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{
"Ras Shamra":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or being the alphabetical cuneiform script of Ugaritic discovered on a collection of clay tablets excavated at Ras Shamra between 1929 and 1936 : ugaritic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Ras Shamra , Syria":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00e4s\u02c8shamr\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024118",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Rassenkreis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a polytypic species especially when exhibiting a pattern of geographical replacement of one type by another":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German, from Rassen- , variant in compounds of Rasse \u201crace, population\u201d (borrowed from French race , going back to Middle French, \u201cgroup of people with a common ancestor\u201d) + Kreis \u201ccircle, ring,\u201d after earlier Formenkreis Formenkreis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00e4s\u1d4an\u02cckr\u012bs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214923",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Rasta":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": rastafarian":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00e4-",
"\u02c8ra-st\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011812",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Rastafarian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an adherent of Rastafarianism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Ras Tafari , precoronation name of Haile Selassie":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccra-st\u0259-\u02c8fer-\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02ccr\u00e4s-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u00e4r-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114151",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rascal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person":[],
": a mischievous person or animal":[]
},
"examples":[
"Which one of you rascals woke me up",
"some cold-blooded rascal had set the barn afire, killing all of the horses",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Musk also seems to like being a minor rascal , Morrison says. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The consummate newswoman, but a rascal with a sense of humor. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Bruno Dumont knows there\u2019s more than one way to skin a media rascal . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Edwards tried to tell the groundskeepers and gameday staffers how to defend the rascal . \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Still at home, though, is William and Kate Middleton's youngest, Prince Louis\u2014who also happens to be a bit of a Zoom rascal . \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Though a severe and exacting scholar, Trevor-Roper was attracted to clever rascals , especially those whose antics played upon the endless credulity of the human mind and the gullibility of bureaucratic institutions. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2020",
"Sonic is every inch the peppy, computerized rascal he's supposed to be, sporting oversize eyes and lacking rows of realistic human teeth. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Oregon is chock-a-block with its own cast of rogues and rascals who stumble into strange situations or wind up on the wrong side of the law. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English rascaile, rascaille, borrowed from Anglo-French rascaille, rascail \"rabble,\" from rasc- (perhaps from Old French \u2014Norman and Picard\u2014 *rasquer \"to scratch, scrape,\" going back to Vulgar Latin *r\u0101sic\u0101re ) + -aille, collective suffix, going back to Latin -\u0101lia \u2014 more at rash entry 1 , -al entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ra-sk\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043310",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rascality":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rascally act":[],
": rabble":[],
": the character or actions of a rascal : knavery":[]
},
"examples":[
"switching the entrance and exits signs in the school parking lot may seem like harmless rascality , if you're not the one involved in an accident"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rascal + -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ra-\u02c8ska-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221939",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rascally":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or characteristic of a rascal":[]
},
"examples":[
"those rascally boys had let all of the lab mice out of their cages",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Esty\u2019s flight from Brooklyn has the feel of a thriller, complete with a cat-and-mouse chase as Yanky and his rascally cousin Moishe fly to Germany in pursuit. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Mitch and Haylie Ferguson said the rascally rodent had somehow gotten into the fireplace, then proceeded to go on a 10-minute rampage running around the living room, news agency SWNS reports. \u2014 Fox News , 19 Dec. 2019",
"The event, which is already sold-out in the elegant waterfront Clipper Room at Hammond Marina, will include topics from the history of farming to today's gardening and wrangling with rascally rabbit populations. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune , 30 Mar. 2018",
"Oldest sib Creighton, 32, thought back to the family\u2019s former home, the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, and the cops who\u2019d bug him and his rascally brothers around town. \u2014 Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time , 11 Feb. 2018",
"The event, which is already sold-out in the elegant waterfront Clipper Room at Hammond Marina, will include topics from the history of farming to today's gardening and wrangling with rascally rabbit populations. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune , 30 Mar. 2018",
"Oldest sib Creighton, 32, thought back to the family\u2019s former home, the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, and the cops who\u2019d bug him and his rascally brothers around town. \u2014 Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time , 11 Feb. 2018",
"The dead man is wearing authentic 18th-century clothes, down to the white tricorn hat and black wig that were trademarks of one of Bath\u2019s most famous (real-life) sons, the rascally fashion plate Beau Nash. \u2014 Adam Woog, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"rascal + -ly entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ra-sk\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075529",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"rash":{
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
],
"definitions":{
": a large number of instances in a short period":[
"a rash of complaints"
],
": an eruption on the body":[],
": in a rash manner":[],
": marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution":[
"a rash promise"
],
": quickly effective":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The baby has a skin rash .",
"The doctor said she developed the rash because of the medicine.",
"I break out in a rash if I eat shellfish.",
"Symptoms of the disease include rash and fever.",
"There has been a rash of robberies in the city this summer.",
"Adjective",
"Their rash actions resulted in a serious accident that could have killed someone.",
"Don't be rash about this decision. Take your time.",
"It was rash of you to make that promise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What are signs your skin rash might be an allergic reaction",
"Baffert and his lawyers denied the colt was injected and said the drug was applied topically to treat a skin rash on Medina Spirit\u2019s hind end. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Other symptoms include runny nose, gastrointestinal issues, headache, and a skin rash . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Poinsettia's irritating sap can cause a mild skin rash . \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 Nov. 2021",
"After seeing her son deal with MIS-C, Jane is urging parents to follow mask and vaccine recommendations, and to keep an eye out for the potential symptoms \u2014 fever, stomach pain, vomiting, bloodshot eyes, skin rash and dizziness. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Up to 20 percent of the people who become infected will display symptoms, including fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach, and back. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Side effects associated with taking ivermectin include skin rash , nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, facial or limb swelling, dizziness, seizures, sudden drop in blood pressure, coma and even death, the FDA reports. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Around 70 to 80 percent of people who contract Lyme disease develop a bull's-eye rash at the site of the tick bite, according to the CDC. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The most successful attacks count on near scientific understanding of what happens when fear is used as a tool, or a false urgency is introduced \u2013 these are moments where rash decisions are made. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In a blithe, even rash move, Lapsus$ also included two sensitive Nvidia code-signing certificates in its leaks. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
"This would be a rash injustice to those young Americans with a secular viewpoint, who grew up in an areligious world. \u2014 WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Don't make rash decisions with 401(k) retirement plans amid rocky markets, experts advise. \u2014 Craig Harris, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
"But the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Rakoff was too rash , and after the complaint was revived, Rakoff came to a new conclusion when denying summary judgment. \u2014 Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Organizations with great leadership and a professional culture do not make such rash decisions. \u2014 Lance Reisland, cleveland , 7 Jan. 2022",
"In the 2010s, the agency cracked down on home genetic testing kits, concerned that people might make rash medical decisions as a result. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Sam is rash , funny, searching, entirely unpredictable. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Whatever is causing the left-hander to pitch terribly away from home this season, the Giants need to address this road rash sooner rather than later. \u2014 Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News , 2 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect) rasch quickly; akin to Old High German rasc fast":"Adverb",
"probably borrowed from 17th-century French rache, rasche , going back to Middle French raiche \"tinea,\" noun derivative of racher \"to chisel, groove (metal)\" (probably also \"to scrape, scratch,\" senses attested in Romance cognates), going back to Vulgar Latin *r\u0101sic\u0101re , verb derivative from Latin r\u0101s- , participial and nominal stem of r\u0101dere \"to scrape, scratch, shave\" \u2014 more at rase":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rash"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rash Adjective adventurous , venturesome , daring , daredevil , rash , reckless , foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence. adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings. venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger. daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring. daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm",
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rushed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192629",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"rashly":{
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
],
"definitions":{
": a large number of instances in a short period":[
"a rash of complaints"
],
": an eruption on the body":[],
": in a rash manner":[],
": marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution":[
"a rash promise"
],
": quickly effective":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The baby has a skin rash .",
"The doctor said she developed the rash because of the medicine.",
"I break out in a rash if I eat shellfish.",
"Symptoms of the disease include rash and fever.",
"There has been a rash of robberies in the city this summer.",
"Adjective",
"Their rash actions resulted in a serious accident that could have killed someone.",
"Don't be rash about this decision. Take your time.",
"It was rash of you to make that promise.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What are signs your skin rash might be an allergic reaction",
"Baffert and his lawyers denied the colt was injected and said the drug was applied topically to treat a skin rash on Medina Spirit\u2019s hind end. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Other symptoms include runny nose, gastrointestinal issues, headache, and a skin rash . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Poinsettia's irritating sap can cause a mild skin rash . \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 30 Nov. 2021",
"After seeing her son deal with MIS-C, Jane is urging parents to follow mask and vaccine recommendations, and to keep an eye out for the potential symptoms \u2014 fever, stomach pain, vomiting, bloodshot eyes, skin rash and dizziness. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Up to 20 percent of the people who become infected will display symptoms, including fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach, and back. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Side effects associated with taking ivermectin include skin rash , nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, facial or limb swelling, dizziness, seizures, sudden drop in blood pressure, coma and even death, the FDA reports. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Around 70 to 80 percent of people who contract Lyme disease develop a bull's-eye rash at the site of the tick bite, according to the CDC. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The most successful attacks count on near scientific understanding of what happens when fear is used as a tool, or a false urgency is introduced \u2013 these are moments where rash decisions are made. \u2014 Emil Sayegh, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In a blithe, even rash move, Lapsus$ also included two sensitive Nvidia code-signing certificates in its leaks. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
"This would be a rash injustice to those young Americans with a secular viewpoint, who grew up in an areligious world. \u2014 WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Don't make rash decisions with 401(k) retirement plans amid rocky markets, experts advise. \u2014 Craig Harris, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
"But the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals concluded Rakoff was too rash , and after the complaint was revived, Rakoff came to a new conclusion when denying summary judgment. \u2014 Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Organizations with great leadership and a professional culture do not make such rash decisions. \u2014 Lance Reisland, cleveland , 7 Jan. 2022",
"In the 2010s, the agency cracked down on home genetic testing kits, concerned that people might make rash medical decisions as a result. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Sam is rash , funny, searching, entirely unpredictable. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Whatever is causing the left-hander to pitch terribly away from home this season, the Giants need to address this road rash sooner rather than later. \u2014 Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News , 2 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (northern dialect) rasch quickly; akin to Old High German rasc fast":"Adverb",
"probably borrowed from 17th-century French rache, rasche , going back to Middle French raiche \"tinea,\" noun derivative of racher \"to chisel, groove (metal)\" (probably also \"to scrape, scratch,\" senses attested in Romance cognates), going back to Vulgar Latin *r\u0101sic\u0101re , verb derivative from Latin r\u0101s- , participial and nominal stem of r\u0101dere \"to scrape, scratch, shave\" \u2014 more at rase":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rash"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for rash Adjective adventurous , venturesome , daring , daredevil , rash , reckless , foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence. adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings. venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger. daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring. daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought. a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences. a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense. the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm",
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rushed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181441",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"rasp":{
"antonyms":[
"creak",
"grind",
"jar",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"definitions":{
": a coarse file with cutting points instead of lines":[],
": a rasping sound, sensation, or effect":[],
": an act of rasping":[],
": scrape":[],
": something used for rasping":[],
": to grate upon : irritate":[],
": to produce a grating sound":[],
": to utter in a raspy tone":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"\u201cLet go of my arm,\u201d she rasped .",
"The metal boxes rasped as they were dragged across the floor.",
"Noun",
"the rusted lock opened with a rasp",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"City did take their foot off the pedal a little, but Fernandinho still tested Pickford with a rasping drive in the 57th minute, which took a deflection off Calvert-Lewin. \u2014 SI.com , 31 Mar. 2018",
"The plummeting temperatures give rise to high-altitude clouds suffused with the CFCs still swirling in Earth\u2019s atmosphere, which then rasp away at the nearby ozone. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"With rasping percussion early on \u2014 four washboards! \u2014 dissonances rise through the winds. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 10 Jan. 2020",
"While studying the ghost crabs, researchers noticed that when they were involved in agonistic interactions, the crustaceans made the aggressive rasping noises even with their claws outstretched. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt And Allen Kim, CNN , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Sometimes a bleaty quality crept in, sometimes a dry high note was rasped or snarled, sometimes an ornament emerged with the bite of a buzz saw. \u2014 Anne Midgette, Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Ghost crabs owe their rasping stomach growls to a mechanism known as the gastric mill. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 12 Sep. 2019",
"The beach-dwelling crustacean can create loud rasping sounds, not only with its claws, but also with its guts, new research reveals. \u2014 David Shultz, Science | AAAS , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Handanovic was called upon again moments later to keep out Emanuele Giaccherini's rasping effort from the right hand side of the box, as Chievo sought the opening goal that perhaps their positive play had warranted. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yanya has a singular voice\u2014a disarming rasp that turns every note into a smoldering ember\u2014and her restless pop-rock songs circle her feelings of emptiness and inadequacy. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Pat McAfee, his high-tempo howl reduced to a breathy rasp , was running out of energy. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Punchmade Dev, from Lexington, Ky., delivers these lines over a rudimentary beat in a breathless rasp , the voice of a man who is trying to convey crucial information as quickly as possible. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The juice of the grapes is macerated with the skins, which provide a tinge of color and a mild rasp of tannin. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Caywood, a native Californian who sang in a sassy rasp reminiscent of Joplin\u2019s, didn\u2019t know the full story. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022",
"His voice is a booming rasp that grants gravity to each word while still sounding like a crisp wind is cutting through the syllables. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Mostly a stage actor who\u2019s best known for her incredible physicality, Hunter communicates the witches\u2019 otherworldliness by gnarling her limbs in strange directions and delivering her lines in a frightening rasp . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The voice: a low, guttural rasp , it\u2019s the aural equivalent of slithering, the wheezy lamentation of a leprechaun long past his sell-by date. \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1512, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French *rasper , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rasp\u014dn to scrape together":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rasp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"file",
"grind",
"hone",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050914",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rasp-bar cylinder":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a thresher or combine cylinder with coarse rasps instead of teeth bolted to the cylinder bars":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202818",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raspa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a modern Mexican couple dance consisting of an alternate shuffling of the feet forward and backward and ending with a polka pivot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish raspar to scrape, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rasp\u014dn to scrape together, collect":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u00e4sp\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125913",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raspador":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a crude machine for decorticating or scraping fiber of henequen or sisal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from raspado (past participle of raspar to scrape) + -or":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6r\u00e4sp\u0259\u00a6d\u014d(\u0259)r"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073951",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raspberry":{
"antonyms":[
"cheer"
],
"definitions":{
": a perennial plant (genus Rubus ) of the rose family that bears raspberries":[],
": any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries":[]
},
"examples":[
"One of the children made a raspberry at him.",
"there were raspberries from the audience when the hapless actress kept forgetting her lines",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Floral nose with hints of wet river stones and fresh raspberry on the palate with a light, nimble body. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The high fat content in this cacao powder\u2014thank luscious cocoa butter for that\u2014allows the raspberry , cream, and caramel flavors to shine. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And there was the raspberry \u2014 slightly bruised \u2014 that her friend Ilse found in a gutter on the way to a factory, then kept in her pocket and gave to Mrs. Klein even though both women were starving. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Prune, lemon, raspberry , Bavarian cream, strawberry, Nutella, apricot. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Feb. 2022",
"What\u2019s causing these raspberry leaves to turn brown",
"Even encouraging developments are getting a big raspberry from the market. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"This one is a consistent Rose, year after year, with this vintage offering a clean aroma of rose / floral notes with raspberry on the palate and a slight creaminess. \u2014 cleveland , 15 May 2022",
"First place in the Most Innovative Ice Cream Flavor category went to a black- raspberry -and-chocolate concoction. \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 8 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect rasp raspberry + English berry":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8raz-\u02ccber-\u0113",
"-b(\u0259-)r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bird",
"boo",
"Bronx cheer",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"razz",
"snort"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212546",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raspberry beetle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small brownish beetle ( Byturus unicolor ) whose adults feed on the buds and whose larvae feed on the fruits of raspberries":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163435",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rasping":{
"antonyms":[
"creak",
"grind",
"jar",
"scrape",
"scratch"
],
"definitions":{
": a coarse file with cutting points instead of lines":[],
": a rasping sound, sensation, or effect":[],
": an act of rasping":[],
": scrape":[],
": something used for rasping":[],
": to grate upon : irritate":[],
": to produce a grating sound":[],
": to utter in a raspy tone":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"\u201cLet go of my arm,\u201d she rasped .",
"The metal boxes rasped as they were dragged across the floor.",
"Noun",
"the rusted lock opened with a rasp",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"City did take their foot off the pedal a little, but Fernandinho still tested Pickford with a rasping drive in the 57th minute, which took a deflection off Calvert-Lewin. \u2014 SI.com , 31 Mar. 2018",
"The plummeting temperatures give rise to high-altitude clouds suffused with the CFCs still swirling in Earth\u2019s atmosphere, which then rasp away at the nearby ozone. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"With rasping percussion early on \u2014 four washboards! \u2014 dissonances rise through the winds. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 10 Jan. 2020",
"While studying the ghost crabs, researchers noticed that when they were involved in agonistic interactions, the crustaceans made the aggressive rasping noises even with their claws outstretched. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt And Allen Kim, CNN , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Sometimes a bleaty quality crept in, sometimes a dry high note was rasped or snarled, sometimes an ornament emerged with the bite of a buzz saw. \u2014 Anne Midgette, Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Ghost crabs owe their rasping stomach growls to a mechanism known as the gastric mill. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 12 Sep. 2019",
"The beach-dwelling crustacean can create loud rasping sounds, not only with its claws, but also with its guts, new research reveals. \u2014 David Shultz, Science | AAAS , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Handanovic was called upon again moments later to keep out Emanuele Giaccherini's rasping effort from the right hand side of the box, as Chievo sought the opening goal that perhaps their positive play had warranted. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yanya has a singular voice\u2014a disarming rasp that turns every note into a smoldering ember\u2014and her restless pop-rock songs circle her feelings of emptiness and inadequacy. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Pat McAfee, his high-tempo howl reduced to a breathy rasp , was running out of energy. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Punchmade Dev, from Lexington, Ky., delivers these lines over a rudimentary beat in a breathless rasp , the voice of a man who is trying to convey crucial information as quickly as possible. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The juice of the grapes is macerated with the skins, which provide a tinge of color and a mild rasp of tannin. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Caywood, a native Californian who sang in a sassy rasp reminiscent of Joplin\u2019s, didn\u2019t know the full story. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022",
"His voice is a booming rasp that grants gravity to each word while still sounding like a crisp wind is cutting through the syllables. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Mostly a stage actor who\u2019s best known for her incredible physicality, Hunter communicates the witches\u2019 otherworldliness by gnarling her limbs in strange directions and delivering her lines in a frightening rasp . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The voice: a low, guttural rasp , it\u2019s the aural equivalent of slithering, the wheezy lamentation of a leprechaun long past his sell-by date. \u2014 Henry Alford, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1512, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French *rasper , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rasp\u014dn to scrape together":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rasp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"file",
"grind",
"hone",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104339",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raspy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": harsh , grating":[],
": irritable":[]
},
"examples":[
"Her voice was raspy from yelling so much.",
"overwork tends to make him raspy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rod was one of my favorite artists and a raspy -voiced singer like me! \u2014 Sean Neumann, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"As her slightly raspy vocals float, a warm guitar instrumental loops in the background, amidst thumping kicks and rimshots. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The exhaust note from the two-into-one muffler with two exits is pleasantly raspy on the over-run \u2014 sociable but still audible. \u2014 Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"Iris is a striking woman in her mid-30s, a former cosmetics salesperson who speaks in a low, raspy voice. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2020",
"Apparently, the hip hop mogul\u2019s signature raspy voice and distinctive rap cadence have become popular material for those creating humorous audio impersonations using deepfake technology. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 5 May 2020",
"The opening act begins at dusk with the male making what is typically described as a series of distinct nasal peeent sounds (to me the call is more a raspy bzeeent, similar to the nighthawk\u2019s), spaced five or six seconds apart. \u2014 Tom Fegely, Field & Stream , 13 Apr. 2020",
"John Prine, an iconic singer-songwriter who was known for his thoughtful lyrics, raspy voice and wry sense of humor, has died at age 73. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Will coach Tom Izzo give a breathless postgame interview in a raspy voice from way, WAY too much yelling"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ras-p\u0113",
"\u02c8ra-sp\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081347",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rasse":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a grizzled black-marked semiarboreal civet ( Viverricula malaccensis or V. indica ) that is related to but is smaller than the common civet, is native to China and the East Indies, and furnishes a perfume prized by the Javanese":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Javanese ras\u00e9":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ras\u0259",
"\u02c8ras"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034353",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rassle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wrestle":[]
},
"examples":[
"the boys would rassle and roughhouse for hours on end"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1758, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ra-s\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221639",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rastacou\u00e8re":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a foreign parvenu":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from American Spanish arrastracuero , from Spanish arrastra he drags (3d singular present indicative of arrastrar to drag) + cuero skin, hide, from Latin corium":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045459",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rase":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": erase":[],
": raze sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English rasen \"to scrape, shave, erase, expunge, strip off, tear out, pull down, slice, score, tear,\" borrowed from Anglo-French raser, rasser \"to erase, level (a measure of grain) by scraping off, fill to the brim\" (Continental Old French also, \"to shave, tear down, demolish\"), going back to Vulgar Latin *r\u0101s\u0101re , iterative verb from the stem of Latin r\u0101dere \"to scrape, scratch, pare away, shave, rub smooth, touch lightly in passing,\" going back to a dialectal Indo-European verb base *razd- , whence also Welsh rhathu \"to rub, scrape, file down,\" Breton razha\u00f1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000952"
},
"raspberry cane borer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a slender black and yellow longicorn beetle ( Oberea bimaculata ) having a larva that is a borer in the canes of raspberries, blackberries, and sometimes roses":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084816"
},
"raspberry bug":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a very small nearly black bug ( Corimelaena pulicaria ) that infests the raspberry, strawberry, and blackberry giving them a very disagreeable flavor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145642"
},
"Ras Dashen":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"mountain northeast of Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u00e4s-d\u0259-\u02c8shen"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201724"
},
"raspberry cane maggot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the larva of a small fly ( Pegomya rubivora ) of the family Anthomyiidae that mines in the shoots of the raspberry and blackberry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214347"
},
"raser":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that rases":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0101z\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002335"
}
}