dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/bu_mw.json

{
  "Bube":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Bantu language of the Bube people":[],
      ": a Bantu-speaking people of the island of Fernando Po, West Africa":[],
      ": a member of such people":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc\u02ccb\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020245",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buber":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Martin 1878\u20131965 Israeli (Austrian-born) philosopher":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072219",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Bubonidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Bubonidae taxonomic synonym of strigidae \u2014 used in place of Strigidae as usually restricted when Strigidae replaces Tytonidae"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin, from Bubon-, Bubo bubo + -idae -idae"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "b(y)\u00fc\u02c8b\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160342",
    "type":[]
  },
  "Buchenwald":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "village in central Germany northwest of Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1e35\u0259n-\u02ccv\u00e4lt",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-k\u0259n-\u02ccw\u022fld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064714",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Buchlo\u00eb":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of perennial stoloniferous grasses (family Gramineae) having pistillate and staminate spikelets borne on the same or separate plants, the pistillate in sessile capitate clusters and the staminate in elongated one-sided racemes \u2014 see buffalo grass":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek bous head of cattle + chlo\u0113 young grass; akin to Greek chloos light green":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fckl\u0259\u02ccw\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233254",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buchman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Frank Nathan Daniel 1878\u20131961 American evangelist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307k-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8b\u0259k-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105624",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Buchmanism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": oxford group movement":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Frank N.D. Buchman \u20201961 American evangelist, its founder + English -ism":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259k-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307km\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074340",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buchmanite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the Oxford Group movement : a follower of the religious reformer Frank Buchman or his teachings":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "F. Buchman + English -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccn\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230936",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buchnera":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) chiefly of warm regions with mostly opposite leaves and showy white or bluish purple flowers in bracted spikes \u2014 see bluehearts":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin, after Andreas Elias B\u00fcchner \u20201769 German physician and professor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307k-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259kn\u0259r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184136",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buck":{
    "antonyms":[
      "hitch",
      "hoick",
      "jerk",
      "jolt",
      "twitch",
      "yank"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dashing fellow : dandy":[],
      ": a male human being : man":[],
      ": a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting":[],
      ": a supporting rack or frame":[],
      ": an act or instance of bucking":[],
      ": antelope":[],
      ": butt entry 3":[],
      ": dollar sense 3b":[
        "I only had a buck in my pocket.",
        "Dinner cost twenty bucks ."
      ],
      ": of the lowest grade within a military category":[
        "a buck private"
      ],
      ": oppose , resist":[
        "bucking the system"
      ],
      ": responsibility":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrases pass the buck and the buck stops here"
      ],
      ": stark , completely":[
        "buck naked"
      ],
      ": to charge against something":[],
      ": to move or charge into":[
        "bucking a headwind"
      ],
      ": to move or load (heavy or cumbersome objects) especially with mechanical equipment":[],
      ": to move or react jerkily":[],
      ": to pass especially from one person to another":[],
      ": to refuse assent : balk":[],
      ": to spring into the air with the back arched":[],
      ": to strive for advancement sometimes without regard to ethical behavior":[
        "bucking for a promotion"
      ],
      ": to throw or dislodge (a rider) by bucking":[],
      "American novelist":[
        "Sydenstricker \\ \u02c8s\u012b-\u200bd\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccstri-\u200bk\u0259r \\"
      ],
      "Linda B. 1947\u2013 American biologist":[],
      "Pearl 1892\u20131973 n\u00e9e":[
        "Sydenstricker \\ \u02c8s\u012b-\u200bd\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccstri-\u200bk\u0259r \\"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the car bucked and stalled",
      "bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1750, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1928, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he-goat; akin to Old High German boc he-goat, Middle Irish bocc":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Adverb",
      "probably from buck entry 1":"Adjective",
      "short for earlier buckhorn knife":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beau",
      "Beau Brummell",
      "dandy",
      "dude",
      "fop",
      "gallant",
      "jay",
      "lounge lizard",
      "macaroni",
      "pretty boy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214713",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Bucorvus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a genus of African birds (family Bucerotidae) consisting of the ground hornbills \u2014 compare buceros"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from bu- (from Buceros ) + Corvus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc\u02c8k\u022frv\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024539",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Budapest":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city and capital of Hungary; comprised of formerly separate towns on either side of the Danube River which were united in 1872 population 2,008,546":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-d\u0259-\u02ccpest also \u02c8bu\u0307-",
      "-\u02ccpesht"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110124",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Bulimidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of operculate snails (order Pectinibranchia) that includes numerous intermediate hosts of medically and economically important flukes":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Bulimus , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc\u02c8lim\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073903",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bulimulidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of land snails many of which are large and beautifully colored \u2014 see bulimoid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Bulimulus , type genus (diminutive of Bulimus ) + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccby\u00fcl\u0259\u02c8my\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041350",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bulimus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of land snails somewhat equivalent to the family Bulimulidae":[],
      ": a genus of small freshwater snails that is the type of the family Bulimidae and includes a species ( B. fuchsianus ) that is the chief intermediate host of the Chinese liver fluke":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, probably from Latin, great hunger, from Greek boulimos , from bous head of cattle + limos hunger":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc\u02c8l\u012bm\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085036",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bulinus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Bulinidae) of small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals":[],
      ": a genus coextensive with Bulimus":[
        "\u2014 used chiefly in medical literature"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, alteration of Bulimus":"Noun",
      "New Latin, perhaps irregular from Latin bulla bubble + -inus -ine (head)":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "by\u00fc\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173134",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bullhead City":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in western Arizona across the Colorado River from Nevada population 39,540":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010851",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Bungtown":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a copper token resembling an English halfpenny that circulated in the U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1787, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Bungtown (now Barneysville), Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where it was manufactured":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-\u02cctau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132200",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buphthalmum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of Eurasian perennial herbs (family Compositae) sometimes cultivated in gardens for their bright yellow-rayed flower heads \u2014 see oxeye":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek bouphthalmon oxeye (flower), from bo- (from bous ) + -ophthalmon (from ophthalmos )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-lm\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033309",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Bupleurum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of widely distributed herbs (family Umbelliferae) having simple often stem-clasping leaves and greenish yellow flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin bupleuron hare's-ear ( Bupleurum rotundifolium ), alteration of Greek boupleuros , from bou- (from bous ) + -pleuros (from pleura rib)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc\u02c8plu\u0307r\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234005",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burlingame":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Anson 1820\u20131870 American diplomat":[],
      "city on the west shore of San Francisco Bay in western California population 28,806":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-li\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101m",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0259n-\u02ccg\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190154",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Burlington":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city east of Greensboro in north central North Carolina population 49,963":[],
      "city in southeastern Iowa on the Mississippi River population 25,663":[],
      "city in southeastern Ontario, Canada north of Hamilton population 175,779":[],
      "city on Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont population 42,417":[],
      "town south-southeast of Lowell in northeastern Massachusetts population 24,498":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-li\u014b-t\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013917",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Burma Road":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "former highway in southeastern Asia extending 681 miles (1096 kilometers) from northeast central Burma (Myanmar) to Kunming in southern China, but often considered as stretching from Rangoon (Yangon), Burma to Chongqing, China for a total length of about 2100 miles (3380 kilometers)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113424",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Burma mahogany":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the hard heavy wood of a Burmese tree ( Pentace burmanica ) of the family Tiliaceae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035906",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burma padauk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tree ( Pterocarpus macrocarpus ) of India and Burma that yields a wood resembling mahogany":[],
      ": the wood of the Burma padauk":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164710",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to Burma or the Burmans : burmese":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Burma (formerly also Birma ) + English -an":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030147",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burmannia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Burmanniaceae ) of slender herbs native to warm regions and having leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Johannes Burmann \u20201779 Dutch botanist + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)b\u0259r\u02c8man\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000608",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burmanniaceae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family (order Orchidales) of chiefly tropical herbs having the leaves basal or arranged like bracts along the flower stalk and small flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Burmannia , type genus + -aceae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)b\u0259r\u02ccman\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223436",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Burmo-Chinese":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being the subregion of the Oriental biogeographic region that includes southeast Asia east of the Indian subregion except the Malay peninsula":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Burmo- (from Burma ) + Chinese":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6b\u0259r(\u02cc)m\u014d +"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224700",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Burnaby":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, an eastern suburb of Vancouver population 223,218":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-n\u0259-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022105",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Burnley":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "town in Lancashire, northwestern England population 89,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rn-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130407",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Burroughs":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Edgar Rice 1875\u20131950 American writer":[],
      "John 1837\u20131921 American naturalist":[],
      "William Seward 1914\u20131997 American writer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014dz",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005449",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Bushehr":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city and port on the Persian Gulf in southwestern Iran population 120,787":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00fc-\u02c8sher"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020058",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Buys Ballot's law":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a law in meteorology: when an observer's back is to the wind the lower barometric pressure is to the observer's left in the northern hemisphere and to the observer's right in the southern hemisphere owing to rotation of the earth"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "after C.H.D. Buys Ballot \u20201890 Dutch meteorologist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u012bsb\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4ts-",
      "\u02c8b\u022fis-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-002811",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buzain":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": posaune sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably modification of German posaune":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bu\u0307\u02c8z\u0101n",
      "b\u0259\u02c8z-",
      "-zan"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055824",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Buzau":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in eastern Romania population 134,227":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8zau\u0307",
      "b\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095213",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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  "bubble":{
    "antonyms":[
      "pour",
      "roll",
      "stream"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a delusive or fraudulent scheme or undertaking":[
        "\u2014 often used in the capitalized names of specific bubbles At about the same time as the South Sea episode, France was going through a financial lunacy of its own, the so-called Mississippi Bubble . Stocks in a fanciful scheme for developing the Louisiana wilderness rose so rapidly that, in 1719, an investment of a few thousand livres yielded millions in a matter of weeks. \u2014 Kevin Jackson"
      ],
      ": a globule in a transparent solid":[
        "\u2026 the bubbles and blisters typical of 19th century glass.",
        "\u2014 Packaging Magazine"
      ],
      ": a series of scheduled games that is played between sports teams staying in a bubble":[
        "Oklahoma City \u2026 has already clinched a playoff spot and is 3-3 in the bubble .",
        "\u2014 Reuters"
      ],
      ": a small body of gas within a liquid":[
        "air bubbles in the water",
        "bubbles rising in champagne"
      ],
      ": a small globule that is typically hollow and light: such as":[],
      ": a sound of or like that of bubbling or gurgling liquid":[
        "bubbles of laughter",
        "The pauses in the dull beating of the surf were filled up by \u2026 the cold faint bubble of the brook over its stony bed.",
        "\u2014 Wilkie Collins"
      ],
      ": a state of booming economic activity (as in a stock market) that often ends in a sudden collapse":[
        "With Wall Street otherwise limping along, the health-care industry is making investment bankers feel better than they have since the tech bubble burst.",
        "\u2014 Linda Stern",
        "\u2026 the housing bubble , which allowed working-class and middle-class families to raise their standard of living despite income stagnation or downward job mobility.",
        "\u2014 Don Peck"
      ],
      ": a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas":[
        "soap bubbles"
      ],
      ": a usually small group of people (such as family members, friends, coworkers, or classmates) who regularly interact closely with one another but with few or no others in order to minimize exposure and reduce the transmission of infection during an outbreak of a contagious disease : pod entry 4 sense 2":[
        "A quarantine bubble is a group of individuals or families whose members have been safely quarantining and who can now start hanging out with other observant groups, so long as the families observe safety guidelines and agree to be exclusive.",
        "\u2014 Jennifer Weiner",
        "If students suspect that they have the virus or test positive, they will move into a separate isolation housing complex, and university officials will trace their contacts. After the second round of testing, students will be expected to remain in designated cohorts or social bubbles , limiting contact with others.",
        "\u2014 Danielle Echeverria"
      ],
      ": an area within which sports teams stay isolated from the general public during a series of scheduled games so as to prevent exposure to disease and that includes accommodations, amenities, and the location at which the games are held":[
        "In the days leading up to the NBA's Florida reboot, New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick contemplated what provisions to bring for a stay in the Orlando bubble that would last at least five weeks. He initially focused only on the necessities and packed light. Then on July 8, once he arrived with the Pelicans at their appointed hotel, the Yacht Club, Redick gauged his room and hotel amenities.",
        "\u2014 Baxter Holmes",
        "Players, coaches, league staff and NBC media have been confined to either the training facility or the SpringHill Suites in Draper, which the league bought out for the vast majority of the PLL [Premier Lacrosse League] traveling contingent. Some people are housed at the dormitories a short distance away from the facility. The entire PLL bubble consists of less than 300 people. There have been no positive COVID-19 tests since establishing the bubble .",
        "\u2014 Alex Vejar",
        "The NHL \" bubble \" consists of limited areas in two hub cities\u2014Edmonton and Toronto\u2014where team personnel will be required to remain as the league tries to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Each club is taking up one floor in a designated hotel. Other access areas include arenas, practice facilities, dining destinations (hotel restaurants and bars, and conference areas where food is brought in) and \"other demarcated areas (indoor and outdoor),\" according to the league's Phase 4 protocols.",
        "\u2014 Tom Gatto"
      ],
      ": an enclosed or isolated sphere of experience or activity in which the like-minded members of a homogeneous community support and reinforce their shared opinions":[
        "the liberal/conservative bubble",
        "Countless people \u2026 complain that Facebook employees are increasingly living in a bubble .",
        "\u2014 Nick Bilton"
      ],
      ": magnetic bubble":[],
      ": something (such as a plastic or inflatable structure) that is hemispherical or semicylindrical":[
        "With the ground apt to warm up to 110 degrees or so, and a greenhouse effect inside the glass bubble of the cockpit, \u2026 the pilot has to endure temperatures that may exceed 120 degrees.",
        "\u2014 Laurence Gonzales"
      ],
      ": something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality":[
        "A dream of what thou wast \u2026 a breath, a bubble \u2026",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": the condition of being at risk of exclusion or replacement (as from a tournament)":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase on the bubble teams still on the bubble for the playoffs"
      ],
      ": to become lively or effervescent":[
        "bubbling with good humor"
      ],
      ": to cause someone to suddenly realize that something believed, trusted, or admired is not really true, good, etc.":[
        "I hate to burst your bubble high school seniors, but, for most of you, the dreaded cafeteria food isn't going to get any better.",
        "\u2014 Sarah Tarr"
      ],
      ": to cause to bubble":[],
      ": to flow with a gurgling sound":[
        "a brook bubbling over rocks"
      ],
      ": to form or produce bubbles":[],
      ": to rise in or as if in bubbles":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up"
      ],
      ": to speak in a lively and fluent manner":[],
      ": to utter (something) effervescently":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They saw air bubbles in the water.",
      "There were bubbles in the ice.",
      "The Internet stock bubble finally burst.",
      "Verb",
      "the soapy water bubbled down the drain",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Other technologies \u2014 underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains \u2014 are in the works. \u2014 John Flesher, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
      "Other technologies \u2014 underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains \u2014 are in the works. \u2014 John Flesher, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
      "Other technologies \u2014 underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains \u2014 are in the works. \u2014 John Flesher, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "Other technologies \u2013 underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains \u2013 are in the works. \u2014 John Flesher, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "The rays go to work with moisture to bubble some clouds into afternoon showers and storms, as well. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "From the moment Glinda descends to the stage on a circular, bubble -like conveyance, Newberry is an absolute treat, a comic compound of Billie Burke, Judy Holliday, and Elle Woods. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Simply cut them in half, remove the pit, oil them well and grill over medium-low heat unit the juice starts to bubble , the surface gets caramelized and the fruit begins to slump into a sweet, sloppy mess. \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
      "Any sunny breaks in the clouds only heat and bubble up more instability \u2014 fuel for later storms to be strong to severe. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But during the summertime, the flow switches to be out of the south, introducing a taste of Gulf of Mexico moisture, and storms bubble up during the heat of the day. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Let the jars rest in the canner for 10 more minutes to help prevent siphoning (when the boiling ingredients bubble up under the lid, breaking the seal). \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "The need for organizations to become more agile and innovative for customers doesn\u2019t mean that every task or area needs to bubble with creativity and reinvention. \u2014 Luc Hennekens, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "The oil should bubble immediately, but no dark smoke should visibly rise from the oil. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This is a classic war story told simply and well, its meanings not forced but allowed to bubble up on their own. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Shock and surprise were just two of the emotions to bubble to the surface when Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian \u2014 and the world \u2014 found out Tristan Thompson had fathered a child with another woman. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Your skin may also actually feel hot and bubble up into small blisters if the burn reaches the inner layer of the skin, called the dermis. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
      "These typically include citric acid (the chemical equivalent of lemon juice), and effervescent ingredients that help stubborn deposits bubble up from the surface. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bobel":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dribble",
      "guggle",
      "gurgle",
      "lap",
      "plash",
      "ripple",
      "splash",
      "trickle",
      "wash"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042407",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a foolish or stupid person":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a murder mystery so obvious that even bubbleheads need not tax their brains",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Abrams\u2019 Tamsin is a gorgeous bubblehead in way over her depth with the likes of Gregor, Rita and Dieter. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 15 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
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      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
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      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "fathead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231722",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a foolish or stupid person":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a murder mystery so obvious that even bubbleheads need not tax their brains",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "This is a group that hedge funds and bubbleheads love to hate. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Abrams\u2019 Tamsin is a gorgeous bubblehead in way over her depth with the likes of Gregor, Rita and Dieter. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 15 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "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",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201834",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubbly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "low-spirited",
      "sullen"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": champagne sense 1":[],
      ": full of bubbles : effervescent":[
        "a bubbly bottle of pop"
      ],
      ": full of or showing good spirits : lively , effusive":[],
      ": resembling a bubble":[
        "a bubbly dome"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She is pretty, bubbly , and smart.",
      "offered their bubbly congratulations to the expectant parents",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "An intricate rendering of Amethyst crystals is followed by a dog with a bubbly body of basalt. \u2014 Howard Lee, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022",
      "Poured over ice, the bubbly combination makes a refreshing and quick-to-pour cocktail. \u2014 Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Other options include Karma, known for its bubbly selection, and Nefarious Cellars, with structured red wines and an expansive view of the landscape. \u2014 Emily Cappiello, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Because of his bubbly personality and general zest for life, Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames can be a lot of fun to be around. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "After the final out, Giants players hugged on the field and coaches did the same in the dugout before heading inside the clubhouse for a bubbly celebration. \u2014 Michael Wagaman, ajc , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "Berlusconi presented himself as the bubbly soda that would wash away the unpleasant taste left by the trials. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Through tonight: Clear skies will rule, as any of the bubbly clouds of the day dissipate with sunset. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2021",
      "The culprit is unrealistic expectations and reversion to the mean for the bubbly sectors that got them there. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 11 May 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Try cranberry juice, lemonade, or even pomegranate as a base for your bubbly . \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
      "Along with almost every major celebration comes a call to pop open the bubbly . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 5 Dec. 2020",
      "This agreeable champers is on the delicate side, with peach, apple and apricot flavors and a soft bubbly texture. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "Two delicious ros\u00e9s lead the way, along with a Bordeaux, a California cabernet and a South African bubbly . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "The Dash mini toaster oven revives leftover Buffalo wings, busts out bubbly Bagel Bites, and inspires joy. \u2014 Annalee Soskin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "View this post on Instagram bought myself some peanuts, crackerjacks, a hamburger, and sipped bubbly while dancing with my girls to a few of our fav country music artists. \u2014 Lia Beck, refinery29.com , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit will offer free rides on New Year\u2019s Eve, a perk for revelers who pop too much bubbly . \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 30 Dec. 2019",
      "Many of these spots also offer free bubbly upon arrival and again at 12 o\u2019clock. \u2014 Josie Sexton, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1916, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-b(\u0259-)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bouncy",
      "buoyant",
      "crank",
      "effervescent",
      "exuberant",
      "frolic",
      "frolicsome",
      "gamesome",
      "gay",
      "high-spirited",
      "vivacious"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201109",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubbly-jock":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a male turkey":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bubbly entry 1 (from its cry) + Jock (rustic, clown)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6b\u00fcb-",
      "\u00a6b\u0259bli\u00a6j\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112907",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubby":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": breast sense 1"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1660, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably of imitative origin"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072141",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubbybush":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": carolina allspice"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "bubby entry 1 ; probably from the red flowers compared to human nipples"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053243",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubinga":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several large leguminous trees of tropical West Africa (especially Didelotia africana and members of the genera Copaifera and Brachystegia )":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Bantu":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u00fc\u02c8bi\u014b(g)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053405",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubkes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish (probably short for kozebubkes , literally, goat droppings), plural of bubke, bobke , diminutive of bub, bob bean, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish b\u00f3b bean":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259p-k\u0259s",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307p-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "diddly-squat",
      "doodley-squat",
      "doodly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182751",
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
    ]
  },
  "bubo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland especially in the groin":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Porters greeting the ships found a grisly sight: a few ill sailors, their bodies ravaged with black, oozing buboes , standing on deck among their dead crewmates. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "The inflamed lymph gland was widely known as a bubo , giving rise to the term bubonic plague. \u2014 National Geographic , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Pus filled buboes then grow on parts of the body -- generally in the armpit and groin area -- and a fever develops. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "But, within a few days, victims developed the classic symptoms of bubonic plague\u2014lumps, or buboes , in their groin and under their arms. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "There, the bacteria multiply, causing the dark, swollen lump called buboes that give the plague its name. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 June 2018",
      "Nevertheless, the bubonic plague, which is characterized by buboes , or swollen lymph nodes in people, is the most common form, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). \u2014 Elly Belle, Teen Vogue , 14 June 2018",
      "These prominent buboes give their name to bubonic plague. \u2014 Maggie Fox, NBC News , 3 Nov. 2017",
      "This causes a painful swelling called a bubo , where the infection gets its name. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin bubon-, bubo , from Greek boub\u014dn":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8b(y)\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163333",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubonic plague":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": plague caused by a bacterium ( Yersinia pestis ) and characterized especially by the formation of buboes":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 14th-century Europe, Jews were blamed for the bubonic plague . \u2014 Arie Perliger, The Conversation , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Scanning electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague ) in the foregut of the flea vector. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Try reading something where a rat coming out of a house could give people bubonic plague . \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "During the Middle Ages, for instance, Europeans burned bundles of rosemary in their homes and even stuffed it in their noses to ward off the Black Death, a.k.a. bubonic plague . \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Great plagues terrorized humanity in ancient and pre-modern times, most notably the bubonic plague . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "A few centuries after the bubonic plague , the idea of work as a higher calling\u2014once reserved for priests and nuns\u2014grew out of the Protestant Reformation. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The 1918 Spanish flu, the second deadliest pandemic after the bubonic plague , became much less deadly and caused only ordinary seasonal flu by 1920. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "This is perhaps not dissimilar to how my fellow mid-1300 Italians looked at the years after the bubonic plague was finally tamed \u2014 a period that led to the Renaissance, one of the most prolific times in our modern society. \u2014 Max Versace, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc-",
      "b\u00fc-\u02c8b\u00e4-nik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040246",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bubu":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of bubu variant spelling of boo-boo"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195847",
    "type":[]
  },
  "bubukle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large red blemish or pimple":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "blend of bubo and carbuncle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b(y)\u00fc\u02ccb\u0259k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140024",
    "type":[
      "adjective,",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buccaneer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "buccaneers who preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bright red metal canister and buccaneer -esque design bring to mind pirates and adventure. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "By this time, a fourth New Orleans buccaneer had joined the team of Harris p\u00e8re et fils and Theriot\u2014David Schatz, a former railroad diesel mechanic who now heads operations at Whinstone. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "After trading in his comfortable life for one of a buccaneer , Stede becomes captain of a pirate ship, but struggles to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Her father was a son of Sam Lord, a notorious Barbadian buccaneer who died in 1844, relatives said. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "In 1760, Jacques Kanon, a buccaneer , bought the estate and gave his name for luck and prosperity. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Don\u2019t miss your opportunity to talk and dress like a real buccaneer as International Talk Like a Pirate Day comes but once a year. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Or Joseph Duveen, the eccentric buccaneer art dealer played by Adrien Brody in the same story. \u2014 Susan Morrison, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021",
      "Garrett Basch and Dan Halsted also serve as executive producers along with Taika Waititi, who will direct the pilot as well in addition to playing Blackbeard, the infamous buccaneer . \u2014 M\u00f3nica Marie Zorrilla, Variety , 20 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French boucanier woodsman, pirate (in the 17th century West Indies), from boucaner to smoke meat, from boucan wooden frame for smoking meat, from Tupi moka\u0294\u1ebd\u0301, mboka\u0294\u1ebd\u0301 , from mo-, mbo- causative marker + ka\u0294\u1ebd to be roasted, dried":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8nir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "corsair",
      "freebooter",
      "pirate",
      "rover"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014656",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buchite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a vitreous metamorphic rock produced by the contact action of basalt or by friction metamorphism":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German buchit , from Baron Christian L. von Buch \u20201853 German mineralogist + German -it -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc\u02cck\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022708",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buchu camphor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": diosphenol":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044441",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buck":{
    "antonyms":[
      "hitch",
      "hoick",
      "jerk",
      "jolt",
      "twitch",
      "yank"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a dashing fellow : dandy":[],
      ": a male human being : man":[],
      ": a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting":[],
      ": a supporting rack or frame":[],
      ": an act or instance of bucking":[],
      ": antelope":[],
      ": butt entry 3":[],
      ": dollar sense 3b":[
        "I only had a buck in my pocket.",
        "Dinner cost twenty bucks ."
      ],
      ": of the lowest grade within a military category":[
        "a buck private"
      ],
      ": oppose , resist":[
        "bucking the system"
      ],
      ": responsibility":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrases pass the buck and the buck stops here"
      ],
      ": stark , completely":[
        "buck naked"
      ],
      ": to charge against something":[],
      ": to move or charge into":[
        "bucking a headwind"
      ],
      ": to move or load (heavy or cumbersome objects) especially with mechanical equipment":[],
      ": to move or react jerkily":[],
      ": to pass especially from one person to another":[],
      ": to refuse assent : balk":[],
      ": to spring into the air with the back arched":[],
      ": to strive for advancement sometimes without regard to ethical behavior":[
        "bucking for a promotion"
      ],
      ": to throw or dislodge (a rider) by bucking":[],
      "American novelist":[
        "Sydenstricker \\ \u02c8s\u012b-\u200bd\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccstri-\u200bk\u0259r \\"
      ],
      "Linda B. 1947\u2013 American biologist":[],
      "Pearl 1892\u20131973 n\u00e9e":[
        "Sydenstricker \\ \u02c8s\u012b-\u200bd\u1d4an-\u200b\u02ccstri-\u200bk\u0259r \\"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the car bucked and stalled",
      "bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1750, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":"Verb",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1928, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he-goat; akin to Old High German boc he-goat, Middle Irish bocc":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Adverb",
      "probably from buck entry 1":"Adjective",
      "short for earlier buckhorn knife":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beau",
      "Beau Brummell",
      "dandy",
      "dude",
      "fop",
      "gallant",
      "jay",
      "lounge lizard",
      "macaroni",
      "pretty boy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194149",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buck up":{
    "antonyms":[
      "darken",
      "sadden"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": improve , smarten":[],
      ": to become encouraged : brace up":[],
      ": to raise the morale of":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be",
      "a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the President's attempt to buck up the national psyche and his own political prospects rang rather hollow. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "So buck up and develop your strategies and techniques to handle such recluse situations with finesse. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Republicans have balked at a provision to buck up IRS tax enforcement in order to help pay for the package, but Senate Democrats are planning to move ahead Wenesday with the first procedural votes on the still-incomplete bill. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 20 July 2021",
      "Forward Draymond Green noticed and told him to buck up . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Kristy and Liz buck up and head to the Delaney\u2019s for tea. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "The veteran reporter David Sirota offers a fairly mind-bending essay on the way that public-pension funds are being used to bankroll billionaires\u2014and to buck up the fossil-fuel industry. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 21 July 2021",
      "Southie beaches have seen an influx in recent years of twenty-something techies and financial types who sometimes buck up against the sensibilities of patrons with generational roots in the neighborhood. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2021",
      "By Tuesday, some governments were already recasting their decisions as a step to buck up confidence in vaccinations \u2014 a regrouping, of sorts, of a troubled effort. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "buck entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "brighten",
      "cheer (up)",
      "lighten",
      "look up",
      "perk (up)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211912",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bucket":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dip",
      "lade",
      "ladle",
      "scoop",
      "spoon"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids":[],
      ": basket sense 3b":[],
      ": bucket seat":[],
      ": bucketful":[],
      ": hustle , hurry":[],
      ": one of the cups of an endless-belt conveyor":[],
      ": one of the receptacles on the rim of a waterwheel":[],
      ": one of the vanes of a turbine rotor":[],
      ": something resembling a bucket: such as":[],
      ": the scoop of an excavating machine":[],
      ": to deal with in a bucket shop":[],
      ": to draw or lift in buckets":[],
      ": to drive hurriedly or roughly":[],
      ": to move about haphazardly or irresponsibly":[],
      ": to move roughly or jerkily":[],
      ": to rain very heavily : pour":[
        "It doesn't just rain here. It pours; it lashes; it buckets .",
        "\u2014 Kathleen A. Quinn",
        "\u2014 usually used with down Rain bucketed down for the next two days \u2026 \u2014 Thurston Clarke"
      ],
      ": to ride (a horse) hard":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We used two buckets of paint to paint the living room.",
      "made buckets of money in the stock market",
      "Verb",
      "bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire",
      "getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Several people held up their phones to film Samuel; a few dropped cash in his bucket . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
      "The toddler wiggled out of her arms, grabbed his bucket and waded back into the fountain. \u2014 Rick Noack, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Driessen Beach Park, on the island's southern end, is a good bet for filling your shell bucket and is reached via a long boardwalk over a salt marsh. \u2014 Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
      "Schroeder laughs again and grabs his bucket and plastic chair before making the short trip up the embankment to his waiting SUV. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "Scoring 14 of his 28 points on 6-of-7 shooting, Paul took apart the Mavericks with his last bucket resulting in a 3-point play to give Phoenix a 108-93 lead with 7:04 remaining. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022",
      "Mount Whitney, a bucket -list hike for many, is the tallest point in the continental U.S. \u2014 Amy Sinatra Ayres, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
      "Participants come to the organization for a variety of reasons: Some sailed during childhood summer camps and want to take formal classes, and others have bucket -list sailing goals. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "Ask any serious mountain biker to rattle off their bucket -list riding destinations and Kingdom Trails, northern Vermont\u2019s 100-plus-mile network of premium singletrack, is bound to come up. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Kessler\u2019s layup is the Tigers\u2019 only bucket in their last 10 attempts. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Patton\u2019s layup with 7:29 left put the Vikings in front for the first time in the second half, and Brock Finstuen\u2019s steal and bucket a minute later gave CSU a 61-58 lead. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "For example, if classify gifts as 'needs' and new decorations as 'wants,' put most of your money in the gifts bucket and save a very small amount for new decor. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2021",
      "From trendy sweatsuits to bucket hats to watches, the streetwear spectrum is deep\u2014and everybody wants a piece. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 4 May 2021",
      "Another way to bucket your goals is to categorize them into the sum of the parts or the parts of the sum. \u2014 Gregory Salsburg, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "East Boston 34, Boston English 23 \u2014 Junior guard Madison Theriault bucketed 18 points for the Jets (4-9). \u2014 Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "To travelers, Arizona is known for some of the Southwest's most iconic vacation destinations\u2014from sprawling golf and tennis facilities to innovative wellness retreats to bucket -list natural attractions. \u2014 Chadner Navarro, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "Senior Zakiirah King put up a team-leading nine points while senior Victoria Davis put up eight and junior Samara Curry bucketed seven. \u2014 Edith Noriega, azcentral , 4 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1640, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French buket , from Old English b\u016bc pitcher, belly; akin to Old High German b\u016bh belly":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201804",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buckle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a coffee cake baked with berries and a crumbly topping":[
        "blueberry buckle"
      ],
      ": a crisp curl":[],
      ": a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch":[],
      ": a product of buckling : bend , fold":[],
      ": an ornamental device that suggests a buckle":[],
      ": collapse":[
        "the props buckled under the strain"
      ],
      ": to apply oneself with vigor":[
        "\u2014 usually used with down buckle down to the job"
      ],
      ": to become fastened with a buckle":[],
      ": to bend or move usually under the influence of some external agency":[
        "wheat buckling in the wind"
      ],
      ": to cause to bend, give way, or crumple":[],
      ": to fasten with a buckle":[],
      ": to give way : yield":[
        "he buckled under pressure"
      ],
      ": to prepare with vigor":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She buckled the horses into their harness.",
      "The pavement buckled in the heat."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bocle , from Anglo-French, boss of a shield, buckle, from Latin buccula , diminutive of bucca cheek":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cave (in)",
      "collapse",
      "crumple",
      "founder",
      "give",
      "go",
      "go out",
      "implode",
      "tumble",
      "yield"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053157",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buckler":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a shield worn on the left arm":[],
      ": a small round shield held by a handle at arm's length":[],
      ": one that shields and protects":[],
      ": to shield or defend with a buckler":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "So the film pays bemused tribute not only to one of Disneyland\u2019s most popular rides but those old swash- bucklers who once graced movie screens. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As Mark Antony vamped, hoping for solitude, Cassius hissed with rage, straddled Caesar\u2019s corpse, tore off his own velvet cape, dropped his sword and buckler down a set of stairs, and raged off into the wings. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 19 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1593, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bocler , from Anglo-French bucler , from bocle":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-kl\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aegis",
      "egis",
      "ammunition",
      "armor",
      "cover",
      "defense",
      "guard",
      "protection",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "security",
      "shield",
      "wall",
      "ward"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165627",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bucks":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Buckinghamshire":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054055",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "bucolic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "urban"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": idyllic":[],
      ": of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral":[],
      ": relating to or typical of rural life":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Pine Ridge \u2026 . Its generic blandness and vaguely bucolic quality anticipated similar names\u2014the Oak Parks and River Groves and Lake Forests and Chestnut Hills \u2026 \u2014 Ian Frazier , On the Rez , 2000",
      "\u2026 the massive population growth has transformed a collection of bucolic villages and mill towns into a chain of strip-mall suburbs. \u2014 Jonathan Cohn , New Republic , 7 Feb. 2000",
      "\u2026 Intel gives its generations of microprocessors such bucolic code names as Deschutes, Tillamook, and Katmai but then rolls them out with names that rival those of popes and medieval heads of state: Pentium the III, Celeron the Meek, and Xeon the Magnificent. \u2014 Jake Kirchner , PC Magazine , 25 May 1999",
      "\u2026 the North Shore commuter train scuds through bucolic landscape for a while, the rocks and trees permitting glimpses of Appleton Farms \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , New England Monthly , October 1989",
      "a bucolic region where farms are still common",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As the characters navigate a friendship tinged with parent-child dynamics, Archer and DP Murren Tullett draw upon the atmospherics of the remote, bucolic setting \u2014 the feature was shot in the Snowdonia region of northwestern Wales. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "During a call with me on January 10, Mike Dobie and Ana Pautler, his fiancee, described the scenery surrounding their home in Liming, a bucolic town high in the mountains of southwest China\u2019s Yunnan province. \u2014 Wufei Yu, Outside Online , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Even in these bucolic settings, the occasional column of smoke could be seen where a Russian shell had slammed into a cottage or landed in a field and started a fire. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The bucolic setting does not, in any way, call to mind high fashion. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
      "But then the pandemic hit, followed by a rush of wealthy urbanites seeking fresh-air retreats in bucolic settings. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "With its bucolic Georgian mansions and charming cobblestone streets, Charleston\u2019s darker history\u2014particularly its role in the transatlantic slave trade\u2014is easy for visitors to overlook. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
      "This liberal art college in a bucolic setting has a mix of Gothic buildings and modern structures as well as art installations dotted around the vast campus. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Marin County supervisors are considering a temporary ban on new residential vacation rentals in its popular, bucolic western region because of a worsening housing shortage. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin bucolicus , from Greek boukolikos , from boukolos cowherd, from bous head of cattle + -kolos (akin to Latin colere to cultivate) \u2014 more at cow , wheel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc-\u02c8k\u00e4-lik"
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      ": to produce or develop from buds":[],
      ": to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent":[],
      ": to set or put forth buds":[]
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      "Noun",
      "The bush has plenty of buds but no flowers yet.",
      "that sitcom star is still a bud , so all he needs right now are looks and personality",
      "Verb",
      "The trees budded early this spring.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "After a look at the vineyards, where the vines were just beginning to bud , Mr. Weyrich took me to see the houses Roederer Estate is building for its workers. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Flowers with multiple buds should be cut with at least one bud beginning to open. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Nip hair shedding and undesirable flakes in the bud with this anti-dandruff shampoo that Kingsley loves. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
      "The aim is to nip any silent transmission in the bud . \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
      "Sloan School of Management finds that corporate culture is 10.4 times more important to employees than compensation, not to mention the strongest factor in predicting turnover, leaders would do well to nip any and all forms of toxicity in the bud . \u2014 Vicky Valet, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Sometimes a stem terminates in leafy growth in place of a bud . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "In this genre-crossing comedy, Seth Rogen and James Franco star as two stoners who, high on a rare batch of bud , witness a murder and are then chased by bad guys. \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The headphones can also be set up so that holding and pressing the side of a bud will turn off the active noise cancellation/ however, while out for a run the headphones would do this without any input from me. \u2014 Benny Har-even, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Thankfully, leaves have begun to bud and temperatures are rising. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Lincoln bud Norman Reedus gunning hard for a shot at playing Ghost Rider in the MCU. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In general, cold weather in spring delays bud break and warm weather accelerates it. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Many crops and plants in the Southeast have started to bud because of warmer weather until now and the freezing cold temperatures \u2014 maybe record low \u2014 that are expected on the back end of this bomb cyclone can cause some serious damage, Cohen said. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The best time to prune is now, before the tree begins to bud out. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "That\u2019s bud as in the flowering marijuana bud that Snoop likes to smoke, not the old Budweiser Bud Bowl Super Bowl ad campaign. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Take one bud out of your ear and these headphones also cut noise-cancelling to the earbud that remains in the other ear. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "The center plans to continue measuring through the end of October, then will resume in March or April, when trees begin to bud . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English budde":"Noun"
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      "\u02c8b\u0259d"
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      "child",
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      "kid",
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      "kiddy",
      "kiddo",
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      "sprat",
      "sprout",
      "squirt",
      "whelp",
      "youngling",
      "youngster",
      "youth"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213142",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a half-shrubby perennial ( Artemisia spinescens ) valuable as sheep forage in the western U.S.":[]
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      "so called from its clusters of leaves and flowers that resemble buds":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000432",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": initiation of growth from a bud":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004220",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Buddleia of the family Loganiaceae) of shrubs or small trees of warm regions with showy terminal clusters of usually purple or white flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bush is a compact buddleia that cascades instead of growing upright, so it could be grown in a basket or a large pot, then put in the ground in fall. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies into your garden this summer. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 5 May 2019",
      "These include asters, ornamental salvias, caryopteris, perovskia, lespedeza, buddleia and chrysanthemums. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, sacbee , 8 June 2018",
      "This hybrid is a very dwarf form of buddleia (or buddleja), great for small spaces and containers. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 15 Dec. 2017",
      "Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 15 July 2017",
      "Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 15 July 2017",
      "Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 24 June 2017",
      "Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 24 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1763, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, genus name, from Adam Buddle \u20201715 English botanist":""
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      "\u02ccb\u0259d-\u02c8l\u0113-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259d-l\u0113-\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113216",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307d-",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060200",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "foe"
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      ": featuring a friendship or partnership between the two main usually male characters":[
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      ": fellow":[
        "\u2014 used especially in informal address"
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      ": friend sense 1":[],
      ": to become friendly":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up or with"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His fishing buddy just bought a new boat.",
      "my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The comedy veterans team up for Netflix\u2019s new buddy action flick, streaming July 24. \u2014 Essence , 17 June 2022",
      "In any case, what happened during one performance is uncontested: Henry, or Oscar, was led onstage, saw his buddy Don, folded his legs, sat down where he wasn\u2019t supposed to and resisted all entreaties to move along. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "And there\u2019s my cross-country skiing buddy and fellow retiree, Owen Davis, the ace copy chief in an era in which so many don\u2019t value editing. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "With his buddy Ed Norton at his side, Ralph would concoct scheme after scheme with the hopes of getting rich, none of which ever came to fruition. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
      "Or her Ice Age Trail hiking buddy Little Bird, who is in her early 60s and hiked the Appalachian Trail in two sections. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "When Howie meets and falls for the privileged Charlie (James Scully as the film\u2019s Bingley), friction ensues between their opposing friend groups even as sparks fly between Noah and Charlie\u2019s buddy , Will (Ricamora). \u2014 Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "In March, Depp\u2019s longtime buddy Marilyn Manson, who is godfather to Depp\u2019s daughter, filed a defamation lawsuit against the actress Evan Rachel Wood, who has publicly accused Manson of emotional abuse and rape. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Passion plays, Homeric odysseys and homoerotic buddy comedies. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Tweens and teens can buddy up at Edge and Vibe, respectively, two chic hangouts with activities curated specifically for them. \u2014 Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day , 11 May 2022",
      "To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with 2021 Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "His political opponents are aghast that a former human-rights lawyer, imprisoned as a student activist for opposing South Korea\u2019s own military dictatorship, could buddy up to a man like Kim. \u2014 Time , 23 June 2021",
      "That work ethic has drawn comparisons to buddy Collin Sexton. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "His complicated struggles to accept this team as well as having to buddy up with an actual terrorist was so fun to watch. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "He's already barged into the campaign, slamming Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and buddying up with Brexit Party boss Nigel Farage \u2014 a constant thorn in Johnson's right side. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "To maximize the use of a Zero Waste Box consider buddying up with friends, family or co-workers. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 25 June 2019",
      "Indeed, even those who were inclined to buddy up to Trump appear to be changing course. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 June 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The buddy program helps the newcomers bolster those same skills in a safe environment, organizers said. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "This is a buddy comedy adventure involving an elite North Korean soldier and an espionage official from South Korea. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "There's literally a camel being milked by our buddy Glen (Clark Middleton). \u2014 Laura Sirikul, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The events that transpire turn the film into a buddy comedy-meets-Cage-style action movie. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "In circles, otherwise known as buddy groups\u2014safe spaces where women could get together and share their stories. \u2014 Courtney Rubin, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The iQIYI original drama may not be a buddy drama, but there\u2019s definitely bromance. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The untitled show, which sources say Fox envisions as a possible companion to Call Me Kat, is a buddy comedy about two women who are placed in the witness protection program. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The mothers said their children grew up in a community where they always have been accepted by every school group, whether through a buddy program in elementary school or an adaptive PE program in high school. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1976, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably baby talk alteration of brother":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-d\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "amigo",
      "chum",
      "compadre",
      "comrade",
      "confidant",
      "confidante",
      "crony",
      "familiar",
      "friend",
      "intimate",
      "mate",
      "musketeer",
      "pal"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225739",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buddy-buddy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "distant"
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    "definitions":{
      ": familiarly friendly":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0259-d\u0113-\u02c8b\u0259-d\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bosom",
      "chummy",
      "close",
      "especial",
      "familiar",
      "friendly",
      "inseparable",
      "intimate",
      "inward",
      "near",
      "thick",
      "tight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232427",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "budge":{
    "antonyms":[
      "resist"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward":[],
      ": move , shift":[
        "the mule wouldn't budge"
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      ": pompous , solemn":[],
      ": to cause to move or change":[],
      ": to give way : yield":[
        "wouldn't budge on the issue"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Their horses refused to budge .",
      "The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge .",
      "Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.",
      "We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This no- budge primer is light as air yet grips onto shadows and pigments like a pro without creasing or fading throughout the day. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "Aly & AJ are partnering with Bobbi Brown on the relaunch of the iconic shadow stick, which now has a more buttery and budge -proof formula and comes in 10 new metallic shades. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 4 May 2022",
      "For dagger-sharp brows with a no- budge hold, define and shape them with the Urban Decay Brow Blade Waterproof Eyebrow Pencil & Ink Stain. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The Senate has approved the infrastructure bill and the larger budge blueprint. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "But more broadly, experts say, the labor mismatch is a signal of empowerment for a working class that hadn\u2019t seen the federal minimum wage budge since the Great Recession. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "The cushioned footbed and budge -proof straps are game-changers. \u2014 Lauren Sanchez, Vogue , 9 July 2021",
      "Even with a no- budge formula, setting brows can be particularly challenging for several reasons. \u2014 Lauren Dana, Allure , 7 May 2021",
      "These audiences didn\u2019t want yesterday\u2019s news, or even this morning\u2019s; the slightest budge toward progress was meaningful and welcome. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When task-force teams started showing up at Anarchy Row, in March, residents refused to budge . \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 23 June 2022",
      "Both sides have so far refused to budge on the issue, thanks to domestic political pressure in their respective countries. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
      "Convincing Republican members to agree remains an uphill battle, though some seem willing to budge . \u2014 CBS News , 30 May 2022",
      "Biden gave no indication that the United States was willing to budge from its previous rejection of Ukrainian requests to establish a no-fly zone over the country or to provide it with the MiG-29 warplanes that Poland offered some weeks ago. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "If Democrats do not budge from their position against using reconciliation for the debt ceiling and Republicans refuse to offer support to raise the limit through traditional legislation, another stalemate later in the year appears inevitable. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Hurst asked for at least one day of netting, then just one four-hour season instead of eight, but Jones wouldn\u2019t budge and the states ended the Compact meeting without allowing any additional mainstem commercial fishing. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "There was a last-ditch meeting between the selectmen and the town\u2019s clergy, almost all of whom backed the protesters, but the officials wouldn\u2019t budge . \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
      "Health experts were ultimately willing to split the difference and compromise at 1.5% \u2014 but legislative leaders wouldn\u2019t budge , insisting that anything below 2% would result in too much disruption to in-person learning, Weiler said. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1578, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1599, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-French bouger , from Vulgar Latin *bullicare , from Latin bullire to boil \u2014 more at boil":"Verb",
      "Middle English bugee , from Anglo-French buge":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259j"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "blink",
      "bow",
      "capitulate",
      "concede",
      "give in",
      "knuckle under",
      "quit",
      "relent",
      "submit",
      "succumb",
      "surrender",
      "yield"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211920",
    "type":[
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "budget":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arrange",
      "blueprint",
      "calculate",
      "chart",
      "choreograph",
      "design",
      "frame",
      "lay out",
      "map (out)",
      "organize",
      "plan",
      "prepare",
      "project",
      "scheme (out)",
      "shape",
      "strategize (about)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures":[
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      ": a statement of the financial position of an administration (as of a nation) for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period and proposals for financing them":[],
      ": stock , supply":[],
      ": suitable for someone whose is following a plan for coordinating resources and expenditures : suitable for one on a budget (see budget entry 1 ) : inexpensive":[],
      ": the amount of money that is available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose":[
        "a weekly budget for a family of five",
        "a budget of less than $3000"
      ],
      ": to allocate funds for in a budget":[
        "budget a new hospital"
      ],
      ": to plan or provide for the use of in detail":[
        "budgeting manpower",
        "Budget your time wisely."
      ],
      ": to put oneself on a budget":[
        "budgeting for a vacation"
      ],
      ": to put or allow for in a statement or plan coordinating resources and expenditures : to put or allow for in a budget":[
        "budgeted $200 a month to pay back student loans",
        "funds budgeted by the administration for the project"
      ],
      ": to require to adhere to a budget":[
        "Budget yourself wisely."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "What's the average weekly budget for a family of five?",
      "The film has a million-dollar budget .",
      "He's been trying to live on a budget of less than $1,500 a month.",
      "We'll have to work out a budget so we can buy a new car.",
      "Verb",
      "They budgeted millions of dollars to make the film.",
      "The project is budgeted at more than $100,000.",
      "He budgets $50 for entertainment each month.",
      "If we budget carefully, we will be able to go on the trip.",
      "I need to learn how to budget my time more wisely.",
      "Adjective",
      "a budget phone plan for people on fixed incomes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The budget this week to find the perfect manual-transmission training ground was $40,000. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 30 June 2022",
      "In truth, Youngkin put travel on hold until the budget was behind him, although just barely. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
      "The new budget is north of $200 million, according to sources. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "The district\u2019s total budget for next year will be $449 million. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 22 June 2022",
      "In fact, a healthy budget is the backbone of financial wellness, according to Reyes. \u2014 Grace L. Williams, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Though the Senate approved the legislation, the budget is now before a conference committee of Senate and the House lawmakers hammering out differences between the two chambers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s defense budget in 2021 was a mere $5.9 billion, a drop in the bucket compared to Russia\u2019s $65.9 billion and the United States\u2019 $705.4 billion. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
      "The Phoenix Police Department's fiscal budget this year is about $850 million, up $63 million from last year. \u2014 Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "To fully stay ahead, organizations must forecast and budget for potential risks. \u2014 Bruce Dahlgren, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "This is a critical step as most people don\u2019t meticulously budget and have been reliant on some company to pay their expenses for the past 40 some-odd years. \u2014 Andrew Rosen, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "And what destinations should budget -conscious travelers avoid altogether? \u2014 cleveland , 15 May 2022",
      "And what destinations should budget -conscious travelers avoid altogether? \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "As is, these seven chapters total nearly nine hours, so anyone planning a weekend binge should budget accordingly. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Library Executive Director Dave Della Terza told the library board this week a construction manager would help budget and plan costs, supervise the day-to-day work and coordinate with the vendors to complete the project. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "Covenant House has no shortage of success stories \u2014 young adults come in, get their degrees, get a job, learn how to budget their money, save up for independent housing and continue to save and maintain an independent lifestyle. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
      "Here's what to expect and how to budget accordingly. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Nolan film also positions Universal as a competitor to Disney which doesn\u2019t just rely on brands and/or mega- budget franchises. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Explosions, gunshots, car crashes, fireworks and snark populate the first trailer for Netflix\u2019s mega- budget summer action thriller The Gray Man. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "There isn\u2019t a ton of competition in the ultra- budget wireless earbuds segment, but there is some. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 19 May 2022",
      "To open a mid- budget romantic comedy in theaters at this number, in this market? \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Downey is taking his first steps out of mega- budget blockbusters in some time. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s a week after Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s first of a three-part mega- budget Exorcist trilogy which is intended as a kind of theaters/Peacock dual proposition. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "But to say that mid- budget movies don't exist anymore isn't completely true, film experts said. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "In a recent report by Airlines for America, the trade group noted that 15 percent of travelers boarded ultra- budget carriers in 2020, up from 5 percent in 2010. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022"
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      "Middle English bowgette , from Middle French bougette , diminutive of bouge leather bag, from Latin bulga , of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bolg bag; akin to Old English belg bag \u2014 more at belly":"Noun",
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      "Noun",
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      "Adjective",
      "He's at the gym every day trying to get buff .",
      "the buff body of an athlete",
      "Verb",
      "The floors are waxed and buffed every year.",
      "She is going to the salon to get her nails buffed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the first beta, all damage heroes received a speed buff , but that won\u2019t be the case in the second beta. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "Belk, a lifelong history buff , even joined the ranks of Martha Jefferson, who had brewed beer at Monticello to make brackish water safe to drink. \u2014 Kelly Gray, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
      "Become a Houston history buff on a Buffalo Bayou boat tour Cruise Buffalo Bayou with a local historian on the Spirit of the Bayou and discover how the important waterway was crucial to developing the fourth-largest city in the country. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
      "Sutton, a landscaper, drives; his girlfriend, a horror movie buff , tries to solve the clues from the passenger seat. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "For less than $1,000, any movie buff can set up a cinema-quality projector system in their own home in less than an hour. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In fact, people have been bathing in the buff on Nantucket\u2019s more remote stretches for years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "The USS Lexington, a WWII-era aircraft carrier is also a winner for the family history buff . \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 23 May 2022",
      "For the history buff , consider this collection of New York Times front pages from every year on your father-in-law's birthday. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The secret to applying a foolproof fake tan is to use a blending brush to buff self-tanning mousse or spray into the skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022",
      "The company\u2019s logo is a silhouette of a buff runner holding a wine glass in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Trimming the losers while moving funds into defensive or hedging positions can reduce losses and even buff returns. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "But most of the attention has come from other boys on TikTok looking to get buff . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons and all types of bantams set well. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Then again, few of us are as buff as The Rock or as suave as James Bond. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "And here\u2019s the real naked truth about nude art modeling: Most models do not look like buff male athletes that leaped off a Grecian urn or come-hither maidens that sauntered off a Renaissance canvas. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Around the aquamarines is a festoon motif of pink rubellites, buff -top amethysts and white diamonds set in pink gold. \u2014 WSJ , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For extra congested areas, massage a second time to really buff the product onto your face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Send your history buff a piece of America's past, everything from the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to the moment the first atomic bomb came to be. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
      "Suede is made using a technique called Sueding, in which an abrasive is applied to buff the surface of the hide. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Together, these ingredients work to break down and buff away at dry skin, effectively cleansing and leaving only healthy and new skin behind. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "After pledging $21 billion in equity and raising $25.5 billion of debt and margin loan financing, Musk has continued to use Twitter to buff his image as a brash billionaire who is not afraid to break the rules of polite society. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "What about the people who buff the Bay Bridge to a shine? \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
      "Gently buff away dullness and impurities with this scrub, best used every two to three days. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
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      "in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Now the Eastern Shoshone have 65 buffalo and the Northern Arapaho 32. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "In 2016, Canada allowed 100 buffalo to be returned to the Blackfeet Reservation. \u2014 Michelle Miller, CBS News , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "An effort to bring wild buffalo to the Great Plains aims to restore one of the world\u2019s most endangered landscapes and increase climate resilience. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021",
      "Others have a Columbian buffalo mozzarella that Frankel likes. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 16 Oct. 2020",
      "Jaguars, sloths, tapirs, horses, coyotes, buffalo , rabbits, and squirrels up and down the North American continent are now spared from screwworms too. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 26 May 2020",
      "Make that the big ten\u2014lion, my face, leopard, my face, rhino, my face, elephant, my face, buffalo , my face. \u2014 Colin Nissan, The New Yorker , 18 Dec. 2019",
      "Today, a lot of paneer in India is made with a mix of buffalo and less-expensive cow\u2019s milk. \u2014 Leena Trivedi-grenier, SFChronicle.com , 15 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "How far must buffalo roam to fulfill their ecological role? \u2014 National Geographic , 16 Jan. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1891, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
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      "Italian bufalo & Spanish b\u00fafalo , from Late Latin bufalus , alteration of Latin bubalus , from Greek boubalos African gazelle":"Noun"
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      "Noun",
      "he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies",
      "protected by a fully enclosed backyard, the couple would frequently sunbathe in the buff",
      "Adjective",
      "He's at the gym every day trying to get buff .",
      "the buff body of an athlete",
      "Verb",
      "The floors are waxed and buffed every year.",
      "She is going to the salon to get her nails buffed .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the first beta, all damage heroes received a speed buff , but that won\u2019t be the case in the second beta. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "Belk, a lifelong history buff , even joined the ranks of Martha Jefferson, who had brewed beer at Monticello to make brackish water safe to drink. \u2014 Kelly Gray, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
      "Become a Houston history buff on a Buffalo Bayou boat tour Cruise Buffalo Bayou with a local historian on the Spirit of the Bayou and discover how the important waterway was crucial to developing the fourth-largest city in the country. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
      "Sutton, a landscaper, drives; his girlfriend, a horror movie buff , tries to solve the clues from the passenger seat. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "For less than $1,000, any movie buff can set up a cinema-quality projector system in their own home in less than an hour. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In fact, people have been bathing in the buff on Nantucket\u2019s more remote stretches for years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "The USS Lexington, a WWII-era aircraft carrier is also a winner for the family history buff . \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 23 May 2022",
      "For the history buff , consider this collection of New York Times front pages from every year on your father-in-law's birthday. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The secret to applying a foolproof fake tan is to use a blending brush to buff self-tanning mousse or spray into the skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022",
      "The company\u2019s logo is a silhouette of a buff runner holding a wine glass in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Trimming the losers while moving funds into defensive or hedging positions can reduce losses and even buff returns. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "But most of the attention has come from other boys on TikTok looking to get buff . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons and all types of bantams set well. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Then again, few of us are as buff as The Rock or as suave as James Bond. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "And here\u2019s the real naked truth about nude art modeling: Most models do not look like buff male athletes that leaped off a Grecian urn or come-hither maidens that sauntered off a Renaissance canvas. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Around the aquamarines is a festoon motif of pink rubellites, buff -top amethysts and white diamonds set in pink gold. \u2014 WSJ , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For extra congested areas, massage a second time to really buff the product onto your face. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Send your history buff a piece of America's past, everything from the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to the moment the first atomic bomb came to be. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
      "Suede is made using a technique called Sueding, in which an abrasive is applied to buff the surface of the hide. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Together, these ingredients work to break down and buff away at dry skin, effectively cleansing and leaving only healthy and new skin behind. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "After pledging $21 billion in equity and raising $25.5 billion of debt and margin loan financing, Musk has continued to use Twitter to buff his image as a brash billionaire who is not afraid to break the rules of polite society. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "What about the people who buff the Bay Bridge to a shine? \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
      "Gently buff away dullness and impurities with this scrub, best used every two to three days. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
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      "1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
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      "1749, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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      "fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat"
    ],
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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      "b\u00fc-\u02c8f\u0101",
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      "(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101",
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      "bat",
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      "belt",
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      "chop",
      "clap",
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      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "douse",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
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      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215318",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "in the comic opera, the buffo shared his entrance aria with a grimacing mime",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast\u2019s comic skills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Sep. 2019",
      "Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso- buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 18 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1764, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from buffone":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-(\u02cc)f\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buffoon",
      "clown",
      "harlequin",
      "zany"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buffoon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person":[
        "acting like a ridiculous buffoon"
      ],
      ": a ludicrous figure : clown":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Stop acting like a buffoon .",
      "the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "From the start of the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron has fluttered about like a busy buffoon with his dubious diplomacy. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Who would kow-tow to this buffoon and jump through hoops for his blessing? \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Cyrano is often played as a man of unfettered brilliance who has learned to be a buffoon as a matter of self-preservation. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Who would kow-tow to this buffoon and jump through hoops for his blessing? \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Joe Biden won in 2020 not simply by making the case that Trump was a dangerous buffoon that everyone was sick of. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French bouffon , from Old Italian buffone":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fcn",
      "(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buffo",
      "clown",
      "harlequin",
      "zany"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095555",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buffoonery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": foolish or playful behavior or practice":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite taunts about being soft on crime, Jackson didn\u2019t lose her cool before the mansplaining and buffoonery . \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Giuliani's buffoonery was on full display during a press conference just days after the election held at a local Philadelphia landscaping company that happened to share the name of the Four Seasons hotel. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Beauty, youth, heightened vivacity or even buffoonery overwhelm us, and the figures do indeed seem alive. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Ebert applies a freewheeling buffoonery to Mister and, later, an opposite dimension of cruel menace to his other role, a policeman who under stress will undergo a dramatic conversion. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "Every buffoonery of the president and his people was answered by an idiocy from the other side, which in its own style was just as sinister and just as clownish. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "After seasons of corruption followed by buffoonery and anger, Daniel Espinoza died an optimist. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 28 May 2021",
      "As Kanye descended more into incomprehensible buffoonery , there was high-profile coverage of how Kim helped free Alice Marie Johnson after 21 years in prison. \u2014 Allison P. Davis, Vulture , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "It\u2019s not an art form that will appeal to everyone, with its silliness, rapid dialogue, stock characterizations, manic energy and acting that requires both buffoonery and at times a stilted formality. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1621, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fc-n\u0259-r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8f\u00fcn-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "clownery",
      "clowning",
      "foolery",
      "high jinks",
      "hijinks",
      "horseplay",
      "horsing around",
      "monkey business",
      "monkeying",
      "monkeyshine(s)",
      "roughhouse",
      "roughhousing",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "skylarking",
      "slapstick",
      "tomfoolery"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061243",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "bug":{
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      "annoy",
      "bother",
      "burn (up)",
      "chafe",
      "eat",
      "exasperate",
      "frost",
      "gall",
      "get",
      "grate",
      "gripe",
      "hack (off)",
      "irk",
      "irritate",
      "itch",
      "nark",
      "nettle",
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      "rasp",
      "rile",
      "ruffle",
      "spite",
      "vex"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a concealed listening device":[],
      ": a crazy person":[],
      ": a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) especially when causing illness or disease":[],
      ": a prominent person":[],
      ": a sudden enthusiasm":[],
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      ": an often unspecified or nonspecific sickness presumed to be caused by such a microorganism":[
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      ],
      ": an unexpected defect, fault, flaw, or imperfection":[
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      ],
      ": any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug ) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests":[],
      ": any of several insects (such as a head louse ) commonly considered obnoxious":[],
      ": any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs":[],
      ": bogey , bugbear":[],
      ": bother , annoy":[
        "don't bug me with petty details"
      ],
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      ],
      ": protrude , bulge":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": to cause to bug":[
        "his eyes were bugged with horror"
      ],
      ": to lose one's composure : freak":[
        "\u2014 often used with out"
      ],
      ": to plant a concealed microphone in":[],
      "river over 450 miles (720 kilometers) long in central Europe rising in western Ukraine, forming part of Ukraine\u2013Poland and Poland\u2013Belarus borders, and flowing into the Vistula River in Poland":[],
      "river over 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southwestern Ukraine flowing southeast to the estuary of the Dnieper River":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1935, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
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      "Middle English bugge hobgoblin; probably akin to Low German b\u00f6gge goblin":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "probably from bug entry 1":"Verb"
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      "\u02c8b\u00fcg",
      "\u02c8b\u0259g"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "addict",
      "aficionado",
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      "buff",
      "devotee",
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      "fan",
      "fanatic",
      "fancier",
      "fiend",
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      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
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      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225857",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bug off":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arrive",
      "come",
      "show up",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": leave , depart":[
        "\u2014 usually used as a command"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "bug off , or I'll sic my dogs on you!"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably short for bugger off":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bail",
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      "cut out",
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      "dig out",
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      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
      "part",
      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "run along",
      "sally (forth)",
      "scarper",
      "shove (off)",
      "step (along)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040914",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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  "bug out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to depart especially in a hurry":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing",
      "the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even my tests of the weakest GPUs never made GTA V bug out that way. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Rather than acting to restore our leverage, by retaking Bagram Air Base or another airfield, the White House rushed to bug out by the August 31 deadline that the Taliban insisted on. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "One of these rifles, properly set up, will make your eyes bug out with bug-sized groups. \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 16 Nov. 2020",
      "Their damage is mostly economic, coming in the form of sick days, when people are told to sit tight, drink some fluids, and wait the bug out . \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 21 Sep. 2020",
      "Urban bug out kits are not complete without this simple water procurement tool. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 27 Nov. 2019",
      "Overall, however, these searches all remain well under the Kardashian threshold, suggesting that Americans aren\u2019t ready to bug out en masse just yet. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "Check your bug out bags and prepper materials, stock up. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "This sleek kit is a great fit for your camping gear, vehicle, tackle box, disaster kit or bug out bag. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 9 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bolt",
      "break",
      "flee",
      "fly",
      "hightail (it)",
      "retreat",
      "run",
      "run away",
      "run off",
      "skedaddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060426",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bugaboo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an imaginary object of fear":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "politicians complaining about that old bugaboo , high oil prices",
      "doing one's tax returns are a real bugaboo for some people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The methane bugaboo began around 2003 when a mysterious cloud of methane gas was found, by satellite, hovering above Farmington in New Mexico. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Lindholm should also help in late-game, lead-protection situations, which have been a bugaboo for the B\u2019s in recent weeks. \u2014 Steve Conroy, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Pearl hopes his staff can find some ways to curb the bugaboo of foul issues that could eventually bite the Tigers. \u2014 al , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Slow starts have remained a bugaboo this season; the Steelers trailed Kansas City 23-0 at halftime and by 30 in the second half of their meeting earlier this season. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "The 2011 first-round pick has played in just nine games this season, sidelined for stretches by injuries \u2014 a bugaboo throughout his 11 years \u2014 and the coronavirus. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Jarquez Hunter averaged 21 yards on a pair of kickoff returns, and perhaps most importantly, Auburn did not commit any penalties on special teams\u2014something that had been a bugaboo for the Tigers during much of the year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "First, let\u2019s disabuse ourselves of the bugaboo of the mass exit of teachers. \u2014 Talia Milgrom-elcott, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Turnovers have been our bugaboo the last few years. \u2014 Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com , 23 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "earlier buggybow, bugger-bo , of unknown origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259-\u02ccb\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "b\u00eate noire",
      "black beast",
      "bogey",
      "bogie",
      "bogy",
      "bugbear",
      "dread",
      "hobgoblin",
      "ogre"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202833",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bugbear":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a continuing source of irritation : problem":[],
      ": an imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear":[],
      ": an object or source of dread":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The biggest bugbear of the skiing business is a winter with no snow.",
      "communism was once the nation's biggest bugbear",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Genesis says the headroom constraints, as well as the bugbear of placing weight up high, is why the United States won't get the solar panoramic roof that will be offered in other markets. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
      "But the Reform Act also targets one particular bugbear for the U.S.\u2014container ships returning to China carrying empty containers instead of loaded up with American goods. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2014an EU bugbear and pal of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2014had been the holdout. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
      "Range anxiety, once the bugbear of mainstream thought about EVs, is no longer the top concern for shoppers. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
      "The task of mathematically defending Beveridge\u2019s ideas was taken up by one of the most influential and quantitatively gifted British economists of the century\u2014Nicholas Kaldor, that bugbear of Berman\u2019s. \u2014 Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "The bugbear of the American Left, and false savior of nationalist conservatives, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, won his fourth consecutive term. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Some ban the Times\u2019 1619 Project, or ethnic studies, or training in diversity, inclusion, and belonging, or the bugbear known as critical race theory. \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "China now firmly occupies the position of Republican bugbear . \u2014 Laura Jedeed, The New Republic , 26 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259g-\u02ccber"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "b\u00eate noire",
      "black beast",
      "bogey",
      "bogie",
      "bogy",
      "bugaboo",
      "dread",
      "hobgoblin",
      "ogre"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bugger":{
    "antonyms":[
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      "bollix (up)",
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      "bungle",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
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      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
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      ": a person who plants electronic bugs":[],
      ": a small or annoying thing":[
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      ],
      ": a worthless person : rascal":[],
      ": damn":[],
      ": fellow , chap":[],
      ": sodomite":[],
      ": to commit sodomy with":[],
      ": to put into disorder : bungle , botch":[
        "\u2014 often used with up"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bougre heretic, from Anglo-French bugre , from Medieval Latin Bulgarus , literally, Bulgarian; from the association of Bulgaria with the Bogomils, who were accused of sodomy":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259r",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bastard",
      "beast",
      "bleeder",
      "blighter",
      "boor",
      "bounder",
      "buzzard",
      "cad",
      "chuff",
      "churl",
      "clown",
      "creep",
      "cretin",
      "crud",
      "crumb",
      "cur",
      "dirtbag",
      "dog",
      "fink",
      "heel",
      "hound",
      "jerk",
      "joker",
      "louse",
      "lout",
      "pill",
      "rat",
      "rat fink",
      "reptile",
      "rotter",
      "schmuck",
      "scum",
      "scumbag",
      "scuzzball",
      "skunk",
      "sleaze",
      "sleazebag",
      "sleazeball",
      "slime",
      "slimeball",
      "slob",
      "snake",
      "so-and-so",
      "sod",
      "stinkard",
      "stinker",
      "swine",
      "toad",
      "varmint",
      "vermin"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083317",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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        "I don't want that job. I'd surely bugger it up"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014355",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "bugger off":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arrive",
      "come",
      "show up",
      "turn up"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": leave , depart":[
        "\u2014 often used as a command"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "bugger off , or I'll call the police!"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "begone",
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      "bug off",
      "bug out",
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      "clear out",
      "cut out",
      "depart",
      "dig out",
      "exit",
      "get",
      "get off",
      "go",
      "go off",
      "move",
      "pack (up ",
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      "peel off",
      "pike (out ",
      "pull out",
      "push off",
      "push on",
      "quit",
      "run along",
      "sally (forth)",
      "scarper",
      "shove (off)",
      "step (along)",
      "take off",
      "vamoose",
      "walk out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173613",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[
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      "annoy",
      "bother",
      "burn (up)",
      "chafe",
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      "exasperate",
      "frost",
      "gall",
      "get",
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      "gripe",
      "hack (off)",
      "irk",
      "irritate",
      "itch",
      "nark",
      "nettle",
      "peeve",
      "persecute",
      "pique",
      "put out",
      "rasp",
      "rile",
      "ruffle",
      "spite",
      "vex"
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      ],
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      ": protrude , bulge":[
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      ],
      ": to cause to bug":[
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      ],
      ": to lose one's composure : freak":[
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      ": to plant a concealed microphone in":[],
      "river over 450 miles (720 kilometers) long in central Europe rising in western Ukraine, forming part of Ukraine\u2013Poland and Poland\u2013Belarus borders, and flowing into the Vistula River in Poland":[],
      "river over 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southwestern Ukraine flowing southeast to the estuary of the Dnieper River":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1935, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
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      "Middle English bugge hobgoblin; probably akin to Low German b\u00f6gge goblin":"Noun",
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      "fancier",
      "fiend",
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      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
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      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044034",
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      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
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      "balanced",
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      "sound",
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      ": mentally deranged : crazy":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "anyone would go bughouse after spending a week with her relatives",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At the end of Fletcher Knebel's novels, the bughouse president resigns and the coup is foiled. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 14 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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      "cranky",
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      "insane",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
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      "looney",
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      "looney tunes",
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      "maniacal",
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      "mental",
      "meshuga",
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      "non compos mentis",
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      "psycho",
      "psychotic",
      "scatty",
      "screwy",
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      "unhinged",
      "unsound",
      "wacko",
      "whacko",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "wud"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072246",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": a version or iteration of a product or component":[
        "We worked with several builds of the beta code, which was in itself instructive. Things that worked perfectly in one version stopped working at all in the next release.",
        "\u2014 Bill Machrone et al."
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      "Verb",
      "The bridge was built in the 1890s.",
      "The planes were built in Germany.",
      "The organization helps build houses for poor families.",
      "A family of birds has built a nest on our roof.",
      "She started building a fire in the fireplace.",
      "He built a model airplane from a kit.",
      "You will need permission to build on your property.",
      "They are building a legal case against the tobacco industry.",
      "scientists building theories about how the universe began",
      "At college, you'll build friendships that will last a lifetime.",
      "Noun",
      "He is strong and muscular in build .",
      "a man of average build",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Krishna has long asked important questions regarding how for-profit firms donate part of their sales revenue to nonprofits to drive up their sales and build brand awareness. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
      "Eventually, the archbishop directed St. Stephen to close, join another parish or build a new sanctuary in Oak Creek. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "Back home, in 1952, she was hired to design and build displays for Kaufmann\u2019s department store in Pittsburgh. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
      "The upgrades are being funded in part by a $387 million library bond approved by voters in 2020 to renovate or build eight buildings, including a new 95,000-square-foot library in east Multnomah County. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
      "Why not retain Wood long term and build around him? \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 21 June 2022",
      "Saturday morning, guests restore small, vulnerable trails degraded by overuse after the fire closed the robust McKenzie River Trail, build bicycle maintenance stations or help with reforestation. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
      "The couple came north so Seth could seek work, and also, as so many do, to escape their own pasts and build a new future. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
      "The cost to reconfigure traffic and build the land bridge has been estimated at $229 million, the majority of which is expected to be funded by state and federal sources. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "No This fingerprint-resistant stainless steel beauty from Maytag is a quality build . \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
      "The Master & Dynamic MW75 headphones are an excellent pair of noise cancelling headphones, with a premium design and build , and excellent frequency response. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 21 June 2022",
      "This was the 14th annual Women Build event, which City National and its colleagues have supported for several years, as well as two to three Habitat build projects each year. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "From the superb build quality and excellent connectors to the high-quality cable and those super-soft lambskin earpads, these are deluxe headphones. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "One of the car\u2019s final build slots was posted for sale on Dutch luxury marketplace, JamesEdition, this past February. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
      "Police described the suspect as a Black male, with a bald head, beard, and medium build , wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and dark shoes. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
      "Formella\u2019s office said Thursday that the person\u2019s described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, standing about 5-foot-10 with a medium build , short brown hair, and a clean-shaven face. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The Original Universal is also reputed for its comfort and lightweight build . \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bilden , from Old English byldan ; akin to Old English b\u016ban to dwell \u2014 more at bower":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bild"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "assemble",
      "confect",
      "construct",
      "erect",
      "fabricate",
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      "make up",
      "piece",
      "put up",
      "raise",
      "rear",
      "set up"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203639",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "contract",
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      "diminish",
      "dwindle",
      "lessen",
      "recede",
      "wane"
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      ": something produced by building up":[
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      ": to develop gradually by increments":[
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      ": to promote the health, strength, esteem, or reputation of":[]
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      "Noun",
      "There is a big traffic buildup on the highway.",
      "You should clean the mechanism regularly to prevent buildup of dirt.",
      "Both players were given big buildups before the game.",
      "Verb",
      "static electricity built up on the cat's fur",
      "the roller coaster built up momentum",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The buildup has been slow, and after that arduous outing, manager Brandon Hyde turned to the bullpen earlier than usual for Wells. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 4 June 2022",
      "But, the Russian leader cautioned, the same would not be true if NATO staged a military buildup in the two countries. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "The white lines are indicators of calcium buildup in the breast\u2019s arterial wall, which is different from coronary artery calcification, already known as a cardiovascular risk. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
      "So the researchers suggested that using THC frequently could activate that receptor in a way that leads to inflammation in blood vessels, which in turn can accelerate a buildup of plaque in the arteries that can lead to a heart attack. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The option to the minor leagues was reversed a few days later because of fluid buildup in his knee, which led to Senzel rehabbing the injury in Arizona for the remainder of the season. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Luker Dong, a resident in Pudong, said that his 73-year-old father suffered from uremia \u2014 a buildup of toxins in the blood \u2014 that required him to get hemodialysis at a hospital three times a week. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Does that foreclose the option of a U.S. troop buildup in Eastern Europe? \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Longtime residents say the groups of uniformed GIs have emerged from their bases only in recent days, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a buildup in U.S. forces based in Poland. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Obviously, that includes not letting a bunch of human trash on Mars build up . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 June 2022",
      "Our job as the United States is to be working directly\u2014and with partners like COVAX and the W.H.O.\u2014to help countries build up vaccination programs. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 18 June 2022",
      "South Africa\u2019s trade minister, Ebrahim Patel, said the deal would help African countries build up capacities to manufacture vaccines on the continent and prevent them from being cut off from supplies in future health crises. \u2014 Yuka Hayashi, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "But the very same properties that make PFAS so durable and useful also cause the chemicals to build up in the body and in the environment. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
      "Many of these immune cells build up their protections iteratively, Dr. Crotty said. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "The British also will train a platoon at a time under the plan, Milley said, allowing Ukrainian forces to build up their rocket artillery. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
      "Financial app aimed at helping Americans living on the edge build up their money management skills and credit scores, while avoiding bank overdrafts and traditional payday advance loans. \u2014 Jeff Kauflin, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Excessive build up of hair products can also lead to an itchy, flakey scalp. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bild-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "accelerate",
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      "appreciate",
      "balloon",
      "boom",
      "burgeon",
      "bourgeon",
      "climb",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "mount",
      "multiply",
      "mushroom",
      "proliferate",
      "rise",
      "roll up",
      "snowball",
      "spread",
      "swell",
      "wax"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193735",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": the art or business of assembling materials into a structure":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "My office is in that small brick building .",
      "We bought the land for building .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These five things are critical building blocks and can increase your marketable skills and experience to show future hiring managers. \u2014 Jill Tipograph, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Jared Irby of Irby Properties will move the company office into the 7,727-square-foot building . \u2014 Kathy Jumper, al , 26 June 2022",
      "Slivers of two spirituals are among its compositional building blocks. \u2014 Barbara Jepson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "Nineteen minutes after the gunman entered, the first ballistic shield was brought into the building by police, the witness testified. \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Jake Bleiberg, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "The last major patent for Lego's building blocks expired in 1978, but over 40 years later, virtually no other competitor has even come close. \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 18 June 2022",
      "General manager Bob Myers used a couple of shrewd moves to parlay Durant\u2019s defection into two franchise building blocks: one for the present (Andrew Wiggins) and another for the future (Jonathan Kuminga). \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
      "Milan flagship, the Modular Imagination installation was composed of two different sized building blocks imagined by the late Virgil Abloh (which were completed before his passing). \u2014 David Graver, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "On June 5, the two met up and spent time building blocks, eating cake, and flexing their biceps. \u2014 Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bil-di\u014b"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "structure"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053035",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "building block":{
    "antonyms":[
      "whole"
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    "examples":[
      "historically the infantry division has been a basic building block of armies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the County has a responsibility not only to help its residents and businesses emerge from the pandemic, but also to use the current situation as a building block . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "Fed officials view stable prices as a crucial building block for sustainable economic growth. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Armstrong, in the rebuild he's begun at the helm of the Coyotes hockey operations department, has emphasized the draft as the primary building block for the franchise to get it into playoff and Stanley Cup contention in the future. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "Collagen acts as a building block for healthy hair, skin, nails, bones, and joints. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Simons, who just finished his fourth NBA season, emerged as a building block for a franchise hoping to rebound quickly from a tumultuous 27-55 season. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "His rapid rise to franchise building block is almost unparalleled. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "His comments came a day after the central bank announced plans to list its stake in African Bank Holdings Ltd., which Godongwana\u2019s predecessor, Tito Mboweni, last year suggested could be used as as a building block for a new lender. \u2014 Rene Vollgraaff, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The rich Masque de Radiance is infused with Vitamin C and energy- building block ATP, and gives skin an energizing, moisturizing boost. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1756, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "element",
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      "member"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221313",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "adventitious",
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      "extrinsic"
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      ": a built-in piece of furniture":[],
      ": already established":[
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      ],
      ": built into the ground":[
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      ": inherent":[
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      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1919, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bil-\u02c8tin",
      "\u02c8bilt-\u02c8in",
      "\u02c8bilt-\u02ccin"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "constitutional",
      "constitutive",
      "essential",
      "hardwired",
      "immanent",
      "inborn",
      "inbred",
      "indigenous",
      "ingrain",
      "ingrained",
      "engrained",
      "inherent",
      "innate",
      "integral",
      "intrinsic",
      "native",
      "natural"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010703",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "bunch",
      "convexity",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "projection",
      "protrusion",
      "protuberance",
      "swell"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a protuberant or swollen part or place":[
        "a bulge in the wall",
        "trying to get rid of the bulge around his middle"
      ],
      ": advantage , upper hand":[
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      ],
      ": bilge":[],
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        "the bulge of a barrel"
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      ": sudden expansion":[
        "a population bulge"
      ],
      ": to be filled to overflowing":[
        "a notebook that bulged with ideas"
      ],
      ": to become swollen or protuberant":[
        "\u2026 a pair of arresting pale blue eyes that tend to bulge maniacally \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jeremy Egner"
      ],
      ": to bend outward":[
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      ],
      ": to cause to bulge":[],
      ": to jut out : swell":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "His face turned white and his eyes bulged .",
      "middle-aged people bulging at the waist",
      "Their bags bulged with books and papers.",
      "The squirrel's cheeks were bulging with nuts.",
      "a notebook bulging with ideas",
      "Noun",
      "\u201cWhat's in there?\u201d he asked, pointing to the large bulge in my purse.",
      "I'm exercising to get rid of this bulge around my middle.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Another of his cautions: When hardware is embedded in the door and humidity causes woodwork to contract and expand, the door might stick or bulge out slightly. \u2014 Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "For instance, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recommends people with diverticulosis\u2014a disease in which little sacs bulge out of the weak areas of your colon wall\u2014incorporate more fiber into their diet. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The moon's gravitational pull and subsequent effect on the tides causes water on Earth's surface to bulge slightly around the equator. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "One likened the process to pushing in one side of a balloon only to see the opposite side bulge out. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "Your eyes bulge out of your face, and hearts possibly appear in them. \u2014 Sara K. Runnel, The New Yorker , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "As many hospitals bulge again with covid-19 patients, a wide swath of the health-care industry is exasperated that federal health officials have not made available any more of the aid since President Biden took office. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
      "Tire boots\u2014thick rubber patches\u2014will hold together most gashes, but if the rip is large and ragged, the tube may bulge through. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 1 June 2021",
      "Reflections in the brass base of the lamp bulge out, convex, contorted, unlike real objects below. \u2014 Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Blame a northward bulge in the jet stream that unfolded over the Southwestern states this week, AccuWeather said. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "The bulge allowed air more typical of midsummer to spread over the region. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "That will change, and so, too, will the club\u2019s 5 \u00bd-game bulge in the AL East \u2013 for better or worse. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
      "In 2014, a 4.5-million voter edge for Republicans led to 247 red seats; in 2020, an almost 4.7 million vote bulge for Democrats created just 222 blue ones. \u2014 David Daley, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "And McGovern agreed that the Babe was fat\u2014but thought that should inspire the average American. Ruth would put in two hours of work each day to battle the bulge , working with medicine balls, dumbbells, and treadmills. \u2014 Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "At the Garden, he was dressed like a guy ready for a rowdy night in a rural bar: boots, sleeveless flannel, tight jeans with a Skoal-sized bulge in the back pocket. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "What the man doesn\u2019t know is that the interior of his down jacket has suffered a structural failure, and the filling has massed along the bottom hem, forming a conspicuous bulge at his waist. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Once considered a formidable asset, has India\u2019s demographic bulge turned toxic due to the country\u2019s lost economic decade? \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 23 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1622, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bolgen":"Verb",
      "Middle English boulge, bouge leather bag, curved part, from Anglo-French bouge bag \u2014 more at budget":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8bu\u0307lj",
      "\u02c8b\u0259lj"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bulge Noun projection , protrusion , protuberance , bulge mean an extension beyond the normal line or surface. projection implies a jutting out especially at a sharp angle. those projections along the wall are safety hazards protrusion suggests a thrusting out so that the extension seems a deformity. the bizarre protrusions of a coral reef protuberance implies a growing or swelling out in rounded form. a skin disease marked by warty protuberances bulge suggests an expansion caused by internal pressure. bulges in the tile floor",
    "synonyms":[
      "bag",
      "balloon",
      "beetle",
      "belly",
      "billow",
      "bunch",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "poke",
      "pooch",
      "pouch",
      "pout",
      "project",
      "protrude",
      "stand out",
      "start",
      "stick out",
      "swell"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003338",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulging":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": swelling or thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface : protuberant":[
        "bulging eyes",
        "bulging muscles"
      ],
      ": swollen with contents":[
        "bulging pockets",
        "a bulging wallet",
        "There were cardboard boxes piled up on the curb along with four bulging black plastic bags.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the big, bulging , muscles that let Hulk SMASH so effectively aren't the same as carrying a lot of excess fat. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Indian streamer ALTBalaji has revealed a focus on the burgeoning Indian youth market and a bulging slate. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Meanwhile, the green frogs are very interested in what is going on right in front of their little bulging eyes. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 11 July 2021",
      "Hayes\u2019 former boyfriend, Jimmy Jackson, then 72, was seen in surveillance video leaving Hayes\u2019 apartment with a bulging suitcase and dragging it through the lobby to a dumpster outside. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 23 June 2021",
      "Collecting every bit of data makes for a bulging warehouse. \u2014 Christian Ofori-boateng, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
      "Fisher isn\u2019t concerned with trying to keep everyone happy, a task next to impossible anyway in the era of the bulging transfer portal. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "Just what a frothy stock market needed: a bulging slate of tech IPOs, breaking a lengthy drought. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 31 Aug. 2020",
      "The convention center's architecture, full of bulging , rectangular concrete blocks, becomes a perilous series of leaps for Ellie. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 2 June 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259l-ji\u014b",
      "also \u02c8bu\u0307l-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230849",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bulimia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a serious eating disorder that occurs chiefly in females, is characterized by compulsive overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or laxative or diuretic abuse, and is often accompanied by guilt and depression":[],
      ": an abnormal and constant craving for food":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is why cold intolerance can be one of many symptoms of an eating disorder that can cause weight loss, like anorexia or bulimia , Dr. Vyas explains. \u2014 Mathew Devine, SELF , 23 May 2022",
      "Two large plans covered nutritional counseling for diseases such as diabetes but not for mental disorders like anorexia nervosa or bulimia . \u2014 Sandhya Raman, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Without looking at the context of gender, almost every doctor would classify that kind of behavior as bulimia . \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "In a scene portraying Diana's bulimia in a bathroom, Stewart attempted to actually purge. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Lukasiak has recently opened up about her struggles with anorexia, bulimia and body dysmorphia following her appearance on Dance Moms. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "In the film\u2019s final moments, Maggie says Charles (Jack Farthing) has asked her to suggest Diana see a doctor to address her bulimia and self-harm. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia , and binge eating disorder, are serious illnesses and need to be taken seriously. \u2014 Outside Online , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "The film doesn\u2019t shy away from showing the sobering realities of Diana\u2019s struggle with the eating disorder bulimia , showing graphic scenes of her bingeing and purging. \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek boulimia great hunger, from bou- , augmentative prefix (from bous head of cattle) + limos hunger \u2014 more at cow":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "by\u00fc-\u02c8lim-\u0113-\u0259",
      "b\u00fc-",
      "b\u00fc-\u02c8l\u0113-m\u0113-\u0259",
      "by\u00fc-",
      "-\u02c8li-",
      "-\u02c8l\u0113-m\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132704",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulimoid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling the land snails of the family Bulimulidae especially in having ovate somewhat elongate shells with an ovate aperture":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Bulimus + English -oid":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccm\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191340",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bulimy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English bolisme, bolismus , from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French bolisme , from Medieval Latin bolismus , alteration of Latin bulimus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u00fcl\u0259m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulk":{
    "antonyms":[
      "accumulate",
      "amass",
      "assemble",
      "collect",
      "concentrate",
      "congregate",
      "constellate",
      "corral",
      "garner",
      "gather",
      "group",
      "lump",
      "pick up",
      "round up"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ponderous shapeless mass":[],
      ": an organized structure especially when viewed primarily as a mass of material":[
        "the giant bulk of Mt. Katahdin",
        "\u2014 Jackson Rivers"
      ],
      ": being in large quantities or not divided into separate units : being in bulk":[
        "bulk shipments of food",
        "bulk mailings"
      ],
      ": in large quantities":[
        "buys rice in bulk"
      ],
      ": magnitude":[
        "impressed by the sheer bulk of her accomplishment"
      ],
      ": not divided into parts or packaged in separate units":[],
      ": of or relating to materials in bulk":[
        "bulk prices"
      ],
      ": swell , expand":[],
      ": the main or greater part":[
        "spent the bulk of his time in the office",
        "the bulk of the population"
      ],
      ": to appear as a factor : loom":[
        "a consideration that bulks large in everyone's thinking"
      ],
      ": to cause to swell or bulge : stuff":[
        "bulk out a report with lots of graphs and charts"
      ],
      ": to gather into a mass or aggregate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We spent the bulk of the summer at the beach.",
      "Farming makes up the bulk of the country's economy.",
      "The great bulk of these people are extremely poor.",
      "Despite his bulk , he's a very fast runner.",
      "Adjective",
      "They sent bulk shipments of food to the country.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "While total revenue can also include supplementary income sources, sales typically make up the bulk of it. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
      "At densities comparable to that of an atomic nucleus, the neutrons that make up the bulk of these objects aren't able to occupy the same energy states at the same time. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
      "While PGA Tour members make up the bulk of the field, the U.S. Open is administered by the U.S. Golf Association. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
      "Semiconductor systems sales make up the bulk of Applied Materials\u2019 revenues, with $6.68 billion of the company\u2019s sales coming from this segment as of FY \u201921, making up almost 60% of total revenue. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The only culprit that can be conclusively ruled out is COVID vaccines, because kids under 5, who make up the bulk of the hepatitis cases, cannot yet be vaccinated. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "Moore said that Gude\u2019s mask complaints make up a bulk of the complaints received. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
      "Although smartphones and computers make up the bulk of the refurb market, there are other options. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The population of artists, producers, and engineers that make up the bulk of music\u2019s middle class saw their earnings stall over the last two decades before completely breaking down during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 T.m. Brown, Billboard , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Several years of substantial capital inflows helped bulk the ESG market up to a multi-trillion dollar market, capturing $50 billion worth of net new investments in 2020, and $70 billion in 2021. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The powders are concentrated pigments of color rather than filled with preservatives, talc, and all sorts of other fillers that bulk it out unnecessarily. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
      "Finally, iPhone and iPad users can now bulk rename and delete tags in the Reminders app. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Like steroids do for humans, antibiotics such as tetracycline can bulk some animals up more quickly. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Others have turned to community WeChat groups to try to bulk buy fruit and vegetables. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Nonetheless, Boeing has to enter the next round of competition with the vision system meeting Air Force expectations, because small differences bulk large when both offerors are proposing state-of-the-art products. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "At the same time, several drug dealers said in interviews, domestic dealers turned to fentanyl as a cheap way to bulk out thin wares. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Like, some people might bulk buy paper towels or toilet paper, or turpentine . . . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Through this process, MCi creates bulk materials like magnesium carbonates, amorphous silica, calcium carbonates in powder form. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Picture a convoy of junky cars, roving the grasslands and returning strapped with an array of bulk trash \u2013 tires, couches, refrigerators \u2013 that had been illegally dumped on public lands. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
      "Fischer says that most chia seed bulk products have serving sizes that range from 1 tbsp, around 12g of seeds, to 3 tbsps in total. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
      "The store isn\u2019t just good for bulk buys or $1.50 hotdog combos. \u2014 Graham Averill, Outside Online , 16 June 2022",
      "At the same time, right-hander Luke Weaver arrived in Philadelphia and was added to the taxi squad, a move seemingly made in advance of Sunday, when he is expected to be added to the active roster to provide bulk innings in relief. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
      "First, the shyness from the little girl, then the tiny wave and finally a giggle, like the two of them just shared a joke somewhere between the organic blueberries and bulk banana chips. \u2014 Kendra Meinert, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
      "Another secret to save money is shopping the bulk department. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
      "Under a deal signed May 20 by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the phaseout period was extended by nearly 4 years to the end of 2026 to give Levin additional time to shift its operations from coal and petcoke to other bulk commodities. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, heap, bulk, from Old Norse bulki cargo":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8bu\u0307lk",
      "\u02c8b\u0259lk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bulk Noun bulk , mass , volume mean the aggregate that forms a body or unit. bulk implies an aggregate that is impressively large, heavy, or numerous. the darkened bulk of the skyscrapers mass suggests an aggregate made by piling together things of the same kind. a mass of boulders volume applies to an aggregate without shape or outline and capable of flowing or fluctuating. a tremendous volume of water",
    "synonyms":[
      "generality",
      "lion's share",
      "majority",
      "mass",
      "preponderance"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020430",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulk (up)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to bulk up":[],
      ": to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kocur had called to ask his former Bruise Brother to do that, as a favor, thinking Detroit might decide to bulk up with a bit more muscle. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
      "Microsoft is flashing its wallet to bulk up in games. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The food, supplements and protein powder needed to bulk up are expensive. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
      "Plus, an extra half-pound fill bag is included, so snorers can bulk up their pillow over time to slowly get comfortable with a more elevated, anti-snore head position. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
      "Period panties won't noticeably bulk up your crotch the way most diapers do. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The company has chosen instead to bulk up its internal development muscle with the $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie in January and, most recently, the pickup of Haven Studios in Canada for an undisclosed sum. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "In a world where most media companies are trying to bulk up for the fight with Netflix \u2014 and in some cases buying up other studios to do so \u2014 agencies want more leverage for themselves. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "This is how Baltimore envisioned it, after all, when the club went into full-sell mode to bulk up a farm system. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025529",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulk density":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the density of a given amount of particulate matter (such as a powder)":[
        "Industry experts say the feather fiber resists wet collapse and has a greater bulk density than conventional wood pulp fiber.",
        "\u2014 Baltimore Sun , 30 Jan. 1996"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1940, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171121",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulk eraser":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device for erasing previous recordings on an entire reel of magnetic tape":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184023",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pickpocket's helper":[],
      ": strumpet , prostitute":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bulk entry 2 + -er":"Noun",
      "perhaps from bulk entry 4 + -er":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259lk\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022830",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulkhead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": an upright partition separating compartments",
      ": a structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire, or gas",
      ": a retaining wall along a waterfront",
      ": a projecting framework with a sloping door giving access to a cellar stairway or a shaft",
      ": a wall separating sections in a ship"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That didn\u2019t stop his business partners from building a bulkhead on the island. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Testers raved about the endless storage: a 78-liter rear hatch, a bulkhead in the bow, and a lunch-securing pod on the deck. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
      "The carbon-fiber body of this example, which is no. 235 according to a plaque on the rear bulkhead , is finished in a stunning coat of Starfire Pear. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Not long after, Debra Jonsson, then 57, traveling from her home in Arizona to visit her daughter, joined her by the bulkhead . \u2014 CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The stabilization could be accomplished by removing less than half of the unstable soil because the installation of a new bulkhead at the river\u2019s edge would firm up the slope. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The rising water prevented the workers from using a crane to remove a bulkhead that weighs about 3 tons. \u2014 Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "To accommodate this, the promenade sits atop the bulkhead built by the navy \u2014 but then there\u2019s a set of landscaped tiers that climb five feet to the picnic tables and recreational areas. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The port would also re-grade the slop and build a massive bulkhead along the river. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "bulk (structure projecting from a building) + head"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259lk-\u02cched",
      "\u02c8b\u0259l-\u02ccked",
      "\u02c8b\u0259lk-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102804",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulkhead deck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the uppermost continuous deck of a ship to which all main transverse watertight bulkheads are carried":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130117",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulky":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bantam",
      "dinky",
      "dwarf",
      "dwarfish",
      "little",
      "puny",
      "shrimpy",
      "small",
      "smallish",
      "undersized",
      "undersize"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": corpulent":[],
      ": having bulk":[],
      ": having great volume in proportion to weight":[
        "a bulky knit sweater"
      ],
      ": large of its kind":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a big, bulky football player",
      "bulky packages might cost more to mail",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thanks to elastic arch support, these socks didn\u2019t slip during our longest runs, and the weight was just right: warm on cold mornings without feeling bulky . \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 5 June 2022",
      "Some people may enjoy the slimness of the iPhone and want to have a case that is protective, but not too bulky . \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
      "The form is just bulky enough to announce itself and comes in basic black or white. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The case depth runs from 14.35 to 13.75 mm, tapering down gradually from the crystal toward the wrist\u2014a design that accommodates the spherical differential and double-balance-wheel architecture of the movement without feeling too bulky . \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The hardware itself is fairly bulky to accommodate this performance, but the Pro still comes off as premium, with a reliable touchpad and keyboard. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The chickens are under threat of frostbite, the dog has to be pushed outside, and our jeans are bulky from long underwear; the weather app shows negative numbers in the evenings. \u2014 Jessica Wapner, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "While fanny packs are convenient to hold necessities, many styles are too bulky to wear while running. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "The exception is TVs, which are too bulky to store and ship. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259l-k\u0113",
      "also \u02c8bu\u0307l-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "big",
      "biggish",
      "boxcar",
      "considerable",
      "goodly",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "handsome",
      "hefty",
      "hulking",
      "husky",
      "large",
      "largish",
      "outsize",
      "outsized",
      "oversize",
      "oversized",
      "sizable",
      "sizeable",
      "substantial",
      "tidy",
      "voluminous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061250",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bull":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bore",
      "bulldoze",
      "crash",
      "elbow",
      "jam",
      "jostle",
      "muscle",
      "press",
      "push",
      "shoulder",
      "squeeze"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a grotesque blunder in language":[],
      ": a solemn papal letter sealed with a bulla or with a red-ink imprint of the device on the bulla":[],
      ": a usually adult male of various large animals (such as elephants, whales, or seals)":[],
      ": bulldog":[],
      ": edict , decree":[],
      ": empty boastful talk":[],
      ": force":[
        "bulled his way through the crowd"
      ],
      ": large of its kind":[
        "a bull lathe"
      ],
      ": male":[
        "a bull calf"
      ],
      ": nonsense sense 2":[],
      ": of or relating to a bull":[],
      ": one that resembles a bull (as in brawny physique)":[],
      ": one who buys securities or commodities in expectation of a price rise or who acts to effect such a rise \u2014 compare bear":[],
      ": police officer , detective":[],
      ": suggestive of a bull":[],
      ": taurus":[],
      ": to act on with violence":[],
      ": to advance forcefully":[],
      ": to engage in idle and boastful talk":[],
      ": to fool especially by fast boastful talk":[],
      "Bornemann 1810\u20131880 Norwegian violinist":[
        "Ole \\ \u02c8\u014d-\u200bl\u0259 \\"
      ],
      "bulletin":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bule , from Old English bula ; akin to Old Norse boli bull":"Noun",
      "Middle English bulle , from Medieval Latin bulla , from Latin, bubble, amulet":"Noun",
      "perhaps from obsolete bull to mock":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bobby",
      "constable",
      "cop",
      "copper",
      "flatfoot",
      "fuzz",
      "gendarme",
      "lawman",
      "officer",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043945",
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      "abbreviation",
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      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": a heavy-barreled target rifle":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113230",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084857",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a circular piece of glass especially with a lump in the middle":[],
      ": a very hard globular candy":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259lz-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307lz-\u02cc\u012b"
    ],
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      "bottom line",
      "centerpiece",
      "core",
      "crux",
      "essence",
      "gist",
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      "kernel",
      "keynote",
      "meat",
      "meat and potatoes",
      "net",
      "nub",
      "nubbin",
      "nucleus",
      "pith",
      "pivot",
      "point",
      "root",
      "sum"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012214",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": to coerce or restrain by threats : bully":[],
      ": to force insensitively or ruthlessly":[],
      ": to force one's way like a bulldozer":[],
      ": to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozer":[],
      ": to operate a bulldozer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The crew is bulldozing the trees.",
      "They bulldozed a road through the hills.",
      "The governor bulldozed the law through the legislature.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How can a democratic system potentially bulldoze away established rights favored by the people from whom all power is supposed to flow? \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Will the Bryant Bulldogs bulldoze their way into more March Madness? \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "Musk can\u2019t bulldoze past regulations of this particular nature. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The impasse has led to intensifying calls to unilaterally change filibuster rules so Democrats can bulldoze over Republicans\u2019 objections. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from bull entry 1 + alteration of dose":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259l-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02ccd\u014dz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bulldoze intimidate , cow , bulldoze , bully , browbeat mean to frighten into submission. intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another. intimidated by so many other bright freshmen cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost. not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats. bulldozed the city council into approving the plan bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior. bullied into giving up their lunch money browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment. browbeat the witness into a contradiction",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "bull",
      "crash",
      "elbow",
      "jam",
      "jostle",
      "muscle",
      "press",
      "push",
      "shoulder",
      "squeeze"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015526",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bullet bolt":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bolt contracted or extended by the turning of a knob or handle \u2014 compare spring bolt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113136",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullet catch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a catch having a bullet bolt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193540",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullet hawk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": accipiter sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021644",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullet jacket":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the outer metal casing of a bullet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173229",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullet money":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": an old form of Siamese money in bullet-shaped lumps of gold or silver"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084711",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullet point":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": an item in a list that has a large dot in front of it to signify its importance",
      ": any point or statement given special emphasis (as in a speech)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bill\u2019s signing made the front page of The New York Times; Title IX received a bullet point . \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "The Alabama Department of Commerce, which oversees the state\u2019s incentives, released a bullet point of the approximately $135.3 million in tax breaks and credits that will be rolled into the final project agreement. \u2014 al , 11 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s especially true because the U.S. has the advantage in Fuller\u2019s last bullet point : technology and capital. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s a growing tradition that as MipTV or Mipcom winds down, Ampere Analysis\u2019 Guy Bisson will present a concise bullet point analysis on what\u2019s really going on with the TV business, making complex current phenomena eminently comprehensible. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Michael Becker, branch manger at Sierra Pacific Mortgage, said one bullet point in the Fed\u2019s news release will put upward pressure on mortgage rates. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "That second bullet point is all-important; the free rapid tests the government is distributing are generally not the type that are proctored. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Placing a banner on LinkedIn, similar to the #OpentoWork trend or adding a bullet point to your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 could mean the difference between getting a job offer or not. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Owners, on the other hand, believe M.L.B. players have the best deal in professional sports and point to this off-season\u2019s free-agent spending as one bullet point in that argument. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1983, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100821",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullethead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a head that is round or shaped like a bullet":[],
      ": a pigheaded person":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234920",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulletin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make public by bulletin":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The television program was interrupted for a news bulletin .",
      "picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In a safety bulletin , police urged people to bring their pets inside if anyone reports seeing the mountain lion again. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 June 2022",
      "The following items were taken from the Niles Police Department bulletin . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "The sheriff's office sent out a bulletin looking for Antione Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Berlus, Anderson Petit-Frere, Steevenson Jacquet and Oriol Jean. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch And Tina Burnside, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "Just last week, a Department of Homeland Security threat bulletin warned that domestic violent extremism remains one of the biggest terrorist threats in the country. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
      "The Department of Homeland Security released a bulletin earlier this week that said homegrown violent extremists may be targeting migrants and other groups, fueled in part by conspiracy theories. \u2014 Rick Jervis, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
      "The bulletin notably focused far more on homegrown extremism than threats from abroad. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 8 June 2022",
      "When alerted, San Francisco police put out a bulletin to officers and an alert on the San Francisco Citizen app, but its reach is only 1 mile, Dunleavy said. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "All that plays out here in unexpected ways, like a stark bulletin from another time. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Messages tacked to bulletin boards and written on dressing room blackboards conveyed the spirit of the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Viewers are asked to respond to prompts based on works on view in the show by scribbling notes or making sketches on brightly colored pieces of paper, and pinning them to bulletin boards. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Okpealuk was last seen in an area near town called West Beach coming out of a tent, according to an Alaska State Troopers bulletin that says her clothing description and direction of travel were both unknown. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, from bullette seal, notice, diminutive of bulle seal, from Medieval Latin bulla":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259-t\u0259n",
      "also \u02c8b\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "book",
      "diurnal",
      "gazette",
      "journal",
      "mag",
      "magazine",
      "newspaper",
      "organ",
      "paper",
      "periodical",
      "rag",
      "review",
      "serial",
      "zine"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232259",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulletin board":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a board for posting notices (as at a school)":[],
      ": a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board":[
        "\u2026 a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board \u2026",
        "\u2014 John Seabrook",
        "Computer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.",
        "\u2014 M. Kadi"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Torres also wrote that Campo posted offensive images of him on the police department bulletin board , such as a photoshopped image of Torres on a jar of salsa with a sombrero and of Torres\u2019 face superimposed onto a priest\u2019s body. \u2014 Amanda Su, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
      "In Times Square, a huge crowd gathered around the Times bulletin board , the biggest ever assembled there for any event except a national election. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "After the game, the Warriors\u2019 Draymond Green went out of his way to give the Heat extra motivation with some primo bulletin board material by dismissing Miami\u2019s chances. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "Besides the intrinsic motivation that comes with an elimination game at home, Doncic was gifted some further bulletin board material from his back-and-forth jawing with Phoenix star, Devin Booker. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
      "Normally HOAs have very limited bulletin board space to post board agendas and announcements and lack sufficient space to allow all members to post personal bulletins. \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "The weekly conference calls expanded to include an internal electronic bulletin board called the Bull Horn. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "One of Sutter\u2019s friends bought each of the children a bulletin board to put up on their bedroom wall. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
      "One day, when Moore was rearranging the bulletin board in front of the class, Frank fell from his perch and almost landed on her. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224926",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bulletinize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to approach or notify by means of a bulletin":[
        "we will bulletinize the whole membership"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259\u0307\u02ccn\u012bz",
      "-\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011404",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulletless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": being without a bullet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l\u0259\u0307tl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064100",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bulletproof":{
    "antonyms":[
      "superable",
      "surmountable",
      "vincible",
      "vulnerable"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": impenetrable to bullets":[
        "bulletproof glass"
      ],
      ": invincible":[],
      ": not subject to correction, alteration, or modification":[
        "a bulletproof argument"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The car has bulletproof windows.",
      "The police officer was wearing a bulletproof vest.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ukraine has raised more than $54 million from Bitcoin donations, $15 million of which have been spent on military supplies such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Even the most advanced technologies are never bulletproof . \u2014 Sean Mcdermott, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Republicans have nearly bulletproof gerrymanders of legislatures in swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Overall, the benefits are huge, but no fix is completely bulletproof . \u2014 Chris Nicoli, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Lawmakers already can get reimbursement for buying protective equipment such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "While highly effective at preventing severe illness and death, the shots are not bulletproof . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Vaccines are not bulletproof , but those who do get infected tend not to be critically ill. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021",
      "The source, who demanded anonymity to speak freely, said that Intriago is also known for providing firearms, firearms parts, and military and police equipment such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259t-\u02ccpr\u00fcf",
      "also \u02c8b\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "impregnable",
      "indomitable",
      "insuperable",
      "insurmountable",
      "invincible",
      "invulnerable",
      "unbeatable",
      "unconquerable",
      "unstoppable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044540",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bullhead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various large-headed fishes (such as a sculpin)",
      ": any of several common freshwater catfishes (genus Ameiurus sometimes included in the genus Ictalurus ) of the U.S.",
      ": any of various fishes with large heads"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other nonnatives fish in Utah Lake include perch, walleye, bass, bluegill channel catfish and black bullhead catfish. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill, black crappie and bullhead , several dozen in all. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched",
      "also",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081616",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullhead lily":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": spatterdock":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bull entry 1 + head":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061358",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullhead shark":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a shark of the family Heterodontidae \u2014 see heterodontus":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bull entry 1 + head":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134359",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullheaded":{
    "antonyms":[
      "acquiescent",
      "agreeable",
      "amenable",
      "compliant",
      "complying",
      "flexible",
      "pliable",
      "pliant",
      "relenting",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stupidly stubborn : headstrong":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bullheaded boss who won't take advice from anyone",
      "a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259l-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02c8he-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adamant",
      "adamantine",
      "dogged",
      "hard",
      "hard-nosed",
      "hardened",
      "hardheaded",
      "headstrong",
      "immovable",
      "implacable",
      "inconvincible",
      "inflexible",
      "intransigent",
      "mulish",
      "obdurate",
      "obstinate",
      "opinionated",
      "ossified",
      "pat",
      "pertinacious",
      "perverse",
      "pigheaded",
      "self-opinionated",
      "self-willed",
      "stiff-necked",
      "stubborn",
      "unbending",
      "uncompromising",
      "unrelenting",
      "unyielding",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231414",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullheadedness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "acquiescent",
      "agreeable",
      "amenable",
      "compliant",
      "complying",
      "flexible",
      "pliable",
      "pliant",
      "relenting",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stupidly stubborn : headstrong":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bullheaded boss who won't take advice from anyone",
      "a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259l-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02c8he-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adamant",
      "adamantine",
      "dogged",
      "hard",
      "hard-nosed",
      "hardened",
      "hardheaded",
      "headstrong",
      "immovable",
      "implacable",
      "inconvincible",
      "inflexible",
      "intransigent",
      "mulish",
      "obdurate",
      "obstinate",
      "opinionated",
      "ossified",
      "pat",
      "pertinacious",
      "perverse",
      "pigheaded",
      "self-opinionated",
      "self-willed",
      "stiff-necked",
      "stubborn",
      "unbending",
      "uncompromising",
      "unrelenting",
      "unyielding",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182205",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bully":{
    "antonyms":[
      "abuse",
      "brutalize",
      "ill-treat",
      "ill-use",
      "kick around",
      "maltreat",
      "manhandle",
      "mess over",
      "mishandle",
      "mistreat",
      "misuse"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fine chap":[],
      ": a hired ruffian":[],
      ": excellent":[
        "\u2014 often used in interjectional expressions bully for you"
      ],
      ": pickled or canned usually corned beef":[],
      ": pimp":[],
      ": resembling or characteristic of a bully":[
        "his bully tricks"
      ],
      ": sweetheart":[],
      ": to cause (someone) to do something by means of force or coercion":[
        "was bullied into accepting their offer"
      ],
      ": to treat (someone) in a cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive fashion : to act like a bully toward":[
        "bullied her younger brother"
      ],
      ": to use language or behavior that is cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He bullied his younger brothers.",
      "children who had been bullied by their father since infancy",
      "Adjective",
      "that's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
      "1693, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1753, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Middle Dutch boele lover; akin to Middle Low German b\u014dle lover, Middle High German buole":"Noun , Verb, and Adjective",
      "probably modification of French ( b\u0153uf ) boulli boiled beef":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bully Verb intimidate , cow , bulldoze , bully , browbeat mean to frighten into submission. intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another. intimidated by so many other bright freshmen cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost. not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats. bulldozed the city council into approving the plan bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior. bullied into giving up their lunch money browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment. browbeat the witness into a contradiction",
    "synonyms":[
      "bullyboy",
      "hector",
      "intimidator"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095446",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bullyboy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a swaggering bully":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "political bullyboys who threaten their opponents",
      "unfortunately, some local bullyboys had made the park their turf, and families avoided it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Beijing\u2019s bullyboy tactics were starting to hit uncomfortably close to home. \u2014 Mark L. Clifford, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Barletta was a friend and former student of George Shultz, then U.S. secretary of state, and suddenly critics of Noriega\u2019s bullyboy rule found a more attentive audience within the Reagan administration. \u2014 Glenn Garvin, miamiherald , 30 May 2017",
      "The election campaign was, in retrospect, the ultimate Trump display of bullyboy arrogance. \u2014 Michael D'antonio, CNN , 18 May 2017",
      "Chaffetz\u2019s shtick \u2014 bullyboy investigator targeting the right\u2019s bogeymen \u2014 worked when Hillary Clinton and/or President Obama were his targets. \u2014 Jennifer Rubin, The Denver Post , 20 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113-\u02ccb\u022fi",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bully",
      "hector",
      "intimidator"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181808",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bullyrag":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to intimidate by bullying":[],
      ": to vex by teasing : badger":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the kind of neighborhood in which it was standard practice for young teens to be bullyragged into joining a street gang"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113-\u02ccrag"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "bogart",
      "browbeat",
      "bulldoze",
      "bully",
      "cow",
      "hector",
      "intimidate",
      "strong-arm"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115934",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bulwark":{
    "antonyms":[
      "assail",
      "assault",
      "attack"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart":[],
      ": a strong support or protection":[
        "democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny",
        "a bulwark of freedom"
      ],
      ": breakwater , seawall":[
        "building a bulwark in the harbor"
      ],
      ": the side of a ship above the upper deck":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": to fortify or safeguard with a bulwark":[
        "ability to bulwark a moral choice",
        "\u2014 Margaret Mead"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny",
      "Verb",
      "vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against a terrorist attack",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Killingly\u2019s school board, swept up in the culture wars of the Trump era, has repeatedly cast itself as a bulwark against liberalism and government intrusion. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Australia\u2019s Labor Party won a national election less than a month ago, making Anthony Albanese prime minister and ousting Scott Morrison, who had cast himself as a bulwark against China. \u2014 David Winning, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
      "Throughout that national spectacle, The Republic served as a bulwark against the unprecedented attack on democracy itself. \u2014 Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
      "His Fidesz party is slightly ahead in the polls, buttressed by a vast pro-government media apparatus that played down the carnage caused by Russia and presented Mr. Orban as the only bulwark against bloodshed spreading into Hungary. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "This is especially urgent at a moment when some of the loudest voices calling for new restraints on global capitalism are white nationalists who see white racial solidarity as the best bulwark against a soulless market. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Consumers, the bulwark of the economy, still have a lot of financial firepower built up from earlier in the pandemic, when they were cooped up at home and showered with stimulus checks from the federal government. \u2014 Rich Miller, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
      "Since independence, Haitians had outlawed foreign land ownership as a symbol of their freedom and a bulwark against invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel may be the most important bulwark protecting Michiganders should Roe fall. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The goal is to bulwark oil and gas against ambitious climate change policies by claiming the moral high ground \u2014 even as those fuels kindle a global crisis that disproportionately harms people who aren\u2019t white. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2020",
      "The company is hoping to bulwark itself in an uncertain economy. \u2014 Lucinda Shen, Fortune , 4 May 2020",
      "Iconic businesses would be boarded up, as if bulwarked against some invading army. \u2014 James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2020",
      "But so is lasting peace, bulwarked by the safeguarding of human rights \u2014 particularly for Afghan women \u2014 and the prevention of Afghanistan again becoming a haven for terrorism. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities , 8 Sep. 2019",
      "Even Einstein, the prototypical loner, was bulwarked by a vast correspondence of arguing and discussion. \u2014 Dennis Overbye, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bulwerke , from Middle Dutch bolwerc , from bolle tree trunk + werc work":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccw\u022frk",
      "\u02c8b\u0259l-(\u02cc)w\u0259rk",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-(\u02cc)w\u0259rk",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307l-w\u0259rk",
      "sense 3 also \u02c8b\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cover",
      "defend",
      "fence",
      "fend",
      "forfend",
      "guard",
      "keep",
      "protect",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "secure",
      "shield",
      "ward"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041714",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bum":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bargain-basement",
      "cheap",
      "cheapjack",
      "cheesy",
      "coarse",
      "common",
      "crappy",
      "cut-rate",
      "el cheapo",
      "execrable",
      "gimcrack",
      "inferior",
      "junky",
      "lousy",
      "low-grade",
      "low-rent",
      "mediocre",
      "miserable",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "rubbishy",
      "schlock",
      "schlocky",
      "shlock",
      "shlocky",
      "second-rate",
      "shoddy",
      "sleazy",
      "terrible",
      "trashy",
      "trumpery",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drinking spree : bender":[
        "a 2-day bum"
      ],
      ": affected or disabled by damage or injury":[
        "has a bum knee"
      ],
      ": buttocks":[
        "fell down on his bum"
      ],
      ": disappoint , depress":[
        "\u2014 usually used with out The news really bummed me out."
      ],
      ": loaf":[
        "bummed around the house all day"
      ],
      ": not pleasant or enjoyable":[
        "a bum trip"
      ],
      ": not valid or deserved":[
        "writing a bum check"
      ],
      ": of poor quality or nature":[
        "bum advice"
      ],
      ": one who performs a function poorly":[
        "called the umpire a bum"
      ],
      ": one who sponges (see sponge entry 2 sense 2 ) off others and avoids work":[
        "He's a lazy bum ."
      ],
      ": one whose time is devoted to a recreational activity":[
        "a beach bum",
        "ski bums"
      ],
      ": to obtain by asking or begging : cadge":[
        "bum a cigarette"
      ],
      ": to spend time unemployed and often wandering":[
        "\u2014 often used with around spent a couple of months bumming around Mexico"
      ],
      ": vagrant , tramp":[
        "bums sleeping on park benches"
      ],
      ": with no settled residence or means of support":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "that was bum advice that you got from that chat room"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1863, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bom":"Noun",
      "perhaps from bum entry 3":"Noun",
      "perhaps from bum entry 4":"Adjective",
      "probably back-formation from bummer entry 1":"Verb",
      "probably back-formation from bummer entry 2":"Verb",
      "probably short for bummer entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010246",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bum (out)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to make sad that sort of news really bums me out"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181501",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bumble":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blow",
      "bobble",
      "boggle",
      "bollix (up)",
      "boot",
      "botch",
      "bugger (up)",
      "bungle",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
      "flub",
      "fluff",
      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bungle":[],
      ": buzz":[],
      ": drone , rumble":[],
      ": to proceed unsteadily : stumble":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
      "This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
      "Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin":"Verb",
      "perhaps alteration of bungle":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "drone",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105530",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bumbler":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blow",
      "bobble",
      "boggle",
      "bollix (up)",
      "boot",
      "botch",
      "bugger (up)",
      "bungle",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
      "flub",
      "fluff",
      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bungle":[],
      ": buzz":[],
      ": drone , rumble":[],
      ": to proceed unsteadily : stumble":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
      "This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
      "Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin":"Verb",
      "perhaps alteration of bungle":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burr",
      "buzz",
      "drone",
      "hum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233554",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bummer":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bindle stiff",
      "bum",
      "hobo",
      "sundowner",
      "swaggie",
      "swagman",
      "tramp",
      "vagabond",
      "vagrant"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an unpleasant experience (such as a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug)":[],
      ": failure , flop":[],
      ": one that bums":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bum entry 2 + -er entry 2":"Noun",
      "probably modification of German Bummler loafer, from bummeln to dangle, loaf":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "down",
      "downer"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102212",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bump":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "collide",
      "crash",
      "hit",
      "impact",
      "impinge",
      "knock",
      "ram",
      "slam",
      "smash",
      "strike",
      "swipe",
      "thud"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cranial protuberance":[],
      ": a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as":[],
      ": a small quantity of an illicit drug when inhaled in powdered form at one time":[
        "At her first few shows Savannah did bumps of coke off her pinkie before hitting the stage.",
        "\u2014 Peter Wilkinson"
      ],
      ": a sudden forceful blow, impact, or jolt":[
        "felt a bump when the boat hit the dock"
      ],
      ": a sudden rise or uneven area in a road surface likely to jolt a passing vehicle":[
        "a bump in the road"
      ],
      ": a swelling of tissue":[
        "Her face flawless. Not a bump , a splotch or a freckle.",
        "\u2014 Katy Kelly"
      ],
      ": an action of thrusting the hips forward with an abrupt suggestive motion (as in a dance or in a burlesque striptease act) \u2014 compare grind entry 2 sense 4":[],
      ": an increase in amount":[
        "a slight bump in wages/prices",
        "\u2026 since \"Glee\" burst on the scene last fall, some local show choirs have seen a bump in auditions \u2026",
        "\u2014 Kristin Tillotson"
      ],
      ": baby bump":[
        "Confirming her pregnancy at the September 6 MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West's ex, 28, showed off her bump for the first time on the red carpet.",
        "\u2014 Allison Corneau"
      ],
      ": demotion":[],
      ": the act or an instance of bumping (see bump entry 2 sense 4 ) the ball with the forearms":[
        "Loara High volleyball player Juli Miles demonstrates how to execute a bump during a match \u2026 . As the ball approaches, bring in your elbows and lock them so that your forearms are close to touching, which creates a nice, flat platform for the ball to bounce off.",
        "\u2014 Laura Czingula"
      ],
      ": to collide with":[],
      ": to dislodge with a jolt":[],
      ": to encounter especially by chance":[],
      ": to encounter something that is an obstacle or hindrance":[
        "bumped up against a chair"
      ],
      ": to hit (the ball) with the forearms held close together and facing upward (as when receiving a serve)":[
        "Hitting a ball with your bare forearms might sound painful, but it won't be if you learn how to bump the ball properly.",
        "\u2014 Eric Rinehimer"
      ],
      ": to knock against something with a forceful jolt":[],
      ": to oust usually by virtue of seniority or priority":[
        "was bumped from the flight"
      ],
      ": to play or listen to (recorded music, especially rap)":[
        "\u2026 a portable DVD/CD player that bumps the new Snoop Dogg through surround-sound speakers \u2026",
        "\u2014 Daniel G. Habib"
      ],
      ": to proceed in or as if in a series of bumps":[],
      ": to strike or knock with force or violence":[],
      ": to subject to a scalar change":[
        "rates being bumped up"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He wound up with a few minor bumps and bruises from the fight.",
      "Did you feel a bump ?",
      "Verb",
      "I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.",
      "Be careful not to bump the vase.",
      "You nearly bumped me off the edge!",
      "The jolt bumped him right out of his seat.",
      "They bumped into us from behind.",
      "The boat bumped against the pier.",
      "The TV show will be bumped to a new time.",
      "Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.",
      "The loss bumped us out of first place.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 18th annual Kids\u2019 Fest takes place July 9, rain or shine, at the 35-acre Wampum Lake, which features nine bump -outs along nearly one mile of shoreline. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "Each has hit a bump in the road of life, losing a part of themselves along the way. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
      "DeGeneres\u2019 daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. \u2014 Lynn Elber, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
      "But Apple plans to upgrade the entry-level iPad this year, with the new model expected to receive a big specs bump . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
      "Airplay also saw a bump of nearly 330% as audience for the song went from 41,000 to over 422,000 in a week. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 June 2022",
      "Also pretty clearly, the only real Trump-skeptical candidate in the race, a millionaire named Matt Dolan, received a big bump , too, and is now running second or third in recent polls. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
      "In all, the new state budget for the fiscal year through March 31, 2023, allocates $4.7 billion in operating funds to the state Office of Mental Health \u2014 a bump of nearly $800 million from the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "And, finally, what will this big pay bump mean for other early-career workers in other parts of the sprawling General Dynamics universe? \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There have been rumblings that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham will soon introduce legislation to bump that requirement up to 67. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The track was the pop-rock singer\u2019s major-label debut and helped bump her overall streams year-on-year by 500%. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "In this week\u2019s SportsMoney Playbook: Tiger Woods joins the three-comma club, \u200b\u200bMLS's costly deal with Apple, and the Broncos bump up NFL team values. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "But finally, on Tuesday, Trump was able to handedly bump one of the most vocal of that list, Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina, off his seat, rendering him out of a job come November. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
      "Rihanna appeared with her belly bump on the cover of Vogue this month and spoke about her pregnancy. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
      "Imagine a bunch of individual atoms that might sometimes bump into each other at the office. \u2014 Alexandra Samuel, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "The Americans are second and Costa Rica, which is currently fourth, would have to win Wednesday night\u2019s game against the USMNT by six or more goals to bump the U.S. men out of the top three. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The two brackets will be filled out based on the final OSAA rankings, but league champions ranked outside of the top 16 will be moved into the Top 16 bracket and will bump the lowest seeds to the Next 16 bracket. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1558, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably imitative of the sound of a blow":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259mp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "knot",
      "lump",
      "node",
      "nodule",
      "swelling"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065937",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bump off":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to murder casually or cold-bloodedly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1907, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "assassinate",
      "croak",
      "dispatch",
      "do in",
      "execute",
      "get",
      "ice",
      "knock off",
      "liquidate",
      "murder",
      "neutralize",
      "off",
      "put away",
      "rub out",
      "slay",
      "snuff",
      "take out",
      "terminate",
      "whack"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044603",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bump supper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually riotous celebration by a college making a certain number of bumps or retaining its first-place position in a bumping race":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230253",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc.":[
        "Prices are being bumped up .",
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      ]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181822",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "buffer",
      "cocoon",
      "cushion",
      "cushioning",
      "fender",
      "pad"
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      ": a brief interval on radio or television filled with music, video shots, or voice-overs that marks a break between a program and a commercial":[],
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      ": something unusually large":[],
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        "a bumper crop"
      ]
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      "Adjective",
      "We had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year.",
      "it's been a bumper year for movies aimed at intelligent adults"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "circa 1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from bump to bulge":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
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      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
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      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
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      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
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      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231418",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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      "cosmopolitan",
      "cosmopolite",
      "sophisticate"
    ],
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      ": a spar projecting from a ship especially at the stern":[],
      ": an awkward and unsophisticated rustic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1570, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1613, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from Dutch bommekijn small cask, from Middle Dutch, from bomme cask":"Noun",
      "probably from Dutch boomken , diminutive of boom tree":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chawbacon",
      "churl",
      "clodhopper",
      "cornball",
      "countryman",
      "hayseed",
      "hick",
      "provincial",
      "rube",
      "rustic",
      "yokel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012653",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "definitions":{
      ": phrenologist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bumpology + -ist":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132625",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": phrenology"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "bump entry 2 + -o- + -logy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123506",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a device that indicates irregularities in a pavement or roadbed"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "bumpometer from bump entry 2 + -o- + -meter; bump meter from bump entry 2 + meter (measurer)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102356",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bumptious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "humble",
      "lowly",
      "modest",
      "unarrogant",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
      "Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
      "In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bump entry 1 + -tious (as in fractious )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrogant",
      "assumptive",
      "cavalier",
      "chesty",
      "haughty",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "huffish",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "important",
      "lofty",
      "lordly",
      "masterful",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "sniffy",
      "stiff-necked",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235257",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bumptiousness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "humble",
      "lowly",
      "modest",
      "unarrogant",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
      "Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
      "In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bump entry 1 + -tious (as in fractious )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrogant",
      "assumptive",
      "cavalier",
      "chesty",
      "haughty",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "huffish",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "important",
      "lofty",
      "lordly",
      "masterful",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "sniffy",
      "stiff-necked",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075816",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bumpy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or covered with bumps":[],
      ": marked by bumps or jolts":[],
      ": marked by or full of difficulties":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The road is very bumpy .",
      "the bumpy skin of a cucumber",
      "The flight was very bumpy .",
      "The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whitehill\u2019s professional career reflected the bumpy road that women\u2019s pro soccer has followed in the United States. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Acne scarring, enlarged pores, and the typical aging process are all to blame for a bumpy skin texture. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
      "After last year\u2019s bumpy restart and an end-of-year meltdown fueled by weather and infections tied to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, airline executives pledged to improve. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "Or rather, it was revealed by Reina and Ferolla, who drove me, along winding bumpy back roads, to the Via Flacca, which runs along a bluff just north of Gaeta. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
      "But a bumpy and uneven recovery across the continent suggests the theater business isn\u2019t quite out of the woods yet. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 June 2022",
      "Instead, their shows displayed the bumpy seams of their own presence, resistant to reassurance when discomfort made more sense. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "On a recent Sunday, Lucia Chinenyanga, 42, navigates her bicycle through the bumpy terrain of Makusha Township in Shurugwi District in rural Zimbabwe, 200 miles outside the country\u2019s capital city of Harare. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "Smart windows can help the world make strides in energy savings \u2014 but, as seen with other innovations like electric cars, the road to a greener future can get a bit bumpy . \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "choppy",
      "herky-jerky",
      "jerky",
      "jouncy",
      "rough"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022147",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bunch":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bag",
      "balloon",
      "beetle",
      "belly",
      "billow",
      "bulge",
      "jut",
      "overhang",
      "poke",
      "pooch",
      "pouch",
      "pout",
      "project",
      "protrude",
      "stand out",
      "start",
      "stick out",
      "swell"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a considerable amount : lot":[
        "a bunch of money"
      ],
      ": a number of things of the same kind":[
        "a bunch of grapes"
      ],
      ": group sense 2a":[
        "a bunch of friends"
      ],
      ": protuberance , swelling":[],
      ": swell , protrude":[],
      ": to form a group or cluster":[
        "\u2014 often used with up"
      ],
      ": to form into a bunch":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He always had a bunch of keys on his belt.",
      "Dried herbs hung in bunches from the kitchen rafters.",
      "Verb",
      "The child's tights bunched at the ankles.",
      "the dress bunches a bit at the waist",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Raiders are the highest-ranked of the bunch at No. 5, followed by the Lions at No. 13 and Patriots at 20. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
      "Finally, there's the Echo Show 15, which is by far the largest of the bunch and meant to be mounted on a wall, like a picture. \u2014 PCMAG , 28 June 2022",
      "The tapetum is composed of a bunch of long collagen fibers, lined up lengthwise and suspended in fluid. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
      "The iPhone 14 series will be the most important product of the bunch , however. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 June 2022",
      "That list had six players who have already committed, with five-star wide receiver Brandon Inniss the highest-rated of the bunch . \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
      "The biggest of the bunch : House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has spent $252,000 at Trump properties, 99% of which came between Trump\u2019s election in 2016 and the end of his term. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "JetBlue Airways, the biggest of the bunch at Logan, delayed half of its flights nationwide. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "The funniest snap of the bunch came when Simpson Ross shared a photo of Jagger in front of an old-school phone booth in London. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Because the layers are bonded, the gloves don\u2019t bunch . \u2014 Berne Broudy, Outside Online , 22 Mar. 2021",
      "Rather than using removable inserts that bunch up in the wash and get thrown away, all Lume Six bras are offered in two versions: unlined or with thin sewn-in padding. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Women\u2019s styles frustrate Emily Casey, 32, a software engineer in Brooklyn, tending to bunch under her arms. \u2014 Aria Darcella, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Charitable contributions are not the only way to bunch . \u2014 Jamie Hopkins, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "That meant the Flyline kit needed to accommodate the contours of a seated skier while eliminating seams, pockets, zippers, and any excess fabric that could bunch up in the chair. \u2014 Nick Heil, Outside Online , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Many of the shootings bunch up at the city\u2019s major thoroughfares. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "Use carpeting or hardwood flooring as opposed to area rugs, which can bunch up or become a tripping hazard. Keep walking areas clear of clutter. \u2014 Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "To buy: 2 tomatoes, 1/2 pound red or yellow potatoes, 1 red onion, 1 bottle balsamic vinegar, 1 bottle dried oregano, 1 container minced garlic, 1 bunch broccoli florets, 1 block feta cheese (3 ounces needed) and 1 bunch cilantro. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 29 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bunche":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259nch"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "body",
      "circle",
      "clan",
      "clique",
      "community",
      "coterie",
      "coven",
      "crowd",
      "fold",
      "gal\u00e8re",
      "gang",
      "klatch",
      "klatsch",
      "lot",
      "network",
      "pack",
      "ring",
      "set"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035149",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a swindling game or scheme":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "they were experts at that bunco , having fleeced wide-eyed tourists for years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The group organizes weekly and monthly events including dinners, dances, bingo and bunco . \u2014 Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 14 June 2018",
      "Invite your bunco club or friends who have never played. \u2014 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1872, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of Spanish banca bench, banking, bank in gambling, from Italian \u2014 more at bank":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "con",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "fraud",
      "hustle",
      "scam",
      "shell game",
      "sting",
      "swindle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165400",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "buncombe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": insincere or foolish talk : nonsense":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "What a load of bunkum !",
      "a cinematic depiction of the Middle Ages that was derided as pure bunkum by historians",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unfortunately, but somewhat predictably, the press has fallen for Bukele\u2019s bunkum hook, line, and sinker. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Reich makes $300,000 a year teaching anti-capitalist bunkum to impressionable young minds \u2014 on top of at least $40,000 per hour giving speeches around the country. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 5 May 2021",
      "But like many others on the right, Peterson is ultimately motivated by an inability to let bunkum prevail unchallenged. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "Almost no records survived, though, so the history of the Pony Express is littered with impostors, inaccuracies, and plain bunkum . \u2014 National Geographic , 23 June 2018",
      "For sixteen seasons, John Elway let all the bunkum bounce off his big shoulders. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 23 May 2017",
      "Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum . \u2014 Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com , 21 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Buncombe county, North Carolina; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe":""
    },
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      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-k\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drivel",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "guff",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085113",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "accelerate",
      "fast-track",
      "hasten",
      "hurry",
      "quicken",
      "rush",
      "speed (up)",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a considerable number : lot":[
        "a bundle of contradictions"
      ],
      ": a group of things fastened together for convenient handling":[
        "a bundle of newspapers"
      ],
      ": a package offering related products or services at a single price":[
        "software bundles"
      ],
      ": a person embodying a specified quality or characteristic":[
        "She's a little bundle of energy.",
        "was a bundle of nerves before his speech"
      ],
      ": a sizable sum of money":[
        "will cost you a bundle"
      ],
      ": a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle)":[],
      ": bunch sense 2":[
        "a bundle of friends"
      ],
      ": hurry , hustle":[
        "\u2026 a group of servants came bundling from the kitchen.",
        "\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
      ],
      ": package , parcel":[
        "arrived with several bundles under his arms"
      ],
      ": to hustle or hurry unceremoniously":[
        "bundled the children off to school"
      ],
      ": to include (a product or service) with a related product for sale at a single price":[
        "software bundled with computer hardware",
        "bundling cable and Internet services"
      ],
      ": to make into a bundle":[
        "bundle the magazines together"
      ],
      ": to practice bundling":[],
      ": vascular bundle":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Whoever picks the winning ticket will win a bundle of prizes.",
      "He made a bundle on the stock market.",
      "A reliable car doesn't have to cost a bundle .",
      "They made bundles of money.",
      "Verb",
      "Someone had bundled the wet towels into a big pile.",
      "She bundled the children into the car.",
      "We all bundled into the car.",
      "They've increased sales by bundling their most popular programs.",
      "a computer that comes with bundled software",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Scroll down to shop the Casper Mother's Day sale and see what's included in each bundle . \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
      "But at least the retailer isn\u2019t forcing you to buy the products in a bundle like GameStop. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Tickets to the exhibition at Great Lakes Mall range in price from $13 per person in a family bundle , all the way to $26 for VIP adult admission. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Also available as a bundle with cosmetic case and lanyard card case ($139). \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2022",
      "Initially, the two could be sold as a bundle , but over time they will be brought together into one giant streaming service, Mr. Zaslav told staff on Friday. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The bugs were first found in the United States in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014, after supposedly hitching a ride as a bundle of eggs from China via a shipment of stone. \u2014 Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Seasons 1-3 can be purchased as a bundle for $24.99. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The other catch is that PS5 units will only be sold as a bundle , likely at over $800. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Reuters reported in March that Volkswagen, BMW, and Porsche are having trouble getting the wire harnesses, which bundle cables in a vehicle, as Ukraine suppliers have been closed by the war. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "Fans will also have the option to bundle their hotel stay with their festival passes via official hotel partner Fuse Technologies. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 7 June 2022",
      "Creating exclusive content or acquiring premium content necessary to bundle streaming content on a platform means enormous investments. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Enlarge / Microsoft will allow third-party apps to bundle their own widgets starting later this year. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
      "Disney+ also gives users the option to bundle with ESPN+, to watch live sports, and Hulu for $13.99 a month with ads. \u2014 al , 20 May 2022",
      "Lawmakers plan to bundle the virus aid package with fiscal 2021 spending, which expires Sunday at midnight. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 20 Dec. 2020",
      "Avoid arguments with the genius Erv\u00e9t split duvet bundle that features customizable inserts for each side of the bed. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
      "But Matt Johnson, co-chief executive of TruConnect, said California is the only state that won\u2019t let wireless companies bundle Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program money into one enhanced offering for customers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1606, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bundel , from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English byndel bundle, bindan to bind":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bushel",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052417",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bung":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the cecum or anus especially of a slaughtered animal":[],
      ": throw sense 1":[],
      ": to plug with or as if with a bung":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "thousands of pounds in illegal bungs",
      "Verb",
      "we had bunged up the moving van so much that we couldn't have possibly squeezed in one more thing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Lemish, like Kramer, is a diva, always ready to pull the bung from his emotions. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 6 Jan. 2020",
      "Two grandkids were up by the windshield, crammed in front of blue drums of gas, with gas pooled around the bungs and more tanks in the stern leaking gas. \u2014 Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2019",
      "Indiana State Fair food Here are 22 new food items coming to the fair: American Hero \u2013 A soft bung hosting a meat trio of Virginia ham, salami and pepperoni. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 15 July 2019",
      "Prosecutors allege that Mazzacurati presided over a consortium where the original aim of saving Venice seems to have been forgotten amid bungs to political parties and cronies. \u2014 Manfred Manera, Newsweek , 18 July 2014",
      "Johnson had removed the drum\u2019s bung , which is like a cap, and car wash polish erupted on the left side of his face, according to the incident report. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 20 Dec. 2017",
      "Never apply heat to an empty drum when the caps and bungs aren't removed. \u2014 jsonline.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada\u2019s tar sands are bunged -up with protests against new pipelines. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2020",
      "Stuff that today\u2019s parents would get all bunged up about \u2013 no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls \u2013 were just part of regular ol\u2019 parenting. \u2014 Jill Hamilton, Orange County Register , 20 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Middle Dutch bonne, bonghe":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "block",
      "dam",
      "fill",
      "pack",
      "plug",
      "stop",
      "stuff"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191018",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bung head":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tapered square head on a bolt or screw":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from bung entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223207",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bung starter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wooden mallet used for loosening the bung of a cask":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213239",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bung up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": batter entry 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "he's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bash",
      "baste",
      "bat",
      "batter",
      "beat",
      "belabor",
      "belt",
      "birch",
      "bludgeon",
      "buffet",
      "club",
      "curry",
      "do",
      "drub",
      "fib",
      "flog",
      "hammer",
      "hide",
      "lace",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lash",
      "lather",
      "lick",
      "maul",
      "mess (up)",
      "paddle",
      "pelt",
      "pommel",
      "pound",
      "pummel",
      "punch out",
      "rough (up)",
      "slate",
      "slog",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "thresh",
      "thump",
      "tromp",
      "wallop",
      "whale",
      "whip",
      "whop",
      "whap",
      "whup",
      "work over"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193745",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bung-eyed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from bung entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b\u00a6\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130138",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bung-full":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": very or completely full : chock-full":[
        "an auto bung-full of children",
        "zealots who are bung-full of schemes",
        "\u2014 A. J. Nock"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bung entry 1 + full":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013104",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bunghole":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hole for emptying or filling a cask":[],
      ": anus , asshole":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Coover snaps on a latex glove and reaches up into literature\u2019s bunghole , as if to turn the whole project inside out. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2018",
      "Meanwhile, the gasket attached around the bunghole to create a seal that keeps out oxygen (an enemy of fresh beer) also creates the pressure to push beer out of the barrel and into the tap line. \u2014 Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics , 3 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-\u02cch\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025709",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bungle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mishandle , botch":[
        "bungle a job",
        "bungled the investigation"
      ],
      ": to act or work clumsily and awkwardly":[
        "bungled badly in the campaign"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.",
      "bungled the job the first time she tried to do it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fifth-round draft choice \u2014 no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here \u2014 the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Attorney Kim Foxx managed to bungle things up early by exchanging texts with a relative of Smollett\u2019s, and everything got weirder from there. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "That is a question for the next president of baseball operations to solve, and the Mets cannot afford to bungle another job search. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn\u2019t bungle the reopening. \u2014 Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
      "Don\u2019t mess around and bungle the best quarterback situation the Seahawks franchise has ever seen. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "The on-field product was a disaster, only in part because of a season-ending injury to quarterback Dak Prescott, and the new coach found something new to bungle almost every week. \u2014 Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "The reality is for countries that bungle the public health response, the economic damage is going to be deeper and longer lasting. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "The prosecutor in that case, Debranjan Banerjee, told me that individuals working on behalf of the traffickers had offered him a bribe to bungle the prosecution so that the defendants would be released on bail. \u2014 Smita Sharma, National Geographic , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blow",
      "bobble",
      "boggle",
      "bollix (up)",
      "boot",
      "botch",
      "bugger (up)",
      "bumble",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
      "flub",
      "fluff",
      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031612",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bungled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": badly done : unsuccessful because of mistakes : botched":[
        "a bungled robbery",
        "a badly bungled attempt"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After abandoning its bungled attempt to storm Kyiv two months ago, Russia declared that taking the entire Donbas is its main objective. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "The bungled response to a problem discovered two weeks before the election left many key primary races hanging for over a week after Election Day. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "But in the short term and long, the world appears more at risk of a nuclear conflict as a result of Putin\u2019s bungled invasion and nuclear threats, according to arms control experts and negotiators. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Some Hollywood insiders say Chapek\u2019s bungled response reflects a lack of experience in the creative side of Hollywood before taking the CEO job. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Washington will need to do better than Mr. Biden\u2019s bungled summit. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "But the district\u2019s bungled effort to test tens of thousands of students over winter break only added to parents\u2019 and teachers\u2019 concerns. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The return to lethal injections in the state where the method was created follows a series of bungled and gruesome executions in 2014 and 2015. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "At its low point, shortly after the bungled launch of its online insurance marketplace in the fall of 2013, only about one-third of Americans approved of the Affordable Care Act, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1619, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259ld"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091709",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bungler":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mishandle , botch":[
        "bungle a job",
        "bungled the investigation"
      ],
      ": to act or work clumsily and awkwardly":[
        "bungled badly in the campaign"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.",
      "bungled the job the first time she tried to do it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fifth-round draft choice \u2014 no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here \u2014 the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Attorney Kim Foxx managed to bungle things up early by exchanging texts with a relative of Smollett\u2019s, and everything got weirder from there. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "That is a question for the next president of baseball operations to solve, and the Mets cannot afford to bungle another job search. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn\u2019t bungle the reopening. \u2014 Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
      "Don\u2019t mess around and bungle the best quarterback situation the Seahawks franchise has ever seen. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "The on-field product was a disaster, only in part because of a season-ending injury to quarterback Dak Prescott, and the new coach found something new to bungle almost every week. \u2014 Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "The reality is for countries that bungle the public health response, the economic damage is going to be deeper and longer lasting. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
      "The prosecutor in that case, Debranjan Banerjee, told me that individuals working on behalf of the traffickers had offered him a bribe to bungle the prosecution so that the defendants would be released on bail. \u2014 Smita Sharma, National Geographic , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blow",
      "bobble",
      "boggle",
      "bollix (up)",
      "boot",
      "botch",
      "bugger (up)",
      "bumble",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
      "flub",
      "fluff",
      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183824",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bunglesome":{
    "antonyms":[
      "handy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": awkward , clumsy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "get rid of that bunglesome old suitcase and buy something with wheels"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l-s\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "clumsy",
      "clunky",
      "cranky",
      "cumbersome",
      "cumbrous",
      "ponderous",
      "ungainly",
      "unhandy",
      "unwieldy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194654",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bungling":{
    "antonyms":[
      "adroit",
      "deft",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "facile"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": clumsily awkward or inept":[
        "a bungling attempt at humor",
        "\u2026 her complaints about bungling doctors and mean-spirited nurses \u2026",
        "\u2014 Michiko Kakutani"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g(\u0259-)li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "botched",
      "clumsy",
      "fumbled",
      "inept",
      "inexpert",
      "maladroit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032713",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "bungo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large canoe or dugout of the southwestern U.S. and parts of Central and South America":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish bongo":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b(\u02cc)g\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090253",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bunk":{
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "bestow",
      "billet",
      "bivouac",
      "board",
      "camp",
      "chamber",
      "domicile",
      "encamp",
      "harbor",
      "house",
      "lodge",
      "put up",
      "quarter",
      "roof",
      "room",
      "shelter",
      "take in"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a built-in bed (as on a ship) that is often one of a tier of berths":[],
      ": a feeding trough for farm animals and especially cattle":[],
      ": a hurried departure or escape":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase do a bunk"
      ],
      ": a sleeping place":[],
      ": bunk bed":[],
      ": bunkum , nonsense":[],
      ": to occupy a bunk or bed : stay the night":[
        "bunked with a friend for the night"
      ],
      ": to provide with a bunk or bed":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "We'll bunk here for the night.",
      "She was able to bunk with friends."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1840, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1870, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "probably short for bunker":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bed",
      "doss",
      "hay",
      "kip",
      "lair",
      "pad",
      "rack",
      "sack"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033338",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bunko":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a swindling game or scheme":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "they were experts at that bunco , having fleeced wide-eyed tourists for years",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The group organizes weekly and monthly events including dinners, dances, bingo and bunco . \u2014 Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 14 June 2018",
      "Invite your bunco club or friends who have never played. \u2014 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1872, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps alteration of Spanish banca bench, banking, bank in gambling, from Italian \u2014 more at bank":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "con",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "fraud",
      "hustle",
      "scam",
      "shell game",
      "sting",
      "swindle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001016",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "bunkum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": insincere or foolish talk : nonsense":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "What a load of bunkum !",
      "a cinematic depiction of the Middle Ages that was derided as pure bunkum by historians",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unfortunately, but somewhat predictably, the press has fallen for Bukele\u2019s bunkum hook, line, and sinker. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "Reich makes $300,000 a year teaching anti-capitalist bunkum to impressionable young minds \u2014 on top of at least $40,000 per hour giving speeches around the country. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 5 May 2021",
      "But like many others on the right, Peterson is ultimately motivated by an inability to let bunkum prevail unchallenged. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "Almost no records survived, though, so the history of the Pony Express is littered with impostors, inaccuracies, and plain bunkum . \u2014 National Geographic , 23 June 2018",
      "For sixteen seasons, John Elway let all the bunkum bounce off his big shoulders. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 23 May 2017",
      "Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum . \u2014 Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com , 21 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Buncombe county, North Carolina; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-k\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drivel",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "flapdoodle",
      "folderol",
      "falderal",
      "folly",
      "foolishness",
      "fudge",
      "garbage",
      "guff",
      "hogwash",
      "hokeypokey",
      "hokum",
      "hoodoo",
      "hooey",
      "horsefeathers",
      "humbug",
      "humbuggery",
      "jazz",
      "malarkey",
      "malarky",
      "moonshine",
      "muck",
      "nerts",
      "nonsense",
      "nuts",
      "piffle",
      "poppycock",
      "punk",
      "rot",
      "rubbish",
      "senselessness",
      "silliness",
      "slush",
      "stupidity",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "tommyrot",
      "tosh",
      "trash",
      "trumpery",
      "twaddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032018",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buns":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a knot of hair shaped like a bun":[],
      ": buttocks":[],
      ": load sense 4":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bunne":"Noun",
      "perhaps from bun entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0113-\u02ccy\u00fc-\u02c8en",
      "\u02c8b\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100240",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buoy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": float":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up They buoyed up like a cork."
      ],
      ": life buoy":[],
      ": support , uplift":[
        "an economy buoyed by the dramatic postwar growth of industry",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": to keep afloat":[
        "a raft buoyed by empty oil drums"
      ],
      ": to mark by or as if by a float or buoy":[
        "buoy an anchor"
      ],
      ": to raise the spirits of":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up hope buoys him up"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jonah crab and lobster fishermen now must reduce the number of buoy lines and use rope weak enough to break under a whale\u2019s weight. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "For 76 years, Tilly guided ships to Columbia River shipping lanes until it was decommissioned in 1957, replaced by an electronic buoy , according to the National Register of Historic Places. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The sloshing ocean, meanwhile, is always depositing new material onto the surface of the buoy . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
      "LimnoTech first placed a buoy on Lake Erie near Toledo in 2014, stemming from a scare that resulted from an outbreak of toxic algal blooms on the lake that threated drinking water. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
      "If the buoy fell or the castaway stepped off the perch, they would be eliminated from the challenge. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s bad enough in normal conditions, but when the wind blows, the Island Hole at Sawgrass is the size of a buoy . \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "For 25 years, an oceanographic buoy named Peggy has been moored in the middle of the Bering Sea collecting data on ocean conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "That left only seven people competing in the ol' balance-on-a-narrow-perch-while-holding-a- buoy -with-two-handles contest. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 2022-23 regulations were set coming off a year in which hunters registered 9% fewer deer but also a mild winter which is expected to buoy this fall's deer numbers. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
      "The cuts sharply reduced federal subsidies under a program, known as 340B, created to help buoy hospitals that care for larger numbers of uninsured patients. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Ukrainian leaders have sought to buoy troops\u2019 morale. \u2014 Julian Duplain, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "With fewer entertainment options, slots pulled double duty and helped buoy gaming revenue. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Gonsolin gave up just two hits and one walk in his latest gem, continuing to buoy a Dodgers rotation that could have more reinforcements on the way, with Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney both scheduled to go on rehab assignments this weekend. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Government programs designed to buoy struggling Americans during the first phase of the pandemic included federal stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits for parents in the form of monthly cash payments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
      "Those are all signs of the kind of ingenuity and collaboration that ultimately could not only repair the grid but also buoy the island\u2019s society and economy, too. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
      "But better-than-expected political advertising helped buoy its first quarter revenue, a sign that political ads will reach record levels this year. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boye , probably from Middle Dutch boeye ; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign \u2014 more at beacon":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022fi",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221802",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buoyage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of buoys (as for marking a channel)":[],
      ": buoys":[],
      ": the fee for the use of a buoy for mooring a boat":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307i(\u2027i)j",
      "\u02c8b\u022fi\u2027ij",
      "\u02c8b\u00fci\u2027ij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114408",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buoyance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": buoyancy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There was one overlap in Biden's new buoyance and Carville's tactical reality. \u2014 John Brummett, Arkansas Online , 2 May 2021",
      "But there\u2019s an abundance of buoyance in the music, too. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "Cartoon characters\u2019 rubberiness [sic], their jazziness, their cheerful buoyance and idleness, all chimed with popular images of African Americans, already embodied in minstrel shows. \u2014 John Canemaker, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1723, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060518",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buoyancy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement : resilience":[
        "his buoyancy of spirit"
      ],
      ": the property of maintaining a satisfactorily high level (as of prices or economic activity)":[
        "betting that the economy will maintain its buoyancy"
      ],
      ": the tendency of a body to float or to rise when submerged in a fluid":[
        "testing an object's buoyancy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the natural buoyancy of cork",
      "The swimmer is supported by the water's buoyancy .",
      "We hope that the economy will maintain its buoyancy .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lightner was referring to the domestic abuse allegations while explaining Greitens' buoyancy with voters. \u2014 Will Mcduffie, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
      "The neck, belly and back floats offer all-around buoyancy . \u2014 Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
      "Glazunov\u2019s Concert Waltz No. 2 in F \u2014 imparting welcome softness and buoyancy to the strings that made the waltzes shimmer. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Fellini\u2019s early films as a director were in a neorealist mode but had a buoyancy and antic air that suggested a different direction. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The float also has a full-roll pillow, adding extra buoyancy on the water. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
      "In fact, the side-forming air tubes absorb vibrations and limit any rolling while retaining buoyancy . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "This was in part because of the whale oil on board, which provided buoyancy to the sinking ship, according to a report filed by Delgado, Brennan, Sorset, BOEM and SEARCH, Inc. \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The pure pop buoyancy of the creative partnership between Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield\u2013coupled with the Robb Brothers\u2019 stellar production\u2013took this Boston band into the stratosphere. \u2014 Ron Hart, SPIN , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see buoy entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n-",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n(t)-",
      "\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
      "\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202924",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buoyancy tank":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an airtight tank fitted into the stern or bow of a small boat (such as a lifeboat) to keep it afloat if it fills with water or capsizes":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020650",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buoyant":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dour",
      "gloomy",
      "glum",
      "morose",
      "saturnine",
      "sulky",
      "sullen"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": capable of floating":[
        "Cork is naturally buoyant ."
      ],
      ": capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level":[
        "a buoyant economy"
      ],
      ": cheerful , gay":[
        "in a buoyant mood"
      ],
      ": having buoyancy":[
        "Warm air is more buoyant than cool air."
      ],
      ": such as":[
        "Warm air is more buoyant than cool air."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.",
      "The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zeneta Everhart described her good-natured and buoyant son Zaire Goodman, who was wounded by a man charged with the racist killing of 10 Black shoppers at a Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "The series, adapted from Emily St. John Mandel\u2019s 2014 novel about survivors of a cataclysmic viral outbreak, offered something buoyant and rare: a spirit of optimism. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s because it\u2019s both buoyant and IP67 dust- and waterproof, which means its submersible up to a meter for 30 minutes. \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "William Taubman\u2019s volumes about Khrushchev and Gorbachev are vivid, buoyant , and dramatic. \u2014 Yuri Slezkine, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Brazil\u2019s top samba schools filled Rio\u2019s Sambadrome, home to the festival since the 1980s, with buoyant and elaborate floats and dancers. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The through line for these seemingly disparate selections is his buoyant and mellifluous voice, capable of roping any and all material into the realm of genuine romance. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Written in a bracing, acerbic, and darkly comic tenor, the book is a surprisingly buoyant and fast-paced read, a modern and sly spin on the meaning of devotion. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2021",
      "The real-life Jan in the documentary was buoyant and articulate. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1578, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see buoy entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blithe",
      "blithesome",
      "bright",
      "canty",
      "cheerful",
      "cheery",
      "chipper",
      "eupeptic",
      "gay",
      "gladsome",
      "lightsome",
      "sunny",
      "upbeat",
      "winsome"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165054",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "buoyant force":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the upward force exerted by any fluid upon a body placed in it \u2014 compare archimedes' principle":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071237",
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      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113548",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": float":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up They buoyed up like a cork."
      ],
      ": life buoy":[],
      ": support , uplift":[
        "an economy buoyed by the dramatic postwar growth of industry",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": to keep afloat":[
        "a raft buoyed by empty oil drums"
      ],
      ": to mark by or as if by a float or buoy":[
        "buoy an anchor"
      ],
      ": to raise the spirits of":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up hope buoys him up"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jonah crab and lobster fishermen now must reduce the number of buoy lines and use rope weak enough to break under a whale\u2019s weight. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "For 76 years, Tilly guided ships to Columbia River shipping lanes until it was decommissioned in 1957, replaced by an electronic buoy , according to the National Register of Historic Places. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The sloshing ocean, meanwhile, is always depositing new material onto the surface of the buoy . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
      "LimnoTech first placed a buoy on Lake Erie near Toledo in 2014, stemming from a scare that resulted from an outbreak of toxic algal blooms on the lake that threated drinking water. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
      "If the buoy fell or the castaway stepped off the perch, they would be eliminated from the challenge. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s bad enough in normal conditions, but when the wind blows, the Island Hole at Sawgrass is the size of a buoy . \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "For 25 years, an oceanographic buoy named Peggy has been moored in the middle of the Bering Sea collecting data on ocean conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "That left only seven people competing in the ol' balance-on-a-narrow-perch-while-holding-a- buoy -with-two-handles contest. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 2022-23 regulations were set coming off a year in which hunters registered 9% fewer deer but also a mild winter which is expected to buoy this fall's deer numbers. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
      "The cuts sharply reduced federal subsidies under a program, known as 340B, created to help buoy hospitals that care for larger numbers of uninsured patients. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "Ukrainian leaders have sought to buoy troops\u2019 morale. \u2014 Julian Duplain, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
      "With fewer entertainment options, slots pulled double duty and helped buoy gaming revenue. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Gonsolin gave up just two hits and one walk in his latest gem, continuing to buoy a Dodgers rotation that could have more reinforcements on the way, with Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney both scheduled to go on rehab assignments this weekend. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Government programs designed to buoy struggling Americans during the first phase of the pandemic included federal stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits for parents in the form of monthly cash payments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
      "Those are all signs of the kind of ingenuity and collaboration that ultimately could not only repair the grid but also buoy the island\u2019s society and economy, too. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
      "But better-than-expected political advertising helped buoy its first quarter revenue, a sign that political ads will reach record levels this year. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boye , probably from Middle Dutch boeye ; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign \u2014 more at beacon":"Noun and Verb"
    },
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      "\u02c8b\u022fi",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084051",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      "International Scientific Vocabulary buphthalm- (from New Latin buphthalmos ) + -ic"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102433",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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      ": the least amount : beans",
      ": nothing"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184156",
    "type":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Yiddish (probably short for kozebubkes , literally, goat droppings), plural of bubke, bobke , diminutive of bub, bob bean, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish b\u00f3b bean":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "iota",
      "jot",
      "lick",
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      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191844",
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
    ]
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      ": a plant of the genus Bupleurum":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French bupl\u00e8vre hare's-ear, from Latin bupleuron":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8plev\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120503",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "definitions":[
      ": any of a genus ( Bidens ) of coarse composite herbs with prickly flattened achenes that adhere to clothing and fur"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1818, in the meaning defined above"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110043",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "definitions":[
      ": a usually large oak ( Quercus macrocarpa ) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in a fringed cap and tough close-grained wood"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "True, some of its hardiness can be attributed to the tree's species, which is a bur oak . \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
      "Two years after their 311 request, Gage Park residents Stefany Barajas and her mother, Inocencia Vargas, had a bur oak planted through the city. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Tree varieties include red oak, bur oak and swamp white oak. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Among the best shade trees for San Antonio are live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, bur oak , Mexican white oak and chinkapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "In the park\u2019s center, ringed by a bench, is a bur oak that is small now, but will grow quickly to provide substantial shade. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "Consider Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, Mexican white oak, bur oak , live oak and chinkapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "The adapted list includes Texas red oak, live oak, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, bur oak , Mexican sycamore and chinquapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Consider Texas red oak, live oak, bur oak , Mexican sycamore, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, chinkapin oak and anaqua. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 1 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1815, in the meaning defined above"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112012",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spreading hairy Old World annual herb ( Anthriscus neglecta ) that is closely related to wild chervil":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012506",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": prattle":[],
      ": the breaking up of the smooth flow of air about a body (such as an airplane wing)":[],
      ": to make a bubbling sound":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The baby burbled happily in her crib.",
      "Noun",
      "the burble of babies can be so endearing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Award shows always seem to burble up just when the world\u2019s attention is turned to particularly dire concerns and celebrities are left to justify their very public form of self-congratulations. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Some water, a pinch of salt\u2014this is the kind of mixture that, under the right conditions, could give life a chance to burble into existence, Rivera-Valent\u00edn told me. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Whether or not the math quite works out, these are the references that burble to the surface while watching Stein\u2019s family drama of money and secrets long buried. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
      "Shortly after burbling out his unhinged suggestions for investigating whether the coronavirus can be killed by mainlining household disinfectants or shooting burst of super light under the skin, Trump tried to walk that back. \u2014 The Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "Behind the glass fronts are shelves of Mason jars in which Mr. De Smedt\u2019s starters burble away. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
      "On the road, its Performance Blue paint is as in your face as its popping and burbling active exhaust. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "The others just continued to burble new expert warnings. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "Curreri and Sproule had spent time in Nairobi, collaborating with Kenyan musicians, and a few songs are flecked with West African rhythms and burbling bass lines. \u2014 Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Being a habitat requires a water source too, so Williams installed a fountain against the house, half hidden by pots of reeds and the long graceful branches of a Waverly sage, its constant burble a soothing garden song. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Ford adds drama with a synthetic soundtrack of a big-engine burble that's been smoothed into a warble. \u2014 Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver , 7 July 2021",
      "Now new research finds the fizz of a thawing glacier can be distinguished from the burble of a softening iceberg, and that these telltale sounds are more intense in places where ice is melting faster. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 29 May 2018",
      "Whatever the season \u2014 from rainy spring to hot, dry summer \u2014 the brook provides a constant burble . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2020",
      "If anything, this little burble of content suggests that no political faction\u2019s stranglehold on storytelling is absolute or unchallengeable. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020",
      "This structure is what gives bread dough the strength and elasticity to capture all the bubbles and burbles produced by yeast in order to grow fluffy, chewy, and light when baked. \u2014 Sohla El-waylly, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Apr. 2020",
      "Tchaikovsky\u2019s second movement depicts a waterfall in sonic burbles and cascades worthy of Berlioz. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The burble of her voice and that of the Volkswagen's engine also harmonized in a strangely soothing way. \u2014 Steve King, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abracadabra",
      "babble",
      "blabber",
      "double Dutch",
      "double-talk",
      "drivel",
      "gabble",
      "gibber",
      "gibberish",
      "jabber",
      "jabberwocky",
      "mumbo jumbo",
      "nonsense",
      "prattle",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013241",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burden":{
    "antonyms":[
      "encumber",
      "freight",
      "lade",
      "laden",
      "load",
      "lumber",
      "saddle",
      "weight"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bass or accompanying part":[
        "I would sing my song without a burden ; thou bringest me out of tune",
        "\u2014 Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": a central topic : theme":[
        "the burden of the argument"
      ],
      ": capacity for carrying cargo":[
        "a ship of a hundred tons burden"
      ],
      ": chorus , refrain":[],
      ": duty , responsibility":[
        "forced to bear the burden of caring for her aging parents",
        "lowering the tax burden on the middle class"
      ],
      ": load , oppress":[
        "I will not burden you with a lengthy account."
      ],
      ": load sense 11":[
        "worm burdens of cattle",
        "cancer burden"
      ],
      ": something oppressive or worrisome":[
        "a heavy burden of guilt",
        "was a huge financial burden on his family"
      ],
      ": something that is carried : load":[
        "dropped his burden of firewood"
      ],
      ": the bearing of a load":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase beast of burden"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I don't wish to burden you with my problems.",
      "burdened the dog with a little backpack"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1541, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burdoun , from Anglo-French burdun a drone bass, of imitative origin":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English byrthen ; akin to Old English beran to carry \u2014 more at bear":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259rd-\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cargo",
      "draft",
      "freight",
      "haul",
      "lading",
      "load",
      "loading",
      "payload",
      "weight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173348",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burdensome":{
    "antonyms":[
      "easy",
      "light",
      "soft"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": imposing or constituting a burden : oppressive":[
        "burdensome restrictions"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The responsibility has become burdensome .",
      "the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Underwriting and renewal processes also have grown more involved and burdensome as insurers intensify their scrutiny of a prospective policyholder\u2019s security controls. \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Still, the thought of moving anywhere new felt heavy and burdensome . \u2014 Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "As of this writing, Fulbright is still trying to extract insights on Betelgeuse from the GOES-R data and is grappling with burdensome unit conversions and pixel resizing required for the task. \u2014 Allison Gasparini, Scientific American , 17 June 2022",
      "The idea, symbolically at least, concerns shouldering the burdensome responsibility of conservation. \u2014 Ross Kenneth Urken, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
      "Although online lenders provide quick solutions, their loan agreements and payment terms are often burdensome . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Tennis is notorious for chewing up its youngsters, either burning them out or filling them with expectations that become burdensome when unmet. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "And suddenly they\u2019re being made to feel like this rather burdensome person who has to have a cup of tea. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Still, Greninger, the University of Washington virology lab\u2019s assistant director, said government managers can take measures to both avoid burdensome bureaucracy and avoid being taken advantage of. \u2014 Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1578, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an-s\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for burdensome onerous , burdensome , oppressive , exacting mean imposing hardship. onerous stresses being laborious and heavy especially because distasteful. the onerous task of cleaning up the mess burdensome suggests causing mental as well as physical strain. burdensome responsibilities oppressive implies extreme harshness or severity in what is imposed. the oppressive tyranny of a police state exacting implies rigor or sternness rather than tyranny or injustice in the demands made or in the one demanding. an exacting employer",
    "synonyms":[
      "bitter",
      "brutal",
      "cruel",
      "excruciating",
      "grievous",
      "grim",
      "hard",
      "hardhanded",
      "harsh",
      "heavy",
      "inhuman",
      "murderous",
      "onerous",
      "oppressive",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "searing",
      "severe",
      "stiff",
      "tough",
      "trying"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091626",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bureau":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch of a newspaper, newsmagazine, or wire service in an important news center":[
        "the newspaper's Washington bureau"
      ],
      ": a low chest of drawers for use in a bedroom":[],
      ": a usually commercial agency that serves as an intermediary especially for exchanging information or coordinating activities":[
        "credit bureau",
        "the local visitor's bureau"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the Federal Bureau of Investigation",
      "The book is on top of my bureau .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Still, even at current high gas prices, charging at a public charger can cost much less than buying gasoline, said Aaron Bragman, Detroit bureau chief for the website Cars.com. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Mark Lima, Washington bureau chief for CBS News, said the network wanted to make sure the presentation would be newsworthy before committing to a live broadcast, an arrangement reserved only for the biggest moments on television. \u2014 Jeremy Barr, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "The Washington bureau chief for CBS News said the network wanted to make sure the presentation would be newsworthy before committing to a live broadcast, an arrangement reserved only for the biggest moments on television. \u2014 Jeremy Barr, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
      "His son Bill, a former Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times, confirmed the death. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "His son Bill, a former Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times, confirmed the death. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
      "The Palestinian ambassador to the U.K., Husam Zomlot, and Al Jazeera\u2019s bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, placed flowers on the grave. \u2014 Josef Federman, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "The news of the Netflix special was first reported by Macdonald's sister-in-law, Joyce Napier, the Ottawa bureau chief for the Canadian television channel CTV. \u2014 Daniel Arkin, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
      "Moderating was Frank Sesno, former CNN anchor and Washington bureau chief, and former director of the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. \u2014 cleveland , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, desk, cloth covering for desks, from Old French burel woolen cloth, from Old French *bure , from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8by\u0259r-",
      "\u02c8byu\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
      "\u02c8byu\u0307r-\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agency",
      "arm",
      "branch",
      "department",
      "desk",
      "division",
      "office",
      "service"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234405",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burgeon":{
    "antonyms":[
      "contract",
      "decrease",
      "diminish",
      "dwindle",
      "lessen",
      "recede",
      "wane"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bloom":[
        "when the flame trees and jacaranda are burgeoning",
        "\u2014 Alan Carmichael"
      ],
      ": to grow and expand rapidly : flourish":[
        "The market for her work has burgeoned in recent years.",
        "tiny events which burgeon into national alarums",
        "\u2014 Herman Wouk"
      ],
      ": to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.",
      "the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Weaver helped burgeon the Scottsdale Bella Vista Prep girls hoops in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2021",
      "Even though Snapchat stopped losing users in February 2019, expectations were that any further user growth would continue to come from burgeoning markets in South America and Asia. \u2014 Amrita Khalid, Quartz , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology published a deep dive into the burgeoning market of A.I. chips. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "To many, the region\u2019s burgeoning wildlife markets\u2014which sell a wide range of animals such as bats, civets, pangolins, badgers and crocodiles\u2014are perfect viral melting pots. \u2014 Jane Qiu, Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2020",
      "See Andrew Brisbo, Shoran Reid Williams and Rush Hasan on a show focused on the burgeoning marijuana market in Michigan. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 23 Nov. 2019",
      "Certainly his burgeoning relationship with Sophie (Zazie Beetz), the single mother down the hall, seems too good to be true. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "As with Israel, Moscow\u2019s burgeoning relationship with Saudi Arabia represents a sea change from the Soviet era. \u2014 Angela Stent, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2019",
      "With its burgeoning constellation, SpaceX has surged ahead of OneWeb and several other competitors seeking to develop low-latency Internet from space. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burjonen , from Anglo-French burjuner , from burjun bud, from Vulgar Latin *burrion-, burrio , from Late Latin burra fluff, shaggy cloth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-j\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "accelerate",
      "accumulate",
      "appreciate",
      "balloon",
      "boom",
      "build up",
      "climb",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "gain",
      "increase",
      "mount",
      "multiply",
      "mushroom",
      "proliferate",
      "rise",
      "roll up",
      "snowball",
      "spread",
      "swell",
      "wax"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093806",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burglarize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to break into and steal from":[
        "burglarize a house"
      ],
      ": to commit burglary":[],
      ": to commit burglary against":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C.",
      "before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On Monday, Garrard and another unidentified suspect allegedly tried to burglarize the house while the homeowner was inside of it. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
      "Pack had to watch thieves burglarize the shop on his cellphone on two occasions. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The sheriff\u2019s office said the three suspects who robbed Golden Gate Petroleum match three suspects who were caught on camera attempting to burglarize the Smoke Shop on Curry Street, about 4 miles away. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Barry Croft, a Delaware truck driver whom prosecutors describe as a bomb maker, was convicted in 1994 of conspiring to steal cars and burglarize an apartment complex. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The family did not know of anyone who would burglarize their home. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The same man might have tried to burglarize other businesses previously, including a local pizza parlor where security video showed a man crawling on his belly, the station said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Investigators said the suspects saw Davey Blackburn, the woman's husband, leave his house and seized the opportunity to also burglarize the Blackburn home. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Prosecutors believe Su was home when Resiles tried to burglarize the house. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259r-g\u0259-l\u0259-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-gl\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "break in",
      "burgle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200732",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burgle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to break into and steal from (a home, business, etc.) : burglarize":[
        "One area resident tells Newsweek her house had been burgled a few years ago while she and her husband were inside.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Stein"
      ],
      ": to commit robbery":[
        "Clearly, the more often a man \u2026 burgles , the more likely he is to get caught.",
        "\u2014 The Economist",
        "While the law is a disincentive, the main reason most of us don't kill, punch or burgle is that we think it's wrong and consequently prefer not to.",
        "\u2014 David Mitchell"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages",
      "the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Todd\u2019s Ice, located near Genova\u2019s in the 140 Village Shopping Center in Westminster, has also been burgled \u2014 and more than once \u2014 according to owner Todd Asplen. \u2014 Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 28 Aug. 2019",
      "The unexpected disarray could have been the sign of a struggle, but Swearingen chalked it up to a break-in, and later filed a police report saying his home had been burgled while he was gone. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle , 21 Aug. 2019",
      "It was later revealed to belong to a MPD officer whose home was burgled in May this year. \u2014 Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al , 14 Aug. 2019",
      "More recently came the Bling Ring, eight well-off young adults from Southern California who burgled jewels from the homes of a handful of young celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Megan Fox. \u2014 Eric Konigsberg, Town & Country , 12 Apr. 2018",
      "Russia has more than twice the number of intentional homicides than the US, but Americans are over five times more likely to be burgled and over 14 times more likely to be assaulted, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. \u2014 Henrik Pettersson, CNN , 14 Mar. 2018",
      "West Brom winger James McClean has caused a stir on social media by lambasting a Twitter troll who revelled in the fact that he was recently burgled . \u2014 SI.com , 7 Jan. 2018",
      "He is also charged with burgling Woods' apartment two weeks earlier, court records show. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com , 5 Jan. 2018",
      "He was charged under the Espionage Act and faced 115 years imprisonment, but the case ended in a mistrial because the government illegally gathered evidence (by, among other tactics, burgling his psychiatrist\u2019s office). \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from burglar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "break in",
      "burglarize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165807",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buri palm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": talipot palm":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140146",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buri straw":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": buntal"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082021",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burial":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disinterment",
      "exhumation",
      "unearthing"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": grave , tomb":[],
      ": the act or process of burying":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "They prepared the body for burial .",
      "She wanted to give him a proper burial .",
      "Did you attend the burial ?",
      "The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Although exact details are unclear, a homecoming tour is expected to take the relic to Lumumba\u2019s home village, ending with an official burial in the capital, Kinshasa. \u2014 Helena Skinner, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
      "The county sheriff ordered the body\u2019s immediate burial in Mississippi, without informing Emmett\u2019s mother, Mamie Till. \u2014 R.l. Ford, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in this southwestern Texas town will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another. \u2014 CBS News , 31 May 2022",
      "There was a wake, a Catholic Mass and a burial in a family plot. \u2014 Christopher Goffardstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Some church services may include a performance of the crucifixion, burial in a tomb and resurrection of Jesus. \u2014 Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Holy Saturday marks Jesus\u2019 burial in a tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Descending any further to investigate or find the man was not possible, and the climber was presumed dead based on the volume of ice, the distance of the fall and the duration of the burial , the release said. \u2014 Paradise Afshar, CNN , 20 May 2022",
      "Ahead of the burial , a large crowd gathered to escort her casket from an east Jerusalem hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City. \u2014 Time , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English beriel, berial , back-formation from beriels (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels ; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb, Old English byrgan to bury \u2014 more at bury":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8be-r\u0113-",
      "also \u02c8b\u0259r-\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "burying",
      "entombing",
      "entombment",
      "inhumation",
      "interment",
      "interring",
      "obsequy",
      "obsequies",
      "sepulture"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buriti palm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large fan palm ( Mauritia flexuosa synonym M. vinifera ) chiefly of Brazil that has a reddish fruit with edible seeds and orange-yellow oily pulp and stems that yield a useful fiber":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese buriti":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6bu\u0307r-\u0259-\u00a6t\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091731",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burka":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Those who were brave enough to venture out spoke in hushed voices, for fear of provoking a Taliban beating for anything as simple as not having a long-enough beard (for a man) or a long-enough burka (for a woman), or sometimes for nothing at all. \u2014 Lynsey Addario, The Atlantic , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "For the past 20 years, Kabul has become a place where women can walk freely, where they're not forced to wear the burka or be accompanied by a male relative \u2014 those basic freedoms may soon be under threat once the U.S. withdraws. \u2014 Charlie D'agata, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "Yes, the burka is oppressive and ridiculous\u2014but that\u2019s still no reason to ban it. \u2014 Ariel Levy, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
      "Once the Americans leave, women under Taliban rule would be obliged to wear a hair-covering hijab, rather than the body-covering burka , Shaheen said. \u2014 Matt Bradley, NBC News , 20 July 2019",
      "In 2001, Carolyn Maloney, then Congresswoman from New York, made a show of putting on a burka on the floor of the House of Representatives. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 12 June 2018",
      "The Afghan man with the long beard, white turban, and worn farmer\u2019s hands led his wife, draped all in a flowing dark blue burka , into a small office booth in Kabul. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2018",
      "Once the Americans leave, women under Taliban rule would be obliged to wear a hair-covering hijab, rather than the body-covering burka , Shaheen said. \u2014 Matt Bradley, NBC News , 20 July 2019",
      "In 2001, Carolyn Maloney, then Congresswoman from New York, made a show of putting on a burka on the floor of the House of Representatives. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 12 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Urdu, Persian & Arabic; Urdu burqa\u02bd , from Persian burqa\u02bd, burqu\u02bd , from Arabic burqu\u02bd":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307r-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173254",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burke":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bypass , avoid":[
        "burke an issue"
      ],
      ": to suppress quietly or indirectly":[
        "burke an inquiry"
      ],
      "Edmund 1729\u20131797 British statesman and orator":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from burke to suffocate, from William Burke \u20201829 Irish criminal executed for smothering victims to sell their bodies for dissection":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cover (up)",
      "hush (up)",
      "suppress"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225847",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burlesque":{
    "antonyms":[
      "caricature",
      "do",
      "imitate",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "parody",
      "send up",
      "spoof",
      "travesty"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation":[
        "a burlesque of Victorian society"
      ],
      ": mockery usually by caricature":[
        "a writer whose burlesque often bordered on cruelty"
      ],
      ": theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns (see turn entry 2 sense 4d ), comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts":[
        "performers who got their start in burlesque"
      ],
      ": to employ burlesque":[
        "a temptation to burlesque"
      ],
      ": to imitate in a humorous or derisive manner : mock":[
        "a work burlesquing Sherlock Holmes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The book is a burlesque of Victorian society.",
      "a writer whose burlesque often bordered on cruelty",
      "Several important 20th-century performers got their start in burlesque .",
      "Verb",
      "burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Chl\u00f6e\u2019s detractors found the bump and grind of her choreography, reminiscent of Black burlesque , anywhere from concerning to downright disrespectful. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
      "This burlesque of rotten movies and overwrought acting excuses bad choices and lack of control through the dubious notion that audiences are superior to it all. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Dollar bills flew and tassels twirled Friday, March 11, 2022, as The French Connection burlesque and variety show took the stage at the White Rabbit. \u2014 Michelle Pemberton, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Their junior-high burlesque is a sight gag as well as the heart of the series; more literally than most teen pariahs, Maya and Anna have trouble fitting in. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "But many of the most splendid creations seen here are for drag and burlesque \u2014 gloves designed to be worn and then, finger by finger, flirtatiously removed. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "But the brilliant thing about online burlesque , Higgs told me, was that there was no bar. \u2014 Madison Moore, The Atlantic , 26 July 2021",
      "Reynolds points out that the shows displayed genuine pathos and nobility in addition to racist burlesque . \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "Trixie Minx\u2019s holiday burlesque features a mix of naughty and nice acts as well as her risqu\u00e9 dreidel routine and a stripping Santa. \u2014 NOLA.com , 21 Dec. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Similar to past years, the festival will feature a variety of performances ranging from singers to storytellers, magic to mind reading and belly dancing to burlesque . \u2014 Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "burlesque , adjective, comic, droll, from French, from Italian burlesco , from burla joke, from Spanish":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8lesk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for burlesque Noun caricature , burlesque , parody , travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation. caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject. caricatures of politicians in cartoons burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment. a nightclub burlesque of a trial in court parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work. a witty parody of a popular novel travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd. this production is a travesty of the opera",
    "synonyms":[
      "caricature",
      "parody",
      "put-on",
      "rib",
      "send-up",
      "spoof",
      "takeoff",
      "travesty"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173552",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burletta":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually entirely musical comic opera popular in England in the latter half of the 18th century":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, diminutive of burla joke":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccb\u0259r-",
      "bu\u0307r\u02c8let\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131949",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burley":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thin-bodied air-cured tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The stalk of burley tobacco represents the money crop of the county. \u2014 cleveland.com , 13 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from the name Burley":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021731",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of burling present participle of burl"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213550",
    "type":[]
  },
  "burly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": strongly and heavily built : husky":[
        "a burly man"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a burly delivery man brought the furniture",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For those who want to get really nuts, the outer edges of the burly front bumper can be removed. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
      "America\u2019s consummate communitarian, probably, was Franklin Roosevelt, who in one 1932 speech tried to convince his audience that the time for burly Jacksonian individualism had passed. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "These days, the site is run by a skeleton staff of two young nurses, a couple of medical assistants, and a burly Spanish-language translator. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
      "Among them: those burly KGB thugs, those modern-day Cossacks hired to maintain order and protect the Cup and those who brought it. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "To neutralize the drone, a metal box pops open and a burly quadcopter called Anvil takes off at startling speed. \u2014 Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "News of this caused an immediate uproar among fans of the original who doubt that boxy concept sketches can ever hope to live up to the burly machines made by International Harvester. \u2014 Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
      "Police had earlier asked for the public's help in identifying the gunman, tweeting out surveillance photos of a burly man dressed in a hoodie on a hot day. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
      "Vogelbach, the burly first baseman with a penchant for some big hits, notably a walk-off grand slam last year to turn a three-run deficit into a win, was non-tendered. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beefy",
      "brawny",
      "hefty",
      "hulking",
      "husky",
      "mesomorphic"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082638",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burmite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dark brown variety of amber found in Upper Burma":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Burma , its locality + English -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r\u02ccm\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132419",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burn":{
    "antonyms":[
      "beck",
      "bourn",
      "bourne",
      "brook",
      "brooklet",
      "creek",
      "gill",
      "rill",
      "rivulet",
      "run",
      "runlet",
      "runnel",
      "streamlet"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a burned area":[
        "a burn on the tabletop"
      ],
      ": a burning sensation":[
        "the burn of iodine on a cut"
      ],
      ": a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone":[
        "\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase sick burn But plenty of us peasants know the feeling: We have stared down an unraveling romantic relationship and wanted desperately to spew one more sick burn or two about a now-former partner. \u2014 Alana Massey During a lecture on conservatism at an Ivy League university, a 65-year-old guest speaker delivered a sick burn to the president of the United States. \u2014 Amanda Arnold"
      ],
      ": an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn":[
        "rope burns"
      ],
      ": an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as":[],
      ": creek sense 1":[],
      ": injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations":[],
      ": irritate , annoy":[
        "\u2014 often used with up really burns me up"
      ],
      ": the firing of a rocket engine in flight":[],
      ": to be hot":[
        "the burning sand"
      ],
      ": to be or become very angry or disgusted":[
        "the remark made him burn"
      ],
      ": to beat or score on":[
        "burned the defense with a touchdown pass"
      ],
      ": to become emotionally excited or agitated: such as":[],
      ": to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases":[
        "a small fire burns on the hearth"
      ],
      ": to contain a fire":[
        "a little stove burning in the corner"
      ],
      ": to cut off all means of retreat":[],
      ": to die in the electric chair":[],
      ": to force or make a way by or as if by burning":[
        "her words burned into his heart"
      ],
      ": to give off light : shine , glow":[
        "a light burning in the window"
      ],
      ": to injure or damage by or as if by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation : scorch":[
        "burned his hand"
      ],
      ": to produce by burning":[
        "burned a hole in his sleeve"
      ],
      ": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain":[
        "ears burning from the cold"
      ],
      ": to rebuke strongly":[],
      ": to subject to misfortune, mistreatment, or deception":[
        "\u2014 often used in passive has been burned in love"
      ],
      ": to suffer sunburn":[
        "she burns easily"
      ],
      ": to transform by exposure to heat or fire":[
        "burn clay to bricks"
      ],
      ": to undergo alteration or destruction by the action of fire or heat":[
        "the house burned down",
        "the potatoes burned to a crisp"
      ],
      ": to use as fuel":[
        "this furnace burns gas"
      ],
      ": to use one's resources or energies to excess":[],
      ": to use up : consume":[
        "burn calories"
      ],
      ": to work or study far into the night":[],
      ": to yearn ardently":[
        "burning to tell the story"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.",
      "A small fire burned brightly in the fireplace.",
      "There was a little stove burning in the front room.",
      "I could smell smoke and knew that something was burning .",
      "Be sure not to leave any candles burning when you go to bed.",
      "I burned the letter when I had finished reading it.",
      "The new town law makes it illegal to burn trash.",
      "The wildfire has burned acres of forest.",
      "Parts of the house were badly burned in the fire.",
      "a material that burns easily"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English birnen , from Old English byrnan , intransitive verb, b\u00e6rnan , transitive verb; akin to Old High German brinnan to burn":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blaze",
      "combust",
      "flame",
      "glow"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120523",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burn (up)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire":[
        "Most asteroids burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.",
        "Wildfires have been raging across the region burning up acres of forest.",
        "Do we still need these old receipts? No, burn them up ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000710",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to kill by being set on fire":[
        "The captives were burned alive ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235138",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heat":[
        "The outer layer of wooden shingles burned away quickly in the fire.",
        "The fire quickly burned the outer layer of wooden shingles away .",
        "burned away unwanted hair"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003116",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to be dissipated by the sun's warmth":[
        "waiting for the fog to burn off"
      ],
      ": to cause to burn off":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1925, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162640",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burn oneself":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to injure oneself with a burn":[
        "I burned myself on the iron."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015219",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "burn out":{
    "antonyms":[
      "break",
      "bust",
      "do in",
      "do up",
      "drain",
      "exhaust",
      "fag",
      "fatigue",
      "frazzle",
      "harass",
      "kill",
      "knock out",
      "outwear",
      "tire",
      "tucker (out)",
      "wash out",
      "wear",
      "wear out",
      "weary"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person showing the effects of drug abuse":[],
      ": a person suffering from burnout":[],
      ": exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration":[],
      ": to cause to fail, wear out, or become exhausted especially from overwork or overuse":[],
      ": to drive out or destroy the property of by fire":[],
      ": to suffer burnout":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout .",
      "the burnout rate among teachers",
      "a novel about academic burnouts",
      "Verb",
      "working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Apart from Gen Z, respondents from each generation said that Facebook is the social media app most contributing to their empathy burnout . \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Many medical students and healthcare workers have dealt with burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Still, certain parts of the fandom will greet the end of this season with some weariness\u2014and the casting of a straight, cis man is a symptom, not the cause, of their burnout . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Sean McVay isn't feeling his usual end-of-the-season coaching burnout this month. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The best-selling author of The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test is back with another all-too-relatable love story, this one about a violinist struggling with burnout . \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The facilities are confronting record or near-record levels of patients while staff struggle with burnout and call in sick in large numbers due to the virus. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent data shows that Black women have been doubly affected by the racial reckoning and financial havoc the pandemic has caused, leading the group to be among the hardest hit with burnout . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Now, the industry has been contending with burnout and fatigue among its workforce, raising concerns about labor shortages. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Do not let this fairy-tale view of the world burn out with age, my dear Pisces moon! \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "The stress caused by the more than 200 unfilled positions in the district is causing employees to burn out , said James Tobler, president of the Salt Lake Education Association. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Firefighters were letting the natural gas burn out on its own, according to Paliz. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "So increasing health approaches are critical to ensure sales talent don\u2019t burn out or give up. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Leaders can burn out because there is so much work to do all throughout, from the lead up to the closing and for some time after the merger. \u2014 Jenn Lofgren, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Professional gamers, barely past their teens, burn out even faster than athletes. \u2014 Arijeta Lajka, CBS News , 21 Dec. 2018",
      "In the years since, the original game\u2019s update schedule slowed to a crawl, and additions grew insubstantial, leading many players to burn out or move on. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The overwork and staffing shortages of the pandemic have affected veterinarians as much as other doctors and nurses, and dealing with the constant moral dilemmas and emotional output was driving many to burn out even before 2020. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "collapse",
      "exhaustion",
      "fatigue",
      "frazzle",
      "lassitude",
      "prostration",
      "tiredness",
      "weariness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202229",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burnable":{
    "antonyms":[
      "beck",
      "bourn",
      "bourne",
      "brook",
      "brooklet",
      "creek",
      "gill",
      "rill",
      "rivulet",
      "run",
      "runlet",
      "runnel",
      "streamlet"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a burned area":[
        "a burn on the tabletop"
      ],
      ": a burning sensation":[
        "the burn of iodine on a cut"
      ],
      ": a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone":[
        "\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase sick burn But plenty of us peasants know the feeling: We have stared down an unraveling romantic relationship and wanted desperately to spew one more sick burn or two about a now-former partner. \u2014 Alana Massey During a lecture on conservatism at an Ivy League university, a 65-year-old guest speaker delivered a sick burn to the president of the United States. \u2014 Amanda Arnold"
      ],
      ": an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn":[
        "rope burns"
      ],
      ": an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as":[],
      ": creek sense 1":[],
      ": injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations":[],
      ": irritate , annoy":[
        "\u2014 often used with up really burns me up"
      ],
      ": the firing of a rocket engine in flight":[],
      ": to be hot":[
        "the burning sand"
      ],
      ": to be or become very angry or disgusted":[
        "the remark made him burn"
      ],
      ": to beat or score on":[
        "burned the defense with a touchdown pass"
      ],
      ": to become emotionally excited or agitated: such as":[],
      ": to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases":[
        "a small fire burns on the hearth"
      ],
      ": to contain a fire":[
        "a little stove burning in the corner"
      ],
      ": to cut off all means of retreat":[],
      ": to die in the electric chair":[],
      ": to force or make a way by or as if by burning":[
        "her words burned into his heart"
      ],
      ": to give off light : shine , glow":[
        "a light burning in the window"
      ],
      ": to injure or damage by or as if by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation : scorch":[
        "burned his hand"
      ],
      ": to produce by burning":[
        "burned a hole in his sleeve"
      ],
      ": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain":[
        "ears burning from the cold"
      ],
      ": to rebuke strongly":[],
      ": to subject to misfortune, mistreatment, or deception":[
        "\u2014 often used in passive has been burned in love"
      ],
      ": to suffer sunburn":[
        "she burns easily"
      ],
      ": to transform by exposure to heat or fire":[
        "burn clay to bricks"
      ],
      ": to undergo alteration or destruction by the action of fire or heat":[
        "the house burned down",
        "the potatoes burned to a crisp"
      ],
      ": to use as fuel":[
        "this furnace burns gas"
      ],
      ": to use one's resources or energies to excess":[],
      ": to use up : consume":[
        "burn calories"
      ],
      ": to work or study far into the night":[],
      ": to yearn ardently":[
        "burning to tell the story"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.",
      "A small fire burned brightly in the fireplace.",
      "There was a little stove burning in the front room.",
      "I could smell smoke and knew that something was burning .",
      "Be sure not to leave any candles burning when you go to bed.",
      "I burned the letter when I had finished reading it.",
      "The new town law makes it illegal to burn trash.",
      "The wildfire has burned acres of forest.",
      "Parts of the house were badly burned in the fire.",
      "a material that burns easily"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English birnen , from Old English byrnan , intransitive verb, b\u00e6rnan , transitive verb; akin to Old High German brinnan to burn":"Verb",
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blaze",
      "combust",
      "flame",
      "glow"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113917",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burned-out":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": destroyed by fire":[
        "a burned-out building"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rnt-\u02c8au\u0307t",
      "\u02c8b\u0259rnd-\u02c8au\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "all in",
      "aweary",
      "beat",
      "beaten",
      "bleary",
      "bushed",
      "dead",
      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "knackered",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "spent",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013622",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "burning":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": affecting with or as if with heat":[
        "a burning fever"
      ],
      ": ardent , intense":[
        "burning enthusiasm"
      ],
      ": being on fire":[],
      ": of fundamental importance : urgent":[
        "one of the burning issues of our time"
      ],
      ": resembling that produced by a burn":[
        "a burning sensation on the tongue"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She stared at the burning embers for a long time.",
      "a burning hatred of corruption",
      "The medicine produced a burning sensation on my tongue.",
      "Symptoms include itchy, burning eyes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Selena Gomez made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week to promote her Hulu hit Only Murders in the Building, but Jimmy Kimmel soon brought the conversation around to his own burning question: What was Britney Spears' wedding like? \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 19 June 2022",
      "This hand-poured, clean- burning soy candle will scent your apartment for up to 60 hours. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "A few hundred yards away, the fire brigade was finishing hosing down the burning warehouse of a company that made thermal insulation materials. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "All 22 crew members were rescued, and the ship was left adrift and burning . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "And this clean- burning , non-pooling candle redolent of spicy peppercorn, earthy vetiver, and intoxicating gardenia, evokes Medina\u2019s old-world charms: exploring spice markets, getting lost in the Medina, and strolling through the Casbah. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Even those of the opinion there wasn't a burning need for a redo -- reimagined or otherwise -- should conclude there's a place for this one too. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "In a separate vein, Thomas has responded passionately to America's history of lynching and cross- burning . \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 24 Oct. 2021",
      "The disparities in living standards, education, and access to land between Israeli Jews and the Palestinian citizens of Israel, who account for some 20 percent of the population, have become a burning issue. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-ni\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ablaze",
      "afire",
      "aflame",
      "alight",
      "blazing",
      "combusting",
      "conflagrant",
      "fiery",
      "flaming",
      "ignited",
      "inflamed",
      "enflamed",
      "kindled",
      "lit",
      "lighted"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223532",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burnish":{
    "antonyms":[
      "gloss",
      "luminance",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "polish",
      "sheen",
      "shine"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": luster , gloss":[],
      ": polish sense 3":[
        "attempting to burnish her image"
      ],
      ": to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing":[
        "burnish leather",
        "burnishing his sword"
      ],
      ": to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge":[
        "pottery with a smooth burnished surface"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster",
      "Noun",
      "after some much-needed polishing, the silver tea set had a brilliant burnish",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The point of these votes is to be disruptive to the process, while also allowing the member to burnish their image as an outsider, according to experts and congressional observers. \u2014 Tia Mitchell, ajc , 27 May 2022",
      "Taiwan has used its success with Covid to burnish its image as a beacon of democracy, in contrast to the authoritarian Communist Party of China, which claims the island as its territory. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The Academy election will burnish San Diego County\u2019s already bright reputation in science. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "That's why he's gone from architect of the 1994 crime bill, intended to burnish his law-and-order bona fides during the Clinton years, to criminal justice crusader in the Black Lives Matter era. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The White House still has plenty of tools at its disposal to speed the energy transition and burnish its reputation on the world stage, though. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "Here are the biggest questions for China going into the Games, an event meant to help burnish its reputation on the international stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The efforts have won Poland widespread praise and helped the government burnish an international image damaged by the ruling Law and Justice party's past hostility to non-European immigrants and asylum-seekers. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia's war in Ukraine has afforded Macron the chance to demonstrate his influence on the international stage and burnish his pro-NATO credentials. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The dark burnish brings deep savory notes, but even a hint of burn will make the whole mole bitter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "The cream turns into a rich sauce and the cheese gets bubbly-brown; the greens towards the top burnish (kale chips!) but those underneath stay silky-soft. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "As each streetlamp passed, the burnish of its reflected light rolled up alongside them on the asphalt, like a dolphin curious about a new boat in her waters, and then veered away. \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
      "Perhaps the open roasting caused the sugar to caramelize, adding a slightly bitter burnish that mitigated the awful sweetness. \u2014 Mimi Sheraton, The Seattle Times , 25 Sep. 2018",
      "The reds of radishes and tomatoes, the burnish of crisped bacon and bright greens of beans and hardy lettuces showed through milky dressings that coated each piece. \u2014 Bonnie S. Benwick, charlotteobserver , 1 May 2018",
      "A renovation, completed in late 2015, with updates this spring and summer to some of its signature restaurants, adds a new burnish to this destination, just as Mexico City itself is becoming a must-go spot, especially for the international jet set. \u2014 Melena Ryzik, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burnischen , from Anglo-French burniss- , stem of burnir , alteration of Old French brunir , literally, to make brown, from brun":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-nish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buff",
      "dress",
      "furbish",
      "gloss",
      "grind",
      "polish",
      "rub",
      "shine",
      "smooth",
      "smoothen"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181912",
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burnished":{
    "antonyms":[
      "gloss",
      "luminance",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "polish",
      "sheen",
      "shine"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": luster , gloss":[],
      ": polish sense 3":[
        "attempting to burnish her image"
      ],
      ": to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing":[
        "burnish leather",
        "burnishing his sword"
      ],
      ": to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge":[
        "pottery with a smooth burnished surface"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster",
      "Noun",
      "after some much-needed polishing, the silver tea set had a brilliant burnish",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The point of these votes is to be disruptive to the process, while also allowing the member to burnish their image as an outsider, according to experts and congressional observers. \u2014 Tia Mitchell, ajc , 27 May 2022",
      "Taiwan has used its success with Covid to burnish its image as a beacon of democracy, in contrast to the authoritarian Communist Party of China, which claims the island as its territory. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The Academy election will burnish San Diego County\u2019s already bright reputation in science. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "That's why he's gone from architect of the 1994 crime bill, intended to burnish his law-and-order bona fides during the Clinton years, to criminal justice crusader in the Black Lives Matter era. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The White House still has plenty of tools at its disposal to speed the energy transition and burnish its reputation on the world stage, though. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "Here are the biggest questions for China going into the Games, an event meant to help burnish its reputation on the international stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The efforts have won Poland widespread praise and helped the government burnish an international image damaged by the ruling Law and Justice party's past hostility to non-European immigrants and asylum-seekers. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Russia's war in Ukraine has afforded Macron the chance to demonstrate his influence on the international stage and burnish his pro-NATO credentials. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The dark burnish brings deep savory notes, but even a hint of burn will make the whole mole bitter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "The cream turns into a rich sauce and the cheese gets bubbly-brown; the greens towards the top burnish (kale chips!) but those underneath stay silky-soft. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "As each streetlamp passed, the burnish of its reflected light rolled up alongside them on the asphalt, like a dolphin curious about a new boat in her waters, and then veered away. \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
      "Perhaps the open roasting caused the sugar to caramelize, adding a slightly bitter burnish that mitigated the awful sweetness. \u2014 Mimi Sheraton, The Seattle Times , 25 Sep. 2018",
      "The reds of radishes and tomatoes, the burnish of crisped bacon and bright greens of beans and hardy lettuces showed through milky dressings that coated each piece. \u2014 Bonnie S. Benwick, charlotteobserver , 1 May 2018",
      "A renovation, completed in late 2015, with updates this spring and summer to some of its signature restaurants, adds a new burnish to this destination, just as Mexico City itself is becoming a must-go spot, especially for the international jet set. \u2014 Melena Ryzik, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burnischen , from Anglo-French burniss- , stem of burnir , alteration of Old French brunir , literally, to make brown, from brun":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-nish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "buff",
      "dress",
      "furbish",
      "gloss",
      "grind",
      "polish",
      "rub",
      "shine",
      "smooth",
      "smoothen"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172229",
    "type":[
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      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burnoose":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a one-piece hooded cloak worn by Arabs and Berbers":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up\u2014enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2015",
      "On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up\u2014enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2015"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1695, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "French burnous , from Arabic burnus":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235830",
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": to drive out or destroy the property of by fire":[],
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      "Noun",
      "Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout .",
      "the burnout rate among teachers",
      "a novel about academic burnouts",
      "Verb",
      "working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Apart from Gen Z, respondents from each generation said that Facebook is the social media app most contributing to their empathy burnout . \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Many medical students and healthcare workers have dealt with burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Still, certain parts of the fandom will greet the end of this season with some weariness\u2014and the casting of a straight, cis man is a symptom, not the cause, of their burnout . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Sean McVay isn't feeling his usual end-of-the-season coaching burnout this month. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The best-selling author of The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test is back with another all-too-relatable love story, this one about a violinist struggling with burnout . \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The facilities are confronting record or near-record levels of patients while staff struggle with burnout and call in sick in large numbers due to the virus. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent data shows that Black women have been doubly affected by the racial reckoning and financial havoc the pandemic has caused, leading the group to be among the hardest hit with burnout . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Now, the industry has been contending with burnout and fatigue among its workforce, raising concerns about labor shortages. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Do not let this fairy-tale view of the world burn out with age, my dear Pisces moon! \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "The stress caused by the more than 200 unfilled positions in the district is causing employees to burn out , said James Tobler, president of the Salt Lake Education Association. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
      "Firefighters were letting the natural gas burn out on its own, according to Paliz. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "So increasing health approaches are critical to ensure sales talent don\u2019t burn out or give up. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Leaders can burn out because there is so much work to do all throughout, from the lead up to the closing and for some time after the merger. \u2014 Jenn Lofgren, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Professional gamers, barely past their teens, burn out even faster than athletes. \u2014 Arijeta Lajka, CBS News , 21 Dec. 2018",
      "In the years since, the original game\u2019s update schedule slowed to a crawl, and additions grew insubstantial, leading many players to burn out or move on. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The overwork and staffing shortages of the pandemic have affected veterinarians as much as other doctors and nurses, and dealing with the constant moral dilemmas and emotional output was driving many to burn out even before 2020. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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      "tiredness",
      "weariness"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052101",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
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      ": destroyed by fire":[
        "a burned-out building"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rnd-\u02c8au\u0307t",
      "\u02c8b\u0259rnt-\u02c8au\u0307t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bleary",
      "bushed",
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      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "knackered",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "spent",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085228",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a Philippine dish of fish prepared with boiled rice, salt, and spicy seasonings":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Russian byuro , from French bureau":"Noun",
      "Tagalog":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "like bureau",
      "\u02c8b\u00fc(\u02cc)r\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-110001",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": belch":[],
      ": the act or an instance of belching":[],
      ": to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back":[]
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      "Noun",
      "felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared",
      "Verb",
      "Say \u201cexcuse me\u201d when you burp .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Albayati remembers the day of a class field trip, Maldonado drinking a bottle of kombucha that didn\u2019t agree with her stomach, burp -singing One Direction lyrics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
      "Any slight burp in the path from raw material to the finished product in consumer\u2019s hands causes a shortage. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Some carry Russian burp guns; some have rifles that look four decades old; some wear only rice bags for shoes. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Astronomers say a cold patch and a stellar burp are behind the star's strange dip in brightness. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
      "If classic volcanoes vomit the Earth\u2019s churning guts, then mud volcanoes are more like a burp . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021",
      "Combined with some timely ground observations, this UV data indicated that a big burp that formed a cloud of dust near the star may have caused the star to get darker. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
      "But cows\u2019 burp is only one of the many CO2 emitting items in the chapter of the beef industry. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Other more creative solutions addressed to diminish cow\u2019s burp have shown up. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the earliest stage of parenthood, so many of the demands are physical \u2014 the baby needs to be fed, burped, cleaned, dressed, rocked \u2014 and Basile, a quadriplegic who has only limited movement in his arms, can\u2019t feed, burp or rock the baby. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Scientists now suspect that most marsquakes are triggered by the planet\u2019s gradually cooling interior, which, eons ago, was hot enough to burp up towering supervolcanoes such as Olympus Mons\u2014the tallest and largest peak in the entire solar system. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
      "Alex Brown has a different idea: Make the cows burp less. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Feed and burp your baby, make sure their diaper isn\u2019t wet or dirty, put your baby in the crib awake, grab a baby monitor, shut the door and let your baby cry themselves to sleep. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "In fact, some people report obscure spasticity triggers; being tickled, having to burp , or hearing a loud noise can set off these muscle spasms. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Most beef emissions are in the form of methane that cows burp up while digesting food, so feed additives that reduce methane production could be one option. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Closer to the site, the ground continued to burp gas about every 40 days, which hinted at the source of the gas leak, and also spurred fears of another explosion. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Cheap prosecco in honor of the Roys\u2019 soon-to-be stepdad, sad pool beer, Tom and Shiv\u2019s disgusting Germanic wine, and Tom\u2019s prison-toilet wine (don\u2019t forget to burp it). \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1929, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1932, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "belch",
      "eructation"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005004",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small submachine gun"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1937, in the meaning defined above"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052906",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "burpee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a conditioning exercise in which a person squats, places the palms of the hands on the floor in front of the feet, jumps back into a push-up position, in some cases completes one push-up, returns to the squat position, and then jumps up into the air while extending the arms overhead":[
        "The workouts mix up drills of common exercises like burpees , squats, jumping jacks, lunges and variations of push-ups.",
        "\u2014 Pablo Alcal\u00e1 , Lexington (Kentucky) Herald Leader , 17 Jan. 2013"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Royal H. Burpee \u20201987 American physiologist":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-p\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041019",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071346",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "whirr",
      "whish",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zip",
      "zoom"
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      ": a small rotary cutting tool":[],
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      ": to remove burrs from":[],
      ": to speak with a burr":[],
      "Aaron 1756\u20131836 3rd vice president of the U.S. (1801\u201305)":[]
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      "Noun",
      "a tool that can cut through steel leaving a smooth edge and no burrs",
      "heard the burr of a distant engine",
      "Verb",
      "the pitch burred past the batter's ear",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The rock could be as minor as a burr on a blade, but if it wasn\u2019t eliminated or moved out of the way, the entire manufacturing process could be compromised. \u2014 Lance Knight, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "The soup that results is magnificently subtle, playing the delicate, fresh springlike taste of asparagus off the satisfying umami burr of the shiitake mushrooms. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "This second book in the series features an ADHD heroine grappling with the messiness of her life and a silver fox swordmaker with a Scottish burr designed to give you chills. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Like the Bambino, investing in a good conical burr grinder to go alongside the Rancilio Silvia is key. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "It\u2019s five inches wider and three inches longer than the Bambino and includes a conical burr grinder, along with a hot water wand. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "After a few months, my geekiest coffee friend directed me to a next-level setup: a Hario V60 pour-over coffee maker (which is also what Benchakul uses in his shop), a Baratza Encore burr grinder and a scale. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Stumble and it\u2019s a second bowl loss in Frisco, the first losing streak of the season and a nagging saddle burr because of the special things that hovered just out of reach. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Brooke Shields manages to up the location ante by sharing a castle with a Scottish Duke, played by Cary Elwes, speaking in a burr as deep as a dish of haggis. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1798, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burre ; akin to Old English byrst bristle \u2014 more at bristle":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r"
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      "drone",
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      "thrum",
      "whir",
      "whirr",
      "whiz",
      "whizz",
      "zoom"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033542",
    "type":[
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      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "Definition of burr marigold variant spelling of bur marigold"
    ],
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080320",
    "type":[]
  },
  "burr medic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bur clover ( Medicago denticulata ) with serrated leaf margins":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222745",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "burr mill":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a mill (such as a coffee mill) that grinds by means of a steel burr resembling in principle the old-fashioned millstone":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051121",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
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      "Definition of burr oak variant spelling of bur oak"
    ],
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012300",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": executioner":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French bourreau , probably from bourrer to mistreat, beat":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140216",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burrito":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flour tortilla rolled or folded around a filling (as of meat, beans, and cheese)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are two tacos in a meal or one baby-arm-sized burrito . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
      "Everyone who participates is greeted with a warm cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito . \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Breakfast the next morning is coffee and a breakfast burrito at Mojo\u2019s. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Nikic eats healthy meals, including his favorite burrito bowls from Chipotle. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
      "Roti of the Caribbean uses a flatbread similar to naan and flattened to a near perfect circle like a burrito . \u2014 Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "Taco Bell Rewards members get a free burrito Thursday with any app order of $15 or more. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Coastal Grill is offering every burrito on the menu for $6.99 Thursday. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Coastal Grill is offering every burrito on the menu for $6.99 Thursday. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1934, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "American Spanish, from Spanish, little donkey, diminutive of burro"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024533",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burrknot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rough excrescence often present on the trunk or roots of certain trees and characteristic of some varieties that was formerly thought to be a form of crown gall but is now believed to be nonpathogenic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231159",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burrlike":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": like a burr (as in being prickly)":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020442",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "burro":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "used a burro to carry the supplies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now, wild horse and burro specialists at the field office will analyze the public\u2019s input before rendering a decision. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "In April, a wild burro died during surgery after being shot with an arrow. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Despite treatment from the veterinarian and other staff members, the burro could not be saved. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Bureau of Land Management Nevada Ben Noyes, a horse and burro specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, spots horses during the roundup. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Cato's burro enrollado features an armlength Sonoran tortilla sobaquera stuffed with carne asada, avocado, melted cheese, tomato and green chile that's then wrapped in bacon and seared up on the flattop. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Dec. 2021",
      "One legend has it that the burro is thousands of years old and was the preferred food of Mesoamerians. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "The gnats came for the dwarf Meyer lemon tree and the burro \u2019s tail on the balcony. \u2014 Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021",
      "Police said the driver was OK and added there have been reports of high burro activity on the Bullhead Parkway. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 9 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1775, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, irregular from borrico , from Late Latin burricus small horse":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307r-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ass",
      "donkey",
      "jackass",
      "moke"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110108",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "burro grass":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tufted grass ( Scleropogon brevifolius ) of semiarid plains and open valleys of the southwestern U.S. with wiry stolons, leaves that are flat and crowded at the base, and spikelets with long twisted awns":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133708",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "burro's tail":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a succulent evergreen plant ( Sedum morganianum) grown as an ornamental and especially as a houseplant for its long trailing stems of overlapping, greenish-blue, oblong lanceolate leaves and small pink or red flowers":[
        "A slow-growing plant, burro's tail consists of porcelain pale blue jelly-bean leaves that will eventually produce geotropic chains 3 feet (or longer) in length.",
        "\u2014 Joshua Siskin , Daily News of Los Angeles , 30 Mar. 2002",
        "Burro tail (S. morganianum) grows its leaves in long thick tendrils which have a braided look.",
        "\u2014 Sue Rideout , Visalia (California) Times-Delta , 19 May 2011"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": on the back of a burro":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211538",
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      "adverb"
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      ": a spreading-branched composite shrub ( Hymenoclea monogyra ) with filiform leaves and numerous small unisexual flower heads in mixed panicles that is common on rangeland in the western U.S.":[]
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      "noun"
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      "Definition of burrough (Entry 1 of 2) obsolete variant of borough",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102741",
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      ": a hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (such as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation":[],
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      ": to construct by tunneling":[
        "burrowed a dwelling"
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      ": to hide in or as if in a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter and habitation : to hide in or as if in a burrow":[
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      ],
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      ": to make a motion suggestive of burrowing : snuggle , nestle":[
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      ": to make a motion suggestive of burrowing with : nestle":[
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      ],
      ": to penetrate by means of a burrow":[
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      ": to progress by or as if by digging":[
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      "Noun",
      "the chipmunk retreated to its burrow to have its babies",
      "Verb",
      "The rabbit burrowed into the side of the hill.",
      "The frogs burrow under the mud.",
      "The mole burrowed its way under the ground.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the predawn hours of a cold winter morning in the French Alps, the photographer Jose Grand\u00edo lay still in the snow, waiting for a stoat (Mustela erminea) to emerge from its burrow . \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
      "Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow, declaring there would be six more weeks of winter. \u2014 Bradley Blackburn, CBS News , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Burrow won\u2019t have time to do much more than burrow , and Aaron Donald could be theMVP in a bruising response to his last tepid Super Bowl. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Phil left his burrow early that morning, as usual, to look for his shadow. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "After scouting their territory, the groundhog will return to its burrow to sleep a few more weeks\u2014emerging for a frenetic week that will lead to a baby boom in April. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "On that day, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler\u2019s Knob in Pennsylvania to predict the weather for the rest of the winter. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Squinting against the high noon sun, Mikulski points to the dirt trail leading into the hole \u2014 a clear sign of an active rat burrow . \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "After each female molted to adulthood, a male was placed in her enclosure and allowed to approach the burrow . \u2014 Nala Rogers, Scientific American , 27 Jan. 2014",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Ghouls, the eaters of the dead, burrow underneath tombs and graveyards looking for meals and treasure. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "Only the novel could burrow into the squalid chambers of the murderer\u2019s mind. \u2014 Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "Temperatures plunged, forcing me to burrow inside my sleeping bag. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "Perhaps now is precisely the moment simply to stand up to these lone strongmen who have managed to burrow their way deeply into democratic institutions. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "The worms can mature and breed there, and legions of little larvae\u2014about 600 micrometers in length\u2014can emerge, burrow directly into a person's skin unnoticed, and make their way into the intestines by various routes. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In rare cases, the larvae can also burrow their way inside the eyeball. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "By using the Wagner Group to burrow into these resource-rich countries and secure lucrative mining concessions, Russia has been trying to future-proof itself against the kinds of sanctions now being imposed by the U.S. and its allies. \u2014 Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "During the lockdown\u2019s early period, sometimes my own instinct was to burrow even deeper into bed. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English borow":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d, \u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
      "\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "den",
      "hole",
      "house",
      "lair",
      "lodge"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114642",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a weed ( Suaeda moquini ) of the family Chenopodiaceae growing on alkaline lands in the southwestern U.S.":[],
      ": any of several rayless goldenrods":[],
      ": bur sage":[],
      ": iodine bush":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "burro + weed":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231215",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of numerous largely subterranean usually dark-colored small bugs constituting the family Cydnidae and resembling beetles":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064913",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various sea anemones that burrow in muddy or sandy sea bottoms":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172204",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a soil nematode ( Radopholus similis ) attacking the roots of sugarcane in Hawaii":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013135",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a small diurnal chiefly ground-dwelling American owl ( Athene cunicularia ) of grassland and desert regions that roosts and nests in burrows":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As far as wild animals go, the western burrowing owl is a tolerant neighbor to humans. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The burrowing owl lives its life the opposite of most owls. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "To further support this illusion, an outdoor speaker was set up at these sites to periodically play burrowing owl calls during the week before the animals were released from their acclimation enclosures, and during the following week. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "The Ramona grasslands are the second site in San Diego County slated for burrowing owl reintroduction. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "In November, the Audubon will be launching yet another beer and bird combo that will focus on the burrowing owl . \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "Andrew Lee snapped this fortuitous shot of a burrowing owl mother and her owlets peering in the same direction in Ontario, Canada. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
      "Still, burrowing owls are in a unique position to survive, and even thrive, in urban environments. \u2014 Erin Stone, azcentral , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Researchers say at least 225 of the rare petrels are killed each year by burrowing owls , about 40% of the total number of deaths. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 7 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125745",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sudden intense effort":[
        "a burst of speed"
      ],
      ": an act of bursting":[
        "the burst of a bubble",
        "a burst of confidence"
      ],
      ": explosion , eruption":[
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      ": launch , plunge":[
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      ": the duration of fire in one engagement of the mechanism of an automatic firearm":[
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      ": to break open, apart, or into pieces usually from impact or from pressure from within":[
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      ],
      ": to cause to burst":[
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      ": to emerge or spring suddenly":[
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        "burst onto the scene",
        "burst into flames"
      ],
      ": to flood over":[
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      ": to force open (something, such as a door or a way) by strong or vigorous action":[],
      ": to give vent suddenly to a repressed emotion":[
        "burst into tears",
        "burst out laughing"
      ],
      ": to give way from an excess of emotion":[
        "my heart will burst"
      ],
      ": to produce by or as if by bursting":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Two of the water pipes burst .",
      "He burst a blood vessel.",
      "The doors suddenly burst open .",
      "The cops burst the door open .",
      "He burst into the room.",
      "The sun burst through the clouds.",
      "She burst through the door and yelled \u201cSurprise!\u201d.",
      "Noun",
      "She ran hard in short bursts toward the end of the race.",
      "the burst of a bubble",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When told that the Democratic governors\u2019 group described the ban as extreme, Sununu burst out laughing. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "When one fan asked if Hough would propose on the show, the couple immediately burst out laughing. \u2014 Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
      "The theater burst out in applause as Risky Business played, and a young Cruise slid onto the screen to Bob Seger\u2019s Old Time Rock \u2018N Roll. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
      "Upon noticing their wardrobe coincidence, both the queen and Tes\u00f3n burst out laughing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "These anxieties tend to burst out in a variety of flash points and buzzwords and panics: cancel culture, Critical Race Theory, the woke mob. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "That same month, a judge granted a couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Miller after the actor allegedly burst into their bedroom in Hawaii, threatened them, and stole their passport and wallet. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
      "One person was killed Friday after an airplane crashed into a Southern California strawberry field shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, according to media reports. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
      "The hall filled with cheering and applause as Scott burst into tears. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Inside the school, while an initial burst of at least 100 shots ended quickly, sporadic gunfire continued. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "The last two seasons used up the list of 21 storm names, an unprecedented burst of activity. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 25 May 2022",
      "Tempe plans to reopen the westbound lanes of US 60 between Loop 101 and McClintock Drive early next week after an underground water pipe burst and flooded the highway two weeks ago. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
      "Asked whether Blue Is the Warmest Colour would have benefited from such a position, Seydoux lets out an almost shocking burst of laughter. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "A few seconds later, ground operators triggered a flight-termination system, which destroyed the rocket in an astonishing burst of fire and smoke over the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "There was an active snow squall \u2014 an intense burst of snow that often drastically reduces visibility \u2014 at the time of the pileup on the northbound side of I-81, a spokesperson for the state police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Having surprised the world with the speed and unity of an early burst of sanctions, Washington, Brussels and London have more recently gone at different speeds rolling out potentially more controversial rounds. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But after that initial burst of activity \u2013 12 of the first 24 players nominated went for $30 or more -- the auction room suddenly turned cold. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bersten , from Old English berstan ; akin to Old High German brestan to burst":"Verb",
      "derivative of burst entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rst"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blow",
      "blow up",
      "crump",
      "detonate",
      "explode",
      "go off",
      "pop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113348",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      "to develop suddenly and violently hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144253",
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      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sudden intense effort":[
        "a burst of speed"
      ],
      ": an act of bursting":[
        "the burst of a bubble",
        "a burst of confidence"
      ],
      ": explosion , eruption":[
        "a burst of violence"
      ],
      ": launch , plunge":[
        "burst into song"
      ],
      ": the duration of fire in one engagement of the mechanism of an automatic firearm":[
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      ": to be filled to the breaking point":[
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      ": to be larger, fuller, or more crowded than could reasonably have been anticipated":[],
      ": to break open, apart, or into pieces usually from impact or from pressure from within":[
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      ],
      ": to cause to burst":[
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      ": to emerge or spring suddenly":[
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        "burst onto the scene",
        "burst into flames"
      ],
      ": to flood over":[
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      ": to force open (something, such as a door or a way) by strong or vigorous action":[],
      ": to give vent suddenly to a repressed emotion":[
        "burst into tears",
        "burst out laughing"
      ],
      ": to give way from an excess of emotion":[
        "my heart will burst"
      ],
      ": to produce by or as if by bursting":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Two of the water pipes burst .",
      "He burst a blood vessel.",
      "The doors suddenly burst open .",
      "The cops burst the door open .",
      "He burst into the room.",
      "The sun burst through the clouds.",
      "She burst through the door and yelled \u201cSurprise!\u201d.",
      "Noun",
      "She ran hard in short bursts toward the end of the race.",
      "the burst of a bubble",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When told that the Democratic governors\u2019 group described the ban as extreme, Sununu burst out laughing. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "When one fan asked if Hough would propose on the show, the couple immediately burst out laughing. \u2014 Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
      "The theater burst out in applause as Risky Business played, and a young Cruise slid onto the screen to Bob Seger\u2019s Old Time Rock \u2018N Roll. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
      "Upon noticing their wardrobe coincidence, both the queen and Tes\u00f3n burst out laughing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
      "These anxieties tend to burst out in a variety of flash points and buzzwords and panics: cancel culture, Critical Race Theory, the woke mob. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "That same month, a judge granted a couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Miller after the actor allegedly burst into their bedroom in Hawaii, threatened them, and stole their passport and wallet. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
      "One person was killed Friday after an airplane crashed into a Southern California strawberry field shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, according to media reports. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
      "The hall filled with cheering and applause as Scott burst into tears. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Inside the school, while an initial burst of at least 100 shots ended quickly, sporadic gunfire continued. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "The last two seasons used up the list of 21 storm names, an unprecedented burst of activity. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 25 May 2022",
      "Tempe plans to reopen the westbound lanes of US 60 between Loop 101 and McClintock Drive early next week after an underground water pipe burst and flooded the highway two weeks ago. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
      "Asked whether Blue Is the Warmest Colour would have benefited from such a position, Seydoux lets out an almost shocking burst of laughter. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "A few seconds later, ground operators triggered a flight-termination system, which destroyed the rocket in an astonishing burst of fire and smoke over the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "There was an active snow squall \u2014 an intense burst of snow that often drastically reduces visibility \u2014 at the time of the pileup on the northbound side of I-81, a spokesperson for the state police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Having surprised the world with the speed and unity of an early burst of sanctions, Washington, Brussels and London have more recently gone at different speeds rolling out potentially more controversial rounds. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But after that initial burst of activity \u2013 12 of the first 24 players nominated went for $30 or more -- the auction room suddenly turned cold. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bersten , from Old English berstan ; akin to Old High German brestan to burst":"Verb",
      "derivative of burst entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259rst"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "blow",
      "blow up",
      "crump",
      "detonate",
      "explode",
      "go off",
      "pop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091156",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  },
  "bury":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disinter",
      "exhume",
      "unearth"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": submerge , engross":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in buried himself in his books"
      ],
      ": to conceal by or as if by covering with earth":[
        "a dog burying a bone",
        "buried treasure"
      ],
      ": to conceal in obscurity":[
        "buried the retraction among the classified ads"
      ],
      ": to cover from view":[
        "buried her face in her hands",
        "Their car was buried under the snow."
      ],
      ": to defeat overwhelmingly":[
        "They were buried by a score of 15-2."
      ],
      ": to have done with":[
        "burying their differences"
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      ": to put (a playing card) out of play by placing it in or under the dealer's pack":[],
      ": to settle a disagreement : become reconciled":[
        "time for them to bury the hatchet and start working together again"
      ],
      ": to succeed emphatically or impressively in making (a shot)":[
        "bury a jumper",
        "bury a putt"
      ],
      "town in Greater Manchester, northwestern England population 172,200":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He was buried with full military honors.",
      "Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery.",
      "cultures that bury their dead",
      "The dog buried her bone.",
      "He buried the money in the backyard.",
      "the search for buried treasure",
      "He has learned to bury his feelings.",
      "She buried her face in her hands.",
      "The disclaimer was buried in the fine print.",
      "The newspaper covered the story, but it was buried in the back of section C.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The police officer said responders were sent to the scene on Sunday to retrieve and bury bodies. \u2014 Bethlehem Feleke, CNN , 20 June 2022",
      "The scrub-jay spreads the seeds of pi\u00f1on pine trees, and a single bird can bury thousands of pine seeds a year. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
      "Companies that bury their heads in the sand and focus solely on geographic technicalities risk a rude awakening. \u2014 Gal Ringel, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The investigation also included an admission from another former lover of Sheffield, who allegedly confessed to helping Sheffield bury Young\u2019s body, NBC Philadelphia reported. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
      "After properly destroying the stones, workers would bury the fragments and mark the location, Wussick said. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
      "Algorithms can be programmed to show or bury content. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Kurt Schrader helped bury prescription drug reform. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
      "Academics generally agree that people bury coin hoards during times of great stress: for example, during the Black Death or the English Reformation. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burien, birien, beryen, going back to Old English byrgan, byrian, going back to Germanic *burgjan-, probably meaning \"to conceal\" (whence also Old Norse byrgja \"to close, shut, hide\"), zero-grade derivative from the base of *bergan- \"to keep safe\" \u2014 more at harbor entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8be-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0113",
      "also \u02c8b\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bury hide , conceal , screen , secrete , bury mean to withhold or withdraw from sight. hide may or may not suggest intent. hide in the closet a house hidden in the woods conceal usually does imply intent and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge. concealed the weapon screen implies an interposing of something that prevents discovery. a house screened by trees secrete suggests a depositing in a place unknown to others. secreted the amulet inside his shirt bury implies covering up so as to hide completely. buried the treasure",
    "synonyms":[
      "entomb",
      "hearse",
      "inhume",
      "inter",
      "lay",
      "put away",
      "tomb"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035735",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "burying":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disinter",
      "exhume",
      "unearth"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": submerge , engross":[
        "\u2014 usually used with in buried himself in his books"
      ],
      ": to conceal by or as if by covering with earth":[
        "a dog burying a bone",
        "buried treasure"
      ],
      ": to conceal in obscurity":[
        "buried the retraction among the classified ads"
      ],
      ": to cover from view":[
        "buried her face in her hands",
        "Their car was buried under the snow."
      ],
      ": to defeat overwhelmingly":[
        "They were buried by a score of 15-2."
      ],
      ": to have done with":[
        "burying their differences"
      ],
      ": to put (a playing card) out of play by placing it in or under the dealer's pack":[],
      ": to settle a disagreement : become reconciled":[
        "time for them to bury the hatchet and start working together again"
      ],
      ": to succeed emphatically or impressively in making (a shot)":[
        "bury a jumper",
        "bury a putt"
      ],
      "town in Greater Manchester, northwestern England population 172,200":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He was buried with full military honors.",
      "Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery.",
      "cultures that bury their dead",
      "The dog buried her bone.",
      "He buried the money in the backyard.",
      "the search for buried treasure",
      "He has learned to bury his feelings.",
      "She buried her face in her hands.",
      "The disclaimer was buried in the fine print.",
      "The newspaper covered the story, but it was buried in the back of section C.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some were unable to bury relatives who died alongside them. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
      "Bring a portable toilet or learn how and where to bury your business. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
      "The couple had hoped to bury their daughter near McCarthy\u2019s grandmother at Knollwood Memorial Park in Canton. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "In addition to Archange and Anselme, whose deaths were marked by inadequate medical care, Haitian Bridge Alliance has paid to bury several others who experienced medical neglect, said Petit-fr\u00e8re. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Now, her family is preparing to bury the little girl on Monday, June 6, two days after her birthday. \u2014 Madalyn Mendoza, Chron , 3 June 2022",
      "Olga Kotenko had to bury her son twice as war crimes investigators across the country work to hold Russian forces accountable for alleged atrocities. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "But not talking about it hasn\u2019t done anything but left people to grapple with emotional struggles alone, or forced them to just try to bury such issues. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 26 May 2022",
      "Their old castmate Monterrey Jack has crossed the wrong loan shark, and Chip and Dale decide to bury their decades-old feud to do some rescuing and rangering. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English burien, birien, beryen, going back to Old English byrgan, byrian, going back to Germanic *burgjan-, probably meaning \"to conceal\" (whence also Old Norse byrgja \"to close, shut, hide\"), zero-grade derivative from the base of *bergan- \"to keep safe\" \u2014 more at harbor entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8b\u0259r-",
      "\u02c8be-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8ber-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bury hide , conceal , screen , secrete , bury mean to withhold or withdraw from sight. hide may or may not suggest intent. hide in the closet a house hidden in the woods conceal usually does imply intent and often specifically implies a refusal to divulge. concealed the weapon screen implies an interposing of something that prevents discovery. a house screened by trees secrete suggests a depositing in a place unknown to others. secreted the amulet inside his shirt bury implies covering up so as to hide completely. buried the treasure",
    "synonyms":[
      "entomb",
      "hearse",
      "inhume",
      "inter",
      "lay",
      "put away",
      "tomb"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-121042",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule":[
        "took the bus to work",
        "double-decker buses",
        "waiting at the bus stop"
      ],
      ": a set of parallel conductors (see conductor sense d(1) ) in a computer system that forms a main transmission path":[],
      ": a small hand truck":[],
      ": a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as warheads )":[],
      ": automobile":[],
      ": bus bar":[],
      ": clear sense 4d":[
        "bus dishes"
      ],
      ": to criticize, blame, or punish (someone in a vulnerable position) especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage":[
        "\u2026 we will not throw any student under the bus for instant restoration of our image or our reputation.",
        "\u2014 Donna Shalala",
        "But he went out of his way to make clear that this one wasn't really on him. The problem lay with underlings, whom he quickly threw under the bus .",
        "\u2014 Rem Rieder"
      ],
      ": to remove dirty dishes from":[
        "bus tables"
      ],
      ": to transport by bus":[
        "busing kids to school",
        "Students were bused in for the game."
      ],
      ": to travel by a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule : to travel by bus":[],
      ": to work as a busboy":[],
      "business":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She boarded a bus in Nashville.",
      "Are you traveling by train or by bus ?",
      "Verb",
      "He buses tables at the local diner.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "More than 51,000 people in Georgia plan to travel by bus , train or cruise for the Independence Day weekend, according to the AAA forecast. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 21 June 2022",
      "It's estimated there will be 3.55 million people traveling by air for the weekend, and 2.42 million people will travel by bus , train or cruise. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
      "Finding the right people for your bus and seating them appropriately makes your business resilient and agile\u2014two qualities necessary for startups. \u2014 Dr. Eric George, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Granted early release from the Army to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Brand packed up his VW bus and, in August 1962, lit out for the Bay Area. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "By the bus , hugs were prevalent and tears were shed. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
      "That morning, Hart, who worked as a school bus driver at the time, happened to see her daughter on her way into the high school while Hart was saying goodbye to the kids on her bus . \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
      "None have a car, and trekking back to Langue de Barbarie can take two hours by bus . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "In addition to driving, about 320,000 Southern Californians are expected to fly over the weekend and another 165,000 will travel by bus , train or take a cruise. \u2014 Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Jewish Agency, an organization which runs the hotline and that helps Jews immigrate to Israel, has been helping to bus Jews in Ukraine to hotels in Poland, Moldova, Hungary and Romania. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Texas Republicans, Democrats call out Gov. Abbott's plan to bus migrants to D.C. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That left enough time to head to the hotel for a quick meal and then bus to the Kohl Center. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Brey has remained one of Blakeney\u2019s close friends and agreed to bus his team 4-plus hours north after a Saturday game at Virginia Tech to play Howard. \u2014 Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The other six women head off for the ceremony, and send the shuttle bus back to pick up Mary. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Brandon can\u2019t remain a head coach driving the team bus down this road and stopping to throw his players under it. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "In all, more than 109 million people will drive, fly or bus out of town. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "And would bus lanes replacing on-street parking from Bowdoin to Charles Circle on Cambridge Street be more effective? \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "short for omnibus":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "auto",
      "automobile",
      "car",
      "horseless carriage",
      "machine",
      "motor",
      "motor vehicle",
      "motorcar",
      "wheels"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104140",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bush":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bastard",
      "bush-league",
      "crummy",
      "crumby",
      "deficient",
      "dissatisfactory",
      "ill",
      "inferior",
      "lame",
      "lousy",
      "off",
      "paltry",
      "poor",
      "punk",
      "sour",
      "suboptimal",
      "subpar",
      "substandard",
      "unacceptable",
      "unsatisfactory",
      "wack",
      "wanting",
      "wretched",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "1890\u20131974 American electrical engineer":[
        "Van*ne*var \\ v\u0259-\u200b\u02c8n\u0113-\u200bv\u0259r \\"
      ],
      ": a bunch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale":[],
      ": a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant":[],
      ": a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness":[
        "\u2014 usually used with the"
      ],
      ": advertising":[
        "good wine needs no bush",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": bushing":[],
      ": falling below acceptable standards : unprofessional":[
        "bush behavior"
      ],
      ": having a low-growing compact bushy habit":[
        "\u2014 used especially of cultivated beans bush snap beans"
      ],
      ": minor league":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural spent ten years in the bushes"
      ],
      ": serving, occurring in, or used in the bush":[
        "bush planes"
      ],
      ": tavern":[],
      ": to extend like a bush : resemble a bush":[],
      ": to support, mark, or protect with bushes":[],
      "George (Herbert Walker) 1924\u20132018 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1981\u201389); 41st president of the U.S. (1989\u201393)":[],
      "George W(alker) 1946\u2013 son of George H. W. Bush American politician; 43rd president of the U.S. (2001\u201309)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1566, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch bus bushing, box, from Middle Dutch busse box, from Late Latin buxis \u2014 more at box entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English bussh, bosch, buissh \"woods, thicket, underbrush, shrub, underbrush concealing a hunter or fighter,\" going back to Old English *busc, going back to Germanic *buska- (perhaps also beside an earlier u-stem *busku- ) (whence also Old Saxon -busc in br\u0101malbusk \"bramble bush,\" Middle Dutch bosch, busch \"forest, bunch, bundle,\" Old High German busc, bosc \"shrub, bramble bush, thicket, grove,\" Old Swedish buske \"bush,\" Old Norse [Norway] busk\u00e6r, a nickname, probably \"the bushy-haired one,\" Old Icelandic Buski, name for a dog, probably \"the bristly one\"), of uncertain origin; (sense 2) probably after Dutch bosch in this sense":"Noun",
      "derivative of bush entry 1":"Verb",
      "from attributive use of bush entry 1":"Adjective",
      "short for bush-league":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backcountry",
      "backland(s)",
      "backwater",
      "backwoods",
      "frontier",
      "hinterland",
      "outback",
      "outlands",
      "up-country"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044531",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bush elephant":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": savanna elephant":[
        "Weighing as much as 14 tons and standing up to 13 feet high, the African bush elephant is the largest land mammal.",
        "\u2014 Holly Prestidge , Richmond (Virginia) Times Dispatch , 5 May 2013"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201111",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bush vetch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a European purple-flowered vetch ( Vicia sepium ) with slender stems that occurs as a weed in hedgerows":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130818",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bush warbler":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various chiefly tropical warblers (family Sylviidae) of open or brushy country":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195023",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bush willow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small deciduous tree ( Combretum apiculatum ) 15 to 20 feet high that is a common constituent of the Transvaal bushveld":[],
      ": a small tree ( Combretum erythrophyllum ) bearing 4-winged fruits and usually growing on the banks of streams":[],
      ": any of a number of southern African trees of the genus Combretum : such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180120",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bush-league":{
    "antonyms":[
      "acceptable",
      "adequate",
      "all right",
      "decent",
      "fine",
      "OK",
      "okay",
      "passable",
      "respectable",
      "satisfactory",
      "standard",
      "tolerable"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism":[],
      ": minor league":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sure, the Bucs are trying to get ready for the playoffs, but this was bush league . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2020",
      "In contemporary universities, in the social sciences and humanities, calling oneself Dr. is thought bush league . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "The chief antagonist to these concerned scientists is Edward Teller (Joel Basman), the most fervent advocate for the construction of a hydrogen bomb that would make the atomic blasts in Japan seem almost bush league . \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2020",
      "Highlighting only Kitchens\u2019 blunders when calling identical plays and hiding his successes is deceitful and bush league . \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "Not to be outdone, Richard Mille, grand master of alternative material innovation, is at the final stage of crafting a watch case from a material that relegates even unobtanium to the bush leagues by its sheer badassitude. \u2014 Wei Koh, A-LIST , 3 Apr. 2018",
      "The other maddening thing is that the Zinke scandal seems almost bush league in the swampy World Series of corruption that is Donald Trump\u2019s Washington. \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1908, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccl\u0113g"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "bastard",
      "bush",
      "crummy",
      "crumby",
      "deficient",
      "dissatisfactory",
      "ill",
      "inferior",
      "lame",
      "lousy",
      "off",
      "paltry",
      "poor",
      "punk",
      "sour",
      "suboptimal",
      "subpar",
      "substandard",
      "unacceptable",
      "unsatisfactory",
      "wack",
      "wanting",
      "wretched",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092152",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushed":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unwearied"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": covered with or as if with a bushy growth":[],
      ": having a bushing":[],
      ": lost especially in the bush":[],
      ": perplexed sense 1 , confused":[],
      ": tired , exhausted":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1907, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sht"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "all in",
      "aweary",
      "beat",
      "beaten",
      "bleary",
      "burned-out",
      "burnt-out",
      "dead",
      "done",
      "drained",
      "exhausted",
      "fatigued",
      "jaded",
      "knackered",
      "limp",
      "logy",
      "loggy",
      "played out",
      "pooped",
      "prostrate",
      "spent",
      "tapped out",
      "tired",
      "tuckered (out)",
      "washed-out",
      "wearied",
      "weary",
      "wiped out",
      "worn",
      "worn-out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164038",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bushel":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ace",
      "bit",
      "dab",
      "dram",
      "driblet",
      "glimmer",
      "handful",
      "hint",
      "lick",
      "little",
      "mite",
      "mouthful",
      "nip",
      "ounce",
      "peanuts",
      "pinch",
      "pittance",
      "scruple",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "smidgen",
      "smidgeon",
      "smidgin",
      "smidge",
      "speck",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "sprinkling",
      "strain",
      "streak",
      "suspicion",
      "tad",
      "taste",
      "touch",
      "trace"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a container holding a bushel":[],
      ": a large quantity":[
        "bushels of money"
      ],
      ": any of various units of dry capacity \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[],
      ": repair , renovate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Corn futures trade at $8 per bushel , the highest price in a decade. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
      "Global wheat prices spiked 6%, with futures trading in Chicago hitting $12.40 per bushel , the highest price in two months. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 17 May 2022",
      "Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee has doubled from $4 or $4.50 a bushel a year ago to $8 or $9 in May. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "Soft red winter wheat for July delivery locked in at $12.39 a bushel after rising as high as $12.47, its highest level since mid-March. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 16 May 2022",
      "Until recently, that drought a decade ago was the only time that corn cost more than $8 a bushel . \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The status of nobility had been diluted by the new titles that Napoleon and Leopold II handed out by the bushel as favors to friends and courtiers\u2014not to mention the many fake ones that social climbing parvenus conferred upon themselves. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Insect plagues were of such severity that farmers were paid by the bushel for locust corpses. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia and Ukraine harvest more than a quarter of the world\u2019s wheat, which has ramped 50% in price this year, to more than $12 per bushel \u2014 levels not seen since 2008. \u2014 Christopher Helman, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English busshel , from Anglo-French bussel, buschelle , from Old French boisse measure of grain, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish boss breadth of the hand":"Noun",
      "probably from German bosseln to do poor work, to patch; akin to Old English b\u0113atan to beat":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "barrel",
      "basketful",
      "boatload",
      "bucket",
      "bunch",
      "bundle",
      "carload",
      "chunk",
      "deal",
      "dozen",
      "fistful",
      "gobs",
      "good deal",
      "heap",
      "hundred",
      "lashings",
      "lashins",
      "loads",
      "lot",
      "mass",
      "mess",
      "mountain",
      "much",
      "multiplicity",
      "myriad",
      "oodles",
      "pack",
      "passel",
      "peck",
      "pile",
      "plateful",
      "plenitude",
      "plentitude",
      "plenty",
      "pot",
      "potful",
      "profusion",
      "quantity",
      "raft",
      "reams",
      "scads",
      "sheaf",
      "shipload",
      "sight",
      "slew",
      "spate",
      "stack",
      "store",
      "ton",
      "truckload",
      "volume",
      "wad",
      "wealth",
      "yard"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105938",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bushelage":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": amount in bushels":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bushel entry 1 + -age":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259lij"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003406",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushelful":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": as much as a bushel will hold":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259l\u02ccfu\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005651",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushelman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": busheler":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bushel entry 3 + man":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259lm\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212142",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "busher":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": swamper",
      ": bush leaguer"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "bush entry 1 + -er"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021306",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushfelling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": the cutting of timber in bush country"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082805",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushfighter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that engages in bushfighting"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113349",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushfighting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hard skirmishing between resourceful opponents":[],
      ": warfare in or as if in the bush : hard fighting that involves a resourceful dodging, hiding, or moving warily and surreptitiously among trees, rocks, and undergrowth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115514",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushwa":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bunkum , hooey":[
        "there it was again: the bushwa , the sloganeering, being poured out to him with no regard for the truth",
        "\u2014 David Driscoll"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably euphemism for bullshit":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh(\u02cc)w\u00e4",
      "-w\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101819",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushwalk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to walk in the bush : hike":[
        "\u2026 five young adventurers who rode mountain bikes, kayaked and bushwalked from Mt Kosciusko to the Victorian coast.",
        "\u2014 Australian Geographic , July-September 1990",
        "One of the pioneers in the island's national-park movement was an Austrian outdoorsman named Gustav Weindorfer, who bushwalked the mountainous interior [of Tasmania], fell in love with the sublime landscape, and never left.",
        "\u2014 Jamie James , Atlantic Monthly , March 2000"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccw\u022fk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000257",
    "type":[
      "noun,",
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
    ]
  },
  "bushwhack":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to attack (someone) by surprise from a hidden place : ambush":[
        "\u2026 the American banditti robbed trains and bushwhacked stagecoaches and settlers' caravans with equal enthusiasm for fistic violence and gunplay.",
        "\u2014 James Gray",
        "Williams wears a pistol when he goes into the countryside and worries that someone might bushwhack him because he is outspoken.",
        "\u2014 Monty Brower and Bill Shaw"
      ],
      ": to clear a path or advance through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches":[
        "\u2026 it would allow them to locate their prey without having to bushwhack through the jungle for days or weeks.",
        "\u2014 Earth Island Journal"
      ],
      ": to travel by foot through uncleared terrain":[
        "Other beaches have no access at all; you have to bushwhack to get to them, through terrain infested with rattlesnakes, poison oak, and other hazards.",
        "\u2014 Anthony Brandt",
        "No paths presented themselves and I bushwhacked through numerous fallen and dead trees.",
        "\u2014 Rob Nicholson",
        "\u2026 decided it was best to \" bushwhack ,\" or wander off the path to get closer to the barred owl and possibly catch a glimpse of it.",
        "\u2014 Eric Koszalka"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The group bushwhacked through the jungle.",
      "They used the controversy as an opportunity to bushwhack their political opponents.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Your hands need to bushwhack , grip onto sturdy trees, and point out the soaring eagle ahead. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 29 May 2021",
      "That means hikers are sometimes required to bushwhack to get to waypoints such as the summit of El Cajon Mountain east of Lakeside. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "To get a clear picture of an emergency in progress, officers often had to bushwhack through dozens of byzantine databases and feeds from far-flung sensors, including gunshot detectors, license plate readers, and public and private security cameras. \u2014 Arthur Holland Michel, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021",
      "This new one will bushwhack a path into the woods and pamper your ass on a run to the mall. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2020",
      "Or simply study the terrain and bushwhack them along a ridge spine or other terrain funnel, without ever making a call. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 May 2020",
      "Cassens and Groot were among scores of volunteer searchers who had bushwhacked for days, looking for the elderly couple. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "The Bruins and Leafs were tied in wins (24) and the Bolts, seemingly woke now some nine months after getting bushwhacked by the Blue Jackets in the opening round of the playoffs, had 23. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Jan. 2020",
      "While bushwhacking through hellish yew thickets, the sling kept twisting and finally unscrewed the swivel stud. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 14 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from bushwhacker":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02cc(h)wak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "assail",
      "assault",
      "attack",
      "beset",
      "charge",
      "descend (on ",
      "go in (on)",
      "jump (on)",
      "pounce (on ",
      "raid",
      "rush",
      "set on",
      "sic",
      "sick",
      "storm",
      "strike",
      "trash",
      "turn (on)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075106",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bushwood":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": brushwood , undergrowth",
      ": a woodland in which shrubs predominate"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103657",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bushy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of or overgrown with bushes":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an animal with a bushy tail",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Traditionally, the fish arrives at the table presented whole with its head and tail, though the puffed appearance of the center-stage fillet is said to resemble a bushy squirrel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Each is uniquely otherworldly, strange characters in a fantasy play: One is bushy and lavender, another is a looming haze of robin\u2019s egg blue. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Now here was Draper, one year after the incident, cigar in teeth, jaw intact, nothing on his chin but the bushy red goatee. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
      "To avoid tick bites, the CDC recommends staying away from wooded and bushy areas with tall grass and applying insect repellant before activities like camping or gardening. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Pino himself, who talked to EW about executing the Mayans massive mission, how The Godfather influenced the assassination sequence, and what his wife really thought about his bushy Miguel beard. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Fans can catch up on the lightning-fast (and super cute) extraterrestrial and his bushy -two-tailed pal Tails when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is available to stream starting tomorrow on Paramount+. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
      "Like other ancient Chinese roses, their bushy , spreading growth makes great habitat for small birds and other wildlife. \u2014 Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2022",
      "On a recent outing, a guitar slinger offered a soundtrack to our orchard foray with hits from Bob Marley, the Allman Brothers and the like, setting the tone for a romp amid bushy trees heavy with fuzzy, yellow-orange fruit. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113103",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "business":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bowel movement":[
        "\u2014 used especially of pets"
      ],
      ": a damaging assault":[],
      ": a particular field of endeavor":[
        "the best in the business"
      ],
      ": a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood : trade , line":[
        "in the restaurant business"
      ],
      ": affair , matter":[
        "the whole business got out of hand",
        "business as usual"
      ],
      ": an immediate task or objective : mission":[
        "what is your business here"
      ],
      ": creation , concoction":[],
      ": dealings or transactions especially of an economic nature : patronage":[
        "took their business elsewhere"
      ],
      ": double cross":[],
      ": maximum effort":[],
      ": movement or action (such as lighting a cigarette) by an actor intended especially to establish atmosphere , reveal character, or explain a situation":[],
      ": personal concern":[
        "none of your business"
      ],
      ": purposeful activity : busyness":[],
      ": rebuke , tongue-lashing":[],
      ": right":[
        "you have no business speaking to me that way"
      ],
      ": role , function":[
        "how the human mind went about its business of learning",
        "\u2014 H. A. Overstreet"
      ],
      ": serious activity requiring time and effort and usually the avoidance of distractions":[
        "got down to business"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Forever Odd is a direct sequel to 2003's Odd Thomas , the book in which we were introduced to the title character, a young man who can see the dead. They can't talk to him, but they can nudge him in the direction they want, which is usually to help them tidy up some unfinished business from when they were alive. \u2014 Charles De Lint , Fantasy & Science Fiction , May 2006",
      "The Sun may never set, but air temperatures can plummet to -4 degrees Fahrenheit, and blinding snowstorms appear without warning. Sunbathing here can be risky business : even huddled in our parkas and boots, the members of our expedition live under the constant threat of frostbite and hypothermia. \u2014 Terrie M. Williams , Natural History , October 2003",
      "Such high attrition means that most of the dot-coms here today will be gone tomorrow. The business environment is already harsh, and competition is growing. \u2014 Ann Thayer , Chemical & Engineering News , 5 June 2000",
      "Lancaster and Columbia have plenty of history apart from the Civil War, of course. For example, Lancaster was home to F. W. Woolworth's first successful 5&10 and Milton S. Hershey's first successful candy business . \u2014 Lancaster New Era , 2 July 1996",
      "The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.",
      "She works in the publishing business .",
      "David has decided to go into business with his brother.",
      "Their publishing company is the best in the business .",
      "I have to go to New York City on business next week.",
      "They advertised to increase business .",
      "He has the skills necessary to run a business .",
      "The town is trying to attract new businesses .",
      "Do we have any other business we need to discuss?",
      "No, I didn't ask him what he wanted the car for. That's his business .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Biberaj said her office consulted with the four business owners who were victimized, and all agreed that the restitution and sentence were fine. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
      "Netflix is in the midst of a reset, expanding its content purview and its core business model in ways that would have been unthinkable just a couple of years ago. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
      "This medium has become a go-to source of entertainment and education for many, which is why business owners are clamoring to launch their own podcast ventures. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "Continuing expansion of course offerings to appeal to a broader demographic is part of the future business model. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "But Mayor Andre Dickens and interim police Chief Darin Schierbaum are asking more residents and business owners to register their surveillance systems with the city, hopeful that Atlanta\u2019s camera network will help solve and deter crime. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 21 June 2022",
      "In the heart of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Sunday a scene of Black neighborhood natives, families, business owners, and pedestrians could be spotted headed toward The Lay Out in celebration of Juneteenth. \u2014 Cassandra Pintro, Vogue , 20 June 2022",
      "The persistent closures have government officials, residents, tourists and business owners bracing for a bummer summer in the South Bay. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Greenwood, the fintech banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and business owners, has hired Marie-Le as chief marketing officer. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 10":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bisynesse , from bisy busy + -nesse -ness":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u0259z",
      "\u02c8biz-n\u0259s",
      "Southern also \u02c8bid-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for business business , commerce , trade , industry , traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities. business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions. commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons. synonyms see in addition work",
    "synonyms":[
      "custom",
      "patronage"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171215",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bust":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "bat",
      "beat",
      "belt",
      "biff",
      "blow",
      "bop",
      "box",
      "buffet",
      "chop",
      "clap",
      "clip",
      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "douse",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
      "larrup",
      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )":[
        "boom and bust"
      ],
      ": a complete failure : flop":[],
      ": a hearty drinking session":[
        "a beer bust"
      ],
      ": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )":[],
      ": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast":[
        "has a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office"
      ],
      ": arrest":[
        "busted for carrying guns",
        "\u2014 Saul Gottlieb"
      ],
      ": arrest sense 1":[
        "made a couple of drug busts"
      ],
      ": bankrupt , broke":[
        "go bust"
      ],
      ": break down":[
        "Her camera busted ."
      ],
      ": burst":[
        "laughing fit to bust"
      ],
      ": demote":[
        "busted them to the bottom of the seniority list",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": exhaust , wear out":[
        "\u2014 used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort"
      ],
      ": hit , slug":[
        "felt like busting him in the face"
      ],
      ": punch , sock":[
        "a good bust on the nose",
        "\u2014 J. T. Farrell"
      ],
      ": raid":[
        "busted the apartment"
      ],
      ": spree":[],
      ": tame":[
        "bronco busting"
      ],
      ": to bring an end to : break up":[
        "helped bust trusts",
        "\u2014 Newsweek",
        "\u2014 often used with up better not try to bust up his happy marriage \u2014 Forbes"
      ],
      ": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)":[
        "bust a dance move",
        "Hot Hot Heat's jittery, caffeinated rhythms and disco grooves are helping persuade punk kids to bust a move \u2026",
        "\u2014 Christian Hoard"
      ],
      ": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush":[],
      ": to go broke":[],
      ": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )":[],
      ": to ruin financially":[
        "the game of cheaters, which has busted more men than blackjack",
        "\u2014 Arthur Mayse"
      ],
      ": to tease or give a hard time to":[
        "\u2014 often used in phrases like bust one's chops I'm just busting your chops."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He busted his watch when he fell.",
      "I think the camera is busted .",
      "Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
      "She got busted for drug possession.",
      "Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & Italian; French buste \"part of the torso above the waist,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian busto \"tree trunk\" (15th-century Upper Italian), \"part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *b\u016bstis \"trunk,\" perhaps alteration of Latin f\u016bstis \"stick, rod, cudgel\" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning":"Noun",
      "derivative of bust entry 2":"Noun",
      "from predicative use of bust entry 3":"Adjective",
      "variant of burst entry 1 with assimilatory loss of /r/ before /s/":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "degrade",
      "demote",
      "disrate",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102852",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "busted":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bang",
      "bash",
      "bat",
      "beat",
      "belt",
      "biff",
      "blow",
      "bop",
      "box",
      "buffet",
      "chop",
      "clap",
      "clip",
      "clout",
      "crack",
      "cuff",
      "dab",
      "douse",
      "fillip",
      "hack",
      "haymaker",
      "hit",
      "hook",
      "knock",
      "larrup",
      "lash",
      "lick",
      "pelt",
      "pick",
      "plump",
      "poke",
      "pound",
      "punch",
      "rap",
      "slam",
      "slap",
      "slug",
      "smack",
      "smash",
      "sock",
      "spank",
      "stinger",
      "stripe",
      "stroke",
      "swat",
      "swipe",
      "switch",
      "thud",
      "thump",
      "thwack",
      "wallop",
      "welt",
      "whack",
      "wham",
      "whop",
      "whap"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )":[
        "boom and bust"
      ],
      ": a complete failure : flop":[],
      ": a hearty drinking session":[
        "a beer bust"
      ],
      ": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )":[],
      ": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast":[
        "has a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office"
      ],
      ": arrest":[
        "busted for carrying guns",
        "\u2014 Saul Gottlieb"
      ],
      ": arrest sense 1":[
        "made a couple of drug busts"
      ],
      ": bankrupt , broke":[
        "go bust"
      ],
      ": break down":[
        "Her camera busted ."
      ],
      ": burst":[
        "laughing fit to bust"
      ],
      ": demote":[
        "busted them to the bottom of the seniority list",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": exhaust , wear out":[
        "\u2014 used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort"
      ],
      ": hit , slug":[
        "felt like busting him in the face"
      ],
      ": punch , sock":[
        "a good bust on the nose",
        "\u2014 J. T. Farrell"
      ],
      ": raid":[
        "busted the apartment"
      ],
      ": spree":[],
      ": tame":[
        "bronco busting"
      ],
      ": to bring an end to : break up":[
        "helped bust trusts",
        "\u2014 Newsweek",
        "\u2014 often used with up better not try to bust up his happy marriage \u2014 Forbes"
      ],
      ": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)":[
        "bust a dance move",
        "Hot Hot Heat's jittery, caffeinated rhythms and disco grooves are helping persuade punk kids to bust a move \u2026",
        "\u2014 Christian Hoard"
      ],
      ": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush":[],
      ": to go broke":[],
      ": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )":[],
      ": to ruin financially":[
        "the game of cheaters, which has busted more men than blackjack",
        "\u2014 Arthur Mayse"
      ],
      ": to tease or give a hard time to":[
        "\u2014 often used in phrases like bust one's chops I'm just busting your chops."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He busted his watch when he fell.",
      "I think the camera is busted .",
      "Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
      "She got busted for drug possession.",
      "Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1836, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & Italian; French buste \"part of the torso above the waist,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian busto \"tree trunk\" (15th-century Upper Italian), \"part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *b\u016bstis \"trunk,\" perhaps alteration of Latin f\u016bstis \"stick, rod, cudgel\" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning":"Noun",
      "derivative of bust entry 2":"Noun",
      "from predicative use of bust entry 3":"Adjective",
      "variant of burst entry 1 with assimilatory loss of /r/ before /s/":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "degrade",
      "demote",
      "disrate",
      "downgrade",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000032",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bustle":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ado",
      "alarums and excursions",
      "ballyhoo",
      "blather",
      "bluster",
      "bobbery",
      "bother",
      "clatter",
      "clutter",
      "coil",
      "commotion",
      "corroboree",
      "disturbance",
      "do",
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      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fuss",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hoo-ha",
      "hoo-hah",
      "hoopla",
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      "hubbub",
      "hullabaloo",
      "hurly",
      "hurly-burly",
      "hurricane",
      "hurry",
      "hurry-scurry",
      "hurry-skurry",
      "kerfuffle",
      "moil",
      "pandemonium",
      "pother",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction",
      "rumpus",
      "shindy",
      "splore",
      "squall",
      "stew",
      "stir",
      "storm",
      "to-do",
      "tumult",
      "turmoil",
      "uproar",
      "welter",
      "whirl",
      "williwaw",
      "zoo"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity":[
        "the hustle and bustle of the big city"
      ],
      ": to be busily astir : teem":[
        "The house was bustling with activity."
      ],
      ": to move briskly and often ostentatiously":[
        "bustled around the kitchen"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests.",
      "on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1637, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1782, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk , from Old Norse b\u016bask to prepare oneself":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abound",
      "brim",
      "bristle",
      "bulge",
      "burst",
      "buzz",
      "crawl",
      "hum",
      "overflow",
      "pullulate",
      "swarm",
      "teem"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001218",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bustling":{
    "antonyms":[
      "idle",
      "inactive",
      "unbusy",
      "unemployed",
      "unoccupied"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of lively activity : busily astir":[
        "a bustling market",
        "bustling streets",
        "Commercial ships and recreational boats were serviced by a bustling marine industry.",
        "\u2014 AAG Abstracts"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dona Gra\u00e7a is the perfect launchpad for visits to the bustling Bairro Alto and Baixa neighborhoods, a short 15 minutes away, balanced with some sun soaked R&R in the aromatic orange garden which features a swimming pool and lounge areas. \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
      "Davies\u2019s game begins with an image of a bustling urban street, with red dust spilling out from the sidewalks onto the pavement. \u2014 Max Norman, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
      "Mark Williams walked into a gym tucked beside the bustling Interstate 95 in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami on a recent Thursday. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
      "At the alpine lodge, owner Larry Yung's bustling summer season just grounded to a halt after Yellowstone National Park was forced to close due to dangerous flooding. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "The bustling college district gives way to a downtown of brick facades characteristic of Old West towns established in the mid-1800s. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
      "While Windsor is popular tourist destination, the private estates are extensive in comparison to Kensington Palace which is has smaller private grounds amidst a bustling central London tourist hotspot. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
      "Cities like San Marcos, Kyle and Buda along the bustling I-35 corridor were an attractive option for many people who worked in the fast-growing metropolitan areas of Austin and San Antonio. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 13 June 2022",
      "Police are looking for a third person in connection with the weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia that left three people dead and 12 others injured in the bustling South Street entertainment district. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1582, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259-",
      "\u02c8b\u0259s-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "assiduous",
      "busy",
      "diligent",
      "employed",
      "engaged",
      "hopping",
      "industrious",
      "laborious",
      "occupied",
      "sedulous",
      "tied-up",
      "working"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204050",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "busy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "bemuse",
      "catch up",
      "engage",
      "engross",
      "enthrall",
      "enthral",
      "enwrap",
      "fascinate",
      "grip",
      "immerse",
      "interest",
      "intrigue",
      "involve",
      "occupy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being in use":[
        "found the telephone busy"
      ],
      ": bustle":[
        "small boats busied to and fro",
        "\u2014 Quentin Crewe"
      ],
      ": engaged in action : occupied":[
        "She's busy studying.",
        "has enough work to keep him busy for a while"
      ],
      ": foolishly or intrusively active : meddling":[
        "a busy , fussy sort of man much concerned with regulating everything",
        "\u2014 A. M. Young"
      ],
      ": full of activity : bustling":[
        "a busy seaport"
      ],
      ": full of distracting detail":[
        "a busy design"
      ],
      ": to make engaged in action : to make busy (see busy entry 1 sense 1a ) : occupy":[
        "busied herself about the room"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She's busy preparing for her test.",
      "Are you busy ? Can I talk to you for a minute?",
      "I will be busy cleaning the house.",
      "I'm sorry I haven't called. I've been so busy .",
      "busy people who don't have time to cook",
      "I got enough work to keep me busy for a while.",
      "He is a very busy person.",
      "He's been busy in the kitchen all afternoon.",
      "My week has been so busy !",
      "Is there any time in your busy schedule for us to have lunch next week?",
      "Verb",
      "the video game busied the child for hours",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In the meantime, however, being a mom to North, Psalm, Chicago, and Saint has kept her plenty busy . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
      "While keeping him busy at home, the situation at parliament is not expected to destabilize Macron's international agenda. \u2014 Sylvie Corbet, ajc , 21 June 2022",
      "Buckingham kept Tuggle extremely busy over the last 15 years with both solo work and the Buckingham McVie offshoot band. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
      "The rest of the game saw Kalamazoo Christian keeping Shrine goalkeeper Elena Gallagher busy , but the Comets couldn't break through. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
      "The confounding economic picture has investors selling stocks and bonds all at once, keeping Wall Street\u2019s trading floors busy . \u2014 David Benoit, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Oregon\u2019s war on drugs may be over, but other crimes are on the rise and keeping police busy . \u2014 Dan Springer, Fox News , 16 June 2022",
      "Miller also kept busy this time writing a solo album and his second children's book. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "The landmark birthday happened to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, which means everyone was kept pretty busy . \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Wedding planning isn't the only thing keeping the Olympic gold medalist busy these days. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "In the old days\u2014the \u201990s\u2014the affluent but creatively stifled would busy themselves DJing behind a turntable. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The challenge of transferring patients from rural communities to outlying hospitals, and from those hospitals to busy Anchorage facilities, was a factor in the decision. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "The cabin is too secluded to wander off-property, so guests busy themselves with activities. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 Sep. 2021",
      "One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bisy , from Old English bisig ; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich busy":"Adjective and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bi-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for busy Adjective busy , industrious , diligent , assiduous , sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied. busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. too busy to spend time with the children industrious implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work. industrious employees diligent suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit. very diligent in her pursuit of a degree assiduous stresses careful and unremitting application. assiduous practice sedulous implies painstaking and persevering application. a sedulous investigation of the murder",
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "assiduous",
      "bustling",
      "diligent",
      "employed",
      "engaged",
      "hopping",
      "industrious",
      "laborious",
      "occupied",
      "sedulous",
      "tied-up",
      "working"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071956",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "but":{
    "antonyms":[
      "apart from",
      "aside from",
      "bar",
      "barring",
      "beside",
      "besides",
      "except",
      "excepting",
      "except for",
      "excluding",
      "exclusive of",
      "other than",
      "outside",
      "outside of",
      "save",
      "saving"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": except for the fact":[
        "would have protested but that he was afraid"
      ],
      ": if not : unless":[],
      ": on the contrary : on the other hand : notwithstanding":[
        "\u2014 used to connect coordinate elements he was called but he did not answer not peace but a sword"
      ],
      ": only , merely":[
        "he is but a child"
      ],
      ": other than":[
        "this letter is nothing but an insult"
      ],
      ": outside":[],
      ": than":[
        "no sooner started but it stopped",
        "\u2014 not often in formal use"
      ],
      ": that":[
        "\u2014 used after a negative there is no doubt but that it must be done"
      ],
      ": that not : who not":[
        "nobody but has his fault",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": that \u2026 not":[
        "\u2014 used to indicate possibility or uncertainty I don't know but what I will go"
      ],
      ": the kitchen or living quarters of a 2-room cottage":[],
      ": to the contrary":[
        "who knows but that she may succeed"
      ],
      ": with the exception of":[
        "\u2014 used before a word often taken to be the subject of a clause none but the brave deserves the fair \u2014 John Dryden"
      ],
      ": with the exception of : barring":[
        "no one there but me"
      ],
      ": without , lacking":[],
      ": without the concomitant that":[
        "it never rains but it pours"
      ],
      ": yet":[
        "poor but proud"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare but entry 1 sense 2c":[
        "no one there but me"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Conjunction",
      "We had no choice but to leave.",
      "They've done nothing but argue all afternoon.",
      "Preposition",
      "There was no one there but him.",
      "I didn't tell anyone but my sister.",
      "Who but you would think that?",
      "Adverb",
      "They have but two weeks to get ready.",
      "she is but a child and too young to understand such things",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
      "But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
      "But with a full and volatile season behind them, the two have grown closer, prompting check-ins from Bradford last month, seeking tidbits from his coach who watched OTA practices on a tablet from his Kentucky retreat. \u2014 Chad Graff, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017",
      "The tech firm didn\u2019t pull that video down, but reached out to police. \u2014 Queenie Wong, The Mercury News , 3 May 2017",
      "But campus leaders like Chancellor Vincent Fulginiti and many community donors had a bigger vision. \u2014 Matthew Wynia, The Denver Post , 1 May 2017",
      "Normally a chain moving here wouldn\u2019t pique my interest too much, but this place has got some serious fans \u2014 called \u2018 \u2014 Allyson Reedy, The Know , 24 Apr. 2017",
      "The powerhouse, year-round clubs might be peaking again but the strongest undercurrents Saturday came from team connections. \u2014 Dan Albano, Orange County Register , 22 Apr. 2017",
      "But enough do to make a significant dent in the prescription numbers. \u2014 Christopher Ingraham, The Cannabist , 21 Apr. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
      "Normally, big job losses trigger massive searches for full-time jobs, but this crisis has been anything but normal. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 1 June 2020",
      "Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, Washington Post , 30 May 2020",
      "Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2020",
      "The Big Ten hasn\u2019t enacted a conference-wide date but Ohio State, which is scheduled to visit Oregon a week after NDSU on Sept. 12, has said its players will begin workouts June 8. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2020",
      "These assumptions are in need of scrutiny, not by comparison with other countries but of this country with itself a few generations ago. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
      "Nick has more power but Joey is a bit more nimble -- everything else is essentially equal. \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 27 May 2020",
      "Some people just believe that there\u2019s no way but to just fight back. \u2014 Chris Buckley, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
      "Facebook has no option but to get its act together in India. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 23 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The wide-angle lens of television invites immersion in a pivotal midlife decade that\u2014for anyone juggling a career, children, and aging parents, as well as their own compromises, regrets, and unfulfilled ambitions\u2014is anything but dry. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The narrative thrust hangs on the hook of a seemingly ordinary American family ending up in a situation that\u2019s anything but , and the enterprise is to figure out what exactly happened. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "Mahomes likely won\u2019t get but deserves the MVP award after overcoming a slightly tougher road than Rodgers to get his conference\u2019s top seed. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "Anyone meeting its representatives and leaders cannot but be impressed by their knowledge, education, and intelligence. \u2014 Douglas Carr, National Review , 14 Sep. 2020",
      "Pliskova jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set, and while Wozniacki held her serve, Pliskova did not let up, winning all of her first serve points and all but two on her second serve. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, Cincinnati.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
      "The controversies of this presidency have made bipartisan cooperation all but impossible, and there is not enough unity among Republicans to pass politically charged legislation on a partisan basis. \u2014 James Capretta, National Review , 19 Aug. 2017",
      "However, according to reports from Argentine journalist Lucas Ajuria on Twitter, Simeone's future at Genoa is all but over, and Spurs are set to scrap it out with Serie A side Fiorentina for the player's signature. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
      "By 5 p.m. Tuesday, some 1,200 workers, including tree and line crews from KCP&L and other utilities, had restored power to all but 2,400 customers. \u2014 Lily O\u2019neill, Shane Sanderson, And Lily Oppenheimer, kansascity , 25 July 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But there was a but of confusion from the judges and fans at home. \u2014 Leah Rocketto, Woman's Day , 29 Oct. 2020",
      "But even the tech titans have lots of shrugs and buts . \u2014 Shira Ovide, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
      "That way there's no ifs, ands or buts about what's going on. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "Ohio State yeah- buts teams like Rutgers all the time. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "Investor advocates have long wanted one set of rules to apply to both advisors and brokers: that anyone handling money put investors\u2019 interests first, with no ifs, ands or buts . \u2014 Barry Ritholtz, latimes.com , 24 June 2019",
      "As for consumers who still subscribe to traditional cable and for whom these streaming services are just additive, there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it: the monthly fees are mounting. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. 2018",
      "Le meneur de jeu espagnol a marqu\u00e9 10 buts et a offert 18 passes d\u00e9cisives cette saison. \u2014 SI.com , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Weigh-in daily No ifs, ands, or buts , about it, get on the scale. \u2014 Kimberly Garrison, Philly.com , 1 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "1724, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition",
      "circa 1518, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u016btan , preposition & conjunction, outside, without, except, except that; akin to Old High German b\u016bzan without, except; akin to Old English be by, \u016bt out \u2014 more at by entry 1 , out entry 1":"Conjunction, Preposition, Adverb, and Pronoun",
      "Scots but , adjective (outer)":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0259t",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "except",
      "excepting",
      "only",
      "saving",
      "yet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042429",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "conjunction",
      "noun",
      "preposition",
      "pronoun"
    ]
  },
  "butcher":{
    "antonyms":[
      "massacre",
      "mow (down)",
      "slaughter"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dealer in meat":[],
      ": a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh":[],
      ": a vendor especially on trains or in theaters":[],
      ": botch":[
        "butchered the play"
      ],
      ": one that bungles or botches":[],
      ": one that kills ruthlessly or brutally":[],
      ": to kill in a barbarous manner":[],
      ": to slaughter and dress for market":[
        "butcher hogs"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases",
      "Verb",
      "They've hired someone to butcher the hogs.",
      "Many innocent people were butchered under his regime.",
      "The band has butchered my favorite song.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The sign of support for Ukraine also hangs in the window, alongside loops of kielbasa and loaves of dark Lithuanian rye bread, at the East Village Meat Market, a butcher shop and grocery at 139 Second Avenue. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Treat dad to a premium steak from this steakhouse that was established in 1887 and is now selling their classic signature cuts nationwide (starting at $59.95) straight from their butcher shop. \u2014 Aly Walansky, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Residents were lining up at a butcher shop in Bucha on a recent afternoon after word spread of a delivery of fresh meat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The trendy neighborhood also includes nearby Sister Pie and the Marrow restaurant and butcher shop. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
      "Smoky River Meats, a local butcher shop, provides the restaurant's fresh meat ground daily. \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "Inflation\u2019s impact is clear when looking at the freshly ground and sliced offerings at the nearly 80-year-old butcher shop at 2701 Taylorsville Road. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Javier Mart\u00ednez\u2019s butcher shop is an unlikely flash point in this war. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "With 125 years of operation, Ebert\u2019s is the oldest butcher shop in the state of Kentucky, according to its website. \u2014 Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "There are no swimsuit competitions, but contestants may be required to butcher a sheep. \u2014 Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
      "After Christmas, when the winter was deep and the crops were in, families would gather at a farm, as if for a barn raising, to butcher hogs, putting meat away in a smokehouse for the coming year. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "When these immunological assassins happen upon a cell that\u2019s been hijacked by a virus, their first instinct is to butcher . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, early human ancestors began to make stone tools and used them to butcher animals. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Five adult volunteers had offered their pickup trucks, garage space and strength to help the children take apart the animal and eventually butcher it. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bocher , from Anglo-French, from buc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bocc he-goat \u2014 more at buck entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blunderbuss",
      "blunderer",
      "botcher",
      "bumbler",
      "bungler",
      "fumbler",
      "screwup"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065955",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butcherly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benign",
      "benignant",
      "compassionate",
      "good-hearted",
      "humane",
      "kind",
      "kindhearted",
      "sympathetic",
      "tenderhearted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling a butcher : savage":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1513, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "barbaric",
      "barbarous",
      "brutal",
      "brute",
      "cruel",
      "fiendish",
      "heartless",
      "inhuman",
      "inhumane",
      "sadistic",
      "savage",
      "truculent",
      "vicious",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181649",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "butchery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": botch":[],
      ": cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings":[],
      ": slaughterhouse":[],
      ": the preparation of meat for sale":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the butchery of civilians during the war",
      "butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Designed in metal in the Parisian Baltard style, the covered market on Place Carnot is flanked by businesses such as the Mas butchery , the Champollion bookstore and the popular Sphinx restaurant, with tables spilling across the pavement. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Quinn, who previously served as the executive sous chef at EMP, has turned his attention to the seasonal and local at the Noortwyck, which will feature in-house butchery , bread making and dry-aging. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
      "Marrow on Kercheval is two culinary businesses with the restaurant focus on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table with an emphasis on minimizing waste. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "When that kind of butchery is done by weapons purchased legally, clearly the laws need to change. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has become a rare exception, its butchery in plain view via saturation coverage for anyone with a video screen. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "This Ukrainian town, not far from the capital, Kyiv, is where the war\u2019s worst atrocities have been discovered, and as the days pass the full scope of the terror and butchery only grows. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The children learned history and geography, but also shoe-cobbling, sewing, butchery , and aircraft mechanics. \u2014 Rachel Lu, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Butcher Erika Nakamura, who discovered her love for the craft of whole animal butchery while working in New York City restaurants, easily disputes the idea that bone marrow is a cheap dish. \u2014 Stacey Lastoe, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259-",
      "\u02c8bu\u0307ch-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bloodbath",
      "carnage",
      "death",
      "holocaust",
      "massacre",
      "slaughter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180738",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butt":{
    "antonyms":[
      "derision",
      "jest",
      "joke",
      "laughingstock",
      "mark",
      "mock",
      "mockery",
      "sport",
      "target"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a backstop (such as a mound or bank) for catching missiles shot at a target":[],
      ": a blind for shooting birds":[],
      ": a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns":[
        "a head butt to the ribs"
      ],
      ": a large cask especially for wine, beer, or water":[],
      ": a lean upper cut of the pork shoulder":[],
      ": abut":[
        "\u2014 used with on or against where the floorboards butt against each other The apartment building butts up against an old church."
      ],
      ": an object of abuse or ridicule : victim":[
        "the butt of all their jokes"
      ],
      ": an unused remainder (as of a cigarette or cigar)":[],
      ": buttocks":[
        "slipped and fell on his butt",
        "\u2014 often used as a euphemism for ass in idiomatic expressions Get your butt over here. kick butt saved our butts"
      ],
      ": cigarette":[],
      ": goal":[
        "here is my journey's end, here is my butt",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": limit , bound":[],
      ": range sense 5c":[
        "shooting butts"
      ],
      ": target":[],
      ": the base of a plant from which the roots spring":[],
      ": the large or thicker end part of something:":[],
      ": the part of a hide or skin corresponding to the animal's back and sides":[],
      ": the thicker or handle end of a tool or weapon":[
        "the butt of a rifle"
      ],
      ": to come into conflict":[],
      ": to place end to end or side to side without overlapping":[
        "butt the boards together"
      ],
      ": to reduce (something, such as a cigarette) to an unused remainder by stubbing or stamping : to reduce to a butt (see butt entry 1 sense 3a )":[],
      ": to strike or shove with the head or horns":[
        "got butted by a goat",
        "butting their horns together"
      ],
      ": to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns":[],
      ": to trim or square off (something, such as a log) at the end":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d":"Noun",
      "1579, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1634, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1642, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French but, bout , from Old Occitan bota , from Late Latin buttis":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French buter, boter , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German b\u014dzan to beat \u2014 more at beat":"Verb and Noun",
      "Middle English, partly from Middle French but target, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse b\u016btr log, Low German butt blunt; partly from Middle French bute goal, target, mound, from but target":"Noun",
      "Middle English; probably akin to Middle English buttok buttock, Low German butt blunt":"Noun",
      "partly from butt entry 1 , partly from butt entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213903",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butt (on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil":[],
      ": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response":[
        "knows how to push my buttons"
      ],
      ": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)":[],
      ": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop":[],
      ": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function":[],
      ": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan":[
        "campaign button"
      ],
      ": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as":[],
      ": bud":[],
      ": push button":[],
      ": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)":[
        "has his finger on the button"
      ],
      ": something that resembles a button: such as":[],
      ": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow":[],
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle":[],
      ": to close (the lips) to prevent speech":[
        "button your lip"
      ],
      ": to close or fasten with buttons":[
        "\u2014 often used with up button up your overcoat"
      ],
      ": to close or seal tightly":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up button up the house for winter"
      ],
      ": to furnish or decorate with buttons":[],
      ": to have buttons for fastening":[
        "this dress buttons at the back"
      ],
      ": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a dress with buttons down the back",
      "I lost a button on my jacket.",
      "He took off his tie and undid the top button of his shirt.",
      "Will you please push the \u2018play\u2019 button on the CD player?",
      "With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch of a button .",
      "If the information on the registration form is correct, click the \u2018OK\u2019 button .",
      "Verb",
      "He rarely buttons the top button on his shirt.",
      "Will you button the baby's jacket for her?",
      "The skirt buttons on the side.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The button for today\u2019s column will go to our friend Marion Harrell in Maryland, who helped inspire it. \u2014 Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Just look at those heels (which would make great wedding-guest shoes) and those white sneakers (which are just begging to be paired with a long-sleeve button -down and high-waist denim). \u2014 Kelsey Clark, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 July 2022",
      "The handle can be retracted with a button on the bar and by squeezing the sides to move it back. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
      "The housing fits all iPhones from iPhone 7 and up (including Max sizes), and has an easy-to-use shutter button and other controls. \u2014 Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
      "The decadent cream is like a reset button for skin, using proprietary technology to deliver softer, smoother, fresher-looking skin with each application. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
      "If your return policy already shines, though, imagine what adding the amenity of front door returns to your already awesome return policy would do to encourage customers to click that buy button without any worries. \u2014 Brandon Batchelor, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Pelton in early 2021 bought two keyloggers, devices that surreptitiously record every time someone hits a button on a particular computer, according to court records. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English boton , from Anglo-French butun rose hip, stud, from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193342",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butt (on ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop",
      ": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan",
      ": something that resembles a button: such as",
      ": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as",
      ": bud",
      ": an immature whole mushroom",
      ": button mushroom",
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
      ": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)",
      ": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil",
      ": push button",
      ": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)",
      ": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response",
      ": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function",
      ": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow",
      ": exactly",
      ": exactly on target : on the nose",
      ": to furnish or decorate with buttons",
      ": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop",
      ": to close or fasten with buttons",
      ": to close (the lips) to prevent speech",
      ": to close or seal tightly",
      ": to have buttons for fastening",
      ": a small ball or disk used for holding parts of a garment together or as an ornament",
      ": a small often round part of a machine that makes the machine do something when pushed",
      ": to close or fasten with buttons",
      ": something that resembles a small knob or disk: as",
      ": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
      ": cotyledon sense 1"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If that sounds like just your speed, these Halloween flicks are available for all Hulu subscribers at the click of a remote control button . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "Finally, start the recording by clicking the big red button , then press play on the voice mail on your phone. \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "The programmed options, the ease of cleaning, the safety button on the basket, the price, just to name a few. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "Hot-glue the alternating points to the center, top with a button , and attach to a dowel. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
      "What's great is the watch is easy to use thanks to its four button design and automatic connection to satellites to begin displaying course information. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
      "Smith and Jennings also placed a donate button on their website and, quickly, members, friends and others chipped in. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Some at the time expressed doubts that the button -light technology would usurp the then-beloved BlackBerry, or even succeed at all, but the iPhone has come to dominate the market today, accounting for roughly half of the smartphone market share. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Click the + button in the upper right to Follow the new version of Rocking the RV Life. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
      "And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225934",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butt in":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to meddle in the affairs of others : interfere":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "stop butting in on my personal life"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "interfere",
      "interlope",
      "intermeddle",
      "intrude",
      "meddle",
      "mess",
      "muck (about ",
      "nose",
      "obtrude",
      "poke",
      "pry",
      "snoop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032519",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a buttery substance: such as":[],
      ": a solid emulsion of fat globules, air, and water made by churning milk or cream and used as food":[],
      ": any of various fatty oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures":[],
      ": flattery":[],
      ": to spread with or as if with butter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Would you like some butter for your potato?",
      "Saut\u00e9 the onions in melted butter .",
      "Verb",
      "butter a piece of bread",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Oils like grapeseed oil or vegetable oil can withstand higher temperatures before burning than butter or olive oil. \u2014 Joe Difazio, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "In addition to the new drinks, Starbucks also announced two new food items: the chicken, maple butter and egg sandwich and the cookies & cream cake pop. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Roasted corn on the cob, served with such condiments as mayo, butter and cheese. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Ditch the messiness that is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and make them into bite-sized muffins instead. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead, Verrier paints peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the elevated flair in which Chardin captured his renowned peaches. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 June 2022",
      "Through the decades, however, my dream peanut butter -and-chocolate gaming combo has yet to succeed: a first-person rhythm game. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Bright shining acidity, with aromas of honey and butter and almonds. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The basics were shrimp, white wine, onion, garlic, mushrooms and lemon juice, all cooked in a mixture of olive oil and butter . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Line the bottom with a round of parchment paper and butter the paper. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "From a nutritional standpoint, this menu addition doesn\u2019t exactly butter Yawitz\u2019s biscuit. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "After a little coaxing from Blake, who is trying to butter Ariana up in hopes of winning over her legions of fans, Hailey joins Team Ariana. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
      "Top with the remaining bread slices; butter the side facing out. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Rough spots of pavement make their way through the steering wheel with soft thumps, enough to communicate a sense of the road but nothing that would turn your cream to butter on the way home from the grocery store. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Shape the dough: Lightly oil or butter the inside surfaces of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan or Detroit pizza pan. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021",
      "Generously butter a 3-quart baking dish that is at least 2 inches deep. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Generously butter a deep, 8-inch or 9-inch square baking dish. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English butere , from Latin butyrum , from Greek boutyron , from bous cow + tyros cheese; akin to Avestan t\u016biri- curds \u2014 more at cow":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259t-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adulation",
      "blarney",
      "flannel",
      "flattery",
      "incense",
      "overpraise",
      "soft soap",
      "sweet talk",
      "taffy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175126",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "butter duck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several American ducks: such as":[],
      ": bufflehead":[],
      ": ruddy duck":[],
      ": shoveler":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134340",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butter up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to charm or beguile with lavish flattery or praise":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adulate",
      "belaud",
      "blarney",
      "flatter",
      "hero-worship",
      "honey",
      "massage",
      "overpraise",
      "puff",
      "soft-soap",
      "stroke"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091819",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buttered joint":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thin masonry joint made by applying the mortar to one end and on the four edges of the bottom of the brick before it is laid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035938",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterfat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the natural fat of milk and chief constituent of butter consisting essentially of a mixture of glycerides (such as those derived from butyric, capric, caproic, and caprylic acids)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "European butter is typically churned longer and has a higher butterfat content compared to its American counterpart. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "The mold gives Roquefort a sharp tang that livens up the high- butterfat creaminess of the sheep\u2019s milk. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Ghee is butter that has been heated and clarified\u2014that is, had its milk solids and water removed to produce pure butterfat . \u2014 Jane Black, WSJ , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Melting causes the milk solids and water in butter to separate from the butterfat . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "By increasing the palmitic acids in cattle feed, dairy farmers would be able to change the mix in their cows\u2019 milk, increasing butterfat without increasing the overall quantity of milk. \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "The route winds through the Hocking Hills, graced with waterfalls and towering hemlocks, and passes through the farms of Amish country rich in buggies, bonnets and butterfat . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
      "Buffalo milk is 8 percent butterfat , compared to 3 to 5 percent for most cows. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 9 June 2021",
      "This specific livestock feed supplement, which is federally approved for use in Canada, helps increase the output of the fatty portion of milk, known as butterfat . \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfat",
      "-\u02ccfat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030006",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "butterfingered":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deft",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "handy",
      "sure-handed"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awkward",
      "cack-handed",
      "clumsy",
      "graceless",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "left-handed",
      "maladroit",
      "unhandy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210045",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ]
  },
  "butterfingers":{
    "antonyms":[
      "deft",
      "dexterous",
      "dextrous",
      "handy",
      "sure-handed"
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    "definitions":{
      ": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless":[]
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      "I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
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      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
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      "awkward",
      "cack-handed",
      "clumsy",
      "graceless",
      "ham-fisted",
      "ham-handed",
      "handless",
      "heavy-handed",
      "left-handed",
      "maladroit",
      "unhandy"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101142",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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      ": any of numerous bony fishes (especially family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dad will also enjoy these seasonal dishes, shrimp skewers, Rockefeller butterfish , Baja scallops and shrimp scampi pasta, carrot lava cake and strawberry citrus martini. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
      "Seasonal specials are also available including Rockefeller butterfish , Baja scallops, shrimp scampi pasta, and molten chocolate lava cake. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a plump little sea urchin on a bed of rice and seaweed; thin, tender slices of Wagyu short rib; and a bite of butterfish , artfully plated with a touch of yuzu chili paste. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Sep. 2019",
      "That causes squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, to dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "The birds can suffer when waters warm and squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, The Denver Post , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Creative sashimi are also strong, like butterfish tataki wrapped around crisp white asparagus with a touch of herb and yuzu. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 1 July 2019",
      "Millie Clark, Acworth A: Also known as butterfish , blue cod, candlefish and coal cod, sablefish isn\u2019t really part of the cod family at all. \u2014 Atlanta Life, ajc , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Misoyaki Butterfish That melt-in-your-mouth feeling of the misoyaki butterfish is delightful. \u2014 Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine , 23 Oct. 2017"
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      "1673, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163350",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a person who observes and identifies butterflies in their natural environment":[
        "Already, like birders, butterfliers are trekking the world in search of ever more exotic species.",
        "\u2014 Margo Harakas , Houston Chronicle , 24 Apr. 1994"
      ],
      ": a swimmer who specializes in the butterfly : butterflyer":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccfl\u012b-\u0259r",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010915",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": buttercup sense 1":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114915",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits":[],
      ": the seat of the body":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to her arm and buttock and was later released. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
      "Women have increasingly opted for buttock -augmentation procedures in recent years, according to practitioners \u2014 a surgery that has grown as fast as any other cosmetic procedure in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Also on Sunday, a 30-year-old was shot in his back and buttock in the early morning, police said. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
      "According to prosecutors, the shooter, then-19-year-old John Timothy Earnest, first shot congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, in the back of her right shoulder and right buttock . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Its protagonist: a cosmetic dermatologist to the stars, known for his Botox and buttock -enhancement procedures, who tried his luck as a megamansion developer. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The homeless victim suffered gunshot wounds to his head, face, chest, thigh, buttock and hand, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Morales, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Police found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his left buttock at the residence. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "There\u2019s the fall onto the right or left buttock , followed by the roll onto the gut. \u2014 Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English buttok \u2014 more at butt entry 1":""
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      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259k",
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      "breech",
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      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
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      "tush"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110332",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a small, round, flat battery typically used in watches or other small electronic devices (such as hearing aids)":[
        "Part of the discussion at the forum centered on ways area residents can help curb mercury emissions by avoiding throwing away products that contain mercury\u2014thermometers, button cell batteries , fluorescent lights, and the like\u2014into the trash.",
        "\u2014 Matt Gunderson , Boston Globe , 13 Dec. 2007"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134600",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a garden chrysanthemum with numerous small heads in profuse clusters":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050704",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an annual European forage plant ( Medicago orbicularis ) introduced into the U.S. that has sharply toothed leaflets and greenish yellow flowers":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162940",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": tag day":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045547",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a dog's ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105238",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a tropical tree or shrub of the genus Gomphia (family Ochnaceae)":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005321",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": any of several Australian grasses:":[],
      ": any of several grasses (genus Dactyloctenium ) that are used to some extent for hay and pasture":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055205",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "nontraditional",
      "open-minded",
      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
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      ": a shirt with a button-down collar":[],
      ": having a button-down collar":[],
      ": having buttons from the collar to the waist":[],
      ": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "conservative",
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      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045018",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
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      "liberal",
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      "nonconventional",
      "nonorthodox",
      "nontraditional",
      "open-minded",
      "progressive",
      "unconventional",
      "unorthodox"
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      ": a shirt with a button-down collar":[],
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      ": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "conservative",
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      "hidebound",
      "mossbacked",
      "old-fashioned",
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      "old-school",
      "orthodox",
      "paleoconservative",
      "reactionary",
      "standpat",
      "traditional",
      "traditionalistic",
      "ultraconservative",
      "unprogressive"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004835",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buttoned-up":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cordial",
      "friendly",
      "sociable",
      "social",
      "warm"
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    "definitions":{
      ": coldly reserved or standoffish":[
        "a buttoned-up executive"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1767, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4and-\u02c8\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "asocial",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "detached",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoff",
      "standoffish",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192533",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "buttonhead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a buttonhead bolt, screw, or rivet":[],
      ": having a head with a spherical exposed surface and plane shoulder, the height of the head being usually less than a hemisphere":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035213",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buttonhold":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": buttonhole entry 3":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from buttonholder one who buttonholes a person, from button entry 1 + holder":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190321",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "buttonhole":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slit or loop through which a button is passed":[],
      ": boutonniere":[],
      ": to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of":[],
      ": to furnish with buttonholes":[],
      ": to work with buttonhole stitch":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of buttonhold":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u014dl"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222043",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buttonhole stitch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a closely worked loop stitch used to make a firm edge (as on a buttonhole)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114611",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "buttress":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bear",
      "bolster",
      "brace",
      "carry",
      "prop (up)",
      "shore (up)",
      "stay",
      "support",
      "sustain",
      "undergird",
      "underpin",
      "uphold"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel \u2014 see hoof illustration":[],
      ": a projecting part of a mountain or hill":[],
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      ": something that resembles a buttress: such as":[],
      ": something that supports or strengthens":[
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      ],
      ": the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times",
      "after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress",
      "Verb",
      "The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.",
      "The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Don Ware, who lives up the hill in Niguel Summit and worked for decades as a petroleum geologist, is skeptical that building below the buttress is safe. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress , which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "It was advertised as a stately financial district and as a buttress to stop the rapid erosion of Victoria Island\u2019s shoreline. \u2014 Maggie Andresen, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica\u2019s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "This promotion has been broadly criticized as a fever dream conceived in the memetic bowels of the internet and as a convenient buttress for bad arguments against vaccination. \u2014 James Heathers, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Yet the detrimental impact of canceling football, which is the economic buttress of many athletic departments, would have rippled across college sports. \u2014 Jason Wingard, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "In addition to saving power overall, this feature acts as a buttress to support all the other power-intensive operations the GeForce laptops perform without overtaxing the system. \u2014 Lynne Peskoe-yang, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2021",
      "These nonscholarly mentions buttress reports that open access enables a broader audience, beyond the core scientific community, to read research findings. \u2014 Jeffrey Brainard, Science | AAAS , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The law\u2019s definition of national defense explicitly cites energy production as an industry that the government is allowed to buttress . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
      "The win was secured in the bottom of the eighth inning on the strength of two Red Sox pillars who have tried to buttress their crumbling offense all season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "And the Puerto Rican woman on the jury kept coming back to the failure of the police to provide additional evidence to buttress Clanton. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
      "Hollywood Brown arrived in trades to buttress the receiving corps, but Christian Kirk left in free agency, as did the most dangerous player on defense\u2014pass-rusher Chandler Jones. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
      "In testimony leading up to the vote, Poseidon and its supporters argued that building the desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
      "Investors were surprised Thursday because they\u2019ve been conditioned to believe the Fed will always come through with a put to buttress the market. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The fines will buttress the public perception that while ordinary Britons faced severe restrictions on socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the premier and his aides were partying in government buildings. \u2014 Emily Ashton, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "What further additions and subtractions among the rest of the team need to happen to buttress their particular games? \u2026 and 2) what kind of market is there for Mitchell and Gobert, which is to ask, what could the Jazz get in return? \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English butres , from Anglo-French ( arche ) boteraz thrusting (arch), ultimately from buter to thrust \u2014 more at butt entry 3":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-tr\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "dependence",
      "dependance",
      "mainstay",
      "pillar",
      "reliance",
      "standby"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083659",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "buy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bargain",
      "deal",
      "pennyworth",
      "snip",
      "steal"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": accept , believe":[
        "I don't buy that hooey.",
        "\u2014 often used with into buy into a compromise"
      ],
      ": an act of acquiring possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of something by payment especially of money : an act of buying (see buy entry 1 sense 1 ) : purchase":[
        "an undercover drug buy"
      ],
      ": bribe , hire":[
        "buy a public official"
      ],
      ": redeem sense 6":[
        "bought us with his blood"
      ],
      ": to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money : purchase":[
        "buy a car",
        "buying stock in the company",
        "bought us dinner"
      ],
      ": to be the purchasing equivalent of":[
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      ],
      ": to delay an imminent action or decision : stall":[],
      ": to get killed : die":[],
      ": to make a purchase":[
        "Now is a good time to buy ."
      ],
      ": to obtain in exchange for something often at a sacrifice":[
        "They bought peace with their freedom."
      ],
      ": to purchase a portion of or interest in":[
        "the TV network bought into its local football team"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I bought this hat for $10.",
      "He bought the quilt from a local artist.",
      "Stock prices are low, so now is a good time to buy .",
      "He said it was a mistake, but I don't buy it.",
      "Noun",
      "four cartons of ice cream for four dollars is a real buy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Musk\u2019s offer to buy Twitter for $54.20/share comprises $27.25 billion in equity financing, $6.25 billion in margin loans, and $10.5 billion in debt financing. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 21 June 2022",
      "Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy Twitter moved a step closer to a vote on Tuesday, which could set the stage for the deal to move forward. \u2014 Bryan Logan, NBC News , 21 June 2022",
      "Musk is currently closing a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. \u2014 Ryan Mac, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Musk, currently in the throes of a contentious deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, this week addressed the social network's 8,000 employees in an hour-long virtual Q-and-A session for the first time since agreeing to purchase the platform. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 17 June 2022",
      "Shares of Tesla have fallen since Mr. Musk agreed to buy Twitter. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Musk has a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, where employees are concerned about his potential ownership. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
      "From Justin Phillips: Elon Musk\u2019s deal to buy Twitter might fall apart. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
      "In recent days, Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot and fake accounts. \u2014 Sam Metz, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Use this data to tell a powerful story that informs your leadership team of your program\u2019s success to get more buy -in for your global program. \u2014 Ahva Sadeghi, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "Accountability is critical: Your DEI efforts will be rudderless without buy -in from the business, including leaders at the very top. \u2014 Randall Tucker, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "While there\u2019s always talk of funding for the trees themselves, what\u2019s often neglected is money for establishment care, which is why community buy -in is so important, Malarich said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Advocates have criticized the 311 system as creating barriers to planting and have warned that getting buy -in from residents who don\u2019t trust the system is a challenge. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "But to actually allocate those funds, Baker needs the legislature\u2019s buy -in, and so far, Beacon Hill officials haven\u2019t passed legislation codifying that funding. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "For example, while most state agencies reported having key supports in place for wastewater monitoring \u2014 including funding, buy -in, partnerships, and internal staff capacity \u2014 most local agencies lacked these supports. \u2014 Aparna Keshaviah, STAT , 13 June 2022",
      "That should have been a huge payday for Bregman since Pham says the 12-team league had a $10,000 buy -in, which means the champion could have gotten a six-figure payout depending on how the winnings were split. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 13 June 2022",
      "As a low-payroll team that challenges convention, the Rays prioritize clubhouse harmony; without buy -in from players, their unorthodox on-field strategies might not work. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022"
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      "1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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      "Middle English byen , from Old English bycgan ; akin to Goth bugjan to buy":"Verb and Noun"
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      "\u02c8b\u012b"
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      "cop",
      "pick up",
      "purchase",
      "take"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005311",
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to purchase the share or interest of":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The buyout is waived if he is hired as a head coach at the collegiate or professional level. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 29 June 2022",
      "Holmoe, though, preferred not to take the buyout and waited for Notre Dame to figure out the details of actually playing a game. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "The buyout doesn't do much for the Rockets, aside from saving owner Tilman Fertitta $6.5 million. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 28 June 2022",
      "The format means that if the Orioles trade Mancini during the upcoming season, another team would be responsible for the buyout . \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The company has not announced any layoffs, but that\u2019s a frequent next step at news organizations when too few employees opt for a buyout . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The British government has to approve a license for the buyout which cannot see Abramovich receive any proceeds from the sale. \u2014 Rob Harris, The Courier-Journal , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "In the years since the buyout , the islanders have struggled not only with debt but with infighting over development priorities. \u2014 Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
      "An update to the license allowing Chelsea to continue operating as a business is required from the government to approve the buyout . \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 16 May 2022"
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      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140021",
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      "verb"
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      ": to buy freely or extensively":[],
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      "circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044655",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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        "\u2014 W. M. Thackeray"
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      ": to fly fast and close to":[
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      ": to make a signal with a buzzer":[],
      ": to utter covertly by or as if by whispering":[]
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      "Verb",
      "Flies were buzzing around the picnic tables.",
      "The hall buzzed with excitement as the audience waited for the show to start.",
      "My mind is buzzing with ideas.",
      "The nurse buzzed the doctor who was on duty.",
      "She buzzed her secretary to say she was going out for lunch.",
      "Ring the bell when you arrive and someone will buzz you into the building.",
      "Let me buzz you out.",
      "Noun",
      "We heard the buzz of the bees as we walked through the garden.",
      "When the machine is turned on, it makes a quiet buzz .",
      "There was a buzz of voices in the hall as the audience waited for the show to start.",
      "What's the latest buzz about their marriage?",
      "The buzz is that she turned down the job because the pay was too low.",
      "There's been quite a buzz about the new movie.",
      "The team's new players are creating a buzz among baseball fans.",
      "There's been a lot of buzz about the new movie.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Will this just be a means for the ultra-wealthy to buzz over poor neighborhoods to Dodger Stadium or Crypto.com Arena? \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Rendon told him to buzz off, refusing to recognize the pledges. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Unlike in the early days, Russian aircraft\u2014other than the Orlan reconnaissance drones that frequently buzz over the village\u2014rarely fly above Ukrainian positions because several had been shot down in the area, the soldiers said. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "His AppleWatch is set to buzz every 20 minutes to remind him to drink. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
      "Club include London\u2019s storied members-only clubs, which buzz with activity from breakfast through late-night festivities. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
      "The Best Ideas for Kids Save money on craft supplies and use toilet paper rolls to make googly-eyed bees your kids will buzz around the house with. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "With the fat tires and assist, a ranger can buzz up to an injured rider or trail mishap at speed. \u2014 Ty Brookhart, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2017",
      "In other election seasons, the restaurant would buzz for months with arguments over candidates and issues. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Dosist's nanoblend gummies take effect in just 10 to 15 minutes, which is great if your dad is used to getting his buzz on more immediately, like enjoying a beer. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s been a lot of buzz around the idea of genderless fashion over the last couple of seasons, much of it coming, ironically, from the menswear space. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "That kind of buzz could lead to another blockbuster for Pratt. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Canceled in 2020 and completed in April of last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK HealthCare Boys\u2019 Sweet 16 has returned to its traditional mid-March time slot and seems to have its buzz back. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But for all its buzz , can bidens pilosa deliver those same all-star results? \u2014 Caitlin Kenny, refinery29.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In a couple of weeks many of the world\u2019s best will converge on Connecticut to play in the Travelers Championship and the buzz has always been about who is coming. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English bussen , of imitative origin":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259z"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "brim",
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      "bulge",
      "burst",
      "bustle",
      "crawl",
      "hum",
      "overflow",
      "pullulate",
      "swarm",
      "teem"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193256",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050456",
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      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{
      ": crew cut":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Doty, a compact man with a buzz cut , introduced himself. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "One mother in New England told me about talking to a therapist when her 6-year-old, Charlie (a nickname), became tearful about using the girls\u2019 bathroom and urgently asked for a buzz cut . \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
      "The summer of 2016 was when Kim Kardashian posted Snapchats of Swift and Kanye West's phone call; Swift's hair was bleached blonde for the event, while Alwyn had a buzz cut . \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 4 May 2022",
      "Just about everyone \u2014 a white man with a buzz cut , a Black woman in medical scrubs, Mr. Turner, who served during the wars in Iraq \u2014 raised their arms toward the setting sun in a silent salute. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Romeo has since ditched the blonde hairdo and gone back to his roots with a brown buzz cut . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "How about John Elway? Klein: Remember when Herbert got that buzz cut in 2020? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Pinkett-Smith has openly spoken before about struggling with alopecia and was sporting a buzz cut at the Oscars. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Jones, with his buzz cut and boxy blue suit, looked on from his new board seat with serene impassivity while an unfortunate county employee struggled to set up a video call for those supervisors who had decided to attend remotely. \u2014 James Pogue, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135542",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183312",
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      "idiom"
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      ": a wood-planing machine consisting of a revolving horizontal cutter projecting slightly above a slot in the surface of a flat table":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232338",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": a power saw with a circular cutting blade : circular saw",
      ": someone or something that presents overwhelming opposition"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
      "The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
      "The quick rise of Duke\u2019s program is one of college softball\u2019s recent success stories, but the Blue Devils are running into a buzz saw . \u2014 Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
      "The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
      "The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
      "The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
      "The rivals \u2014 along with the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays \u2014 will be duking it out all season in a buzz saw of a division in which three teams reached the playoffs last year. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The Florence girls ran headfirst into a buzz saw in the form of Hoover on Thursday morning. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 17 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005348",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small informal group discussion":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132447",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "buzzard":{
    "antonyms":[
      "prey"
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      ": a contemptible or rapacious person":[],
      ": any of various usually large birds of prey (such as the turkey vulture)":[],
      ": buteo":[]
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      "the real estate buzzards were really putting pressure on the one homeowner who was still refusing to sell",
      "that crotchety old man can be a real buzzard when he's in a bad mood\u2014which is usually the case",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fukuyama\u2019s buzzard triumphalism has been echoed everywhere. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "From a bat, buzzard and barn owl, to a scorpion, seahorse and squirrel monkey, Inside In is a collection of more than 50 arthropods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Health, sequencing, buzzard \u2019s luck, bad decisions and a snowball type of effect can bury a team already gasping for air. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 17 June 2021",
      "No-hitters at times can reflect a team\u2019s poor fortunes \u2013 a series of line drives hit directly at fielders, or a defender making a dazzling play to rob a batter and reinforce the buzzard \u2019s luck surrounding the squad. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 22 May 2021",
      "Still, this is without question a great hire for UCF, which was searching for a coach late in the game after Josh Heupel fell for Tennessee like a buzzard for a landfill. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2021",
      "Weekend 1 of the rest of our vile virus lives perched like a buzzard over our collective behavior this weekend. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 18 May 2020",
      "As military governor of the city, so the legend goes, Funston presided over a clean-up so thorough that buzzards left town, since there was nothing left to scavenge. \u2014 Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com , 4 Apr. 2020",
      "That could be some sort of vision, a buzzard eating a dead bobcat. \u2014 al , 21 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English busard , from Old French, alteration of buison , from Latin buteon, buteo hawk":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "harpy",
      "kite",
      "predator",
      "shark",
      "vampire",
      "vulture",
      "wolf"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005340",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": one that buzzes",
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      ": the sound of a buzzer",
      ": an electric signaling device that makes a buzzing sound"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Their team was ahead by two points when the buzzer signaled the end of the game.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just before the second-quarter buzzer sounded, Jordan Poole\u2019s attempt at the rim was contested by guard De\u2019Anthony Melton. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "But his 3-pointer at the buzzer well beyond the key heeled out, and the Williamston players finally broke their stoic game faces. \u2014 Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Marriotts Ridge senior Casey Pung soared from the backside, executing an acrobatic tap in finish just before the third-quarter buzzer sounded. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Anna Kleszynski contributed 14 points and made a momentum-changing shot to close the first half \u2014 a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer that handed the Spartans a 22-16 lead. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Jordan Poole knocked down a 33-foot 3 from the left wing to beat the third-quarter buzzer as the Warriors took a 75-74 lead into the final 12 minutes after the Celtics roared back in the third. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
      "Tatum beat the buzzer with a decisive layup in Game 1, and the Celtics went on to sweep Brooklyn. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
      "Stevens beat the third-quarter buzzer with a basket in the lane to give Chicago a 70-65 lead. \u2014 The Indianapolis Star , 25 May 2022",
      "Jordan Clarkson beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer to give Utah a 92-75 lead entering the fourth quarter, where the Jazz have been one of weakest finishers among playoff teams and the Suns have been the best. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259r",
      "\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082229",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184506",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
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      "ring"
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      ": a flurry of activity":[],
      ": a persistent vibratory sound":[],
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      ": to drink to the last drop":[
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        "\u2014 W. M. Thackeray"
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      ": to make a low continuous humming sound like that of a bee":[],
      ": to make a signal with a buzzer":[],
      ": to utter covertly by or as if by whispering":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Flies were buzzing around the picnic tables.",
      "The hall buzzed with excitement as the audience waited for the show to start.",
      "My mind is buzzing with ideas.",
      "The nurse buzzed the doctor who was on duty.",
      "She buzzed her secretary to say she was going out for lunch.",
      "Ring the bell when you arrive and someone will buzz you into the building.",
      "Let me buzz you out.",
      "Noun",
      "We heard the buzz of the bees as we walked through the garden.",
      "When the machine is turned on, it makes a quiet buzz .",
      "There was a buzz of voices in the hall as the audience waited for the show to start.",
      "What's the latest buzz about their marriage?",
      "The buzz is that she turned down the job because the pay was too low.",
      "There's been quite a buzz about the new movie.",
      "The team's new players are creating a buzz among baseball fans.",
      "There's been a lot of buzz about the new movie.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Will this just be a means for the ultra-wealthy to buzz over poor neighborhoods to Dodger Stadium or Crypto.com Arena? \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
      "Rendon told him to buzz off, refusing to recognize the pledges. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Unlike in the early days, Russian aircraft\u2014other than the Orlan reconnaissance drones that frequently buzz over the village\u2014rarely fly above Ukrainian positions because several had been shot down in the area, the soldiers said. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "His AppleWatch is set to buzz every 20 minutes to remind him to drink. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
      "Club include London\u2019s storied members-only clubs, which buzz with activity from breakfast through late-night festivities. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
      "The Best Ideas for Kids Save money on craft supplies and use toilet paper rolls to make googly-eyed bees your kids will buzz around the house with. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "With the fat tires and assist, a ranger can buzz up to an injured rider or trail mishap at speed. \u2014 Ty Brookhart, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2017",
      "In other election seasons, the restaurant would buzz for months with arguments over candidates and issues. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Dosist's nanoblend gummies take effect in just 10 to 15 minutes, which is great if your dad is used to getting his buzz on more immediately, like enjoying a beer. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s been a lot of buzz around the idea of genderless fashion over the last couple of seasons, much of it coming, ironically, from the menswear space. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "That kind of buzz could lead to another blockbuster for Pratt. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "Canceled in 2020 and completed in April of last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK HealthCare Boys\u2019 Sweet 16 has returned to its traditional mid-March time slot and seems to have its buzz back. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But for all its buzz , can bidens pilosa deliver those same all-star results? \u2014 Caitlin Kenny, refinery29.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "In a couple of weeks many of the world\u2019s best will converge on Connecticut to play in the Travelers Championship and the buzz has always been about who is coming. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bussen , of imitative origin":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0259z"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Barry is a buzzkill in general and incredibly skeptical of The Godfather. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s all too seamlessly integrated by the movie to be a buzzkill , exactly, but in a movie of this style, the spies\u2019 romantic lives are not so flagrant as to feel like a total conflict of interest. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Luckily, there are ways to act without being a buzzkill . \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Indeed, whining and complaining about a current or previous employer is a real buzzkill and should be avoided. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "After decades of glitzy, boozy Golden Globes affairs that kicked off awards season in style, the real story behind the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is one heck of a buzzkill . \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 May 2021",
      "But then\u2014smack!\u2014there's the biggest summer buzzkill : the fresh, itchy, welt of a mosquito bite. \u2014 Felicity Warner, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Allison, ever the responsible buzzkill , watches in dismay. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 7 June 2021",
      "The main buzzkill , many say, is pitchers using gluey gunk to grip the ball better, enhancing their spin rate and making pitches dance and dart. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 June 2021"
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