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{
"Crago":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Crangonidae) of large shrimps including the black-tailed shrimp ( C. nigricauda ) of the Pacific coast of North America":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, alteration of Crangon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101g\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002642",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Craiova":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city in southern Romania population 269,506":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u00e4-\u02c8y\u014d-v\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131534",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Crataegus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of usually thorny shrubs and small trees (family Rosaceae) having usually stipulate leaves, an inferior ovary, and mature carpels that are hard and bony with a pulpy fruit \u2014 see hawthorn":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek krataigos , probably from kratos strength + -aigos (akin to Greek aigil\u014dps Turkey oak)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0259\u02c8t\u0113g\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Crataeva":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of tropical shrubs (family Capparidaceae) having trifoliolate leaves, flowers with stalked petals, and striped berries \u2014 see garlic pear":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular after Cratevas (Greek Krateuas ), 1st century b.c. Greek herbalist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113v\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031955",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab":{
"antonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"definitions":{
": an ill-tempered person : grouch":[],
": any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers":[],
": any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:":[],
": any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true crabs in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen":[],
": cancer sense 1":[],
": carp , grouse":[
"always crabs about the weather"
],
": crab apple":[],
": infestation with crab lice":[],
": spoil , ruin":[],
": the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind":[],
": to complain about peevishly":[],
": to crab an airplane":[],
": to fish for crabs":[],
": to make sullen : sour":[
"old age has crabbed his nature"
],
": to move sideways indirectly or diagonally":[],
": to scuttle or scurry sideways":[],
": to subject to crabbing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1662, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crabbe , from Old English crabba ; akin to Old High German krebiz crab and perhaps to Old English ceorfan to carve \u2014 more at carve":"Noun",
"Middle English crabbe , perhaps from crabbe crab entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English crabben , probably back-formation from crabbed":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krab"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073610",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crab apple":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Choose crab apple trees with care for stunning spring blooms. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"Come May, the park\u2019s cherry and crab apple trees will put on their spring display. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Heartier dishes include the duck breast with pea tendrils and casa forcella crab apple mostarda; and the beef cheeks with avocado, green chile, crema, radish. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"If any of your plants had a serious problem, such as apple scab on crab apple trees or viburnum leaf beetles on viburnum shrubs, do clean it up to reduce the risk that the problem will return next year. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
"For those looking to replace a tree, Renkert suggested an amur maple, a crab apple tree or an amur chokecherry (a type of chokecherry that hasn\u2019t gone feral). \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Along with many more magnolia trees, bloom lovers may also find that the 400 crab apple trees along the Great Basin provide a quintessential spring experience. \u2014 Cameron Walker, New York Times , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The seventh stop of the day was on Second Street between Pingree and Blaine, where a crab apple tree's blossoms spilled onto the cracked sidewalk and dandelions grew among broken glass and discarded Newport cigarette boxes. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 1 May 2021",
"The spring planting, which was tentatively scheduled to start next week weather-permitting, also consists of 50 trees planted on Archmere Avenue ( crab apple trees) and Roadoan Road (black gum trees). \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1680, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crab entry 3":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185238",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab cactus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a South American cactus ( Zygocactus truncatus ) with red flowers":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193007",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab canon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a musical canon (see canon entry 1 sense 6 ) in which the comes (see comes entry 2 sense 4 ) is a retrograde version of the dux":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crab entry 3":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140144",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab rangoon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dish consisting of deep-fried wontons filled with a mixture of crab meat and cream cheese":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Rangoon ( yangon ), Burma":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183756",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab spider":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that resemble crabs in shape and in being able to walk forward, backward, and sideways \u2014 see also giant crab spider":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The preballooning behavior of a crab spider , Xysticus spp., captured on film for a 2018 PLOS Biology study. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"That would be Mofeed Abu Shalwa, whose winning images included a red palm weevil and a flower crab spider . \u2014 Daniel Berehulak, National Geographic , 23 Oct. 2020",
"The results of his experiment, published recently in PLOS Biology, reveal that crab spiders do not just hurl themselves randomly into the air, but are instead careful, deliberate fliers. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 18 June 2018",
"The specimens that Cho used in his experiment only measured between 0.12 and 0.24 inches long, but crab spiders are actually larger than most ballooning arachnids, making them good candidates for study. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 18 June 2018",
"The flights of spiders are well known, but not their physics, so Mr. Cho tested crab spiders both in nature and in a wind tunnel, and discovered, among other things, what holds the spiders up in the air. \u2014 James Gorman, New York Times , 26 June 2018",
"Researcher Moonsung Cho studied one of these species, the crab spider . \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185710",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab's claw":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": water soldier":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191511",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crab-eating macaque":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a macaque ( Macaca fascicularis ) of southeastern Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines that sometimes feeds on marine crustaceans and shellfish and is often used in medical research":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It was first identified in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in crab-eating macaque monkeys that were being used for research, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 17 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174705",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crabber":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a boat engaged in crab fishing":[
"Barcott said the vessel was used as a crabber and also as a tender for other summer fisheries.",
"\u2014 Hal Bernton"
],
": a crabby or grouchy person : crab entry 3":[
"The greatest crabber in history, \u2026 he spent his last decades living with his sister and being crabby.",
"\u2014 NPR"
],
": someone or something that crabs : such as":[],
": someone who fishes for crabs":[
"The crabber sorts the harvest in his cramped boat.",
"\u2014 Tom Horton",
"Restrictions on crabbing are at best a holding action, the watermen say. \"They can't regulate the crabs, so they regulate the crabber ,\"\u2026",
"\u2014 Peter McGrath"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1909, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-b\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113129",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crabbery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place where crabs abound or are fished for":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crab entry 1 + -ery":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-b(\u0259)r\u0113",
"-ri"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173918",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crabbit":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of crabbit chiefly Scottish variant of crabbed"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krab\u0259\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190209",
"type":[]
},
"crabby":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": easily irritated : peevish and irritable : grouchy":[
"a crabby recluse",
"He gets crabby if he doesn't have his morning coffee.",
"She was in a crabby mood and got a certain amount of satisfaction out of pushing her sister's buttons.",
"\u2014 Isis Crawford"
]
},
"examples":[
"She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.",
"a crabby old dog who snapped at passersby",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The edge of a coin provides an ample landscape for its crabby walk. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"Lorne Michaels\u2019 show is actually getting general plaudits from typically crabby critics. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The musical, while meant to appeal to crabby commuters of all stripes, is not meant to vilify the T or its workers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Oh no! Don't get crabby , but your summertime feasts may look a little different this year. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Sure, there\u2019s a plot: a mayoral race to rig, a friendship to repair, a crabby romance to kickstart. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2021",
"But Clooney\u2014who also stars, as a crabby , obsessive scientist bearing the comically hifalutin name Augustine Lofthouse\u2014is at the very least a thoughtful filmmaker, and The Midnight Sky is made with obvious care. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 23 Dec. 2020",
"The Cleveland Browns\u2019 postseason drought grew from a crabby and cranky toddler into an exasperating adolescent. \u2014 Ben Shpigel, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2020",
"Gizelle Bryant campaigned for The Real Housewives of Potomac to ditch their champagne title sequences and get crabby . \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 2 Aug. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crab entry 4":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071508",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"crabs":{
"antonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"definitions":{
": an ill-tempered person : grouch":[],
": any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers":[],
": any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:":[],
": any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true crabs in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen":[],
": cancer sense 1":[],
": carp , grouse":[
"always crabs about the weather"
],
": crab apple":[],
": infestation with crab lice":[],
": spoil , ruin":[],
": the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind":[],
": to complain about peevishly":[],
": to crab an airplane":[],
": to fish for crabs":[],
": to make sullen : sour":[
"old age has crabbed his nature"
],
": to move sideways indirectly or diagonally":[],
": to scuttle or scurry sideways":[],
": to subject to crabbing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1662, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crabbe , from Old English crabba ; akin to Old High German krebiz crab and perhaps to Old English ceorfan to carve \u2014 more at carve":"Noun",
"Middle English crabbe , perhaps from crabbe crab entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English crabben , probably back-formation from crabbed":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krab"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174540",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crack":{
"antonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
],
"definitions":{
": a broken tone of the voice":[],
": a loud roll or peal":[
"a crack of thunder"
],
": a narrow break : fissure":[
"a crack in the ice"
],
": a narrow opening":[
"Leave the door open a crack .",
"cracks between floorboards",
"\u2014 used figuratively in phrases like fall through the cracks to describe one that has been improperly or inadvertently ignored or left out a player who fell through the cracks in the college draft Children slipping through the cracks of available youth services."
],
": a potent form of cocaine that is obtained by treating the hydrochloride of cocaine with sodium bicarbonate to create small chips used illicitly for smoking":[],
": a sharp resounding blow":[
"gave him a crack on the head"
],
": a sharp witty remark : quip":[],
": a sudden sharp noise":[
"the crack of rifle fire"
],
": a weakness or flaw caused by decay, age, or deficiency : unsoundness":[],
": an attempt or opportunity to do something":[
"her first crack at writing a novel",
"got first crack at the job opening"
],
": crackpot":[],
": disorder , craze":[
"Worry had cracked his otherwise cheerful disposition."
],
": fail : such as":[],
": housebreaking , burglary":[],
": moment , instant":[
"the crack of dawn"
],
": of superior excellence or ability":[
"a crack marksman"
],
": to adopt or apply an authoritative, tyrannical, or threatening approach or policy (as in demanding harder work from employees)":[
"The team needs a coach who isn't afraid to crack the whip ."
],
": to break into":[
"crack a safe"
],
": to break so that fissures appear on the surface":[
"crack a mirror"
],
": to break through (something, such as a barrier) so as to gain acceptance or recognition":[
"\u2026 on track to crack Hollywood after landing a big screen role.",
"\u2014 Ed Gleave and Peter Dyke"
],
": to break up (chemical compounds) into simpler compounds by means of heat":[],
": to break with a sudden sharp sound":[
"crack nuts"
],
": to break, split, or snap apart":[
"The statue cracked when she dropped it."
],
": to cause to make a sharp noise":[
"cracks his knuckles"
],
": to destroy the tone of (a voice)":[],
": to fail in tone":[
"His voice cracked ."
],
": to go or travel at good speed":[
"\u2014 usually used with on The steamboat cracked on."
],
": to impair seriously or irreparably : wreck":[
"crack an opponent's courage"
],
": to interrupt sharply or abruptly":[
"The criticism cracked our complacency."
],
": to lose control or effectiveness under pressure":[
"\u2014 often used with up The stress was so great that she started to crack up."
],
": to make a very sharp explosive sound":[
"The whip cracks through the air."
],
": to make a wisecrack":[
"The comedian often cracked wise about prominent politicians."
],
": to open (a book) for studying":[],
": to open (something, such as a bottle) for drinking":[],
": to open slightly":[
"crack the throttle"
],
": to produce by cracking":[
"cracked gasoline"
],
": to puzzle out and expose, solve, or reveal the mystery of":[
"crack a code"
],
": to show or begin showing (a smile) especially reluctantly or uncharacteristically":[],
": to strike with a sharp noise : rap":[
"then cracks him over the head",
"cracked a two-run homer in the eighth"
],
": to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking":[],
": to tell especially suddenly or strikingly":[
"crack a joke"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The hailstones were big enough to crack some windows.",
"He cracked his collarbone in a skiing accident.",
"The mirror cracked when she dropped it.",
"Workers cracked the large rock into three pieces so it could be moved.",
"The bird cracked the seed on a tree branch.",
"a tool used for cracking nuts",
"He cracked open the eggs.",
"Someone cracked him over the head with a beer bottle.",
"The baby cracked her chin pretty hard when she fell.",
"He fell and cracked his elbow on the ice.",
"Noun",
"The crack runs all the way from the top of the wall to the bottom.",
"an old patio with grass growing up through the cracks",
"The vase has a few fine cracks , but it is still usable.",
"I could see them through the crack in the doorway.",
"Light came through the cracks in the walls of the barn.",
"Adjective",
"The company has a crack sales force.",
"known as one of the college's crack tennis players",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Follow these steps to clean every curve, crack , and crevice of your car: 1. \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"Moderne doesn\u2019t explain what causes the cups to crack or break while in contact with hot water. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"Rapid changes in temperature can cause the meringue to crack or collapse. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Defenders of the Senate agreement will argue that its small steps will crack open the door to more substantive legislation in the future. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Even sippers who never saw the appeal of a White Claw might well be convinced to set down their Aperol spritz and crack open a can. \u2014 Brittany Martin, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"Unlike a wine barrel, though, this plastic barrel won't rot, fade, or crack . \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"The problem is that not everyone can crack that code. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Otherwise, the storm could cause the pool to pop out of the ground and crack tiles. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After the arrest, in March 2011, federal authorities charged Jones-Nelson with dealing crack cocaine. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"Congress in the 1980s passed legislation imposing harsher penalties on crack -cocaine offenses than powder-cocaine offenses. \u2014 Jan Wolfe, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"His father struggled with a crack -cocaine addiction, per ESPN. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Agents had been tipped off by an informant in a crack cocaine distribution ring. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Waterbury police arrested a 44-year-old man and seized 109 bags of heroin, 58 grams of cocaine, 11.3 grams of crack cocaine, two handguns and over 200 rounds of handgun ammunition on Monday, according to a release. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"With crack cocaine Gates saw only criminality, where Bass saw a health crisis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"The first league was formed in 1986 inGlenarden, Maryland, in the shadow of Washington, D.C., which was being flooded with crack cocaine. \u2014 Ernie Suggs, ajc , 11 May 2022",
"The woman left the cart full of items in the lot. Police stopped the car and found that the woman, 50, of Warrensville Heights, was in possession of crack cocaine and a smoking pipe. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In 1986, Biden wrote a strict federal anti- crack bill, and sold it by complaining that President Reagan was weak and had surrendered in the War on Drugs. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 23 June 2021",
"Among the drugs detectives seized were crack cocaine, oxycodone, MDMA and cannabis. \u2014 Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Police recovered suspected crack cocaine, suspected marijuana, a short straw, a metal spoon and a knife. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Follow along with The Post's crack whip count on where Senate Republicans stand on the revised health-care plan. \u2014 Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post , 14 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The latter was for firing shots at a guy outside a crack house on Enloe Street in Fayetteville, a very serious offense, but Lavigne was not prosecuted for any of these crimes. \u2014 Seth Harp, Rolling Stone , 21 Dec. 2021",
"John George's activism began three decades ago when the then young father decided to go board up and clean up a crack house . \u2014 Lauren Lee, CNN , 15 Nov. 2020",
"His dad and grandmother distrust the police because their home in California was mistakenly raided by a SWAT team that was supposed to search a crack house next door, Jarren said. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
"There are no more crack houses set up in abandoned homes in the neighborhood. \u2014 Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Apr. 2018",
"There were no crack houses to raid or gangs to monitor. \u2014 Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer , 20 Feb. 2018",
"And rather than setting up a central location to sell the drugs \u2014 like a conventional shooting gallery or crack house \u2014 the new heroin marketers delivered it by car. \u2014 Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer , 20 Feb. 2018",
"As if to hint at things to come, Grundy spent only one night in the Marion County Jail after his 2007 arrest at the crack house . \u2014 Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kieran Culkin made Succession co-star Jeremy Strong crack up on the Bemelmans Bar steps. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"So there\u2019s nothing self-conscious about it, just a couple of bored friends making a racket to crack up each other and piss off the world. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even with a quick resolution, however, much of the crack up is unlikely to be reversed. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With that, the couple both crack up in a way that only two people who are already in on the joke would. \u2014 Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Watching Snoop rolling a joint and attempting not to crack up during a Haddish tale \u2014 and at least once exploding in laughter mid-inhale \u2014 is tremendous entertainment. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The houses were so close together that the families would tape happy birthday messages for each other in their facing kitchen windows, and Bill Cullen would crack up the Soloves\u2019 kids by dancing most mornings in their backyard. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Using rocks, farmers could crack up to 2.5 metric tons of nuts a week to get a decent purity level. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In an exclusive clip from the special, which airs on Netflix Nov. 23, Legend serenades Nick, Joe, and Kevin as their respective partners \u2014 Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner, and Danielle Jonas \u2014 look on (and crack up ). \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be",
"the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kieran Culkin made Succession co-star Jeremy Strong crack up on the Bemelmans Bar steps. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 3 May 2022",
"So there\u2019s nothing self-conscious about it, just a couple of bored friends making a racket to crack up each other and piss off the world. \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even with a quick resolution, however, much of the crack up is unlikely to be reversed. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"With that, the couple both crack up in a way that only two people who are already in on the joke would. \u2014 Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Watching Snoop rolling a joint and attempting not to crack up during a Haddish tale \u2014 and at least once exploding in laughter mid-inhale \u2014 is tremendous entertainment. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The houses were so close together that the families would tape happy birthday messages for each other in their facing kitchen windows, and Bill Cullen would crack up the Soloves\u2019 kids by dancing most mornings in their backyard. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Using rocks, farmers could crack up to 2.5 metric tons of nuts a week to get a decent purity level. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In an exclusive clip from the special, which airs on Netflix Nov. 23, Legend serenades Nick, Joe, and Kevin as their respective partners \u2014 Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner, and Danielle Jonas \u2014 look on (and crack up ). \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When sober, Sheean was a fearless crackerjack reporter. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This crackerjack of a novel, published on 195 pages of poor-quality paper\u2014in conformity with the pinched standards of postwar Britain\u2014was an instant bestseller. \u2014 Rachel Johnson, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Forbes put its crackerjack team of fictional wealth investigators to the task of calculating Logan Roy\u2019s net worth, estimated at roughly $18 billion. \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
"And a crackerjack team that mixes new and familiar faces. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Criminals hijack a New York City subway train and hold its passengers for a million-dollar ransom in director Joseph Sargent\u2019s crackerjack 1974 thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Director Kari Ringer, who also musical directed, has assembled a crackerjack cast; not easy when her performers have to act, sing, proficiently play their instruments and essentially impersonate iconic figures \u2014 but not in a cheesy or ironic way. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"All of the four lead actors in King\u2019s crackerjack ensemble get multiple chances to feast on such brilliant dialogue, and all of them make the most of it. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
"Teenage Bounty Hunters is also propelled by excellent comic performances by Phillips and Fellini, who don't look all that similar but do share a fizzy chemistry, especially in their crackerjack -timed quips and clairvoyant communications. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020"
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"a crackbrain who wore bedroom slippers to the grocery shop"
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"The vase is cracked but it can still hold water.",
"the cracked leather of the old chair",
"His hands were sore and cracked from working long hours in the cold.",
"Her lips are dried and cracked .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The coop is using software from Texas A&M that monitors its high-risk distribution lines and can pinpoint specific issues, such as a cracked insulator that could bleed electricity onto a pole and start a fire. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"The spiciness of the rye blends with the creamy texture of winter wheat and the breadiness of spelt, with each grain enhancing one another, for a clean-tasting vodka with a cracked black pepper finish. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The procedure targets athlete\u2019s foot, corns, calluses, dry and cracked heels, fungus, discoloration and ingrown and overgrown toenails. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Yet somehow these mild-mannered institutionalists have produced, in the past thirteen years, some of the most iconoclastic shows on television\u2014joyful, cracked visions of moral chaos full of rude wit and formal experimentation. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Below him, a crew repainted faded white lines on the cracked asphalt of the parking lot. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"The 6-foot-2 guard set the template for head coach Al McGuire's most successful teams that were led by dynamic talents plucked from the cracked New York blacktops. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"The tiny picture of 15-year-old Norma Kron, now somewhat yellow and slightly cracked , had lasted for nearly 80 years and survived multiple memorable events. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"But Walsh cautioned that the decaying plaza and its massive swath of cracked , crumbling parking spaces would be a significant drag on both of those efforts. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022"
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"screwy",
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"Noun",
"a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond",
"the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When sober, Sheean was a fearless crackerjack reporter. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"This crackerjack of a novel, published on 195 pages of poor-quality paper\u2014in conformity with the pinched standards of postwar Britain\u2014was an instant bestseller. \u2014 Rachel Johnson, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Forbes put its crackerjack team of fictional wealth investigators to the task of calculating Logan Roy\u2019s net worth, estimated at roughly $18 billion. \u2014 Lisette Voytko, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
"And a crackerjack team that mixes new and familiar faces. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Criminals hijack a New York City subway train and hold its passengers for a million-dollar ransom in director Joseph Sargent\u2019s crackerjack 1974 thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Director Kari Ringer, who also musical directed, has assembled a crackerjack cast; not easy when her performers have to act, sing, proficiently play their instruments and essentially impersonate iconic figures \u2014 but not in a cheesy or ironic way. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"All of the four lead actors in King\u2019s crackerjack ensemble get multiple chances to feast on such brilliant dialogue, and all of them make the most of it. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 18 Jan. 2021",
"Teenage Bounty Hunters is also propelled by excellent comic performances by Phillips and Fellini, who don't look all that similar but do share a fizzy chemistry, especially in their crackerjack -timed quips and clairvoyant communications. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020"
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"This new computer program is driving me crackers !",
"I think he's gone a little crackers ."
],
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"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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"kookie",
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": a form of gerrymandering in which election districts are drawn in such a way that voters likely to support the opposing party are spread among multiple districts to dilute the power of their votes":[
"Using the classic gerrymandering technique, cracking , they divided Salt Lake City (a Democrat stronghold) among three districts to drown out its Democratic voters with neighboring heavily Republican turf.",
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"But the interior looks to be in very reasonable shape for a nearly 20-year-old car, although the black leather seats features quite a bit of cracking and even one tear in the driver's-seat bolster. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"In a large cracking sound heard over the river's roar, the house tipped into the waters and was pulled into the current. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"In a large cracking sound heard over the river's roar, the house tipped into the waters and was pulled into the current. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"In another prank that went viral throughout 2020, TikTok users bit down on uncooked pasta as an unsuspecting subject massaged their neck and back, producing a jarring cracking sound to spook the subject. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Instead of molar- cracking croutons, the lettuce is speckled with breadcrumbs, ensuring a bit of crunch with each bite. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"The first egg hatched on March 22, with the second cracking open on March 24. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Since the cap is the weakest part of the brick, pressure on the cap from the interior plastics can lead to premature cracking . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"For example, a concrete slab foundation might be prone to cracking or uneven sinking, whereas a pier and beam foundation might suffer from shifting beams. \u2014 Robby Brown, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
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"Big-voiced Anise Ritchie is regal as Marie, the town crackpot who transforms into Ella\u2019s fairy godmother. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"But the company has since halted the project following a mass resignation of its own advisers, who panned it as a crackpot dystopian fantasy that could militarize schools and get children hurt. \u2014 Drew Harwell, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"His predictions interact in an amusing way with his crackpot obsessions, which include pesticides, supersonic air travel, and the Catholic Church. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Both voices, however, offer crackpot visions of a New Heaven, a New Earth, unmistakably doomed. \u2014 John Domini, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Joe Rogan may sometimes go too far in promoting crackpot ideas about vaccines. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 1 Feb. 2022",
"All the signs had been there that Brooks was a dangerous crackpot . \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Well, yes: Lending the institutional voice of a prestigious publication to a racist crackpot theory and then letting others write in to contest it is worthy of criticism. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Nov. 2021",
"This neighbor lies and puts others at risk with those lies, spreads misinformation and crackpot theories about a global pandemic and is against a vaccine that saves lives. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 8 Nov. 2021"
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"Either America, the cradle of modern marketing, is suddenly full of untalented CMOs who are embodying the Peter Principle, or something bigger is indeed at play. \u2014 Scott Turner, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Most pads have a Velcro and cradle system that anchors the bikes to the truck and keeps the forks from damaging the back of your truck. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"Pride is rooted the Stonewall Uprising, which became the cradle of the Gay Liberation Movement. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Sonoita straddles the junction of state routes 83 and 82, the cradle of Arizona\u2019s wine industry. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Vavilova casts it in the context of Russia and Ukraine (and Belarus too) being part of the same spiritual and historical family from the days of Kievan Rus, which became the cradle of Eastern Orthodoxy over 1,000 years ago. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Some reviewers suggested that the musical needs more work to sort out its cat\u2019s cradle of plotlines. \u2014 Iris Fanger, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The cradle -to-grave biopic of the unofficial king of rock and roll is a whirlwind of audio/visual wonder. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"LCAs assess the impact of goods or services, typically from cradle (raw materials) to gate (when they are shipped to consumers); And they are commonly used to determine \u2018how sustainable\u2019 something is. \u2014 Brooke Roberts-islam, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
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"The plush fill was able to effectively cradle the weight of their head while remaining quite cuddly. \u2014 Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 June 2022",
"The carrier features nylon outer layers that protect vehicle paint from scratches, while polyethylene foam cores softly cradle the cargo. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"In the harshest days, God is your Savior, and will cradle your pain away with His love. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 2 May 2022",
"The amount of weight on the bed determines how much the mattress will compress and cradle your body. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
"These elevated body pillows are designed to gently cradle your bump; some are similar to an air mattress, while others are denser and made from memory foam to conform to your belly. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Chicago\u2019s best hot dogs come on soft, steamed buns, which cradle the hot dog without getting in the way. \u2014 Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Allen was able to get a shot in on Carman in the OT and flip around his hips to cradle him into a takedown, giving him a 3-1 sudden victory. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Bath pillows come in all shapes in sizes, but their purpose remains the same: to cradle your head, neck, and back against your bathtub's uncomfortable ledge. \u2014 ELLE , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"With public support, a group of drone enthusiasts and engineers built a craft with a ten-foot wingspan and a flight endurance of more than five hours with a cruising speed of around 55 mph. \u2014 David Hambling, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Much of that lies in his use of Indian artisanal craft . \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"But for families, dog owners, and friends keen to venture out on the water in one craft , consider a tandem kayak. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
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"Except for food and craft vendors from both cities, most everything is free. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The $10 billion bipartisan deal Romney helped craft stalled in Congress amid a dispute over immigration policy. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 18 June 2022",
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"Whether people want to watch it or vote on it, for now, appears secondary to that desire to craft an official historical record. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The current tour, stopping in arenas and amphitheaters, is a testament to Orzabal\u2019s and Smith\u2019s ability to craft artful music, as well as to their onstage chemistry. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Here is how to craft a resilient small business sales strategy. \u2014 Samantha Todd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG, where there is an overarching goal, story and reason to craft and build. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Alcorn created a community task force whose mission will be to craft a master plan for the Reston area that will include more permanent supportive housing and upgrades to the Embry Rucker emergency shelter. \u2014 Antonio Olivo, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"But behind the scenes in Washington, quiet work was underway to craft a plan in case all that failed. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The group says its aim was to craft a proposal free of pressure from special interests that respects the boundaries of the city\u2019s neighborhoods. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"His business, Rachel & Rose, serves up local coffee, wine and craft beer out of a double-decker bus Maestas imported from London and painstakingly converted into a mobile bar and caf\u00e9. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"In all, 16 venues share the Milk Market space at 1800 Wazee St., including restaurants, a wine and craft beer specialist, gelato maker and others. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"There's live music, food and craft beer , the opportunity to screen print your own commemorative T-shirt at the ArtsConnect tent, and raffles with unique, handcrafted items. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
"For the first time since the pandemic, downtown New Braunfels will transform into the Wein and Saengerfest, a street festival featuring wine and craft beer tastings and live music. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The complex will also house a venue for ax throwing and craft beer drinking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Stroll down historic Grand Avenue sampling chocolates paired with fine wines, Champagne and craft beer at 16 locations. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Dahlia Ghabour joins the Courier Journal this month as our new Food & Dining reporter and will be covering everything from restaurant openings and closings to food trends, restaurant business news, the bourbon and craft beer industries and more. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Enjoy local craft beer , music and dancing, retail vendor market, kids zone and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022"
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"Whether people want to watch it or vote on it, for now, appears secondary to that desire to craft an official historical record. \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The current tour, stopping in arenas and amphitheaters, is a testament to Orzabal\u2019s and Smith\u2019s ability to craft artful music, as well as to their onstage chemistry. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Here is how to craft a resilient small business sales strategy. \u2014 Samantha Todd, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG, where there is an overarching goal, story and reason to craft and build. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
"Alcorn created a community task force whose mission will be to craft a master plan for the Reston area that will include more permanent supportive housing and upgrades to the Embry Rucker emergency shelter. \u2014 Antonio Olivo, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"The goal was to craft a form that embodies the qualities encouraged by the content: pithy nuggets demanding careful thought, mental experimentation, and wide-ranging curiosity about morality and psychology. \u2014 Nate Anderson, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"But behind the scenes in Washington, quiet work was underway to craft a plan in case all that failed. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The group says its aim was to craft a proposal free of pressure from special interests that respects the boundaries of the city\u2019s neighborhoods. \u2014 John Byrne, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
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"Bears are incredibly crafty , and can open most coolers or boxes. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Show producers were crafty enough to use these red state laws to their advantage, as Teehee\u2019s and Lefty\u2019s initiated full safety protocols: spaced out, wiped down, masked up, no messing around. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
"But their resemblance is the only thing audience members will be able to see clearly in Rona Munro\u2019s crafty puzzle box of a play, which opened Friday in the Moxie Theatre space. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Darting across the same court his father graces for Lakers home game, Bronny finished with an efficient 19 points on seven-of-11 shooting from the field, a variety of deep looks and crafty finishes in transition. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Maurice never really gets there, but this modest film \u2014 as crafty as its subject \u2014 comes close. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"On his first two solo LPs, Styles\u2019 music \u2014 a crafty pastiche of crinkly dad-rock signifiers \u2014 also distinguished him from the likes of Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber and Timberlake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Kuminga can be a bit foul-prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"Jalen Brunson adds another potent element to their drive-and-dish game and is a crafty finisher inside. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
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"foxy",
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"scheming",
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"\u2014 Wes Lukowsky"
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"\u2014 Wood & Wood Products"
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"As a writer he has developed into a true craftsman .",
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"Built in 1910, the residence features custom designer and craftsman details throughout with some high-tech fixtures, while the home's timeless charm is maintained. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"Dwight Womer is a craftsman and furniture repairman. \u2014 Lyndi Mcnulty, Baltimore Sun , 4 June 2022",
"The talented, young craftsman recently launched a raffle for one of his handmade bowls \u2014 etched with a blue and yellow ring, the colors of Ukraine's flag \u2014 to raise money for Ukrainian children. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This guitar was made by world renowned, Irish guitar, craftsman , Michael O\u2019Leary, but factored into that 20,000 valuation or a number of other variables related to. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And training is enhanced when a master craftsman \u2014 the Takumi \u2014 demonstrates the tricks of the trade. \u2014 Prasad Akella, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"There, Rapha\u00ebl \u2014 a talented craftsman who works with wood \u2014 nestles into a tiny homey community and painfully tries to resume something like normal life, despite his harrowing losses. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"His adviser, Eric Feron, remembered Bayraktar as a dedicated craftsman and an observant Muslim, with a passion for youth education. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022"
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"Sabyasachi founded his label with 20,000 rupees from his father and sister, who both went on to work with him for many years, and a team of two craftspeople in his parents\u2019 apartment. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Doubling down on its commitment to Islamic art, the museum tapped celebrated designer and textile connoisseur Madeline Weinrib to curate a selection of modern-day craftspeople from throughout the Islamic world. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This new breed of craftspeople will also salvage suedes, repaint scuffed heels and, when necessary, swap out crumbling soles for new ones, all to bring decrepit, decades-old sneakers back from the brink of death. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But too often, the editorial craftspeople helping to bring this content to the screen don\u2019t enjoy the same union protections that their counterparts in live-action do. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
"Among the local craftspeople used, Jim Sherraden, who led Nashville\u2019s Hatch Show Print for 30 years, is the designer of the colorful decorative tile visitors will see immediately upon entering. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Officially, Etsy is an online marketplace founded in 2005 where artisans and craftspeople sell handmade goods directly to consumers. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Tyler Ronald says work by other artists, artisans and craftspeople will find their way into the Collective. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The deals cover technicians, artisans and craftspeople who perform a wide variety of non-acting and non-directing jobs for feature films, television shows and streaming programs. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Sara Hakkert"
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"\u2014 Donna Sheppard"
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"at the fair you should be able to find a craftsperson who can design and make a 19th-century style sunbonnet",
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"The craftsperson gives a part of his or her soul to create a product. \u2014 Sonya Rehman, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Master craftsperson Masaaki Ito builds 22 of these nearly 6-foot tubes a year\u2014without nails. \u2014 Nina Molina, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"California, then Kimura, who often gave workshops in Europe, espoused a vision for bonsai that was as vivid, muscular and ego-driven as Modernist painting, recasting the master not as a craftsperson but as an auteur. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Then there is Rick Carlson, who views himself as a craftsperson , the beach as his work bench. \u2014 Michael Bernick, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"On display is a birchbark canoe made in the traditional Indigenous style by Ms. Gould\u2019s husband, Bill Gould, who is Abenaki, and Reid Schwartz, a local craftsperson . \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2021",
"Then, Chaisson removed nearly 60 pounds of honeycomb, which was melted down into wax and donated to a local craftsperson . \u2014 Mallory Hughes, CNN , 11 May 2020",
"As a craftsperson , Eastwood brings the goods to Richard Jewell. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 10 Dec. 2019",
"Jayne was an extraordinary homemaker, baker, and craftsperson . \u2014 courant.com , 3 Nov. 2019"
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"circa 1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fun fact: each hammock has the craftswoman \u2019s name on the tag, which will make your dad feel like it was made just for him. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"The craftswoman \u2019s background in design, leadership development, business strategy and sales is supplemented by her studies at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. \u2014 Gia Yetikyel, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Apr. 2021",
"On the photography side, however, Gulick proves herself not just a fine craftswoman , but a varied one as well. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Jan. 2020",
"An adjacent wall holds two embroidered world maps, their political territories marked by national flags, commissioned from Afghani craftswomen by the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 July 2019",
"The Te\u00e7ume craftswomen live in an area of the Amazon along the Tupana and Igap\u00f3-A\u00e7u rivers that is still relatively untouched by deforestation. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 11 Sep. 2018",
"The bag is made in Portugal by craftswomen following the ancient technique of weaving reed by hand. \u2014 Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 July 2017",
"With help from fair trade nonprofit Global Goods Partners, proceeds from items purchased on the site will help the craftswomen care for their families and send their children to school. \u2014 Lauren Le Vine, Redbook , 21 Nov. 2013",
"All of the collection\u2019s brightly colored reed bags are handmade by craftswomen in Portugal and are decorated with porcelain talisman charms that are also handmade in Galicia, Spain, where Alvarez is from originally. \u2014 Brooke Bobb, Vogue , 26 Mar. 2018"
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"a crafty real estate broker who got people to sell their property at bargain prices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bears are incredibly crafty , and can open most coolers or boxes. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Show producers were crafty enough to use these red state laws to their advantage, as Teehee\u2019s and Lefty\u2019s initiated full safety protocols: spaced out, wiped down, masked up, no messing around. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
"But their resemblance is the only thing audience members will be able to see clearly in Rona Munro\u2019s crafty puzzle box of a play, which opened Friday in the Moxie Theatre space. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Darting across the same court his father graces for Lakers home game, Bronny finished with an efficient 19 points on seven-of-11 shooting from the field, a variety of deep looks and crafty finishes in transition. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Maurice never really gets there, but this modest film \u2014 as crafty as its subject \u2014 comes close. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"On his first two solo LPs, Styles\u2019 music \u2014 a crafty pastiche of crinkly dad-rock signifiers \u2014 also distinguished him from the likes of Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber and Timberlake. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Kuminga can be a bit foul-prone against crafty scorers. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"Jalen Brunson adds another potent element to their drive-and-dish game and is a crafty finisher inside. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
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"a famous actor who is known for his craggy good looks",
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"The craggy 59-year-old of today is infused with the collective memory of the handsome heartthrob of yesteryear. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The island is a craggy basalt rock that juts up from water so rough that boats cannot dock. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Above us was a gray, craggy world of rocks and dust\u2014a piece of the moon jutting out of Eden. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"In his youth, Mr. Wesley somewhat resembled a comic-book character himself: tall and stooped with craggy good looks and a shock of straight brown hair. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Their house wasn\u2019t in imminent danger of collapse, but the earth around it was craggy and dotted with small indentations. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Parts of it are so dry the ground is sharp and craggy , with no vegetation. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Scant grids of symbolic leaves from the original game became swirls of gnarled trees; straight lines meant to suggest cliffs became craggy , precipitous rock faces. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Marguerita Bay was a stretch of rocky green hills that dropped off in craggy white walls, framing the shore and the narrow, sandy beach. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 31 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the two men search separately, Holt mimics the corn crake mating call, and Kevin responds. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
"On the trail, Holt describes the nearby corn crake to Kevin, who can\u2019t see through his swollen eyes. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Among its rare and exclusive wildlife are giant tortoises, marine iguanas, penguins, finches, crakes , and species of mice found nowhere else in the world. \u2014 Popular Science , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Corn crakes usually migrate to spend the winter in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. \u2014 Richard O. Prum, New York Times , 23 Jan. 2018",
"The Cedar Beach bird was only the second corn crake recorded in New York State since Grover Cleveland was president. \u2014 Richard O. Prum, New York Times , 23 Jan. 2018"
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"He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.",
"Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.",
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"battling the rush-hour cram in the subway",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the night of their graduation, the best friends cram four years of experiences into one night, like partying with their peers. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"Unihertz did manage to cram in dual physical SIM slots and an IR blaster, though. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the place where sport bikes keep their engines, the Navi has a lockable storage compartment large enough to cram in shoes, books or laptops (but not a full-face helmet). \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Members managed to cram quite a few items into the spending bill, including some controversial ones, such as changes to campaign finance rules. \u2014 Dan Woo, CBS News , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Maintenance work in the hangars is supported by a network of 20 specialized shops, where technicians struggle to cram high-tech gear into aging, World War II-era buildings, trying to perch their million-dollar machines above flood level. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"But economy is the greenest way to fly -- and budget airlines that cram as many seats in as possible are the most efficient planes in the sky. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"The investment needed to continue to cram more transistors into ever smaller spaces\u2014while still turning a profit\u2014has forced consolidation among large semiconductor producers. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Hall sees the project, however, as a way to cram as many homes as possible on land that is not able to absorb septic effluents without endangering public health or the Provo River, a crucial water source for Utah and Salt Lake counties. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Friday\u2019s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and L\u00f3pez loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Authorities are also trying to rein in what the government sees as the excesses of society, including rabid celebrity fandom, academic cram schools and video gaming. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"And while players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo cram games with high-flying feats, Curry has elevated the humble jump shot into something special. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Kurtis Lee And Molly Hennessy-fiske, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Since wealthy Chinese can afford individual tutors to replace cram school classes, middle-class families who can\u2019t may end up losing out. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"\u02c8kram"
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"We crammed in as much sightseeing as possible on our trip to New York City."
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"He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.",
"Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.",
"Noun",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the night of their graduation, the best friends cram four years of experiences into one night, like partying with their peers. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"Unihertz did manage to cram in dual physical SIM slots and an IR blaster, though. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the place where sport bikes keep their engines, the Navi has a lockable storage compartment large enough to cram in shoes, books or laptops (but not a full-face helmet). \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Members managed to cram quite a few items into the spending bill, including some controversial ones, such as changes to campaign finance rules. \u2014 Dan Woo, CBS News , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Maintenance work in the hangars is supported by a network of 20 specialized shops, where technicians struggle to cram high-tech gear into aging, World War II-era buildings, trying to perch their million-dollar machines above flood level. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"But economy is the greenest way to fly -- and budget airlines that cram as many seats in as possible are the most efficient planes in the sky. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"The investment needed to continue to cram more transistors into ever smaller spaces\u2014while still turning a profit\u2014has forced consolidation among large semiconductor producers. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Hall sees the project, however, as a way to cram as many homes as possible on land that is not able to absorb septic effluents without endangering public health or the Provo River, a crucial water source for Utah and Salt Lake counties. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Friday\u2019s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and L\u00f3pez loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Authorities are also trying to rein in what the government sees as the excesses of society, including rabid celebrity fandom, academic cram schools and video gaming. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"And while players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo cram games with high-flying feats, Curry has elevated the humble jump shot into something special. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Kurtis Lee And Molly Hennessy-fiske, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Since wealthy Chinese can afford individual tutors to replace cram school classes, middle-class families who can\u2019t may end up losing out. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"balk",
"bar",
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"chain",
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"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
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": hard to understand or figure out":[
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"cramp handwriting"
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]
},
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"Verb",
"Writing for such a long time may cramp your hand.",
"His leg was cramping so badly he could hardly move it.",
"The new regulations may cramp the company's financial growth."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"Middle English crampe , from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe ; akin to Old High German krampf bent":"Noun",
"Middle English crampe , from Middle Dutch":"Noun"
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},
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"Verb",
"We craned our necks toward the stage.",
"craned her head to see the roof",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Russian forces also took on a gradually obsessive mission to shoot down a Ukrainian flag planted on another crane but failed to do so for weeks, Chmut said. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Russian forces also took on a gradually obsessive mission to shoot down a Ukrainian flag planted on another crane but failed to do so for weeks, Chmut said. \u2014 Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The 13 people hurt in the fiery crash included the Caltrain engineer and the contractor on the crane , officials said. \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"As the installation nears completion, DiPietro crouches by a piece of her steel heart and signs the back of it before it\u2019s raised on a crane and affixed to the concrete. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The result is like the deus ex machina moment in an ancient Greek play, when a hopeless situation is resolved by the sudden appearance of a god on a crane . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
"At approximately 10:06 am, the two individuals located on the crane were taken into custody as well. \u2014 Julia Cherner, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Working from a barge topped with a crane , divers felt their way through murky water to determine the condition of the ship's wreckage, which was an unidentified hazard on navigation charts before being identified as Clotilda in 2019. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Keeping the vessel moving often comes down to executing out-of-the-boat tasks \u2014 like moving a power source with a crane , sawing a piece of wood, or heating up the engine to generate electrical power that can be used in different situations. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Jonah had to crane his neck over the edge to spot the glow of low tide at Surfside Beach. Jonah and his mom, Stacie Dawn Fang, returned to his room. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t crane your neck watching those Atlanta receivers. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"She\u2019s usually the one who forces necks to crane upwards. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The ceiling pieces are also angled so that viewers don\u2019t need to crane their necks to view them. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Proceedings were slowed by the need to carry building materials up a spiral staircase or crane them in through a window. \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2021",
"This whimsical park will especially captivate the attention of young visitors, who may crane their necks to discover the magic on this trail. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The images force you to crane your neck to decipher them, or bring the page closer to your face, as if receiving a secret. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"In museums, people in portraits crane their necks to look at her. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1570, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English cran , from Old English; akin to Old High German krano crane, Greek geranos , Latin grus":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0101n"
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"boost",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"raise",
"take up",
"up",
"uphold",
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": the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the bare skull to its maximum length from front to back":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Boas\u2019s finding, which was that the cranial index of children born in America differed from that of children of the same background born in Europe, rocked the field. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019"
],
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a system of gentle touch designed to enhance the functioning of the membranes, tissues, fluids, and bones surrounding or associated with the brain and spinal cord":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are also three spas administering treatments that run the gamut from pampering (hot-stone massages, facials) to osteopathic (chiropractic and biodynamic craniosacral therapy ). \u2014 Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure , 8 July 2020",
"In addition to body wraps and scrubs, massages, skincare treatments and other services, the spa offers medical-grade facials, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, craniosacral therapy , migraine relief and chronic pain management. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, The Know , 30 July 2019",
"More helpful than craniosacral therapy is watching a YouTube channel I\u2019ve discovered called the ASMR Barber. \u2014 Ashleigh Young, The Cut , 2 July 2018",
"Kennedy has invited an impressive roster of beauty and wellness experts to conduct in-studio workshops, such as craniosacral therapy with celebrity aesthetician Julia March, and a posture workshop with Pilates guru Elizabeth Larkam. \u2014 Janna Mandell, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Jan. 2018",
"The hiking program takes full advantage of the terrain; other options include watsu, acupuncture, hot river-stone massage, and craniosacral therapy . \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Oct. 2017"
],
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"1986, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113640",
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": premature fusion of the sutures of the skull":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was diagnosed with craniosynostosis as a child but successfully outgrew a condition where his skull bones began to prematurely fuse in two places. \u2014 Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal , 10 Apr. 2021",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020",
"Dove was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis following a CT scan and was recommended for neurosurgery. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 2 Aug. 2020"
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cckr\u0101-n\u0113-\u014d-\u02ccsi-\u02ccn\u00e4-\u02c8st\u014d-s\u0259s",
"-\u02ccsin-\u02cc\u00e4s-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115638",
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"antonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
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"\u2014 usually used with up the campaign is cranking up"
],
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],
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": to rotate the shaft (such as a crankshaft ) of especially with a starter":[
"crank over an engine"
],
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": to use in trying to start an engine":[
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],
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"\u2014 usually used with up crank up the volume"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"To open the car window, turn the crank on the door.",
"He was dismissed as a crank until his article was published.",
"Most people think she's just a harmless crank .",
"Verb",
"He cranked the temperature to 75 degrees.",
"Crank the engine to see if it will start."
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1649, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English cranke , from Old English cranc- (as in crancst\u00e6f , a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick \u2014 more at cringe":"Noun",
"short for crank-sided easily tipped":"Adjective"
},
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"\u02c8kra\u014bk"
],
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"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
],
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"to cause to function crank up the CD player so we can dance"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195138",
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"handy"
],
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": crank entry 5":[],
": crazy , silly":[],
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"a cranky road"
],
": given to fretful fussiness : readily angered when opposed : crotchety":[
"our long wait \u2026 left us a tad cranky",
"\u2014 Connecticut"
],
": marked by eccentricity":[
"his bizarre and cranky mix of ideas and beliefs",
"\u2014 R. J. Evans"
],
": working erratically : unpredictable":[
"a cranky old tractor"
]
},
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crank entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra\u014b-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clumsy",
"clunky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ponderous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093825",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cranny":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small break or slit : crevice":[],
": an obscure nook or corner":[]
},
"examples":[
"We saw strange, colorful creatures in the crannies of the reef while scuba diving.",
"We explored every cranny of the old castle.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first three minutes of the new show start off with an incredible drone sequence that takes us through the homes and offices of the Kardashians, diving through every nook and cranny of the spaces. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"And the volunteers sanitized with a vengeance, lugging around 30-kilogram (66-pound) tubs of chemicals and donning full hazmat suits to douse in disinfectant every incoming package, every nook and cranny . \u2014 Serenitie Wang, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Managing cyberthreats requires having visibility into every nook and cranny of your organization. \u2014 Lyndon Brown, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022",
"Keeping current levels from going any higher means getting carbon out of every nook and cranny of the global economy, including aviation. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Sit on the piece to check it for comfort and the condition of coil springs, Make sure there aren't any lingering odors or stains, and inspect every nook and cranny for bed bugs. \u2014 Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 June 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022",
"Inspectors don\u2019t always go over every nook and cranny of a home\u2019s appliances. \u2014 al , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crany , from Middle French cren, cran notch":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201742",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"crapola":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The furniture in the garage is crapola .",
"Everything he says is just a bunch of crapola .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What\u2019s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola , with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 27 June 2019",
"Predictably before Lewis\u2019 presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 4 Jan. 2018",
"Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 24 Oct. 2017",
"The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 18 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"crap entry 2 + -ola , suffix forming jocular variants of words":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckrap-\u02c8\u014d-l\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"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",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004552",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crappy":{
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"definitions":{
": markedly inferior in quality : not good or pleasant : lousy":[
"crappy weather",
"drove a crappy old car",
"I woke up feeling crappy , so I took a sick day.",
"That was the crappiest movie I've ever seen."
]
},
"examples":[
"I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.",
"I felt crappy all day yesterday.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In an era of crappy bank yields, a $481 semiannual coupon looks pretty good. \u2014 William Baldwin, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"On their official first date, to Colorado\u2019s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Erin was determined to chase powder despite the crappy snow conditions. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"And Howard did do some things that were crappy , like putting Kim in doc review and siding with Chuck when Jimmy could have joined HHM. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
"What all of these examples have in common is that the former require less activation energy\u2014the initial self-discipline and oomph to start something\u2014and feel good immediately but crappy later on. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"There are many people out there with big-name firms behind them, trying to sell you crappy investment products to earn a hefty commission. \u2014 David Rae, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Sometimes there are just crappy moments, seasons and years. \u2014 Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, a password-sharing crackdown is coming, and junk titles (like crappy reality shows) proliferate more than ever on the platform. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 8 May 2022",
"Jack\u2014older, paunchy, divorced\u2014lives in a crappy suburb, drinks beer, looks at the beauty of the sunset, and desperately loves his kids; his true worry is losing custody. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1928, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041442",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crapshoot":{
"antonyms":[
"sure thing"
],
"definitions":{
": something (such as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome":[]
},
"examples":[
"there are almost no sure bets in the movie business\u2014almost everything is a crapshoot",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamppa\u2019s believes that the phenom's prospects are somewhat of a crapshoot . \u2014 Duncan Larkin, Outside Online , 15 May 2015",
"What if the future is one big crapshoot and we're all doomed to make mistakes",
"While in a sense the post-season is a crapshoot , the A\u2019s have come up snake eyes for fully one third of a century. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Oftentimes, the postseason is a crapshoot ; that\u2019s simply the nature of a win-or-go-home format. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Seth Richardson reports that how much Ohio is losing out on betting action is \u2013 to borrow a phrase \u2013 something of a crapshoot . \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Most Parlays \u2014 Gambling on MMA fights is always a bit of a crapshoot even compared to other sports betting. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 23 Jan. 2022",
"No individual team has proved a consistently elite product, which makes ordering the top of the NFL Power Rankings a relative crapshoot . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
"So the Americans can\u2019t afford to take anything for granted, particularly when Concacaf road games are a crapshoot . \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krap-\u02ccsh\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"enterprise",
"flier",
"flyer",
"flutter",
"gamble",
"speculation",
"throw",
"venture"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060648",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crash":{
"antonyms":[
"collision",
"concussion",
"crack-up",
"smash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"definitions":{
": a breaking to pieces by or as if by collision":[],
": a coarse fabric used for draperies, toweling, and clothing and for strengthening joints of cased-in books":[],
": a loud sound (as of things smashing)":[
"a crash of thunder"
],
": a sudden decline (as of a population) or failure (as of a business)":[
"a stock market crash"
],
": an instance of crashing":[
"a plane crash",
"a system crash"
],
": marked by a concerted effort and effected in the shortest possible time especially to meet emergency conditions":[
"a crash renovation program"
],
": the sudden, powerful occurrence of adverse aftereffects (such as fatigue, irritability, headache, or depression) following the use of a physiologically or psychologically active substance":[
"\u2026 the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after caffeine or amphetamines.",
"\u2014 Graham Lawton",
"When it comes to snacks, bars can have a nutritional edge over candy. Many are lower in fat and sugars. And some bars might be less likely to cause sugar rushes followed by crashes .",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports"
],
": to break or go to pieces with or as if with violence and noise":[],
": to break violently and noisily : smash":[],
": to cause (a computer system, component, or program) to crash":[],
": to cause to make a loud noise":[
"crash the cymbals together"
],
": to damage (an airplane) in landing":[],
": to decline suddenly and steeply":[],
": to enter or attend without invitation or without paying":[
"crash the party"
],
": to experience the aftereffects (such as fatigue, irritability, headache, or depression) of a physiologically or psychologically active substance":[
"Prolonged use of cocaine\u2014repeatedly cycles of euphoria, crashing , and craving\u2014probably brings about changes in the postsynaptic neurons \u2026",
"\u2014 Robert Wilbur",
"Crashing from a sugar high never helped anyone remain awake all night.",
"\u2014 Justin Rocket Silverman"
],
": to fall, land, or hit with destructive force":[],
": to force (one's way) through with loud crashing noises":[],
": to lose energy : to become very fatigued":[
"It happens every afternoon like clockwork \u2026 I'm crashing , my body says. I need salt. Sugar. Fat. Now.",
"\u2014 James Oseland"
],
": to make a smashing noise":[
"thunder crashing overhead"
],
": to move or force one's way with or as if with a crash":[
"crashes into the room"
],
": to move toward aggressively (as in fighting for a rebound)":[
"basketball players crashing the boards"
],
": to suffer a sudden major failure usually with attendant loss of data":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She crashed the car into a tree, but no one was hurt.",
"He has crashed two cars, a truck, and a motorcycle.",
"We listened to the waves crashing against the shore.",
"The stuntman crashed through the window on a motorcycle.",
"The walls crashed down around them.",
"The books crashed to the floor.",
"The cymbals crashed and the trumpets blew.",
"Thunder crashed as the rain started to pour.",
"He crashed the cymbals together."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1812, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1945, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English crasschen":"Verb",
"probably from Russian krashenina colored linen":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krash"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"shatter",
"smash"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180123",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crashing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": superlative":[
"a crashing effect"
],
": utter , absolute":[
"a crashing bore"
]
},
"examples":[
"a crashing bore, he can turn any party into a funeral",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In practice, that means Facebook finds significantly more crashing bugs in a shorter amount of time. \u2014 Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica , 22 Aug. 2017",
"Apple\u2019s once-unstoppable growth had come to a crashing halt: The number of iPhones sold was down 13 percent, and the company posted its first revenue decline in 13 years. \u2014 Vindu Goel, New York Times , 30 Apr. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-shi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223032",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"crass":{
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
],
"definitions":{
": being beneath one's dignity":[
"crass concerns of daily life"
],
": guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values":[
"crass commercialism",
"crass measures of success"
]
},
"examples":[
"We are urgently in need of progress, but not if it means the kind of crass complacency that ignores the fact that history for most men and women to date has meant misery and fruitless toil \u2026 \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
"Minor criticism though it was compared to the rest, the most galling calumny of all as far as Gaius Marius was concerned was the perpetual inference that he was unacceptably crass because he had no Greek. \u2014 Colleen McCullough , The First Man in Rome , (1990) 1991",
"He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile. \u2014 John Updike , Couples , 1968",
"A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.",
"a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though her presentation may be slicker than the former president\u2019s and her words may not be as crass , the impact is the same: undermining faith in elections. \u2014 Larry Hogan, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Remember, most full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries are between 18 and 24, an age often typified by adolescent attitudes, risky behavior, even crass humor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Musk posted a photo of Gates wearing a blue polo shirt stretched across his stomach next to an emoji of a pregnant man, and captioned the images with a crass observation about Gates\u2019s girth. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Rockwell expertly wields Teach\u2019s crass behavior, finding ways to deepen a character that could too easily feel one note. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"If a crass , narcissistic entrepreneur could be elected to the highest office in the land, what else could happen",
"Some Hollywood figures, pundits and viewers have been supportive of Smith, or at least sympathetic, arguing that the actor was simply defending his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after Rock made a crass joke about her shaved head. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Von Tang didn\u2019t shy away from embellishment: One bold catsuit even had sequin flames at the crotch, a detail that read a bit more crass than luxurious. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin crassus thick, gross":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kras"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crass stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202116",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"crassness":{
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
],
"definitions":{
": being beneath one's dignity":[
"crass concerns of daily life"
],
": guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values":[
"crass commercialism",
"crass measures of success"
]
},
"examples":[
"We are urgently in need of progress, but not if it means the kind of crass complacency that ignores the fact that history for most men and women to date has meant misery and fruitless toil \u2026 \u2014 Terry Eagleton , Harper's , March 2005",
"Minor criticism though it was compared to the rest, the most galling calumny of all as far as Gaius Marius was concerned was the perpetual inference that he was unacceptably crass because he had no Greek. \u2014 Colleen McCullough , The First Man in Rome , (1990) 1991",
"He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile. \u2014 John Updike , Couples , 1968",
"A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.",
"a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though her presentation may be slicker than the former president\u2019s and her words may not be as crass , the impact is the same: undermining faith in elections. \u2014 Larry Hogan, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Remember, most full-time Latter-day Saint missionaries are between 18 and 24, an age often typified by adolescent attitudes, risky behavior, even crass humor. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Musk posted a photo of Gates wearing a blue polo shirt stretched across his stomach next to an emoji of a pregnant man, and captioned the images with a crass observation about Gates\u2019s girth. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Rockwell expertly wields Teach\u2019s crass behavior, finding ways to deepen a character that could too easily feel one note. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"If a crass , narcissistic entrepreneur could be elected to the highest office in the land, what else could happen",
"Some Hollywood figures, pundits and viewers have been supportive of Smith, or at least sympathetic, arguing that the actor was simply defending his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, after Rock made a crass joke about her shaved head. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Von Tang didn\u2019t shy away from embellishment: One bold catsuit even had sequin flames at the crotch, a detail that read a bit more crass than luxurious. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin crassus thick, gross":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kras"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crass stupid , dull , dense , crass , dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas. too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy. a crass , materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. too dumb to figure out what's going on",
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185417",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cratch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": manger":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cracche , from Anglo-French creche manger \u2014 more at cr\u00e8che":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8krach"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184302",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dilapidated old car or airplane":[
"George Bernard's most immediate concern is not the war, but his failing car battery. He can hardly get his old crate cranked up, and a new battery costs $300 \u2026",
"\u2014 Phil McCombs",
"From Blake: \"I am not sure this crate will fly. Dump everything out.\" \u2026 In our compartment Doug yanks up his bombing sight, opens the floor hatch and tosses it.",
"\u2014 Williamson Murray"
],
": a usually box-shaped container or cage that has openings for airflow and that is used for confining or carrying animals (such as dogs or cats)":[
"The store carries a variety of pet crates .",
"Teach children to let resting dogs lie and to stay out of dog crates , beds and other resting places that are designated for the dog.",
"\u2014 John Elder"
],
": a usually wooden protective case or framework used for shipping":[
"a packing crate",
"She purchased ten shipping crates made with wood edges and plastic-covered cardboard sides, all neatly broken down for easy assembly.",
"\u2014 Tom Clancy"
],
": an open box typically of wooden slats or latticed plastic and used for transporting and storing goods":[
"a crate of oranges"
],
": to pack or place in a crate":[
"crating items for shipping",
"Of course the ideal answer would seem to be to crate the dog. But with so many cars now being overly small, there may be no way to get a crate into a vehicle.",
"\u2014 Eleanor Price"
],
"\u2014 see also milk crate":[
"a crate of oranges"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The bear arrived at the zoo in a crate .",
"Each milk crate holds nine bottles.",
"They used a crate of oranges to make enough juice for everyone.",
"One day the old crate just wouldn't start.",
"Verb",
"The equipment was crated today and will be shipped tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Gary's will stock up your cellar once a quarter with a new crate of red, white, or mixed bottles of wine. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"If a crate of products is delivered to a store and left in the back room rather than unpacked and put on the shelf, an all-too-common problem in retail, the system records a decline in sales of the product. \u2014 Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Individually, the standard industrial milk crate can withstand one\u2019s weight and more. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 24 Aug. 2021",
"Investigating officials believe a crate carrying the homing pigeons fell off a truck, burst open on the road and released the birds into the roadway, Sark said. \u2014 Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com , 30 June 2021",
"Someone put the dog inside a wire crate and abandoned the pet in the river, WILX reported on Tuesday. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
"But the officer found the husky dead inside a crate covered with a black blanket, the affidavit said. \u2014 Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"In the back seat, Daisy, her chicken, sat in her crate . \u2014 Arlyssa Becenti, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s Vivian, a one-eyed, German Shepherd mix with heartworms who curls up in the back of her crate and watches people pass by. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Alongside McDonalds, a whole slew of companies in the food and beverage industry\u2014Costco, K-Mart, Heinz, Sodexo, Kraft, Carl\u2019s Jr, Denny\u2019s and more (pdf)\u2014had all set the goal of transitioning to crate -free pork production in 2012. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The military had been working for weeks to shrink-wrap attack helicopters, crate hundreds of armored Humvees, pack up the computers, and operate burn pits where sensitive paperwork and classified documents could be destroyed. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Aug. 2021",
"The filling is completely made of egg crate orthopedic foam that provides ample air circulation and relieves pressure points on their body. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2021",
"Monkeys and birds prove to be the most troubling to crate , while herding large animals into hurricane-code shelters runs much smoother, Hinson said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"At the same time, wind farms across the state froze up, and households heated with natural gas competed with power plants that burn natural gas to crate electricity \u2014 a frenzy that dramatically drove up natural gas prices. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Feb. 2021",
"Wingshooters at the end of the day often gather around the truck to case the guns and crate the dogs. \u2014 Field & Stream , 30 July 2020",
"For more information, the Humane Society has a very helpful guide to crate training. \u2014 Medea Giordano, Wired , 4 June 2020",
"However, some homeowners prefer a wood dog crate for in the house, using it both as a decoration and a place to crate their dog. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1871, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from Latin cratis":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0101t"
],
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"synonyms":[
"beater",
"clunker",
"jalopy",
"junker"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115254",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"crater":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano":[],
": a depression formed by an impact (as of a meteorite)":[],
": a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell":[],
": an eroded lesion":[],
": a dimple in a painted surface":[],
": a constellation that is visible between the constellations of Corvus and Hydra and that is represented by the figure of a cup":[
"Both the cup and the snake are here in the sky. If you have dark enough skies, you can spot the faint stars of Crater the cup and Hydra the snake to the right of Corvus.",
"\u2014 Kevin D. Conod"
],
": to exhibit or form craters":[],
": to fail or fall suddenly and dramatically : collapse , crash":[
"the deal cratered",
"cratering stock prices"
],
": to form craters in":[],
": a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8kr\u0101t-\u0259r"
],
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"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
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"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The deal cratered when neither party could agree on the final price.",
"Stock prices cratered after the companies' merger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For this flight, however, Ingenuity would have to dip into the crater . \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Descend into the crater for natural quiet, dress warmly, and bring water and a headlamp, because thick mist can arrive at any time, advises Hempton. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And there aren't the usual features associated with a collapse into a crater . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Other observations provide hints of a deluge that gushed into the crater with enough power to carry along the large boulders now haphazardly strewn in some areas. \u2014 Nadia Drake, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2022",
"An artistic representation of the ablative arc mining system deployed into a crater near the lunar south pole. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Each image Curiosity collects and shares of these features is helping researchers piece together the chronology of water's presence in the crater . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The top speed of Perseverance is the same as that of Curiosity, the rover NASA landed in another crater in 2012. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"For one, the scientists have already concluded that the rocks in the crater have encountered water multiple times. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Such laws typically aim to contain risk, since stocks can crater in a downturn and illiquid private market investments can be difficult to cash out of if pension funds need the money to pay benefits. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The regime change has left markets effectively on their own and led risk assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies, to crater as investors grapple with the new norm. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"Overdo it, and demand could crater , resulting in a recession. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Home sales did not crater even in the late 1970s and 1980s when mortgage rates were in double-digits. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"By our estimates, reaching historical P/Rs over the next five years dictated that prices would crater by 25.1% in Washington, D.C.; 19.5% in Seattle; 23.5% in Phoenix; 24% in Jacksonville; and 34% in Miami. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With more flexible infrastructure, marketing and sales teams can test and optimize on the fly, seeking growth without worrying that systems will crater , dealing irreparable damage to customer relationships. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Allow confidence to crater because of one full-season snapshot that, at least to this point in his career, amounts to an anomaly",
"In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders caused oil prices to crater as demand for oil bottomed out. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin cr\u0101t\u0113r, cr\u0101t\u0113ra \"mixing bowl, basin of a fountain, bowl-shaped depression around the mouth of a volcano,\" borrowed from Greek kr\u0101t\u1e17r \"mixing bowl, bowl-shaped depression around the mouth of a volcano,\" from kr\u0101-, variant stem of ker\u00e1nn\u0233mi, kerann\u00fdnai \"to mix, mingle (as wine with water)\" (going back to Indo-European *\u1e31erh 2 -, *\u1e31r\u0325h 2 - \"mix,\" whence also Sanskrit \u0101\u0301-\u015b\u012brta- \"mixed,\" Avestan s\u0101r\u0259\u1e47t\u0113 \"[they] meet, unite\") + -t\u0113r, instrumental suffix":"Noun",
"derivative of crater entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202627"
},
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"Definition of cratur Scottish and Irish variant of creature"
],
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"\u02c8kr\u0101t\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181913",
"type":[]
},
"craunch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": crunch":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1631, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u022fnch",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4nch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214626",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cravat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a band or scarf worn around the neck":[],
": necktie":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just pair a red curly wig with a giant top hat, cravat , overcoat and mismatched socks. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"Anthony Bridgerton hoisting himself out of a lake, white shirt clinging to his body like Saran Wrap, removing his cravat as a stripper would a pair of tear-away pants. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The bear in question is the mural known informally as the Asbury Bear, a fuzzy, scruffy mascot with big koala ears, a body green as a rainforest, and a worldly cravat of dark red fur. \u2014 Nick Rallo, Dallas News , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Standing nearby was Ross Hetrick, dressed as Thaddeus Stevens in a black frock coat, cravat and ill-fitting wig. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2021",
"Aarons, who died on May 30, 2006, is better known for donning a cravat and linen jacket than military fatigues. \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 28 May 2021",
"The necktie, which has its origins in the 17th-century cravat once worn as military garb, appears to be falling out of fashion in many parts of the world. \u2014 Natasha Frost, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2021",
"At the Collar For a dressier affair, consider a modern day cravat . \u2014 Marykate Boylan, Town & Country , 19 Jan. 2021",
"Meanwhile, John\u2019s studio sourced a cravat jacquard in mauve from Charvet, the storied Parisian men\u2019s outfitter, and a selection of textiles in shades of grape and wisteria. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 8 May 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French cravate , from Crabate, Cravate Croatian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0259-\u02c8vat"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202353",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crave":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to ask for earnestly : beg , demand":[
"crave a pardon for neglect"
],
": to have a strong or inward desire":[
"craves after affection"
],
": to want greatly : need":[
"craves drugs",
"craves attention"
],
": to yearn for":[
"crave a vanished youth"
]
},
"examples":[
"Like many celebrities, he craves attention.",
"I was craving french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While soliciting social media influencers has been a go-to tactic for several years, in the end, consumers still crave the authentic content of their fellow digital neighbors. \u2014 Susan Frech, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Before moving on, Hailey reminds us to apply moisturizer to the neck and chest, as these areas crave hydration as well. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 June 2022",
"For dry, frizzy curls that crave definition and volume, this conditioner packs a powerful punch without a huge price tag. \u2014 ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"Privately held TikTok now has all the momentum, particularly with the younger Millennial and Gen Z subscribers that advertisers crave . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"As a result, we are bombarded with products, services, and marketing aimed directly at the part of our brains that crave immediate-reward products, services, and experiences. \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 24 May 2022",
"The bigger challenge is to groom potential audiences long term, and teach the public to appreciate and even crave the art form. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"His approach amounts to the first soundings of a sort of Trump-without-the-chaos strategy, a bet that Republican primary voters crave the policy record of the last administration but without the impulsiveness, norm-breaking and naked demagogy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"And the company had already run ads playing on the belief that pregnant women crave pickles. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English crafian ; akin to Old Norse krefja to crave, demand":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101v"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for crave desire , wish , want , crave , covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. desires to start a new life wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable. wishes for permanent world peace want specifically suggests a felt need or lack. wants to have a family crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need. craves sweets covet implies strong envious desire. covets his rise to fame",
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for ",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for ",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181630",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"craven":{
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"definitions":{
": defeated , vanquished":[],
": lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted":[
"\u2026 craven mercenaries who would not fight \u2026",
"\u2014 Thomas Fleming"
]
},
"examples":[
"a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under the circumstances, then, the Special Olympics organization\u2019s craven response to the DeSantis threat is nothing less than a betrayal of its own community. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"The Republicans are hell-bent on the destruction of American democracy, or else too craven to stand in the way\u2014the result is the same. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"His knack for skewering Broadway\u2019s smash hits and for commenting on its craven tendencies to dumb down for and rip off its customers is unparalleled. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the power to change some of the awful, craven aspects of our current culture. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This mass radicalization is driven at various levels\u2014through social media, divisive political messaging, a craven mainstream news media (at times compared with Radio Rwanda), and historical revisionism, increasingly through cinema. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The choice was roundly lambasted at the time and generally attributed to a craven motive. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As a movie, The Batman shows Hollywood\u2019s craven manipulation of its easily susceptible audience. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Cheney and Kinzinger clearly find this craven , concluding that the problem, far from fading away, is getting worse and has to be taken head-on. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cravant":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-v\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craven cowardly , pusillanimous , craven , dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. a cowardly failure to stand up for principle pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. secretly despised her own craven yes-men dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous. a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians",
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014745",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cravenness":{
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"definitions":{
": defeated , vanquished":[],
": lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted":[
"\u2026 craven mercenaries who would not fight \u2026",
"\u2014 Thomas Fleming"
]
},
"examples":[
"a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under the circumstances, then, the Special Olympics organization\u2019s craven response to the DeSantis threat is nothing less than a betrayal of its own community. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"The Republicans are hell-bent on the destruction of American democracy, or else too craven to stand in the way\u2014the result is the same. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
"His knack for skewering Broadway\u2019s smash hits and for commenting on its craven tendencies to dumb down for and rip off its customers is unparalleled. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s the power to change some of the awful, craven aspects of our current culture. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This mass radicalization is driven at various levels\u2014through social media, divisive political messaging, a craven mainstream news media (at times compared with Radio Rwanda), and historical revisionism, increasingly through cinema. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The choice was roundly lambasted at the time and generally attributed to a craven motive. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As a movie, The Batman shows Hollywood\u2019s craven manipulation of its easily susceptible audience. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Cheney and Kinzinger clearly find this craven , concluding that the problem, far from fading away, is getting worse and has to be taken head-on. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cravant":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-v\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craven cowardly , pusillanimous , craven , dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. a cowardly failure to stand up for principle pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. secretly despised her own craven yes-men dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous. a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians",
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090529",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"craving":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing":[
"a craving for chocolate",
"a craving for new experiences"
]
},
"examples":[
"I had a sudden craving for french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant.",
"a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Spritz on Dolce & Gabbana's summery cocktail of Sicilian lemon and tropical jasmine to satisfy your sunny day craving . \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"Pick a restaurant, choose your current craving , confirm your order, and you're done. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"As with many good things, the DC Chi Pie is a result of a craving that couldn\u2019t be satisfied. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The business, and even the athletes, are the mere servants of the craving for the sport. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
"This life-long craving for better-tasting, gluten-free snacks and a proclivity for business, led the 26-year-old entrepreneur to start her own snack company called Chasin\u2019 Dreams Farms. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"This was that crucial phase of the Renaissance when a craving to imitate antiquity dovetailed with fresh ideas about nature and the human body and a new awareness of time and space. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"And while one person's go-to hamburger snack might be another's katsu sando or chivito, there's hardly a country on the planet that doesn't turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving . \u2014 Terry Ward, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"Acute isolation causes social craving , similar to the way fasting causes hunger. \u2014 Ryan Jenkins, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see crave":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u0101-vi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095709",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crawl":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fast swimming stroke executed in a prone position with alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick":[],
": a going from one pub to another":[],
": lettering that moves vertically or horizontally across a television or motion-picture screen to give information (such as performer credits or news bulletins)":[],
": slow or laborious progress":[],
": the act or action of crawling":[],
": to advance by guile or servility":[
"crawling into favor by toadying to his boss"
],
": to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things":[
"a kitchen crawling with ants"
],
": to fail to stay evenly spread":[
"\u2014 used of paint, varnish, or glaze"
],
": to have the sensation of insects creeping over one":[
"the story made her flesh crawl"
],
": to move on one's hands and knees":[
"The baby crawled toward her mother."
],
": to move or progress slowly or laboriously":[
"traffic crawling along at 10 miles an hour"
],
": to move slowly in a prone position without or as if without the use of limbs":[
"The snake crawled into its hole.",
"The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies."
],
": to move upon in or as if in a creeping manner":[
"all the creatures that crawl the earth"
],
": to reprove harshly":[
"they got no good right to crawl me for what I wrote",
"\u2014 Marjorie K. Rawlings"
],
": to spread by extending stems or tendrils":[
"a crawling vine"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Does the baby crawl yet",
"We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening.",
"The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.",
"The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.",
"The snake crawled into its hole.",
"They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling .",
"I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed.",
"The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road.",
"The days slowly crawled by.",
"Work on the project has crawled to a standstill .",
"Noun",
"Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl .",
"The bus was moving along at a crawl .",
"Her strongest stroke is the crawl .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The only question was which one is going to crawl out on top of the other",
"But the Sorcerer Supreme isn\u2019t the only familiar face looking to take a bite out of the box office as the movie industry continues to crawl out from under the effects of the pandemic. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"Had to park between two large trucks (only space left) with 6 inches on either side of our Sienna, then crawl in and out of the back hatch. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"While Indiana led by seven at halftime, the Fever\u2019s usual third-quarter slump hit, allowing the Liberty to crawl back and grab an 87-74 win. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The Suns led by as many as 15 in the first quarter, but Dallas used the three-point line to crawl back within four points over the first 6\u00bd minutes of the second quarter. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"As Aaron Paul's Caleb Nichols struggles to crawl away from a robotic fiend, Jeffrey Wright's Bernard Lowe is shaking while surrounded by blood. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yet the relocation stalled over the next two years as Portland\u2019s infamous bureaucracy and red tape slowed momentum to a crawl and the coronavirus pandemic caused further delays. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"After seeing a doubling of Apple Card holders in 2020, growth in 2021 slowed to a crawl . \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Faraday is confounded by Newton\u2019s schematics for the machine and his inability to uncover new information brings everything to a crawl . \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The play area will encourage kids to climb, crawl , tunnel, balance and dig. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Birmingham super bugs crawl all over you inside or outside your house. \u2014 David Sher, al , 8 May 2022",
"Each cicchetto is as creative as the individual who invents it, which makes going on a giro de ombre -- a bacaro crawl -- a chance to taste the soul of Venice. \u2014 Cat Bauer, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The center console knob switches between 2Hi, 4Hi and 4Lo controls and allows the Bronco to blast, climb or, if necessary, crawl over obstacles. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Not long after the Russian convoy menacing Kyiv slowed to a crawl , pictures and videos began to emerge showing its military vehicles apparently damaged in what Ukrainian locals said was evidence that one front of Russia\u2019s invasion was repelled. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The diablo-like dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons was also released in 2020, though both titles received mixed reviews. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
"This crawler tag did experience a rise in traffic correlated with the release of CVE-2022-1388. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
"The first thing everyone will see on Thursday will be the giant rocket verrry slooowwwly rolling out on a *Star Wars\u2013*style crawler , a moving platform with tanklike treads, at a max speed of 0.8 miles per hour. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The best way to control the insect is in the crawler stage when the scale first hatch. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The crawler used Thursday was the same one that transported the Saturn 5s, albeit refurbished and modernized for Artemis, the new NASA program to return astronauts to the lunar surface one day. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Engineers will collect data while en route, checking whether the little vibrations from the crawler \u2019s motions affect the rocket in any way. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
"And, unsurprisingly, the crawler has incredibly tight tolerances. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The rocket, with an Orion capsule on top where astronauts will one day sit, was slowly carried on top of a giant crawler to the launch site more than 4 miles away. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Marjorie K. Rawlings"
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"Does the baby crawl yet",
"We got down on our knees and crawled through a small opening.",
"The baby crawled across the floor toward her mother.",
"The soldiers crawled forward on their bellies.",
"The snake crawled into its hole.",
"They're doing construction on the road, so traffic is crawling .",
"I worked late into the night, and it was 2 a.m. before I finally crawled into bed.",
"The bus crawled along the rough and narrow road.",
"The days slowly crawled by.",
"Work on the project has crawled to a standstill .",
"Noun",
"Near the construction site, traffic had slowed to a crawl .",
"The bus was moving along at a crawl .",
"Her strongest stroke is the crawl .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The only question was which one is going to crawl out on top of the other",
"But the Sorcerer Supreme isn\u2019t the only familiar face looking to take a bite out of the box office as the movie industry continues to crawl out from under the effects of the pandemic. \u2014 cleveland , 3 May 2022",
"Had to park between two large trucks (only space left) with 6 inches on either side of our Sienna, then crawl in and out of the back hatch. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"While Indiana led by seven at halftime, the Fever\u2019s usual third-quarter slump hit, allowing the Liberty to crawl back and grab an 87-74 win. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The Suns led by as many as 15 in the first quarter, but Dallas used the three-point line to crawl back within four points over the first 6\u00bd minutes of the second quarter. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Officers then broke out the windows in the room so Daniel and his classmates could crawl outside, leaving shards of glass in the palm of their hands. \u2014 Tim Craig, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"As Aaron Paul's Caleb Nichols struggles to crawl away from a robotic fiend, Jeffrey Wright's Bernard Lowe is shaking while surrounded by blood. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yet the relocation stalled over the next two years as Portland\u2019s infamous bureaucracy and red tape slowed momentum to a crawl and the coronavirus pandemic caused further delays. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 June 2022",
"After seeing a doubling of Apple Card holders in 2020, growth in 2021 slowed to a crawl . \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Faraday is confounded by Newton\u2019s schematics for the machine and his inability to uncover new information brings everything to a crawl . \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"The play area will encourage kids to climb, crawl , tunnel, balance and dig. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Birmingham super bugs crawl all over you inside or outside your house. \u2014 David Sher, al , 8 May 2022",
"Each cicchetto is as creative as the individual who invents it, which makes going on a giro de ombre -- a bacaro crawl -- a chance to taste the soul of Venice. \u2014 Cat Bauer, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The center console knob switches between 2Hi, 4Hi and 4Lo controls and allows the Bronco to blast, climb or, if necessary, crawl over obstacles. \u2014 Kyle Edward, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Not long after the Russian convoy menacing Kyiv slowed to a crawl , pictures and videos began to emerge showing its military vehicles apparently damaged in what Ukrainian locals said was evidence that one front of Russia\u2019s invasion was repelled. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"Verb",
"soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside",
"Noun",
"if history is any guide, this latest diet for losing weight is just another craze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ford, which started the high-performance truck craze a decade ago with the F-150 Raptor, confirmed that a Raptor R version with even more power and torque will soon go into production. \u2014 Bymorgan Korn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"The exclamatory marketing epitomizes the desire of folks to post filtered photos of themselves on social media, connecting with millions who craze this basic connection to some semblance of the art world. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Anderson is one of a select few managers from whom La Russa learned, although that was supplemented by his interest in statistics well before the sabermetrics craze . \u2014 Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Meantime, in Arizona Territory in 1893, a frontierswoman named Nora is beginning to grow crazed with want \u2014 for thirst. \u2014 John Freeman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"In this movement, the hopeful, major-key passage that arrives unexpectedly near the end was hurried, if crazed , almost like a mad scene for plunging, again, to gloomy melodrama. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Fashion insiders fly all across the world to craze over a city that is filled with different cultures which whip up a whirlwind of fashion. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 16 Sep. 2019",
"That pairing was extremely appealing to tennis fans in a nation that rapidly was becoming sports- crazed . \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"Robert Mann, an airline consultant and former American Airlines executive, said windows are periodically polished to remove crazing , the formation of cracks in the acrylic windows from exposure to chemicals and the sun's rays. \u2014 Kathleen Joyce, Fox News , 2 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Revlon, the struggling makeup and cosmetics company that filed for bankruptcy last week, is the latest meme stock craze among the army of individual investors on Reddit. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"But the videos drew criticism from users on Reddit and Twitter, the same forums where retail traders had gathered during the meme stock craze of early 2021. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal in January reported that GameStop, a poster child of the meme-stock craze that drove frenetic trading last year, was establishing a division to develop an NFT marketplace and establish cryptocurrency partnerships. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The bottom line Between stimulus checks, meme stocks and the crypto craze , the oddities and opportunities of the market inspired many Americans to dip their toes into the investment waters over the last few years. \u2014 Jared Lindzon, Time , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The latest gaming craze , Wordle, came with an adorable origin story\u2014evidence against the theory that puzzles lead to domestic strife\u2014and served as a reminder that, once in a while, the Internet can give us something nice. \u2014 Liz Maynes-aminzade, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, the stock was the poster-child for the meme stock craze which sent the stock soaring to $483/share in a matter of weeks. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But guess who profited most from the meme stock craze ",
"The source is the latest pandemic craze : an online game called Wordle. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0101z"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craze Noun fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
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"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110224",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"chic",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"flavor",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
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": break , shatter":[],
": shatter , break":[],
": to become insane":[],
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"crazed by pain and fear",
"crazed addicts"
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"crazed glass",
"crazed pottery"
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"Verb",
"soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside",
"Noun",
"if history is any guide, this latest diet for losing weight is just another craze",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ford, which started the high-performance truck craze a decade ago with the F-150 Raptor, confirmed that a Raptor R version with even more power and torque will soon go into production. \u2014 Bymorgan Korn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"The exclamatory marketing epitomizes the desire of folks to post filtered photos of themselves on social media, connecting with millions who craze this basic connection to some semblance of the art world. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
"Anderson is one of a select few managers from whom La Russa learned, although that was supplemented by his interest in statistics well before the sabermetrics craze . \u2014 Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Meantime, in Arizona Territory in 1893, a frontierswoman named Nora is beginning to grow crazed with want \u2014 for thirst. \u2014 John Freeman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"In this movement, the hopeful, major-key passage that arrives unexpectedly near the end was hurried, if crazed , almost like a mad scene for plunging, again, to gloomy melodrama. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 6 Oct. 2019",
"Fashion insiders fly all across the world to craze over a city that is filled with different cultures which whip up a whirlwind of fashion. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 16 Sep. 2019",
"That pairing was extremely appealing to tennis fans in a nation that rapidly was becoming sports- crazed . \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 2 Mar. 2018",
"Robert Mann, an airline consultant and former American Airlines executive, said windows are periodically polished to remove crazing , the formation of cracks in the acrylic windows from exposure to chemicals and the sun's rays. \u2014 Kathleen Joyce, Fox News , 2 May 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Revlon, the struggling makeup and cosmetics company that filed for bankruptcy last week, is the latest meme stock craze among the army of individual investors on Reddit. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"But the videos drew criticism from users on Reddit and Twitter, the same forums where retail traders had gathered during the meme stock craze of early 2021. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The Wall Street Journal in January reported that GameStop, a poster child of the meme-stock craze that drove frenetic trading last year, was establishing a division to develop an NFT marketplace and establish cryptocurrency partnerships. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The bottom line Between stimulus checks, meme stocks and the crypto craze , the oddities and opportunities of the market inspired many Americans to dip their toes into the investment waters over the last few years. \u2014 Jared Lindzon, Time , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The latest gaming craze , Wordle, came with an adorable origin story\u2014evidence against the theory that puzzles lead to domestic strife\u2014and served as a reminder that, once in a while, the Internet can give us something nice. \u2014 Liz Maynes-aminzade, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, the stock was the poster-child for the meme stock craze which sent the stock soaring to $483/share in a matter of weeks. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But guess who profited most from the meme stock craze ",
"The source is the latest pandemic craze : an online game called Wordle. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kr\u0101z"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for craze Noun fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
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"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"madden",
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"unhinge",
"unstring"
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"verb"
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"bug",
"crackbrain",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
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],
": crooked , askew":[],
": distracted with desire or excitement":[
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"The fans went crazy when their team won the championship."
],
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],
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"\u2026 they were very crazy , wretched cabins \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
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],
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"yelling like a crazy man",
"\u2014 not used technically"
],
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"crazy about boats"
],
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"everyone dancing like crazy"
]
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"Adjective",
"He's been acting kind of crazy lately.",
"There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.",
"You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.",
"You would be crazy not to accept their offer!",
"What a crazy thing to do!",
"Noun",
"A bunch of crazies live there.",
"one unsympathetic homeowner insisted that all homeless people are crazies",
"Adverb",
"I bought some crazy good stuff there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that everyone\u2019s crazy about had just barely come out. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s always kind of crazy stuff going on in this business. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"But then in the mix of that, there is also 20 people at-ing me at one time, saying crazy stuff. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"One night, when our families were having dinner together, Chip and I were talking about crazy stuff people did. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"At least the crazy heat that found Death Valley was not a threat to the all-time record. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Both kids and parents alike will go crazy for these juice boxes, which are shelf-stable and slip into most totes and coolers without bulky can or bottle packaging. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The Detroit Tigers just added a few more surprising twists to this crazy , unpredictable season. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
"Abbate said his research has shown that bees do go crazy for tallow trees. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The campus crazies demanding safe spaces seem to have polluted the entire culture with fear and anxiety. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"Doyle\u2019s message to stir- crazy , nature-seeking folks: Feel free to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
"There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies . \u2014 cleveland , 8 Feb. 2020",
"There are a lot of crazies in the city and a lot of bad guys. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 11 Jan. 2020",
"The Crimson Tide\u2019s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn\u2019t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team\u2019s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Please don\u2019t engage with the crazies in the comments. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Players marveled at the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm after the game, and Gruden kept his tradition of visiting with the crazies after a Raiders win. \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 14 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s the same thing that the Dayton, Ohio shooter did\u2026You have fringe crazies on all sides. \u2014 Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For a smart woman hyper-alert to the nature of language, Adriaan\u2019s oblique, infrequent text messages create a crazy -making predicament. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
"When Teigen and her husband, John Legend, first started trying to have a baby, not getting pregnant felt crazy -making. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Then the internet started going crazy over whipping instant coffee and shortcut recipes. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 19 May 2020",
"Of course, Amy's fans are going crazy over the engagement announcement. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The twitter world is going crazy over this epic pitch by Oliver Drake of the Tampa Bay Rays. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 31 July 2019",
"While everyone is going crazy over the deals at Amazon for Prime Day right now, Newegg is sneaking through the back door of the bargain basement with its FantasTech sale. \u2014 Ian Paul, PCWorld , 17 July 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018"
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
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"\u02c8kr\u0101-z\u0113"
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"absurd",
"bizarre",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
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"wild"
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"crackbrain",
"fool",
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"head case",
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"maniac",
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],
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"The fans went crazy when their team won the championship."
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],
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"\u2026 they were very crazy , wretched cabins \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
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"\u2014 not used technically"
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"Adjective",
"He's been acting kind of crazy lately.",
"There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.",
"You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.",
"You would be crazy not to accept their offer!",
"What a crazy thing to do!",
"Noun",
"A bunch of crazies live there.",
"one unsympathetic homeowner insisted that all homeless people are crazies",
"Adverb",
"I bought some crazy good stuff there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Like, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that everyone\u2019s crazy about had just barely come out. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s always kind of crazy stuff going on in this business. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 18 June 2022",
"But then in the mix of that, there is also 20 people at-ing me at one time, saying crazy stuff. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"One night, when our families were having dinner together, Chip and I were talking about crazy stuff people did. \u2014 Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"At least the crazy heat that found Death Valley was not a threat to the all-time record. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Both kids and parents alike will go crazy for these juice boxes, which are shelf-stable and slip into most totes and coolers without bulky can or bottle packaging. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The Detroit Tigers just added a few more surprising twists to this crazy , unpredictable season. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
"Abbate said his research has shown that bees do go crazy for tallow trees. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The campus crazies demanding safe spaces seem to have polluted the entire culture with fear and anxiety. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"Doyle\u2019s message to stir- crazy , nature-seeking folks: Feel free to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
"There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies . \u2014 cleveland , 8 Feb. 2020",
"There are a lot of crazies in the city and a lot of bad guys. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 11 Jan. 2020",
"The Crimson Tide\u2019s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn\u2019t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team\u2019s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Please don\u2019t engage with the crazies in the comments. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Players marveled at the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm after the game, and Gruden kept his tradition of visiting with the crazies after a Raiders win. \u2014 Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News , 14 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s the same thing that the Dayton, Ohio shooter did\u2026You have fringe crazies on all sides. \u2014 Bill Lambrecht, ExpressNews.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"For a smart woman hyper-alert to the nature of language, Adriaan\u2019s oblique, infrequent text messages create a crazy -making predicament. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
"When Teigen and her husband, John Legend, first started trying to have a baby, not getting pregnant felt crazy -making. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Then the internet started going crazy over whipping instant coffee and shortcut recipes. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 19 May 2020",
"Of course, Amy's fans are going crazy over the engagement announcement. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Sep. 2019",
"The twitter world is going crazy over this epic pitch by Oliver Drake of the Tampa Bay Rays. \u2014 Rhett Allain, WIRED , 31 July 2019",
"While everyone is going crazy over the deals at Amazon for Prime Day right now, Newegg is sneaking through the back door of the bargain basement with its FantasTech sale. \u2014 Ian Paul, PCWorld , 17 July 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018",
"The Fake News is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources (who don\u2019t exist). \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 7 June 2018"
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
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"bizarre",
"fanciful",
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"fantastical",
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"wild"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His career has been a fascinating hodgepodge of feints and fake-outs, a crazy quilt of dumb-smart action flicks, brainy meta-meditations, daring experiments, rom-coms, family films. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After watching an introductory film, visitors browse treasures, including an 1885 crazy quilt made by the Jewish Ladies\u2019 Sewing Circle in Canton, Miss., who raffled it off to fund its local synagogue. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 July 2021",
"The defense characterized the government theory as a crazy quilt of bad inferences, perjured testimony and junk science, stitched together in a vengeful bid to destroy a criminal defense attorney whose only crime was doing his job too well. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2021",
"The walls were covered with ones, jasper, porphyry, and a dozen different marbles and, set in this crazy quilt , were carved, crystal medallions. \u2014 Lucy Yeomans, House Beautiful , 10 June 2021",
"According to oral tradition, the two systems incorporated a pre-1883 hodgepodge of pipes \u2013 some wooden, wells, and springs that ran in a crazy quilt hither and yon. \u2014 Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Mar. 2021",
"But the patchwork of stations is a crazy quilt compared to Tesla\u2019s uniform, multi-stall superchargers. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 26 Dec. 2020",
"The search commission had 40,000 names of the disappeared in a crazy quilt of Excel documents and Word files, replete with duplications and typos. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
"After four centuries of building and razing, almost every block is a crazy quilt of structures and styles, and every era has its problems. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020"
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"Ralph Adams 1863\u20131942 American architect and author":[]
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"\u02c8kram"
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"crush",
"jam",
"ram",
"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
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"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
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"rout",
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"Verb",
"He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.",
"Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.",
"Noun",
"battling the rush-hour cram in the subway",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the night of their graduation, the best friends cram four years of experiences into one night, like partying with their peers. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"Unihertz did manage to cram in dual physical SIM slots and an IR blaster, though. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the place where sport bikes keep their engines, the Navi has a lockable storage compartment large enough to cram in shoes, books or laptops (but not a full-face helmet). \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Members managed to cram quite a few items into the spending bill, including some controversial ones, such as changes to campaign finance rules. \u2014 Dan Woo, CBS News , 12 Dec. 2014",
"Maintenance work in the hangars is supported by a network of 20 specialized shops, where technicians struggle to cram high-tech gear into aging, World War II-era buildings, trying to perch their million-dollar machines above flood level. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"But economy is the greenest way to fly -- and budget airlines that cram as many seats in as possible are the most efficient planes in the sky. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"The investment needed to continue to cram more transistors into ever smaller spaces\u2014while still turning a profit\u2014has forced consolidation among large semiconductor producers. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Hall sees the project, however, as a way to cram as many homes as possible on land that is not able to absorb septic effluents without endangering public health or the Provo River, a crucial water source for Utah and Salt Lake counties. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But Friday\u2019s program also served as an evening-length cram session on composer William Levi Dawson (1899-1990). \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"With no attendance limits in place, more than 300,000 cram into Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As farmers, goats, street vendors, chickens, scuba divers and more cram onto the bus, Khan squeezes in Swahili and Arabic words, and L\u00f3pez loads head scarves and umbrellas with African patterns. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Authorities are also trying to rein in what the government sees as the excesses of society, including rabid celebrity fandom, academic cram schools and video gaming. \u2014 Fortune , 11 Jan. 2022",
"And while players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo cram games with high-flying feats, Curry has elevated the humble jump shot into something special. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The experts had cleared the 59% of Americans who are vaccinated to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life \u2014 to board flights and cram into homes without masks for long-overdue reunions. \u2014 Jaweed Kaleem, Kurtis Lee And Molly Hennessy-fiske, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Since wealthy Chinese can afford individual tutors to replace cram school classes, middle-class families who can\u2019t may end up losing out. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"Middle English crammen , from Old English crammian ; akin to Old Norse kremja to squeeze":"Verb"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the morning, a plane was sighted; an immediate crash dive was ordered, but the ship did not descend far enough, fast enough. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Sep. 2020"
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": a sheet of iron on which a player stands to deliver a stone in curling":[]
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"\u02c8kramp"
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"charley horse",
"crick",
"kink",
"spasm"
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"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
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"Verb",
"Writing for such a long time may cramp your hand.",
"His leg was cramping so badly he could hardly move it.",
"The new regulations may cramp the company's financial growth."
],
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"Middle English crampe , from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe ; akin to Old High German krampf bent":"Noun",
"Middle English crampe , from Middle Dutch":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"During the summer of love, the stately building functioned as a free hippie crash pad . \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, the sneaker's rubber outsole is equipped with a traction pattern and crash pad for additional support. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Etzel reduced weight in his Tacoma by using his bouldering crash pad as a mattress. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 10 Sep. 2014",
"Mounds of snow shoveled into the corners of the Airport Heights Elementary School ice rink made for a perfect crash pad and lounge as children skated Friday. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Sometimes there would be five people and way on the other side a crash pad . \u2014 USA Today , 16 Oct. 2021",
"The designers incorporated several multipurpose concepts that will allow the loft to be used as a crash pad , community space, office, screening room and exhibition space. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2021",
"In May, Grossheim left his crash pad above Pagliai\u2019s and moved into a house with his girlfriend. \u2014 D. T. Max, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2021",
"And in Park City, Utah, the bobo-chic Washington School House Hotel (doubles from $450) now does full-property buyouts, with its 12 white-on-white rooms that promise any group a serious step up from the typical ski-bum crash pad . \u2014 Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure , 11 Oct. 2020"
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"The deal cratered when neither party could agree on the final price.",
"Stock prices cratered after the companies' merger.",
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"For this flight, however, Ingenuity would have to dip into the crater . \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Descend into the crater for natural quiet, dress warmly, and bring water and a headlamp, because thick mist can arrive at any time, advises Hempton. \u2014 Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
"And there aren't the usual features associated with a collapse into a crater . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Other observations provide hints of a deluge that gushed into the crater with enough power to carry along the large boulders now haphazardly strewn in some areas. \u2014 Nadia Drake, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2022",
"An artistic representation of the ablative arc mining system deployed into a crater near the lunar south pole. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Each image Curiosity collects and shares of these features is helping researchers piece together the chronology of water's presence in the crater . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The top speed of Perseverance is the same as that of Curiosity, the rover NASA landed in another crater in 2012. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"For one, the scientists have already concluded that the rocks in the crater have encountered water multiple times. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Such laws typically aim to contain risk, since stocks can crater in a downturn and illiquid private market investments can be difficult to cash out of if pension funds need the money to pay benefits. \u2014 Heather Gillers, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The regime change has left markets effectively on their own and led risk assets, including stocks and cryptocurrencies, to crater as investors grapple with the new norm. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
"Overdo it, and demand could crater , resulting in a recession. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 6 May 2022",
"Home sales did not crater even in the late 1970s and 1980s when mortgage rates were in double-digits. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"By our estimates, reaching historical P/Rs over the next five years dictated that prices would crater by 25.1% in Washington, D.C.; 19.5% in Seattle; 23.5% in Phoenix; 24% in Jacksonville; and 34% in Miami. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"With more flexible infrastructure, marketing and sales teams can test and optimize on the fly, seeking growth without worrying that systems will crater , dealing irreparable damage to customer relationships. \u2014 Jim Stirewalt, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Allow confidence to crater because of one full-season snapshot that, at least to this point in his career, amounts to an anomaly",
"In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders caused oil prices to crater as demand for oil bottomed out. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"This 10th cranial nerve is the longest and most complex nerve in the body. \u2014 Justin Ross, Outside Online , 13 May 2020",
"The researchers would be surgically implanting a neurostimulator to their vagus nerve, the cranial nerve that runs along the groove in the front of the neck and is responsible for transmitting signals from the brain to other parts of the body. \u2014 Brandy Schillace, Wired , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
"That receptor then sends a signal through the cranial nerves to the medulla oblongata, which is part of your brainstem, and through to your primary gustatory complex, which interprets individual signals as flavors. \u2014 Popular Science , 21 Jan. 2020",
"That created for him physical disabilities\u2014 cranial nerves were messed with. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Following several instances of dizziness and unusual weakness, Kelly received a diagnosis: acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma, a tumor sitting on her cranial nerves . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
"Hearing, vision, cranial nerves and facial muscles are also examined. \u2014 Mary Anne Chute Lynch, courant.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
"Death would likely come from pressure applied to the neck and cut off circulation of nerves, particularly the vagus nerve, which is the tenth cranial nerve and longest nerve in the body, Wecht said. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2019"
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"the cranium of a Neanderthal is striking for its brow ridges",
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"Decades after the cranium remains were found, DNA was extracted in March and a profile was developed that could be uploaded to genealogical databases. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
"Those that aren\u2019t include some of the exhibition\u2019s most compelling objects, like a small, scowling fellow with a conical cranium cap that might remind you of Beldar Conehead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Further excavation yielded many more fragments of avian fossils and eventually mostly complete specimens, including the cranium . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 May 2022",
"The story behind the discovery of this cranium is fascinating! \u2014 Briana Pobiner And Ryan Mcrae, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Described as the most important fossil discovery in 50 years, a cranium , which was hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years, could represent a completely new type of human. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Discovered in the uppermost level at the site, the talons and foot bone were found in the same sedimentary layer as many cave bear bones, Neandertal tools, a fragmentary child\u2019s cranium and at least one hearth. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The skull was lying on its right side, facing the entrance of the burial chamber, and while most of the cranium was intact, no teeth remained. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Who are the Ohio members of Congress [00:13:00] asking president Joe Biden to give you cranium nationals in the United States protected status. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 2 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The major entertainment unions issued a joint statement of solidarity with the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees on Friday, as the craft union looks towards a strike authorization vote next week. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"Set among 180 acres of lush Costa Rican rainforest, the retreat provides a high-end blend of eastern and western therapies, from energy healing to lunar gong baths to craniosacral facials to an immersive riverside meditation at a nearby stream. \u2014 Annie Daly, Vogue , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Treatments take place in eight rooms, and range from craniosacral facial and signature maderoterapia treatments, to light therapy, lymph boots, and infrared cabins. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Great food, lots of sleep, a life changing craniosacral treatment, and countless words of wisdom from practitioners along the way. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 6 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The troop seats and retracting landing gear are also engineered to be crashworthy . \u2014 Allison Barrie, Fox News , 13 July 2017"
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"Writing for such a long time may cramp your hand.",
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"The new regulations may cramp the company's financial growth."
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": a boron-deficiency disease of celery characterized by brownish leaf mottling and brittleness and crosswise cracking of the leafstalks":[]
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"\u2014 see grass moth , snout moth":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speed with only a crash helmet , skin-tight racing suit and a bit of padding for protection. \u2014 Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times , 5 Feb. 2022",
"There at the Capitol, too, was Jeffrey Sabol, 51, wearing a crash helmet and carrying a backpack containing a two-way radio, an earpiece and a bundle of zip ties. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"In the past, her stunts have included turning up parliament in a bullet proof vest and crash helmet , calling out opposition deputies with a megaphone and staging numerous sit-ins to protest the Islamists\u2019 presence in the chamber. \u2014 Time , 30 July 2021",
"He was dressed in a hospital gown, crash helmet and boots. \u2014 Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune , 28 Jan. 2021",
"View finders, designed to get close to the crash helmet , aid focusing. \u2014 James Joseph, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2020",
"As if this wasn't enough, the jetographer is burdened by his crash helmet which makes view-finding tough. \u2014 James Joseph, Popular Mechanics , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Fully unleashed, the Black Series's engine delivers predictably forceful longitudinal loadings, combining organ-sloshing G-forces with a soundtrack that, even experienced through the insulation of a crash helmet , comes close to being painful. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Her crew: five grim gladiators in crash helmets , the new face of the America's Cup. \u2014 Luke O'brien, Town & Country , 1 Sep. 2013"
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"type":[
"noun"
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]
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"noun"
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": a science that deals with the relations of the skull surface to the parts of the brain":[]
},
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"-n\u0113\u0259+",
"\u00a6kr\u0101n\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a suspended cymbal that is struck with a drumstick to provide loud accents":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012621"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a stick, cane, or cudgel of crab apple tree wood":[],
": a crabbed ill-natured person":[]
},
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"\u02c8krab-\u02ccstik"
],
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"1636, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"idiom"
],
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": to fail completely":[
"The company crashed and burned after only two years in business."
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a New Zealand fern ( Todea superba ) of the family Osmundaceae with a short trunk, pinnate fronds, and densely woolly stalks":[]
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
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"Dives \\ \u02c8d\u012b-\u200b(\u02cc)v\u0113z \\"
],
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"Dives \\ \u02c8d\u012b-\u200b(\u02cc)v\u0113z \\"
]
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"\u02c8kra-s\u0259s"
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"noun"
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": an airmail cover that has been in an airplane crash":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024750"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": surgical opening of the skull":[]
},
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"\u02cckr\u0101-n\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4t-\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02cckr\u0101-n\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-t\u0259-m\u0113"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Modern surgeons sometimes use a similar procedure, called a craniotomy , to relieve pressure from bleeding under the membrane that surrounds the brain. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Her left frontal craniotomy was booked for July 7, 2021. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The team implanted the system in a rat, performing a craniotomy to place 48 of the neurograins on the cerebral cortex\u2014the outer layer of the brain\u2014arranging the microchips to cover most of the motor and sensory areas. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Taken in that light, a craniotomy can be a relaxing experience, rather than one of abject terror. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"On July 16, surgeons performed a craniotomy on McClellan. \u2014 Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Since the pandemic began, Henry Ford doctors still were able to perform a heart transplant, two liver transplants and several craniotomies . \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2020",
"In order to do her vision work, her monkey has a craniotomy , a small hole in its skull to facilitate the attachment of electrodes. \u2014 Popular Science , 2 Apr. 2020",
"In one from 1987 Mr. Saul, looking like an addled Baby Yoda, has undergone a craniotomy which has left his brain exposed, letting us see its contents. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020"
],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044304"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": secondary lesions of yaws characterized by thickening of the skin on the soles of the feet and formation of fissures and ulcers which causes a waddling gait":[]
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bragging liar : boaster":[],
": something that makes a cracking or snapping noise: such as":[],
": firecracker":[],
": the snapping end of a whiplash : snapper":[],
": a paper holder for a party favor that pops when the ends are pulled sharply":[],
": nutcracker":[],
": a dry thin crispy baked bread product that may be leavened or unleavened":[],
": a native or resident of Florida or Georgia":[
"\u2014 used as a nickname"
],
": the equipment in which cracking (as of petroleum) is carried out":[],
": hacker sense 4":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kra-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
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"hacker"
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"examples":[
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"a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information"
],
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"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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"the fire crackles on the hearth"
],
": to show animation : sparkle":[
"the essays crackle with wit"
],
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": to crush or crack with snapping noises":[],
": the noise of repeated small cracks or reports":[],
": sparkle , effervescence":[],
": a network of fine cracks on an otherwise smooth surface":[]
},
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"\u02c8kra-k\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The logs crackled in the fire.",
"The leaves crackled under our feet.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Development for what is being titled Wonder Man is in the early stages, but if things crackle , cameras could be rolling in 2023. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"That mojo is palpable in new EV-centric spaces like Factory Zero and the Parking Lab, where Detroit seems to crackle with new energy. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Celeste Rapone\u2019s vibrant distortions crackle with Cubist energies (Picasso, for all his fame during figuration\u2019s dry period of the mid-to-late 20th century, never even entertained the idea of painting abstractly). \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Cheeseburgers and hot dogs crackle atop a grill, and Nevia eats corn on the cob, smiling and dancing in delight at first bite. \u2014 Michael Fearon, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"The problem for viewers is that the jokes don\u2019t crackle and the silences lack subtext. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Pascal matches Cage\u2019s devotion to creating a plausible human being amid the plot\u2019s nonstop silliness, and their scenes crackle with a playful energy. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Watch all 136 minutes of the film\u2019s hyperkinetic fragments\u2014a case study of attention-deficit disorder\u2014and your synapses will crackle , pop and eventually snap, exactly as they\u2019re meant to. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The woods around their house now crackle with gunfire, sometimes thousands of rounds on the weekends, seemingly more than just casual target practice. \u2014 Hannah Allam, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the yielding meat, the dripping fat and the hard-candy crackle on the skin are the same. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Then the ominous whistle and crackle of incoming shells, which landed within 50 feet of a Ukrainian tank position, sending dirt and rocks flying and shards of deadly metal slashing through the air. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"Then the ominous whistle and crackle of incoming shells, which landed within 50 feet of a Ukrainian tank position, sending dirt and rocks flying and shards of deadly metal slashing through the air. \u2014 Paul Sonne, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Suggestions that the aurora\u2014which occur in Earth\u2019s ionosphere hundreds of miles up\u2014come with a whistle or whizz, a crackle or hiss, can be found in accounts from Greenland, the Shetland Islands, northern Canada and Norway. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"What is there to say that hasn\u2019t been said before about our desire to unplug, to be in a place where the Wi-Fi isn\u2019t needed and the only things competing for our attention are the crackle of a fireplace and the sounds of wildlife in the distance? \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"For me, there\u2019s nothing like this moment, when the crackle of the vinyl comes through the speakers as the needle rides the grooves and the music starts filling the air. \u2014 Dart Adams, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"The flour tortillas, stained with birria oil, are crisped up on a griddle, adding a distinct crackle to the meaty, gooey mass stuffed inside your quesadillas. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Individual tensions generate unexpected crackle , but everyone\u2019s caught in the same toxic knots, their environment collapsing around them. \u2014 John Domini, Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"frequentative of crack entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"circa 1560, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045530"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"lake 1932 feet (589 meters) deep in the Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon, at an altitude of 6164 feet (1879 meters); main feature of":[
"Crater Lake National Park"
]
},
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