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{
"Chu":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"river over 1000 miles (1609 kilometers) long in southeastern Kazakhstan flowing east into Issyk Kul":[],
"\u2014 see zhu":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011549",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Chuang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a large number of tribal peoples of southern China under a variety of names but all having cultural and linguistic affiliation with the Thai or Siamese":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8jw\u00e4\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103925",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Chubut":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southern Argentina flowing east across Patagonia into the Atlantic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8v\u00fct",
"ch\u00fc-\u02c8b\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082252",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Chur":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"commune in eastern Switzerland; capital of Graub\u00fcnden canton population 31,078":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ku\u0307r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000953",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Churapa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of such people":[],
": an Indian people of the Chiquitoan group now found in or near Buenavista, Bolivia":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4p\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020953",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Churoya":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Guahiban people of eastern Colombia":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": the language of the Churoya people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish churoy , of American Indian origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u00fc\u02c8r\u014dy\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135607",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Churoyan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": relating or belonging to a branch of Guahiban formerly considered a distinct stock":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-y\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042031",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"chub":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of numerous freshwater cyprinid fishes (as of the genera Gila and Nocomis )":[],
": any of several marine or freshwater fishes (such as the tautog) that are not cyprinids":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The chub is resilient \u2014 but hasn't evolved to withstand the sudden introduction of predatory sport fish. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"Although biologically a minnow, the humpback chub can reach 20 inches and 2.5 pounds. \u2014 Brittany Peterson And John Flesher, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"If a certain area containing Sonora chub shows signs of excessive grazing, the cows would be removed. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The Fish and Wildlife Service used the chub \u2019s precarious status to argue against a recent proposal to dam the Little Colorado for hydropower, Gitlin said. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Not everyone is celebrating the chub \u2019s status change. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 16 Oct. 2021",
"The Gila chub , native to the Southwest, has been in decline for over half a century, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, as its watery home has been pumped, diverted and dammed to death. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 18 Oct. 2021",
"But, the affected valleys harbor four of the remaining seven wild populations of least chub . \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The chub first landed on the endangered list in 1967, four years after Glen Canyon Dam\u2019s completion rocked its world. \u2014 Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic , 16 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English chubbe":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084934",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chub mackerel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small mackerel ( Pneumatophorus japonicus synonym Scomber japonicus ) of the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific oceans that has a well-developed swim bladder":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213953",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chub sucker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": either of two common suckers ( Erimyzon sucetta and E. oblongus ) of stout build widely distributed in the eastern and central U.S.":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213452",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuba":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a game adapted in America from mancala using a board with 4 rows of 11 holes each":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fcb\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140349",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chubasco":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a severe squall of rain and wind especially along the west coast of Central America":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Portuguese chuvasco , from chuva rain, from Latin pluvia , from pluere to rain":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u00fc\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccsk\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185434",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chubbily":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in the manner of one that is chubby":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110652",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"chubbiness":{
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"definitions":{
": plump":[
"a chubby boy"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was always chubby as a child.",
"the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jenner\u2019s son, the baby formerly known as Wolf, is her second child with Travis Scott, who is presumably the grown-up pictured beside the chubby pair of toddler legs. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
"The main characters are chubby , magical and funny creatures who are freely exploring their world and ours in their bid to foster a better understanding and collaboration between both worlds. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"On its hard-plastic cover, there was an anthropomorphic bear dressed like a ballerina balancing on a single chubby toe. \u2014 Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On the streets, Lee was mocked as Pikachu, the chubby yellow rodent Pok\u00e9mon, a play on his full Chinese name John Lee Ka-chiu. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
"In North Carolina, a baby is born with chubby cheeks and the same button-nose as his big brother. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Omar Polina Aguilar was a chubby 2-year-old when he was diagnosed with malignant neuroblastoma cancer in May 2019, said his mother, Lorena Aguilar. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Around me, pastry chefs are rolling dough into spirals of chubby croissants and plump rolls. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The chubby fellow\u2019s first entry into polygonal 3D on the Nintendo 64 is a solid outing. \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1722, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chub":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222929",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"chubby":{
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"definitions":{
": plump":[
"a chubby boy"
]
},
"examples":[
"He was always chubby as a child.",
"the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jenner\u2019s son, the baby formerly known as Wolf, is her second child with Travis Scott, who is presumably the grown-up pictured beside the chubby pair of toddler legs. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
"The main characters are chubby , magical and funny creatures who are freely exploring their world and ours in their bid to foster a better understanding and collaboration between both worlds. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"On its hard-plastic cover, there was an anthropomorphic bear dressed like a ballerina balancing on a single chubby toe. \u2014 Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On the streets, Lee was mocked as Pikachu, the chubby yellow rodent Pok\u00e9mon, a play on his full Chinese name John Lee Ka-chiu. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
"In North Carolina, a baby is born with chubby cheeks and the same button-nose as his big brother. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Omar Polina Aguilar was a chubby 2-year-old when he was diagnosed with malignant neuroblastoma cancer in May 2019, said his mother, Lorena Aguilar. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Around me, pastry chefs are rolling dough into spirals of chubby croissants and plump rolls. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The chubby fellow\u2019s first entry into polygonal 3D on the Nintendo 64 is a solid outing. \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1722, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chub":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065644",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"chuck":{
"antonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"definitions":{
": a cut of beef that includes most of the neck, the parts about the shoulder blade, and those about the first three ribs \u2014 see beef illustration":[],
": a pat or nudge under the chin":[],
": an abrupt movement or toss":[],
": an attachment for holding a workpiece or tool in a machine (such as a drill or lathe)":[],
": cluck":[],
": discard":[
"chucked his old shirt",
"chuck it out with the trash"
],
": dismiss , oust":[
"\u2014 used especially with out was chucked out of office"
],
": food":[],
": give up":[
"chucked his job"
],
": pat , tap":[],
": toss , throw":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect chuck lump":"Noun",
"Middle English chukken , of imitative origin":"Verb",
"origin unknown":"Verb",
"perhaps from chuck chicken":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off ",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031426",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chuck line":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ranch houses visited for free meals":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase ride the chuck line with reference to an unemployed cowboy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chuck entry 5 (food)":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuck out":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to force (someone) to leave":[
"If they don't pay their rent, the landlord will have to chuck them out .",
"He was chucked out of the bar for being too noisy."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070002",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"chuck plate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lathe faceplate":[],
": a plate on which a chuck is fastened and which is arranged for attaching to a lathe spindle (as by a screw thread)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chuck entry 5":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233641",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chuck-luck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chuck-luck variant of chuck-a-luck"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153242",
"type":[]
},
"chuckle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to laugh inwardly or quietly":[
"He chuckled as he read the comic strip."
],
": to make a continuous gentle sound resembling suppressed (see suppress sense 5a ) mirth":[
"the clear bright water chuckled over gravel",
"\u2014 B. A. Williams"
],
": to utter with a chuckle":[
"Templeton grinned. \"I'll tend to this,\" he chuckled . He took Wilbur's tail in his mouth and bit it \u2026 . The pain revived Wilbur.",
"\u2014 E. B. White"
]
},
"examples":[
"She chuckled at the memory of what he had said.",
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shroff is diminutive and intense, and quick to chuckle at the Kafkaesque predicaments of this case. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"People chuckle nervously and back away from each other. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Some spectators at the trial began to chuckle after his remark. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"On the day that he was named the new head football coach, Lee Guess could only chuckle when reminded that the past two bosses at Pinson Valley won state championships in their first year. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Thirty-five years later, de Lancie can\u2019t help but chuckle at the accuracy of the statement. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maguire quickly bursts into a laugh, causing Garfield to also chuckle . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"One thrilling chase ends with a dead-end that screws over a villain, which said villain clarifies loudly so that the audience can chuckle . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Now, more than ever, make sure to take the time to chuckle at the silliness of it all. \u2014 Tony Nitti, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably frequentative of chuck entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022631",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"chucklehead":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": blockhead":[]
},
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anecdotes, hyperbole: the talking chuckleheads sowing and selling fear. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 20 July 2019",
"For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca\u2019s assorted chuckleheads a debate question. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 4 July 2018",
"Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel. \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 27 Apr. 2018",
"There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it. \u2014 Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer\u2019s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale\u2019s nosy chucklehead George. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 17 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1748, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chuckle lumpish + head":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190052",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"chuckleheaded":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": blockhead":[]
},
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anecdotes, hyperbole: the talking chuckleheads sowing and selling fear. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 20 July 2019",
"For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca\u2019s assorted chuckleheads a debate question. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 4 July 2018",
"Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel. \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 27 Apr. 2018",
"There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it. \u2014 Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer\u2019s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale\u2019s nosy chucklehead George. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 17 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1748, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"chuckle lumpish + head":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
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"knucklehead",
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"lunkhead",
"meathead",
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"natural",
"nimrod",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"noddy",
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"shlub",
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"noun"
]
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": a worker in leather : cobbler":[]
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"Tamil-Malayalam cakkiliyar , honorific plural of cakkiliyan":""
},
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"\u02c8ch\u0259kl\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023219",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": to laugh inwardly or quietly":[
"He chuckled as he read the comic strip."
],
": to make a continuous gentle sound resembling suppressed (see suppress sense 5a ) mirth":[
"the clear bright water chuckled over gravel",
"\u2014 B. A. Williams"
],
": to utter with a chuckle":[
"Templeton grinned. \"I'll tend to this,\" he chuckled . He took Wilbur's tail in his mouth and bit it \u2026 . The pain revived Wilbur.",
"\u2014 E. B. White"
]
},
"examples":[
"She chuckled at the memory of what he had said.",
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shroff is diminutive and intense, and quick to chuckle at the Kafkaesque predicaments of this case. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"People chuckle nervously and back away from each other. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Some spectators at the trial began to chuckle after his remark. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"On the day that he was named the new head football coach, Lee Guess could only chuckle when reminded that the past two bosses at Pinson Valley won state championships in their first year. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Thirty-five years later, de Lancie can\u2019t help but chuckle at the accuracy of the statement. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maguire quickly bursts into a laugh, causing Garfield to also chuckle . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"One thrilling chase ends with a dead-end that screws over a villain, which said villain clarifies loudly so that the audience can chuckle . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Now, more than ever, make sure to take the time to chuckle at the silliness of it all. \u2014 Tony Nitti, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u0259l"
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"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
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"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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": a very small silver coin issued by the princely state of Travancore from the 18th to the early 20th centuries":[],
": the value of one chuckram : a unit of value equivalent to \u00b9/\u2083\u2082 of a rupee or \u00b9/\u2084 of a fanam":[]
},
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-kr\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120415",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": boor , churl":[],
": the sound of noisy exhaust or exhalations":[],
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"the chuffing and snorting of switch engines",
"\u2014 Paul Gallico"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1915, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"imitative":"Verb"
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"\u02c8ch\u0259f"
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"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
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"cad",
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"hound",
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"joker",
"louse",
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"rat",
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"skunk",
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"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
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"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015952",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied"
],
"definitions":{
": quite pleased : delighted":[
"he is chuffed to be back in Welsh rugby",
"\u2014 Simon Thomas"
]
},
"examples":[
"I was feeling rather chuffed with myself, having competed in a cricket tournament with some of England's best.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For most of the past eight weeks, city officials have had reason to feel chuffed , with no new cases involving local transmission (and usually only a handful at most every day elsewhere in China). \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
"Anyway, the social media reaction has been pretty massive, from chuffed PSG fans heralding their new signing as the messiah, to Inter supporters wishing him well - or not so well - on his departure from San Siro. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Sep. 2019",
"But over in Milan, fans were pretty chuffed about Icardi's departure. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Sep. 2019",
"Other BBMAs attendees appeared chuffed to interact with Swift as well. \u2014 Abby Jones, Billboard , 21 May 2018",
"Norfolk Islanders are proud of their unique culture and the lawn bowlers were chuffed to stand on a podium and watch the raising of their green and white flag that features the Norfolk Pine. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2018",
"Foddy, an unpresuming Australian with a doctorate in moral philosophy who now makes video games that purposely abuse their players, encouraged me not to get too chuffed about my entourage. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2018",
"Attenborough seems quite chuffed by his new namesake. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 23 Mar. 2017",
"Nobody, however, looked as unsure of his footing as Chairman Devin Nunes, who, not very long ago, was feeling chuffed enough to snark at reporters about how silly this all is. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 20 Mar. 2017"
],
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"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259ft"
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"happy",
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"joyous",
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"satisfied",
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"adjective"
]
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"associate",
"company",
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"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
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"In the early '50s he entered Cornell University but quit after two years and lit out for Greenwich Village, where he studied drama and chummed around with James Dean.",
"\u2014 William Plummer et al."
],
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},
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"1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1857, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1857, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"earlier \"roommate, person living in the same dwelling,\" perhaps by shortening & alteration from chamber fellow or chamber mate":"Noun",
"of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"probably borrowed from Chinook Jargon c\u0259m \"spotted, striped,\" from Lower Chinook c\u0313\u0259\u0301m \"variegated\"":"Noun",
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"alter ego",
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"buddy",
"compadre",
"comrade",
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"familiar",
"friend",
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"mate",
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": a metallic bluish green salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ) of the northern Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean that may reach a length of about 3.5 feet (1 meter) but is typically smaller":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last year, the pollock fleet caught 13,783 king, or chinook, salmon and more than 530,600 chum salmon \u2014 prohibited species that under federal rules must either be donated to food banks or thrown overboard. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The Kuskokwim River is critical for subsistence fishing, but its king and chum salmon stocks have collapsed. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
"The recent extreme decline of western Alaska chum salmon , particularly those returning to the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, represents an urgent mystery fisheries scientists want to solve. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"In the summer, people harvest sheefish from the river, set nets for chum salmon and gather blueberries, salmonberries and cranberries. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Ninety percent of that business is built on chum salmon . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2021",
"There are important distinctions between summer and fall chum salmon . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Under current rules, the pollock fleet in 2022 is allowed to take up to 45,000 chinook salmon and an unlimited number of chum salmon while no salmon is available for local subsistence harvests. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Dec. 2021",
"This year, Western Alaska river systems that usually see dependably high volumes of chum salmon \u2014 the Kuskokwim, the Yukon and drainages feeding Norton and Kotzebue sounds \u2014 have all been near total busts. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081716",
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"\u2014 often + to businessmen chumming up to politicians to get their support"
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124953",
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"antonyms":[
"distant"
],
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"She was getting chummy with the reporters.",
"the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep reading to relive all their biggest relationship milestones, from their chummy beginnings to their unified work as royals. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"And Romijn, who has her own chummy relationship with Pike, makes Number One feel like a person with more weight and canonical influence than the character was ever allowed to have. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential, even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Not the big moments \u2014 the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time. \u2014 Jessica Campisi And Brandon Griggs, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Longtime antagonists Heather Gay and Lisa Barlow are also very chummy . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
"In the months since, Amazon\u2019s relationship with the White House has been less than chummy . \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For a comic her age, Tomlinson is remarkably nimble, able to pivot from light to dark, innocent to dirty, chummy to aggressive. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"chum entry 1 + -y entry 1":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113"
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"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044213",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"distant"
],
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": quite friendly":[]
},
"examples":[
"She was getting chummy with the reporters.",
"the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep reading to relive all their biggest relationship milestones, from their chummy beginnings to their unified work as royals. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"And Romijn, who has her own chummy relationship with Pike, makes Number One feel like a person with more weight and canonical influence than the character was ever allowed to have. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential, even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Not the big moments \u2014 the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time. \u2014 Jessica Campisi And Brandon Griggs, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Longtime antagonists Heather Gay and Lisa Barlow are also very chummy . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
"In the months since, Amazon\u2019s relationship with the White House has been less than chummy . \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For a comic her age, Tomlinson is remarkably nimble, able to pivot from light to dark, innocent to dirty, chummy to aggressive. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"chum entry 1 + -y entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113"
],
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"buddy-buddy",
"close",
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"friendly",
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"inward",
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"thick",
"tight"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201545",
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"adjective",
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]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who is easily tricked : a stupid or foolish person":[
"When you get down to it, he's a sucker. A chump . He's spent more time and money on me in six weeks than all the men I've known put together.",
"\u2014 Terry McMillan"
],
"\u2014 see also chump change":[
"When you get down to it, he's a sucker. A chump . He's spent more time and money on me in six weeks than all the men I've known put together.",
"\u2014 Terry McMillan"
]
},
"examples":[
"the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joining the co-hosts in blue-hued purgatory is interim showrunner Michael Davies, who replaced that chump of a man who tried to give himself the hosting gig earlier this year. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"If, as Mock suggests, the organic consumer could be seen as a chump , Constant\u2019s greater disregard may have been for the organic regulators and traders who agreed to take him at his word. \u2014 Ian Parker, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"And seeing as your bottled water probably came from municipal pipes anyway, you\u2019re being played for a chump by the roughly $200-billion U.S. beverage industry. Cheers! \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"The Justice Department\u2019s real position is that legal technicalities require the judiciary to make a chump out of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"perhaps blend of chunk and lump":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259mp"
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"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183226",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
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"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
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"mint",
"wad"
],
"definitions":{
": a relatively small or insignificant amount of money":[]
},
"examples":[
"what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's chump change for Apple... and Amazon... and Google. \u2014 Samuel Axon And Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"That\u2019s all chump change compared with LIV Golf, the pro golf tour making its debut Thursday in London with a field featuring Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. \u2014 Brett Knight, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Employers are in a panic because average hourly wages rose 4.7 percent in 2021, but that\u2019s chump change compared to the 19.6 percent rise in the value of a typical house. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The team\u2019s owners, Terry and Kim Pegula, will put in only $335 million, chump change for a couple with a net worth north of $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 Apr. 2022",
"That's chump change for a company with over $200 billion of cash and securities on hand. \u2014 Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Over the course of his service on the board, Coca-Cola has paid him a total of $2.3 million dollars, according to S&P Global\u2014which is, to be fair, chump change for someone whose 2020 CEO pay package was valued at $154 million. \u2014 Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune , 10 Dec. 2021",
"But Walmart, long seen as the crown jewel to bringing crypto financial services into the mainstream, is another step up, even if the 200-kiosk pilot is chump change for a company with 4,700 stores. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Their $8000 surcharge comes with the territory and makes the $800 fee to change the calipers from yellow to black feel like chump change . \u2014 Car and Driver , 25 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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"chicken feed",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
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"shoestring",
"song",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": a mutton chop from the thick end of a loin":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181609",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a fagot of pine kindling":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"type":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"chump entry 1 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083914",
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"The process of memorizing may be simply the formation of chunks, or groups of items that go together, until there are few enough chunks so that we can recall all the items.",
"\u2014 Marilyn Sternglass",
"A chunk represents a recoding of information. For example, the sequence 149217761941 would, for most of us, be a snap to remember. Almost automatically we'd recode the 12 digits into three chunks, 1492, 1776, 1941, all key dates in US history.",
"\u2014 Robert Kanigel"
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"\u2014 John Updike"
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"\u2014 Jonathan K. Foster"
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"She cut the fruit into large chunks .",
"She spends a good chunk of her day on the phone.",
"He devoted a large chunk of time to the project.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair met through Gary Ousdahl, who produced the DOC documentary, and hit it off so well that a good chunk of the picture was filmed at Fat Mike\u2019s home. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"Good chunk went to school districts and 37 went to Cleveland and Cuyahoga county. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"But now there are so many TV awards consultants spending a good chunk of the year on campaigns that we\u2019re often pitched by three or four different people on the same show or star. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"One, which is probably the more optimistic, is some kind of a regional sales tax, which would provide a good chunk of that money \u2014 essentially a new source of revenue. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Such inflation tends to especially hit the poor, who spend a bigger chunk of their budgets on needs like groceries and gas. \u2014 Jeanna Smialek, New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the Luhansk region that includes Sievierodonetsk, said on Sunday Ukrainian forces controlled about half the city after recapturing a large chunk from Russian troops. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"Yet, a survey of Jackson\u2019s predominantly free parking showed in 2017 that a large chunk of spots remain empty even in peak tourist season. \u2014 Katharina Buchholz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"No matter how passionately Biden pleaded for vaccinations, a large chunk of the Republic Party have denied the reality of the continuing public health emergency. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Roast the medium-sweet flesh, or chunk it for stews. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 19 July 2020",
"In the first round, Mattie, Swaggy, and Cory decide to team up and chunk out the sequence together. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 21 May 2020",
"This beastly setup offers Nvidia\u2019s high-end Titan RTX graphics card, paired with a 4GHz processor, 32GB of RAM, and a full terabyte of storage space, with the option to rent more in those 256GB chunks at $3 a pop. \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 12 Mar. 2020",
"The Bruins chunked several birdie putts, including a slick third-period setup from Charlie McAvoy that Chris Wagner heeled wide of an open net. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"All these steps, chunked into a single unit in the memory, are triggered by the environmental cue of getting into your car. \u2014 Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019"
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"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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": filled with chunks":[
"chunky peanut butter"
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"The shoes have chunky heels.",
"an athlete with a chunky build",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These looks were paired with chunky shades, some vibrant and others in sleek black, tresses and braids adorned with hoops and beads, intricate shoulder bags and clutches, and lavish chained and beaded necklaces. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 29 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t overlook the accessories either, chunky gold jewelry, black slides, or a cool white sneaker will tie the look together effortlessly. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 29 June 2022",
"The star attraction lived up to the hype, chunky nuggets fried crispy gold, not greasy, almost tempura light-like. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"However, there are several alternatives including gel crystals, pine, wheat, tofu, corn and paper that are milled, sawed, ground or cut into fine granules or chunky particles. \u2014 Ali Kessler, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
"The Pocket Reform's purple case does at least look a bit sleeker than the chunky black enclosure of the full-size Reform. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"The bodysuit was adorned with chunky gold accents including a choker and layered necklaces, one with a large half-moon pendant, a layered chain link belt, an arm cuff, and layered bracelets on both wrists. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 27 June 2022",
"While the chunky white design does pair well with '90s denim and slouchy suiting, it's also equipped for heavy-duty runs\u2014and there aren't cumbersome laces to retie. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"Ever a hoops girl, Gomez finished the effect with chunky gold Melinda Maria earrings falling just above her chin. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 15 June 2022"
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"1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
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": to talk in a low inarticulate way : mutter":[]
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"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something",
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"In response to a time violation at the end of the second set, Kyrgios chuntered before imitating Rafa's ticks -- a swipe of the hair on either side followed by a pick at the seat of his shorts. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
"Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip is superb\u2014in voice, mannerisms and plausibility, chuntering about being served venison twice in a week and rolling his eyes at the melodramas of Princess Margaret... \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Pedal power had been supplanted by chuntering motorbikes and, ever more, the polished chrome of Audis and SUVs. \u2014 Time , 2 Apr. 2018"
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
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"grunt",
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": a small to medium desert shrub ( Justicia californica ) of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico that has usually red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers":[
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"\u2014 Robert H. Mohlenbrock , Natural History , March 2000"
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Mexican Spanish chuparosa, chuparrosa \"hummingbird, any of various plants whose flowers attract hummingbirds,\" from Spanish chupa , 3rd person singular present tense of chupar \"to suck\" (probably of imitative origin) + rosa \"rose\" (in part borrowed from, in part going back to Latin)":""
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"Definition of chupatti variant of chapati"
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"ch\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4t\u0113",
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"ch\u00fc\u02c8p\u014dn"
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"noun"
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": a canopy under which the bride and groom stand during a Jewish wedding ceremony":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Decorate with a Floral Arch From an Indian wedding to a Jewish chuppah , a floral arch is an adaptable piece of d\u00e9cor that is always stunning. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Its leaves created a natural arc, symbolizing their own version of a chuppah . \u2014 Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 Mar. 2021",
"L\u2019Atelier Rouge\u2019s Caroline Bailly, who designed the florals for all their events, created interior floral arrangements and used white roses to decorate the chuppah \u2019s poles. \u2014 Belath\u00e9e, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Cincinnati Enquirer Chana Wolfson, of Cincinnati, and Scott Smith, of New York City, were married on Thursday evening under a chuppah at French Park in Amberley Village. \u2014 Byron Mccauley, Cincinnati.com , 20 Mar. 2020",
"The couple\u2019s family arrived first, followed by Ross, who waited under the chuppah until Maya arrived with her veil over her face, in keeping with Jewish tradition. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Rushefsky also unfurled a lace blanket \u2014 a wedding present to her mother that has been used in her family for years as a chuppah or special-occasion tablecloth. \u2014 Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com , 31 Aug. 2019",
"There were little touches \u2014 my grandfather\u2019s prayer shawl on our shoulders, my Great-Uncle Josef\u2019s shawl on the top of our chuppah \u2014 to remind us of our ancestors, many of whom had suffered terribly. \u2014 Zack Beauchamp, Vox , 2 Nov. 2018",
"Their parents also escorted Ben and Moriah down the aisle to a chuppah painted by Moriah\u2019s best friend Colleen, an artist. \u2014 Philly.com , 13 July 2018"
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Yiddish & Hebrew; Yiddish khupe , from Hebrew \u1e25upp\u0101h":""
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"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307-p\u0259",
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"Definition of chuprassi variant of chaprassi"
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"ch\u0259\u02c8pr\u00e4s\u0113"
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"they had appointed elders for them in every church",
"\u2014 Acts 14:23 (Revised Standard Version)"
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"\u2014 J. Ayliffe"
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": the clerical profession":[
"considered the church as a possible career"
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": the whole body of Christians":[
"the one church is the whole body gathered together from all ages",
"\u2014 J. H. Newman"
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"Frederic Edwin 1826\u20131900 American painter":[]
},
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"Noun",
"This is the oldest church in town.",
"They would like to be married in a church .",
"I didn't see you at church last Sunday.",
"He is a member of the Catholic Church .",
"What church do you belong to",
"the church's attitude toward divorce",
"the separation of church and state",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As one of the most famous members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Romney is revered by many in Utah, where the church is a dominant presence in politics and culture. \u2014 Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Critics say the church is dangerously ill-equipped and unprepared. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 25 June 2022",
"The church shooting in Vestavia Hills is the latest instance of increasing gun violence in Alabama, already one of the most violent states in America. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 18 June 2022",
"Built in 1806, the church was where abolitionists gathered. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
"How the church could be more welcoming to single people. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Discovered in the early 1990s, the church and monastery is the only pre-Islamic Christian site found in UAE, explained Leslie. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"The church is near Interstate 35, about 30 miles north of Des Moines. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Founded in 1900, the church was one of the first to sponsor an AIDS ministry. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Jessop returned and began working with the Short Creek Community Alliance, which advocates for voter registration, political engagement and the interests of non- church members. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"During a post- church service lunch banquet at around 1:30 p.m. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Although cross- church collaborations are infrequent, Motley jumped at the opportunity to help out Ukrainians. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The president made a post- church bagel stop at the Georgetown branch of the Call Your Mother deli in January, which could be seen as a gesture of support for struggling small businesses. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The event was planned by Advance America, which identifies itself as Indiana\u2019s largest pro-family and pro- church organization. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 22 July 2021",
"The building was different, the old Houston Rockets arena\u2014the Summit, site of the 1994 NBA Finals\u2014transformed to the mega- church campus of pastor Joel Osteen. \u2014 Sean Deveney, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Despite, and because of, these absences, which seem more noticeable today, Wilson\u2019s work feels as familiar as a backyard barbecue or a post- church family dinner. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020",
"In her non- church life, Bishop Joyner enjoyed shopping, cooking, ten-pin bowling and traveling, and had visited Europe and taken an extensive road trip across the U.S. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Could church leaders do a better job of helping people feel more comfortable in their bodies",
"In addition, his friend, John Vino, takes him to church several times a week and out to lunch. \u2014 Deirdre Reilly, Fox News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The girl\u2019s grandmother, Deborah, and grandfather, Keith, took separate cars to church that day. \u2014 Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Oct. 2021",
"An otherwise conventional and so-so musical drama about two formative decades in Aretha Franklin's life gets lifted every time Hudson hits the screen, belts out a number and takes you to church as the legendary soul singer. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 Aug. 2021",
"El Paso Baptist Association volunteers deliver boxes of food to church representatives in Texas in 2020. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Robertson first encountered that gospel when his Baptist neighbors invited him to church one Sunday at the age of 12. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2021",
"Congregants lined up to place money in a donation box, or to hand over their credit cards to church employees with card readers. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021",
"In 1920, a year after the Kehoes moved to Bath, he was asked by a neighbor (who drove Nellie to church every Sunday) if Kehoe had seen her missing fox terrier. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"Middle English chirche , from Old English cirice , ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon , from Greek, neuter of kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master; akin to Sanskrit \u015b\u016bra hero, warrior":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb"
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"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": father sense 4":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scripture and church fathers alike have been interpreted in wildly diverging ways (the progressive Catholic magazine Commonweal has a fine detailed rundown of the varying history of major Catholic thinkers\u2019 approach to remarriage). \u2014 Tara Isabella Burton, Vox , 5 Apr. 2018",
"The early church fathers used an imbalance of power to silence the women of Easter and other charismatic women in the New Testament, some biblical scholars say. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 30 Mar. 2018",
"And Dostoyevsky was a very Christ-centric writer and his writings are full of Orthodox messages and even quotations from the church fathers . \u2014 The Economist , 1 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1654, in the meaning defined above":""
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259rcht"
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"adjective"
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"churchgoer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who habitually attends church":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The single churchgoer who was killed was slain while trying to stop the shooting. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"The entire cast is fantastic, including Pablo Schreiber as Betty\u2019s husband Allan Gore, Timothy Simons as Candy\u2019s husband Pat Montgomery and Ra\u00fal Esparza as Candy\u2019s lawyer and fellow churchgoer , Don Crowder. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"The daughter of a fifth-generation Lutheran minister, Russell has been a churchgoer since childhood. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"Councilman Kevin de Le\u00f3n also was raised Catholic and identifies with the faith but is not a regular churchgoer , said his spokesperson Jonathan Underland. \u2014 Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Kulich, a regular churchgoer , prioritized her kids and her grandchildren. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Smith, 31, is a lifetime churchgoer ; her granddad was a pastor. \u2014 Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star , 1 Dec. 2021",
"To a man, they are described in superlatives by relatives and friends: perfect neighbor, devout churchgoer , attentive father, good guy. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Not a regular churchgoer , Paul stayed home on his only day off while his wife and children went to St. Matthew\u2019s Methodist Church in north Houston. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Sep. 2021"
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259rch-\u02ccg\u014d-\u0259r"
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ch\u0259rch-l\u0259s"
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},
"examples":[
"refused to discuss churchly matters except on Sundays",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That theme, explored with light wit and deep humanity, makes this unabashedly churchly novel strikingly relevant to our conflicted political era. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"The singer and rapper\u2019s weary tales arrive with churchly trills, nu-metal groans, quiet-storm beats, and zero concern for coolness. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Besides, the current Francis seems revolutionary enough for an era of ecological crisis, humanitarian disaster, and churchly scandal, especially since Wenders has the pope on camera directly sharing his thoughts with the audience. \u2014 Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2018",
"Black leather Versace motorcycle jackets sport jeweled crucifixes inspired by Byzantine mosaics, blending edgy coolness with churchly devotion. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, The Cut , 10 May 2018",
"The music was a churchly choir, the lighting diffused, almost baroque. \u2014 Cathy Horyn, The Cut , 15 Feb. 2018"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"ecclesiastical"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there\u2019s no way to know who determined the imagery, conquered artist or conquering European churchman . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano\u2019s work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston\u2019s highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 William J. Kole, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano's work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston's highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano's work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston's highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The first was that the canticle contains an encomium of Saint Dominic, who in Merwin\u2019s eyes was the most villainous churchman of the Middle Ages. \u2014 Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books , 17 Aug. 2017",
"His trial will be the first of a churchman with his rank in Vatican City\u2019s criminal court. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 3 July 2021",
"Discouraging public worship, warned Metropolitan Longin, a senior churchman in Saratov, a region in southwestern Russia, only revived painful memories of Soviet-era repression. \u2014 Andrew Higgins, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"Between the protesters, the churchmen , and the legislature, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has been under unceasing attack from people who cannot abide the thought that the moral tradition of some religious group does not affirm a particular set of behaviors. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 20 Apr. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rch-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021311",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churchmanly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ecclesiastical":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130849",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churl":{
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
],
"definitions":{
": a medieval peasant":[],
": a rude ill-bred person":[],
": a stingy morose person":[],
": ceorl":[],
": rustic , countryman":[]
},
"examples":[
"as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl",
"don't bother asking for donations at that house\u2014the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the cartoonish executive in Episode 1 will require a Grinch-like turnaround to become anything but a clownish churl . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cherl \"non-noble person (whether free or bound), ill-bred person, boor, fellow,\" going back to Old English ceorl \"male person, man, married man, countryman, member of the lowest class of freemen,\" going back to Germanic *kerla- \"man, freeman\" (whence also Old Frisian tzerl, tzirl, kerl \"man, servant,\" Middle Dutch kerel, kerl \"freeman below the rank of knight\"), with a by-form *karla- (whence Old High German karl, charel \"man, husband,\" Old Norse karl \"man, commoner, old man\"), of uncertain origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204732",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churlish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": difficult to work with or deal with : intractable":[
"churlish soil"
],
": marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : surly":[
"he didn't like the churlish tone in his voice",
"\u2014 Margaret Truman",
"outrage is among your more churlish emotions",
"\u2014 Robert Goldsborough",
"It would be churlish not to congratulate her."
],
": of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar":[]
},
"examples":[
"It would be churlish not to congratulate him.",
"it would be churlish for any dinner guest to express anything but gratitude for his host's generous hospitality",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s a standard liberal hope, of course, against the grain of our incurably churlish country. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Wham, the churlish AI wipes us all out, not even waiting for the meteor to do so. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Smith acquiesces to contemporary platitudes that stereotype the black male work ethic as churlish and autocratic, confusing those traits with strength. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Apparently, many voters used that clause to leave the churlish Bonds off their ballots. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Jan. 2022",
"West\u2019s collaborators weren\u2019t the only ones who were churlish with Donda\u2018s release; West himself expressed dissatisfaction with the rollout. \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 30 Aug. 2021",
"That said, it must also be stipulated that people seem to like Little Island, including some ordinarily churlish critics. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2021",
"These boys are churlish and brusque, with chapped rosy cheeks Duveneck has masterfully captured. \u2014 Leyla Shokoohe, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Logic may seem like a churlish thing to wish for in a movie that deliberately operates in such a heightened state of unreality. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 25 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cherlyssh \"of churls, rustic, uncouth,\" going back to Old English ceorlisc, cyrlisc, from ceorl \"male person, countryman, member of the lowest class of free men\" + -isc -ish \u2014 more at churl":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-lish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for churlish 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":[
"boorish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075252",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"churly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": churlish":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"churl + -y":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-li",
"-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090308",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of churm chiefly Scottish variant of chirm"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rm",
"-\u0259\u0304m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160940",
"type":[]
},
"churn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a container in which cream is stirred or shaken to make butter":[],
": to agitate (milk or cream) in a churn in order to make butter":[
"The farmer churns his cream every day."
],
": to make (something, such as foam) by so doing":[],
": to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissions":[
"unscrupulous brokers may churn an account, trading frequently to generate high commissions",
"\u2014 Mary Rowland"
],
": to proceed by or as if by means of rotating members (such as wheels or propellers)":[
"boats churning across the harbor"
],
": to produce, proceed with, or experience violent motion or agitation":[
"her stomach was churning",
"churning legs"
],
": to stir or agitate violently":[
"an old stern-wheeler churning the muddy river",
"larger particles pound and churn the Moon's surface",
"\u2014 E. M. Shoemaker"
],
": to work a churn (as in making butter)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The motorboats churned the water.",
"The water churned all around us.",
"The wheels began to slowly churn .",
"He showed them how to churn butter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Much of the industry churn is driven by the growth in newspaper chains, including new regional chains that have bought hundreds of newspapers in small or mid-sized markets, the report said. \u2014 David Bauder, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"There is also concern about the fundraising landscape, customer churn and the Great Resignation, among other factors. \u2014 Elizabeth Shea, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"At a time when most fashion trends have gotten more ephemeral and less universal because of constant product churn , some manage to achieve the opposite: a ubiquity that feels disconnected from perceptible demand. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"To keep more workers coming, and improve churn levels that can top 100%, Amazon has raised minimum hourly wages to as much as $18 an hour, and even dropped marijuana testing for prospective applicants. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 17 June 2022",
"But industries vulnerable to rising interest rates and market churn are starting to cut roles. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"The comedian Jordan Firstman conjured this ceaseless churn in a recent video. \u2014 Molly Fischer, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Amazon's own drone program has been beset with delays and staff churn , according to media reports. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"But that was further out as Netflix had still to get through a possible recession and its impact on subscriber retention and churn . \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Poti had six tackles last season and should see a significant move up the depth chart due to churn at the position. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
"On the other, roster churn and coaching changes leave Nebraska, Maryland, Penn State and Minnesota all fighting to stay out of the conference's bottom four. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"Members of the Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 handle the coloring of the river, using one motorboat to dump the dye and two to churn the water and spread it. \u2014 Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The seas churn upwards and rocks take out city skylines. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Some bots churn any news, including negative reports. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"In 2009, her research showed how jellyfish and their soft-bodied relatives, dubbed gelata by the MBARI scientist Steven Haddock, collectively churn the ocean, like millions of spoons stirring in unison. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The roster could continue to churn before the team is back on the field, as evidenced by two defensive back acquisitions just this week. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"The horizon was cloaked in rain clouds, and the downpour was just long enough to burnish the palm leaves and churn the fragrance of the white takamaka flowers \u2014 reminiscent of gardenias \u2014 that grow in profusion. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"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":{
"Middle English chirne, cherne, going back to Old English cirm (erroneously for cirin or cirn ), cyrin, going back to Germanic *kern\u014d, kern\u014dn (whence also Middle Dutch keerne, kerne \"butter churn,\" Middle Low German kerne, karne, kirne, Old Norse kirna \u2014in kirnuaskr \"churn pail\"), of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"Middle English chyrnen, derivative of chirne, cherne churn entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"moil",
"roil",
"seethe"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111211",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"churn barrel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having the trunk or body deep and capacious with well-sprung ribs":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023903",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churn drill":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a piece of drilling equipment in which the drill is raised by a rope or cable and allowed to drop, pulverizing the rock with successive blows":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005018",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churn out":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to produce mechanically or copiously : grind out":[
"the usual pap which has been churned out about this superstar",
"\u2014 W. S. Murphy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204848",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churn supper":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a feast at the end of the hay harvest":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081559",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churn through":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to proceed through, process, or deal with rapidly or steadily in a mechanical or seemingly mechanical way":[
"He churned through Princeton in two years, working himself into a state of near exhaustion.",
"\u2014 Timothy Foote",
"For an aggressive trader who churns through 30 or 40 deals a day, the stakes mount quickly\u2014along with the tensions.",
"\u2014 Michael Meyer"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074141",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"churn up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to dig into (as a driveway) with spinning wheels":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035410",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"churn-butted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": swell-butted":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070449",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"churnability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": completeness of formation of butter in churning":[],
": ease of churning":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259t\u0113",
"-n\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
"-i"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062018",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churnmilk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": buttermilk":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221946",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"churr":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make a vibrant or whirring noise like that made by some insects (such as the cockchafer) or some birds (such as the partridge)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015228",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"churrasco":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": beef broiled on a spit over an open fire or grilled under an oven flame":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"chu\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4\u02ccsk\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113434",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chutzpa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall":[
"It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to him the way she did."
]
},
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Successful entrepreneurs and companies need a healthy heaping of chutzpah to take down the competition, especially in a place as fast-moving as Silicon Valley. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"But the chutzpah of renting an apartment and having a permanent place was really too much. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah . \u2014 James Beecham, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But Grainger\u2019s wedding night, which outraged some for its audacity and vulgarity and delighted others for its sheer chutzpah and exceptional music-making, is the Hollywood Bowl in a nutshell. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas \u2014 not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Possessed of seemingly boundless networking chutzpah , Holmes touted Theranos blood-testing technology as a breakthrough that could scan for hundreds of medical conditions using just a few drops of blood. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"That a person like this could exist in that time: Someone who seems to shine, to have such a lightness about them, this cheekiness, this chutzpah . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish khutspe , from Late Hebrew \u1e25u\u1e63p\u0101h":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u0307t-sp\u0259",
"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307t-",
"-(\u02cc)sp\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chutzpah temerity , audacity , hardihood , effrontery , nerve , cheek , gall , chutzpah mean conspicuous or flagrant boldness. temerity suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. had the temerity to refuse audacity implies a disregard of restraints commonly imposed by convention or prudence. an entrepreneur with audacity and vision hardihood suggests firmness in daring and defiance. admired for her hardihood effrontery implies shameless, insolent disregard of propriety or courtesy. outraged at his effrontery nerve , cheek , gall , and chutzpah are informal equivalents for effrontery . the nerve of that guy has the cheek to call herself a singer had the gall to demand proof the chutzpah needed for a career in show business",
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101147",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chutzpah":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall":[
"It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to him the way she did."
]
},
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Successful entrepreneurs and companies need a healthy heaping of chutzpah to take down the competition, especially in a place as fast-moving as Silicon Valley. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"But the chutzpah of renting an apartment and having a permanent place was really too much. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah . \u2014 James Beecham, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But Grainger\u2019s wedding night, which outraged some for its audacity and vulgarity and delighted others for its sheer chutzpah and exceptional music-making, is the Hollywood Bowl in a nutshell. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas \u2014 not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Possessed of seemingly boundless networking chutzpah , Holmes touted Theranos blood-testing technology as a breakthrough that could scan for hundreds of medical conditions using just a few drops of blood. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"That a person like this could exist in that time: Someone who seems to shine, to have such a lightness about them, this cheekiness, this chutzpah . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish khutspe , from Late Hebrew \u1e25u\u1e63p\u0101h":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)sp\u00e4",
"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307t-",
"\u02c8hu\u0307t-sp\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chutzpah temerity , audacity , hardihood , effrontery , nerve , cheek , gall , chutzpah mean conspicuous or flagrant boldness. temerity suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. had the temerity to refuse audacity implies a disregard of restraints commonly imposed by convention or prudence. an entrepreneur with audacity and vision hardihood suggests firmness in daring and defiance. admired for her hardihood effrontery implies shameless, insolent disregard of propriety or courtesy. outraged at his effrontery nerve , cheek , gall , and chutzpah are informal equivalents for effrontery . the nerve of that guy has the cheek to call herself a singer had the gall to demand proof the chutzpah needed for a career in show business",
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213713",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"chute":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": fall sense 6b":[],
": a quick descent (as in a river) : rapid":[],
": an inclined plane, sloping channel, or passage down or through which things may pass : slide":[],
": parachute":[],
": spinnaker":[],
": to convey by a chute":[],
": to go in or as if in a chute":[],
": to utilize a chute (as by passing ore down it)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She dropped the towels into the laundry chute .",
"children sliding down a water chute",
"The skiers came racing down the chute .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This means that the sail was so full of air that the boat below no longer had control of the chute . \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 1 June 2022",
"But right out of the chute in the bottom half of the frame, the Reds got back into the game as Albert Almora doubled, Matt Reynolds walked, T.J. Friedl doubled and Brandon Drury hit a three-run homer in succession. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"Past the wooden reception booth gleams a bronze United States Post Office mail chute \u2014 still in use \u2014 decorated with an Art Deco-style bald eagle. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The former Australian Supercars champion in his second attempt at the Indianapolis 500, crashed hard in the north chute . \u2014 Rob Peeters, Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022",
"While the 2022 Olympic women\u2019s relay played out Saturday at the Zhangjiakou National Cross Country Center, racers from nations such as the Czech Republic and Japan and Kazakhstan passed through the chute . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The video refuted statements that Clements made to investigators, including that Nelson threatened throw urine and feces on him and that Nelson grabbed Clements\u2019 arm through the food chute . \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2021",
"From its source deep in the woods on Stratton Mountain, Lye Brook Falls tumbles and surges through a narrow rock chute to a sea of boulders and down into the valley below. \u2014 Carey Kish, Outside Online , 18 June 2020",
"As the rocket descended beneath its main parachute at about 10 meters per second, a drogue chute trailed behind with a 50-meter line. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The mountains bear that bright March radiance, glowing in creamy white palettes that chute down their steep sides. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Oh, chute : If there are freshies to be had, Blackley starts at the Milly Express lift and makes laps. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Oct. 2021",
"As a result, when the pilot chutes deployed to pull out the mains, one of them was not properly connected. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 7 Nov. 2019",
"The animal chutes blocked the escape as the oil and wax that had been used to waterproof the tent caught fire and turned the big top into a raging inferno. \u2014 Steven Goode, courant.com , 6 July 2019",
"The clouds of jumpers, with round \u2018 chutes akin to those used by D-Day soldiers, were honoring the thousands of paratroopers who leapt into gunfire and death 75 years ago. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 June 2019"
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"French, from Old French, from cheoir to fall, from Latin cadere \u2014 more at chance":"Noun"
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"1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"often read as \u02c8ch\u0259t",
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"a t sound formed by suction rather than pressure"
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"type":[
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": one of eight scales prevalent in medieval music each utilizing a different pattern of intervals and beginning on a different tone":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a wagon carrying supplies and provisions for cooking (as on a ranch)":[],
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"\u2014 often used attributively a chuckwagon dinner"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Patrons who arrive early can partake in such pre-show offerings as a wagon ride to the venue and a chuck wagon dinner. \u2014 Celia Wren, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Add stops along the way for a chuck wagon dinner, live entertainment, or sleepover. \u2014 Kari Bodnarchuk, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Mar. 2021",
"With its rustic atmosphere, nearby train tracks and authentic, restored chuck wagon sitting outside, Walkdon Station, said Clayborn, is a perfect fit for the chamber. \u2014 Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle , 7 Oct. 2020",
"According to the National Cowboy Museum, Texas cattle rancher Charles Goodnight built the first chuck wagon . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 15 Feb. 2020",
"On the cattle drives of the Old West, the cook was top dog of the chuck wagon . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com , 15 Feb. 2020",
"Hip hop fans came out for Chance the Rapper with a side of chuck wagon racing on Friday night, while Maren Morris rocked the house with her nine-month baby bump for country fans on Saturday. \u2014 Dan Carson, Houston Chronicle , 9 Mar. 2020",
"In addition, several new acts are on tap this year to entertain fans between rodeo events, including chuck wagon races, Owens said. \u2014 John Whisler, ExpressNews.com , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Later, ride on horseback through meadows and across creeks, or hop aboard for a hayride that ends with a chuck wagon dinner. \u2014 Kristi Valentini, Redbook , 13 July 2017"
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"1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235111"
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"1886\u20131976 Chinese general":[]
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"\u02c8j\u00fc-\u02c8d\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235338"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large herbivorous lizard ( Sauromalus ater ) of the iguana family of desert regions of the southwestern U.S.":[]
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"\u02c8ch\u0259k-\u02ccw\u00e4-l\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish chacahuala , from Cahuilla (Uto-Aztecan language of southeast California) \u010d\u00e1xwal":""
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a nightjar ( Caprimulgus carolinensis ) of the southeastern U.S.":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccch\u0259k-\u02ccwilz-\u02c8wi-(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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"imitative":""
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"1791, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003839"
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"definitions":{
"autonomous republic of east central Russia in Europe south of the Volga River; capital Cheboksary area 7066 square miles (18,301 square kilometers), population 1,393,000":[]
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"ch\u00fc-\u02c8v\u00e4-sh\u0113-\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060850"
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"chucky":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": chuck entry 2":[]
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"\u02c8ch\u0259k\u0113",
"-ki"
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"chuck entry 2 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090350"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground":[]
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"\u02c8ch\u0259rch-\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remains of the 16th century town wall, a medieval churchyard and 11 boats were among the finds, which now form the basis of the Medieval Museum. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"After four years of digging for fossils in a churchyard in York, Pennsylvania, amateur paleontologist Chris Haefner made an intriguing find. \u2014 Samuel Zamora, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
"Community tag sale taking place at All Saints\u2019 Church East Hartford \u2014 EAST HARTFORD \u2013 A community tag sale in the churchyard at All Saints\u2019 Church, 444 Hills St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022",
"Workers are exhuming bodies from a mass grave that was set up in a churchyard . \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In Bucha on Monday, the work of exhuming bodies from a mass grave in a churchyard resumed. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, bodies wrapped in black plastic were piled on one end of a mass grave in a churchyard . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"At a churchyard eight miles south of Columbus, a white mob had hanged Bert Moore and Dooley Morton, two young Black men accused of harassing a white woman, from an oak tree. \u2014 Janine Latus, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard . \u2014 George Weigel, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121041"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a people related to Mordvin and Cheremis inhabiting the Chuvash Republic of eastern Russia":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": the Turkish dialect spoken by the Chuvash people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc\u02ccv\u00e4sh",
"chu\u0307\u02c8v\u00e4sh"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, from Chuvash T\u0161\u0259va\u0161 ; akin to Turkish yava\u015f gentle, mild, docile":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130354"
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"definitions":{
"islands of the central Carolines, part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific population 53,300":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141625"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\u02c8ch\u0259r-ch\u0113"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sullivan's music carries the churchy emotionality and down-to-earth detail of vintage Southern soul into the everyday situations and electronic soundscapes of hip-hop. \u2014 Jon Pareles New York Times, Star Tribune , 14 Jan. 2021",
"For years, the mix of daily foot traffic\u2014young and old, churchy and kite-high\u2014was disastrous. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
"West is nothing if not earnest in his gospel homage, with tracks featuring choirs, churchy keyboard chords, frequent allusions to biblical verse and a cameo from gospel vocalist Fred Hammond. \u2014 Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Sacraments, good works, churchy things, not so much. \u2014 John Timpane, Philly.com , 6 Apr. 2018",
"Also in residence is Elizabeth\u2019s churchy sister Clarissa (Julia Glander) and her husband, Max (David Wolber), an affable German-American doctor who watched his practice and his home go up in flames after war with Germany was declared. \u2014 John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press , 29 Mar. 2018",
"Blue Note players like Horace Silver and Art Blakey reacted with a new bluesy, churchy form with a driving backbeat called Hard bop. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Aug. 2017",
"Chance the Rapper led his congregation of 18,3000 to church without being too churchy ; his random cursing took care of that.'' \u2014 Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com , 17 May 2017",
"Mr. Cohen\u2019s sepulchral, deadpan intonation is set within angelic voices, Gypsy violins and often an organ that can be churchy or bluesy; each verse could be last words. \u2014 Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica And Nate Chinen, New York Times , 7 Dec. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142221"
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"chute man":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who tends chutes especially by receiving and disposing of loads from or into them: such as":[],
": a worker in a metal mine who loads mine cars underground":[],
": a coal miner who tends chutes from tipple to railroad cars":[],
": a millworker who receives sacks of flour, meal, or feed and readies them for storage":[],
": a collector of soiled laundry in an institution":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190108"
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"Chucunaque":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Cunan people of the Mulatas islands, Panama":[],
": a member of the Chucunaque people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccch\u00fck\u00fc\u02c8n\u00e4\u02cckw\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201251"
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"Church of England":{
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"noun phrase"
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": the established episcopal church of England":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201800"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Roman Catholic who was a conformist to the Church of England in England in the 17th century":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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": the Christian church on earth regarded as engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, the powers of evil":[
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"translation of Medieval Latin ecclesia militans":""
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"chud":{
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"definitions":{
": I would":[]
},
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"\u02c8chu\u0307d"
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"alteration of Middle English ich wolde I would":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001011"
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"church invisible":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the entire company of those on earth and in afterlife who whether members of the church visible or not belong to the faithful for whom it is believed God has destined salvation":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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}
}
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