dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/knu_MW.json
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{
"knuckle under":{
"antonyms":[
"resist"
],
"definitions":{
": give in , submit":[]
},
"examples":[
"encouraged her to stand firm and not knuckle under to political pressure",
"the remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100215",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"knuckle under (to)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"as in submit (to) , succumb (to)"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-185634",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"knucklehead":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": dumbbell sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"Don't be such a knucklehead .",
"I'd like to get my hands on the knucklehead who designed that paper-towel dispenser.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Right, Curry got hot and the Celtics played some knucklehead ball. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"All coaches run into some knucklehead who wants to run up the score and embarrass you. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Poor Olu, Martin, and Nayte sit in miserable silence as their knucklehead competitors insult each other with schoolyard taunts. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Some of the casting is oddball, as with Brendan Fraser\u2019s impish take on a mob knucklehead . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 7 July 2021",
"Yet any knucklehead could have seen that cornerback, linebacker and receiver looked like a reasonable match of needs with the first three picks in this draft, and the Browns went cornerback, linebacker, receiver. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 May 2021",
"Boba would very much like his armor back and of course, Mando being a knucklehead about the Mandalorian creed, refuses to give it to him despite hearing that the armor belonged to Boba's father. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Even a knucklehead like me understands why bubble math doesn\u2019t compute for football. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 18 June 2020",
"Yes, even a knucklehead like me can grasp the football logic of how Elway is going about his business. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 26 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0259-k\u0259l-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093259",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"knuckleheaded":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": dumbbell sense 2":[]
},
"examples":[
"Don't be such a knucklehead .",
"I'd like to get my hands on the knucklehead who designed that paper-towel dispenser.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Right, Curry got hot and the Celtics played some knucklehead ball. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"All coaches run into some knucklehead who wants to run up the score and embarrass you. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Poor Olu, Martin, and Nayte sit in miserable silence as their knucklehead competitors insult each other with schoolyard taunts. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Some of the casting is oddball, as with Brendan Fraser\u2019s impish take on a mob knucklehead . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 7 July 2021",
"Yet any knucklehead could have seen that cornerback, linebacker and receiver looked like a reasonable match of needs with the first three picks in this draft, and the Browns went cornerback, linebacker, receiver. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 2 May 2021",
"Boba would very much like his armor back and of course, Mando being a knucklehead about the Mandalorian creed, refuses to give it to him despite hearing that the armor belonged to Boba's father. \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Even a knucklehead like me understands why bubble math doesn\u2019t compute for football. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 18 June 2020",
"Yes, even a knucklehead like me can grasp the football logic of how Elway is going about his business. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 26 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0259-k\u0259l-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063711",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"knuckle joint":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hinge joint in which a projection with an eye on one piece enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes on another piece and is retained by a pin or rivet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Piecewise solutions To understand cavitation in knuckle joints , a pair of physicists analyzed its processes separately: bubble formation, bubble collapse, and sound-wave generation. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 5 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083725"
},
"knuckle-kneed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having projecting or bulging knees":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172529"
},
"knuckle line":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the line meeting of two surfaces of a ship at an angle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172845"
},
"knuckle man":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mine-car clipper who works at the top of a haulage slope attaching and detaching mine cars to and from cables and coupling trains of cars":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024333"
}
}