dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jai_MW.json
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{
"jai alai":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a court game somewhat like handball played usually by two or four players with a ball and a long curved wicker basket strapped to the wrist":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What could be jai alai \u2019s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the last place the game is played as a professional sport. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"What could be jai alai \u2019s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the last place the game is played as a professional sport. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, orlandosentinel.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Miami\u2019s Magic City Casino hopes Mr. Carballo and his fellow players will save jai alai from extinction in the U.S. \u2014 Arian Campo-flores, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Such changes, made by Magic City Chief Operating Officer Scott Savin, have sent jai alai purists into a tizzy. \u2014 Arian Campo-flores, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The elaborate Front\u00f3n Palacio jai alai arena opened in downtown Tijuana to a capacity crowd of 3,000 spectators 75 years ago on Feb. 28, 1947. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"If passed by voters, Floridians 21 years old and up could wager on sports online, as well as professional sports venues and pari-mutuel facilities, which include horse racing tracks and jai alai arenas. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Aug. 2021",
"If passed by voters, Floridians 21 years old and up could wager on sports online, as well as professional sports venues and pari-mutuel facilities, which include horse racing tracks and jai alai arenas. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Aug. 2021",
"If passed by voters, Floridians 21 years old and up could wager on sports online, as well as professional sports venues and pari-mutuel facilities, which include horse racing tracks and jai alai arenas. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Basque, from jai festival + alai merry":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b",
"\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccl\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111016",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jail":{
"antonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"definitions":{
": confinement in a jail":[
"sentenced to jail"
],
": to confine in or as if in a jail":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was locked up in the county jail .",
"He was arrested and sent to jail .",
"He went to jail for his crimes.",
"He just got out of jail a few weeks ago.",
"He was kept in jail overnight.",
"Verb",
"threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The city opened a Sobering Services Center in 2020 to create an alternative to jail for unsheltered people found under the influence of drugs or alcohol. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"In nearly three decades of ferret activism, Wright has gone to jail , run for political office, lobbied legislators, collected thousands of signatures and battled decades of rejection and apathy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Did Elvis really go to jail for indecency after a performance",
"The Nobel laureate, who turned 77 on Sunday, was moved to the jail in Naypyitaw on Wednesday after court rulings against her, military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
"Pennsylvania resident Niall Sweeney, 21, was sent to jail for 24 days, and has to serve 28 days house arrest and two years probation. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"He was arrested for drunken driving and taken to jail . \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"He was arrested on the federal charges two days later and returned to jail . \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Or provide the care and then be reported and go to jail ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The law says judges cannot jail people for failure to pay court costs, because those are civil penalties. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The law, passed earlier this month, empowers Russian authorities to jail anyone for spreading alleged false information about the Kremlin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
"According to Axios, prosecutors are seeking to jail Navalny for 13 years. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022",
"More than a dozen times, Guatemala\u2019s attorney general and other members of the country\u2019s political and business elite have attempted to revoke Aif\u00e1n\u2019s judicial immunity, which would allow the government to jail her. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Michael Gableman backed off his effort to jail two mayors Friday as part of his review of the 2020 election for Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Rather than taking someone to jail on a trespass charge, that person can instead go to the receiving center to understand his or her behavior before being punished by the law, Brooksby said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The plot was allegedly orchestrated by Charles Custodio, 36, who investigators said sought revenge for the broker\u2019s role in sending Custodio to jail in a previous case. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Assembly Republicans sought Friday to jail the chairwoman of the state Elections Commission, Racine\u2019s mayor and other officials as part of their months-long review of the 2020 presidential election. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1604, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English jaiole , from Anglo-French gaiole, jaiole , from Late Latin caveola , diminutive of Latin cavea cage \u2014 more at cage":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0101l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221751",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"jailbait":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a girl under the age of consent with whom sexual intercourse is unlawful and constitutes statutory rape":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0101l-\u02ccb\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001559",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jailbird":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"had spent most of his sorry life as a jailbird in hoosegows across the South",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 11 May 2022",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021",
"Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 22 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0101l-\u02ccb\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"con",
"convict"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081555",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jailed":{
"antonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"definitions":{
": confinement in a jail":[
"sentenced to jail"
],
": to confine in or as if in a jail":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was locked up in the county jail .",
"He was arrested and sent to jail .",
"He went to jail for his crimes.",
"He just got out of jail a few weeks ago.",
"He was kept in jail overnight.",
"Verb",
"threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The city opened a Sobering Services Center in 2020 to create an alternative to jail for unsheltered people found under the influence of drugs or alcohol. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"In nearly three decades of ferret activism, Wright has gone to jail , run for political office, lobbied legislators, collected thousands of signatures and battled decades of rejection and apathy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Did Elvis really go to jail for indecency after a performance",
"The Nobel laureate, who turned 77 on Sunday, was moved to the jail in Naypyitaw on Wednesday after court rulings against her, military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
"Pennsylvania resident Niall Sweeney, 21, was sent to jail for 24 days, and has to serve 28 days house arrest and two years probation. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"He was arrested for drunken driving and taken to jail . \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"He was arrested on the federal charges two days later and returned to jail . \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Or provide the care and then be reported and go to jail ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The law says judges cannot jail people for failure to pay court costs, because those are civil penalties. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The law, passed earlier this month, empowers Russian authorities to jail anyone for spreading alleged false information about the Kremlin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
"According to Axios, prosecutors are seeking to jail Navalny for 13 years. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022",
"More than a dozen times, Guatemala\u2019s attorney general and other members of the country\u2019s political and business elite have attempted to revoke Aif\u00e1n\u2019s judicial immunity, which would allow the government to jail her. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Michael Gableman backed off his effort to jail two mayors Friday as part of his review of the 2020 election for Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Rather than taking someone to jail on a trespass charge, that person can instead go to the receiving center to understand his or her behavior before being punished by the law, Brooksby said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The plot was allegedly orchestrated by Charles Custodio, 36, who investigators said sought revenge for the broker\u2019s role in sending Custodio to jail in a previous case. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Assembly Republicans sought Friday to jail the chairwoman of the state Elections Commission, Racine\u2019s mayor and other officials as part of their months-long review of the 2020 presidential election. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1604, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English jaiole , from Anglo-French gaiole, jaiole , from Late Latin caveola , diminutive of Latin cavea cage \u2014 more at cage":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0101l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193729",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"jailhouse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": jail sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spitzer, a former county supervisor, was elected four years ago on a vow to bring a new era of reform after a scandal involving the use of jailhouse informants. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The two were not related but had been involved in a jailhouse romance, according to authorities. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Unbeknownst to Singleton, and almost everyone, Vicky White had established a jailhouse romance with Casey White up to two years earlier. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 May 2022",
"Tubbs was later caught bragging about the lenient sentence on a jailhouse phone call. \u2014 Fox News , 19 May 2022",
"Overstreet, however, played part of a jailhouse phone call recorded earlier after Crampton Brophy heard trial testimony from Clarinda Perez, a cooking student who broke down sobbing while recounting her unsuccessful efforts to revive Brophy. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"The case was built on unreliable and false evidence: eyewitness accounts that were later recanted and a jailhouse informant's testimony that was fabricated, according to court records. \u2014 Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star , 4 May 2022",
"Venice headquarters \u2014 a 1920s jailhouse \u2014 to talk about the forces that have shaped her career. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Until January 2020, when cops followed up on a jailhouse tip. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u0101l-\u02cchau\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183008",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}