her adopted neighborhood in St. Petersburg, hurtled to a sudden stop. She was laughing uproariously to see the spot, where five years earlier, her rented car had fallen apart \u2026 \u2014 Christopher Lydon , Atlantic , February 1993",
"A large and boisterous crowd attended the concert.",
"the fans at the baseball game became particularly boisterous after the home run",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Big, boisterous crowds cheered lucha libre fighters in the municipal auditorium. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Veronica DeLeon, 22, Smith-Fields\u2019s best friend since high school, described her as loud and boisterous in an interview with The Post. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That energized an already boisterous crowd of about 29,000 that started filling Monumental Estadio Cuscatl\u00e1n, Central America\u2019s largest stadium, about 8 1/2 hours before kickoff. \u2014 Ronald Blum, chicagotribune.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Since then, the boisterous pop performer has become a topic of all kinds of speculation, from gossip about her dating life to comments on her body. \u2014 Natalia Barr, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Throughout the postseason\u2013and during the regular season\u2013the players on Dallas\u2019 bench have been boisterous in support of their teammates in the game. \u2014 Doyle Rader, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"Nelson was boisterous , frequently chatting up strangers. \u2014 Lauren Markham, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Her party was quietly sipping wine, but many of the gatherings were more boisterous . \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The crowd, which just moments earlier had been boisterous , fell silent. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":""
},
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"Middle English boistous crude, clumsy, from Anglo-French":""
},
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"-str\u0259s",
"\u02c8b\u022fi-st\u0259-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8b\u022fi-st(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
],
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"hell-raising",
"knockabout",
"rambunctious",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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": any of a genus ( Mastophora ) of spiders that are classified as orb weavers but capture prey by using a sticky droplet at the end of a silky thread":[
"Field studies have indicated that bolas spiders attract male moth prey, apparently by mimicking the odor of female moth sex pheromones.",
"\u2014 Mark K. Stowe et al. , Science , 22 May 1987"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek bolbos bulb + New Latin -phyllum":""
},
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"\u00a6b\u014dl-",
"\u00a6b\u00e4lb\u0259\u00a6fil\u0259m"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
],
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],
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"bold lettering"
],
": boldface":[
"printed in bold"
],
": fearless before danger : intrepid":[
"bold settlers on some foreign shore",
"\u2014 William Wordsworth"
],
": impudent , presumptuous":[
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"If I may be so bold , I'd like to make a few suggestions."
],
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],
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"bold headlines"
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"Adjective",
"Few politicians have been bold enough to oppose the plan to cut taxes.",
"It's a bold plan that might fail.",
"Hiring a novice was a bold move.",
"He punished the bold child for talking back.",
"I'd like to offer a few criticisms, if I may be so bold .",
"She wore a dress with bold stripes.",
"The painting is done in bold colors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Bill Ackman sold his Netflix shares for a loss of $450 million in three months, with some goading him for his decision while others congratulated Pershing Capital for being bold and walking away from a losing position. \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"So it\u2019s a relief that playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has opted not to spell out the contemporary subtext of her 1800s-set play in bold , red ink. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The director has always been bold and brash with music in his films, and Elvis is no exception. \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"Affordable housing advocates, however, said his plan was not bold enough. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Seeing how bold this new generation is inspires me. \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler have been bold in their first three months with the Raiders, trading for Davante Adams, giving big contracts to Adams and Chandler Jones, and signing Derek Carr to an extension, among several moves. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"That was my first interaction with her, which is pretty bold . \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022",
"Beverley wasn\u2019t afraid to ruffle feathers during his television appearance \u2014 his statements were bold . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bonding with bold and self-assured teen Billie won't be easy for Justin, who is a bit of a hot mess. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"Built for the bold \u2013 MONOLITH 50/50 are the ultimate statement-making performance sunglasses. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"The feeling stems from their philosophy of life: Fortune favors the bold . \u2014 Vogue , 23 May 2022",
"The charming winery offers is known for its bold -tasting Cabernet Sauvignon as well as its wide variety of fruit wines a specialty wines. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 23 May 2022",
"Retail favors the bold but also the timeless classics. \u2014 Bobby Marhamat, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Jeff Leatham, floral designer to the stars, will showcase his bold , visually sensational kaleidoscope of colors this year at The Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Dear Ruby is decidedly not as your-lips-but-better-adjacent as some of the other, more subtle shades, but its semi-sheer, non-glossy finish strikes a balance between bold and understated. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Step aside, shrinking violet, this is a season of the bold and the brilliant. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"circa 1871, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, from Old English beald ; akin to Old High German bald bold":"Adjective and Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u014dld"
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"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
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"enterprising",
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"nerved",
"nervy",
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"noun"
]
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"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
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},
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],
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"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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": brazen , impudent":[]
},
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"adjective"
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"bold entry 1 + -en":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dld\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111905",
"type":[
"verb"
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"unenterprising"
],
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],
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],
": boldface":[
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],
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"\u2014 William Wordsworth"
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"If I may be so bold , I'd like to make a few suggestions."
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],
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"Few politicians have been bold enough to oppose the plan to cut taxes.",
"It's a bold plan that might fail.",
"Hiring a novice was a bold move.",
"He punished the bold child for talking back.",
"I'd like to offer a few criticisms, if I may be so bold .",
"She wore a dress with bold stripes.",
"The painting is done in bold colors.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Bill Ackman sold his Netflix shares for a loss of $450 million in three months, with some goading him for his decision while others congratulated Pershing Capital for being bold and walking away from a losing position. \u2014 Beth Kindig, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"So it\u2019s a relief that playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has opted not to spell out the contemporary subtext of her 1800s-set play in bold , red ink. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"The director has always been bold and brash with music in his films, and Elvis is no exception. \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"Affordable housing advocates, however, said his plan was not bold enough. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Seeing how bold this new generation is inspires me. \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
"Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler have been bold in their first three months with the Raiders, trading for Davante Adams, giving big contracts to Adams and Chandler Jones, and signing Derek Carr to an extension, among several moves. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"That was my first interaction with her, which is pretty bold . \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022",
"Beverley wasn\u2019t afraid to ruffle feathers during his television appearance \u2014 his statements were bold . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bonding with bold and self-assured teen Billie won't be easy for Justin, who is a bit of a hot mess. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"Built for the bold \u2013 MONOLITH 50/50 are the ultimate statement-making performance sunglasses. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"The feeling stems from their philosophy of life: Fortune favors the bold . \u2014 Vogue , 23 May 2022",
"The charming winery offers is known for its bold -tasting Cabernet Sauvignon as well as its wide variety of fruit wines a specialty wines. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 23 May 2022",
"Retail favors the bold but also the timeless classics. \u2014 Bobby Marhamat, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Jeff Leatham, floral designer to the stars, will showcase his bold , visually sensational kaleidoscope of colors this year at The Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Dear Ruby is decidedly not as your-lips-but-better-adjacent as some of the other, more subtle shades, but its semi-sheer, non-glossy finish strikes a balance between bold and understated. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Step aside, shrinking violet, this is a season of the bold and the brilliant. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"circa 1871, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u014dld"
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"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
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"nervy",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165043",
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"noun"
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": pretentious nonsense : bunkum":[
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]
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": to give a boost to":[
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],
": to support with or as if with a bolster : reinforce":[
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"extra men will bolster already augmented dock details",
"\u2014 Stanley Levey"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She came with me to bolster my confidence.",
"a convincing argument that was bolstered by the speaker's reputation",
"She is thinking of ways to bolster her career.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Casper dog bed includes a memory foam mattress, four cushions to create a bolster around the sides, and a protective, washable cover that's easily zipped on and off. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"The company expects to leverage the influx of cash to grow its platform and bolster Landing Pad, a cloud where users can access 3D design work anytime, anywhere. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The funds will support state and local fair housing enforcement organizations and bolster education, outreach, and training on rights and responsibilities under federal fair housing laws. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Blue notes and a bolster pillow encased in a tribal-pattern fabric from S. Harris dial up the energy in one space while soft greens and organic elements give the second room relaxed attitude. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The bolster gives your pet a place to rest their head. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The bolster on the bed, that traditional and these days all too sadly disappearing cushion where two heads are definitely better than one, is certainly a contender for anyone\u2019s affections. \u2014 Mark Holgate, Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The interior appears mostly in fine condition other than a bit of wear on the outer bolster of the driver\u2019s seat and a tear in the carpeting. \u2014 Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver , 24 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s also crafted with a sloped bolster at the handle to encourage your perfect pinch grip for max comfort and control. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"By acquiring Seagen, Merck would bolster its lineup of cancer drugs, led by the blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda, its top-selling product with $17.2 billion in sales last year. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 23 June 2022",
"How can strategic partnerships bolster your credibility? \u2014 Tony Yi, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"The business strategy, which was described by people familiar with Licht\u2019s thinking, could bolster CNN at a time when viewership has fallen. \u2014 Gerry Smith, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Do Americans bolster Israeli viewpoints, built on one lie after another, and perpetuate and justify continued human rights violations? \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"That knowledge will hopefully bolster efforts to root out cases and close contacts, get them into isolation and quarantine, and vaccinate the (for now) limited number of vulnerable people. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"While not the main impetus for James\u2019 ousting, his handling of the Gloucester disaster certainly didn\u2019t bolster his reputation. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"To bolster this argument, the committee called Al Schmidt, a Republican who served as one of three city commissioners on the Philadelphia County Board of Elections. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Other funds will seek to bolster preparations for plugging the 1 million wells still active today, up to three-quarters of which are already producing low volumes, Peltz said. \u2014 Carey L. Biron, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022"
],
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"1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English belg bag \u2014 more at belly":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dl-st\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bear",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103214",
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"verb"
]
},
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": a block of timber to be sawed or cut":[],
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": a metal rod or pin for fastening objects together that usually has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other and is secured by a nut":[],
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": the act or an instance of bolting":[],
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": to attach or fasten with bolts":[],
": to break away from control or a set course":[],
": to break away from or oppose one's previous affiliation (as with a political party or sports team)":[],
": to break away from or refuse to support (something, such as a political party)":[],
": to dart off or away : flee":[],
": to eat hastily or without chewing":[
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": to move or proceed rapidly : dash":[],
": to move suddenly or nervously : start":[],
": to produce seed prematurely":[],
": to say impulsively : blurt":[],
": to secure with a bolt":[
"bolt the door"
],
": to sift usually through fine-meshed cloth":[
"bolt flour"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"She sat bolt upright , staring straight ahead."
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1577, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bulten , from Anglo-French buleter , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German biuteln to sift, from biutel bag, from Old High German b\u016btil":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German bolz crossbow bolt, and perhaps to Lithuanian beld\u0117ti to beat":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dlt"
],
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"jump",
"start",
"startle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094109",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a device like a clevis used to terminate a suspension rod or bolt":[]
},
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"bolt entry 1":""
},
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"type":[
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": the surface of the rifle-bolt end that makes contact with the base of the cartridge case":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"bolt entry 1":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042532",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a complete surprise : something totally unexpected":[]
},
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114644",
"type":[
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]
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"antonyms":[],
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": the projecting lever or knob by which a rifle bolt is manually operated":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": the head of a bolt":[]
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"Middle English bolthed , from bolt entry 1 + hed head":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a hook having a screw and nut so that it can be used like a bolt":[]
},
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"bolt entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041810",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a place of escape or refuge":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"circa 1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014dlt-\u02cch\u014dl"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"asylum",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072057",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"bolter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a failed attempt to land on an aircraft carrier that occurs when an aircraft's tailhook misses the arresting gear on the carrier's deck so that the aircraft is required to take off again without stopping":[
"\u2026 more than a third of night carrier approaches end as bolters .",
"\u2014 Peter Garrison"
],
": a horse given to running away":[],
": a person who ends his or her affiliation with a political party":[],
": one that bolts : such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brown began his shift as a roof bolter operator late Sunday at the D-29 Darby Fork mine, which is owned by Inmet Mining LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee, according to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Roof bolter operators like Brown serve an important safety role in a field with its fair share of dangers, securing the roofs of underground mines to prevent cave-ins. \u2014 Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But the prospect of becoming a bolter , while clearly terrifying for Fanny and Linda, is also, on some level, deeply alluring. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 27 July 2021",
"The bolter seeks a less bothersome place, free from stressors or sensory overloads. \u2014 Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community , 9 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dl-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041053",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"bolti":{
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"definitions":{
": a cichlid food fish ( Tilapia nilotica ) of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic bul\u1e6di":""
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125932",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"bolting":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a block of timber to be sawed or cut":[],
": a metal cylinder that drives the cartridge into the chamber of a firearm, locks the breech, and usually contains the firing pin and extractor":[],
": a metal rod or pin for fastening objects together that usually has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other and is secured by a nut":[],
": a roll of cloth or wallpaper of specified length":[],
": a short round section of a log":[],
": a wood or metal bar or rod used to fasten a door":[],
": directly , straight":[],
": flush , start":[
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],
": in an erect or straight-backed position : rigidly":[
"sat bolt upright"
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": shoot , discharge":[],
": sift sense 2":[],
": the act or an instance of bolting":[],
": the part of a lock that is shot or withdrawn by the key":[],
": to attach or fasten with bolts":[],
": to break away from control or a set course":[],
": to break away from or oppose one's previous affiliation (as with a political party or sports team)":[],
": to break away from or refuse to support (something, such as a political party)":[],
": to dart off or away : flee":[],
": to eat hastily or without chewing":[
"bolted his breakfast"
],
": to move or proceed rapidly : dash":[],
": to move suddenly or nervously : start":[],
": to produce seed prematurely":[],
": to say impulsively : blurt":[],
": to secure with a bolt":[
"bolt the door"
],
": to sift usually through fine-meshed cloth":[
"bolt flour"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"She sat bolt upright , staring straight ahead."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1577, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bulten , from Anglo-French buleter , of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German biuteln to sift, from biutel bag, from Old High German b\u016btil":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German bolz crossbow bolt, and perhaps to Lithuanian beld\u0117ti to beat":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014dlt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"jump",
"start",
"startle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113209",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bomb":{
"antonyms":[
"barrage",
"bombard"
],
"definitions":{
": a container for an aerosol (such as an insecticide) : spray can":[],
": a great success : hit":[],
": a large sum of money":[],
": a lead-lined container for radioactive material":[],
": a long pass in football":[],
": a pressure vessel for conducting chemical experiments":[],
": a rounded mass of lava exploded from a volcano":[],
": a vessel for compressed gases: such as":[],
": an explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions":[],
": failure , flop":[
"the play was a bomb"
],
": one that is striking or extraordinary":[
"\u2014 used with the their new album is the bomb"
],
": something unexpected and unpleasant":[
"\u2014 often used with drop dropped a bomb with her resignation"
],
": to attack with or as if with bombs : bombard":[
"The planes successfully bombed their target.",
"a bombed village"
],
": to defeat decisively":[],
": to fail (a test)":[
"I bombed my history exam."
],
": to fall flat : to fail completely":[
"The movie bombed at the box office.",
"a joke that bombed"
],
": to hit (a ball, puck, or shot) very hard":[
"bomb a home run",
"bomb a long drive down the fairway"
],
": to move rapidly":[
"a car bombing down the hill"
],
": to score many runs against (a pitcher)":[
"Allen tried a new slider pitch without success and was bombed in Cincinnati.",
"\u2014 Jack Lang"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A bomb went off downtown.",
"Many bombs were dropped on the city during the war.",
"They hid a bomb in the building.",
"countries that have the bomb",
"Verb",
"The city was heavily bombed during the war.",
"The planes flew 200 miles to bomb their target.",
"The movie bombed at the box office.",
"The play bombed on Broadway.",
"He bombed at his first performance.",
"I completely bombed my math exam.",
"A car was bombing down the highway.",
"teenagers bombing around in a convertible",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Qurayshi detonated a bomb when U.S. forces arrived, killing himself and members of his family in the complex. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The heavy machinery for blood processing, plasma freezers and centrifuges are transferred to a basement bomb shelter, a cumbersome operation that takes 10 to 12 hours. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"On Saturday, people who managed to flee Lysychansk described intensified shelling, especially over the past week, that left them unable to leave basement bomb shelters. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
"In this episode, reporter Jordan Miller describes how authorities responded to, and safely detonated, a working pipe bomb in a Raising Cane\u2019s drive-thru located in South Salt Lake on Tuesday. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Five years ago, as concertgoers were leaving an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, a suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel bomb \u2014killing 22 victims, the bomber himself, and injuring 1,017. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 10 May 2022",
"North Korea last detonated a nuclear bomb in September 2017, a few months before freezing tests of atomic devices and intercontinental ballistic missiles that could deliver a warhead to the U.S. mainland. \u2014 Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The building had a basement bomb shelter, and some survivors did emerge from the rubble after the attack. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The building had a basement bomb shelter, and some survivors did emerge from the rubble after the attack. \u2014 Nebi Qena And Andrea Rosa, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Reports of new guerrilla attacks come in daily \u2014 a trash can bomb exploded near the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Melitopol on Sunday, for example, injuring four, separatist officials said. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"As Russian forces bomb civilian targets in Ukraine \u2014 including, horrifically, a maternity hospital in an attack that killed three this week and injured 17 others \u2014 the truth is too ugly. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"And there was an air battle over Taiwan, where American aircraft flying from the Philippines came in and engaged in combat with Chinese aircrafts that were trying to bomb Taiwan. \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"As the 20th century went on, racists would bomb Black churches, terrorize civil rights activists, lynch and otherwise murder countless Black people, and assassinate one of America\u2019s most influential Black leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"The Allies betrayed her by declining to bomb the railway lines to Auschwitz. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb . \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 10 Apr. 2022",
"That compelled him to ask the Ukrainian military to bomb the property. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But Wells said that some humanitarian routes opened in Ukraine had to quickly be closed or not used at all because Russian forces allegedly continued to bomb the passages despite both sides agreeing to a ceasefire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1688, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Spanish or Italian bomba or French bombe, all probably in part from an onomatopoeic base bomb- (as in Greek b\u00f3mbos \"booming, humming,\" Old Norse bumba \"drum,\" Lithuanian bamb\u0117ti \"to mutter, mumble,\" Albanian bumbullin \"it is thundering\"), in part back-formation from Medieval Latin bombardus or Middle French bombarde bombard entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of bomb entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115828",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bomb release line":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the point on the ground ahead of the target over which an aircraft must release its bombs to get a hit on the target":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220400",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bomb run":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the portion of a bomber's attack during which the actual sighting for and release of bombs occurs and which is flown usually straight and level so that the bombardier's computations may be accurate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204708",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bomb scare":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035955",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombachas":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": loose baggy trousers gathered tightly at the ankle and worn especially in Argentina and Uruguay for riding and outdoor work"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from American Spanish (Argentina) bombachas, bombachos , from Spanish bomba \"pump, bomb\" (hence something puffy or globular) + -acho, -acha , augmentative and pejorative suffix"
],
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259m\u02c8b\u00e4ch\u0259z",
"b\u014dm\u02c8-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124739",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bombacopsis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a genus of large trees (family Bombacaceae) with capsular fruits that burst when dry or release a soft brown wool surrounding the small brown seeds",
": any tree of the genus Bombacopsis"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from New Latin, from Bombac-, Bombax bombax + -opsis -opsis",
"Note: Genus name introduced by the Swiss-born Latin-American botanist Henri Fran\u00e7ois Pittier (1857-1950) in \"New or Noteworthy Plants from Colombia and Central America\u20145,\" Contributions from the United States National Herbarium , vol. 18, part 4 (1916), pp. 159-61."
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4mb\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4ps\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075441",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombaje palm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": jipijapa":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese bombaje":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014dm\u02c8b\u00e4zh\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232917",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones":[],
": to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)":[],
": to attack especially with artillery or bombers":[],
": to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The navy bombarded the shore.",
"Scientists bombarded the sample with X-rays.",
"The car was bombarded by rocks as it drove away from the angry crowd.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"My best advice is to bombard them with joy and power and freedom and jubilation and celebration. \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Next, multiple lasers bombard the strontium atoms with photons and magnetic fields that slow atom momentum to a near motionless state, lowering the atom\u2019s temperatures to about one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Russia continues to bombard the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The war in Ukraine has wracked the country\u2019s southern coast as Russian forces fire cruise missiles at the city of Odesa and bombard a steel mill in the port of Mariupol housing Ukrainian civilians and fighters. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Zelenskyy has previously warned that negotiations could crumble if Russia continues to aggressively bombard civilians trapped inside Mariupol. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The prisoners had to assemble the V2 rockets developed by Wernher von Braun, which were used to bombard London and Antwerp in 1944. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This steady feedback is not to bombard employees, but to demystify the promotion process. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As the Russian ground advance hit snags, its efforts to bombard Ukrainian cities appear to be intensifying. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bombard, bumbard, borrowed from Middle French bombarde, probably from an onomatopoeic base bomb- + -arde -ard \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
"earlier, \"to fire a large cannon,\" borrowed from Middle French bombarder, verbal derivative of bombarde bombard entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u00e4rd",
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccb\u00e4rd",
"also b\u0259m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bombard Verb attack , assail , assault , bombard , storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle. plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots. assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught. commandos assaulted the building from all sides bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells. bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position. preparing to storm the fortress",
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055026",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bombardier":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bomber-crew member who releases the bombs":[],
": a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery":[],
": artilleryman":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For director John Milius, Johnson portrayed a bombardier in Flight of the Intruder (1991) as well as Henry Nash, one of men under the command of Teddy Roosevelt, in the 1997 TNT miniseries Rough Riders, starring Tom Berenger. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"McMackin was a 26-year-old bombardier on a B-24 Liberator that participated in Operation Tidal Wave on Aug. 1, 1943. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Dad played football as a freshman in the fall of 1942, served two years as a bombardier on a B-17, and then returned to play three more years of football, meet my mother and finally graduate in 1948. \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 3 Jan. 2021",
"Cindy\u2019s father Jim Hensley, a WWII bombardier , had introduced his daughter, barely out of grad school, to Capt. \u2014 Town & Country , 21 Oct. 2020",
"As part of the 10-man crew, Granat, the bombardier , and Parker, the navigator, would lead 41 aircraft from the 491st Bombardment Group on a difficult re-supply mission over German-occupied Holland. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2020",
"The bombardier applied a tourniquet and shot him with morphine but the leg could not be saved; it was amputated the next day. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Christopher Abbott also secured a nomination for his portrayal of a bombardier desperate to complete his missions in the waning days of the war. \u2014 Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Shrapnel peppered his aircraft, fatally injuring the bombardier and nearly severing the navigator\u2019s leg. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French, \"one in charge of a bombard,\" from bombarde bombard entry 1 + -ier -eer":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-b\u0259r-",
"\u02ccb\u00e4m-b\u0259-\u02c8dir"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171022",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombardier beetle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": any of numerous carabid beetles of Brachinus or related genera that when disturbed discharge audibly a pungent and corrosive vapor from the anal glands"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123422",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombardment":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones":[],
": to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)":[],
": to attack especially with artillery or bombers":[],
": to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The navy bombarded the shore.",
"Scientists bombarded the sample with X-rays.",
"The car was bombarded by rocks as it drove away from the angry crowd.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"My best advice is to bombard them with joy and power and freedom and jubilation and celebration. \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Next, multiple lasers bombard the strontium atoms with photons and magnetic fields that slow atom momentum to a near motionless state, lowering the atom\u2019s temperatures to about one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Russia continues to bombard the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The war in Ukraine has wracked the country\u2019s southern coast as Russian forces fire cruise missiles at the city of Odesa and bombard a steel mill in the port of Mariupol housing Ukrainian civilians and fighters. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Zelenskyy has previously warned that negotiations could crumble if Russia continues to aggressively bombard civilians trapped inside Mariupol. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The prisoners had to assemble the V2 rockets developed by Wernher von Braun, which were used to bombard London and Antwerp in 1944. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This steady feedback is not to bombard employees, but to demystify the promotion process. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"As the Russian ground advance hit snags, its efforts to bombard Ukrainian cities appear to be intensifying. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bombard, bumbard, borrowed from Middle French bombarde, probably from an onomatopoeic base bomb- + -arde -ard \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
"earlier, \"to fire a large cannon,\" borrowed from Middle French bombarder, verbal derivative of bombarde bombard entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u00e4rd",
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccb\u00e4rd",
"also b\u0259m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bombard Verb attack , assail , assault , bombard , storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle. plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots. assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught. commandos assaulted the building from all sides bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells. bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position. preparing to storm the fortress",
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234625",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bombardo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bombardon sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, alteration of bombarda bombarde":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014dm\u02c8b\u00e4r(\u02cc)d\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105456",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombast":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pretentious inflated speech or writing":[
"political bombast"
]
},
"examples":[
"the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast",
"you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Predictably, Junius criticizes him, insulted that his son has rejected his histrionic bombast for a more contemplative, naturalistic approach. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s not something that would translate into bombast or showiness or displays of virtuosity. \u2014 Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"The opera has sounded scarier and more chaotic \u2014 its blood bath met with bombast in many interpretations \u2014 but Runnicles insisted on the possibility of dramatic momentum at a more restrained scale. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"At times, the album flirts with bombast , walking right up to the edge and sometimes teetering over, which is how rock and pop records often achieve real grandeur. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"The apparent restraint on the ground stands in contrast to the bombast on Russian state television, where Moscow is described as being locked in an existential fight against the West and where the use of nuclear weapons is openly discussed. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Cunningham turned away from the stately, official bombast of the nationally important commemorative site and \u2014 pictorially, at least \u2014 got her feet wet instead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This is important, because a love of metal gives you a sophisticated relationship with bombast . \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"The bombast is a response, a defense, a pose, a stance. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"earlier, \"cotton or other material used as padding or stuffing,\" extension (with parasitic t ) of bombace, bombage, going back to Middle English bombace, borrowed from Anglo-French bomb\u00e9s, bombace, borrowed from Medieval Latin bambac-, bambax, bombax (also banbax, bonbax ) \"cotton plant, cotton fiber or wadding,\" borrowed from Middle Greek b\u00e1mbax, p\u00e1mbax, going back to a Greek stem pambak- (as in pambak\u00eds \"item of clothing, probably of cotton\"), probably borrowed from Middle Persian pambak \"cotton\" (or from an unknown source from which both words were borrowed)":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccbast"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bluster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"unrhetorical"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous , overblown":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Almost no chef contributed to the show\u2019s depiction more than cookbook author, restaurateur and bombastic host, Matty Matheson, who served as a co-producer in addition to appearing on screen. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Truly hilarious insanity, heart wrenching tragedy, and bombastic action! \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"In a short but wide-ranging interview, Ryan argued that his approach offers a stark contrast to Republicans\u2019 focus in their primary on copying Donald Trump\u2019s bombastic style. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Trump appeared to confuse Vance with Mandel, who led limited polling in the race for months and has modeled his bombastic rhetoric off the former president. \u2014 Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
"While the unveiling likely won't be as bombastic as the huge fall events last year, there's a real possibility that more (and more exciting) products will be introduced next week than at some prior spring events. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"On Sunday and Monday, he will be joined on the campaign trail by two other figures firmly in the former president\u2019s camp, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri and Charlie Kirk, the bombastic leader of the far-right Turning Point USA. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But the potential use of burner phones to help orchestrate a coup certainly outpaces even Trump\u2019s most bombastic claims about that server. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"True to form for the eccentric and bombastic Musk, the headlines didn\u2019t end there. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"bombast + -ic entry 1":""
},
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"b\u00e4m-\u02c8ba-stik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091712",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"bombed":{
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"definitions":{
": affected by alcohol or drugs : drunk , high":[]
},
"examples":[
"my handwriting gets much worse when I'm bombed",
"the pop star was clearly bombed out of her skull during the interview"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4md"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031443",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bombed-out":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": destroyed by bombing":[
"a bombed-out factory"
],
": extremely dilapidated or run-down":[
"a bombed-out inner-city neighborhood"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4md-\u02ccau\u0307t",
"-\u02c8au\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104736",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bombproof":{
"antonyms":[
"rickety",
"unsound",
"unstable",
"unsteady"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely sturdy or durable":[
"a bombproof parka",
"a bombproof horse"
],
": safe from the force of bombs":[]
},
"examples":[
"the manufacturer's bombproof powerboats can take a lot of punishment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bombproof design comes at a cost but will last for decades. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2020",
"An outdoor shed that costs less than $150 and a bombproof bike locker? \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 24 Apr. 2015",
"The bunker in Ivano-Frankivsk is not bombproof either. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The four-layer PVC material used in the bags is absolutely bombproof \u2014I\u2019ve never had any durability issues. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 3 July 2014",
"And when bad weather rolled in, the Kingdom was practically bombproof . \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 23 Mar. 2021",
"In addition to their insulating properties and reusability, most stainless steel containers are bombproof . \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 18 July 2019",
"The Eldorado marries the steep side walls of an A-frame that shed snow with the strength of a dome, and the result is a near- bombproof tent. \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Prewar buildings can be nearly bombproof , but their cast-iron sewers are full of corrosion, their brass plumbing brittle and cracked. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccpr\u00fcf"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"sound",
"stable",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190720",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bombshell":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a person who is the cause and object of sensational and usually widespread attention, excitement, or attraction":[
"a blonde bombshell [=a glamorously attractive blonde woman]"
],
": bomb sense 1a":[],
": one that is stunning, amazing, or devastating":[
"The book was a political bombshell ."
]
},
"examples":[
"discovering that I had a long-lost sister was an absolute bombshell",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over the past few months, Anne Hathaway has returned to the spotlight with a series of high-profile roles (and some seriously impressive bombshell style along the way). \u2014 Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"Netflix released the first teaser on June 16, giving us the first official look of de Armas as the iconic Hollywood bombshell . \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 17 June 2022",
"Though investors and economists were ultimately expecting such an increase, that didn't make the hike \u2014 the central bank's largest since 1994 \u2014 any less of a bombshell . \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 17 June 2022",
"But when the two did come together for their bombshell mother-daughter photoshoot, the influencer remembers her mom's vivacious personality on-set. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"And the Daily Beast reports on yet another bombshell on Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
"See more reactions to the latest Bey bombshell below. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"For decades, countless Angelenos wondered about the identity of the mysterious blonde bombshell who appeared on hundreds of billboards across town beginning in the mid \u201980s, most bearing little but her pseudonym: Angelyne. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"After the Hallie telenovela-worthy bombshell , Buhle says that Hunter can no longer hurt her, that the worst is behind her. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccshel"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"jar",
"jaw-dropper",
"jolt",
"stunner",
"surprise",
"surprize"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210737",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombsight":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sighting device for aiming bombs":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kermit Beahan, used a Norden bombsight to target the factory. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 29 July 2018",
"Wartime news reports claimed the highly complex Norden bombsight could hit a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet above. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 29 July 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141257",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon ton":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": fashionable manner or style":[],
": high society":[],
": the fashionable or proper thing":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While high fashion was the playground of the bon ton , all social classes gathered aux courses, at the races. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 28 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, good tone":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02cct\u00e4n",
"(\u02cc)b\u00e4n-\u02c8t\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071452",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon vivant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sociable person who has cultivated and refined tastes especially with respect to food and drink":[
"She has become a bon vivant since moving to the city."
]
},
"examples":[
"In addition to being a renowned travel writer, he was a bon vivant who loves to hold dinner parties and serve exquisite, elaborate meals.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sassoon\u2019s glum persona contradicts his bon vivant advantages \u2014 at least that\u2019s what Davies makes of Sassoon\u2019s lifelong pessimism. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 3 June 2022",
"McGrath was a unique figure in mid-century popular culture \u2014 a rags-to-riches bon vivant who entered the music business when Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun decided to give him his own label, Clean Records. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"Several current and former Caroline Church parishioners interviewed for this article remember Father Wancura as something of an eccentric bon vivant . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Like much of her work from the 1980s, it was dedicated to the memory of her mother, fashion designer and bon vivant Mme Willi Posey (Momma Jones, as my sister and I knew her). \u2014 Michele Wallace, Town & Country , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Many come for superb skiing or other recreation like cross-country skiing, tobogganing and winter hiking, while others simply come to slow down and enjoy the quaint yet bon vivant lifestyle amongst spectacular scenic beauty. \u2014 Spencer Elliott, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Give it to the bon vivant and forever-young spirit. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Owner and bon vivant Joy Malinowski, who has a strong personal aesthetic and a background in art, restored the property about seven years ago. \u2014 Sheri Castle, Travel + Leisure , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Keith, whose restrictive religious upbringing resulted in an aggressively foul mouth, typically holds court as the resident bon vivant . \u2014 Sean Malin, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1674, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, good liver":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u014d\u207f-v\u0113-\u02c8v\u00e4\u207f",
"\u02ccb\u00e4n-v\u0113-\u02c8v\u00e4nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"epicure",
"epicurean",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204759",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon viveur":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who likes going to parties and other social occasions and who enjoys good food, wine, etc.":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon voyage":{
"antonyms":[
"hello"
],
"definitions":{
": an expression of good wishes when someone leaves on a journey : goodbye":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
]
},
"examples":[
"The crowd waved bon voyage as the ship left the dock.",
"everyone said their bon voyages as the happy couple left on a cruise for their honeymoon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, before many of the would-be travelers could say bon voyage , new restrictions were instituted. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Brush up on a few French language phrases, and then bon voyage ! \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Here, all of our favorite luggage must-haves for a chic bon voyage . \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Later, the crew of forty guests were welcomed into Whitney Wolfe Herd\u2019s recently competed mountain home for a bon voyage pizza party to send everyone off to their next port of call. \u2014 Zachary Weiss, Vogue , 11 Feb. 2019",
"What better way to bid them bon voyage than with this elegant minimalist passport cover from Cuyana? \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
"The sight of the crippled Concordia had exerted a strange pull on the public, drawing numerous gawkers to the island of Giglio, though locals and non-voyeurs will be just as happy to bid the ship bon voyage . \u2014 Barbara Peterson, Popular Mechanics , 14 July 2014"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, good journey!":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u014d\u207f-\u02ccv\u022fi-\u02c8\u00e4zh",
"-\u02ccvw\u00e4-\u02c8y\u00e4zh",
"\u02ccb\u00e4n-",
"\u02ccb\u014d\u207f-\u02ccvw\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4zh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adieu",
"au revoir",
"ave",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"Godspeed",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003600",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon-seki":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese, from bon tray + seki stone":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)b\u00e4n\u00a6s\u0101k\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u014dn-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131926",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bona fide":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{
": made in good faith without fraud or deceit":[
"a bona fide offer to buy a farm"
],
": made with earnest intent : sincere":[
"a bona fide proposal"
],
": neither specious nor counterfeit : genuine":[
"has become a bona fide celebrity"
]
},
"examples":[
"She has established her position as a bona fide celebrity.",
"His latest record was a bona fide hit.",
"They have a bona fide claim for the loss.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Durant\u2019s decision shakes up the power rankings of the Eastern Conference, which saw the Nets oscillate between bona fide contenders and flailing underachievers in recent seasons. \u2014 Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The Sauce: Costco\u2019s store-brand marinara has a delightfully short ingredient list\u2014we\u2019re talking tomatoes, onions, carrots, basil, sea salt, and bona fide olive oil from Toscana. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"Jordan has achieved bona fide celebrity status, with pop culture magazines reporting on every development of his romance with model Lori Harvey, the daughter of comedian Steve Harvey. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"But all four of them still ended up catching the virus this January\u2014the boys\u2019 first bona fide illness. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Cruise, one of our last bona fide Movie Stars, is the one who reportedly insisted that this movie, shot back in 2019, not be released on a streaming platform. \u2014 Sara Stewart, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"By one measure, C.H.D.\u2019s reach now occasionally outstrips that of bona fide news outlets. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Formulated with boosting caffeine, this eye cream is a bona fide miracle worker. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"For any comic looking to evolve from an open mic newbie to a bona fide monster, a chance to step on stage and crush at the Sunset Boulevard venue is still the brass ring that inspires them to improve their craft. \u2014 Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1632, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, literally, in good faith":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-d\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd",
"-\u02c8f\u012b-d\u0259",
"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd, \u02c8b\u00e4-n\u0259-; \u02ccb\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-d\u0113, -\u02c8f\u012b-d\u0259",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bona fide authentic , genuine , bona fide mean being actually and exactly what is claimed. authentic implies being fully trustworthy as according with fact an authentic account of the perilous journey ; it can also stress painstaking or faithful imitation of an original. an authentic reproduction authentic Vietnamese cuisine genuine implies actual character not counterfeited, imitated, or adulterated genuine piety genuine maple syrup ; it also connotes definite origin from a source. a genuine Mark Twain autograph bona fide implies good faith and sincerity of intention. a bona fide offer for the stock",
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100428",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bond":{
"antonyms":[
"click",
"commune",
"relate"
],
"definitions":{
": a 100-proof straight whiskey aged at least four years under government supervision before being bottled":[],
": a band or cord used to tie something":[],
": a binding agreement : covenant":[
"united in the bonds of holy matrimony",
"My word is my bond ."
],
": a material (such as timber or brick) or device for binding":[],
": a uniting or binding element or force : tie":[
"the bonds of friendship"
],
": an adhesive, cementing material, or fusible ingredient that combines, unites, or strengthens":[],
": an attractive force that holds together the atoms, ions, or groups of atoms in a molecule or crystal":[
"chemical bonds"
],
": an insurance agreement pledging that one will become legally liable for financial loss caused to another by the act or default of a third person or by some contingency over which the third person may have no control":[],
": an interest-bearing certificate of public or private indebtedness":[
"money that she had invested in stocks and bonds"
],
": bond paper":[],
": bound in slavery":[],
": one who provides bail or acts as surety (see surety sense 3 )":[],
": something that binds or restrains : fetter":[
"prisoners freed from their bonds",
"the bonds of oppression"
],
": the state of goods made, stored, or transported under the care of an agency until the duties or taxes on them are paid":[
"you may leave \u2026 tobacco in bond with customs",
"\u2014 Richard Joseph"
],
": the systematic lapping (see lap entry 2 sense 4a ) of brick in a wall":[],
": to cause to adhere firmly":[
"Heat is used to bond the plastic sheets together."
],
": to convert into a debt secured by bonds (see bond entry 1 sense 5a )":[],
": to embed in a matrix (see matrix sense 3b )":[
"abrasive material bonded in a resinous binder"
],
": to form a close relationship especially through frequent association":[
"the new mother bonded with her child",
"The retreat was a great bonding experience for the team."
],
": to hold together in a molecule or crystal by chemical bonds (see bond entry 1 sense 3c )":[],
": to hold together or solidify by or as if by means of a bond (see bond entry 1 ) or binder (see binder sense 3 )":[
"The glue didn't bond to the glass."
],
": to lap (a building material, such as brick) for solidity of construction":[],
": to provide a bond (see bond entry 1 sense 5d ) for or cause to provide such a bond":[
"bond an employee"
],
": to secure payment of duties and taxes on (goods) by giving a bond (see bond entry 1 sense 5a )":[
"warehouses for bonding tobacco"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a daughter's bond with her mother",
"Recent events have helped to strengthen the bonds between our two countries.",
"My roommate and I share a common bond because we both grew up in the Midwest.",
"She has invested most of her money in stocks and bonds .",
"Verb",
"Heat was used to bond the sheets of plastic together.",
"The poster was bonded to the wall with glue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"David Mandujano Silvas is being held without bond and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday for an arraignment. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Harris has been held without bond since his arrest in September 2020 on child pornography charges. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"He was taken into custody Sunday and is being held without bond in the Montgomery County Detention Center. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Pearson is being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 21 June 2022",
"Now, his good friend Young Thug and members of Thug\u2019s Young Stoner Life records are being held without bond in a Fulton County jail off an indictment that relies heavily on their rap lyrics \u2014 lyrics not dissimilar to 21 Savage\u2019s own. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"Non-essential federal, state and city government offices will be closed, along with banks, schools, stock and bond markets, and post offices. \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 19 June 2022",
"She was released from jail Friday after being held without bond since her arrest June 6. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"Carr said warrants were issued against Smith for capital murder of two or more persons and he's being held without bond . \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, all these things started to bond them naturally and organically. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"When support is provided, employees of all ages can bond through such activities, and more fearless elders may even be able to encourage younger employees to try something new. \u2014 Liz Kislik, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Within the structure of work, people often bond with those who are the most similar to them. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 14 May 2022",
"According to a report from the Utah Avalanche Center, snow at this site accumulated over facets (angular grains that do not bond well with other snow) from late January through early February, burying the facets about two feet below the surface. \u2014 Alan Arnette, Outside Online , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Audiences were first introduced to Charles, Oliver and Mabel as three strangers who bond over their obsession with true crime. \u2014 Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Rajiv Joseph's comedy about two men who bond through their Cleveland Cavaliers fandom. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Mar. 2022",
"They are often used in crafting projects since hot glue can bond more quickly and strongly than regular glue. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Players were able to bond early in the summer while touring the state to host youth basketball camps. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 5 Nov. 2021"
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"The alliance may seem natural to outsiders \u2014 two gulf autocrats with similar initials \u2014 but the bond papered over a historic rift. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Made of durable bond paper , each handmade sheet is 24 inches by 36 inches. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 25 Nov. 2019",
"Made of plywood, fabric trim and photographs printed on hardboard and bond paper , the gate hides diorama scenes inside its posts. \u2014 Sam Spengler, Smithsonian , 30 Mar. 2018"
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"When the sophisticate\u2019s string of pearls is mysteriously stolen en route, the mood goes from civilized sitting to human bondage in a matter of seconds. \u2014 Joe Hsieh, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"From minimal to full-on bondage , leather harnesses are an easy way to kink up any outfit, even workwear. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Rhind-Tutt will play Erasmus Wilde, the iron-handed master of Faith Plantation in Barbados, where Washington Black begins life in bondage before flying to freedom. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"Lipa went for a full hottie aesthetic, wearing a black sheer Versace bondage dress with layered gold chokers to debut the hair makeover. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The legacy of the bondage dress continues, and Dua Lipa is the latest Fashion Girl\u2122 to take up the strappy, belted crown. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The night boasted a range of memorable looks, from a show-stopping vintage Versace bondage gown sported by Dua Lipa to a ruffled and whimsical Valentino mini dress worn by the artist knows as Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner. \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Wearing vintage Versace from its famous 1992 bondage collection that hit the runway on Christy Turlington. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Dua Lipa arrived at the 2022 Grammys in Versace\u2014an ode to Donatella Versace that consisted of a strappy, leather-and-lace partially sheer dress similar to Versace's iconic 90s-era bondage dress. \u2014 Glamour , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"Polyamory \u2014 the bonding of three or more animals, instead of the conventional two \u2014 expands the numbers of parents for each offspring, increasing their survivability, and can be found in many species of waterfowl, most famously the graylag goose. \u2014 Eliot Schrefer, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Kim and Kourtney Kardashian also uploaded their own posts with only loving words for their younger sister \u2013 a gallery shared by the SKIMS founder capturing the two bonding over pizza and a duo of childhood photos shared by the Poosh founder. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"That bonding , from lifting weights, attending meetings, practicing in 100-degree heat and competing in strenuous situations, is unique. \u2014 Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"The like-minded inside the convention mingled amicably, their gun-talk bonding interrupted only by the angry, sometimes obscene chants emanating from across the Avenida De Las Americas, and by journalists asking for their reactions. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Emma Bunton and Mel B are both big fans of Netflix\u2018s social experiment/reality competition in which contestants build online personas for bonding and backstabbing one another without meeting face to face. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Breastfeeding provides crucial nutrients for babies, and the process itself is an opportunity for important mother-child bonding . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Research shows babies continue to benefit from being home with a parent for the first half year \u2014 for bonding ; increasing immunization and breastfeeding rates; and decreasing hospitalizations from infectious diseases. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Oct. 2021",
"These early days, post-placement, are some of the most memorable and important for bonding , no matter how a child arrives into a parent\u2019s life. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The man met with an unknown person claiming to be a bail bondsman and gave him $9,500. \u2014 Staff, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Dennis Thompson, a bail bondsman and longtime Monroe County resident, spent time in the jail\u2019s booking area chatting with the deputies and the inmates. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Jean played along, eventually inviting an apparent bail bondsman to pick up the cash from her house. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Every part of this film is funny, such as the team jerseys being sponsored by a bail bondsman . \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"More than four months before the shooting, a bail bondsman in Mississippi reached out to the FBI after seeing something disturbing online. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The bondsman who paid, Darrius Handy of Bryce's Bail Bonds, said the bail set for Udell is pretty standard, considering what he was charged with. \u2014 Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online , 22 Feb. 2022",
"An Athens judge should publicly apologize to a bail bondsman for detaining him in courthouse chambers and berating him for posts on social media, the state\u2019s judicial watchdog agency is recommending. \u2014 Bill Rankin, ajc , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Celebrity New York City bail bondsman Ira Judelson \u2014 who has worked with everyone from Conor McGregor to Harvey Weinstein \u2014 is accustomed to crime and mayhem. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 4 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The new rule adds a 30-mph side impact test, also known as a T- bone crash, to the list. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"The duration of the studies was in months -- quite short, as two years is often needed to see benefits in the bone , which changes slowly. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Along with the restaurant's 32-ounce bone -in beef ribeye steak, Mechura introduced a bison tenderloin and a 3.5-inch, 64-ounce porterhouse, big enough to feed four adults. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Veal marsala takes the Italian standard a step further with a rustic, long- bone chop with character from the grill. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"This easy variation highlights the aromatic flavor of soy sauce, garlic and ginger, a combination that seeps into bone -in, skin-on fish. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"CIty Barbeque also serves pulled pork and chicken, ribs, turkey, sausage and bone -in chicken; appetizers, sides, salads, desserts and vegetarian options. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Famous examples include the bone -to-satellite match cut in 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"That said, the fall-off-the- bone barbecue ribs at Seakers Food Court is worth the walk \u2013 even a swim \u2013 over from the boat. \u2014 Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As to roasting, Don likes to bone out the chicken or spatchcock it by removing the backbone, before seasoning and rubbing with olive oil and roasting in the oven at 300 degrees for up to three hours. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s the champion of the all-around: agile enough to make delicate work of veggies and sturdy enough to bone a chicken. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Nov. 2020",
"But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it. \u2014 Will Coviello, NOLA.com , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Whether slicing a tomato or peach for a summertime main dish salad, mincing garlic, or boning fish, there is a perfect knife for the job. \u2014 Patricia S York, Southern Living , 20 May 2020",
"To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de- boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity. \u2014 Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T- boned his at an intersection. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Place wings bone side down on grill and grill covered 10 min. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Halfway through the drive, Olomola was T- boned by another automobile. \u2014 Nick Givas, Fox News , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"The air is bone dry.",
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"The new rule adds a 30-mph side impact test, also known as a T- bone crash, to the list. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"The duration of the studies was in months -- quite short, as two years is often needed to see benefits in the bone , which changes slowly. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Along with the restaurant's 32-ounce bone -in beef ribeye steak, Mechura introduced a bison tenderloin and a 3.5-inch, 64-ounce porterhouse, big enough to feed four adults. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Veal marsala takes the Italian standard a step further with a rustic, long- bone chop with character from the grill. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"This easy variation highlights the aromatic flavor of soy sauce, garlic and ginger, a combination that seeps into bone -in, skin-on fish. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"CIty Barbeque also serves pulled pork and chicken, ribs, turkey, sausage and bone -in chicken; appetizers, sides, salads, desserts and vegetarian options. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Famous examples include the bone -to-satellite match cut in 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"That said, the fall-off-the- bone barbecue ribs at Seakers Food Court is worth the walk \u2013 even a swim \u2013 over from the boat. \u2014 Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As to roasting, Don likes to bone out the chicken or spatchcock it by removing the backbone, before seasoning and rubbing with olive oil and roasting in the oven at 300 degrees for up to three hours. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s the champion of the all-around: agile enough to make delicate work of veggies and sturdy enough to bone a chicken. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Nov. 2020",
"But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it. \u2014 Will Coviello, NOLA.com , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Whether slicing a tomato or peach for a summertime main dish salad, mincing garlic, or boning fish, there is a perfect knife for the job. \u2014 Patricia S York, Southern Living , 20 May 2020",
"To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de- boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity. \u2014 Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T- boned his at an intersection. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Place wings bone side down on grill and grill covered 10 min. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Halfway through the drive, Olomola was T- boned by another automobile. \u2014 Nick Givas, Fox News , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"Colts career, the quarterback has admittedly had a few bonehead moments, but from an overall perspective, Wentz is taking care of the football better than most of the quarterbacks in the NFL. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The context is his two bonehead interceptions put the day in a sinkhole. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2021",
"No doubt the front office has made many mistakes, and the coaches have made enough bonehead moves to anger veteran players. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Fan incidents in Salt Lake City, New York and Philadelphia have preceded the water-throwing bonehead at the Garden and fan conduct is becoming a growing issue for players and the NBA. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2021",
"After scoring 0 against the Pelicans, Joe Ingles was brilliant offensively for 16 points against the Sixers, save for one bonehead turnover in the fourth and subsequent and-one foul. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Mar. 2021",
"So, Jenny and Ken are boneheads and still think Fox is Jamie Foxx, because clearly in their world an Oscar-winning zillionaire needs to grovel for minor coins on this trash. \u2014 Robbie Daw, Billboard , 19 Dec. 2019",
"For Pete\u2019s sake, what are these boneheads doing at practice? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2019",
"The veteran gunner was a crucial member of Cleveland\u2019s 2016 title squad, but his bonehead error in Game 1 of the 2018 Finals ranks among the worst blunders in league history. \u2014 Michael Shapiro, SI.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
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"Yours truly made the bonehead decision to fly to New York for Game 1 of that series the day after our post-marathon-bombing, shelter-in-place Friday. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2021",
"Bonehead volunteers, neverending work, and the smell of decaying fruit that lingers still beneath my nose. \u2014 Leighshulman, Longreads , 8 Aug. 2017",
"If new Broncos coach Vance Joseph can prevent Talib from making more bonehead moves on or off the field in the next 12 months, Joseph will deserve coach of the year honors for that achievement alone. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 14 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Colts career, the quarterback has admittedly had a few bonehead moments, but from an overall perspective, Wentz is taking care of the football better than most of the quarterbacks in the NFL. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The context is his two bonehead interceptions put the day in a sinkhole. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2021",
"No doubt the front office has made many mistakes, and the coaches have made enough bonehead moves to anger veteran players. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Fan incidents in Salt Lake City, New York and Philadelphia have preceded the water-throwing bonehead at the Garden and fan conduct is becoming a growing issue for players and the NBA. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2021",
"After scoring 0 against the Pelicans, Joe Ingles was brilliant offensively for 16 points against the Sixers, save for one bonehead turnover in the fourth and subsequent and-one foul. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Mar. 2021",
"So, Jenny and Ken are boneheads and still think Fox is Jamie Foxx, because clearly in their world an Oscar-winning zillionaire needs to grovel for minor coins on this trash. \u2014 Robbie Daw, Billboard , 19 Dec. 2019",
"For Pete\u2019s sake, what are these boneheads doing at practice? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2019",
"The veteran gunner was a crucial member of Cleveland\u2019s 2016 title squad, but his bonehead error in Game 1 of the 2018 Finals ranks among the worst blunders in league history. \u2014 Michael Shapiro, SI.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
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"Bonehead volunteers, neverending work, and the smell of decaying fruit that lingers still beneath my nose. \u2014 Leighshulman, Longreads , 8 Aug. 2017",
"If new Broncos coach Vance Joseph can prevent Talib from making more bonehead moves on or off the field in the next 12 months, Joseph will deserve coach of the year honors for that achievement alone. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 14 Jan. 2017"
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"Colts career, the quarterback has admittedly had a few bonehead moments, but from an overall perspective, Wentz is taking care of the football better than most of the quarterbacks in the NFL. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The context is his two bonehead interceptions put the day in a sinkhole. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Oct. 2021",
"No doubt the front office has made many mistakes, and the coaches have made enough bonehead moves to anger veteran players. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Fan incidents in Salt Lake City, New York and Philadelphia have preceded the water-throwing bonehead at the Garden and fan conduct is becoming a growing issue for players and the NBA. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2021",
"After scoring 0 against the Pelicans, Joe Ingles was brilliant offensively for 16 points against the Sixers, save for one bonehead turnover in the fourth and subsequent and-one foul. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Mar. 2021",
"So, Jenny and Ken are boneheads and still think Fox is Jamie Foxx, because clearly in their world an Oscar-winning zillionaire needs to grovel for minor coins on this trash. \u2014 Robbie Daw, Billboard , 19 Dec. 2019",
"For Pete\u2019s sake, what are these boneheads doing at practice? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2019",
"The veteran gunner was a crucial member of Cleveland\u2019s 2016 title squad, but his bonehead error in Game 1 of the 2018 Finals ranks among the worst blunders in league history. \u2014 Michael Shapiro, SI.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
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"Bonehead volunteers, neverending work, and the smell of decaying fruit that lingers still beneath my nose. \u2014 Leighshulman, Longreads , 8 Aug. 2017",
"If new Broncos coach Vance Joseph can prevent Talib from making more bonehead moves on or off the field in the next 12 months, Joseph will deserve coach of the year honors for that achievement alone. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 14 Jan. 2017"
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"\u2014 John Hersey"
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": the most deeply ingrained part : heart":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural knew in his bones that it was wrong"
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"Noun",
"He broke a bone in his left arm.",
"The leg bone is connected to the knee bone .",
"We are all made of flesh and bone .",
"The handle of the knife is made from bone .",
"Adverb",
"The air is bone dry.",
"grew up in a backwoods area that was bone poor",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The new rule adds a 30-mph side impact test, also known as a T- bone crash, to the list. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
"The duration of the studies was in months -- quite short, as two years is often needed to see benefits in the bone , which changes slowly. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Along with the restaurant's 32-ounce bone -in beef ribeye steak, Mechura introduced a bison tenderloin and a 3.5-inch, 64-ounce porterhouse, big enough to feed four adults. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Veal marsala takes the Italian standard a step further with a rustic, long- bone chop with character from the grill. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"This easy variation highlights the aromatic flavor of soy sauce, garlic and ginger, a combination that seeps into bone -in, skin-on fish. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"CIty Barbeque also serves pulled pork and chicken, ribs, turkey, sausage and bone -in chicken; appetizers, sides, salads, desserts and vegetarian options. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"Famous examples include the bone -to-satellite match cut in 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"That said, the fall-off-the- bone barbecue ribs at Seakers Food Court is worth the walk \u2013 even a swim \u2013 over from the boat. \u2014 Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As to roasting, Don likes to bone out the chicken or spatchcock it by removing the backbone, before seasoning and rubbing with olive oil and roasting in the oven at 300 degrees for up to three hours. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"It\u2019s the champion of the all-around: agile enough to make delicate work of veggies and sturdy enough to bone a chicken. \u2014 Amiel Stanek, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Nov. 2020",
"But for the rest of the carcass, here in Louisiana, people like to bone it out and grind it. \u2014 Will Coviello, NOLA.com , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Whether slicing a tomato or peach for a summertime main dish salad, mincing garlic, or boning fish, there is a perfect knife for the job. \u2014 Patricia S York, Southern Living , 20 May 2020",
"To ensure the essential supply of chicken for Canadians across the country, the poultry industry as a whole is shifting away from de- boning chicken legs to increase their production capacity. \u2014 Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T- boned his at an intersection. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Place wings bone side down on grill and grill covered 10 min. \u2014 The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Halfway through the drive, Olomola was T- boned by another automobile. \u2014 Nick Givas, Fox News , 14 Feb. 2020"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1825, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
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"Middle English bon, going back to Old English b\u0101n, going back to Germanic *baina- (whence also Old Frisian & Old Saxon b\u0113n \"bone,\" Old High German bein \"bone, leg,\" Old Norse bein \"bone\" and probably beinn \"straight\"), perhaps going back to Indo-European *b h oi\u032fH-n-o-, a derivative of a verbal base *b h ei\u032fH- \"strike, hew,\" whence, with varying suffixation, Old Irish benaid \"(s/he) hews, cuts,\" rob\u00edth \"(it) has been struck,\" Middle Breton benaff \"(I) cut,\" Latin perfin\u0113s (glossed by the Roman grammarian Festus as perfring\u0101s \"you should break\") and probably Old Church Slavic bij\u01eb, biti \"to hit\"":"Noun",
"derivative of bone entry 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u014dn"
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"affinity",
"aptitude",
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"bias",
"devices",
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"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
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"leaning",
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"biographical name",
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"verb"
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"so called from its ivory color and hardness":""
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"noun"
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"corpulent",
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"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
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"a rugged bony face"
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": skinny , scrawny":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bony piece of fish",
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One particularly exciting aspect of the Wyoming fossil is a bony protuberance over its eye sockets, which is not a feature seen in nocturnal birds. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"The bony giant, which retailed for $300, turned heads for its extravagant physique this past Halloween. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Echinoderms lie just outside the vertebrate family tree and are probably the closest non- bony relatives of animals with backbones. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Its bony external plates, or scutes, were scattered in and around the barrel in which crew members had stored their bounty. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2020",
"When looking at your own ankle, it\u2019s that rounded bony protrusion that sticks out a little bit above your shoe. \u2014 Colin Hoobler, oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2020",
"To find the bony shards of antiquity, Sharpe and colleagues suspended soil samples from their excavations in water. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2020",
"Trout in bony rivers are wary, so stealthy wading and presentations are key. \u2014 Tom Keer, Field & Stream , 31 July 2020",
"Ear buds sit in the outer, soft part of the canal, and some also go slightly into the bony part. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0113"
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"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
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"adjective"
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": a place where worn-out or damaged objects (such as cars) are collected to await disposal":[],
": cemetery":[]
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"a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Terri Nunn walking through a fighter jet boneyard with her own music video that\u2019s already racked up over 17 million views ... before anyone has even seen the movie. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Over the past decade a team from Ege University in Izmir has drilled 500 holes deep into Troad soil in a futile search for a large boneyard . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The pink and green Watson's Flowers sign is among the crown jewels of the neon boneyard . \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Aug. 2021",
"The other, 26-year-old G-CIVB, took the even shorter trip to an aircraft boneyard at Kemble in England\u2019s Cotswold hills, though won\u2019t immediately be broken up. \u2014 Siddharth Vikram Philip, Bloomberg.com , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Residents include the former Mir space station, numerous uncrewed supply spacecraft, and\u2014almost\u2014the first Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, which crashed into the Pacific a few thousand kilometers away from the aquatic boneyard . \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 12 May 2020",
"Residents include the former Mir space station, numerous uncrewed supply spacecraft, and\u2014almost\u2014the first Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, which crashed into the Pacific a few thousand kilometers away from the aquatic boneyard . \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 12 May 2020",
"These planes are stored temporarily, but Victorville also has the longest-term parking: an airplane boneyard , which is what industry people call the airplane equivalent of an automotive junkyard. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dn-\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
],
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"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"graveyard",
"memorial park",
"necropolis",
"potter's field"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104538",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a large fire built in the open air":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The festival is typically attended by thousands of hikers and supporters and includes a hiker talent show, a parade with a marching band, a bonfire , drumming, and plenty of dancing. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 27 Mar. 2022",
"In Gujarat, the state on India\u2019s west coast where my family is from, the two-day festival my parents grew up celebrating consists of lighting a bonfire \u2014 called Holika Dahan \u2014 on the eve of Holi, which signifies the victory of good over evil. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Summer in the south means that a bonfire or two is inevitable. \u2014 al , 23 May 2022",
"The whole family will love a private beach bonfire when the sun sets. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But some of its auroras only make an appearance when screaming winds shoot across the north pole\u2014a bit like a gust of air stirring up a cosmic bonfire . \u2014 Robin Andrews, Wired , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Students started a bonfire near the edge of campus where dozens of highway patrolmen and members of the National Guard, called in by then Gov. Robert McNair armed with rifles stood watch, according to Bass and Nelson. \u2014 Jade Lawson, ABC News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The Sunday evening after the election, Lynlee Thorne hosted a bonfire on her farm in the Shenandoah Valley. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Volunteers will be clearing brush and building a bonfire at the 100-acre Illinois nature preserve and after will dine on chili and shared leftover holiday cookies and other treats. \u2014 Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com , 6 Jan. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02ccf\u012br"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062920",
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"noun"
]
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": a simple water pipe consisting of a bottle or vertical tube partially filled with a liquid (such as water or liqueur) and a smaller offset tube ending in a bowl":[],
": the deep resonant sound especially of a bell":[]
},
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1971, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Thai b\u0254\u0302\u0254\u014b hollow piece of wood or bamboo":"Noun",
"imitative":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4\u014b",
"\u02c8b\u022f\u014b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193203",
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"noun",
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},
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": betel palm":[]
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"Tagalog & Bisayan bunga":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d\u014b\u0259",
"\u02c8b\u022f\u014b\u0259"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031811",
"type":[
"noun"
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": a poisonous snake of India of the genus Bungarus"
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"native name in India"
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b(\u02cc)g\u00e4r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062415",
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": one of a pair of small connected drums of different sizes and pitches played with the hands":[]
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1920, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"American Spanish bong\u00f3":"Noun",
"probably from Kele (Bantu language of Gabon)":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u022f\u014b-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u014b-g\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u022f\u014b-g\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131105",
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": good-natured easy friendliness":[
"an undying bonhomie radiated from her",
"\u2014 Jean Stafford"
]
},
"examples":[
"the bonhomie of strangers singing together around a campfire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Colin Firth is uncanny as Peterson, mimicking his avuncular bonhomie , and hinting at the stormy temper and dangerous narcissism that lurks beneath it. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"When pub doors, the lifeblood of the craic that binds Irish bonhomie , shuttered for months during the initial pandemic lockdown, the seed for a new business segment was born. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The two made a point of emphasising their personal bonhomie . \u2014 Ian Hall, Quartz , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Andrew was also by now serving a vital supporting role to his beloved mother, who valued his bonhomie and sense of mischief as well as his duty. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Both Modi and Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have exuded bonhomie , memorialized by a 2015 image of the two hugging at the Facebook headquarters. \u2014 Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Both Modi and Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have exuded bonhomie , memorialized by a 2015 image of the two hugging at the Facebook headquarters. \u2014 Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Both Modi and Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have exuded bonhomie , memorialized by a 2015 image of the two hugging at the Facebook headquarters. \u2014 Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Both Modi and Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have exuded bonhomie , memorialized by a 2015 image of the two hugging at the Facebook headquarters. \u2014 Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"French bonhomie , from bonhomme good-natured man, from bon good + homme man":""
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113",
"\u02ccb\u014d-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045811",
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": hit":[
"Johnson isn't the only one who has noticed the glut of acorns this fall. Walkers are getting bonked on the head, and cars are getting pelted by the falling nuts.",
"\u2014 Lori Stabile"
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"Two hours into the ride, you encounter a sudden loss of energy that leaves you weak, dizzy and nauseated. You've hit the wall, or \" bonked .\"",
"\u2014 Sharon Cohen"
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": to have sexual intercourse with (someone)":[]
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"He bonked him on the head.",
"The golf ball bonked the hood of the car.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some might get bonked on the head by a gigantic balloon shaped like a hammer and fall behind. \u2014 Elise Favis, Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2020",
"Hibbs skied shirtless and helmet-less in a pair of tan overalls and worried at times about blowing out a knee or bonking his head. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com , 1 Mar. 2020",
"The only major injury suffered in the 1998 Civil War was to an OSU freshman student, who was bonked on the head by a tumbling goal post. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Nov. 2019",
"The women all bent their elbows upward, like cactuses, to make sure nobody got bonked . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Ideally, this would lead to a scrum of cars all jockeying for the same zone and bonking each other out of it. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 5 June 2018",
"Cars crash and characters are repeatedly bonked on the head, every brutality erupting on a canvas that\u2019s studiously devoid of affect. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, miamiherald , 14 Feb. 2018",
"Desisa bonked in the time trial and finished with a time of 2:14:10. \u2014 Chris Chavez, SI.com , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Cars crash and characters are repeatedly bonked on the head, every brutality erupting on a canvas that\u2019s studiously devoid of affect. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, miamiherald , 14 Feb. 2018"
],
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"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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},
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"\u02c8b\u022f\u014bk",
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u014bk"
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"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
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"bop",
"box",
"bust",
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"slog",
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"smite",
"sock",
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"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
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"type":[
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]
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"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
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"definitions":{
": crazy , mad : such as":[],
": having or showing severe mental illness":[
"Meanwhile, the greedy trustees of her fortune are trying to confuse her enough to have her declared bonkers so they can make their jobs permanent.",
"\u2014 Ray Olson"
],
": very angry, annoyed, or bothered":[
"Faced with the choice of being driven bonkers by their colicky newborn or inviting an outsider into their lives, Phil and Julie sanely decide to find a nanny.",
"\u2014 Booklist",
"And the internet went completely and utterly bonkers about it, with critics climbing over one another to criticize Cyrus \u2026",
"\u2014 Tom Hawking"
],
": very fond, enthusiastic, or excited":[
"She's bonkers for/about opera.",
"He's bonkers for/about her.",
"The fans went bonkers when their team won."
]
},
"examples":[
"You have to be bonkers to gamble that much.",
"I was driven bonkers by the noise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Hulu\u2019s new show from the creator of Luther is a totally bonkers melange of sci-fi scenarios, global doom, and stabbiness. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 7 Mar. 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018",
"Graffiti historian Roger Gastman\u2014who helped orchestrate MOCA\u2019s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011\u2014takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. \u2014 Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine , 21 June 2018"
],
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"perhaps from bonk + -ers (as in crackers )":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4\u014b-k\u0259rz",
"\u02c8b\u022f\u014b-"
],
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"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
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"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
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"mad",
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"wretched"
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"examples":[
"one of several inns in the Lake District offering bonny accommodations and bountiful breakfasts",
"a bonny child dressed in traditional Scottish clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the most conspicuous heralds is a bonny buttercup named the winter aconite. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English (Scots) bonie , perhaps ultimately from Anglo-French bon good, from Latin bonus \u2014 more at bounty":""
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"atrocious",
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"vile",
"wretched"
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"examples":[
"one of several inns in the Lake District offering bonny accommodations and bountiful breakfasts",
"a bonny child dressed in traditional Scottish clothing",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the most conspicuous heralds is a bonny buttercup named the winter aconite. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 4 Sep. 2019"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English (Scots) bonie , perhaps ultimately from Anglo-French bon good, from Latin bonus \u2014 more at bounty":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-n\u0113"
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"terrific",
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"top",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": good evening"
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"b\u014d\u207f-sw\u00e4r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075934",
"type":[
"French noun"
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"bonspiel":{
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": a match or tournament between curling clubs":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Maxwell just started curling in October 2018 and the Fairbanks International Bonspiel is her first bonspiel . \u2014 Danny Martin, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019",
"This year\u2019s bonspiel has the theme Cartoon Craze, and several teams are competing in costumes of cartoon characters. \u2014 Danny Martin, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019",
"These were folks who probably thought bonspiel was a craft beer and if asked the definition of hammer, sheet and house, would undoubtedly give non-curling answers. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 Feb. 2018",
"Curling also has a long tradition of opponents meeting for beers after a good, clean bonspiel (curling lingo for tournament). \u2014 Scott Cacciola, New York Times , 19 Feb. 2018",
"Currently, curlers in 38 states hold bonspiels , on both indoor and outdoor sheets, and clubs regularly welcome new players at open houses. \u2014 Gillian Hearst Simonds, Town & Country , 24 Dec. 2012"
],
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"circa 1772, in the meaning defined above":""
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"perhaps from Dutch bond league + spel game":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4n-\u02ccsp\u0113l"
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"noun"
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": burchell's zebra":[]
},
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"obsolete Afrikaans (now bontkwagga ), from bont spotted + quagga":""
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"-t\u0113-",
"\u02c8b\u00e4nt\u0259\u0307-"
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"noun"
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": a southern African antelope ( Damaliscus dorcas dorcas synonym D. pygargus ) that is now extinct except in semidomestication and is of a purplish red color with a white face and rump":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans bontebok, bontbok , from bont spotted (from Middle Dutch, probably from Medieval Latin punctus dotted) + bok male antelope, male goat, from Middle Dutch boc ; akin to Old High German boc male goat":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4nt\u0259\u0307\u02ccb\u00e4k"
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"noun"
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"As a bonus for good behavior you can stay up late.",
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"Staff members were given a bonus for finishing the project on schedule.",
"The company offered bonuses to entice new workers.",
"We receive annual bonuses at the end of the year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Place a first wager to receive either a cash win or site credit bonus . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"There will also be a bonus tour at a small property with prairie, woodlands and an ephemeral pond. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"The company is offering them a $1,420 bonus after four months. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 29 June 2022",
"For the seventh consecutive year, Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, will get a performance bonus of more than $50,000 in private funds from an affiliated nonprofit foundation. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 29 June 2022",
"Prove the excellence and value of your work, ask your clients to make introductions, and offer a generous referral bonus for any referrals that sign on. \u2014 Christopher Tompkins, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Below, unranked, the 10 best films of the year so far (plus a few bonus picks), from laundromat fantasias to basketball dramas and beyond. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
"One person confirmed the new deal is worth up to $71 million with roughly $53 million guaranteed, including a $28 million signing bonus . \u2014 Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun , 28 June 2022",
"This summer, according to information released by the University of South Alabama, participants in the study will begin a wide-scale tagging effort, and that\u2019s where the potential bonus for anglers comes in. \u2014 al , 28 June 2022"
],
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"1759, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin, literally, good \u2014 more at bounty":""
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"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0259s"
],
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"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
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"noun"
]
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": wage payment whereby a worker is paid an additional amount for accomplishing more than a specified measure of work":[]
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"noun"
]
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"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
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"a bony piece of fish"
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"a rugged bony face"
],
": resembling bone":[],
": skinny , scrawny":[]
},
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"a bony piece of fish",
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One particularly exciting aspect of the Wyoming fossil is a bony protuberance over its eye sockets, which is not a feature seen in nocturnal birds. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022",
"The bony giant, which retailed for $300, turned heads for its extravagant physique this past Halloween. \u2014 Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Echinoderms lie just outside the vertebrate family tree and are probably the closest non- bony relatives of animals with backbones. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Its bony external plates, or scutes, were scattered in and around the barrel in which crew members had stored their bounty. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2020",
"When looking at your own ankle, it\u2019s that rounded bony protrusion that sticks out a little bit above your shoe. \u2014 Colin Hoobler, oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2020",
"To find the bony shards of antiquity, Sharpe and colleagues suspended soil samples from their excavations in water. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2020",
"Trout in bony rivers are wary, so stealthy wading and presentations are key. \u2014 Tom Keer, Field & Stream , 31 July 2020",
"Ear buds sit in the outer, soft part of the canal, and some also go slightly into the bony part. \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0113"
],
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"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": arowana":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-n\u0113-\u02cct\u0259\u014b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113805",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a Buddhist monk"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"French, from Portuguese bonzo , from Japanese bons\u014d"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4nz"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-033357",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": first-rate , excellent":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of bonanza":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4n(d)z\u0259(r)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040451",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"cheer"
],
"definitions":{
": a romantic partner : sweetheart , honey":[
"Your parents might keep a sharp eye on potential partners and your besties may lay down difficult \"friend tests,\" but only one real opinion on your new boo truly matters: what your dog thinks of them.",
"\u2014 Jaime Lees",
"This has left me skeptical of all new relationships\u2014including my new boo .",
"\u2014 Griffin Wynne"
],
": a shout of disapproval or contempt":[],
": any utterance at all":[
"\u2014 usually used in negative constructions never said boo"
],
": to deride especially by uttering a prolonged boo":[],
": to express disapproval of by booing":[
"the crowd booed the referee"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"A chorus of boos was heard after the shot missed the goal.",
"The announcement was greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers.",
"Verb",
"Many people in the crowd booed when the announcement was made.",
"Many people in the crowd booed the announcement, but a few people cheered it.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection",
"C\u2019mon, when the day began the Dodgers were in third place in the standings, but led the league in pitching and led all of baseball in run differential and \u2026 boo ! \u2014 Bill Plaschke, latimes.com , 25 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The gown was elegantly sexed up with waist-hugging draping, a peek-a- boo cutout at the neckline, and (of course) a sky-high leg slit. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 10 June 2022",
"Tepera then walked Teoscar Hernandez, tying the score at 9 and setting off a raucous boo from the crowd. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"At the end of the lane, a peek-a- boo glass bubble showcases the powerful waves crashing against the rocks below as reminder of one\u2019s thrilling aerial position. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Aside from reprising the iconic peek-a- boo lingerie look, Lipa showed us that she's been having a blast exploring the great outdoors with a gallery showing off Ireland's gorgeous countryside. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His pitch \u2014 wide and short of the plate \u2014 drew a boo or two from the fans in the stands. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Reveal and Conceal Play peek-a- boo by pairing an unbuttoned blouse with your favorite swim top. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"And Australian label Peony sells a green gingham sundress with a peek-a- boo cutout at the midsection. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Coral Pink Sand Dunes is just a minutes-drive away, not to mention Red Canyon, or Peek-a- boo Slot, and Gooseberry Mesa. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In other words, the teams didn\u2019t give their fan bases anything to boo about. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After the comment was made, attendees in the chambers began to boo and groan at the comment, as Biden paused for a brief moment and continued his address. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2022",
"As the building began to buzz, driven by Duke fans who stuck around to boo MSU and root on Davidson, Bingham checked back in. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Introduced to the Madison Square Garden crowd by Kris Kristofferson, O\u2019Connor would soon be comforted by him when the crowd \u2014 or at least a vocal portion of it \u2014 tried to boo her offstage. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Mets players, led by former Cub Javier B\u00e1ez, became the first athletes to boo their fans, using a thumbs-down gesture to show their displeasure. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Knicks fans would love another chance to boo Young in the teams' first meeting at MSG since last season's playoffs, when Young emerged as a New York villain and the Hawks eliminated the Knicks in the opening round. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The entire team spent the week rushing to clear Ball's name, fearing that the audience might boo her during the show's Friday night live taping. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Fans, for the most part, have stopped going to the games and the ones that do go, seem to boo or wear a paper bag on their head. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 5 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1639, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
"1833, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1988, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"derivative of boo entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of boo entry 2":"Verb",
"expressive formation; the voiced labial release and high vowel presumably heighten the suddenness of the utterance":"Interjection",
"of uncertain origin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bird",
"Bronx cheer",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz",
"snort"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211815",
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boo-boo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a usually trivial injury (such as a bruise or scratch)":[
"\u2014 used especially by or of a child"
],
": mistake , blunder":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably baby-talk alteration of boohoo , imitation of the sound of weeping":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065519",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boo-hoo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to weep loudly and with sobs":[
"\u2026 even the impeccable Lord Jeffrey, editor of the Edinburgh Review , confessed to having cried\u2014blubbered, boohooed , snuffled, and sighed\u2014over the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop .",
"\u2014 Tom Wolfe",
"Joey kept boo-hooing like a real idiot.",
"\u2014 Christopher Paul Curtis",
"\u2014 often used as an interjection especially in mocking imitation of another's tears, complaints, unhappiness, etc. Before she finished her question, one twin and then the other began to cry. \" Boohoo , boohoo ,\" Ernie mocked. \"I'm not staying with crybabies.\" \u2014 Nancy Smiler Levinson He said as long as I was being so pure, why not give her the real scoop on her old man? I said because it would crush her. Boo hoo , he said. \u2014 George Saunders"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u02cch\u00fc",
"b\u00fc-\u02c8h\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095830",
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,",
"verb"
]
},
"boob":{
"antonyms":[
"blunder",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"definitions":{
": a stupid awkward person : simpleton":[],
": boor , philistine":[
"compared to the civilized and educated European, the American seemed a boob",
"\u2014 J. T. Farrell"
],
": breast":[],
": goof sense 2":[
"realised that he had boobed by paying too much"
],
": mistake , blunder":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1959, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for booby entry 1":"Noun , Noun , and Verb",
"short for booby entry 2":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcb"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And a booby prize awaits for whichever team happens to finish second: a possible date with England in London in the round of 16. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 22 June 2021",
"Right now, that seems like more a booby prize than a reward. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Mar. 2021",
"The fact that a currently underemployed Democrat who was at 0 to 1 percent in the polls is now treating a chance to serve in the most elite legislative body in the country as a massive booby prize is a remarkable statement about the institution. \u2014 Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 16 Aug. 2019",
"The booby prize for whichever team scrapes together to finish as Group D\u2019s runner-up is a likely round-of-16 matchup with France. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 24 June 2018",
"The similarly unusual F Cinemascore is often a sign of misleading marketing\u2014like audiences expecting mother!, the most recent honoree of that booby prize , to be a straightforward horror film. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"Someone had rigged a booby trap that blew up the car when the engine was started.",
"We set a booby trap by balancing a bucket of water on top of the door so that it would fall on him when he came in.",
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"One booby trap was recovered in a building across the street, designed to blow when the electricity was switched back on, but Rhyzenko\u2019s home appeared to be safe based on the expert\u2019s search. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The soldiers passed a Russian military identification document, fluttering in the wind on the lawn of a house, but did not touch it to check the name, fearing a booby trap . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It was thought their digging had triggered a booby trap . \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2021",
"The gunman in that attack, which killed 12, attempted to booby trap his home before the shooting. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 28 May 2021",
"Flooding of the Money Pit, which the legend claims to be evidence of a booby trap , occurs naturally on that part of Oak Island due to the influx of fresh water from sands of the island\u2019s subsurface. \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2021",
"Ronald Cyr, age 65, a most distrustful chap, Determined to defend his home, devised a booby trap . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2020",
"The booby trap was placed on the sidewalk of a Southwest Austin neighborhood and those injured were young white males. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Stranger said that during the initial search of the property, one of the deputies stepped on a board with nails sticking up from it \u2014 which Stranger said had been placed as a booby trap . \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Oct. 2020"
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"Someone had rigged a booby trap that blew up the car when the engine was started.",
"We set a booby trap by balancing a bucket of water on top of the door so that it would fall on him when he came in.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One booby trap was recovered in a building across the street, designed to blow when the electricity was switched back on, but Rhyzenko\u2019s home appeared to be safe based on the expert\u2019s search. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The soldiers passed a Russian military identification document, fluttering in the wind on the lawn of a house, but did not touch it to check the name, fearing a booby trap . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It was thought their digging had triggered a booby trap . \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2021",
"The gunman in that attack, which killed 12, attempted to booby trap his home before the shooting. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 28 May 2021",
"Flooding of the Money Pit, which the legend claims to be evidence of a booby trap , occurs naturally on that part of Oak Island due to the influx of fresh water from sands of the island\u2019s subsurface. \u2014 Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2021",
"Ronald Cyr, age 65, a most distrustful chap, Determined to defend his home, devised a booby trap . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2020",
"The booby trap was placed on the sidewalk of a Southwest Austin neighborhood and those injured were young white males. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Stranger said that during the initial search of the property, one of the deputies stepped on a board with nails sticking up from it \u2014 which Stranger said had been placed as a booby trap . \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Oct. 2020"
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"a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To the extent that the effects are felt on those individuals\u2019 bank accounts, these actors can typically find ways to navigate around the harshest of punishments and keep the boodle flowing. \u2014 Blaise Malley, The New Republic , 17 Nov. 2021",
"His boodle took him to a pole barn on the edges of town, where his brother Ray was having a wedding reception. \u2014 John Carlisle, Freep.com , 21 Aug. 2020",
"Laura Marston, a 38-year-old Type 1 diabetic, does not want to see the ADA get a dime of bailout boodle . \u2014 Audrey Farley, The New Republic , 14 May 2020",
"But instead of plopping his funds in Manhattan high-rises or Miami beach-fronts, Kolomoisky\u2019s network tried a different tack, opting to stuff his boodle in metallurgy plants across the Rust Belt, and buildings in downtown Cleveland. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 Dec. 2019",
"But if the politics of 2021 is to achieve anything close to what most Americans require, the path cannot be paved with the boodle and the influence of the wealthy. \u2014 Libby Watson, The New Republic , 6 Sep. 2019",
"My guess is that academic criteria will rise as capable students prefer a free public college over a private college charging a boodle by comparison. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2018",
"For political fundraisers, California has long been the Big Rock Candy Mountain, excavated, mined and, ultimately, shafted by candidates of both parties who use the boodle to run for president in Iowa or New Hampshire, or Congress in East Podunk. \u2014 Seema Mehta, latimes.com , 30 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under China\u2019s current top leader, Xi Jinping, the party\u2019s attitudes toward the private sector took a more hostile turn and made the entrepreneur class the boogeyman for social ills. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Like Michael Myers\u2019 constant stalk of Laurie Strode, the boogeyman is always still out there. \u2014 Jude Clemente, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Vecna is the boogeyman that resides in the Creel House attic. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"For understandable reasons, algorithms have become a catch-all boogeyman for social media critics. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"For years, the Kremlin's power to weave disinformation into a believable narrative was a seemingly ever-present boogeyman , threatening to disrupt elections and sew discord thousands of miles away from Moscow. \u2014 Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s now all one mega- boogeyman that must be erased, canceled, cut off from the world. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Cars themselves are becoming a boogeyman for some on the left. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Rent increases, gentrifying neighborhoods, water shortages, traffic problems, and more have all been chalked up by some to the boogeyman of those who aren\u2019t from here. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022"
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": earthy and strongly rhythmic rock music conducive to dancing",
": a period of or occasion for dancing to this music",
": to dance to rock music",
": revel , party",
": to move quickly",
": to get going"
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"Let's boogie on out of here.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Regardless, fans adore the light-hearted celebratory boogie Teller does while playing football in the sand. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 16 June 2022",
"This husband-wife piano duo tour the world performing, either side-by-side on one piano or together on separate pianos, a mix of jazz stride, swing and boogie songs from the Great American Songbook. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"And how better to boogie than while wearing shiny new makeup? \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 31 Mar. 2022",
"On the weekends a beach day was an all-day affair, with boogie boarding and ukelele jam sessions. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Tomas was boogie boarding at the time of the attack and was brought to shore by a surfer, according to authorities. \u2014 Gregory Yee Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"His music touched on several genres, including Louisiana rhythm and blues, country-pop, boogie -woogie and gospel. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"The result is a vibrant cultural history that gestures beyond the tropes of the boogie down and the burning metropolis, those pervasive narratives of cultural renaissance and urban neglect that have dogged the area for half a century. \u2014 Emily Raboteau, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Watersports options include paddleboards, kayaks, Hobie Cat rides, boogie boards, snorkeling, and diving. \u2014 Joni Sweet, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Take a look at the night\u2019s big festivities, and be sure to grab your skates and boogie over to Flipper\u2019s before the summer\u2019s over. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Get ready to boogie with some of the best disco and funk music at this 21-and-up affair, happening at the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Debbie McCollum, senior director of program leadership, sat across from a boy ready to boogie . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Still, credit the 74-year-old Close for being willing to boogie shortly after losing out on an Oscar for the eighth time \u2014 a record among living performers. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Star Tribune , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The Heat need a ballhandling guard who can boogie with it. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Dance-party endings can be interactive and participatory, sometimes encouraging audience members to come onstage or else just get up and boogie in the aisles. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Around that time, Woods started collecting Amateur Championship titles and losing his ability to boogie to the beat. \u2014 Neal Justin, Star Tribune , 8 Jan. 2021",
"Choose waves or the calm bay, and relax on the shore or stay busy surfing, paddleboarding, or boogie boarding. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2020"
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": bodyboard"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of them appeared to be carrying a boogie board . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
"On the beach, Sharon Siegler meditated next to her boogie board and wetsuit. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Four years ago Ocean Beach resident Naomi Masiello bought a $20 kiddie pool from Walmart, filled it with water and put Bing Bang on a boogie board in the middle of it to teach him how to balance. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Rent gear from Mission Beach Surf and Skate (also known as Hamel\u2019s) to take a bike cruise along the boardwalk or boogie board in the ocean. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s a bubblegum matte television and a boogie board waiting for you\u2014or perhaps a blue pair of oars or nautical-themed objets d\u2019art. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The dumpster was spilling over with trash, and the swimming pool was drained with only Coke cans and a boogie board lying on the bottom. \u2014 Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Ready your BBQs, break out your star spangled flip flops, and dust off your boogie boards , folks. \u2014 refinery29.com , 2 July 2018"
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": a spiny tree ( Idria columnaris ) of the family Fouquieriaceae chiefly of Lower California sometimes arching over and rooting at its tips":[]
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"\u2014 Jaime Lees",
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"\u2014 Griffin Wynne"
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"Noun (1)",
"A chorus of boos was heard after the shot missed the goal.",
"The announcement was greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers.",
"Verb",
"Many people in the crowd booed when the announcement was made.",
"Many people in the crowd booed the announcement, but a few people cheered it.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection",
"C\u2019mon, when the day began the Dodgers were in third place in the standings, but led the league in pitching and led all of baseball in run differential and \u2026 boo ! \u2014 Bill Plaschke, latimes.com , 25 May 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The gown was elegantly sexed up with waist-hugging draping, a peek-a- boo cutout at the neckline, and (of course) a sky-high leg slit. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 10 June 2022",
"Tepera then walked Teoscar Hernandez, tying the score at 9 and setting off a raucous boo from the crowd. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"At the end of the lane, a peek-a- boo glass bubble showcases the powerful waves crashing against the rocks below as reminder of one\u2019s thrilling aerial position. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Aside from reprising the iconic peek-a- boo lingerie look, Lipa showed us that she's been having a blast exploring the great outdoors with a gallery showing off Ireland's gorgeous countryside. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 25 Apr. 2022",
"His pitch \u2014 wide and short of the plate \u2014 drew a boo or two from the fans in the stands. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The Reveal and Conceal Play peek-a- boo by pairing an unbuttoned blouse with your favorite swim top. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"And Australian label Peony sells a green gingham sundress with a peek-a- boo cutout at the midsection. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Coral Pink Sand Dunes is just a minutes-drive away, not to mention Red Canyon, or Peek-a- boo Slot, and Gooseberry Mesa. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In other words, the teams didn\u2019t give their fan bases anything to boo about. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"After the comment was made, attendees in the chambers began to boo and groan at the comment, as Biden paused for a brief moment and continued his address. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2022",
"As the building began to buzz, driven by Duke fans who stuck around to boo MSU and root on Davidson, Bingham checked back in. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Introduced to the Madison Square Garden crowd by Kris Kristofferson, O\u2019Connor would soon be comforted by him when the crowd \u2014 or at least a vocal portion of it \u2014 tried to boo her offstage. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Mets players, led by former Cub Javier B\u00e1ez, became the first athletes to boo their fans, using a thumbs-down gesture to show their displeasure. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Knicks fans would love another chance to boo Young in the teams' first meeting at MSG since last season's playoffs, when Young emerged as a New York villain and the Hawks eliminated the Knicks in the opening round. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The entire team spent the week rushing to clear Ball's name, fearing that the audience might boo her during the show's Friday night live taping. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Fans, for the most part, have stopped going to the games and the ones that do go, seem to boo or wear a paper bag on their head. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 5 Dec. 2021"
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": a tall spiny long-lived desert tree ( Fouquieria columnaris synonym Idria columnaris ) native to northwestern Mexico and related to the ocotillo":[]
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"They booked two seats at the theater.",
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"She booked me on a flight from Oslo to Paris.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Attending the book launch party of The Young Stalin: The Adventurous Early Life Of The Dictator 1878-1917 in London with sister Pippa Middleton. \u2014 ELLE , 24 June 2022",
"As such, the book belongs as much to the people Laisv\u0117 connects. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The book spans a decade and grew out of an unlikely place. \u2014 Julius Constantine Motal, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Shoemaker-Galloway, who is also a children\u2019s book author, said her customers were understanding. \u2014 Dee-ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The free program is designed to help book lovers of all ages accomplish reading goals and for children to continue learning throughout the summer. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"The most common advice is to be flexible and book early. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Based on the beloved 1965 children\u2019s book by Bernard Waber, the film follows the anthropomorphic croc on an adventure through the Big Apple after the Primm family moves into their house on 88th Street. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
"Nye reached out to Mundy by email to share a note about the book , and the two began dating. \u2014 Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Airport officials recommend travelers to arrive early, pre- book and plan ahead. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Non- book readers who are curious: this season is based on The Viscount Who Loved Me. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Kaepernick Publishing, which was founded in 2019, earlier this year announced a multi- book partnership with children\u2019s media giant Scholastic. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The Flyer officially begins service Feb. 1 and guests can pre- book online. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Simon & Schuster, which has a multi- book deal with New York Magazine, currently boasts best sellers including a Rupi Kaur collection and memoirs from Stanley Tucci and Tori Amos. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 2 Nov. 2021",
"At the heart of Herbert\u2019s Dune series, a multi- book tale of space empires, sandworms, religious fervor, and political gamesmanship spanning centuries, was a simple observation: Great power comes with terrible burden. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The consolidation was mostly to cut down on non- book inventory like magazines, records, gifts and used DVDs, not because of pandemic distress. \u2014 Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Visitors must pre- book tickets and follow Covid-19 safety precautions. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like all beach clubs here, reservations are required and book up quickly. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Try to book midweek flights and select a seat beside an empty middle seat, if possible. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Users log in to the app, can see your auto listing by location and can book it with specific pickup and drop-off times. \u2014 Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"Survey respondents overwhelmingly showed a desire to book faraway trips and execute ambitious, meaningful, and scaled-up travel plans this year. \u2014 Audrey Hendrey, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"But travelers need to vote with their wallets and book their hotel rooms as part of a conversation with the hotel, and not online. \u2014 Peter Greenberg, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"The best way to do that is to skip the commercial flights, packed with people as often as not already in party mode, and book a seat instead on an Aero jet. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Local media reported that visitors couldn\u2019t book tickets for the city\u2019s public theaters and museums, and residents were forced to communicate with officials via fax. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"TD Garden doesn\u2019t book many events in early June, in case of deep postseason runs for the Celtics or Bruins, said Latimer. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
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"I paid $4,100 for the car four years ago, but its book value is now under $500.",
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"The stock is a bargain, trading for just 90% of book value . \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Its shares trade around par to its tangible book value , strong for a European bank but cheap compared with American peers. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While these are one and the same, the price to tangible book value is more stringent, deducting any intangible assets such as goodwill. \u2014 Brent Wilsey, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Shell said its move to exit its Russian joint ventures is expected to diminish the book value of its Russian assets and lead to impairments. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But given its healthy return-on-equity outlook, even a modest valuation of 1.5x book value would boost its shares to $58, from its current level just over $40. \u2014 Chris Taylor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Allstate has an economic book value (EBV), or no growth value, of $286/share \u2013 a 105% upside from the current price. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Value investing\u2014buying stocks that are cheap on measures such as earnings or book value \u2014is having a renaissance. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Similarly, research on culture shows a strong correlation between performance (sales, customer satisfaction, book value , and return on assets) and organizational culture. \u2014 Constance Dierickx, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a visual arts nonprofit organization that supports creative expression through traditional and contemporary book arts, including papermaking, bookbinding , and letterpress printing. \u2014 Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities , 13 Dec. 2019",
"The concept is artfully expanded to include architecture by India Mahdavi, bespoke helicopters by Sergio Bortoluz, and dazzling bookbinding by Martin Frost, among others. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 19 Sep. 2018",
"Another Texan artist, Mychal Mitchell, of Austin, takes festival attendees on a trip to 14th-century Europe and earlier with her ancient bookbinding skills. \u2014 Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2018",
"There are printmaking, bookbinding , letterpress and papermaking studios, which are operated and maintained by resident artists, volunteers and visiting artists. \u2014 Rebecca Hazen, Houston Chronicle , 21 Feb. 2018",
"Analyzing the leaf dimensions and bookbinding , among other things, the expert concluded that Ms. Parsons\u2019s copy belonged to the Vatican, and that letter in the Vatican Library was a fake. \u2014 Joe Palazzolo, WSJ , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Try the School Excursion to India, a five-day R and R retreat in Jaipur that focuses on jewelry designing, bookbinding , and, during an optional Pushkar add-on, perfume making (October 2017). \u2014 Fan Winston, CNT , 10 Mar. 2017",
"Harry Potter has crawled far beyond his bookbindings and into seemingly every nook a boy wizard might cast his spell. \u2014 Jordan Lite, WIRED , 15 Aug. 2000"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shares can be inherited; often a family will hand off its equity to a bookish member of the next generation, as happened in Widmer\u2019s case. \u2014 Robert Polidori, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
"The upside: The whole gang, including the bookish Max (Torian Miller), and the tag-team hedonists Luke (Matt Rogers) and Keegan (Tomas Matos), gets access to a whole other swanky world on the island. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
"Worthington, Ohio Worthington, Ohio, was ranked the no. 1 most bookish city in the U.S., according to this survey. \u2014 Fox News , 14 May 2022",
"For many years, Campbell appeared each week in the Times Literary Supplement, where his back-page essay \u2014 ironic, bookish and irresistibly entertaining \u2014 was every subscriber\u2019s favorite feature. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"The group includes thirsty mess Luke (Matt Rogers); his inseparable bestie, gender fluid queen Keegan (Tom\u00e1s Matos); and the more grounded, bookish Max (Torian Miller). \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"For some, this too muchness, married to Wilder\u2019s bookish mischief, will pall. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Eggers\u2019s action-film Hamlet is neither bookish nor inhibited nor speculative nor plotting with far-reaching imagination of complicated stratagems\u2014nor witty nor, above all, endowed with a sense of humor. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That includes the comedy, as when Tendayi Kuumba\u2019s Lady in Brown slips into the character of a bookish Black 8-year-old who, in the summer of 1955, conjures an imaginary friend: the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L\u2019Ouverture. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 Richard L. Williams , Smithsonian , April 1980",
"There's a physicality to books that you don't appreciate until they're not there anymore. Don't get me wrong. I'm not stupid. I know that we're heading for a bookless society.",
"\u2014 Will Manley , Booklist , August 2001",
"Imagine a library that is not only bookless but is not necessarily tied to a building, one that takes its personnel and services to patrons rather than expecting them to come to it.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Windsor Historical Society will serve as \u2018house tour central,\u2019 providing a convenient location to pick up a house tour program booklet and enjoy a variety of enticing concessions. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
"Download a printable coupon template and create a booklet filled with opportunities to do fun things together, or offer to take chores off his to-do list. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 1 June 2022",
"Participants will receive a booklet with information about the tour and footwear coverings to wear inside the houses. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The option to mix-and-match to create a one-of-a-kind robot or follow a booklet containing photos of different models encourages creative thinking, spatial reasoning skills and independent design, all hallmarks of a good engineer. \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The package features a CD, a hardcover binder, a photo booklet with a set of 24 pictures that are unique to each band member, a photocard, digipak, and a lyric book. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 20 May 2022",
"The star lot is an unpublished booklet of haikus written and illustrated by Tupac Shakur. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Officially released in North America for the first time this year, the new Blu-ray collection from GKIDS features a new English dub, a 4K restoration, and a 16-page booklet of character art. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The Commission's annual resources booklet went out to more than 15,000 Marion County families this year, Brandon said. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"If your mom is a major bookworm who swears by reading tangible paper, this little light is for her (and will clip to an e-reader too). \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Both my husband and I are academicians, so a bookworm daughter didn\u2019t seem a stretch. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The most famous bookworm of them all, Oprah Winfrey, is receiving a literary honor for her work championing authors over the past quarter century. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"For my tenth or eleventh birthday, a dear friend and fellow bookworm presented me with a paperback copy of Burnett\u2019s A Little Princess (1905). \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"Banyan Tree Group is impressively poised to capitalize on the booming trend. \u2014 Debbi Kickham, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The Nest Hub Max is comparable, though neither comes close to the booming power of the Amazon Echo Studio speaker. \u2014 PCMAG , 28 June 2022",
"With the new Orion Amphitheater booming and legendary Von Braun Center thriving, there are shows coming now that will be buzzed about down the line. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 27 June 2022",
"With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand. \u2014 Chris Lehourites, ajc , 27 June 2022",
"But booming recreational use of drugs, including hallucinogens, sparked a fierce political backlash and helped set in motion the war on drugs, which, among other things, ended an era of research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
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"Since the 1990s, the lunar exploration has entered a new booming phase and nearly 20 spacecrafts have been launched to the Moon from not only the US but also new agencies such as China, India, and Japan. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"An old factory off Third Street will reopen this fall as an arts and science center, designed to better knit the booming business district into the diverse neighborhoods next door. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022"
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"His father worked in the oil fields, and Jim spent much of his childhood in Iraan, a boomtown in southwest Texas. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Its quick growth and ample top earned it fame as the dusty pueblo turned into a boomtown . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"At the time of his arrival, Hong Kong, only recently colonized by the British, was already transforming into a boomtown with corruption, drugs and disease on land and piracy and smuggling on the water. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The tech hub, an economic boomtown over the last decade, is struggling with the nation\u2019s weakest office occupancies, stubbornly low transit ridership and one of the country\u2019s slowest recoveries of jobs. \u2014 Romy Varghese, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The irony isn\u2019t lost on me that in 1883, my great-grandfather, Peter Pearson, left Sweden to start a new life in the mining and logging boomtown of Tower, 20 miles west of Ely. \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 20 May 2019",
"The state capital of Texas has become a major boomtown for Americans migrating from other parts of the country, especially the West Coast. \u2014 Andrew Depietro, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"So close, yet so far Ottawa is the fastest growing county in Michigan and Allendale Township its boomtown \u2014 a Grand Rapids bedroom community home to Grand Valley State University. \u2014 John Flesher, Detroit Free Press , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Ottawa is the fastest growing county in Michigan and Allendale Township its boomtown \u2014 a Grand Rapids bedroom community home to Grand Valley State University. \u2014 John Flesher, chicagotribune.com , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"Unfortunately, this large four-cylinder idles with the clatter of a diesel and is boomy through the top half of the tachometer. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Unfortunately, this large four-cylinder idles with the clatter of a diesel and is alarmingly boomy through the top half of the tachometer. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 8 July 2020",
"The A10 more than made up for this deficiency, however, with some remarkably rich and deep bass that never sounded boomy or muddy. \u2014 Bryan Gardiner, WIRED , 12 Apr. 2012"
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"These constraints are a boon to the film; action-seeking viewers can enjoy watching our protagonist sharpen her skills and outmaneuver her opponents. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
"Watkins, the No. 1 player in the class of 2023, is being recruited by USC and would be a boon to the new conference. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The decision by both Facebook and Twitter to kick then-President Donald Trump off its platforms for rule-breaking after the insurrection was a boon to a developing cottage industry of alternative social media platforms. \u2014 Donie O'sullivan And Whitney Wild, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Teacher resignations in public and private schools have been a boon to hiring managers in other industries desperate for capable talent in a tight labor market. \u2014 Kathryn Dill, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"This has been a boon to Airbnb hosts in rural areas. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"While the pandemic was a boon to highlighting how creativity can help brands be more resilient and weather any storm, there is now an urgency to apply a more empathic type of creativity to drive further progress. \u2014 Billee Howard, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"By almost any standard, the P.G.A. Tour has been a boon to the world\u2019s most talented professional players. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"And judging by some categories, loaded up with more nominees than is the norm, Broadway\u2019s return has been a boon to theatergoers. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 13 June 2022"
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"There is nothing glamorous about 620 Folsom St., a 99-year-old building in what once was the industrial boondocks of downtown San Francisco. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Sep. 2021",
"There is a unique force in the boondocks of Buenos Aires, Argentina: music producer Bizarrap, a sort of South American Dr. Dre, a hitmaker who has already accustomed its loyal fan base of tens of millions to a weekly smash rap hit. \u2014 Javier Hasse, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"The group would occasionally hit balls on a few makeshift holes in the boondocks north of Covington, but the experience was less than satisfying and the linksters desired a real course closer to home. \u2014 Kim Chatelain | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com , 10 Jan. 2021"
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"Critics say the dam is a complete boondoggle \u2014over budget, behind schedule, and unnecessary.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But is hydrogen a crucial clean energy solution, or a greenwashing boondoggle that would prop up the fossil fuel industry? \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Opponents call it a boondoggle that would benefit parent company Brookfield Infrastructure while saddling ratepayers with the costs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Hall\u2019s serious miscasting goes beyond a boondoggle but suggests that the filmmaker is clueless about her story\u2019s issues and the facts of social living. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 2 Mar. 2022",
"But is biogas a crucial climate solution, or a boondoggle for big polluters? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"And there are thousands of motorists who have a great likelihood of getting snared in places like Brookside, Alabama\u2019s traffic enforcement boondoggle . \u2014 Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The most controversial component of Mr. Johnson\u2019s net-zero boondoggle concerns an attempt to steer households away from the gas boilers on which 86% of them rely for hot water and central heating. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"There are a few ways of looking at the cost of a $3.5 trillion boondoggle . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 29 Sep. 2021",
"In recent years, renewable energy companies caught wind of this boondoggle , albeit traditionally at a smaller scale. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That movie was so important to gay guys like me still living out in the boonies . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The boom in property sales in the boonies shows no sign of abating. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 6 July 2021",
"In the first three months of this year, the buying binge in the boonies continued with record purchases, according to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 11 May 2021",
"Even in the metro areas seeing the most move-outs, relatively few urban homeowners are headed to greener acres in the boonies . \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 21 Dec. 2020",
"The boonies of Chiricahua National Monument have become a weekend home for Merrick, who spends hours using GPS to track down far-flung nesting sites. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 4 Dec. 2020",
"So people would pick offices way out in the boonies . \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Nov. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This may be true to the directness of the tech world, but presenting Kalanick so straightforwardly as a boor means that there\u2019s nowhere for this story to take us. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Her husband, however, is a boor on the level of Juicy Joe Giudice. \u2014 Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name. \u2014 Margalit Fox, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020",
"They are well matched by McCarthy \u2014 played by Lee Sellars as a sort of East-Coast-meets-Texas boor , without a whisper of Wisconsin to him \u2014 and his ruthlessly loyal young researcher, Jean Kerr (Cathryn Wake), who will become his wife. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Grant had often been depicted in either laudatory or disdainful terms \u2014 as a brilliant military tactician or as a drunken boor who was a failure at everything except war. \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Many of the conservative women who once saw him as a boor have come to believe that for too long they were focused on the wrong qualities in presidential candidates. \u2014 Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Now that boor is a celebrity judge in the Funniest Person in Austin contest Dana hoped might be her ticket to a second chance at the big time. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2019",
"This is unequivocal good news for D.C. Let\u2019s not let the Beltway boors bungle this. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 8 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch boer ; akin to Old English b\u016ban to dwell \u2014 more at bower":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173230",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of boorach variant of bourock"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcr\u0259\u1e35"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161327",
"type":[]
},
"boordly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of boordly variant of buirdly"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307rdl\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153222",
"type":[]
},
"boorish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor":[
"boorish remarks"
]
},
"examples":[
"boorish behavior, such as yelling for service in restaurants",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The musical itself was adapted from Dahl\u2019s original 1988 children\u2019s novel, about the titular Matilda \u2014 a girl, born to a boorish , anti-intellectual and neglectful family, who shows intelligence from an early age. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"When news broke of Better\u2019s boorish firings, Garg took a month-long hiatus from his duties, returning in mid-January. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"It\u2019s as if there were something about Buckley\u2019s openness and unassuming warmth on screen that inspires certain directors to use her as a dramatic counterweight, even a corrective, to all manner of boorish behavior. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"That increasingly jumpy VCs played a key role in ousting the boorish Kalanick is only further evidence (for Mallaby) of the utility of VC. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"From a modern viewpoint, Stevens\u2019 boorish attitudes remain unsettling to the very last page. \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
"There was genuine goodwill between the teams as Australia\u2019s infamous boorish behavior has been eroded since the Sandpaper scandal and given further refining under the affable Cummins. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"But these 110 minutes end up feeling like a boorish highlight reel of bad-boy antics from a protagonist who off-screen has attained greater perspective on his erstwhile antics than his celluloid biographers manage. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The early reviews of Horizon Worlds on the Oculus store read like a litany of complaints about boorish behavior by unwelcome youngsters. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1562, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see boor":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307r-ish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for boorish boorish , churlish , loutish , clownish mean uncouth in manners or appearance. boorish implies rudeness of manner due to insensitiveness to others' feelings and unwillingness to be agreeable. a drunk's boorish behavior churlish suggests surliness, unresponsiveness, and ungraciousness. churlish remarks loutish implies bodily awkwardness together with stupidity. a loutish oaf clownish suggests ill-bred awkwardness, ignorance or stupidity, ungainliness, and often a propensity for absurd antics. an adolescent's clownish conduct",
"synonyms":[
"churlish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075710",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"boort":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of boort variant of bort 1"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-135917",
"type":[]
},
"boortree":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of boortree variant of bourtree"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307r\u02cctr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034817",
"type":[]
},
"boose":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a stall for a horse or a cow":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English boos ; akin to Old English b\u014dsig cow stall, Old Norse b\u0101s , Gothic bansts barn, Old English bindan to bind":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001226",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boost":{
"antonyms":[
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support"
],
"definitions":{
": a push upward":[
"gave her a boost into the saddle"
],
": an act that brings help or encouragement : assist":[
"an innovation that has been a boost to the entire industry"
],
": an increase in amount":[
"a boost in prices"
],
": increase , raise":[
"plans to boost production",
"an extra holiday to boost morale"
],
": shoplift":[],
": steal , shoplift":[],
": to administer a booster shot to":[
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently authorized the practice of boosting people with a shot that's different from their primary series.",
"\u2014 Adria Cimino",
"Mr. Biden \u2026 pleaded with Americans to get vaccinated or boosted with an extra dose if they haven't already, saying the shots appeared to stave off deaths from the previous worrisome mutation, the delta variant.",
"\u2014 Tom Howell, Jr."
],
": to promote the cause or interests of : plug":[
"a campaign to boost the new fashions"
],
": to push or shove up from below":[
"boosted him up over the fence"
],
": to raise the voltage of or across (an electric circuit)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She boosted the boy onto his father's shoulders.",
"boosted the child into her car seat",
"Noun",
"a boost in wheat production",
"Exercise can sometimes provide a boost of energy.",
"After layoffs at the company, employees needed a boost in morale.",
"One company's innovation has proven to be a boost to the entire industry.",
"Give the boy a boost onto the stage, will you?",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The hot, dry weather will bring elevated fire conditions, but high winds \u2014 which can critically boost the fire threat \u2014 are unlikely to be an issue early in the week. \u2014 Julia Wickstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14 percent over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar wage hikes throughout the industry. \u2014 David Koenig, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14% over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar wage hikes throughout the industry. \u2014 David Koenig, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"Carroll, in April, pitched an alternative redistricting map that would boost District 7\u2032s Black representation to 53%. \u2014 al , 21 June 2022",
"In fact, many governments are investing or considering policies that boost onshoring. \u2014 John Coykendall, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Companies have often fought back by arguing a union-free job provides more flexibility, more gigs and more labor competition that can boost pay. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"There are some additional tweaks that would boost benefits over the long-term. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"Is this going to create a bunch of new speed traps that boost the township budgets? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This overhealth boost will disappear when the ability expires after four seconds (there\u2019s an 11-second cooldown after that). \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Be sure to check out the over 20 boosts available Tuesday, including a NRFI parlay boost on Brewers-Rays, Marlins-Cardinals Rangers-Royals at +575 odds. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
"That boost includes $130 million in spending for health care in county jails, which have come under scrutiny for high rates of in-custody deaths in recent years. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"That boost brought women\u2019s labor force participation to 58.3%, just one percentage point below their pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"An undisclosed grant from a New York group gives it a boost . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Top Gun: Maverick enjoyed a boost in its fifth weekend thanks to being rereleased in select Imax and premium large-format screens. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 June 2022",
"Auto insurance rates are also getting a boost from higher costs. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The gains will come as a boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who made capturing the Donbas his primary objective after military setbacks early in the war forced Moscow\u2019s troops to retreat from around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 22 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1801, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"noun derivative of boost entry 1":"Noun",
"of obscure origin":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcst"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for boost Verb lift , raise , rear , elevate , hoist , heave , boost mean to move from a lower to a higher place or position. lift usually implies exerting effort to overcome resistance of weight. lift the chair while I vacuum raise carries a stronger implication of bringing up to the vertical or to a high position. scouts raising a flagpole rear may add an element of suddenness to raise . suddenly reared itself up on its hind legs elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied. elevated the taste of the public hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means. hoisted the cargo on board heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain. heaved the heavy crate inside boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push. boosted his brother over the fence",
"synonyms":[
"heave",
"heft",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"upheave"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021951",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"booster":{
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
],
"definitions":{
": a radio-frequency amplifier for a radio or television receiving set":[],
": an auxiliary device for increasing force, power, pressure, or effectiveness":[],
": an enthusiastic supporter":[],
": one that boosts : such as":[],
": shoplifter":[],
": the first stage of a multistage rocket providing thrust for the launching and the initial part of the flight":[]
},
"examples":[
"These exercises are real metabolism boosters .",
"Music is my favorite mood booster .",
"A sincere compliment can be a true confidence booster .",
"The university has a number of wealthy boosters who contribute generously each year.",
"a new design for rocket boosters",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's also a question of how many people will get the shot -- both because the government doesn't have enough funding to secure vaccines for everyone, and because less than half of eligible Americans have received their first booster shots. \u2014 Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Since the emergence of the variant, there has been an increase in breakthrough infections, even among people who have had booster shots. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"The next round of Covid booster shots should be modified to target the supercontagious omicron variant, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended on Tuesday. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"No booster shots have yet been approved for this age range. \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"Several other companies are also working on booster shots targeting omicron, including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax. \u2014 Madeline Halpert, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Davido and other health experts have warned that hospitals in France could fill up over the summer, unless vulnerable people and those over 60 get booster shots as soon as possible. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The state has administered 681,027 booster shots with an additional 4,807 reported Sunday. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
"Disparities in access to booster shots and antiviral pills have also put some Americans at higher risk. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-st\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222037",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boot":{
"antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"definitions":{
": a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot that usually reaches above the ankle":[],
": a kick with the foot":[],
": a navy or marine corps recruit undergoing basic training":[],
": a sheath enclosing the inflorescence":[],
": an automobile trunk":[],
": an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot":[],
": avail":[],
": avail , profit":[],
": besides":[],
": booty , plunder":[],
": deliverance":[],
": denver boot":[],
": kick":[],
": momentary pleasure or enjoyment : bang":[
"got a big boot out of the joke"
],
": something to equalize a trade":[],
": summary dismissal":[
"\u2014 used with the gave him the boot"
],
": the act of booting or rebooting a computer or the process by which a computer is booted \u2014 see boot entry 4 sense 5b":[
"A cold boot is starting up a computer whose power has been turned off. A warm boot involves restarting the system while it is running \u2026",
"\u2014 J. D. Biersdorfer",
"\u2014 often used before another noun a boot disk"
],
": to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk":[
"the program boots automatically"
],
": to become ready for use especially by booting a program":[
"the computer boots quickly",
"\u2014 often used with up"
],
": to eject or discharge summarily":[
"\u2014 often used with out was booted out of office"
],
": to load (a program) into a computer from a disk":[],
": to put boots on":[],
": to ride (a horse) in a race":[
"booted home three winners"
],
": to start or ready for use especially by booting a program":[
"boot a computer",
"\u2014 often used with up"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1598, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"(senses 1-4) Middle English boten \"to put boots on,\" derivative of bote, bot boot entry 3 ; (sense 5) short for bootstrap in sense \"to perform a bootstrap operation,\" derivative of bootstrap entry 2":"Verb",
"(senses 1-8) Middle English bote, bot, boot, borrowed from Anglo-French bote (also continental Old French bote, botte ), of uncertain origin; (sense 9) noun derivative of boot entry 4 , sense 5":"Noun",
"Middle English bot, bote \"advantage, good, relief, deliverance, redemption, amends, cure,\" Old English b\u014dt \"a making good, repair, relief, deliverance, remedy, improvement, atonement, penance, compensation,\" going back to Germanic *bot\u014d \"improvement\" \u2014 more at better entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English boten \"to cure, relieve, add to equalize the value of things exchanged, be of use, avail,\" probably in part derivative of bot, bote \"advantage, good, relief,\" in part going back to Old English botian \"to recover from ill health, keep in repair,\" derivative of b\u014dt \"a making good, repair, relief\" \u2014 more at boot entry 1":"Verb",
"shortened from booty entry 1 , perhaps by association with boot entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"charge",
"exhilaration",
"frisson",
"jollies",
"kick",
"rush",
"thrill",
"titillation",
"wallop"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041854",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boot (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to drive or force out the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031711",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boot top":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lace ruffle formerly worn so as to conceal the top of the boot":[],
": the upper part or top of a boot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044201",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boot topping":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a paint used on the boot topping to prevent corrosion and fouling":[],
": the part of a ship's hull between the light line and the load water line":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boot tree":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bootjack sense 1":[],
": shoe tree":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182443",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bootie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180943",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bootleg":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a football play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, hides the ball against his hip, and rolls out \u2014 compare draw entry 2 sense 8":[],
": an unauthorized audio or video recording":[],
": moonshine":[],
": smuggle":[],
": something bootlegged : such as":[],
": the upper part of a boot":[],
": to carry (alcoholic liquor) on one's person illegally":[],
": to engage in bootlegging":[],
": to manufacture, sell, or transport for sale (alcoholic liquor) illegally":[],
": to produce, reproduce, or distribute illicitly or without authorization":[],
": to run a bootleg play in football":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She was arrested for selling bootlegs online.",
"getting caught with bootleg during Prohibition could have resulted in a jail sentence",
"Verb",
"He bootlegged the show and gave copies to several friends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The news of the Freewheelin\u2019 copy arrives at the heels of another Holy Grail for Dylan fanatics: the lost bootleg of his Salt Lake City, Utah, show on May 25, 1976, which fans are determined to find at the Eccles Theater. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
"Hard to know how many hundreds of thousands of dollars that declared value might diminish by if a crude bootleg snuck out. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 June 2022",
"The legendary, highly physical subculture of the Dead\u2014an ecosystem of bootleg recordings, concert tailgates, and tie-dye merch\u2014appears to still be going strong. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Reed had shown it to friends, though its contents were unknown even to the Velvets\u2019 most determined bootleg hunters. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"And the story goes, that was destroyed, leaving only bootleg tapes and now footage on YouTube. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"The center holds approximately 100,000 items, including letters, notebooks, bootleg recordings, leather jackets. \u2014 Rj Smith, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The album artwork also appropriately features a slightly more refined take on the original bootleg \u2019s cover art. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 10 May 2022",
"The phallo groups are a virtual support group crossed with a bootleg med-school education crossed with perhaps the world\u2019s first fraternal order that freely proclaims what the rest suppress as subtext. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At the same time, Olson and his bootlegging compatriots entered town and were warned of the marshals\u2019 movements. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2020",
"But can watching bootlegged or pirated video on the internet get viewers into trouble, too? \u2014 Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY , 16 Dec. 2019",
"It has rarely been screened in theaters and never released for home video, but it has been widely bootlegged . \u2014 Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2019",
"Most of their neighbors were inside tents, playing video games or watching movies on their cellphones, electricity bootlegged from a city utility box. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Aug. 2019",
"But the extras still include a wealth of alternate early takes and demos that have mostly never been released or bootlegged before. \u2014 Chris Willman, chicagotribune.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Meanwhile, today\u2019s nationalists are happy to demonize a China that bootlegs Mickey Mouse but are silent about the very same China that rounds up internal enemies and puts them in concentration camps. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 26 June 2019",
"There was also talk that O\u2019Hara\u2019s mill businesses in Fall River were actually fronts to launder money from bootlegging operations along the New Bedford-Fall River coastline. \u2014 Richard E. Farley, Town & Country , 9 June 2017",
"Newton got the linebackers and safeties to freeze on a fake to Jonathan Stewart, bootlegged to his left and dropped a pass to a wide-open Dickson, who rumbled for 57 yards before again being dragged down inside the 10. \u2014 Joseph Person, charlotteobserver , 9 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1898, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"boot entry 3 + leg entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of bootleg entry 1 , from the concealment of a flask of liquor in the leg of a boot":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02ccleg",
"-\u02ccl\u0101g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"moonshine",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning"
],
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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": a person who makes or sells alcoholic liquor illegally":[
"\u2026 in sleepy little St-Hilaire, once a Prohibition boom town, from which bootleggers smuggled truckloads of whisky into the U.S. \u2026",
"\u2014 Will Ferguson",
"Most of us associate the pocket flask with the Roaring Twenties era of the bootlegger and the speakeasy \u2026",
"\u2014 Linda Rosenkrantz"
],
": a person who produces, reproduces, or distributes something (such as a recording) illicitly or without authorization":[
"As part of his job, Schoenfeld is charged with ferreting out record bootleggers and protecting the copyright interests of record labels.",
"\u2014 Holly Gleason",
"\u2026 the conversation ran from how the different companies project returns on direct mail to efforts to crack down on software bootleggers .",
"\u2014 Leslie Brokaw"
],
": one who bootlegs something: such as":[]
},
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bootleg entry 1 + -er entry 2":""
},
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"-\u02ccl\u0101-",
"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02ccle-g\u0259r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172439",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"potent",
"productive",
"profitable",
"successful",
"virtuous"
],
"definitions":{
": useless , unprofitable":[
"a bootless attempt"
]
},
"examples":[
"a bootless effort to get tickets to the sold-out game"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1559, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"boot entry 1 + -less":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00fct-l\u0259s"
],
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"barren",
"empty",
"fruitless",
"futile",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficacious",
"otiose",
"profitless",
"unavailing",
"unproductive",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"useless",
"vain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113444",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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": to act obsequiously":[],
": to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner":[]
},
"examples":[
"the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who delay this fate the longest are bootlicking mediocrities \u2014 the survival of the sycophants. \u2014 Michael Gerson, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2018"
],
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"1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02cclik"
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"fuss",
"kowtow",
"suck (up)",
"toady",
"truckle"
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"verb"
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},
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"the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who delay this fate the longest are bootlicking mediocrities \u2014 the survival of the sycophants. \u2014 Michael Gerson, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2018"
],
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"1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02cclik"
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"truckle"
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"verb"
]
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": a worker who shapes the sheet-metal fairing for aircraft":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fctm\u0259n",
"-\u02ccman"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
": a servant who shines shoes especially in a hotel":[]
},
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"circa 1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"from plural of boot entry 3":""
},
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],
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]
},
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001753",
"type":[
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]
},
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": a looped strap sewed at the side or the rear top of a boot to help in pulling it on":[],
": carried out with minimum resources or advantages":[
"bootstrap efforts"
],
": designed to function independently of outside direction : capable of using one internal function or process to control another":[
"a bootstrap operation to load a computer"
],
": to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance":[
"bootstrapped herself to the top",
"\u2026 turns out to be pretty talented at identifying and bootstrapping promising creative endeavors.",
"\u2014 Harry McCracken"
],
": unaided efforts":[
"\u2014 often used in the phrase by one's own bootstraps"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These bootstrap CDAOs combine critical thinking, business acumen, and a solid understanding of problem-solving and decision-making using data. \u2014 Joel Shapiro, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"With such accolades, this bootstrap mentality then asks us to continue selling these myths to others, to use our story as evidence and encouragement for people on a similar journey. \u2014 Giovanna Alcantar, refinery29.com , 14 June 2022",
"Tapas, which launched as a bootstrap startup in 2012, built a global audience that has racked up over 9.5 billion pageviews of 103,000 original series, mostly mobile-digital comics and light novels, primarily targeting young women age 18-24. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The same Jos\u00e9 Huizar once held up in Southern California political circles as a bootstrap success story, but who now serves as a cautionary tale about the perils of power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"As detailed above, some companies will fit neatly into a category or market dynamic that clearly dictates taking either the bootstrap or venture route. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Operating on bootstrap financing, ED Times is keen on expanding its social media presence. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 14 Nov. 2021",
"In a bootstrap company, the founders retain the majority of the equity in the company. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"How did bootstrap -pulling go from a ridiculous idea to an American ideal? \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Not everyone can bootstrap their business, and not every business should be bootstrapped. \u2014 Carl Rodrigues, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Seek investment and go big to go home or bootstrap your way to success? \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Brown left her 20-year corporate career in healthcare and insurance to bootstrap the company\u2019s first 18 month. \u2014 Bruce Rogers, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These platforms often have no choice but to deploy these considerable resources to incentivize growth in the form of nine, and sometimes ten-figure, incentive programs to bootstrap growth and development. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Friends and family are frequently some of the earliest private investors in helping startups bootstrap their small businesses. \u2014 Katherine Webster, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Blizzard is the latest example in the growing trend of nine-figure incentive programs by blockchain teams to bootstrap growth. \u2014 Nina Bambysheva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"With their relentless drive, the couple was able to bootstrap CurlMix to over a million dollars in sales in just 12 months. \u2014 Essence , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Many business owners love to bootstrap their business not to take on debt. \u2014 Melissa Houston, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1951, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"boot entry 3 + strap entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of bootstrap entry 1 or bootstrap entry 2":"Verb",
"from attributive use of bootstrap entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02ccstrap"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070337",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bootstrapper":{
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": a looped strap sewed at the side or the rear top of a boot to help in pulling it on":[],
": carried out with minimum resources or advantages":[
"bootstrap efforts"
],
": designed to function independently of outside direction : capable of using one internal function or process to control another":[
"a bootstrap operation to load a computer"
],
": to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance":[
"bootstrapped herself to the top",
"\u2026 turns out to be pretty talented at identifying and bootstrapping promising creative endeavors.",
"\u2014 Harry McCracken"
],
": unaided efforts":[
"\u2014 often used in the phrase by one's own bootstraps"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These bootstrap CDAOs combine critical thinking, business acumen, and a solid understanding of problem-solving and decision-making using data. \u2014 Joel Shapiro, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"With such accolades, this bootstrap mentality then asks us to continue selling these myths to others, to use our story as evidence and encouragement for people on a similar journey. \u2014 Giovanna Alcantar, refinery29.com , 14 June 2022",
"Tapas, which launched as a bootstrap startup in 2012, built a global audience that has racked up over 9.5 billion pageviews of 103,000 original series, mostly mobile-digital comics and light novels, primarily targeting young women age 18-24. \u2014 Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The same Jos\u00e9 Huizar once held up in Southern California political circles as a bootstrap success story, but who now serves as a cautionary tale about the perils of power. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"As detailed above, some companies will fit neatly into a category or market dynamic that clearly dictates taking either the bootstrap or venture route. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Operating on bootstrap financing, ED Times is keen on expanding its social media presence. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 14 Nov. 2021",
"In a bootstrap company, the founders retain the majority of the equity in the company. \u2014 Bill Fahey, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
"How did bootstrap -pulling go from a ridiculous idea to an American ideal? \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Not everyone can bootstrap their business, and not every business should be bootstrapped. \u2014 Carl Rodrigues, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Seek investment and go big to go home or bootstrap your way to success? \u2014 Jodie Cook, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Brown left her 20-year corporate career in healthcare and insurance to bootstrap the company\u2019s first 18 month. \u2014 Bruce Rogers, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"These platforms often have no choice but to deploy these considerable resources to incentivize growth in the form of nine, and sometimes ten-figure, incentive programs to bootstrap growth and development. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Friends and family are frequently some of the earliest private investors in helping startups bootstrap their small businesses. \u2014 Katherine Webster, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Blizzard is the latest example in the growing trend of nine-figure incentive programs by blockchain teams to bootstrap growth. \u2014 Nina Bambysheva, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"With their relentless drive, the couple was able to bootstrap CurlMix to over a million dollars in sales in just 12 months. \u2014 Essence , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Many business owners love to bootstrap their business not to take on debt. \u2014 Melissa Houston, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1951, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"boot entry 3 + strap entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of bootstrap entry 1 or bootstrap entry 2":"Verb",
"from attributive use of bootstrap entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00fct-\u02ccstrap"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183910",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"booty":{
"antonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"definitions":{
": a rich gain or prize":[],
": buttocks":[
"He'd turned his back to the raucous crowd and shook his booty .",
"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
],
": sexual intercourse":[
"\u2026 verbalizing the paradox faced by many '90s men just trying to get some booty without offending anyone.",
"\u2014 Eric Berman"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of an English-based creole word, ultimately from Early Modern English *bottie \"buttocks,\" perhaps from bott(om) entry 1 + -ie":"Noun",
"modification of Middle French butin , from Middle Low German b\u016bte exchange":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for booty Noun (1) spoil , plunder , booty , prize , loot mean something taken from another by force or craft. spoil , more commonly spoils , applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest. the spoils of political victory plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling. a bootlegger's plunder booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates. thieves dividing up their booty prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy. the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe. picked through the ruins for loot",
"synonyms":[
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072048",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"booty call":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1993, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211426",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"bootyless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being without booty : yielding no booty":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101021",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bootylicious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": voluptuously sexy and attractive":[
"Each song is expertly choreographed, and her [Katy Perry's] eight-strong cohort of bootylicious back-up dancers doesn't miss a beat.",
"\u2014 Hannah Francis",
"Take a spin around. You'll see a lot of recycling bins and swing sets, but you'll find an acute shortage of bootylicious vixens in hot tubs \u2026",
"\u2014 Jeff Gordinier",
"\u2014 used especially in reference to a woman's shapely buttocks Bottoms are fundamental. Maybe the time for bootylicious appreciation really is now: the bountiful buttocks, the sweet cheeks, the delectable derriere \u2026 \u2014 Catherine Newman"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"booty entry 2 + -licious (in delicious )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00fc-t\u0113-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025759",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"booyah":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1990, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u00a6y\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180517",
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
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"definitions":[
"Definition of booza variant of boza"
],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163843",
"type":[]
},
"booze":{
"antonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"definitions":{
": to drink intoxicating liquor especially to excess":[
"\u2014 often used in the phrase booze it up"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He was out boozing with his friends.",
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday",
"Noun",
"We bought some chips and booze for the party.",
"this will be a birthday party without booze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Who\u2019s ready to brunch and booze on the Saturday morning tour? \u2014 Birmingham Magazine, al , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Ballplayers, Bouton revealed, could be boozing , womanizing, pill-popping, ball-scuffing rascals \u2014 overgrown teenagers, that is. \u2014 Tyler Kepner, New York Times , 11 July 2019",
"The show, produced by Mike Nichols, won seven Tonys in all, including best musical and best actress in a musical for Dorothy Loudon, who originated the role of unscrupulous, boozing orphanage administrator Miss Hannigan. \u2014 Suzy Evans, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 July 2019",
"There are institutions for drinking and crafting popping up all over the country \u2014 from Pinot's Palette, a paint and sip bar that has over 140 locations, to a DIY Bar in Portland, where customers booze and craft. \u2014 Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful , 24 Aug. 2018",
"Considering the fact that NYC is one of the most expensive American cities to live in, and hipsters everywhere need tattoos, Josh\u2019s boozed -up argument actually makes a lot of sense. \u2014 refinery29.com , 11 July 2018",
"Moss is also really good, boozing away her troubles, dressed in black. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral , 31 May 2018",
"For those looking to booze it up, there will also be bloody marys made with cucumber-dill CH vodka, PST\u2019s special mix and turmeric pickles, and served with Anchor Steam beer or a green juice sidecar. \u2014 Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2018",
"If that's not bad enough, Brian's boozed -up reckless actions early on Jan. 10, 1988, took the life of a man in the other vehicle and injured others. \u2014 Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For people who want to cut back on booze or eliminate it from their lives altogether, small but impactful strategies can help when your mental health is starting to take a dive. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 15 June 2022",
"The average colonist spent a quarter of his income on booze , according to Cheever. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Other taxes, say on booze and cigarettes, are intended to alter behavior. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Starting in Miami, the itinerary included an obligatory stop in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where the passengers loaded up on duty-free booze and cheap watches, before visiting Nassau in the Bahamas and returning to Miami. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Around the corner, on Ives Street, try Bee\u2019s Thai Cuisine for lunch specials or to bring-your-own- booze for dinner. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Some provide the wine and others are BYOB (bring your own booze ) for people of legal age. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Country Living Add in your booze of choice (vodka works perfectly) to this fresh melon lemonade to make a delicious warm weather drink. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"American won't bring booze back until Sept. 13, the date the federal mask mandate on planes and at airports ends. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 5 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bousen , from Middle Dutch b\u016bsen":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcz"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bib",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"lush (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054644",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boozehound":{
"antonyms":[],
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": boozer , drunk":[]
},
"examples":[
"he's a famous writer and an infamous boozehound",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman\u2014poet, pedagogue, boozehound , and symphonic self-destroyer\u2014may not be heard straining toward the condition of music. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Sotto\u2019s restaurant has had one of Los Angeles\u2019s most relevant bar programs for years, and boozehounds will love their extensive selection of hard-to-find Italian amaros, and the seasonal cocktails. \u2014 Krista Simmons, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 28 Feb. 2018",
"Before you pigeonhole me as a full-on dipsomaniac (that\u2019s a fancy way to say boozehound ), allow me to explain that many rum distilleries in Martinique offer more than a linoleum tasting counter and a gift shop. \u2014 Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Mar. 2018",
"And for true boozehounds , mix 2 parts Del Maguey Vida mezcal, 1 part Aperol, and a bit of dry vermouth to make a Santa's Little Helper. \u2014 Ross Mccammon, GQ , 27 Oct. 2017",
"A six-pack goes for \u00a330, or about $37 for the American boozehounds . \u2014 Caroline Picard, House Beautiful , 14 Nov. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00fcz-\u02cchau\u0307nd"
],
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"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052155",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boozer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a drinking place : pub":[],
": a person who boozes : drunk":[]
},
"examples":[
"They went into the boozer for a beer.",
"the boozer finally checked herself into rehab",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ljoha, a smoker, boozer and latter-day caveman, is headed for work in a mine near the Arctic Circle. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Handling's vision for reinventing what was once a tired old boozer ? \u2014 Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure , 24 Sep. 2021",
"And the Deep Chocolate satisfies the non- boozer with silky richness. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 3 July 2021",
"But Iris has fallen pregnant by Digby, who turns out to be a boozer , philanderer and open admirer of the Soviet Union. \u2014 Star Tribune , 4 June 2021",
"However, recent statistics have given the industry something to toast: there was a net increase of some 300 boozers in the latest year. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Not a boozer or beer-snob tale, Stradal\u2019s second novel weaves together a bittersweet but heartwarming generational story of family, tragedy, perseverance and forgiveness. \u2014 Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY , 25 July 2019",
"Smear campaigns falsely accused people of being boozers , rapists and terrorists. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Unfortunately, as played by Aussie actor Andrew Steel, Shankwitz too often comes off as an irascible, cowboyish boozer who needs a crash course in chivalry. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2019"
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"Verb",
"He was out boozing with his friends.",
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday",
"Noun",
"We bought some chips and booze for the party.",
"this will be a birthday party without booze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Who\u2019s ready to brunch and booze on the Saturday morning tour? \u2014 Birmingham Magazine, al , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Ballplayers, Bouton revealed, could be boozing , womanizing, pill-popping, ball-scuffing rascals \u2014 overgrown teenagers, that is. \u2014 Tyler Kepner, New York Times , 11 July 2019",
"The show, produced by Mike Nichols, won seven Tonys in all, including best musical and best actress in a musical for Dorothy Loudon, who originated the role of unscrupulous, boozing orphanage administrator Miss Hannigan. \u2014 Suzy Evans, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 July 2019",
"There are institutions for drinking and crafting popping up all over the country \u2014 from Pinot's Palette, a paint and sip bar that has over 140 locations, to a DIY Bar in Portland, where customers booze and craft. \u2014 Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful , 24 Aug. 2018",
"Considering the fact that NYC is one of the most expensive American cities to live in, and hipsters everywhere need tattoos, Josh\u2019s boozed -up argument actually makes a lot of sense. \u2014 refinery29.com , 11 July 2018",
"Moss is also really good, boozing away her troubles, dressed in black. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral , 31 May 2018",
"For those looking to booze it up, there will also be bloody marys made with cucumber-dill CH vodka, PST\u2019s special mix and turmeric pickles, and served with Anchor Steam beer or a green juice sidecar. \u2014 Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2018",
"If that's not bad enough, Brian's boozed -up reckless actions early on Jan. 10, 1988, took the life of a man in the other vehicle and injured others. \u2014 Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For people who want to cut back on booze or eliminate it from their lives altogether, small but impactful strategies can help when your mental health is starting to take a dive. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 15 June 2022",
"The average colonist spent a quarter of his income on booze , according to Cheever. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Other taxes, say on booze and cigarettes, are intended to alter behavior. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Starting in Miami, the itinerary included an obligatory stop in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where the passengers loaded up on duty-free booze and cheap watches, before visiting Nassau in the Bahamas and returning to Miami. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Around the corner, on Ives Street, try Bee\u2019s Thai Cuisine for lunch specials or to bring-your-own- booze for dinner. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Some provide the wine and others are BYOB (bring your own booze ) for people of legal age. \u2014 Charles Infosino, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"Country Living Add in your booze of choice (vodka works perfectly) to this fresh melon lemonade to make a delicious warm weather drink. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 18 Apr. 2022",
"American won't bring booze back until Sept. 13, the date the federal mask mandate on planes and at airports ends. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 5 June 2021"
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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": a sauce consisting of stock thickened with roux and flavored typically with red wine and shallots":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The menu features butternut shrimp bisque (gluten free), pompano with crabmeat bordelaise sauce , and desserts such as lemon ice box creme brulee. \u2014 Will Coviello, NOLA.com , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The New York strip steak lacked a robust searing and was overwhelmed by a smothering that included red peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms and potatoes in a bordelaise sauce . \u2014 Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com , 21 May 2018",
"Beef Wellington, abetted by a rich mushroom bordelaise sauce , is without flaw. \u2014 Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"There was charcoal-grilled Wagyu beef and bordelaise sauce ; then goug\u00e8res with more truffles and on to dessert: 18 courses of food in all, not counting those delicate little crackers that started the meal. \u2014 Sam Sifton, New York Times , 18 Jan. 2018",
"The two-inch-thick chunk of tuna, seared on the outside and perfectly raw everywhere else, came with a bordelaise sauce made with Luxardo amaro along with the creamy foie gras. \u2014 Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader , 1 Nov. 2017"
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"No longer was this a matter of a U.S. senator frolicking at a male bordello : The security of the nation was now at risk. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Peck wore a series of leather masks with strips of dangling bordello fringe, which obscured most of his features, but not his searching blue eyes. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Born in Searchlight, Nevada, to an alcoholic father who killed himself at 58 and a mother who served as a laundress in a bordello , Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing and swam with other children at a pool at a local brothel. \u2014 Marisa Schultz, Fox News , 9 Jan. 2022"
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"a broad red border on each plate",
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"Their property borders the park.",
"Tall trees border the avenue.",
"Two rivers border the city.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rather than stay in Hong Kong during his two-day visit, Xi spent the night across the mainland border in the city of Shenzhen. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Rather than touting Hong Kong\u2019s world-leading cosmopolitanism, Beijing officials now cast it as part of a regional megapolis in the Pearl River Delta, tethered to more-populous cities across the border like Shenzhen and Guangzhou. \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The latest charges are on top of money laundering counts, where authorities said Antle tried to hide more than half a million dollars made in an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the U.S. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"For years people have traversed state lines for abortions, particularly if a clinic across the border is closer to their home than the nearest in-state facility. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 1 July 2022",
"Migrants have been streaming across the border and getting taken into custody at record levels since the start of the year -- averaging well over 200,000 apprehensions a month. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"For security, barricades have been erected, several major roads downtown close to event venues have closed, and drones are banned from the city\u2019s airspace and across the mainland border in Shenzhen. \u2014 WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Relatives had reportedly arranged and paid half of the $6,000 the smuggler charged to bring the boys across the border , and were awaiting their arrival in Houston. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"This relatively laissez-faire approach is much different than the COVID policy across the border . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the Pacific and North American tectonic plates crush and grind against one another, the mountains that border Los Angeles continue to creep upwards faster than gravity can pull them down. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
"One study will focus on elementary schools with boundaries that border on 700 East and Van Winkle, and the other on the boundaries between Skyline, Olympus and Cottonwood high schools. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Today, Saratoga Springs, Lehi, Vineyard and other fast-growing cities border the lake, and new subdivisions are pressing against its high waterline. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Baltic States -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- also border Russia to the west and are members of NATO. \u2014 Nadine El-bawab, ABC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Specific references to real-life Chicago, like a lone mention of the shooting of Laquan McDonald, are so scarce as to border on exploitative. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Expecting a Laker revival is starting to border that old theory of insanity\u2014doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The move should allow traffic to flow smoothly again over bridges that border the Mexican state, including in El Paso, where long delays and ensuing protests by Mexican truckers led to hourslong waits and temporary closure of three bridges. \u2014 Elizabeth Findell, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Romania has asked its northernmost counties that border Ukraine to provide heating and electricity to existing refugee centers\u2014though local media has questioned whether the nation has the capacity. \u2014 Dorota Bartyzel, Fortune , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the 33-pound border collie is indisputably best at her main job\u2014bossing the sheep around on a Florida farm. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Born in 2008, the likable, talented and smart border collie was adopted by Xander Stone and his family. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Ruby, an Australian shepherd/ border collie mix, was the first shelter dog to train with the Rhode Island State Police. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Ruby was an Australian shepherd and border collie mix. \u2014 Maureen Mackey, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
"Sally is an 11-year-old husky, Australian shepherd and border collie mix. \u2014 Grace Cifranic, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The actress is video chatting from her home in the Catskills in upstate New York, joined by her Aussie- border collie mix Finn, who is lounging nearby. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In the picture, the black and white border collie mix has one of his front legs stitched up while standing tall on the other three. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The idea began when neuroethologist Laura Cuaya moved from Mexico to Budapest with her dog, Kun-kun, a border collie . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"circa 1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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"He grew up in Malaysia, near the Indonesian border .",
"They live just beyond the western border of the park.",
"the border of the Sahara",
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"a broad red border on each plate",
"He planted pansies in the border .",
"Verb",
"Their property borders the park.",
"Tall trees border the avenue.",
"Two rivers border the city.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rather than stay in Hong Kong during his two-day visit, Xi spent the night across the mainland border in the city of Shenzhen. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"Rather than touting Hong Kong\u2019s world-leading cosmopolitanism, Beijing officials now cast it as part of a regional megapolis in the Pearl River Delta, tethered to more-populous cities across the border like Shenzhen and Guangzhou. \u2014 Karina Tsui, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The latest charges are on top of money laundering counts, where authorities said Antle tried to hide more than half a million dollars made in an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the U.S. \u2014 Jeffrey Collins, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
"For years people have traversed state lines for abortions, particularly if a clinic across the border is closer to their home than the nearest in-state facility. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 1 July 2022",
"Migrants have been streaming across the border and getting taken into custody at record levels since the start of the year -- averaging well over 200,000 apprehensions a month. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"For security, barricades have been erected, several major roads downtown close to event venues have closed, and drones are banned from the city\u2019s airspace and across the mainland border in Shenzhen. \u2014 WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Relatives had reportedly arranged and paid half of the $6,000 the smuggler charged to bring the boys across the border , and were awaiting their arrival in Houston. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"This relatively laissez-faire approach is much different than the COVID policy across the border . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the Pacific and North American tectonic plates crush and grind against one another, the mountains that border Los Angeles continue to creep upwards faster than gravity can pull them down. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
"One study will focus on elementary schools with boundaries that border on 700 East and Van Winkle, and the other on the boundaries between Skyline, Olympus and Cottonwood high schools. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"Today, Saratoga Springs, Lehi, Vineyard and other fast-growing cities border the lake, and new subdivisions are pressing against its high waterline. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Baltic States -- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- also border Russia to the west and are members of NATO. \u2014 Nadine El-bawab, ABC News , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Specific references to real-life Chicago, like a lone mention of the shooting of Laquan McDonald, are so scarce as to border on exploitative. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Expecting a Laker revival is starting to border that old theory of insanity\u2014doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The move should allow traffic to flow smoothly again over bridges that border the Mexican state, including in El Paso, where long delays and ensuing protests by Mexican truckers led to hourslong waits and temporary closure of three bridges. \u2014 Elizabeth Findell, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Romania has asked its northernmost counties that border Ukraine to provide heating and electricity to existing refugee centers\u2014though local media has questioned whether the nation has the capacity. \u2014 Dorota Bartyzel, Fortune , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"in the borderland between sleeping and waking",
"He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This borderland between Brazil and Peru, where the lowland Amazon rain forest slopes gently toward the Andes foothills, is rich with biological and cultural diversity. \u2014 Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Another variant would be considered as adjacent to the AI, residing in a type of borderland that is not exactly inside the AI and not fully outside the AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Most of the time, the borders themselves occupy a borderland between real and unreal. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"For now, that point seems to lie in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of a country whose name means borderland . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The situation leaves Colombia and Venezuela with the same problem: The presence of highly skilled criminal groups that control chunks of their borderland territories. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 6 Feb. 2022",
"For her part, Ms. Butcher is a feminist, a humanist and apparently an agnostic who\u2014for love\u2014tries hard to find some borderland within herself for both these postures. \u2014 Richard Adams Carey, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
"During this early period, many agents were active in borderland chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. \u2014 Alicia Schmidt Camacho, The New Yorker , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Miami is not situated along a geographical border between two countries, but Cromwell came to see it as a borderland nonetheless. \u2014 Emily Witt, The New Yorker , 4 Dec. 2021"
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"Adjective",
"In borderline cases like these, the best course of action is difficult to determine.",
"As a borderline diabetic, Lara is able to control her blood sugar levels solely through diet.",
"Adverb",
"The movie is only borderline funny.",
"your answer was borderline rude, so I would advise you to be more diplomatic in the future",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Overall, the average results are ambiguous, though the complete rest does seem (with borderline statistical significance) to enable the runners to spend more time at peak VO2. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 17 June 2022",
"As part of the Stargate franchise, Robert Carlyle played Dr. Nicholas Rush, the borderline eccentric scientist leading the stargate research. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"Curry was a borderline top 100 recruit coming out of high school. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Hughes' testimony contradicts that of a psychologist hired by Depp's lawyers, who said Heard was faking her symptoms of PTSD and suffered from borderline and histrionic personality disorders. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
"Hughes' testimony contradicts that of a psychologist hired by Depp's lawyers, who said Heard was faking her symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and suffered from borderline and histrionic personality disorders. \u2014 CBS News , 4 May 2022",
"These sequences sometimes underline the reliance on too much over-the-top cartoonish action, however, with borderline bonkers plot developments breathlessly deployed at a clip recalling the movie\u2019s video game origins. \u2014 Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Maybe North Carolina has really turned it around, but a team that was borderline top-40 late in the regular season doesn\u2019t deserve to be this short of a dog against a consensus top-20 team for the entire season. \u2014 Vsin Staff, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"My rational mind knows the sculpture is tacky and borderline offensive, yet my reptilian brain loves its louche effervescence. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Fringe-y/ borderline /ticking-time-bomb people are always out there and probably have active imaginations that go way beyond what sometimes pops up in movies. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Oct. 2019",
"Both teams came out hitting to start Game 2 and the intensity jumped another level after McNabb\u2019s borderline hit on Kuznetsov. \u2014 Adam Candee, Detroit Free Press , 30 May 2018",
"In the middle of this, I was tested for gestational diabetes, and the result came back borderline . \u2014 The Cut , 14 Sep. 2017",
"There\u2019s no doubting the existence and growing popularity online of conspiratorial\u2014and borderline demented\u2014commentary on Russia. \u2014 Jeet Heer, New Republic , 23 May 2017"
],
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"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"-\u02ccl\u012bn",
"\u02c8b\u022fr-d\u0259r-\u02ccl\u012bn"
],
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"frontier",
"marginal"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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": a personality disorder that is marked by unstable, intense emotions and mood with symptoms including instability in interpersonal relationships and self-image, fear of abandonment, and impulsive or unpredictable behavior and that has an onset during adolescence or early adulthood":[
"Like others with borderline personality disorder , she had intense and unstable relationships with people that veered from adoration to intense hatred and jealousy the moment she felt the merest slight.",
"\u2014 Richard A. Friedman",
"Borderline personality disorder afflicts an estimated 1.3 percent of U.S. adults.",
"\u2014 Bruce Bower",
"\u2014 abbreviation BPD"
]
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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"drip",
"droner",
"dullsville",
"nudnik",
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"snooze",
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"yawn",
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": something that is devoid of interest":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1766, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1768, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"Middle English *bore wave, from Old Norse b\u0101ra":"Noun",
"Middle English boren , going back to Old English borian , going back to Germanic *bur-\u014d- (whence Old High German bor\u014dn \"to pierce,\" Old Norse bora ), probably verbal derivative of a noun base bur- \"tool for piercing\" (whence Old English bor \"chiseling instrument,\" Old High German bora ); akin to Latin for\u0101re \"to bore,\" fer\u012bre \"to strike\"":"Verb",
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"\u02c8b\u022fr",
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"pierce",
"punch",
"puncture",
"riddle"
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"verb"
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"modification of Dutch boerenkool , from boeren- (from boer peasant) + kool cabbage; akin to Old English c\u0101l cabbage":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dr\u02cck\u014dl",
"\u02c8b\u022fr-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051441",
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"noun"
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"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
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": filled with or characterized by boredom":[
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"a bored voice",
"Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager \u2026",
"\u2014 Ingrid Law"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"We are enthralled by con narratives, then grow bored with our own enthrallment. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Mira is terminally bored with a career of big-IP projects. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Clarkson sounds bored with the verse\u2019s straightforward melody, adding unnecessary trills to keep herself engaged and failing to match the raw desperation of Yorke\u2019s original vocal. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"In this case, a 27-year-old is bored , scrolling through his phone while avoiding studying for the LSATs. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"In other words, the brand suffered the fate of every fad: The cool kids grew bored with it. \u2014 Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In the show, the star helps homeowners who are bored with their bland home interiors try something more adventurous. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, some may find all the LEDs gaudy, and others will get bored with them after a few days. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"By the mid-\u201990s, there were rumors that Mr. Mugler had become bored with fashion. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u022frd"
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"jaded",
"sick",
"sick and tired",
"tired",
"wearied",
"weary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233844",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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": the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest":[
"the boredom of a long car trip"
]
},
"examples":[
"On days when few customers came to shop, Bob felt overwhelmed by boredom .",
"the boredom of a long car trip",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With social distancing practices easing, investors who once played the markets out of boredom may be turning back to other modes of entertainment. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Many of them are currently offering free trials, to help get you through any stretch of boredom . \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, cats \u2013 especially indoor cats \u2013 need toys to stay fit and relieve boredom . \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Enrichment toys challenge your dog or cat and prevent the boredom that causes pet stress. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Some sources of unhappiness that lead to distraction and mind-wandering are: fear, anxiety, neuroticism, and of course, boredom . \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"Gendron\u2019s allegedly wrote that he was radicalized on 4chan due to boredom during the early months of the pandemic in 2020. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"Without gifted programs, experts say, high-achieving students risk boredom , lack of motivation and missing out on academic growth. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"If your spending strays upon experiencing feelings like anxiousness or boredom , make a plan for those occasions. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bore entry 5 + -dom":""
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"\u02c8b\u022fr-d\u0259m"
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"blahs",
"doldrums",
"ennui",
"listlessness",
"restlessness",
"tedium",
"weariness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231040",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": any of several wattle trees (such as Acacia pendula and A. glaucescens ) \u2014 see myall":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Australian (Queensland) booreah , literally, fire":"Noun",
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"\u02c8b\u022fr\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132805",
"type":[
"noun"
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"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
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": causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome":[
"a boring lecture"
]
},
"examples":[
"I find her books totally boring .",
"I wish this book weren't so boring ; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hopelessness was a major reason for the low voter turnout Tuesday, Sragow believes \u2014 not merely because the primary was terribly boring , except perhaps for the L.A. mayoral and San Francisco recall elections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Because Joe Biden's White House is so boring , especially when compared with his predecessor. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 2 May 2022",
"Saving is boring and has no short-term payoff but pays off in the long run. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"But the Padres\u2019 offense is boring , moves like a river horse, and dull doesn\u2019t cut it. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"The motel is boring , but the world outside is vast and unfamiliar. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Political learning doesn\u2019t have to be boring , feared, ancient or partisan. \u2014 cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"Jodie Comer just proved that black on the red carpet is not boring when done to perfection. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"When a scene is too slow, or too boring , the only thing that can still be altered is the score. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 19 Dec. 2021"
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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"from present participle of bore entry 6":""
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"\u02c8b\u022fr-i\u014b"
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"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
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"tiresome",
"tiring",
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"weary",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093133",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"nonnatural"
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"definitions":{
": being in specified circumstances from birth":[
"nobly born",
"born poor",
"born into wealth"
],
": brought forth by or as if by birth":[
"The baby was born prematurely.",
"She was born in Germany.",
"a mentality born in the computer age"
],
": deriving or resulting from":[
"a partnership born of necessity",
"\u2014 usually used in combination poverty- born crime"
],
": destined from or as if from birth":[
"born to succeed"
],
": having from birth specified qualities":[
"was born blind",
"Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens.",
"a born leader"
],
": native":[
"\u2014 usually used in combination American- born"
],
"Max 1882\u20131970 German physicist":[]
},
"examples":[
"She was born in a hospital.",
"He was born on a farm.",
"She was born in Nigeria in 1911.",
"The baby was born on July 31st.",
"Their second son was born prematurely.",
"Both twins were born healthy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shaw has said he was reborn after the shooting and years later would become a born -again Christian. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 9 June 2019",
"In his mid-40s, Mr. Phillips had quietly become a born -again Christian after attending a Billy Graham rally. \u2014 James R. Hagerty, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2019",
"Some team members, like Gregory and Chris, both 13 years old and born days apart, have been playing together since the age of 6 or 7. \u2014 Melanie Grayce West, WSJ , 21 Aug. 2018",
"The 18-year-old, born Megan Bulow, only just finished school. \u2014 Lyndsey Havens, Billboard , 26 June 2018"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English boren , past participle of beran to carry \u2014 more at bear":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022frn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"congenital",
"natural"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174247",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": derive , adopt":[
"traditions borrowed from African polytheism"
],
": lend":[
"Borrow me your pencil."
],
": to adopt into one language from another":[
"The English word \"entrepreneur\" was borrowed from French."
],
": to appropriate for one's own use":[
"borrow a metaphor from Shakespeare"
],
": to borrow (money) with the intention of returning the same plus interest (see interest entry 1 sense 3a )":[
"borrow money from the bank"
],
": to borrow something":[
"borrows heavily from Nietzsche"
],
": to do something unnecessarily that may result in adverse reaction or repercussions":[],
": to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent":[
"borrow a book from the library",
"borrowed a dollar",
"borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor"
],
": to take (one) from a digit of the minuend in arithmetical subtraction in order to add as 10 to the digit holding the next lower place":[],
"George Henry 1803\u20131881 English author":[]
},
"examples":[
"The twins often borrow each other's clothes.",
"I'm borrowing a friend's car for the weekend.",
"He borrowed the book from the library.",
"Will you see if we can borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?",
"She borrowed $20 from me.",
"The speech was peppered with phrases borrowed from Winston Churchill.",
"She borrowed the technique from local artisans.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Consumers could borrow easily to buy homes and cars. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
"Decreasing the ability to borrow and resulting in less deal flow, rising rates are generally a net negative for the housing market as a whole. \u2014 Zain Jaffer, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The ability of a relative unknown to borrow such massive amounts gave rise to speculation among Russia experts and Western officials about Kremlin connections. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s struggling economy President Biden then revealed plans to work with allies to deny Russia\u2019s ability to borrow from leading multinational institutions, adding to Russia\u2019s economic pain. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Normally, Saffa said, the ability to borrow money improves in stages. \u2014 Byron Tate, Arkansas Online , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The latest figures come as Congress is acting this week to increase the government\u2019s ability to borrow and is debating a roughly $2 trillion education, healthcare and climate bill. \u2014 Amara Omeokwe, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Final passage of that legislation, coupled with looming votes on a sprawling defense policy bill and raising the limit on the nation\u2019s ability to borrow , could potentially place Ms. Murphy in the spotlight once again. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Biden also needs to get Congress to move to temporarily fund the government and preserve its ability to borrow as the debt limit could be breached in December. \u2014 Josh Boak, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English borwen , from Old English borgian ; akin to Old English beorgan to preserve \u2014 more at bury":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u00e4r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02c8b\u022fr-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take on",
"take up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175529",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a growth of trees or shrubs : thicket":[]
},
"examples":[
"hidden from prying eyes by a leafy boscage , the cottage was the perfect trysting place"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English boskage, borrowed from Anglo-French boscage \"wood, woodland,\" from bois, bos \"grove, forest, wood (the material)\" (Old French also bosc ) + -age -age \u2014 more at boiserie":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-skij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200923",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bosh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": foolish talk or activity : nonsense":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
]
},
"examples":[
"Don't believe a word she says\u2014it's all bosh .",
"a pseudoscientific examination of UFO claims that was utter bosh"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Turkish bo\u015f empty":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4sh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"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"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175333",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bosk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small wooded area":[]
},
"examples":[
"the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably back-formation from bosky":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4sk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015703",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boskage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a growth of trees or shrubs : thicket":[]
},
"examples":[
"hidden from prying eyes by a leafy boscage , the cottage was the perfect trysting place"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English boskage, borrowed from Anglo-French boscage \"wood, woodland,\" from bois, bos \"grove, forest, wood (the material)\" (Old French also bosc ) + -age -age \u2014 more at boiserie":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-skij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073902",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bosom":{
"antonyms":[
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"definitions":{
": close , intimate":[
"bosom friends"
],
": the chest conceived of as the seat of the emotions and intimate feelings":[
"a story you will take to your bosom"
],
": the human chest and especially the front part of the chest":[
"hugged the child to his bosom"
],
": the part of a garment that covers the chest or the breasts":[],
": the security and intimacy of or like that of being hugged to someone's bosom":[
"the bosom of her family"
],
": to enclose in or as if in an embrace":[
"a Gothic, moss-grown structure, half bosomed in trees",
"\u2014 T. L. Peacock"
],
": to enclose or carry in the bosom (see bosom entry 1 )":[
"she bosomed her letter",
"\u2014 E. P. O'Donnell"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He clutched the flowers to his bosom .",
"He never spoke of his childhood as an orphan, but kept dark memories of those days in his bosom .",
"The shirt has a plain color and ruffles at the bosom .",
"Verb",
"bosomed by overgrown shrubbery, the abandoned cottage seemed like the ideal place for an afternoon tryst",
"Adjective",
"promised to remain bosom friends for the rest of their lives",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Among her new additions to the Gaultier canon are a bondage suit, cut out at the bosom and buttocks, to reveal everything. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 9 May 2022",
"Think opera gloves, frilled hems, and bosom -boasting bodices reminiscent of the romantic aesthetics from the era. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Marie-Aurore de Saxe, a French noblewoman and freethinker, was painted in the guise of Diana, the huntress, wearing a leopard-print gown with billowing sleeves and a plunging bosom . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Again, who would have guessed that a voting bloc still largely made up of thousands of middle-aged guys would not clutch a song about passing driver\u2019s ed to their collective bosom ? \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Her bosom to his waistcoat-less chest, her hips to his, their thighs mashed together. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Charles Lummis, a Harvard dropout and bosom buddy of Teddy Roosevelt\u2019s, had caught malaria in Ohio. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The version of Prince Andrew as the dashing war hero generating adoring headlines with insight from the bosom of the monarchy has been long-gone for many years. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 12 Feb. 2022",
"That cynical strategy only intensifies antisemitic feelings against devout Jews who remain stubbornly unwilling to see the light and come to the bosom of Christ. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies. \u2014 Monique Judge, The Root , 15 May 2018",
"Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2017",
"That's when fans started sharing all the receipts proving that China and Dove are bosom buddies. \u2014 Noelle Devoe, Seventeen , 31 July 2017",
"The clip also features a bunch of behind-the-scenes footage, illustrating that Miguel and RL Grime are truly bosom buddies having the time of their lives. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 21 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1525, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English b\u014dsm ; akin to Old High German buosam bosom":"Noun",
"from attributive use of bosom entry 1":"Adjective",
"verbal derivative of bosom entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bu\u0307-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8bu\u0307z-\u0259m",
"also \u02c8b\u00fc-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"blood",
"bone(s)",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick",
"soul"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055128",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bosque":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a small wooded area":[]
},
"examples":[
"the thorny branches of the mesquite bosk provide quail and other desert birds with a safe haven from predators"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably back-formation from bosky":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4sk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072301",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bosquet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": thicket":[]
},
"examples":[
"a dense bosquet shields the trailhead from the bridle path"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1737, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, \"grove, thicket,\" going back to Middle French, probably borrowed from Old Occitan, from bosc \"forest, wood\" (going back to Germanic *boska-, *buska- \"shrub, thicket\") + -et -et entry 1 \u2014 more at bush entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-sk\u0259t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090854",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boss":{
"antonyms":[
"captain",
"handle",
"head",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"quarterback",
"superintend",
"supervise"
],
"definitions":{
": a protuberant part or body":[
"a boss of granite",
"a boss on an animal's horn"
],
": a raised ornamentation (as on a belt or shield) : stud":[],
": a soft pad used in ceramics and glassmaking":[],
": an ornamental projecting block used in architecture":[],
": cow , calf":[],
": excellent , first-rate":[
"a boss new rock band"
],
": one who controls votes in a party organization or dictates appointments or legislative measures":[
"standing up to the party bosses"
],
": the hub of a propeller":[],
": to embellish (something, such as a belt or shield) with a raised decoration : to ornament with bosses (see boss entry 4 ) : emboss":[
"a bossed book cover"
],
": to exercise control or authority over : to act as boss (see boss entry 1 ) of":[
"need someone to boss that job"
],
": to give usually arbitrary orders to":[
"\u2014 usually used with around Quit bossing me around."
],
": to treat (something, such as the surface of porcelain) with a boss":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a boss new rock band",
"that's a really boss stereo you've got"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1790, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch baas master":"Noun , Verb , and Adjective",
"English dialect, young cow":"Noun",
"Middle English boce , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4s",
"\u02c8b\u022fs",
"\u02c8b\u00e4s, \u02c8b\u022fs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054347",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boss (around)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070334",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boss man":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": boss entry 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"maybe we should ask the boss man how to handle this",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By now, the political capital has accepted Modi as the boss man . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Charles Aranguiz is the man that Manuel has spoken out about, with the boss man confirming that his fellow countryman, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, turned down the chance of a London Stadium reunion. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019",
"Trump likes to surround himself with people who adore him -- and don't mind speaking, sometimes at length, of their admiration and respect for the boss man . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 May 2018",
"Charles Aranguiz is the man that Manuel has spoken out about, with the boss man confirming that his fellow countryman, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, turned down the chance of a London Stadium reunion. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019",
"Trump likes to surround himself with people who adore him -- and don't mind speaking, sometimes at length, of their admiration and respect for the boss man . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 May 2018",
"When Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Pence is there to lavish praise on the boss man . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 10 May 2018",
"According to a Page Six source, SNL boss man Lorne Michaels had a talking to with Kanye, as did Kim Kardashian, who apparently had to leave her audience seat to talk to her husband. \u2014 Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan , 16 Feb. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165613",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bossy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cow , calf":[],
": inclined to domineer : dictatorial":[],
": marked by a swelling or roundness":[],
": marked by bosses : studded":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1843, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1882, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"boss entry 6":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-",
"\u02c8b\u022f-",
"\u02c8b\u022f-s\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021814",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"botch":{
"antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"definitions":{
": an inflammatory sore":[],
": patchwork , hodgepodge":[],
": something that is botched : mess":[],
": to foul up hopelessly":[
"\u2014 often used with up"
],
": to put together in a makeshift way":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The store botched the order\u2014I received only half the books I paid for.",
"They clearly botched the investigation."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bocchen":"Verb",
"Middle English boche , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4ch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"botch-up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an error or problem caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement : foul-up":[
"Casper's first days in the Peace Corps are filled with bureaucratic botch-ups .",
"\u2014 Michael Mewshaw"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4ch-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060908",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botched":{
"antonyms":[
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"facile"
],
"definitions":{
": unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes":[
"a botched attempt",
"a botched recipe",
"a botched medical procedure"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite multiple accounts that six teenagers were involved in a botched robbery that ended in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old, only one, an 18-year-old who is Black, sits in jail. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Her defense team, on the other hand, suggested someone else might\u2019ve have killed Brophy \u2014 perhaps during a botched robbery. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Jimmie Caldwell, 24, formerly of Gary, was charged with three co-defendants in the April 12, 2015, shooting death of Donald Fuzzell, 21, of Calumet Park, Illinois, in a botched robbery at a Gary gas station parking lot. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Kristen Winemiller, one of Crampton Brophy\u2019s three defense attorneys, suggested a homeless man seen nearby that morning might have killed Brophy during a botched robbery. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 May 2022",
"In 2014, Adam Montgomery pleaded guilty to shooting a drug dealer in the face during a botched robbery in which the victim took his gun and shot him, too. \u2014 Fox News , 4 May 2022",
"Neither did a botched Covid-19 vaccine rollout and escalating political tensions surrounding Mrs. Merkel\u2019s lockdowns. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Despite divisive politics, conspiracy theories and a botched U.S. rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, Americans are hungry for information about vaccines, new data from Google reveals. \u2014 Dan Patterson, CBS News , 18 Feb. 2021",
"The botched proposal took place at Disneyland Paris, a Disney spokesperson told Newsweek. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1752, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4cht"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbled",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040415",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
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": an inflammatory sore":[],
": patchwork , hodgepodge":[],
": something that is botched : mess":[],
": to foul up hopelessly":[
"\u2014 often used with up"
],
": to put together in a makeshift way":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The store botched the order\u2014I received only half the books I paid for.",
"They clearly botched the investigation."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bocchen":"Verb",
"Middle English boche , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4ch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162722",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"botchery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": botch entry 3 sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4ch(\u0259)r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174245",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botchwork":{
"antonyms":[],
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": clumsy or careless work":[
"a clumsy craftsman surrounded by his botchwork",
"\u2014 Samuel Yellen"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of bote dialectal British past tense of bite"
],
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210058",
"type":[]
},
"botete":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": puffer fish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014d\u02c8t\u0101t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041645",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botfly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various stout dipteran flies (family Oestridae) with larvae parasitic in cavities or tissues of various mammals including humans":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When one of these pests bites you, the botfly eggs make their way onto your skin and then underneath it. \u2014 Outside Online , 14 July 2015",
"On the third day, when Robey opened the cooler, there was still ice inside\u2014but also a writhing pile of botfly maggots all over the meat. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 28 Sep. 2020",
"But there\u2019s no vaccine for malaria, chikungunya, or the human botfly . \u2014 Nell Zink, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"This video is about the botfly 's horrific larvae, which grow and feed in human flesh. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 25 May 2018",
"Behold the botfly , whose larva burrows into your skin, feeds on your flesh, and erupts out in alien fashion. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 11 Apr. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4t-\u02ccfl\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132210",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bother":{
"antonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"definitions":{
": a state of petty discomfort, annoyance, or worry":[
"when scenery gets mixed up with our personal bothers all the virtue goes out of it",
"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": fuss , inconvenience":[
"doesn't want the bother of filling out all the forms again"
],
": something that causes petty annoyance or worry":[
"Fixing it would be too much of a bother .",
"Sorry to be such a bother , but I need your help."
],
": to annoy especially by petty provocation : irk":[
"It bothers her when people litter.",
"bothered by the itchy tag on his shirt"
],
": to become concerned":[
"wouldn't bother with details"
],
": to cause to be somewhat anxious or concerned":[
"My stomach is bothering me.",
"\u2014 often used interjectionally Oh, bother !"
],
": to intrude upon : pester":[
"Don't bother him when he's working."
],
": to take pains (see pain entry 1 sense 3 ) : take the trouble":[
"never bothered to ask"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He's so easygoing. Nothing seems to bother him.",
"Something he said at the meeting has been bothering me.",
"The entire car trip was filled with complaints like, \u201cMom, David keeps bothering me!\u201d and \u201cWill you tell him to quit bothering me?\u201d.",
"Mother used to cook elaborate dinners, but with only herself to cook for, she doesn't bother anymore.",
"\u201cShould I call later?\u201d \u201cNo, don't bother .\u201d",
"I'm not going to bother with the details.",
"Noun",
"Replacing the windows could be more of a bother than it's worth.",
"I know what a bother driving into the city can be this time of day.",
"\u201cSorry to bother you.\u201d \u201cThat's okay, it's no bother at all.\u201d",
"I considered replacing that part of the floor but decided it wasn't worth the bother .",
"He doesn't want the bother of filling out all those forms again.",
"Will you mail this for me? It will save me the bother of going to the post office.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee kicks ass and doesn\u2019t bother taking names in this 1972 action thriller. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The newspaper found some schools didn\u2019t bother to follow the plans, anyway. \u2014 Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"But retailers can\u2019t arrest thieves, and many don\u2019t bother reporting them because they are rarely charged. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"This winter wasn\u2019t a particularly snowy one, but the lack of precipitation apparently didn\u2019t bother many outdoor enthusiasts. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"Society has become more accepting, and some younger Gay Days attendees don\u2019t even bother to show up in red shirts at the Magic Kingdom, preferring to party poolside. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Some sources say this works and some say don't bother . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"One one hand, there is a kernel of truth to this rationale; the keynote was so packed with news that Apple didn\u2019t bother to tout what\u2019s new this year in one of its ostensibly pillar platforms. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Trump didn\u2019t even bother to attend the last summit in Peru in 2018 and many predicted there was no future for the regional gathering. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, Joshua Goodman And Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rory McIlroy found himself in a spot of bother on the fifth hole at The Country Club during the first round of the 122nd U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Some people do not want the bother and want all new and to paint the house every seven to 10 years (depending on the climate). \u2014 Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Just give Real Madrid the trophy and save everyone the bother . \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"But the ability to jump from an interrogation to a flashback on what one of the cops is describing only sometimes feels valuable enough to be worth the bother . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2022",
"With an election coming, Morrison and his Coalition federal government, an alliance of center-right political parties, find themselves in a spot of bother . \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Kate wanted to clock in, get the work done and clock out without any bother but instead became part of some uncomfortable conversations. \u2014 Beth Ashley, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Her will leaves everything to be split equally between her two kids: my wife and my wife\u2019s bother . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Ferrell and co-star Mark Wahlberg bounce off each other perefectly, and bother are up to the challenge of delivering a funny like even when things are looking grim in the movie's mid-recession white collar crime scheme. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1761, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"circa 1745, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"noun derivative of bother entry 1":"Noun",
"of obscure origin":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"\u02c8b\u00e4t\u035fh-\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bother Verb annoy , vex , irk , bother mean to upset a person's composure. annoy implies a wearing on the nerves by persistent petty unpleasantness. their constant complaining annoys us vex implies greater provocation and stronger disturbance and usually connotes anger but sometimes perplexity or anxiety. vexed by her son's failure to clean his room irk stresses difficulty in enduring and the resulting weariness or impatience of spirit. careless waste irks the boss bother suggests interference with comfort or peace of mind. don't bother me while I'm reading",
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111455",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"botheration":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something that bothers":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally"
],
": the act of bothering : the state of being bothered":[]
},
"examples":[
"I hadn't realized what a botheration putting up a tent in the dark could be!",
"if I'm to get any work done, this incessant botheration has to stop"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccb\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bedevilment",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080125",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bothering":{
"antonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"definitions":{
": a state of petty discomfort, annoyance, or worry":[
"when scenery gets mixed up with our personal bothers all the virtue goes out of it",
"\u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": fuss , inconvenience":[
"doesn't want the bother of filling out all the forms again"
],
": something that causes petty annoyance or worry":[
"Fixing it would be too much of a bother .",
"Sorry to be such a bother , but I need your help."
],
": to annoy especially by petty provocation : irk":[
"It bothers her when people litter.",
"bothered by the itchy tag on his shirt"
],
": to become concerned":[
"wouldn't bother with details"
],
": to cause to be somewhat anxious or concerned":[
"My stomach is bothering me.",
"\u2014 often used interjectionally Oh, bother !"
],
": to intrude upon : pester":[
"Don't bother him when he's working."
],
": to take pains (see pain entry 1 sense 3 ) : take the trouble":[
"never bothered to ask"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He's so easygoing. Nothing seems to bother him.",
"Something he said at the meeting has been bothering me.",
"The entire car trip was filled with complaints like, \u201cMom, David keeps bothering me!\u201d and \u201cWill you tell him to quit bothering me?\u201d.",
"Mother used to cook elaborate dinners, but with only herself to cook for, she doesn't bother anymore.",
"\u201cShould I call later?\u201d \u201cNo, don't bother .\u201d",
"I'm not going to bother with the details.",
"Noun",
"Replacing the windows could be more of a bother than it's worth.",
"I know what a bother driving into the city can be this time of day.",
"\u201cSorry to bother you.\u201d \u201cThat's okay, it's no bother at all.\u201d",
"I considered replacing that part of the floor but decided it wasn't worth the bother .",
"He doesn't want the bother of filling out all those forms again.",
"Will you mail this for me? It will save me the bother of going to the post office.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee kicks ass and doesn\u2019t bother taking names in this 1972 action thriller. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The newspaper found some schools didn\u2019t bother to follow the plans, anyway. \u2014 Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"But retailers can\u2019t arrest thieves, and many don\u2019t bother reporting them because they are rarely charged. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"This winter wasn\u2019t a particularly snowy one, but the lack of precipitation apparently didn\u2019t bother many outdoor enthusiasts. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 June 2022",
"Society has become more accepting, and some younger Gay Days attendees don\u2019t even bother to show up in red shirts at the Magic Kingdom, preferring to party poolside. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Some sources say this works and some say don't bother . \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
"One one hand, there is a kernel of truth to this rationale; the keynote was so packed with news that Apple didn\u2019t bother to tout what\u2019s new this year in one of its ostensibly pillar platforms. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Trump didn\u2019t even bother to attend the last summit in Peru in 2018 and many predicted there was no future for the regional gathering. \u2014 Elliot Spagat, Joshua Goodman And Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Rory McIlroy found himself in a spot of bother on the fifth hole at The Country Club during the first round of the 122nd U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Some people do not want the bother and want all new and to paint the house every seven to 10 years (depending on the climate). \u2014 Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Just give Real Madrid the trophy and save everyone the bother . \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"But the ability to jump from an interrogation to a flashback on what one of the cops is describing only sometimes feels valuable enough to be worth the bother . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2022",
"With an election coming, Morrison and his Coalition federal government, an alliance of center-right political parties, find themselves in a spot of bother . \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Kate wanted to clock in, get the work done and clock out without any bother but instead became part of some uncomfortable conversations. \u2014 Beth Ashley, refinery29.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Her will leaves everything to be split equally between her two kids: my wife and my wife\u2019s bother . \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Ferrell and co-star Mark Wahlberg bounce off each other perefectly, and bother are up to the challenge of delivering a funny like even when things are looking grim in the movie's mid-recession white collar crime scheme. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1761, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"circa 1745, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"noun derivative of bother entry 1":"Noun",
"of obscure origin":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4t\u035fh-\u0259r",
"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bother Verb annoy , vex , irk , bother mean to upset a person's composure. annoy implies a wearing on the nerves by persistent petty unpleasantness. their constant complaining annoys us vex implies greater provocation and stronger disturbance and usually connotes anger but sometimes perplexity or anxiety. vexed by her son's failure to clean his room irk stresses difficulty in enduring and the resulting weariness or impatience of spirit. careless waste irks the boss bother suggests interference with comfort or peace of mind. don't bother me while I'm reading",
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055434",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bothersome":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causing bother : vexing":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bothersome habit of dropping trash on the floor right next to the garbage can",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Simply open the sticker atop the jar, and place it near your most bothersome smells for optimal results. \u2014 Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics , 26 June 2022",
"One of the most bothersome aspects of my sleep deprivation was a heightened sensitivity to physical pains and discomforts. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 15 June 2020",
"However, there is the chance that even ingredients like essential oils will be bothersome too. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"This light gel-cream applies to the skin smoothly and won\u2019t feel heavy or bothersome . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Then Kiffin, still mischievous at 47 and the equivalent of a bothersome little brother to the 56-year-old Fisher, went and did it again this winter. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 17 May 2022",
"Confidence: Medium Sunday: Our bothersome low pressure storm system may hang out off our coastline. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Russian aggression and brutality thereby provide a rationale for discounting bothersome historical complexities dating from prior to, during, and after the existence of the Soviet Union, the reckless folly of NATO expansion not least among them. \u2014 Andrew J. Bacevich, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"While many look forward to eliminating some of the more bothersome outcomes of the pandemic\u2014like mask requirements and social gathering limits\u2014other byproducts of the pandemic, such as working remotely, are likely to linger for months to come. \u2014 Clinton M Padgett, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r-s\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043105",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bottine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a woman's light boot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French botine , diminutive of bote boot":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u00e4\u02c8-",
"b\u0259\u02c8t\u0113n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210618",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botting":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of botting present participle of bot"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-055450",
"type":[]
},
"bottle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle":[],
": a usually bottle-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid":[],
": intoxicating drink : the practice of drinking":[
"slipped deeper and deeper into the bottle",
"\u2014 Anne Bernays"
],
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"\u2014 usually used with up bottling up their anger"
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"wished she could bottle their energy"
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"\u2014 usually used with up bottle up legislation in committee"
]
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"Noun",
"We drank a bottle of wine.",
"He says he's lost too many years to the bottle , and that he's giving up alcohol.",
"Her struggles with the bottle affected her entire family.",
"Has the baby finished her bottle yet?",
"raised on a bottle instead of breast milk",
"Verb",
"The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.",
"Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"American oak followed by more than 24 months in bottle . \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"It\u2019s one of hit-making, lighting-in-a- bottle moments captured over and over alongside genius-level skill. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"This wine is fun, with a smile or three in every bottle . \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"This moisturizer is a miracle in a bottle for dry skin that is already showing signs of aging. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Other researchers have found that what\u2019s on the label may not match what\u2019s actually in the bottle , and some countries have banned the sale of over-the-counter melatonin. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"The only one of the bunch in a bottle . Pomegranate: Not sweet, light, dry, simple finish. \u2014 cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"The burning paper in the bottle causes the air to expand and the pressure to go up. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
"Normally people just put a bunch of stuff in a bottle and sell it. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"With a game in hand, the Phoenix Suns will look to stay hot while the Dallas Mavericks will be trying to bottle up Chris Paul in the second meeting of this 2022 NBA Playoffs second round series. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"There\u2019s also no place like Amazon when your baby needs some maddeningly specific item, like a particular brand/shape of pacifier or bottle nipple that none of your local stores carry. \u2014 Glamour , 6 June 2022",
"When the returner pick up is complete, customers will be paid 5 cents for each can and bottle , returners will be paid 4 cents and Sipzee takes a 1 cent fee. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"That ad alternated with another, for Estrella Damm beer\u2014maybe a fitting inducement for the British public, who had been granted an extra day off and who never seem to need encouragement to raise a glass, can, or bottle . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
"My parents had kept pushing off their return to New York, reluctant to bottle themselves in an airplane with the disease. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Without workplace protections for nursing or the modern technology of pumping, women working outside the home had no choice but to bottle feed. \u2014 Carla Cevasco, Time , 17 May 2022",
"Leaders in the industry are shifting to greener practices, including wind and solar powered facilities, water-saving filtration systems, can and bottle recycling, and zero-waste production. \u2014 Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Wineries in Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova and elsewhere in Eastern Europe have been thrown into uncertain territory, including changing production to housing refugees, bottle supply issues, transportation problems and rising inflation. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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},
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"Middle English botel , from Old French botele , from Medieval Latin butticula , diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask":"Noun"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u1d4al",
"\u02c8b\u00e4t-\u1d4al"
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"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it : to hide (a feeling or emotion)":[
"She's kept her feelings about the accident bottled up for too long.",
"I know he's angry, but he bottles it up inside instead of talking to someone about it."
]
},
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"type":[
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]
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": a large container that people put empty bottles in so that the glass or plastic the bottles are made from can be used again":[]
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"antonyms":[],
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": long-tailed tit"
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"noun"
]
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": an Australian tree of the genera Brachychiton and Sterculia (especially S. rupestris ) \u2014 see kurrajong":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"She's kept her feelings about the accident bottled up for too long.",
"I know he's angry, but he bottles it up inside instead of talking to someone about it."
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"Noun",
"Bridge construction has created a bottleneck on the southern part of Main Street.",
"All decisions must be approved by the committee, and this is where the company runs into bottlenecks .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This happens largely outside of our awareness and represents an information bottleneck into our minds. \u2014 Ben Moorsom, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Who better to demonstrate the bottleneck bang trend than Carla Bruni? \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Over the last two years, an international distributor release bottleneck has made sales agents very selective in launching new titles. \u2014 Emiliano De Pablos, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"While curtain bangs are definitely having a moment \u2014 with Gaga seeming to be one of the latest participants in this reemerging hair trend \u2014 bottleneck bangs are enjoying some time in the spotlight as well. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Finding the raw metals needed to produce batteries is quickly becoming a key bottleneck in the supply chain for electric vehicles and other battery-intensive technologies key to the energy transition, experts said. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the money could be used to replace the 149-year-old Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel \u2014 a major bottleneck in the Northeast Corridor\u2019s rail network \u2014 and to rehabilitate commuter rail stations in Baltimore and Washington. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But fulfilling those promises won\u2019t be easy, thanks to a bottleneck in the hiring process that has throttled recruitment at the department since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Sellers holding out for a big streamer sale can create a bottleneck , slowing down the entire process. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eventually, only a pair of doors were opened, causing concertgoers to bottleneck . \u2014 Fox News , 13 Nov. 2021",
"As a result, the park\u2019s conservation team is working to build new routes and visitor centers to better disperse travelers that currently bottleneck the site. \u2014 Julia Eskins, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Sep. 2021",
"However, the other lesson is not to bottleneck your business by doing everything yourself forever. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"This can bottleneck team execution by causing arguments, or if everyone goes with the hero\u2019s opinion, the whole team could miss out on better, more creative solutions. \u2014 Mark Samuel, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"Conversely, the destination disk and the interface might be newer and able to write data faster than the source sending it; that\u2019s where data can bottleneck and potentially cause problems. \u2014 Eric Alt, Popular Science , 22 Jan. 2021",
"The big takeaway here is that Optane's extremely low latency allows acceleration of AI pipelines\u2014which frequently bottleneck on storage\u2014by offering very rapid access to models too large to keep entirely in RAM. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 18 June 2020",
"According to Lane Farguson, manager of communications at the Halifax Port Authority, bottlenecking at the port could cause shortages of goods in central Canada and the U.S. Midwest. \u2014 Audrey Carleton, Fortune , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Some updates to Apple's Mac product lineup have often been bottlenecked on waiting for updates or overcoming barriers in Intel's roadmap, which does not always suit Apple's priorities and which has been subject to disruption in the past. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1854, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1919, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u1d4al-\u02ccnek"
],
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"backup",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
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": a beverage and especially a wine that is bottled at a particular time":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of course, those gorgeous little bubbles require a careful pour, so Enroot had to invest in customized parts in order to retain effervescence during the bottling . \u2014 Amanda M. Faison, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"This organic bottling is redolent with aromas of jasmine and honeysuckle, backed up by flavors of peaches, apricots and ginger. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The company said Stoli\u2019s blending, filtration, bottling , packaging and distribution all takes place in a Latvian factory and warehouse. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Here is the wine is aged 16 to 18 months in French oak, before being gently moved by gravity to the third cave, reserved for bottling and storage. \u2014 Liz Thach, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Numerous properties have announced new initiatives including Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, which is working with a local partner to launch a new on-site zero-waste water bottling and filtration system. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Only with de N\u00e9goce, the bottling and delivery timeline isn\u2019t a matter of years. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 19 Apr. 2022",
"This is another farm-to-glass Tequila brand with each bottling coming from agaves produced at a single site and harvested in the same year. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Coca-Cola made its Russian debut in 1979 and opened its first bottling plant two decades later in Moscow, according to the company. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u1d4al-i\u014b",
"\u02c8b\u00e4t-li\u014b"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
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"low",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
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": a surface (such as the seat of a chair) designed to support something resting on it":[
"\u2014 used figuratively in phrases like the bottom dropped out to describe a sudden collapse or downturn lost millions when the bottom dropped out of the stock market"
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],
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"cargo \u2026 carried by foreign bottoms",
"\u2014 Virginia A. Oakes"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural the Mississippi river bottoms"
],
": buttocks , rump":[
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],
": capacity (as of a horse) to endure strain":[
"a breed of dogs outstanding for bottom"
],
": frequenting the lowest part or place : frequenting the bottom":[
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": really , basically":[
"It is, at bottom , a love song."
],
": the bass or baritone instruments of a band":[],
": the last half of an inning":[
"the bottom of the ninth"
],
": the lowest or last place in rank or position":[
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"graduated at the bottom of the class",
"the bottom of the pay scale"
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],
": the surface on which a body of water lies":[
"sank to the bottom of the ocean"
],
": the underside of something":[
"at the bottom of the box",
"a cut on the bottom of her foot",
"The vase is signed on the bottom ."
],
": to become based or grounded":[
"find on what foundation any proposition bottoms",
"\u2014 John Locke"
],
": to bring to the bottom":[
"bottomed the submarine on the ocean floor"
],
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],
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": to provide a foundation for":[
"men who wanted to bottom the dreams of the Romantics",
"\u2014 Bonamy Dobr\u00e9e"
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": to reach a point where a decline is halted or reversed":[
"\u2014 usually used with out The team bottomed out in last place."
],
": to reach the bottom":[
"bottoming on the sea floor"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We sailed to the bottom of the bay.",
"the bottom of the garden",
"The poor baby has a rash all over his little bottom .",
"The company's new CEO started at the bottom and worked her way up.",
"Why do I always find myself rooting for the team at the bottom of the league?",
"at the bottom of the pay scale",
"Adjective",
"the bottom rung of the ladder",
"Somebody's fingerprints are all along the bottom edge of the photograph.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Andrew Chafin took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night to the sound of the music played for him during his 5 \u00bd seasons with the Diamondbacks. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 26 June 2022",
"The Diamondbacks answered with two runs in the bottom of the third inning, as Brieske needed 30 pitches to record three outs. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"In the bottom of the 11th, Brusdar Graterol was summoned and converted his first career regular-season save, touching 102.5 mph with his fastball despite pitching against the Braves (42-32) for a third straight day. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"Gilman product Gavin Sheets, the son of former Oriole Larry Sheets, got the White Sox on the board with a two-run home run in the bottom of the second. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 26 June 2022",
"After going down 2-1 in the seventh inning, Ole Miss fired back with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to an RBI single from shortstop Jacob Gonzalez and two wild pitches from Oklahoma's All-American closer Trevin Michael. \u2014 Nick Suss, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"But the Patriots roared back in the bottom of the inning as the first two batters reached base and came home on Breaux\u2019s blast off reliever Riley Pint. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"The lull ended when Stanton countered with his drive in the bottom of the inning. \u2014 Jake Seiner, Chron , 23 June 2022",
"When Andres Gimenez gave the G\u2019s a 6-5 lead with a single in the 11th and Emmanuel Clase shut things down in the bottom of the inning, Stephan was credited with the win that put the Guards in first place. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Indiana doesn\u2019t draft in the top 10 often and seemingly doesn\u2019t intend to bottom out next season, so this is a big opportunity to add a foundational player. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"Low temperatures bottom out in the 50s throughout the region. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Now Carroll and general manager John Schneider have to dive into the crevasse in order to bottom out and find the talent to contend again. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Tom Lee said in a Tuesday note that if the 2022 drawdown follows a similar pattern to a brief crypto decline in 2021, Ether could bottom at $873 over the next week. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"Bear markets average about 289 days in duration, so a two-year reserve is plenty of time to allow the market to bottom out and then potentially start a recovery phase. \u2014 Jonathan Dash, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Skies should stay mostly clear as low temperatures bottom out in the upper teens to low 20s. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Low temperatures bottom out in the mid-50s to low 60s (downtown). \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Low temperatures should bottom out in the mid-20s to near 30. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Freshpet has grown the top line at the expense of the bottom -line, and sales growth has driven more cash burn, which puts the stock in danger of declining to $0 per share. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The types of clouds on Jupiter are highly dependent on the chemical that forms them, with the three main cloud layers coming from ammonia (the top layer), ammonium hydrosulfide (a stinky middle layer), and water (a bottom layer). \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"The bottom photo shows an enormous pit mine on a barren landscape. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"His outfit from Armani consisted of a blue velvet suit and bowtie, red bottom shoes and an icey silver chain. \u2014 Mason Young, Detroit Free Press , 24 June 2022",
"This case was started by two whistleblowers who sued under the False Claims Act and alleged that SuperValu offered rock- bottom prices to customers without insurance, but still charged high rates for Medicare and Medicaid patients. \u2014 Michael Ronickher, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The bottom deck is home to the beach club, which features fold-out platforms and a TV lounge. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"The top one features two swinging benches, and the bottom one adds an outdoor shower and hot tub overlooking the ocean. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"This dishwasher has a flatware basket in the bottom rack, and the third level rack is also ideal for flatware. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1544, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English botme, botom, bothom, going back to Old English botm, *bo\u00f0m, going back to Germanic *butma- (whence, with varying dental consonants, Old Saxon bo\u0111om \"ground, bottom,\" Old High German bodam, Old Norse botn ), going back to Indo-European *b h ud h -m\u1e17n, *b h ud h -mn-\u00f3s, whence also Greek pythm\u1e17n \"bottom, ground, base,\" Sanskrit budhn\u00e1- and (with metathesis of stop and nasal) Latin fundus \"bottom, base,\" Middle Irish bonn \"sole of the foot\"":"Noun",
"derivative of bottom entry 1":"Verb",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u0259m"
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"underbelly",
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"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface"
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"adjective",
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": the primary or most important consideration":[]
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"Noun",
"If our flight is late, we will miss our connection. That's the bottom line .",
"A student with special needs can stress a school's budget, but the bottom line is that the state must provide for the child's education.",
"How will these changes affect our bottom line ?",
"He's always got his eye on the bottom line .",
"He says his bottom line is $120,000.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The company\u2019s bottom line suffered losses of billions of dollars. \u2014 Ran Blayer, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The physics behind drippy teapots is fascinating, but the bottom line is that your typical ceramic kyusu spout is built with a stubby gooseneck that allows for a fast\u2014but drip-free\u2014pour. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"The pandemic has trashed Rolls-Royce\u2019s bottom line . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"For Sumbry, the bottom line is that pet stores don't need to sell animals. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
"For Patricia, the bottom line is what matters most, and her obsession with SVN\u2019s success is contrasted with the tacky and ridiculous products hawked on the network, which range from leatherette pants to tandem Snuggies. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"Adding slot machines and video poker to the bingo operations in 1992 greatly increased Fort McDowell\u2019s bottom line . \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 May 2022",
"Adding slot machines and video poker to the bingo operations in 1992 greatly increased Fort McDowell\u2019s bottom line . \u2014 USA Today , 20 May 2022",
"More than half of Disney+'s new subscribers came in through the very inexpensive Disney+Hotstar combo, which doesn\u2019t add much to the company\u2019s bottom line . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022"
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"1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-t\u0259m-\u02ccl\u012bn"
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"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034019",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
]
},
"bottom out":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve":[
"Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out , and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165749",
"type":[
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": the horizontal beam on which the studs of a partition rest":[]
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"examples":[],
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"Eleven finds her bottomless reserve of power and bursts Vecna backward as Hopper and Joyce make a run for it. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 2 July 2022",
"Alas, most folks don't have bottomless pockets, and the VW is considerably less than half the price in Europe. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Set against the Teton Mountains in Wyoming, using the allure of a bottomless hole to weave a multi-layered story together. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Navarro\u2019s career has a through-line, Barabak wrote: a monumental self-regard, a bottomless hunger for attention and an utter lack of grounding principles. \u2014 David Lauter, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"It was once believed to be a bottomless lagoon that was inhabited by a dragon. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Both signed on for gigs in upper middle class markets where expectations may not match the stomach of owners John Middleton and Arte Moreno to write bottomless checks until the team is perfect. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"These legacy environments resemble a seemingly bottomless bowl of spaghetti with long, intertwining strands. \u2014 Chetan Mathur, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The Supes are people \u2014 often devastatingly damaged people, afflicted by the kind of bottomless unhappiness associated with extreme childhood trauma, a severe case of showbiz personality or both. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
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"Eleven finds her bottomless reserve of power and bursts Vecna backward as Hopper and Joyce make a run for it. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 2 July 2022",
"Alas, most folks don't have bottomless pockets, and the VW is considerably less than half the price in Europe. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Set against the Teton Mountains in Wyoming, using the allure of a bottomless hole to weave a multi-layered story together. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"Navarro\u2019s career has a through-line, Barabak wrote: a monumental self-regard, a bottomless hunger for attention and an utter lack of grounding principles. \u2014 David Lauter, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"It was once believed to be a bottomless lagoon that was inhabited by a dragon. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Both signed on for gigs in upper middle class markets where expectations may not match the stomach of owners John Middleton and Arte Moreno to write bottomless checks until the team is perfect. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"These legacy environments resemble a seemingly bottomless bowl of spaghetti with long, intertwining strands. \u2014 Chetan Mathur, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The Supes are people \u2014 often devastatingly damaged people, afflicted by the kind of bottomless unhappiness associated with extreme childhood trauma, a severe case of showbiz personality or both. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
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"the bottommost part of the wine list is where you'll find the bargains",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"State and national park permits, safety inspection stickers, electronic toll collection devices and GPS and navigation systems can legally be mounted or located at the bottommost portion of the windshield, according to the driver's manual. \u2014 Tim Harlow, Star Tribune , 26 Apr. 2021",
"MOI is a performance measurement taken at the bottommost moment of the swing, when contact is made, measuring the resistance of the club to being twisted at the moment of impact. \u2014 Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2017"
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"a tree bough fell on my car during the windstorm",
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"The leafy bough was followed a millisecond later by a squirrel. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"However, on the wall there is only an enormous and exceedingly bad painting, in a heavy wooden frame, done primarily in weary shades of brown, depicting a Tuscan landscape with dim saints and sentinel cypresses and an unidentifiable bird on a bough . \u2014 John Banville, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Christmas movies about lonely career women finding love under a snowy bough in their rural hometown are a part of it, sure, but not the only part. \u2014 Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Given nationwide demand, mass retailers like Walmart, Lowe\u2019s and the Home Depot have jumped on the bough bandwagon this year with their own tree delivery operations. \u2014 Allison Duncan, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2020",
"This shelter is a great addition to a tarp hammock or strung up over a springy bough bed. \u2014 Popular Science , 28 May 2020",
"As a morning sun filters through the live oak boughs overhanging the Forsyth Farmers\u2019 Market, two lines quickly build to snap up Adam Mentzer\u2019s bouquets of carrots and asparagus. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Every year, the boughs bend with memories of you, the faithful audience. \u2014 al , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Then toss on a massive pile of live evergreen boughs and needles. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Popular Science , 26 Dec. 2019"
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"Cineplex has also begun offering refunds to all customers that pre- bought tickets for upcoming film screenings. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Jan. 2022"
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"the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wide boulevard along Fort Campbell\u2019s front wall is lined with places to get into debt or worse. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"City officials and local business groups spent a hectic weekend preparing for the arriving masses, while crossing their fingers in hopes that the moment would boost the long struggling boulevard in a bigger way. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"Olmsted\u2019s vision for the Emerald Necklace included a boulevard extension from Franklin Park along Columbia Road to Pleasure Bay in South Boston. \u2014 Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Berlin police spokesman Martin Dams said the incident occurred near the Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard located in the west of the German capital. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"With a meticulously landscaped median, the Manhattan boulevard is a two-mile gauntlet of elegant brick apartment buildings in shades from buff to earthen, with liveried doormen and Renaissance Revival and neo-Gothic exterior ornament. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Witnesses told police that two cars had been racing, weaving between other cars and speeding down the boulevard . \u2014 Claudia Lauer, ajc , 31 May 2022",
"The chief boulevard cutting through Portland\u2019s business district always has told the tale of the city\u2019s mood and health. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 May 2022",
"McKinsey has been operating in France since 1964 and its Paris office is located on the famed Champs-Elysees boulevard . \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 24 May 2022"
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"\u2014 E. H. C. Oliphant"
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"\u2014 Kenya N. Byrd"
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"\u2014 Rob Maaddi"
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"\u2014 Christian Hoard"
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"\u2014 Clark Boyd"
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"\u2014 David Wenner"
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"Verb",
"He was bouncing a tennis ball against the garage door.",
"bouncing the ball back and forth",
"The children love to bounce on the bed.",
"The winner bounced up and down with delight.",
"Her curls bounced as she jumped.",
"He bounced the baby on his knee.",
"She gave me a check for 20 dollars, but the check bounced , and I never got the money.",
"He bounced a 100-dollar check at the grocery store.",
"The store charges a $15 fee for a bounced check.",
"Noun",
"The ball took a high bounce over the shortstop's head.",
"He caught the ball on the first bounce .",
"a basketball that has lost all its bounce",
"The shampoo promises to give limp hair lots of bounce .",
"After the debates, she enjoyed a big bounce in the election polls.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Just watching Funches, Faxon, and Booster bounce their wonderfully disparate comedic energy off one another is worth the price of admission. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Blair handles her precocious lines with aplomb, especially as the series gives her and McGregor more room to bounce Leia\u2019s playfulness and Ben\u2019s prickliness off each other. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"The Chinese economy was quick to bounce back from the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and in both 2020 and 2012 China overtook North America to become the world\u2019s largest box office market. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"The box office has struggled to bounce back in part because of sporadic output by studios. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Hike, who had deployed to Iraq, was tough enough to bounce back from adversity in his career. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 May 2022",
"Auburn will try to bounce back in that game after struggling to solve Clemson pitcher Valerie Cagle, who tossed seven shutout innings Saturday afternoon, allowing just four hits, zero walks and striking out six on 100 pitches. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"Despite a rough Game 1 showing, expect Boston to bounce back in a big way this evening. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Joel Embiid has called out James Harden and coach Doc Rivers as the Philadelphia 76ers look to bounce back from a disappointing loss and finally knock Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors out of the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Djokovic has dominated Wimbledon for the past ten years, winning six times, not with an aggressive go-for-it style but with his remarkable baseline game, built for true- bounce , not-too-fast hard courts. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"Analytics tools provide crucial data on customer bounce rates and behaviors while a variety of store hosting apps and plugins assist in optimizing a site's landing page design. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The \u201890s house-meets- bounce record is a bonafide earworm: The beat tingles up your spine, begging you to quickly find a dancefloor as the lyrics allow for a bit of mental release from these depressing times. \u2014 Niki Mcgloster, refinery29.com , 23 June 2022",
"Anthony Cirelli, Nicholas Paul and Corey Perry also scored to help the two-time defending champion Lightning bounce back after playing poorly while losing the first two games on the road. \u2014 Fred Goodall, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Even with the bounce , Bitcoin is down almost 40% this month and more than 70% from its all-time high reached in November. \u2014 Fortune , 19 June 2022",
"Expect to see Stephen Curry bounce back in the scoring column tonight, joining Thompson in leading the Warriors in points. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Sega's mascot looks cool while launching off bounce pads or hopping between grind rails, yet he doesn't get bogged down in unnecessary frames of motion when launching into crucial attack combos. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"That's why this conditioner helps add bounce and life back into hair. \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022"
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"\u02c8bau\u0307ns",
"\u02c8bau\u0307n(t)s"
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"banish",
"boot (out)",
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"antonyms":[],
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": to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event":[
"She bounced back easily from her surgery.",
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"first_known_use":{
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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"a bouncing new baby in the family",
"a bouncing dance routine that should be good for an aerobics class",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But all of that is inflected through another sensibility, one that was emerging, or re\u00ebmerging, in the mid-nineties: an almost folky softness; bouncing , hummable melodies; raw beauty for its own sake. \u2014 Craig Morgan Teicher, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2022",
"My bush was big and bouncing , transcendent and absolutely outasight, baby. \u2014 Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic , 5 Mar. 2022",
"There is no guarantee that 2022 will see a bouncing , high-figure transfer market. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"To the untrained eye, what looked like a regulation NBA basketball went bouncing , loose and unclaimed, across the AT&T Center paint late in the fourth quarter Friday. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021",
"If macaroni \u2019n\u2019 cheese and guac had a bouncing , beautiful baby, this would be it. \u2014 Serena Coady, Glamour , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n(t)-si\u014b"
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"healthy",
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"whole",
"wholesome"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
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": resilient":[]
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"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the bouncy talk show hostess was a cheerleader in high school",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By 2020, Adidas, ASICS, Brooks, Craft, Hoka, New Balance, Saucony, and Skechers had all followed suit, launching their own models with lightweight, ultra- bouncy foam and curved, rigid plates. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Yeah, Coinbase really did spend however-much-money on a sixty-second ad that amounted to nothing more than a super- bouncy QR code which, if scanned, linked to their website. \u2014 Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Whether it's styled with a diamond tiara for a gala or in a more casual half-up-half-down for an outdoor fundraiser, her hair is the perpetually shiny, bouncy image of a fresh professional blowout. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 9 May 2020",
"At B\u2019nai Jeshurun, the decision followed discussions with the rabbi, which led to the conclusion that there was no way to keep the bouncy castle sanitized. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Shouldn\u2019t Dayton\u2019s bouncy big man Obi Toppin be considered in that mix after a breakout season, emerging as college basketball\u2019s best player? \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 Apr. 2020",
"His best videos serve the point of shrewd yet gentle female assertion, as in Haim\u2019s striptease and proud, bouncy strutting in the Summer Girls video, heading off the #MeToo movement. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Apr. 2020",
"My father is bouncier , more fun to be around, more excited to talk, and building new friendships and relationships. \u2014 Joshua Rush, Teen Vogue , 21 Feb. 2020",
"In the heel, a thin plate sits atop Nike\u2019s bouncy React foam. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartz , 5 Feb. 2020"
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"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n(t)-s\u0113"
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"flexible",
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"stretchy",
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"hop",
"jump",
"leap",
"spring",
"vault"
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"\u2014 usually used in plural The ball landed out of bounds ."
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"bound for home",
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": leap , jump":[
"cleared the hedge at a bound"
],
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": placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : obliged":[
"duty- bound"
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"a bounding rubber ball"
],
": secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue":[
"leather- bound"
],
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],
": the action of rebounding : bounce":[],
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"woodland bounds"
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"A chain-link fence bounds the yard.",
"The state is bounded on its east by the Connecticut River."
],
": to move by leaping":[
"deer bounding across a field",
"She bounded down the stairs."
],
": to name the boundaries of":[
"Students were asked to bound their state."
],
": to set limits to : confine":[
"art \u2026 is always greater than the rules with which we may attempt to bound it",
"\u2014 C. S. Kilby"
],
": very likely : sure":[
"bound to rain soon"
],
"\u2014 compare free entry 1 sense 11d":[
"un- in unknown and -er in speaker are bound forms"
]
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English boun , from Old Norse b\u016binn , past participle of b\u016ba to dwell, prepare; akin to Old High German b\u016ban to dwell \u2014 more at bower":"Adjective",
"Middle English bounden , from past participle of binden to bind":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French bounde, bodne , from Medieval Latin bodina":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle French bond , from bondir to leap, from Vulgar Latin *bombitire to hum, from Latin bombus deep hollow sound \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8bau\u0307nd"
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"bent (on ",
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"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
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"verb"
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"Those two trees mark the boundary of our property.",
"the mountain range that forms the country's northern boundary"
]
},
"examples":[
"Those two trees mark the boundary of our property.",
"The river forms the country's western boundary .",
"at the boundary between fact and fiction",
"You need to set boundaries with your children.",
"Did he violate the boundaries of the doctor-patient relationship?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Union Station is two blocks east of North Capitol Street, MVT\u2019s eastern boundary . \u2014 Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"People remembered how fluid the boundary between city and wildfire could be. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"Then his opinion takes particular aim at Roe\u2019s core holding, that fetal viability\u2014the ability to survive outside the womb, currently at about the 23rd week of pregnancy\u2014is the decisive boundary , only after which states can proscribe abortions. \u2014 David J. Garrow, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on the boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plates. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"This kind of information-sharing on the boundary of AdS space appears to enable the voluminous structure of the interior. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Ranger\u2019s House is a Georgian villa on the boundary of Greenwich Park and Blackheath. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The Community Justice Campus (CJC) opened its doors on the northern boundary of Norwood last year. \u2014 Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The bubble likely gives the bug enough support to put some pressure on the water-air boundary without breaking through. \u2014 Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"bound entry 6 + -ary entry 1":""
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n-dr\u0113",
"\u02c8bau\u0307n-d(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8bau\u0307n-d\u0259-r\u0113"
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"bound",
"cap",
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"end",
"extent",
"limit",
"limitation",
"line",
"termination"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224556",
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"noun"
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"endless",
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"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
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"undefined",
"unlimited",
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"a set bounded above by 25 and bounded below by \u221210"
]
},
"examples":[
"in their paintings the Impressionists played down bounded figures and concentrated on the subtle, fleeting effects of light",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My sense so far is that migration is becoming more bounded (notably from Africa to Europe), more regional and with a greater emphasis on cultural assimilation. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Although Joshua Tree comprises more than 1,200 square miles of desert with a clear and bounded border, its interior is a constantly changing landscape of hills, canyons, riverbeds, caves and alcoves large enough to hide a human from view. \u2014 Kelzim, Longreads , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Until recently, policymaking took place in a bounded world, with fiscal limits set by the assumption that the federal debt shouldn\u2019t be permitted to get too large as a percentage of the economy. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 11 Mar. 2021",
"His age, at times, has been painfully apparent on the campaign trail: his loquacity is less bounded , his stories meander without necessarily reaching their conclusion. \u2014 The Economist , 4 July 2020",
"Meanwhile, Zhang was working in solitude to try to bridge the gap between the GPY result and the bounded prime gaps conjecture. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 19 May 2013",
"In February, Vicarious presented a system that looked for bounded regions in 2D scenes by essentially having a tiny virtual character traverse the terrain. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS , 24 May 2018",
"At the beginning, Glover shoots a bounded man in the back of the head \u2014 the gun is then handled with care as the body is dragged away. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2018",
"There are bounded limits, so unless organisms are checked by some means, organisms that obey their natural proclivities will get into trouble. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 20 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n-d\u0259d"
],
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"circumscribed",
"defined",
"definite",
"determinate",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"narrow",
"restricted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204953",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bounder":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a man of objectionable social behavior : cad":[],
": one that bounds":[]
},
"examples":[
"a good-for-nothing bounder who always leaves it to someone else to pick up the tab",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ur\u00edas then allowed a high bounder by Yu Chang to get by for a two-base error. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil\u2019s mitt in the eighth. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 26 Aug. 2020",
"Though Lance has fun playing a bounder and cad of the first order, the script doesn\u2019t particularly need him. \u2014 Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Nov. 2017"
],
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"1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n-d\u0259r"
],
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"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052542",
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"definitions":{
": having no boundaries : vast":[
"boundless possibilities"
]
},
"examples":[
"We were filled with boundless joy.",
"Her love for her family was boundless .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kay is a natural satirist\u2014sharp, scathing, scarred\u2014and women and their bodies provide him with boundless material. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"For as fecund as Peak TV has been during the past decade, the glut hasn\u2019t exactly yielded boundless perfection. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"The boundless hunger and curiosity of sharks can lead them to chow down on the most unexpected things, such as big game like hippos and crocs or inanimate objects like kayaks, cages and chicken coops. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"Her grief for her parents seemed as boundless as her love for them. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 15 June 2022",
"This doesn\u2019t seem far-fetched since West has always been a proponent of boundless creative expression. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 10 June 2022",
"Now, Emmy voters just need to take the time to select the best of a seemingly boundless slate. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"Nobu Hotel\u2019s signature spa experiences also include an outdoor hydrotherapy garden, steam and sauna areas, a hydrotherapy pool, and cabana jacuzzis, promising a boundless bliss. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"But companies still dreaming of boundless growth could also be setting themselves up for even greater failure. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 25 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n(d)-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8bau\u0307nd-l\u0259s"
],
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"bottomless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
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"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234933",
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bare",
"minimal",
"scant",
"spare"
],
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": giving or disposed to give freely":[],
": liberally bestowed":[]
},
"examples":[
"Together we give thanks for this bounteous harvest.",
"offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s the case with this recipe for Sweet Potato Salsa Salad, a bounteous , healthy, hearty dish that belongs at your next picnic, cookout \u2014 or really any other party. \u2014 Joe Yonan, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Bright, bounteous and gorgeous aromas of roses and cherries, reminiscent of a right bank Saint-\u00c9milion. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"In the mouth this is bounteous , open, fresh, rounded and easy drinking. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"True, that\u2019s not a high bar to evaluate her performance as senior senator from the wealthiest, most populous, most diverse, most bounteous , most cutting-edge, blah-blah-blah state in the country. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabakcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"So were images that reminded Europeans of their bounteous colonial properties in Africa and the Caribbean. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Still, with its storied brand, bounteous attractions, not to mention an ambitious plan to conquer the metaverse, Disney should be fine in time, analysts say. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The intriguing epilogue to the 2020 crash was that the market recovered very rapidly, hitting new highs, thanks chiefly to a bounteous government stimulus. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 2 Dec. 2021",
"There's also Tomahawk Den for sizzling steaks and Oriente for bounteous buffet breakfasts and a la carte meals with local and international options. \u2014 Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English bountevous, bounteuous , from Anglo-French bontive kind, from bunt\u00e9":""
},
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"\u02c8bau\u0307n-t\u0113-\u0259s"
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"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"plenty"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113557",
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"adverb",
"noun"
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},
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"scant",
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],
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"city in northern Utah north of Salt Lake City population 42,552":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bountiful supply of water",
"a bountiful supply of apples for the harvest festival",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The roses grew well, and, yes, the blooms were bountiful . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Bartenders in jaunty sleeve guards serve up a dozen varieties of oysters, along with caviar from Israel and Poland, a bountiful lobster roll, and shoestring fries that should not be ignored. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Glasses of bubbly floated throughout the lively room dressed in overflowing seafood towers and bountiful bouquets of fresh peonies. \u2014 Elise\u00e9 Browchuk, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"More recently, these end caps have expanded to include items adorned in rainbows to honor PRIDE, a month-long celebration of the bountiful expressions in and contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community. \u2014 Aronte Bennett, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
"The future looked limitless and bountiful for our generation then. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"End your road trip in the bountiful Skagit Valley, known for its springtime tulip festival. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 18 May 2022",
"By so many measures, Jeremy Ruckert enjoyed a bountiful Buckeye career. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"scant",
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],
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"city in northern Utah north of Salt Lake City population 42,552":[]
},
"examples":[
"a bountiful supply of water",
"a bountiful supply of apples for the harvest festival",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The roses grew well, and, yes, the blooms were bountiful . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Bartenders in jaunty sleeve guards serve up a dozen varieties of oysters, along with caviar from Israel and Poland, a bountiful lobster roll, and shoestring fries that should not be ignored. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 16 June 2022",
"Glasses of bubbly floated throughout the lively room dressed in overflowing seafood towers and bountiful bouquets of fresh peonies. \u2014 Elise\u00e9 Browchuk, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"More recently, these end caps have expanded to include items adorned in rainbows to honor PRIDE, a month-long celebration of the bountiful expressions in and contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community. \u2014 Aronte Bennett, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The shade from Raleigh\u2019s majestic oak trees reminds me of the bountiful palms throughout my Caribbean \u2014 During the balmy summer months, that leafy covering is precious. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 May 2022",
"The future looked limitless and bountiful for our generation then. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"End your road trip in the bountiful Skagit Valley, known for its springtime tulip festival. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 18 May 2022",
"By so many measures, Jeremy Ruckert enjoyed a bountiful Buckeye career. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"see bounty":""
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],
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],
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],
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"this summer's bounty of tomatoes"
]
},
"examples":[
"summer's bounty of plump tomatoes",
"The cottage is filled with a bounty of fresh flowers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Taking residence in an old, free-standing house on the property, the space will be transformed into a relaxed wine bar and patio where visitors can smell, swirl and sip on Sonoma's bounty of fine wines. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 June 2022",
"In addition, LockBit is promising payouts that can rival the rewards from legitimate bug bounty programs. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 27 June 2022",
"The tax credit has enabled filmmakers to make ample use of this geographic and architectural bounty \u2014 and not just for films that take place in Massachusetts. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"People who live along the Mekong rely on the river\u2019s bounty for food and income. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"My grandparents described this inaccessible land of bounty and beauty where my breakfast or dinner originated. \u2014 Pooja Makhijani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2022",
"In 2017, the Nets\u2019 bounty gave the Celtics the No. 1 pick. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"An enviable Tennessee River Gorge location hints at Chattanooga\u2019s adventure bounty . \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"His incredibly quick, double-headed, zero-day hack earned him a total of $100,000 in bounty money from the event organizers. \u2014 Davey Winder, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
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"The bride carried a bouquet of white and red roses.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Garnish with a lime wheel and a fresh basil bouquet . \u2014 Heather Adams, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"The bride wore a deep blue lace gown and carried a bouquet containing a locket with a photo of her parents. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"The Sunflower Field\u2019s website, thesunflowerfield.net, offers a wealth of information about how to make your sunflower bouquet last longer and how to grow your own. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"If the first day of spring is your happy place, consider this light and subtle bouquet of tuberose and jasmine from Gucci your perfect perfume pick-me-up. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"Roemmele opted for a lace, V-neck gown with a small red bouquet of roses while Grenier wore a white button-down shirt with a Nehru-collar vest accented by a pink rose over coordinated pants. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"That many Southern California residents think the South American native is a beautiful addition to our landscape instead of Satan\u2019s bouquet . \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"The only sign of the violence that had taken place inside the factory was a small bouquet of yellow flowers propped against the chain-link fence. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"First up to receive a beautiful bouquet is one our fave Pose alums, thee Angelica Ross. \u2014 Taiia Smart Young, refinery29.com , 5 June 2022"
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"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French boucquet \"grove, thicket, bunch of flowers,\" going back to Old French (Norman & Picard) bosquet \"thicket,\" from Old French bos, bois, bosc \"grove, forest, wood (the material)\" + -et -et entry 1 \u2014 more at boiserie":""
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"b\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101"
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"b\u00fc\u02c8ret",
"b\u0259\u02c8"
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"noun"
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"the invaders captured the castle and sacked the bourg"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"\u02c8bu\u0307r(g)"
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"townlet",
"vill",
"village",
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": a village of scattered dwellings : an unfortified town":[]
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": marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity":[],
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"L\u00e9on-Victor-Auguste 1851\u20131925 French statesman":[]
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"Indignation about the powers that be and the bourgeois fools who did their bidding\u2014that was all you needed \u2026 You were an intellectual. \u2014 Tom Wolfe , Harper's , June 2000",
"Even before the 19th century was over, successive waves of collection mania had rolled across Europe and America, submerging country homes and bourgeois town houses in ferns and faux-Grecian ruins \u2026 \u2014 Liesl Schillinger , New York Times Book Review , 7 Feb. 1999",
"Or is Sartre's existentialism to be understood as only a way station in his transit from a bourgeois intellectual to a Marxist ideologue? \u2014 Walker Percy , \"The State of the Novel,\" 1977 , in Signposts in a Strange Land , 1991",
"\u2026 the United States \u2026 was the bourgeois nation par excellence, in which, it might be said, the values of trade were transmogrified into ideals of freedom. \u2014 Robert Penn Warren , Democracy and Poetry , 1975",
"Noun",
"For many, Nietzsche has always been a bugaboo, though some regard him as an heroic destroyer of idols, the invigorating voice of skepticism, and a revealer of those embarrassing actualities that the pieties and protestations of the bourgeois have customarily concealed. \u2014 William H. Gass , Harper's , August 2005",
"With exceptions like Rousseau, the philosophes were elitists. They enlightened through noblesse oblige in company with noblemen, and often with a patronizing attitude toward the bourgeois as well as the common people. \u2014 Robert Darnton , The Kiss of Lamourette , 1990",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"On the verge of losing her identity completely, Carmen grows increasingly numb to the mundane nature of bourgeois delight. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Odessa Young)\u2014sit erect at long dining tables in their mansion, the embodiment of tortured bourgeois ascendance. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"The French Communist Party sympathized with the workers on strike but denounced the students as bourgeois imbeciles. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Peel\u2019s urge to discover and innovate through creative collaboration maintains the same spirit that Chanel originally founded the brand with in 1910 \u2013 as a radical provocation of bourgeois fashion values. \u2014 Grace Banks, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness. \u2014 Kyle Harper, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"One is the spectacle of modern bourgeois life in Paris, a city then recently transformed from a grimy medieval labyrinth into a glistening network of broad urban boulevards. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The post-war West quickly cut ties with Christian humanism and accepted much of the Marxist critique of bourgeois society regarding education, religion, and the family. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"That show presented the cultures of colonized peoples in Africa and Asia for the delectation of bourgeois westerners, spurring a profound counter-reaction among Asian and African intellectuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to Schattenberg, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was born in Kamenskoe, Ukraine, into a family that was neither entirely working class nor petty bourgeois . \u2014 Yuri Slezkine, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Trust begins like a fairly conventional bourgeois novel that portrays the rich interior lives and domestic spaces of the elite ruling class. \u2014 Jane Hu, The Atlantic , 26 May 2022",
"My son says French films come in two types: the story of the poor and unhappy childhood, which plays as tragedy, and the story of the bourgeois neurotic, which plays as comedy. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Call this bourgeois , but sensuality and beauty make life worth the trouble. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The family apartment was furnished with the antiques and historic paintings that his bourgeois business guests preferred. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The power of deception, and its usefulness in unsettling bourgeois certitudes, is central to the depictions, which draw from yet playfully fictionalize real periods in Argentine history. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, Reagan championed bourgeois norms and restraints. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022",
"White bourgeois women were locked in their homes and viewed as wives and mothers who should devote themselves entirely to their husbands and children, renouncing public space and collective decisions. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"bu\u0307rzh-\u02c8w\u00e4",
"or \u02c8b\u00fczh-",
"also \u02c8bu\u0307zh-",
"or bu\u0307rzh-\u02c8w\u00e4",
"\u02c8bu\u0307rzh-\u02ccw\u00e4"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 Alan Carmichael"
],
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"tiny events which burgeon into national alarums",
"\u2014 Herman Wouk"
],
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": stream , brook":[]
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"idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English burn, bourne \u2014 more at burn":""
},
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"\u02c8bu\u0307rn",
"\u02c8b\u022frn"
],
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"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
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},
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"still searching for the bourne that would give his life meaning"
],
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"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle French bourne , from Old French bodne \u2014 more at bound entry 6":""
},
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"\u02c8bu\u0307rn",
"\u02c8b\u022frn"
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"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing"
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"noun"
]
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": the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from right to left)":[]
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"1699, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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],
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"frequent bouts of depression",
"survived her bout with cancer"
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"a bout of unemployment"
]
},
"examples":[
"undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet",
"she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Never mind that the project is just a rich man\u2019s folly, something that an 80-year-old millionaire decided to do in a bout of post-birthday ennui. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"Benavidez doesn't have the resum\u00e9 that Garcia has, but his only loss was to the still undefeated Terence Crawford in a WBO welterweight title bout in 2018. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"The scorecards of the three judges showed three different interpretations of what happened in Anders\u2019 middleweight fight against South Korea\u2019s Junyong Park in the first bout on the main card of UFC Fight Night 206 on Saturday. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, at Brooks City Base\u2019s Hangar 9, San Antonio welterweight Jairo Castaneda (13-2, 5 KOs) takes on Leonardo Esquivel Carrizales (5-7-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout atop an 11-bout card in former fighter Luis Villarreal\u2019s promotional debut. \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 20 May 2022",
"As for all that talk about Alvarez trying to become undisputed light-heavyweight champion, of fighting a 200-pound cruiserweight champion in December and pursuing heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a 201-pound bout next year? \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"When gripped in a bout of severe challenge, the actual or potential of damage to one\u2019s mental and emotional fabric, pain in this context can spiral quickly past the control of the one experiencing it. \u2014 Alex Wagner, SPIN , 27 Apr. 2022",
"In his final match of the season, Habibi took down sophomore Jacob Gaum of Walt Whitman by decision in the 4A/3A championship bout . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 22 Apr. 2022",
"At least 45 people were killed last week in the latest bout of fighting between Arab and non-Arab tribes in South Darfur. \u2014 Mike Corder, ajc , 5 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1575, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"English dialect, a trip going and returning in plowing, from Middle English bought bend":""
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"\u02c8bau\u0307t"
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"contest",
"event",
"game",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney"
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": an instrumental musical composition similar to the Italian capriccio in an impromptu fanciful style":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215149",
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": one who causes contention : firebrand":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, literally, linstock, from bouter to thrust, put, set + feu fire, from Latin focus hearth":""
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": a small company that offers highly specialized services or products":[
"boutique wineries",
"an independent investment boutique"
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": a small shop dealing in fashionable clothing or accessories":[],
": a small shop within a large department store":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though one guest left with a bit more to carry; so inspired by the clothes, Hruska, who operates a boutique at Montauk\u2019s Crowe\u2019s Nest, took a collection of garments with her to stock her store\u2019s shelves. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
"An unidentified male stole three jackets, a long-sleeve T-shirt, a polo shirt and ballcaps from a boutique at Metro Lexus, 13600 Brookpark. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"The exhibit will include interactive photo backdrops themed with various songs on Denim & Rhinestones, as well as wardrobe displays and a retail boutique . \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"Do consumers really want to come in to a physical boutique and put on some Oculus goggles in order to have a VR shopping experience? \u2014 Ryan Serhant, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In October 2021, The Journey Collection pop-up shop opened at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, making Journey the youngest person ever to have a boutique in the shopping mall. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"The town, organized around a central piazza in the shape of Gucci\u2019s double G logo, features everything from a digital boutique to a cafe where fans of the Italian brand can connect and hang out. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, just hours before both JFrog and ReversingLabs posted blogs here and here, a penetration testing boutique named Code White took credit for the packages. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"There will also be tag sale tables, a second chance boutique and a silent auction. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"French, shop, probably from Old Occitan botica , ultimately from Greek apoth\u0113k\u0113 storehouse \u2014 more at apothecary":""
},
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"b\u00fc-\u02c8t\u0113k"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114937",
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"arch",
"bend",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
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": a weapon that is used to propel an arrow and that is made of a strip of flexible material (such as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent":[
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": archer":[],
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": bowman entry 2":[],
": debut":[
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": something bent into a simple curve or arc":[],
": the forward part of a ship":[
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": to bend into a curve":[
"the wall bows a little"
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": to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame":[
"Bow before the king.",
"bowed her head in shame"
],
": to cause to bend into a curve":[
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],
": to cause to incline":[
"wind bowing the treetops"
],
": to crush with a heavy burden":[
"whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave Shakespeare"
],
": to express by bending the head, body, or knee : to express by bowing":[
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],
": to incline especially in respect or submission":[
"bow their heads in prayer"
],
": to incline the head or body in salutation or assent or to acknowledge applause":[
"bowing to the audience"
],
": to play (a stringed instrument) with a bow":[
"bowing the strings"
],
": to play a stringed instrument with a bow (see bow entry 3 sense 5a )":[],
": to usher in or out with a bow (see bow entry 2 )":[],
"river 315 miles (507 kilometers) long in southwestern Alberta, Canada, rising in Banff National Park":[]
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"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"Middle English bowe , from Old English boga ; akin to Old English b\u016bgan":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English bowe, bowgh , probably from Middle Dutch boech bow, shoulder; akin to Old English b\u014dg bough":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English b\u016bgan ; akin to Old High German biogan to bend, Sanskrit bhujati he bends":"Verb and Noun"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d",
"\u02c8bau\u0307"
],
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"blink",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
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": to show weakness by agreeing to the demands or following the orders of (someone or something)":[
"I will bow down to no one.",
"The government is refusing to bow down to pressure to lift the sanctions."
]
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"idiom"
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": a drill worked by a bow and string to bore holes or make fire":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": bowdlerization , expurgation":[]
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"T. Bowdler + English -ism":""
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"\u02c8b\u014ddl\u0259\u02c8riz\u0259m",
"\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"bowdlerize the text"
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": to modify by abridging , simplifying, or distorting in style or content":[]
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"examples":[
"bowdlerize a classic novel by removing offensive language",
"a bowdlerized version of \u201cGulliver's Travels\u201d that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event. \u2014 James Reston Jr., Star Tribune , 29 Mar. 2021",
"The mobs of students \u2014 and their enabling professors and administrators \u2014 renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 28 Aug. 2017",
"The Bard gets bowdlerized to musical and comic effect in this touring production of the Broadway hit, in which the Bottom Brothers try to outdo that dude from Stratford-upon-Avon. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2017",
"Prince the raunchy sylph eventually became a Jehovah\u2019s Witness who would bowdlerize his more explicit material in concert. \u2014 John Williams, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017",
"Maybe there\u2019s a kind of metaphor in there, about how young and spiky verve gets softened and bowdlerized by time spent in the world. \u2014 Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com , 17 Apr. 2017"
],
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"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Thomas Bowdler \u20201825 English editor":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
"\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
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"censor",
"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"examples":[
"bowdlerize a classic novel by removing offensive language",
"a bowdlerized version of \u201cGulliver's Travels\u201d that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Congress and the president must counter the forces that seek to diminish, exploit or bowdlerize our understanding of this terrible and confounding un-American event. \u2014 James Reston Jr., Star Tribune , 29 Mar. 2021",
"The mobs of students \u2014 and their enabling professors and administrators \u2014 renaming buildings and bowdlerizing the language are still products of Western civilization. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 28 Aug. 2017",
"The Bard gets bowdlerized to musical and comic effect in this touring production of the Broadway hit, in which the Bottom Brothers try to outdo that dude from Stratford-upon-Avon. \u2014 Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2017",
"Prince the raunchy sylph eventually became a Jehovah\u2019s Witness who would bowdlerize his more explicit material in concert. \u2014 John Williams, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2017",
"Maybe there\u2019s a kind of metaphor in there, about how young and spiky verve gets softened and bowdlerized by time spent in the world. \u2014 Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com , 17 Apr. 2017"
],
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"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Thomas Bowdler \u20201825 English editor":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
"\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
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"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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": altered to remove or modify elements considered objectionable or potentially offensive":[
"In February PBS advised member stations to air a bowdlerized version of a Frontline documentary about the war in Iraq because the uncut version also had soldiers swearing.",
"\u2014 James Poniewozik",
"\u2026 like all unexpurgated books it is an improvement on the bowdlerized version, if only because it has more sex.",
"\u2014 Katha Pollitt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet Brice, knowing all that, still adored him, which makes a far more interesting tale than the bowdlerized one the show offers, of a duped woman finally and regretfully seeing the light. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"How did a bowdlerized rendering of a marginal psychological pathology come to hold such sway in the humanities\u2014and increasingly in popular discourse as well? \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021"
],
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8b\u014dd-l\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bzd",
"\u02c8bau\u0307d-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090528",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"Definition of bowdock variant spelling of bodock"
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"\u02c8b\u014d\u02ccd\u00e4k"
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"type":[]
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"unbending",
"upright"
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"listened with bowed heads"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"partly from bow entry 3 + -ed ; partly from past participle of bow entry 4":"Adjective",
"past participle of bow entry 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8b\u014dd",
"\u02c8bau\u0307d"
],
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"bowing",
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"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bower":{
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": an attractive dwelling or retreat":[],
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]
},
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"Verb",
"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
],
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1652, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bour dwelling, from Old English b\u016br ; akin to Old English & Old High German b\u016ban to dwell, Old English b\u0113on to be \u2014 more at be":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8bau\u0307-\u0259r"
],
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"bosom",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023200",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bowing":{
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"definitions":{
": the technique or manner of managing the bow in playing a stringed musical instrument":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1791, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u014d-i\u014b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080618",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bowl":{
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"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"cruise",
"drift",
"flow",
"glide",
"roll",
"sail",
"skim",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
],
"definitions":{
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": a bowl-shaped or concave part: such as":[],
": a cylindrical roller or drum (as for a machine)":[],
": a delivery of the ball in bowling":[],
": a natural formation or geographical region shaped like a bowl":[],
": a postseason game between specially invited teams":[
"college bowl games"
],
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"playing bowls"
],
": the contents of a bowl":[
"ate a bowl of rice"
],
": the hollow of a spoon or tobacco pipe":[],
": the receptacle of a toilet":[
"cleaning toilet bowls"
],
": to complete by bowling":[
"bowl a spare"
],
": to participate in a game of bowling":[
"bowls every Thursday night"
],
": to roll (a ball) in bowling":[],
": to roll a ball in bowling":[
"your turn to bowl"
],
": to score by bowling":[
"bowls 150"
],
": to strike with a swiftly moving object":[
"being bowled over by a base runner"
],
": to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball.",
"We bowl every Thursday night.",
"Do you like to bowl ?",
"I haven't bowled since I was a kid.",
"She usually bowls around 150."
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English bolle , from Old English bolla ; akin to Old High German bolla blister":"Noun",
"Middle English boule , from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"\u02c8b\u014dl"
],
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"synonyms":[
"circus",
"coliseum",
"colosseum",
"stadium"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040812",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bowl (down":{
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"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170006",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
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"verb"
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},
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": impress entry 1 sense 1":[],
": to take unawares":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224708",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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": impress entry 1 sense 1":[],
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},
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"1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"thunderstrike"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062409",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bowling crease":{
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": one of two lines with wickets pitched in the center of each from or behind which the cricket ball must be bowled":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124601",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": lawn bowling":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071217",
"type":[]
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": a stump marking the cricket bowler's position when a single wicket is used":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231251",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": a large usually rectangular sunken pool or well in India that serves as a public water supply and a resting place and is usually provided with terraces and shaded recesses":[],
": crooked , bent":[
"bowly legs"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi b\u0101wl\u012b , from Sanskrit v\u0101p\u012b pond":"Noun",
"perhaps from bool + -y":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8b\u00fcl\u0113",
"\u02c8b\u014dl\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055329",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": archer sense 1",
": a boatman, oarsman, or paddler stationed in the front of a boat"
],
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"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1829, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-m\u0259n",
"\u02c8bau\u0307-m\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024715",
"type":[
"noun ()"
]
},
"bowwow":{
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"definitions":{
": arrogant dogmatic manner":[],
": noisy clamor":[]
},
"examples":[
"the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"bau\u0307-\u02c8wau",
"\u02c8bau\u0307-\u02ccwau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061052",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bowwow theory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a theory that language originated in imitations of natural sounds (such as those of birds, dogs, or thunder) \u2014 compare dingdong theory , pooh-pooh theory":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112140",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bowyang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cord or strap tied around a worker's trousers just below the knee":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of English dialect bowy-yanks (plural) leather leggings":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d\u02ccya\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103747",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bowyer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a maker of shooting bows":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zeljko Ilicic, bowyer , a maker of wooden bows and arrows, moulds a piece of wood to make a bow, in his workshop in the town of Lapovo, in central Serbia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Bow makers, known as bowyers , layer the wood with fiberglass, resin and occasionally some carbon (similar to what\u2019s done in ski construction). \u2014 Brigid Mander, WSJ , 6 July 2017",
"Bowyer won at Sonoma in 2012 and is piloting the car that Tony Stewart drove to victory \u2014 the last of Stewart\u2019s NASCAR career \u2014 last year. \u2014 Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times , 23 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bowyere":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u014d-y\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004104",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bowyer's knot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": timber hitch":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103330",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"box":{
"antonyms":[
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
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": a box or boxlike container and its contents: such as":[],
": a cell for holding mail":[],
": a cubical building":[],
": a driver's seat on a carriage or coach":[],
": a gift in a box":[],
": a punch or slap especially on the ear":[],
": a rigid typically rectangular container with or without a cover":[
"a cigar box"
],
": a signaling apparatus":[
"alarm box"
],
": a space on a page for printed matter or in which to make a mark":[],
": a usually rectangular space that is frequently outlined or demarcated on a surface: such as":[],
": a usually self-contained piece of electronic equipment":[],
": an automobile transmission":[],
": an enclosed group of seats for spectators (as in a theater or stadium)":[],
": an often small space, compartment, or enclosure: such as":[],
": an open cargo container of a vehicle":[],
": any of six spaces on a baseball diamond where the batter, coaches, pitcher, and catcher stand":[],
": boom box":[],
": box stall":[],
": coffin":[],
": cup sense 5b":[
"I like to use a pair of trousers which have a lot more room in them so that they give me far more freedom of movement. They also make it easier to put in a thigh pad and box .",
"\u2014 Glenn Turner"
],
": penalty box":[],
": predicament , fix":[],
": such as":[
"a cigar box"
],
": television":[],
": the contents of a box especially as a measure of quantity":[],
": the intersection of two roads especially when treated as an area where vehicles are prohibited from stopping because doing so would interfere with traffic flow":[
"Don't block the box ."
],
": the limitations of conventionality":[
"trying to think outside the box"
],
": to enclose in or as if in a box":[],
": to engage in boxing with":[],
": to fight with the fists : engage in boxing":[],
": to hem in (someone, such as an opponent)":[
"\u2014 usually used with in, out , or up boxed out the tackle"
],
": to hit (something, especially someone's ears) with the hand":[],
": to name the 32 points of (the compass) in their order":[
"\u2014 used figuratively in the phrase box the compass to describe making a complete reversal"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1713, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis , from Greek pyxis , from pyxos box tree":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus , from Greek pyxos":"Noun",
"probably from Spanish bojar to circumnavigate, from Catalan vogir to turn, from Latin volvere to roll \u2014 more at voluble":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4ks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043003",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,",
"verb"
]
},
"box (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to surround (someone or something) and make movement difficult":[
"The other bicyclists boxed her in and she couldn't move ahead.",
"\u2014 usually used as (be) boxed in We were boxed in and couldn't get out of our parking space. \u2014 sometimes used figuratively I feel boxed in by all these rules."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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": a dwarf Japanese barberry ( Berberis thunbergii minor ) used for low hedges":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": box girder"
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"noun"
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": a bed built into an alcove or enclosed with panels":[],
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"bantam",
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"examples":[
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"a boxcar pile of paper",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At Leon Bridges\u2019 concert, some of those changes were in progress \u2013 including new awnings on concession stands, plywood where new signage will be placed and a new merchandise sales space, in a boxcar near the entrance. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"State\u2019s deep roots with tubers pay off as demand sprouts; \u2018this spud\u2019s for you\u2019 Gil LaJoie, co-owner of LaJoie Growers, uses a forklift to move potatoes onto a refrigerated boxcar at the company\u2019s packing house in Van Buren, Maine. \u2014 Jennifer Levitz, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"As the train slowed to a stop, a boxcar derailed from the track, causing one tanker and seven additional boxcars to derail. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Mar. 2022",
"When a cryptocurrency transaction is made, another boxcar gets added to the train. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 28 Nov. 2021",
"One family lived in a boxcar , and in some houses the rooms were separated by nothing but tarpaper. \u2014 Jill Abramson, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"When a cryptocurrency transaction is made, another boxcar gets added to the train. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 28 Nov. 2021",
"When a cryptocurrency transaction is made, another boxcar gets added to the train. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The new plan will alter that profile by adding a rooftop pavilion that will house a railroad boxcar found near the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn\u2019t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"The modernist gem \u2014 a pristine example of Neutra\u2019s boxcar style \u2014 is a fitting home for Grey. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The Marian portions rove from Montana to Manhattan to Scotland and Antarctica, and read like a carnival of early 20th century American history, packed with bootleggers, treacherous boxcar rides, and tragic shipwrecks. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2021",
"Dann and his father installed boxcar paneling with tongue-and-groove joints that flex when the camper is moving. \u2014 Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Mar. 2021",
"The boxcar life has its charms, as fans of Ming\u2019s Noodle Bar have discovered in its life at The Yard at Olmos Park. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 15 Oct. 2020"
],
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"1831, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1903, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"from the high numbers stenciled on the sides of boxcars":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8b\u00e4ks-\u02cck\u00e4r"
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"big",
"biggish",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101359",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"boxen":{
"antonyms":[],
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": of, like, or relating to boxwood or the box":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4ks\u0259n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115716",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"boxer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": a person who engages in the sport of boxing",
": boxer shorts",
": one that makes boxes or packs things in boxes",
": any of a German breed of compact medium-sized dogs with a short usually fawn or brindled coat",
": a member of a Chinese secret society that in 1900 attempted by violence to drive foreigners out of China and to force Chinese converts to renounce Christianity",
": a person who engages in the sport of boxing",
": a compact dog of German origin that is of medium size with a square build and has a short and often tan coat"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1546, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1903, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (4)",
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun (3)",
"German, from English boxer entry 1",
"Noun (4)",
"approximately translation of Chinese (Beijing) y\u00ech\u00e9 ju\u01cen , literally, righteous harmonious fist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4k-s\u0259r",
"\u02c8b\u00e4k-s\u0259r",
"\u02c8b\u00e4k-s\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"fighter",
"gladiator",
"prizefighter",
"pug",
"pugilist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021611",
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()"
]
},
"boy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a child whose gender identity is male":[
"Author Kyle Lukoff told Newsweek , Call Me Max and other books in the series are about a young trans boy figuring out who he is, making new friends, and sharing about himself with his family and community.",
"\u2014 Samantha Lock"
],
": a close male friend":[
"Now, the receiver is getting a second chance, thanks to old friend Tom Brady. \"Tom is my boy ,\" [Antonio] Brown said Wednesday during his introductory video press conference in Tampa.",
"\u2014 Michael Hurley"
],
": a male child from birth to adulthood":[
"a ten-year-old boy"
],
": a male domesticated animal and especially a pet":[
"Leo is a 2-year-old pit bull mix. \u2026 He loves receiving attention, getting pets and being told he is a good boy .",
"\u2014 The Denver Post",
"Jean Greening greets the birds in the aviary with whistles, kissing noises, and the phrase, \"Who's a pretty boy ?\"",
"\u2014 Current Science"
],
": a male romantic partner : boyfriend , beau":[],
": a male servant or an enslaved man":[],
": a man or boy native to a given place":[
"a local boy"
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": an immature male":[
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": man , person":[
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],
": son":[
"Even though it made them uncomfortable to have their boy talked about all over town, secretly, Nick's mom and dad were pleased.",
"\u2014 Andrew Clements"
]
},
"examples":[
"It's a boy ! She gave birth to a baby boy this morning.",
"a nine-year-old boy named David",
"Okay, boys and girls, it's time to play a game.",
"Is this your little boy ?",
"That's my boy ! Good job, Son.",
"a group of teenage boys",
"My parents want me to meet a nice boy and get married.",
"Don't be so hard on him. He's just a boy .",
"a poor boy from the north",
"Wait till the boys back home hear about this!"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5a":""
},
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"Middle English":""
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"\u02c8b\u022fi"
],
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"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195359",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"boy band":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fans of South Korean boy band BTS were simultaneously thrilled and upset when the nominations for the 2022 Grammys were unveiled, as the group was recognized, but not in the way many followers had hoped. \u2014 Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"News of the break is obviously devastating for their followers, especially those who recall some other famous boy band pauses. \u2014 Natachi Onwuamaegbu, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Menudo is pulling the curtain back on what went down during their years as the biggest Latin boy band in history. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The music video is set to be released in full on Friday (June 10), the very same day the boy band releases their new anthology album, Proof. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
"Maya Henry may have called it quits with her ex- boy band fianc\u00e9 Liam Payne, according to media reports. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 23 May 2022",
"The South Korean boy band bring their twice-rescheduled tour to Arizona Federal Theatre for a concert initially scheduled for July 8, 2020. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The White House has invited the South Korean boy band to meet with President Biden to discuss the rise in anti-Asian violence and discrimination in the United States, the administration announced in a statement obtained by AP. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Lance Bass, a member of the boy band NSYNC, is among the 2,583 to comment on Tess\u2019 video. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 1 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1985, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021916",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boy's-love":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": southernwood":[],
": wormwood":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its use to promote the growth of beard":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104801",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boyar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of a Russian aristocratic order next in rank below the ruling princes until its abolition by Peter the Great":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In exchange for the efficiencies of a single market, for example, Europeans have agreed to cede political controls to the boyars of Brussels. \u2014 Peter Rough, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
"These days the boyars serve at his pleasure, just as those beneath them serve at their pleasure and so on all the way down. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Oct. 2017",
"Power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of aristocratic boyars . \u2014 A. O. Scott, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian boyarin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u014d-\u02c8y\u00e4r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082752",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boychick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a young man : boy":[]
},
"examples":[
"my favorite boychick is getting tall, isn't he?"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Yiddish boytshik , from English boy + Yiddish -tshik , diminutive suffix":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u02ccchik"
],
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"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175731",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boychik":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a young man : boy":[]
},
"examples":[
"my favorite boychick is getting tall, isn't he?"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Yiddish boytshik , from English boy + Yiddish -tshik , diminutive suffix":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u02ccchik"
],
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"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023840",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boycott":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions":[
"boycotting American products"
]
},
"examples":[
"plans to boycott American products",
"They boycotted the city's bus system.",
"We boycotted companies that were polluting the environment.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were excluded from the meeting because of their autocratic governments and poor human rights records -- prompting leaders of several other countries to boycott the Summit in solidarity. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Thousands of vendors on the marketplace, largely home to custom and made-to-order items from independent sellers, plan to boycott the site from April 11 to April 18 in protest of new, higher transaction fees, The Verge reported Wednesday. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The Anti-Defamation League has also criticized Waters\u2019 urging to boycott Israel in support of Palestine in letters to other musicians. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Miss South Africa, one of the many contestants pressured by her own government to boycott the controversial pageant in support of Palestinian rights, was named second runner-up. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2021",
"The Puerto Rican artist Ren\u00e9 P\u00e9rez Joglar, who records as Residente, was offended that Balvin would call to boycott the awards in a year honoring the legendary musician Rub\u00e9n Blades. \u2014 Laia Garcia-furtado, Vulture , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Organizers have encouraged students and alumni to boycott Homecoming in an attempt to bring more awareness to their cause. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Pressure is mounting on Olympic sponsors to boycott the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing in protest of China\u2019s human-rights horrors. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Lingnan\u2019s union was once led by Nathan Law, who organized students to boycott classes in 2014 in a call for expanded voting rights. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Charles C. Boycott \u20201897 English land agent in Ireland who was ostracized for refusing to reduce rents":""
},
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u02cck\u00e4t"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183349",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"boyfriend":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a frequent or regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship":[],
": a male friend":[]
},
"examples":[
"My boyfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.",
"her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In an interview with British GQ published Monday, Twigs (born Tahliah Debrett Barnett) reflected on the period of her life prior to accusing ex- boyfriend Shia LaBeouf of intimate partner violence. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The Tiger King star has rekindled the flame with ex- boyfriend Seth after the two initially met online back in 2021. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Police responded to the Beechmont Country Club on June 10 where the human resources director reported that an employee had a protection order lodged against her ex- boyfriend , a Painesville man, 22, who had recently been terminated from the club. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Among the witnesses who testified in the final stages of the trial was model Kate Moss, who debunked a long-standing rumor that her ex- boyfriend , Depp, once shoved her down a flight of stairs. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Sink portrays a younger version of Swift, while O'Brien may or may not portray a version of the musician's ex- boyfriend , Jake Gyllenhaal. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 12 June 2022",
"Sink plays a younger version of Swift, while O\u2019Brien\u2019s character is widely rumored to be based on the singer\u2019s ex- boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"Kayla Bowling, 29, was riding her bike on the southeast side of Indianapolis when she was struck by a vehicle driven by her ex- boyfriend on June 1, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"Her small apartment is filled with titles by LGBTQ+ authors like Roberta Marrero and Valeria Vegas, magazines and newspapers that have reviewed her work, and illustrations, one of them by her artist ex- boyfriend , Pau Masana. \u2014 Patricia Moreno, Vogue , 9 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u02ccfrend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"boy",
"fellow",
"man",
"old man",
"swain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113618",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boyo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": boy , lad":[]
},
"examples":[
"a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As my old Irish grandmother once told me, boyo , never trust a judge with a name like a high school strength coach. We journey north next to Maine, where human bowling jacket Paul LePage is doing the governating thing again, with the usual results. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 25 Aug. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"boy + -o entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fi-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071137",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bo\u00eete":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nightclub":[]
},
"examples":[
"a funky bo\u00eete on Paris's Left Bank that offers hot jazz to a self-consciously cool crowd",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Thursday, Lucien unveiled a new collaboration with Burberry that sees the downtown boite covered in the clothing brand\u2019s iconic plaid. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
"From top cocktail bars like Aviary and The Whistler to neighborhood haunts like Inner Town Pub and Map Room, to cozy wine boites like Webster's Wine Bar, there's a watering hole for all manner of palates. \u2014 Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com , 12 June 2018",
"Added to the list of haute boites is Hakkasan New York, the latest outpost of the elevated Cantonese restaurant which got its start in London. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 9 Feb. 2018",
"Just over a month into his new stint as executive chef, Ferrarese has unleashed his extensive background in fine dining and Italian fare on the intimate, neighborhood boite . \u2014 Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, box":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bw\u00e4t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bistro",
"cabaret",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"club",
"nightclub",
"nightspot",
"nitery",
"niterie",
"roadhouse",
"supper club"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212958",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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