dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jap_MW.json
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"jape":{
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"boffo",
"boffola",
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"funny",
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"giggle",
"jest",
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"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock"
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": an amusing literary or dramatic production":[
"a jape that would be okay as a sophomore class play",
"\u2014 John Simon"
],
": gibe":[],
": something designed to arouse amusement or laughter: such as":[],
": to make mocking fun of":[],
": to say or do something jokingly or mockingly":[]
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"Verb",
"the characters in Oscar Wilde's plays jape with a readiness and sophistication that is rarely, if ever, encountered in real life",
"Noun",
"by the standards of today's no-holds-barred satire, Will Rogers' homespun japes about politicians seem awfully gentle",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Director Aaron Posner\u2019s organizing notion proves far better suited to a short skit than a full 150 minutes of expository twists \u2014 and antiquated japes . \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2020",
"The coffee table part is a funny jape about the design\u2019s similarity to a piece of midcentury furniture, an undulating shape raised on legs; but the kunsthalle part is more telling. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 9 July 2019",
"Local guffaw nuts can hit up the annual jape show that is the Orlando Comedy Festival (6 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday, Hilton Garden Inn at SeaWorld, 6850 Westwood Blvd. in Orlando, $20-$35, orlandocomedyfestival.com). \u2014 Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com , 19 June 2019",
"Bankruptcy jape Elon Musk sought to lighten the mood after one of the worst weeks for Tesla Inc. in its 15-year history with a series of April Fool\u2019s Day tweets about bankruptcy. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 2 Apr. 2018",
"The latter was a jape ; the former was a cautionary howl. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2018"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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"\u02c8j\u0101p"
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"verb"
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"noun"
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": any of various beardless garden irises (especially Iris kaempferi ) with very large showy flowers":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093223"
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"japanese andromeda":{
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"noun"
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": a shrubby evergreen heath ( Pieris japonica ) of southeastern Asia with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of usually whitish flowers":[]
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"New Latin Andromeda , genus of plants, from Latin Andromeda , Ethiopian princess, from Greek Andromed\u0113":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140824"
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"first_known_use":{
"1995, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin Andromeda , genus of plants, from Latin Andromeda , Ethiopian princess, from Greek Andromed\u0113":""
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a large Chinese and Japanese evergreen tree ( Cryptomeria japonica ) of the cypress family grown as an ornamental and for its valuable soft wood":[]
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": a small brownish ape ( Macaca speciosa ) of Japan that has a naked face and red ischial callosities":[]
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"Japanese star anise":{
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": a maple ( Acer palmatum ) of Japan, China, and Korea with purple flowers and usually deeply parted leaves that is widely cultivated as a shrub or small tree":[]
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": a breed of dogs comprising the Japanese spaniels":[]
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"Japur\u00e1":{
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"Japanese ivy":{
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": a deciduous shrub or small tree ( Styrax japonica ) having flowers in short glabrous racemes":[]
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"Japanese bobtail":{
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"Camellia sasanqua, japonica and hybrids: Petals of these close relatives of the tea plant are edible. \u2014 Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
"The liquid is made from the bud of the lonicera japonica flower, the fruit of forsythia suspensa and scutellaria baicalensis plant. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2020",
"For: creamy moistness without starchiness; examples: Calrose (a type of japonica rice), risotto rice Medium-grain rice is shorter and moister than long grain but not quite as starchy as short. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Some fall flowering sasanqua camellias may already be in bloom and japonica types should follow during winter. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Availability: Lonicera japonica varieties are commonly available. \u2014 Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com , 26 July 2019",
"Zones: 6 to 8 Rounded or Sphere-Shaped Boxwoods Winter Gem (Buxus microphylla japonica 'Winter Gem') This boxwood makes a nice hedge and takes shearing well. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 14 Feb. 2019"
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