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{
"sludge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a muddy or slushy mass, deposit, or sediment: such as":[],
": a precipitate or settling (such as a mixture of impurities and acid) from a mineral oil":[],
": muddy sediment in a steam boiler":[],
": precipitated solid matter produced by water and sewage treatment processes":[],
": slush sense 5":[]
},
"examples":[
"after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge",
"I can't bring myself to read that sludge .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most party-hearty horror movie of a party-hearty decade, The Return of the Living Dead will bring tons of madcap energy \u2014 and toxic sludge \u2014 to your movie night. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"The lime and clay destroy the slimy glutinous character of the sewage \u2018 sludge \u2019 and keep the sewer outlet drain free from the festering and putrefying deposit which otherwise tends to choke it. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
"The Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility adopted the sludge -to-energy model in August 2021. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
"There was tetraethyl lead, used in making gasoline, sludge , asphalt, hydrocarbon liquids and vapors, solvents such as kerosene, acidic residue and asbestos. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Many were concerned that the sludge , taken from poultry processing plants or sewage treatment plants, could also contain chemicals that would be harmful to humans or the environment. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the counterworld of Gutfeld!, there is no eclipse of the republic, no fascist sludge on the rise, no QAnon nibbling at the roots of reason. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"What passes for ordinary conversation among the actors is a sludge of relentless hype and backhanded digs. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In the deep sea, where food is scarce and the landscape is mostly a mushy sludge , a shipwreck is precious real estate. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English slugge , perhaps alteration of slicche mud, slush; akin to Old High German sl\u012bh mire":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"guck",
"gook",
"mire",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"slush"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060751",
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
]
},
"sludgy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a muddy or slushy mass, deposit, or sediment: such as":[],
": a precipitate or settling (such as a mixture of impurities and acid) from a mineral oil":[],
": muddy sediment in a steam boiler":[],
": precipitated solid matter produced by water and sewage treatment processes":[],
": slush sense 5":[]
},
"examples":[
"after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge",
"I can't bring myself to read that sludge .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most party-hearty horror movie of a party-hearty decade, The Return of the Living Dead will bring tons of madcap energy \u2014 and toxic sludge \u2014 to your movie night. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"The lime and clay destroy the slimy glutinous character of the sewage \u2018 sludge \u2019 and keep the sewer outlet drain free from the festering and putrefying deposit which otherwise tends to choke it. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
"The Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility adopted the sludge -to-energy model in August 2021. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2022",
"There was tetraethyl lead, used in making gasoline, sludge , asphalt, hydrocarbon liquids and vapors, solvents such as kerosene, acidic residue and asbestos. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Many were concerned that the sludge , taken from poultry processing plants or sewage treatment plants, could also contain chemicals that would be harmful to humans or the environment. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the counterworld of Gutfeld!, there is no eclipse of the republic, no fascist sludge on the rise, no QAnon nibbling at the roots of reason. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"What passes for ordinary conversation among the actors is a sludge of relentless hype and backhanded digs. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In the deep sea, where food is scarce and the landscape is mostly a mushy sludge , a shipwreck is precious real estate. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English slugge , perhaps alteration of slicche mud, slush; akin to Old High German sl\u012bh mire":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"guck",
"gook",
"mire",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"slush"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002848",
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
]
},
"slue":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": position or inclination after slewing":[],
": skid":[],
": skid sense 5":[],
": to cause to skid : veer":[
"slew a car around a turn"
],
": to turn (something, such as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis":[],
": to turn, twist, or swing about : pivot":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012646",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sluff":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a creek in a marsh or tide flat":[],
": a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer":[],
": a place of deep mud or mire":[],
": a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection":[],
": something that may be shed or cast off":[],
": swamp":[],
": the cast-off skin of a snake":[],
": to become shed or cast off":[],
": to cast off":[],
": to cast off one's skin":[],
": to crumble slowly and fall away":[],
": to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding":[],
": to engulf in a slough":[],
": to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous":[
"\u2014 usually used with off"
],
": to plod through or as if through mud : slog":[],
": to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue":[],
"town in Berkshire, southeast central England, west of London population 155,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1720, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1846, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sloughe, slo , from Old English sl\u014dh ; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch":"Noun",
"Middle English slughe ; akin to Middle High German sl\u016bch snakeskin":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8slau\u0307",
"British usually \u02c8slau\u0307 for both senses",
"\u02c8sl\u00fc",
"\u02c8sl\u0259f",
"in the US (except in New England) \u02c8sl\u00fc is usual for sense 1 with those to whom the sense is familiar"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for slough Verb (2) discard , cast , shed , slough , scrap , junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless. discard old clothes cast , especially when used with off, away , or out , implies a forceful rejection or repudiation. cast off her friends shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster. shed a bad habit finally sloughed off the depression scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form. scrap all the old ways would junk our educational system",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192920",
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sluff (off)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194614",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slug":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a $50 gold piece":[],
": a detached mass of fluid (such as water vapor or oil) that causes impact (as in a circulating system)":[],
": a heavy blow especially with the fist":[],
": a line of type cast as one piece":[],
": a lump, disk, or cylinder of material (such as plastic or metal): such as":[],
": a musket ball":[],
": a piece of metal roughly shaped for subsequent processing":[],
": a quantity of liquor drunk in one swallow":[],
": a smooth soft larva of a sawfly or moth that creeps like a mollusk":[],
": a strip of metal thicker than a printer's lead":[],
": a usually temporary type line serving to instruct or identify":[],
": any of numerous chiefly terrestrial pulmonate gastropods (order Stylommatophora) that are found in most parts of the world where there is a reasonable supply of moisture and are closely related to the land snails but are long and wormlike and have only a rudimentary shell often buried in the mantle or entirely absent":[],
": bullet":[],
": fight sense 4b":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase slug it out"
],
": sluggard":[],
": the gravitational unit of mass in the foot-pound-second system to which a pound force can impart an acceleration of one foot per second per second and which is equal to the mass of an object weighing 32 pounds":[],
": to add a printer's slug to":[],
": to drink in gulps":[
"\u2014 often used with down"
],
": to strike heavily with or as if with the fist or a bat":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English slugge , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slugga to walk sluggishly":"Noun",
"perhaps from slug to load with slugs":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093001",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slug (down)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"to swallow in liquid form slugging down endless bottles of water in the intense heat"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021608",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slugabed":{
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259-g\u0259-\u02ccbed"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"idler",
"layabout",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lotus-eater",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022118",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sluggard":{
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"definitions":{
": a habitually lazy person":[],
": sluggardly":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 19 July 2019",
"Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that. \u2014 Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times , 11 Oct. 2017",
"Slug was \u2013 is \u2013 a variant on sluggard , which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently. \u2014 Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Sep. 2017",
"French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards , are more productive than the British. \u2014 The Economist , 31 Aug. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The stock really has not done much of anything in the last five years, the stock following a similar sluggard pattern of the company\u2019s revenue line. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1557, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sluggart":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259-g\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"idler",
"layabout",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lotus-eater",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061445",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"slugging percentage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a statistic that reflects a batter's ability to get extra-base hits and that is expressed as a ratio (such as a rate per thousand) of the total number of bases reached on base hits (with one base for a single, two for a double, three for a triple, and four for a home run) to official times at bat":[
"He drove in 118 runs, batted .289 and had the highest slugging percentage (.618) in the majors.",
"\u2014 Ron Fimrite",
"Quentin finished last week second in the American League in home runs (14), RBIs (48) and slugging percentage (.571) and sixth in on-base percentage (.396).",
"\u2014 Jon Heyman",
"The 28-year-old reached career-best figures in runs, RBIs, doubles (35), home runs (23) and slugging average (.505).",
"\u2014 Jim Allen"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team still isn\u2019t slugging home runs consistently and ranks only ninth in batting average and seventh in on-base-plus- slugging percentage in MLB. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Shape shifting aside, the emphasis of the Guardians\u2019 offense has a lot more to do with batting average, runs, onbase percentage and slugging percentage than home runs. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
"That slugging percentage ranks third out of 193 hitters with at least 50 sliders faced. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 May 2022",
"The Reds are last in baseball in these categories: On-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS; ERA, WHIP and walks issued. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
"Returning from his second performance-enhancing drug suspension, a yearlong ban that cost him the entire 2021 season, Can\u00f3 was hitting .195 with a .501 on-base plus slugging percentage in 12 games this year. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"That\u2019ll be critical for the Ducks against a Sun Devils teams that leads the Pac-12 in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and home runs while averaging over eight runs per game in conference play. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Torkelson, 22, went 1-for-1 and has a .292 batting average (7-for-24) and .458 slugging percentage in 11 games. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 31 Mar. 2022",
"All-County, posting a .480 batting average, .600 slugging percentage with 24 hits also showcasing her power with four doubles and a triple. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 21 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121534",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"definitions":{
": economically inactive or slow":[],
": markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth":[],
": slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment)":[]
},
"examples":[
"The game picked up after a sluggish start.",
"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar touted significant progress, while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Cities and counties can also act in the face of sluggish national policy. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"However, the sluggish stock market tells us Wall Street doesn't agree. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
"Turtles being the anti-aging standard makes sense, considering their sluggish metabolisms. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"People typically associate it with winter, when colder months and shorter days leave people feeling sluggish , agitated and even hopeless. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar, who oversees the agreement, touted significant progress while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"For one, the economy is still struggling and the job market, especially for the younger generation, remains sluggish . \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Western sanctions on Russia have further tightened energy markets, raising prices and profits and buoying prospects for an industry rocked by Covid-19 and longer-term trends like the still sluggish roll-out of electric vehicles. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sl\u0259g-ish",
"\u02c8sl\u0259-gish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070254",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
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"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
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": markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth":[],
": slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment)":[]
},
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"The game picked up after a sluggish start.",
"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar touted significant progress, while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Cities and counties can also act in the face of sluggish national policy. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"However, the sluggish stock market tells us Wall Street doesn't agree. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
"Turtles being the anti-aging standard makes sense, considering their sluggish metabolisms. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"People typically associate it with winter, when colder months and shorter days leave people feeling sluggish , agitated and even hopeless. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar, who oversees the agreement, touted significant progress while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"For one, the economy is still struggling and the job market, especially for the younger generation, remains sluggish . \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Western sanctions on Russia have further tightened energy markets, raising prices and profits and buoying prospects for an industry rocked by Covid-19 and longer-term trends like the still sluggish roll-out of electric vehicles. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8sl\u0259g-ish",
"\u02c8sl\u0259-gish"
],
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"creeping",
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"dawdling",
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"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023320",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
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"definitions":{
": economically inactive or slow":[],
": markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth":[],
": slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment)":[]
},
"examples":[
"The game picked up after a sluggish start.",
"the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar touted significant progress, while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Cities and counties can also act in the face of sluggish national policy. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"However, the sluggish stock market tells us Wall Street doesn't agree. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 24 June 2022",
"Turtles being the anti-aging standard makes sense, considering their sluggish metabolisms. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"People typically associate it with winter, when colder months and shorter days leave people feeling sluggish , agitated and even hopeless. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"At an April quarterly hearing on the consent decree, U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar, who oversees the agreement, touted significant progress while expressing concerns about sluggish hiring numbers. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 21 June 2022",
"For one, the economy is still struggling and the job market, especially for the younger generation, remains sluggish . \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Western sanctions on Russia have further tightened energy markets, raising prices and profits and buoying prospects for an industry rocked by Covid-19 and longer-term trends like the still sluggish roll-out of electric vehicles. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 17 June 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8sl\u0259-gish",
"\u02c8sl\u0259g-ish"
],
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"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
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"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
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"snail-paced",
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"It is thought that water was once carried through this sluice in terra-cotta pipes. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"To protect the historic structure until work can resume, INAH will cover the tunnel\u2019s artworks, which appear on a sluice gate used by the city\u2019s early colonial government, with soil, reports Isaac Schultz for Gizmodo. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 July 2021",
"To tunnel under walkways, attach a pointed sluice nozzle to a length of PVC pipe. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 25 June 2021",
"Seven Springs Gem Mining, featuring geology and nature lessons where amethyst, rose quartz, emerald and other crystals can be found using a sifting tray in the sluice . \u2014 Megan Swift, USA TODAY , 12 June 2021",
"That date, a watershed of life, not just of hers, the sluice gate of a dam on the river that blocks the waters\u2019 flow. \u2014 Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Or, slice the leeks lengthwise and hold the cut sides under a tap, letting the cascade of water sluice away the dirt. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2021",
"Save the Vaal Environment believes that the opening of sluice gates at the Vaal Dam in February has facilitated the rapid spread of water lettuce downstream, damaging aquatic life along the way. \u2014 Tawanda Karombo, Quartz Africa , 28 Feb. 2021",
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"The public became aware of the matter after U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced last week that Smith concocted a kick-back scheme to sluice $70,000 from his re-election account between 2012 and 2019. \u2014 M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Markets are often watery because they are sluiced down, or because of the melting of the ice used to stop food from spoiling. \u2014 The Economist , 26 May 2020",
"The water sluicing down the rocks is glitter and mist. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2020",
"The precious metal is washed out of the dirt with which it is mixed by a panning, sluicing or washing process in the river below. \u2014 Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Even in an era when industrial-scale mining has been introduced in the region, independent gold miners are still digging and sluicing in the nearby Klondike Valley, using excavators and diesel pumps, as well as shovels and gold pans. \u2014 Smithsonian , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Or simply girls like herself raised to womanhood in the Midwest, beside a steel mill, in a small house obsessively painted and sluiced with Fels-Naptha as though at any moment they might be forced to leave. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Needing to catch fire Friday, despite teeing off in sluicing rain, the four-time major champion hunkered down to the task. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 19 July 2019",
"Here is the birria de res of my life: juicy but slightly crisped, decorated only with diced, raw white onion, and sluiced in a furious salsa de guajillo. \u2014 Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times , 31 July 2019"
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"On two of Lindblad\u2019s newest polar vessels, the National Geographic Endurance and National Geographic Resolution, the company has introduced two first-of-its-kind igloos on the deck where guests can slumber with epic views. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Beauty sleep is a real thing, and Slip\u2019s Celestial Nights Gift Set can make someone\u2019s bedtime slumber that much better. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Two men, contorted and confined, slumber in a vitrine, a dress shoe on one man\u2019s head, a urinal on his hip, while his genitals peek out, as the two standing men, both pants-less, observe, compelling us to participate in this overt conversation. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Polls suggest the debate over mandates has helped to solve the greatest problem Newsom always faced in the recall: the risk that Democrats -- who outnumber Republicans in the state by about 2 to 1 -- would slumber through it. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Think Anthropologie for trinkets, bedding, and other fabulous finds, Saatva and Avocado for all things slumber , Dyson to upgrade your appliance game, and so much more for less. \u2014 Amanda Randone, refinery29.com , 25 May 2021",
"Game notes: Despite solid pitching, the Tigers offense continues to slumber heading into the series finale. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The highest guest lodge in the Eastern United States, LeConte is the park's only place to slumber wholly protected. \u2014 Tracey Minkin, Southern Living , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Dormice prefer to slumber in the hollows of old trees\u2014and centuries of timber harvesting have stripped many of them from countries such as Poland, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Animals , 28 Dec. 2020",
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"In addition to tracking your every step, slumber , and sweat session, this model has a generous display, Bluetooth connectivity, and over six days of battery life. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Last year, millions of Brood X cicadas emerged after a 17-year slumber in parts of the eastern United States, and now a few of the sleepy stragglers could be reemerging, including in Louisville. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"And the lake itself was rising rapidly out of months of cold slumber . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has jolted Finland [and Sweden] out of their non-aligned slumber and made NATO membership inevitable. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Yet even that tiny amount of light created a deficit of slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep, the stages of slumber in which most cellular renewal occurs, Zee said. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Mensah, after an offensive slumber , had 14 points on 6 of 7 shooting on Feb. 12 against Air Force. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"Every day, there was something new to consume, and watching the members rehearse intricate dance moves, eat takeout, play video games, and gently bicker felt like eavesdropping on an endless slumber party . \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
"With Shaggy actor Matthew Lillard serving as host, fans only need to pay $20 for a once-in-a-lifetime slumber party and a temporary gig with Mystery Inc. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"And moving the 1996 California murder trial of Richard Allen Davis, who was convicted of killing 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from a slumber party , cost $687,000. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"Alexia\u2019s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Svetlana was right: love wasn\u2019t a slumber party with your best friend. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"While scrolling through Facebook, Cochran saw a post about Best Friends hosting a slumber party event that matched dogs with foster volunteers over the Labor Day weekend. \u2014 Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Kris Jenner wrote on Twitter alongside a hilarious clip of her and Richards' slumber party antics on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Michelle needed a quiet regular date after all the commotion of the slumber party . \u2014 Ali Barthwell, Vulture , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"Polls suggest the debate over mandates has helped to solve the greatest problem Newsom always faced in the recall: the risk that Democrats -- who outnumber Republicans in the state by about 2 to 1 -- would slumber through it. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Think Anthropologie for trinkets, bedding, and other fabulous finds, Saatva and Avocado for all things slumber , Dyson to upgrade your appliance game, and so much more for less. \u2014 Amanda Randone, refinery29.com , 25 May 2021",
"Game notes: Despite solid pitching, the Tigers offense continues to slumber heading into the series finale. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The highest guest lodge in the Eastern United States, LeConte is the park's only place to slumber wholly protected. \u2014 Tracey Minkin, Southern Living , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Dormice prefer to slumber in the hollows of old trees\u2014and centuries of timber harvesting have stripped many of them from countries such as Poland, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Animals , 28 Dec. 2020",
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"Last year, millions of Brood X cicadas emerged after a 17-year slumber in parts of the eastern United States, and now a few of the sleepy stragglers could be reemerging, including in Louisville. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022",
"And the lake itself was rising rapidly out of months of cold slumber . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has jolted Finland [and Sweden] out of their non-aligned slumber and made NATO membership inevitable. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Yet even that tiny amount of light created a deficit of slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep, the stages of slumber in which most cellular renewal occurs, Zee said. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nathan Mensah, after an offensive slumber , had 14 points on 6 of 7 shooting on Feb. 12 against Air Force. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"Confederate monuments were not, after all, slumberous . \u2014 Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Remarkably, the slumgullion that Morton thickened through 3 2/3 innings included just one hit. \u2014 Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle , 10 June 2018",
"Remarkably, the slumgullion that Morton thickened through 3 2/3 innings included just one hit. \u2014 Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle , 10 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2003, lawmakers approved a measure that opponents, only somewhat in jest, referred to as a slumlord protection act. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"City officials did hit Korn with $235,000 in fines last month \u2014 was that finally the tipping point that led him to drop his slumlord ways",
"Contrary to what Jacobs said about Reno motel owners, Mead hardly fits the definition of a slumlord . \u2014 David Calvert, ProPublica , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Among the recurring characters was the troupe\u2019s first antagonist, Uncle Fatso, whose roles included a slumlord and allegorical representations of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But as Max points out in his summation, Dalton also made those millions as a slumlord , charging black people more and refusing to rent to them beyond their segregated enclave. \u2014 Gary Younge, The New York Review of Books , 1 Oct. 2020",
"For decades, out-of-state property investors and slumlords have been able to hide their identities behind LLCs in particular, and shirk responsibility for problems at their rentals. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"There\u2019s the notorious advertisement labeling primary opponent Scott Wagner a deadbeat dad and a slumlord . \u2014 Julian Routh, Philly.com , 7 May 2018",
"Perhaps one day, over a cup of tea at your kitchen table, one of them told you about her harrowing journey across the ocean from a poor country far away to find refuge in a cramped, barely furnished apartment in Chicago, owned by a slumlord . \u2014 Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Essaibi George was the only candidate with a real sense of scandal this campaign, due to her husband\u2019s capitalistic slummy practices and questions surrounding her complicity. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The idea and some of the money came from Ebenezer Howard, a farmer turned urban visionary who wanted to strike a balance between polluted, slummy cities and boring villages. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"Verb",
"She fainted and slumped to the floor.",
"Exhausted, he slumped down into the chair.",
"His shoulders slumped forward in disappointment.",
"Real estate prices slumped during the recession.",
"Noun",
"The economy's been in a slump since last year.",
"They've been in a slump ever since they traded their best player.",
"He's in a batting slump .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stocks slump on Wall Street, moving into bear market territory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"At the end of May, the team began to slump , losing three of four games to Gibraltar Carlson, Flat Rock and Grand Blanc. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"Europe, dependent on imports of Russian diesel that are expected to slump because of sanctions, is particularly vulnerable. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Simply cut them in half, remove the pit, oil them well and grill over medium-low heat unit the juice starts to bubble, the surface gets caramelized and the fruit begins to slump into a sweet, sloppy mess. \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"The company expects gaming revenue to slump in the current quarter compared with its most recent one, Ms. Kress said. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Stock futures are projecting another day of pain for Wall Street, with the major U.S. indexes poised to slump 1 percent or more at the opening bell as investors continue to agitate over rising costs that are weighing down businesses and consumers. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The Ukrainian plant made 700 million beer bottles, jam jars and other containers last year, and without it, Vetropack\u2019s revenue is expected to slump 10 percent. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The development bank cut its 2022 growth forecast for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region to 5% from 5.4%, and warned that growth could slump to 4% if conditions weaken further, trapping 6 million more people in poverty. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On the court for the Golden State Warriors, he is occasionally humanized by the turnovers, occasional bad shots and puzzling free-throw slump . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
"From flight delays and outright cancellations to crowded airports and schedule changes, the air transportation system is struggling to get back to normal after the pandemic era slump . \u2014 Nathan Diller, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But this is a show that\u2019s operating on all cylinders \u2014 one that sidesteps the sophomore slump while balancing close character work with a world that is lovingly drawn. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Top prospect Marcelo Mayer evidently is not slump -proof. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"From Jack Harris: After riding a wave over the first two months of the season, the Dodgers embarked on a nine-game road trip this week stuck in a backward current, seemingly swimming upstream amid a three-week slump . \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Straw, however, was dropped to the bottom of the lineup Tuesday because of a long slump . \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"Nexo's native token (NEXO), is currently trading at $0.6855, a 3.74% slump over the past 24-hours according to CoinGecko. \u2014 Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"In a circular to clients, Ian Shepherdson, the chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, gave three reasons to believe the Fed still has a good chance of reducing inflation without bringing on an outright slump . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022"
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"probably imitative":"Verb"
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"circa 1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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": a striking weapon consisting of a small mass of metal or stone fixed on a flexible handle or strap":[]
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0259\u014b-\u02ccsh\u00e4t"
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"noun"
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"\u2014 N. R. Nash"
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"perhaps alteration of slop entry 3":""
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"transitive verb"
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"\u2014 R. W. Emerson"
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": to slide or slip over without due mention, consideration, or emphasis":[
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"\u2014 used of a sheet being printed"
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"circa 1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"obsolete English dialect slur thin mud, from Middle English sloor ; akin to Middle High German slier mud":"Noun",
"probably from Low German slurrn to shuffle; akin to Middle English sloor mud":"Verb"
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"verb"
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"to fail to give proper attention to a documentary that slurs over certain important facts as it offers a very biased case for a conspiracy theory"
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": a suburb of wearisomely uniform and usually poorly constructed houses":[]
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"He always slurps his soup.",
"his dinner date slurped her soup directly from the bowl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These fans slurp air from beneath the car and spit it out of central rear exhaust vents, with McMurtry claiming the fans can provide about 4400 pounds of downforce at a standstill. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"Kendall, who pretends to slurp up ironic subversion, insists on appearing as a guest on the show, but this bluff naturally ends in his own humiliation. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"Afterward, slurp a bowl of steaming ramen at Ramen Yokocho, an alleyway lit up by paper lanterns, with a collection of over a dozen ramen shops, or soak in an onsen at Jozankei Onsen, a hot-springs resort just outside the city. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Her Instagram fans slurp up the tropical tableaus and the glimpses of Gucci slippers in the background, but there is no question that her hands and their security-risk diamond content are the main draw. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Town & Country , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Hold the aluminum cup over the plastic takeout container, jab the dumpling with a chopstick and pour in some of the black vinegar sauce, then slurp it all up. \u2014 The Chronicle Food & Wine Staff, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Dunham pauses to slurp down some pho noodles and take a swig of cucumber water, which her husband has brought her. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Heather is the only one who picks up the phone without questions (ummmm, there should have been questions), so Jen runs on over to slurp down some artichoke dip and gab about her criminal charges. \u2014 Olivia Crandall, Vulture , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Camp in the backyard to welcome the first sunrise, tuck in to a puzzle, slurp some noodles for good luck, wear red underwear, or get witchy with some ritual candles. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"1648, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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"Dutch slurpen ; akin to Middle Low German slorpen to slurp":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0259rp"
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"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down "
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"noun",
"verb"
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": loose ice crystals formed during the early stages of freezing of salt water":[],
": paper pulp in water suspension":[],
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"Cut watermelon into small chunks and freeze, then blend frozen fruit and buttermilk to make a cooling fruit slush .",
"\u2014 Sunset Magazine"
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": trashy and usually cheaply sentimental material":[],
": unsolicited writings submitted (as to a magazine) for publication":[]
},
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"Noun",
"a sidewalk covered with slush",
"The movie is just a lot of romantic slush .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If there\u2019s snow, the chance of accumulation is low except for maybe some slush on grassy areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The lake had about a foot of snow and slush atop at least 12 inches of solid ice. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"This is my favorite story of the day is the plan by Cuyahoga county council to create $66 million in slush funds legal in the charter. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fayetteville road crews got to work by early afternoon to clear out slush from the streets. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 26 Feb. 2022",
"White snow blankets the street, gray slush devouring its edges. \u2014 Bob Odenkirk, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Skiing through the slush with no cares and no worries except the desire to fabricate danger to feel more alive. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Non-metered street parking and an adjacent lot for the building are available \u2013 important because no one wants to lug clubs for several blocks or through slush in the winter. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So one misstep can turn a team\u2019s championship dreams to slush . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 1 July 2019",
"Beneath the dossier\u2019s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2021",
"Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Nov. 2020",
"When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out. \u2014 Nellie Bowles, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up. \u2014 Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2018"
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"1807, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"circa 1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slusk slush":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sl\u0259sh"
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"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
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"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
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"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
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"tosh",
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"twaddle"
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": a drink made of flavored ice crystals":[
"a lemon slushy",
"For breakfast this morning she had a frozen strawberry slushie .",
"\u2014 David Samuels",
"When the Skowhegan Fair is over, everyone is dizzy from the rides, everyone has slushies smeared on their shirts, and everyone is very, very satisfied.",
"\u2014 New England Monthly"
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": being, involving, or resembling slush : such as":[],
": full of or covered with slush":[
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"a slushy novel"
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": made up of or having the consistency of slush":[
"slushy snow"
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"Adjective",
"the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse",
"slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The aluminum hull glided like an air-hockey puck over the smooth sections of snow and ice and, where necessary, bull-dogged through slushy areas. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The cold, dirty, wet stuff that immediately forms a deep, slushy crevasse on every corner. \u2014 Claire Friedman, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Snow in trace amounts or up to an inch is likely, with slushy conditions on the roads, the forecast says. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Apr. 2022",
"After a quick slushy spasm, 50s will return into next week. \u2014 Star Tribune , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Pluto\u2019s average temperature is a brisk minus 387 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 232 degrees Celsius), so any slushy eruptions would likely retain their shape on the dwarf planet\u2019s surface. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Mother\u2019s Ruin opened Friday in Avondale and offers creative slushy cocktails and hearty food, like hot and crispy waffle fries, with a simplified approach: Everything is ordered at the bar. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Next, Flores pops open a barrel-sized container filled with a slushy brown liquid. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"As temperatures fall well below freezing, the slushy mix on the ground will freeze, and a drier accumulating snow will fall on top of the icy surface and come to an end Saturday morning. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 12 Mar. 2022"
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"1791, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8sl\u0259-sh\u0113"
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"oozy",
"slimy",
"sludgy"
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"noun"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"\u02c8sl\u0259t"
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"alteration of slither entry 1":"Intransitive verb"
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"\"",
"\u02c8sl\u0259t\u035fh\u0259(r)",
"-lu\u0307t\u035fh-"
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"\u02c8sl\u0259t"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stylistically, Judge has a fairly low-risk profile for a slugger . \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Auburn\u2019s coach, being so familiar with the Birmingham baseball scene, knew all about DiChiara\u2019s reputation as a slugger before this season. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
"Righty Alex Lange joined the action to face Mike Zunino, a right-handed slugger , with a runner on first and one out in the seventh. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2022",
"Whyte, making his first challenge for a major world title after half a decade spent competing for lesser championships, is a come-forward slugger with a thunderous left hook. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Price says fans should feel good about the recent acquisition of Austin Meadows, a left-handed slugger who Price says is a perfect fit for Comerica Park. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Twitter notifications popped up announcing the Braves had made the blockbuster trade for Olson, a younger left-handed slugger acquired to replace him as the club\u2019s first baseman. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Rizzo told The Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan on Wednesday that Washington plans to build around the 23-year-old slugger , who can become a free agent following the 2024 season. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"And for the next half hour, all eyes were on the Dodgers executives who have been leading the team\u2019s pursuit of the 32-year-old slugger . \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The only comparable animals of any kind are lungfish, which also have sluggardly tendencies. \u2014 Douglas Fox, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195437"
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"noun"
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"Return the $6 billion surplus to taxpayers instead of treating it like a slush fund . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Is the plan by Cuyahoga County Council to create $66 million in slush funds legal in the charter, and what do the people running to be the new county executive think of the slush fund plan",
"Council woman, Cheryl Stevens promised $120,000 of her slush fund . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That would be a great way to spend that one-time money from opera instead of giving it to county council is a slush fund . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s no good reason to keep saddling students with debt \u2014 and using them as a human slush fund for relatively wealthy Democratic constituencies. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022",
"President Biden originally called for a $400 billion slush fund , but the E&C proposal cost is projected at about half of that, with financing through Medicaid. \u2014 Brian Blase, Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Even though Truman didn\u2019t have to formally document the account\u2019s usage, it wasn\u2019t designed as a personal slush fund . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Tonight\u2019s premiere recalls a bank robbery targeting a $30 million slush fund for President Richard Nixon. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 9 Aug. 2021"
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"The Pioneers traveled to Bend for their semifinals game, stunning the No. 2 Lava Bears 4-0 in a nine-inning slugfest . \u2014 oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Pro-Sands ads, meanwhile, aren't yet engaging in the slugfest . \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022",
"One day after a wild slugfest , the Mets and Giants play the rubber match of their three-game series in San Francisco. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"After the fighters traded punches during a slugfest of a 10th and final round, Taylor emerged with scores of 96-93 and 97-93 on two of the judges' cards, while Serrano won 96-94 on the other. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, ajc , 1 May 2022",
"Look for a close battle and a slugfest in the halfcourt. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The resulting campaign was a $130-million slugfest , with most of the money spent by the two companies that operate most of California\u2019s dialysis centers. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Another slugfest expected with a total of 79.5 posted at BetMGM. \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
"This game is going to be a slugfest , with two heavyweights going punch for punch in one of the most electric arenas in the NBA. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"adverb"
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"-li",
"-sh\u0259\u0307l\u0113"
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"foolishness",
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"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
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"humbuggery",
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"malarkey",
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"muck",
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"Noun",
"a sidewalk covered with slush",
"The movie is just a lot of romantic slush .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If there\u2019s snow, the chance of accumulation is low except for maybe some slush on grassy areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The lake had about a foot of snow and slush atop at least 12 inches of solid ice. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"This is my favorite story of the day is the plan by Cuyahoga county council to create $66 million in slush funds legal in the charter. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fayetteville road crews got to work by early afternoon to clear out slush from the streets. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 26 Feb. 2022",
"White snow blankets the street, gray slush devouring its edges. \u2014 Bob Odenkirk, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Skiing through the slush with no cares and no worries except the desire to fabricate danger to feel more alive. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Non-metered street parking and an adjacent lot for the building are available \u2013 important because no one wants to lug clubs for several blocks or through slush in the winter. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So one misstep can turn a team\u2019s championship dreams to slush . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 1 July 2019",
"Beneath the dossier\u2019s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2021",
"Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Nov. 2020",
"When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out. \u2014 Nellie Bowles, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up. \u2014 Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"If there\u2019s snow, the chance of accumulation is low except for maybe some slush on grassy areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The lake had about a foot of snow and slush atop at least 12 inches of solid ice. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"This is my favorite story of the day is the plan by Cuyahoga county council to create $66 million in slush funds legal in the charter. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fayetteville road crews got to work by early afternoon to clear out slush from the streets. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 26 Feb. 2022",
"White snow blankets the street, gray slush devouring its edges. \u2014 Bob Odenkirk, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Skiing through the slush with no cares and no worries except the desire to fabricate danger to feel more alive. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Non-metered street parking and an adjacent lot for the building are available \u2013 important because no one wants to lug clubs for several blocks or through slush in the winter. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"So, before dawn on a Friday in February, the pair set out through the slush to conquer that stub of concrete on the fringes of the city limits, pausing only to take a few photos and return a runaway shopping cart to a Walmart corral. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So one misstep can turn a team\u2019s championship dreams to slush . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Plow driver fired: A snowplow driver has been fired after his plow threw snow and slush onto the opposite side of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, damaging 55 vehicles, Olivia Mitchell reports. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Shoes made with Gore-Tex, eVent or other proprietary waterproof liners do a good job of keeping rain, snow and slush away from your feet and helping your toes stay relatively warm and dry. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 1 July 2019",
"Beneath the dossier\u2019s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2021",
"Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Nov. 2020",
"When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out. \u2014 Nellie Bowles, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Normally at this time of year lake effect is cut dramatically because of ice cover on the Great Lakes and open water slushing up. \u2014 Mark Torregrossa | Mtorregr@mlive.com, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020",
"Extreme weather can overpower the freezing point of the washer fluid, turning it to slush on your windshield. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2018"
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"The 6-foot-5-inch, 205-pound White has a fastball that reaches 95 miles per hour, plus a changeup and slurve . \u2014 Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Curt Casali described as an 82 mph slurve , Leone entered Sunday with a 1.72 ERA in 47 innings. \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Sep. 2021",
"That included adding a pitch that\u2019s widely called a slider but acts more like a slurve or even a curveball. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 July 2021",
"The left-hander began the sixth inning by getting Curt Casali looking at a slurve for his eighth strikeout to bring up Mike Tauchman. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2021",
"The slurve is nothing new, with Wojciechowski tracing his use of the pitch to high school. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com , 26 July 2019",
"The slider is really a slurve , and Medina still throws a slow (more traditional) curveball. \u2014 Matt Gelb, Philly.com , 16 July 2017",
"After a bullpen session, Pini suggested Gavin turn his two solid breaking balls (a curveball and a slider) into one really strong pitch, a slurve (combo of both), that became a bit more like a slider. \u2014 Mirin Fader, Orange County Register , 4 Apr. 2017"
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"At the facility, the patient\u2019s chondrocytes \u2014 cells responsible for cartilage formation \u2014 were isolated from the tissue sample and grown in a proprietary slurry of nutrients, proliferating into billions of cells. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water to create a slurry . \u2014 Eric And Shanna Jones, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"The Colonel needed Elvis at the International to pay off his own mountainous gambling debts, even if that meant that the singer, offstage (and, ultimately, onstage), became a slurry , pill-popping ghost of himself. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Now dip the contraption in a ceramic slurry again and again. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"The senator claimed the city had failed to install a concrete sub-base under the asphalt and fill the excavation with road slurry , resulting in a sinkhole, the sewer collapsing and causing backwater at her property. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"In a small bowl, make a slurry with cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For his first solo gallery show in New York, at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in SoHo in 1983, Mr. Baechler derived his large images from a book of drawings by the mentally ill, painting them in slurry lines of dark gray or fields of lighter gray. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"On Thursday, the Bureau of Roads Operations requested funding for micro surfacing, also known as slurry seal, on five roads. \u2014 Madison Bateman, Baltimore Sun , 23 Apr. 2022"
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"Verb",
"she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on",
"slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat",
"Noun",
"She fell into deep slumber .",
"a toddler looking so innocent and peaceful in slumber",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On two of Lindblad\u2019s newest polar vessels, the National Geographic Endurance and National Geographic Resolution, the company has introduced two first-of-its-kind igloos on the deck where guests can slumber with epic views. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Beauty sleep is a real thing, and Slip\u2019s Celestial Nights Gift Set can make someone\u2019s bedtime slumber that much better. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Two men, contorted and confined, slumber in a vitrine, a dress shoe on one man\u2019s head, a urinal on his hip, while his genitals peek out, as the two standing men, both pants-less, observe, compelling us to participate in this overt conversation. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Polls suggest the debate over mandates has helped to solve the greatest problem Newsom always faced in the recall: the risk that Democrats -- who outnumber Republicans in the state by about 2 to 1 -- would slumber through it. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Think Anthropologie for trinkets, bedding, and other fabulous finds, Saatva and Avocado for all things slumber , Dyson to upgrade your appliance game, and so much more for less. \u2014 Amanda Randone, refinery29.com , 25 May 2021",
"Game notes: Despite solid pitching, the Tigers offense continues to slumber heading into the series finale. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The highest guest lodge in the Eastern United States, LeConte is the park's only place to slumber wholly protected. \u2014 Tracey Minkin, Southern Living , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Dormice prefer to slumber in the hollows of old trees\u2014and centuries of timber harvesting have stripped many of them from countries such as Poland, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. \u2014 Jason Bittel, Animals , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And, for anyone who needs biometrics regarding each second of her slumber , the SleepIQ Technology found in every Sleep Number mattress is designed for you. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Even without expectations unhinging, there are credible forces that could jolt inflation permanently out of its deep slumber of the pre-COVID years and into a state where the risks are to the upside. \u2014 Paul Swartz, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Awaken as a weakened vampire after centuries of slumber . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Sense offers massages, facials, bodywork, nail and salon services and\u2014a new addition\u2014Alchemy of Sleep treatments designed to enhance your quality of slumber . \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In addition to tracking your every step, slumber , and sweat session, this model has a generous display, Bluetooth connectivity, and over six days of battery life. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health , 15 June 2022",
"Last year, millions of Brood X cicadas emerged after a 17-year slumber in parts of the eastern United States, and now a few of the sleepy stragglers could be reemerging, including in Louisville. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"A year after billions of Brood X cicadas emerged from a 17-year slumber , a few stragglers may crop up this month. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 May 2022"
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"Middle English slomren, slombren , frequentative of slumen to doze, probably from slume slumber, from Old English sl\u016bma ; akin to Middle High German slumen to slumber":"Verb"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"Noun",
"He grew up in the slums of New York.",
"His house is a slum .",
"Verb",
"He sometimes likes to go slumming in bars around the city.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Farther afield, Werllayne Nunes realistically paints an exuberant girl in front of a Brazilian favela transformed from slum to wonderland by the insertion of fanciful gold-leaf domes. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"For its projects, ruangrupa solicits accomplices: artists, of course, but also those otherwise stranded on the art world\u2019s margins, like slum residents or factory workers. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Fox\u2019s most frequented foot trail fell within city slum clearance project goals, and, the crosshairs of redevelopment. \u2014 Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
"Years ago, when one of us (Araujo) worked as a teacher in Rio\u2019s Vidigal slum , his students used to share stories about stopping by the public health care center to greet the doctor on their way to school. \u2014 Claudio Araujo, Scientific American , 18 May 2022",
"The stigma of slum -lords or low-quality housing that has been attached to Section 8 often carries over to the affordable housing program, which is very different. \u2014 Preston Byrd, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"For instance, Delhi\u2019s Kathputli Colony, a slum cluster, was demolished in 2016, to pave the way for better homes. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the urban slum areas, people have access to fresh water only twice a day in the morning and evening. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Meanwhile the Philippines had been awarded a World Bank grant to rebuild parts of Manila's nearby Tondo slum , one of the worst in Asia. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The reasons vary \u2014 scripts change, directors don\u2019t share the actors\u2019 visions, studio executives meddle, actors slum for a payday, whatever. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2021",
"The already legendary guitarist gets extra kudos for slumming it and taking the tube to The O2, rather than a limo. \u2014 Richard Smirke, Billboard , 19 Feb. 2020",
"After a couple of years slumming in Cincinnati, Hearn asked about writing for The Cincinnati Enquirer. \u2014 Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
"What happens when Meryl Streep and Ryan Gosling, two heavenly creatures slumming it in Hollywood, meet up at a glitzy awards gala? \u2014 Josh Duboff, HWD , 1 Feb. 2017"
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"1825, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"Afrikaans, from Dutch sloot ditch, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German sl\u014dt ditch, puddle, bog, Old Frisian sl\u0101t , Swedish dialect slota to be putrid, Middle English sloor mud":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004309"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wilson\u2019s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit. \u2014 Richard Norton Smith, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2018",
"The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway . \u2014 Peter Marteka, Courant Community , 12 Apr. 2018",
"The breakwater was constructed with four sluiceways , or porthole-like tunnels, which allowed for greater circulation of ocean water. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, latimes.com , 15 Dec. 2017",
"However, the sluiceways were sealed years ago after a child became trapped in one and drowned. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, latimes.com , 15 Dec. 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144515"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a single section usually about 12 feet long of a gold-mining sluice":[]
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}
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