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1144 lines
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{
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"ribber":{
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"as in heckler , tormentor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baiter",
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"heckler",
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"needler",
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"taunter",
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"tease",
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"teaser",
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"tormentor",
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"tormenter",
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"torturer",
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"defamer",
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"libeler",
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"libelist",
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"traducer",
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"derider",
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"insulter",
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"mocker",
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"ridiculer",
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"scoffer",
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"scorner",
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"gossip",
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"gossiper",
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"talebearer",
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"tattler",
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"tattletale",
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"troublemaker",
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"caricaturist",
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"lampooner",
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"parodist",
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"satirist"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"butt",
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"mark",
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"prey",
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"sitting duck",
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"target",
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"victim",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"pilgarlic",
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"lightning rod"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ribaldry":{
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"the quality or state of being obscene":{
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"examples":[
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"there's a ribaldry in the works of Chaucer that generations of students of English literature have heartily enjoyed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdiness",
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"blueness",
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"coarseness",
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"crudeness",
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"crudity",
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"dirt",
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"dirtiness",
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"filth",
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"filthiness",
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"foulness",
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"grossness",
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"impureness",
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"impurity",
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"indecency",
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"lasciviousness",
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"lewdness",
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"nastiness",
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"obscenity",
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"profanity",
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"raunch",
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"raunchiness",
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"smut",
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"smuttiness",
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"vulgarity",
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"wantonness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broadness",
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"earthiness",
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"gaminess",
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"raciness",
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"saltiness",
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"suggestiveness",
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"immodesty",
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"indecorousness",
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"indelicacy",
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"indelicateness",
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"lowness",
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"unbecomingness",
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"lechery",
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"depravedness",
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"depravity",
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"kinkiness",
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"naughtiness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversion",
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"perversity",
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"pervertedness",
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"wickedness",
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"exceptionability",
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"objectionableness",
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"unacceptability",
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"undesirability",
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"reprehensibility",
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"reprehensibleness",
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"abusiveness",
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"scurrilousness",
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"atrociousness",
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"atrocity",
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"infamy",
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"loathsomeness",
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"offensiveness",
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"repellency",
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"repugnance",
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"repulsiveness",
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"distastefulness",
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"obnoxiousness",
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"unpleasantness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggery",
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"priggishness",
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"primness",
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"prudery",
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"prudishness",
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"puritanism",
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"correctness",
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"decency",
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"decorousness",
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"decorum",
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"seemliness",
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"appropriateness",
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"fitness",
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"suitability",
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"suitableness",
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"perfection",
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"purity",
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"spotlessness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ribbons":{
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"a long narrow piece of material":{
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"examples":[
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"tied a silk ribbon in her hair"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lists",
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"slips",
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"strips"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"slats",
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"bandages",
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"bands",
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"belts",
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"bindings",
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"girths",
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"straps",
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"swatches",
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"swaths",
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"swathes",
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"tapes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
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"examples":[
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"over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rends",
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"rips",
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"rives",
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"shreds",
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"tatters",
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"tears"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breaks",
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"cleaves",
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"ruptures",
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"splits",
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"cuts",
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"gashes",
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"incises",
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"lacerates",
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"slashes",
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"butchers",
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"dismembers",
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"dissects",
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"hacks",
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"mangles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ribbon":{
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"a long narrow piece of material":{
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"examples":[
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"tied a silk ribbon in her hair"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"list",
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"slip",
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"strip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"slat",
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"band",
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"bandage",
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"belt",
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"binding",
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"girth",
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"strap",
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"swatch",
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"swath",
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"swathe",
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"tape"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
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"examples":[
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"over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rend",
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"rip",
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"rive",
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"shred",
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"tatter",
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"tear"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"break",
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"cleave",
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"rupture",
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"split",
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"cut",
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"gash",
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"incise",
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"lacerate",
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"slash",
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"butcher",
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"dismember",
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"dissect",
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"hack",
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"mangle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ribbers":{
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"as in hecklers , tormentors":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baiters",
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"hecklers",
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"needlers",
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"taunters",
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"teasers",
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"teases",
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"tormentors",
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"tormenters",
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"torturers",
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"defamers",
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"libelers",
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"libelists",
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"traducers",
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"deriders",
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"insulters",
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"mockers",
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"ridiculers",
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"scoffers",
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"scorners",
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"gossipers",
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"gossips",
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"talebearers",
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"tattlers",
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"tattletales",
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"troublemakers",
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"caricaturists",
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"lampooners",
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"parodists",
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"satirists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"butts",
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"marks",
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"prey",
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"preys",
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"sitting ducks",
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"targets",
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"victims",
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"laughingstocks",
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"mockeries",
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"pilgarlics",
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"lightning rods"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ribboned":{
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"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
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"examples":[
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"over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rent",
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"rended",
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"ripped",
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"rived",
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"shredded",
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"tattered",
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"tore"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broke",
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"cleaved",
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"cleft",
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"ruptured",
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"split",
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"cut",
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"gashed",
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"incised",
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"lacerated",
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"slashed",
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"butchered",
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"dismembered",
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"dissected",
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"hacked",
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"mangled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rib":{
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"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
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"examples":[
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"the movie is a rib of the \"dramatic love story\" that was so popular in the 1950s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"parody",
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"put-on",
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"send-up",
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"spoof",
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"takeoff",
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"travesty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lampoon",
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"mockery",
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"satire",
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"comedy",
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"farce",
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"humor",
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"sketch",
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"slapstick",
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"squib",
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"distortion",
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"exaggeration",
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"imitation",
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"impersonation",
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"mimicking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something said or done to cause laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"began to lose his sense of humor after being the butt of his friends' ribs once too often"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"crack",
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"drollery",
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"funny",
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"gag",
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"giggle",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"laugh",
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"nifty",
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"one-liner",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"yuk",
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"yuck",
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"yak",
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"yock"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"funning",
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"joking",
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"wisecracking",
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"knee-slapper",
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"panic",
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"riot",
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"scream",
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"thigh-slapper",
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"antic",
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"buffoonery",
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"caper",
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"leg-pull",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"practical joke",
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"prank",
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"trick",
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"lampoon",
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"mock",
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"mockery",
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"parody",
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"put-on",
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"riff",
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"banter",
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"kidding",
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"persiflage",
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"raillery",
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"repartee",
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"drollness",
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"facetiousness",
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"funniness",
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"hilariousness",
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"humorousness",
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"comedy",
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"humor",
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"wit",
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"wordplay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
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"examples":[
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"ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaff",
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"jive",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"kid",
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"rally",
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"razz",
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"ride",
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"roast",
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"tease"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"banter",
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"fool",
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"fun",
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"string along",
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"jest",
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"quip",
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"wisecrack",
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"gag",
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"jape",
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"jolly",
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"yuk",
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"yuck"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ribbed":{
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"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
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"examples":[
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"ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaffed",
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"jived",
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"joked",
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"joshed",
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"kidded",
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"rallied",
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"razzed",
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"roasted",
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"rode",
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"rid",
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"teased"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bantered",
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"fooled",
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"funned",
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"strung along",
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"jested",
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"quipped",
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"wisecracked",
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"gagged",
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"japed",
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"jollied",
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"yukked",
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"yucked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ribald":{
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"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
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"examples":[
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"some of the movie's most ribald , and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdy",
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"blue",
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"gutter",
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"impure",
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"indecent",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"locker-room",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"pornographic",
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"porny",
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"profane",
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"raunchy",
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"smutty",
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"stag",
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"trashy",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"wanton",
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"X-rated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broad",
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"coarse-grained",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"off",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"racy",
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"risqu\u00e9",
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"salacious",
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"salty",
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"suggestive",
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"barnyard",
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"earthy",
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"scatological",
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"immodest",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"low",
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"unbecoming",
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"depraved",
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"kinky",
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"louche",
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"naughty",
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"perverse",
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"perverted",
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"wicked",
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"exceptionable",
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"objectionable",
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"unacceptable",
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"undesirable",
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"unwanted",
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"unwelcome",
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"abhorrent",
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"debasing",
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"disgusting",
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"loathsome",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"distasteful",
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"obnoxious",
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"unpleasant",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"atrocious",
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"infamous",
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"abusive",
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"scurrilous",
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"hard-core",
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"soft",
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"soft-core"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ribbing":{
|
|
"marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lightly ribbing tone tipped me off that this wasn't a serious reprimand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"derisive",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mocking , razzing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffing",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"quipping",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"japing",
|
|
"jollying",
|
|
"yukking",
|
|
"yucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ribboning":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"shredding",
|
|
"tattering",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"mangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ribbon(s)":{
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tied a silk ribbon in her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slats",
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bindings",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"swatches",
|
|
"swaths",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"tapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ribs":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie is a rib of the \"dramatic love story\" that was so popular in the 1950s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"send-ups",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impersonations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to lose his sense of humor after being the butt of his friends' ribs once too often"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"funs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |