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"Gangneung":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"town on the East Sea (Sea of Japan) in northeastern South Korea":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4\u014b-\u02ccn\u0259\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075905",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"gander":{
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"antonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an adult male goose":[],
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": look , glance":[
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"take a gander",
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"Those intrigued by such oddities \u2026 will surely find Stuart Kelly's \"Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read\" worth a gander .",
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"\u2014 Joe Queenan",
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"\u2026 trying to step back for a good gander at the art in the Guggenheim.",
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"\u2014 Charles Taylor",
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"\u2026 had no choice but to push to the front of the horde and through some glass doors to get a gander at what was going on.",
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"\u2014 Rick Barrs"
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],
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": simpleton":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1914, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gandre, gander , going back to Old English gandra, ganra , going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre \"male goose,\" Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter ), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- \"goose\" \u2014 more at goose entry 1":"Noun",
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"probably derivative of gander entry 1 , from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gan-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cast",
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"eye",
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"glance",
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"glimpse",
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"look",
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"peek",
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"peep",
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"regard",
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"sight",
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"view"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111503",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together":[
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"a gang of saws"
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],
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": a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations":[
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"watching TV with the gang"
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],
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": a group of persons working together":[],
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": a set of articles : outfit":[
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"a gang of oars"
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],
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": go":[],
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": group : such as":[],
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": to arrange or produce (something, such as pages of typeset material) together as a unit":[
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"\u2026 ganged the printing of 2000 cards to achieve a cost-efficient price per card of 38 cents.",
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"\u2014 Vilma Barr",
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"\u2014 often used with up Where decals are large they may be printed singly; where small, more than one may be ganged up on one screen to save effort and to produce more copies in one impression. \u2014 Albert Kosloff"
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],
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": to assemble (mechanical or electronic parts) so that they may be operated simultaneously as a group":[
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"Potentiometers are often ganged together so that the resistance in several circuits can be changed simultaneously.",
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"\u2014 Richard Fowler"
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],
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": to attack (a person) as a gang":[
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"They ganged him and took his money."
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],
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": to move or act as a gang":[
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"Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination."
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],
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"\u2014 see also gang up":[
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"Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a gang of drug dealers",
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"He is in a gang .",
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"He was shot by a member of a rival gang .",
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"the gang at the office",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jimenez was sent to the prison in Delano in March 2015 to serve a 26-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter with the use of a firearm in commission of a street gang act, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
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"Perhaps the most tragic story came out of the western state of Michoacan, which has long been dominated by the Carteles Unidos gang and the Jalisco cartel. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 17 June 2022",
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"Vega, an auxiliary Prince William sheriff\u2019s deputy, told the crowd she was inspired to join law enforcement after her brother was victimized by the MS-13 gang and his friend was killed. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"He who kept faith with all the old gang and they with him. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
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"When a new threat from the Upside Down emerges however, the Hawkins gang and the Byers family end up on colliding paths to save the world. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 20 May 2022",
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"Keed\u2019s death follows the arrests of YSL co-founder Young Thug and rapper Gunna, who were among 28 people indicted in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state\u2019s RICO act and street gang charges. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 14 May 2022",
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"Banoslopez was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2015 for second-degree robbery and inflicting great bodily injury, with an enhancement for committing a street- gang act in the commission of a violent felony, officials said in a statement. \u2014 Alejandra Reyes-velardestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
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"But there were pieces of the costuming that created a bridge between this gang and that of Nat Love, like the headscarves women like Trudy and Stagecoach Mary, played by Zazie Beetz, wear beneath their hats. \u2014 Samantha Powell, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors \u2013 a place to gang together for wrist shots \u2013 that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. \u2014 Vedika Sud, CNN , 19 Mar. 2020",
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"Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 8 Mar. 2020",
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"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
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"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
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"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
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"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
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"1791, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gangen, gongen & early Scots gang , going back to Old English gangan, gongan , going back to Germanic *gangan- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German gangan \"to go,\" Old Norse ganga , Gothic gaggan ), probably going back to Indo-European *\u01f5hen\u01f5h-i\u032f\u032fe- , whence also Lithuanian \u017ee\u00f1gti \"to stride\"":"Verb",
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"Middle English, \"going, journey, road, path, privy, group of items forming a set,\" going back to Old English, \"going, walking, journey, course, path, privy,\" going back to Germanic *ganga- (whence Old Saxon gang \"walk, course,\" Old High German \"walk, journey, passage,\" Old Norse gangr \"going, course,\" Gothic gagg \"way\"), noun derivative from the base of *gangan- \"to go\" \u2014 more at gang entry 3":"Noun",
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"derivative of gang entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"army",
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"band",
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"brigade",
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"company",
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"crew",
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"outfit",
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"party",
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"platoon",
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"squad",
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"team"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201818",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gang bang":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": copulation by several persons in succession with the same passive partner":[],
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": gang rape":[],
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": to participate in a gang bang":[],
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": to participate in especially violent gang activity":[],
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": to subject to a gang bang":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1949, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"derivative of gang bang":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114853",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gang hook":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": two or three fishhooks with their shanks joined together":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124416",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gang mill":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a composite milling cutter made up of several cutters set in the same arbor in such relation as to give a cut having some desired profile":[],
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": a sawing machine used in lumbering that has a heavy frame supporting numerous saw blades":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gang entry 1 + mill":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083703",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gang net":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a series of gill nets fastened together and fished as a unit":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gang entry 1 + net":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191618",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gangbanger":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a street gang":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Despite making up 18% of the U.S. population, the usual stereotypes of the gangbanger , the day laborer, the janitor, the maid, and the exotic Latina continue to be seen on the big screen. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"The gangbanger label will follow a person for life. \u2014 Jacqueline Serrato, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
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"His mother has told him to avoid the side streets where the gangbangers hang out. \u2014 Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com , 5 May 2018",
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"When his father died suddenly, Hernandez was distraught and started hanging with gangbangers and druggies. \u2014 Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY , 22 Jan. 2018",
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"There are crooked cops, and feds, and gangbangers , and an orc mafia. \u2014 Jordan Hoffman, HWD , 20 Dec. 2017",
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"Here\u2019s another gun-packing gangbanger who lives la vida loca and then reaps its bloody rewards. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
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"For the past few weeks, Gillespie\u2019s campaign has run ads tying Northam, a pediatrician and Army doctor, to MS-13 gangbangers and to a child pornographer. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2017",
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"Urban legend has it that Ice-T was a gangbanger in his youth, most notoriously with the Crips. \u2014 Ericka Blount Danois, The Root , 13 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gangbang + -er entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b-\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bully",
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"gangsta",
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"gangster",
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"goon",
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"gorilla",
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"hood",
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"hoodlum",
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"hooligan",
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"mobster",
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"mug",
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"plug-ugly",
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"punk",
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"roughneck",
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"rowdy",
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"ruffian",
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"thug",
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"tough",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"yob",
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"yobbo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112803",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gangbuster":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one engaged in the aggressive breakup of organized criminal gangs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"With this holiday shopping season predicted to generate gangbuster sales, adequate staffing is crucial to minimize burnout of staff that\u2019s already overworked. \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Seitz, who once owned a newspaper that promoted Branson\u2019s entertainment industry, boasted in an interview that the Ozark tourist town was doing gangbuster business after a year of being mostly shut down. \u2014 Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica , 21 July 2021",
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"And while no single category has done gangbuster business, anything relating to science and math seems to have been doing very, very well during the pandemic. \u2014 James Tarmy, Bloomberg.com , 9 Nov. 2020",
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"But at the time, neither governments nor consumers seemed too concerned about emissions, and the demand for oil was growing like gangbusters to fuel a global economic expansion. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"One final word to the wise: Test on a small area before going gangbusters . \u2014 Patricia Shannon, Southern Living , 15 May 2020",
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"The elderberries have been growing like gangbusters . \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 May 2020",
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"Both men are Jewish, from the Northeast, and neither one has done gangbusters among African Americans in their past campaigns for office. \u2014 Jim Geraghty, National Review , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"The stock market didn't exactly go gangbusters during this bull market between 1974 and 1980. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 9 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gang entry 1 + bust entry 2 + -er entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccb\u0259-st\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202326",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gangbusters":{
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"antonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"execrable",
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"lousy",
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"pathetic",
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"poor",
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"rotten",
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"terrible",
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"vile",
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"wretched"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": outstandingly excellent or successful":[
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"a gangbusters ballplayer"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"most of the pop singers in the competition were anything but gangbusters"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from plural of gangbuster":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccb\u0259-st\u0259rz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
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"bang-up",
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"banner",
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"beautiful",
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"blue-chip",
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"blue-ribbon",
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"boffo",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"boss",
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"brag",
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"brave",
|
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"bully",
|
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"bumper",
|
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"capital",
|
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"choice",
|
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"classic",
|
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"cool",
|
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"corking",
|
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"crackerjack",
|
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"cracking",
|
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"dandy",
|
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"divine",
|
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"dope",
|
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"down",
|
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"dynamite",
|
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"excellent",
|
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"fab",
|
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"fabulous",
|
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"famous",
|
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"fantabulous",
|
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"fantastic",
|
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"fine",
|
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
|
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"first-string",
|
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"five-star",
|
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"four-star",
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"frontline",
|
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"gilt-edged",
|
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"gilt-edge",
|
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"gone",
|
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"grand",
|
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"great",
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"groovy",
|
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"heavenly",
|
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"high-class",
|
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"hot",
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"hype",
|
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"immense",
|
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"jim-dandy",
|
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"keen",
|
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"lovely",
|
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"marvelous",
|
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"marvellous",
|
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"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
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"nifty",
|
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"noble",
|
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"number one",
|
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"No. 1",
|
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"numero uno",
|
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"out-of-sight",
|
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"par excellence",
|
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"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
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"phat",
|
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"prime",
|
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"primo",
|
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"prize",
|
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"prizewinning",
|
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"quality",
|
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"radical",
|
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"righteous",
|
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"sensational",
|
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"slick",
|
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"splendid",
|
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"stellar",
|
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"sterling",
|
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"superb",
|
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"superior",
|
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"superlative",
|
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"supernal",
|
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"swell",
|
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"terrific",
|
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"tip-top",
|
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"top",
|
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"top-notch",
|
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"top-of-the-line",
|
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"top-shelf",
|
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"topflight",
|
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"topping",
|
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"unsurpassed",
|
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"wizard",
|
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"wonderful"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174208",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"gangling":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tall, thin, and awkwardly built : lanky , gangly":[
|
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"He is a tall, rather gangling man, with straggly dark hair, a sort of misshapen handsomeness and a crinkly smile.",
|
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"\u2014 Graham Swift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the riders at the barn just loved the gangling newborn colt"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1764, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from gang entry 3 + -le , iterative verb suffix + -ing entry 3":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-gl\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gli\u014b"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"gangly",
|
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"lanky",
|
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"rangy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055625",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ganglionary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": ganglionic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary ganglion + -ary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0113\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133811",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ganglioside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a group of glycolipids that yield a hexose sugar on hydrolysis and are found especially in the plasma membrane of cells of the gray matter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"A mutation in the GLB1 gene causes the disease by not producing an enzyme that breaks down a substance known as GM1 ganglioside , which eventually reaches toxic levels. \u2014 Damin Esper, The Mercury News , 6 Mar. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from German Ganglioside , from Ganglion ganglion + -oside (in Glycoside glycoside ); so called because such lipids were first isolated from ganglia in the brain":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040133",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gangly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a tall and sparse appearance : lacking fullness":[
|
|
"These tall (to 8 feet), sometimes gangly shrubs bear cup-shaped, strong-scented flowers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Michael MacCaskey"
|
|
],
|
|
": long and thin":[
|
|
"His linen suit was appropriately rumpled \u2026 and his gangly legs were jacked up against the glove box, as he resisted suggestions to slide his seat back.",
|
|
"\u2014 Cara Buckley"
|
|
],
|
|
": tall and thin and moving with a loose-jointed awkwardness : lanky , gangling":[
|
|
"It is a cool night in San Jose, and gangly teenagers stream toward the Gunderson gym.",
|
|
"\u2014 Chris Ballard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Glenn walked onto Lausanne\u2019s campus a gangly , big-footed 140-pounder from Covington, Tenn., a small town of 8,863 people, per the latest census. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"With that third pick, Auerbach took a gangly 6-11 kid from Minnesota named Kevin McHale. \u2014 Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
|
|
"Outside a gangly teenager wearing what looked like a blue Walmart worker\u2019s vest, protective earplugs and safety glasses stood on the front lawn. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In the footage screened, the gangly teen hangs out with a possible crush, watching cheesy game shows and experiencing an oddly comfortable mid-summer malaise of being young and bored and having not much to do. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 30 May 2022",
|
|
"Screenwriter Zelin Li gives these gangly kids memorable personalities, which prove all the more lively through the endearingly exaggerated way they\u2019ve been rendered \u2014 to say nothing of the elegant, accelerated lion dance moves. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"In February of 2022, Pete officially called Kim his girlfriend in an interview with People, and the hearts of gangly comedian-appreciating women across the nation broke in unison. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"How could Walsh have taken a gangly player from California over their beloved IU hometown hero. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"From gangly sitcom star to one of the highest-grossing actors in the game to someone now able to green-light almost anything with his bright-as-light smile. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably from gangl(ing) + -y entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092935",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gangplank":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In soundless footage, military officers watched Chagossians descend a gangplank \u2014the fading record of a heritage visit. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Since the pandemic began, the crowds that Mr. Ng once jostled to squeeze onto the ferry gangplank are gone. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In New York City, Prabhupada descended the gangplank carrying a small suitcase, an umbrella, and a rumpled bag of cereal. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Longreads , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"On the day of our departure, two male crew members dressed in short red jumpsuits greeted passengers on the gangplank . \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Sailors with side arms stood watch by the gangplank , seemingly oblivious to the cold rain lashing their faces. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2021",
|
|
"Sailors with sidearms stood watch by the gangplank , seemingly oblivious to the cold rain lashing their faces. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2021",
|
|
"The plane stopped, and the gangplank -like stairs plopped down. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Maybe this is the summer to extend that vision past the gangplank , and into the state\u2019s interior. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang- (as in gangway ) + plank entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccpla\u014bk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125642",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gangsta":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of an inner-city street gang":[],
|
|
": a performer of gangsta rap":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta ! \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta ! \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta ! \u2014 Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In shades of Biggie and Tupac, Dilemma is accused of assassinating rival gangsta rapper Dre Bids. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The East Coast old guard bristled at dance and found the idea of Southern gangsta rap, and Southern women gangsta rappers, laughable. \u2014 Zandria Robinson, Glamour , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"His boy Ralph was with him, TJ Swann, Cool Vee, and a white boy named Sean who called himself the Human Pitbull and was a little gangsta . \u2014 Drew Fortune, Vulture , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Most gangsta rappers aren\u2019t exactly forthcoming in that regard, but even among his peers Staples relishes playing it close to the vest. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 13 July 2021",
|
|
"Like the time, in Season 1, when Will bets that his cousin wouldn\u2019t last long in Compton, and Carlton winds up dressed like a gangsta . \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1988, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"respelling of gangster reflecting loss of final r":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b(k)-st\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083747",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gangster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a member of a gang of criminals : racketeer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Astrid Holleeder is the sister of a Dutch gangster , risking her life to bring him down. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"The story involves a rural gangster , who is a modern day Robin Hood to his people, but who turns himself in to the police in order to avoid his enemies. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"The rapper made his television debut as a gangster named Kitty in the final season of Netflix's Narcos: Mexico last fall. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"An aging small-time gangster , reduced to caring for the widow of his old boss, lunges for a last illusory hope of achieving his big-time dreams. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Another star of the Kefauver hearings was Virginia Hill, the former girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Just as The Sopranos successfully imported the gangster genre to the small screen, the hottest HBO show of the 2010s brought a big-budget and big-tent approach to mythical storytelling. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The Thai film stars Yanin Vismitananda as a gangster \u2019s daughter who uses her martial arts skills to settle her dying mother\u2019s debts. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"The 2002 gangster film, Mendes\u2019 follow-up to his Oscar-winning American Beauty, starred Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, an enforcer for an Irish mob boss named John Rooney (Paul Newman). \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang entry 1 + -ster":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-st\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074152",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gantlet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a double file of men facing each other and armed with clubs or other weapons with which to strike at an individual who is made to run between them":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with run"
|
|
],
|
|
": a dress glove extending above the wrist":[],
|
|
": a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand":[],
|
|
": a severe trial : ordeal":[
|
|
"ran the gauntlet of criticism and censure"
|
|
],
|
|
": an open challenge (as to combat)":[
|
|
"\u2014 used in phrases like throw down the gauntlet"
|
|
],
|
|
": any of various protective gloves used especially in industry":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Middle French gantelet , diminutive of gant glove, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch want glove, Old Norse v\u01ebttr":"Noun",
|
|
"altered from gantelope , apparently by assimilation to gauntlet entry 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8g\u022fnt-l\u0259t",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u00e4nt-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083628",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gangion":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the short lengths of moderate-weight line that bear hooks and are attached at regular intervals to the groundline of a setline by beckets by heavy twine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-j\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"\u02c8ganj\u0113\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of ganging entry 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155035"
|
|
},
|
|
"gangland":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the world of organized crime":[
|
|
"a gangland killing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-l\u0259nd",
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The prosecutor painted her as unwitting accomplice who has cooperated with police in spite of gangland threats to her safety. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"And the fascination of it is that the movie, for all its hypnotic gangland escapades, was powered by a teasing question: Was Henry Hill, the real-life mobster portrayed by Liotta, a sociopath just like that other Ray",
|
|
"More than a dozen gunmen opened fire in two bars in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Monday, killing at least 11 people in an apparent gangland shooting, local officials and media said. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Gun violence on metro Detroit freeways finally appears to be subsiding after two violent years that saw a slew of shootings over everything from bad driving to gangland feuds. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"The gangland history is fascinating and seems to be based loosely on the rise and fall of the real-life Patriarca family. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Bodies were dumped together suggesting a gangland -style killing. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"While some of the attacks have been attributed to criminal rivalries and gangland violence, many of them, according to Ukrainian law enforcement officials, are the work of assassins associated with Russia\u2019s intelligence services. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Batman\u2019s investigation plunges him headlong into the twisty, sometimes tedious gangland shenanigans of Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and Oz, aka the Penguin, who\u2019s played under layers of makeup by an unrecognizable Colin Farrell. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gang entry 1 + land entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155531"
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},
|
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"Ganges shark":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small shark ( Glyphis gangeticus ) known chiefly from the lower Ganges River":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161849"
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},
|
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"gang rape":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": rape of one person by several attackers in succession":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163320"
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},
|
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"gangava":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a widemouthed dredge for taking sponges from the sea bottom":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"ga\u014b\u02c8-",
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"gan\u02c8gav\u0259",
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"-\u02c8g\u00e4v\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Greek gangaba , irregular from Greek gangamon":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165256"
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},
|
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"ganging":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": group : such as":[],
|
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": a group of persons working together":[],
|
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": a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations":[
|
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"watching TV with the gang"
|
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],
|
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": a set of articles : outfit":[
|
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"a gang of oars"
|
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],
|
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": a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together":[
|
|
"a gang of saws"
|
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],
|
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": to move or act as a gang":[
|
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"Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination."
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 see also gang up":[
|
|
"Her opponents ganged together to oppose her nomination."
|
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],
|
|
": to attack (a person) as a gang":[
|
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"They ganged him and took his money."
|
|
],
|
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": to assemble (mechanical or electronic parts) so that they may be operated simultaneously as a group":[
|
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"Potentiometers are often ganged together so that the resistance in several circuits can be changed simultaneously.",
|
|
"\u2014 Richard Fowler"
|
|
],
|
|
": to arrange or produce (something, such as pages of typeset material) together as a unit":[
|
|
"\u2026 ganged the printing of 2000 cards to achieve a cost-efficient price per card of 38 cents.",
|
|
"\u2014 Vilma Barr",
|
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"\u2014 often used with up Where decals are large they may be printed singly; where small, more than one may be ganged up on one screen to save effort and to produce more copies in one impression. \u2014 Albert Kosloff"
|
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],
|
|
": go":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"a gang of drug dealers",
|
|
"He is in a gang .",
|
|
"He was shot by a member of a rival gang .",
|
|
"the gang at the office",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Jimenez was sent to the prison in Delano in March 2015 to serve a 26-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter with the use of a firearm in commission of a street gang act, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 June 2022",
|
|
"Perhaps the most tragic story came out of the western state of Michoacan, which has long been dominated by the Carteles Unidos gang and the Jalisco cartel. \u2014 Mark Stevenson, ajc , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Vega, an auxiliary Prince William sheriff\u2019s deputy, told the crowd she was inspired to join law enforcement after her brother was victimized by the MS-13 gang and his friend was killed. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"He who kept faith with all the old gang and they with him. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"When a new threat from the Upside Down emerges however, the Hawkins gang and the Byers family end up on colliding paths to save the world. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Keed\u2019s death follows the arrests of YSL co-founder Young Thug and rapper Gunna, who were among 28 people indicted in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state\u2019s RICO act and street gang charges. \u2014 Mitchell Peters, Billboard , 14 May 2022",
|
|
"Banoslopez was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2015 for second-degree robbery and inflicting great bodily injury, with an enhancement for committing a street- gang act in the commission of a violent felony, officials said in a statement. \u2014 Alejandra Reyes-velardestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"But there were pieces of the costuming that created a bridge between this gang and that of Nat Love, like the headscarves women like Trudy and Stagecoach Mary, played by Zazie Beetz, wear beneath their hats. \u2014 Samantha Powell, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors \u2013 a place to gang together for wrist shots \u2013 that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. \u2014 Vedika Sud, CNN , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 8 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, \"going, journey, road, path, privy, group of items forming a set,\" going back to Old English, \"going, walking, journey, course, path, privy,\" going back to Germanic *ganga- (whence Old Saxon gang \"walk, course,\" Old High German \"walk, journey, passage,\" Old Norse gangr \"going, course,\" Gothic gagg \"way\"), noun derivative from the base of *gangan- \"to go\" \u2014 more at gang entry 3":"Noun",
|
|
"derivative of gang entry 1":"Verb",
|
|
"Middle English gangen, gongen & early Scots gang , going back to Old English gangan, gongan , going back to Germanic *gangan- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German gangan \"to go,\" Old Norse ganga , Gothic gaggan ), probably going back to Indo-European *\u01f5hen\u01f5h-i\u032f\u032fe- , whence also Lithuanian \u017ee\u00f1gti \"to stride\"":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
|
|
"1791, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173820"
|
|
},
|
|
"gangbang":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to participate in a gang bang":[],
|
|
": to participate in especially violent gang activity":[],
|
|
": to subject to a gang bang":[],
|
|
": copulation by several persons in succession with the same passive partner":[],
|
|
": gang rape":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"derivative of gang bang":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1949, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175557"
|
|
},
|
|
"gang up":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make a joint assault":[
|
|
"ganged up on him and beat him up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to combine for a specific purpose":[
|
|
"ganged up to raise prices"
|
|
],
|
|
": to exert group pressure":[
|
|
"ganged up against the boss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180517"
|
|
},
|
|
"gang punch":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a device used for gang punching":[],
|
|
": to punch (common information) into a number of cards":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang entry 1 + punch (noun)":"Noun and Transitive verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185552"
|
|
},
|
|
"ganggang":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small cockatoo ( Callocephalon fimbriatum ) of Australia and Tasmania that is largely gray with the male distinguished by a scarlet crest":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b\u02ccga\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"native name in Australia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190927"
|
|
},
|
|
"gangue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the worthless rock or vein matter in which valuable metals or minerals occur":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from German Gang \"walk, course, passageway, mineral vein or seam,\" going back to Old High German gang \"walk, course\" \u2014 more at gang entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192441"
|
|
},
|
|
"Gangtok":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"town in northeastern India; capital of the state of Sikkim population 29,162":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02c8t\u00e4k",
|
|
"\u02c8g\u0259\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193200"
|
|
},
|
|
"gang-tackle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to bring down (a ballcarrier in football) with several tacklers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccta-k\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204024"
|
|
},
|
|
"Ganelon":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the traitor in the Charlemagne romances who is responsible for the death of Roland":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccga-n\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d\u207f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1533, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213515"
|
|
},
|
|
"gang press":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": multiple-die press":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang entry 1 + press":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222710"
|
|
},
|
|
"gantry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a frame for supporting barrels":[],
|
|
": a frame structure raised on side supports so as to span over or around something: such as":[],
|
|
": a structure spanning several railroad tracks and displaying signals for each":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8gan-tr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"An object, possibly part of the gantry , sits near it. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Adjacent is Nautor\u2019s Swan Global Service shipyard, closed off to the public but including a massive rubber-tired gantry crane that lifts and moves yachts with ease, or lets staff\u2014seriously\u2014feather dust spotless hulls. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"An object, possibly part of the gantry , sits near it. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"An object, possibly part of the gantry , sits near it. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The 315-foot Kommuna in essence is a floating gantry \u2014a bunch of tall steel arches stretching from one of the twin hulls to the other over the open water. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"After the house foundation was poured, a large gantry , a bridgelike structure that supports the Lavacrete nozzle, was brought to the job site and fixed onto rails. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"As soon the gantry quay cranes were removed from the tariff list, another equally important group was left to wallow in the mud. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"An object, possibly part of the gantry , sits near it. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English gauntree , reshaping (perhaps conformed to tre tree entry 1 ) of ganter , borrowed from Anglo-French *ganter (Old French \u2014Picard\u2014 gantier , Old French chantier ), going back to Latin cant\u0113rius, canth\u0113rius \"horse of poor quality, rafter, prop for vines,\" akin to Greek kanth\u1e17lia \"panniers,\" ( \u00f3nos ) kanth\u1e17lios \"pack ass,\" both loanwords from an undetermined Mediterranean language":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225716"
|
|
},
|
|
"gang-there-out":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": vagrant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang entry 3 + there + out":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231049"
|
|
},
|
|
"gangboard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a narrow platform extending from the quarterdeck to the forecastle of a deep-waisted ship for use especially as a passageway":[],
|
|
": gangplank":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"gang entry 1 + board":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233133"
|
|
},
|
|
"gangle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to walk or move with or as if with a loose-jointed gait : move like a gangling person":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ga\u014bg\u0259l",
|
|
"-ai\u014b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from gangling":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"definitions":{
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b(g)w\u0259"
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],
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023829"
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"ganef":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": thief , rascal":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-n\u0259f"
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],
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"borrowed, directly or via a Central European underworld argot such as Rotwelsch, from Yiddish ganef \"thief,\" going back to Hebrew gann\u0101bh":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031449"
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"Gantrisin":{
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"type":[
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"trademark"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8gan\u2027tr\u0259s\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065658"
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"Ganymede":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a beautiful youth in classical mythology carried off to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga-ni-\u02ccm\u0113d"
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],
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"Latin Ganym\u0113d\u0113s , borrowed from Greek Ganym\u1e17d\u0113s":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081118"
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},
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"gangrel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": vagrant":[
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"Wholly a gangrel , he neither worked nor wanted \u2026",
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"\u2014 D. C. Thomson"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-(\u0259-)r\u0259l"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (north) & early Scots gangrel, gangerall , probably from gang gang entry 3 + -rel , noun suffix with diminutive or pejorative force (borrowed from Old French -erel , expansion of -el , diminutive suffix, going back to Latin -ellus )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081843"
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},
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"gangli-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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"definitions":{
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": ganglion":[
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"gangli ectomy",
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"ganglio plexus"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek ganglion":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090806"
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},
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"gantline":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a line rove through a block (as at the end of a bowsprit) for hoisting rigging or hanging clothing":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gant\u02ccl\u012bn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps alteration of girtline":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094111"
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},
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"gangway":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of the sides of the upper deck of a ship":[],
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": the opening by which a ship is boarded":[],
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": gangplank":[],
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": aisle":[],
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": a cross aisle dividing the front benches from the backbenches in the British House of Commons":[],
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": an aisle in the British House of Commons that separates government and opposition benches":[],
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": a clear passage through a crowd":[
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"\u2014 often used as an interjection"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccw\u0101"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Coffee roaster and beer brewer Vennture, 5519 W. North Ave., will open its draft lines at 11 a.m., and sales of cans start at noon in the gangway between buildings. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The water zone proposes new floating docks between the two piers, with the floating dock and gangway area totaling 152,800 square feet. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Apparitions appear: a mountain climber summiting an icy peak, an aviator manning a primitive flying machine, astronauts striding down a gangway . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"In court, prosecutors said Williams and another gunman emerged from a gangway and opened fire on the group of teens standing on the street, striking five people around 6 p.m. \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"Homicide victims this weekend included a 40-year-old man found at about 3:37 p.m. Sunday near the gangway of a residence in the 4th District with several gunshot wounds to the body. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"The victim was traveling south when someone exited a gangway and began shooting in his direction. \u2014 Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com , 11 Dec. 2021",
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"Police said three men were in the gangway shooting at each other when one of the bullets grazed the boy\u2019s hand. \u2014 Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com , 26 Sep. 2021",
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"Two other people also got out of the car and Luster and one of them walked into the gangway toward the two girls. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier, \"raised walkway on a ship,\" apparently from gang entry 1 , in northern and Scots sense \"passage\" + way entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101710"
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},
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"Ganges River dolphin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": susu":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gan|(\u02cc)j\u0113z-",
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"\u02c8gaan|"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Ganges , river of north and northeast India and East Pakistan":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104729"
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},
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"gangplow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a plow designed to turn two or more furrows at one time":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccplau\u0307"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"gang entry 1 (in sense \"set\") + plow entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132543"
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},
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"ganglion":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a small cystic tumor connected either with a joint membrane or tendon sheath":[],
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": something likened to a nerve ganglion":[
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"a ganglion of cables and wires"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The ganglion cells transmit the signal to the brain. \u2014 Caroline Seydel, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Next, the researchers invented a special device to transform visual information from the external world into amber light that could be recognized by the ganglion cells. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2021",
|
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"The ganglion cells then send the signals via the optic nerve to the brain. \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 24 May 2021",
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"But their eyes still have the ganglion cells that route these signals to the brain via the optic nerve. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 24 May 2021",
|
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"Recall that the wasp's first sting goes into the first thoracic ganglion , paralyzing the front legs during the initial attack. \u2014 Kenneth C. Catania, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Sure enough, the sting was directed into the ganglion . \u2014 Kenneth C. Catania, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2021",
|
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"So, the researchers damaged the optic nerve, then activated the three stem cell genes in the retinal ganglion cells. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2020",
|
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"The team focused specifically on neurons at the back of the eye called retinal ganglion cells. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 2 Dec. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Latin, borrowed from Greek gangl\u00edon \"tumor on a tendon, mass of nerve tissue (thought to resemble such tumors),\" of obscure origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160859"
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"gangliar":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ganglial , ganglionic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113\u0259(r)",
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"-\u0113\u02cc\u00e4r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"gangli- + -ar":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163156"
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},
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"Ganges":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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"river 1550 miles (2494 kilometers) long in northern India flowing from the Himalayas southeast and east to unite with the Brahmaputra River and empty into the Bay of Bengal through the vast":[
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"Ganges Delta in Bangladesh and India"
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],
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"\u2014 see hugli":[
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"Ganges Delta in Bangladesh and India"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gan-\u02ccj\u0113z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172203"
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},
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"gangrene":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply":[],
|
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": pervasive decay or corruption : rot":[
|
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"moral gangrene"
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],
|
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": to make gangrenous":[],
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": to become gangrenous":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"gan-\u02c8",
|
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"\u02c8gan-\u02ccgr\u0113n",
|
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"\u02c8gan-\u02cc",
|
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccgr\u0113n",
|
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"ga\u014b-\u02c8",
|
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"ga\u014b-\u02c8gr\u0113n",
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"gan-\u02c8gr\u0113n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"When gangrene set in, the soldier's leg had to be amputated.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Once prized for keeping gangrene at bay in the trenches, Hunter has completed the ultimate 21st-century transformation to become the rainy-day boot de jour for celebrities from Rita Ora to Rihanna, Cara Delevingne to Alexa Chung. \u2014 CNN , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Investigations into an unusual number of deaths at the jail date back to at least 2015, including instances where inmates died from issues such as broken bones or gangrene . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 7 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Some extremities might develop gangrene and require amputation. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Most of her right leg was amputated in January 2011 because of gangrene . \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The early stages of gangrene were beginning to show. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Wet gangrene is a life-threatening emergency requiring immediate surgery. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 24 Aug. 2021",
|
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"After multiple operations and suffering gangrene , doctors amputated two of his toes and half of a thumb. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 3 Nov. 2021",
|
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"At the same time, in a somewhat obvious parallel, Nang\u2019s father\u2019s toe begins to blacken with gangrene that threatens to creep up his leg. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 22 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
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"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
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"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
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"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
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"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
|
"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
|
"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
|
"In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated. \u2014 Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2018",
|
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"There\u2019s more, though, than just the death of a child poisoning Michael, some secret nugget of shame gangrening his heart. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral , 5 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin gangraena, gangr\u0113na , borrowed from Greek g\u00e1ngraina , apparently derivative (with -aina , as in phag\u00e9daina \"cancerous sore\") of a base gangr- , of uncertain meaning and origin; replacing earlier and Middle English cancrene , borrowed from Medieval Latin cancr\u0113na , blend of gangr\u0113na and cancer cancer":"Noun",
|
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"derivative of gangrene entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1597, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173357"
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},
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"Gangamopteris":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of fossil plants of Permian and Lower Triassic resembling ferns":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccga\u014bg\u0259\u02c8m\u00e4pt\u0259r\u0259\u0307s"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek gangamon small round oyster net + New Latin -pteris":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191700"
|
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},
|
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"gang week":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": rogation week":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"gang entry 1 + week":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192423"
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},
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"gantelope":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": gauntlet entry 2":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gant-\u02ccl\u014dp"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"altered (with -n- of uncertain origin) from Swedish gatlopp literally, \"run down the lane,\" earlier (14th-century) gatulop , from gata \"lane, way\" (going back to North Germanic *gat\u014dn- , whence also Old Norse\u2014Icelandic\u2014 gata \"path, way\") + lopp \"running, course,\" borrowed from Middle Low German lop , going back to Germanic *hlaupa- , noun derivative of *hlaupan- \"to run, leap entry 1 \" \u2014 more at gate entry 3":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201204"
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"ganglionic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small cystic tumor connected either with a joint membrane or tendon sheath":[],
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": something likened to a nerve ganglion":[
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"a ganglion of cables and wires"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The ganglion cells transmit the signal to the brain. \u2014 Caroline Seydel, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
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"Next, the researchers invented a special device to transform visual information from the external world into amber light that could be recognized by the ganglion cells. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2021",
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"The ganglion cells then send the signals via the optic nerve to the brain. \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 24 May 2021",
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"But their eyes still have the ganglion cells that route these signals to the brain via the optic nerve. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 24 May 2021",
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"Recall that the wasp's first sting goes into the first thoracic ganglion , paralyzing the front legs during the initial attack. \u2014 Kenneth C. Catania, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2021",
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"Sure enough, the sting was directed into the ganglion . \u2014 Kenneth C. Catania, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2021",
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"So, the researchers damaged the optic nerve, then activated the three stem cell genes in the retinal ganglion cells. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 6 Dec. 2020",
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"The team focused specifically on neurons at the back of the eye called retinal ganglion cells. \u2014 Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS , 2 Dec. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin, borrowed from Greek gangl\u00edon \"tumor on a tendon, mass of nerve tissue (thought to resemble such tumors),\" of obscure origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224146"
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},
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"gangliated":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ganglionated":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113\u02cc\u0101t\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gangliated from gangli- + -ate + -ed; gangliate from gangli- + -ate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231506"
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}
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} |