dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dui_MW.json
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{
"DUI":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence":[
"a convicted DUI"
],
": an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence":[
"\u2026 the reason he was in prison is that a few DUIs caught up with him \u2026",
"\u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich"
],
": the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs":[
"was arrested for DUI",
"a DUI case"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"d riving u nder the i nfluence":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191032",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation or noun"
]
},
"Duisburg":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city in western Germany at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers population 488,468":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259s-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"\u02c8dy\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"German \u02c8d\u1d6bs-\u02ccbu\u0307rk",
"\u02c8d\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041907",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"duiker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several small African antelopes comprising two genera ( Cephalophus and Sylvicapra )":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are only two blue duiker paired for breeding now, Walter and Peridot, Roath said. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 June 2021",
"Ahead of us, tiny blue duiker antelope crashed through the undergrowth; up in the canopy, weaver birds announced our arrival with shrill cries and samango monkeys followed our progress with curious, darting eyes. \u2014 Peter Browne, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Gabonese chimpanzees were observed cracking tortoises open against tree trunks and preparing them on the half shell, and Tanzanian chimpanzees intimidated a leopard into surrendering its blue duiker . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"Researchers don't know for sure which animals are Ebola carriers, but there's evidence that fruit bats may play a role in spreading the virus to other animals, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and duikers . \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 9 Apr. 2019",
"In addition to the bongo, Hatwood said, three or four of the center\u2019s sable antelope, two or three eland and a duiker (DIKE-er) also are probably pregnant. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2017",
"Not every zoo animal gets a holiday gift box \u2014 some, like the bears and badger, are already hibernating; others, like the zebras and duikers could end up stepping on the boxes and getting their hooves stuck. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Dec. 2017",
"So, shortly after Aria moved in with the two bongos \u2014 like the duiker , a type of African antelope \u2014 the tortoises living in the same area were sent packing. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1777, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans, literally, diver, from duik to dive, from Middle Dutch d\u016bken ; akin to Old High German t\u016bhhan to dive \u2014 more at duck entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b-k\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030514",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duikerbok":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": duiker sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans, from duiker diver + bok male antelope; akin to Old High German boc male goat":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(r)\u02ccb\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085550",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an old coin of the Netherlands and Dutch controlled territories equal to about \u00b9/\u2088 stiver":[],
": trifle sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u022fit",
"\u02c8d\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034857",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dui":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation or noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs":[
"was arrested for DUI",
"a DUI case"
],
": an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence":[
"\u2026 the reason he was in prison is that a few DUIs caught up with him \u2026",
"\u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich"
],
": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence":[
"a convicted DUI"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"d riving u nder the i nfluence":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152644"
}
}