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673 lines
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{
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"gag":{
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"antonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"crack",
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"drollery",
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"funny",
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"giggle",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"laugh",
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"nifty",
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"one-liner",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"rib",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"yuk",
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"yuck",
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"yak",
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"yock"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a laugh-provoking remark or act":[],
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": an official check or restraint on debate or free speech":[
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"a gag rule"
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],
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": prank , trick":[],
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": retch":[],
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": something thrust into the mouth to keep it open or to prevent speech or outcry":[],
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": to be unable to endure something : balk":[
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"The boys gagged at all the kissing and goo-goo eyes."
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],
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": to choke or cause to retch":[],
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": to make quips":[],
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": to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression":[
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"trying to gag the press",
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"legally gagged from discussing the case"
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],
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": to provide or write quips or pranks for":[
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"gag a show"
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],
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": to pry or hold open with a gag":[],
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": to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcry":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The government is trying to gag the press.",
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"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag",
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"Noun",
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"The movie relies on simpleminded gags for laughs.",
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"They hid his clothes as a gag .",
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"They tied up the hostages and put gags in their mouths.",
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"The government is trying to put a gag on the press.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In addition to a tasty dinner and homemade birthday cake, there were presents: wine, gag wine glass and a birthday card with a gift card enclosed. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
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"Bembenek was arrested, and a hairbrush belonging to her had hair consistent with hairs found in the bandana used to gag Christine. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
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"Then, with a small-headed, soft, dry toothbrush, brush the wire meshing gently to remove the visible debris, and try not to gag at what falls out. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
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"In the moments before tipping off against Portland on Sunday, the Spurs watched the Los Angeles Lakers gag up another game down the stretch against Denver. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Russian lawmakers are expected to consider legislation Friday that could gag independent media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine and slap stiff penalties on foreigners, further increasing tensions between Moscow and the West. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s too much on the line for the Rams to gag at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"Guests usually arrive in the early afternoon on Christmas Eve, on which the family exchanges gag gifts. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"The backers of these new laws are trying to gag and scare teachers to keep them from meeting their professional obligation to teach students honest history. \u2014 Randi Weingarten, CNN , 27 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Her experience dealing with discrimination in tech, coupled with her professional background working in public policy roles at Pinterest, Facebook, and Google, positioned her to challenge corporate America's abuse of gag orders. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Others have accepted gag orders banning them from talking to journalists or using social media as a condition of being released on bail before trial. \u2014 Wenxin Fan And Elaine Yu, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"The first episode of the new season sets the tone with a graphic gag that showrunner Eric Kripke described as one of the craziest things committed to television. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
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"Was the lawsuit against Ava (which Deborah finally dropped) just a gag the whole time",
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"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"In one running gag , a clueless Tash uses a plastic laundry hamper as a makeshift car seat, stroller and playpen for the boy. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"But a running gag about Nick\u2019s ruffled shirt goes into ad nauseam territory, and adding more Yiddish expressions does not more comedy make. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"That\u2019s how Musk turned a dumb pot gag into a government investigation into a hundred-billion-dollar payday. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gaggen \"to strangle,\" of imitative origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of gag entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barf",
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"heave",
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"hurl",
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"puke",
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"retch",
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"spew",
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"spit up",
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"throw up",
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"upchuck",
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"vomit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024504",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gag rein":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rein for use with a gag":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113138",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gag resolution":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one of several resolutions passed in Congress between 1836 and 1844 providing in effect that no petition against slavery should be received or heard by the House":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071210",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gag rule":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rule saying that people are not allowed to speak freely or express their opinions about a particular subject":[
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"The law prohibits insurance companies from imposing gag rules that limit communication between doctors and their patients."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034502",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gaga":{
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": crazy , foolish":[],
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": marked by wild enthusiasm : infatuated , doting":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I can't understand how anyone could be so gaga over golf.",
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"He thinks that most artists are at least a little bit gaga .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One of the main differences between free gaga classes and a hardware-plus-subscription platform such as Peloton is hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. \u2014 Michael Owen, The Atlantic , 29 May 2020",
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"Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 27 Feb. 2019",
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"Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion \u2014 on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 10 July 2018",
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"Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 27 Feb. 2019",
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"Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion \u2014 on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 10 July 2018",
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"For the past several years, restaurant chefs have been gaga for sous-vide cooking, but the contraptions required seemed too scientific for home cooks. \u2014 Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star , 28 Aug. 2017",
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"And in true Gaga fashion, there were a few wigs \u2014 and some dramatic eye shadow looks \u2014 involved as well. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com , 4 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, derivative of gaga \"fool,\" of imitative origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165413",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"gage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a function introduced into a field equation to produce a convenient form of the equation but having no observable physical consequences":[],
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": a measurement (as of linear dimension) according to some standard or system: such as":[],
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": an instrument for measuring a dimension or for testing mechanical accuracy":[],
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": an instrument for or a means of measuring or testing: such as":[],
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": an instrument with a graduated (see graduate entry 1 sense transitive 2a ) scale or dial for measuring or indicating quantity":[],
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": dimensions , size":[],
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": greengage":[],
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": measure sense 1":[
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"surveys are a gauge of public sentiment"
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],
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": pledge":[],
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": relative position of a ship with reference to another ship and the wind":[],
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": something deposited as a pledge of performance":[],
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": stake , risk":[],
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": the diameter of a slender object (such as wire or a hypodermic needle)":[],
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": the distance between the rails of a railroad":[],
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": the fineness of a knitted fabric expressed by the number of loops per unit width":[],
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": the size of a shotgun barrel's inner diameter nominally expressed as the number of lead balls each just fitting that diameter required to make a pound":[
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"a 12- gauge shotgun"
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],
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": the thickness of a thin material (such as sheet metal or plastic film)":[],
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"Thomas 1721\u20131787 British general and colonial governor in America":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1847, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, \"pledge, formal pledge of a person's appearance to do battle,\" borrowed from Anglo-French \u2014 more at wage entry 1":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Anglo-French gager \"to offer surety, give as a pledge,\" derivative of gage \"pledge, gage entry 2 \"":"Verb",
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"by shortening":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u0101j"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"guarantee",
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"guaranty",
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"pawn",
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"pledge",
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"security"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062027",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gagger":{
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"antonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"crack",
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"drollery",
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"funny",
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"giggle",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"laugh",
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"nifty",
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"one-liner",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"rib",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"yuk",
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"yuck",
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"yak",
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"yock"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a laugh-provoking remark or act":[],
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": an official check or restraint on debate or free speech":[
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"a gag rule"
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],
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": prank , trick":[],
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": retch":[],
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": something thrust into the mouth to keep it open or to prevent speech or outcry":[],
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": to be unable to endure something : balk":[
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"The boys gagged at all the kissing and goo-goo eyes."
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],
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": to choke or cause to retch":[],
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": to make quips":[],
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": to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression":[
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"trying to gag the press",
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"legally gagged from discussing the case"
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],
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": to provide or write quips or pranks for":[
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"gag a show"
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],
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": to pry or hold open with a gag":[],
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": to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcry":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The government is trying to gag the press.",
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"the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag",
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"Noun",
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"The movie relies on simpleminded gags for laughs.",
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"They hid his clothes as a gag .",
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"They tied up the hostages and put gags in their mouths.",
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"The government is trying to put a gag on the press.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In addition to a tasty dinner and homemade birthday cake, there were presents: wine, gag wine glass and a birthday card with a gift card enclosed. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
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"Bembenek was arrested, and a hairbrush belonging to her had hair consistent with hairs found in the bandana used to gag Christine. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
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"Then, with a small-headed, soft, dry toothbrush, brush the wire meshing gently to remove the visible debris, and try not to gag at what falls out. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
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"In the moments before tipping off against Portland on Sunday, the Spurs watched the Los Angeles Lakers gag up another game down the stretch against Denver. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Russian lawmakers are expected to consider legislation Friday that could gag independent media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine and slap stiff penalties on foreigners, further increasing tensions between Moscow and the West. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s too much on the line for the Rams to gag at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
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"Guests usually arrive in the early afternoon on Christmas Eve, on which the family exchanges gag gifts. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"The backers of these new laws are trying to gag and scare teachers to keep them from meeting their professional obligation to teach students honest history. \u2014 Randi Weingarten, CNN , 27 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Her experience dealing with discrimination in tech, coupled with her professional background working in public policy roles at Pinterest, Facebook, and Google, positioned her to challenge corporate America's abuse of gag orders. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
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"Others have accepted gag orders banning them from talking to journalists or using social media as a condition of being released on bail before trial. \u2014 Wenxin Fan And Elaine Yu, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
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"The first episode of the new season sets the tone with a graphic gag that showrunner Eric Kripke described as one of the craziest things committed to television. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
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"Was the lawsuit against Ava (which Deborah finally dropped) just a gag the whole time",
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"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"In one running gag , a clueless Tash uses a plastic laundry hamper as a makeshift car seat, stroller and playpen for the boy. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"But a running gag about Nick\u2019s ruffled shirt goes into ad nauseam territory, and adding more Yiddish expressions does not more comedy make. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"That\u2019s how Musk turned a dumb pot gag into a government investigation into a hundred-billion-dollar payday. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gaggen \"to strangle,\" of imitative origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of gag entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gag"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"barf",
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"heave",
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"hurl",
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"puke",
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"retch",
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"spew",
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"spit up",
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"throw up",
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"upchuck",
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"vomit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165352",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gagman":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a gag writer":[],
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": comedian sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"politicians with no talent for humor often hire gagmen to write jokes for them",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bernabe caught the attention of Twitter gagman and Banana Capital founder Turner Novak, who\u2019s made a name for himself by entwining industry analysis with creative memes on social media. \u2014 Nina Wolpow, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
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"Indeed, many New Yorker artists once relied on gagmen . \u2014 Thomas Vinciguerra, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gag entry 2 + man entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gag-\u02ccman"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"card",
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"comedian",
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"comic",
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"droll",
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"farceur",
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"funnyman",
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"gagger",
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"gagster",
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"humorist",
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"jester",
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"joker",
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"jokester",
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"wag",
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"wit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215402",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gagroot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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": indian tobacco":[]
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},
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"so called from its use as an emetic":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200711",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gagster":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"gagsters tried to outdo one another on jokes about the high-profile box office bomb"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gag entry 2 + -ster":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gag-st\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"card",
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"comedian",
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"comic",
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"droll",
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"farceur",
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"funnyman",
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"gagger",
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"gagman",
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"humorist",
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"jester",
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"joker",
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"jokester",
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"wag",
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"wit"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165524",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gagtooth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a projecting tooth":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"English dialect gag to project, stick out (of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gag hals having the head thrown back, Icelandic gagur bent backward, turned askew, Norwegian gag bent back, gaga to bend back) + tooth ; akin to Old English g\u0113agl throat, jaws, Middle High German gagen to fidget and perhaps to Old English geonian, ginian to yawn":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000218",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gag order":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The judge has issued a gag order .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Kern County Human Services information officer Jana Slagle said the department was unable to comment on the lawsuit because of a court's gag order . \u2014 CBS News , 23 June 2022",
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"The park is also mandating that volunteers fill out extensive paperwork, which includes a list of personal references and work history, and consent to a media gag order . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
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"Lawyers for a Huntsville police officer charged with capital murder have filed a motion for a gag order in the case. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"With the sub crew already isolated, shunned and likely bound by a gag order , the Navy can do more to make this post-mishap experience less disruptive for both the affected sub and the Service. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"Sankey\u2019s current gag order on football coaches discussing NIL and the feud between Fisher and Saban will be tested at SEC spring meetings. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 May 2022",
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"Commencement was quiet and coaches and athletes, we\u2019ve been told, were asked not to comment on any of the above even though the school says there is no gag order . \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 24 May 2022",
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"Judge Melanie Cross amended her initial gag order on the case freeing the Grinstead family to speak. \u2014 CBS News , 24 May 2022",
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"Police have imposed a gag order on their investigation, and officials declined to say whether there were any suspects. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165042"
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},
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"gagging order":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an order by a judge or court saying that the people involved in a legal case cannot talk about the case or anything related to it in public : gag order":[
|
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"The court has issued a gagging order ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211915"
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},
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"gaggle":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a group, aggregation, or cluster lacking organization":[
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"a gaggle of reporters and photographers"
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],
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": an indefinite number":[
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"participated in a gaggle of petty crimes"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ga-g\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"a noisy gaggle of photographers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Over the next three minutes, the video records distant single gunshots from time to time, but the scene is relatively calm and the gaggle of people gathered at the corner seem relaxed, joking and milling about. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
|
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"Scheffler, Burns, and a gaggle of others are using this week as a quiz before next week\u2019s major test in New England. \u2014 Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"That\u2019s where our friends Ed and Mona brought me, my wife, Mary Frances, our daughter, Grace, and a gaggle of my college buddies several years ago for an afternoon of snacking and soaking in the south fork of the Merced River. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
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"The evolution of fly fishing on Lake Erie and around the Great Lakes has been driven for decades by Jerry Darkes, Jeff Liskay and a gaggle of their friends. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"And Rachel is no wide-eyed ingenue dazzled by Sorokin\u2019s tacky displays of wealth and gaggle of celebrity hangers-on. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
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"In early March, Wu stepped on to a No. 29 bus on Boston\u2019s Blue Hill Avenue to mark the first day of free service, accompanied by residents of a public housing development and a gaggle of reporters. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Swift and a gaggle of squad members went to the premiere of Alwyn\u2019s film, Billy Lynn\u2019s Long Halftime Walk. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 Oct. 2019",
|
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"In Canton, in a small gaggle with reporters, Kemp was asked about the former President\u2019s endorsement of his opponent. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"derivative of gaggle \"to cackle,\" going back to Middle English gagelyn , of imitative origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213054"
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},
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"gag law":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075206"
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},
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"gag line":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123942"
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},
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"gager":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the transaction of giving a gage : the action of providing security for a pledge":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u0101j\u0259(r)"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Middle French, literally, to gage, from Old French gagier":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164134"
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}
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} |