dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gus_MW.json
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{
"gush":{
"antonyms":[
"exodus",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring"
],
"definitions":{
": a sudden outpouring":[],
": an effusive display or outpouring":[],
": something emitted in a gushing forth":[],
": to emit a sudden copious flow":[],
": to emit in a copious free flow":[],
": to issue copiously or violently":[],
": to make an effusive display of affection or enthusiasm":[
"an aunt gushing over the baby"
],
": to say or write effusively":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Oil gushed from the well.",
"Blood gushed from the wound.",
"I'm tired of hearing her gush about her boyfriend.",
"Everyone has been gushing over the baby.",
"\u201cOh, your baby is so cute!\u201d they gushed .",
"Noun",
"A gush of oil came out of the well.",
"the dam burst with a stupendous gush of water",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ahead of the Season 3 premiere of Making the Cut, which will start streaming on Aug. 19, Klum and Gunn have done nothing but gush over each other and their years-long friendship. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"For dessert: churro spheres that gush warm caramel from their centers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"News of the widgets spread on TikTok, where the companies, users and influencers gush about getting surprise updates from friends and romantic partners. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The hills here are dotted with impoverished villages and split by rivers that gush through ravines to the sea. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Baumgartner makes a mental note to call Ed\u2019s supervisor at PSE&G and gush enthusiastically about the outstanding qualities of the new man on his team. \u2014 Paul Auster, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The glacial stream of the village started to gush and the water destroyed the farmlands, crops, and a couple of houses. \u2014 Mudassir Kuloo, Quartz , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The track is a feel-good offering, as the three lyricists gush over the women in their lives. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The driving of the future is going to gush scads of data. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was no sound except the grind of tires on gravel, the gush of a May breeze and the occasional call of sentinel quail. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 30 May 2022",
"Watch Kardashian gush about Davidson\u2019s tattoos below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 16 Mar. 2022",
"With Fleet Street out of action, a team of ten improvised the BBC\u2019s first newsroom, to handle the gush of telegrams, letters, messages, and speeches sent in by unions, strike councils, and government departments. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The moment when a story comes together feels like striking into a gush of life that exists outside your invention. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"With midterm elections approaching, the gush of federal stimulus spending will draw even greater scrutiny as Republicans accuse Democrats of wasting funds and fueling inflation, and demand a precise accounting of how the money has been spent. \u2014 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"About three million gallons of oil gush from the leak until it can be sealed 11 days later, covering 800 square miles of ocean and 35 miles of coastline and killing thousands of birds, fish and other wildlife. \u2014 CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"For recent converts such as New York and New Jersey, a gush of cheap outside inventory would be a threat to their nascent industries. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The last two constitute a cottage industry in themselves, such is the gush of books about them. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English guschen":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259sh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"jet",
"pour",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"swoosh"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233117",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gusher":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Covid spending and a capital-gains revenue gusher from surging asset prices. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"In Boudin\u2019s case, the gusher of money his opponents raised clearly played a big role in his defeat. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"In his view, having a B.A. in osteoarchaeology could be a gusher . \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"States like Georgia have rushed to capture some of that gusher in EV research, development and manufacturing investment. \u2014 Greg Bluestein, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"The victories come from a confluence of events, including automakers setting a timetable for all-electric product lines and a Biden administration leaning in to that goal with a gusher of federal funding to states for clean transportation. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The trigger: the Biden Administration is considering releasing a gusher of crude onto the markets from the country\u2019s strategic reserves. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Putin may also be seeking revenge for the gusher of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons being poured into Ukraine by the West, which are being used to kill Russians in an extraordinary proxy war with Moscow in Europe. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a political dynamic at play to explain the kingdom\u2019s fidelity to Moscow beyond the gusher of oil revenue. \u2014 Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-sh\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062252",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gushet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": gusset entry 1 sense 2a":[],
": the clock of a stocking":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots) guschet piece of armor protecting the armpit, from Middle French gouchet, gousset piece of armor protecting the armpit, armpit":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259sh\u0259\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003154",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gushing":{
"antonyms":[
"exodus",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring"
],
"definitions":{
": a sudden outpouring":[],
": an effusive display or outpouring":[],
": something emitted in a gushing forth":[],
": to emit a sudden copious flow":[],
": to emit in a copious free flow":[],
": to issue copiously or violently":[],
": to make an effusive display of affection or enthusiasm":[
"an aunt gushing over the baby"
],
": to say or write effusively":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Oil gushed from the well.",
"Blood gushed from the wound.",
"I'm tired of hearing her gush about her boyfriend.",
"Everyone has been gushing over the baby.",
"\u201cOh, your baby is so cute!\u201d they gushed .",
"Noun",
"A gush of oil came out of the well.",
"the dam burst with a stupendous gush of water",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ahead of the Season 3 premiere of Making the Cut, which will start streaming on Aug. 19, Klum and Gunn have done nothing but gush over each other and their years-long friendship. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"For dessert: churro spheres that gush warm caramel from their centers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"News of the widgets spread on TikTok, where the companies, users and influencers gush about getting surprise updates from friends and romantic partners. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The hills here are dotted with impoverished villages and split by rivers that gush through ravines to the sea. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Baumgartner makes a mental note to call Ed\u2019s supervisor at PSE&G and gush enthusiastically about the outstanding qualities of the new man on his team. \u2014 Paul Auster, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The glacial stream of the village started to gush and the water destroyed the farmlands, crops, and a couple of houses. \u2014 Mudassir Kuloo, Quartz , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The track is a feel-good offering, as the three lyricists gush over the women in their lives. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The driving of the future is going to gush scads of data. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was no sound except the grind of tires on gravel, the gush of a May breeze and the occasional call of sentinel quail. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 30 May 2022",
"Watch Kardashian gush about Davidson\u2019s tattoos below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 16 Mar. 2022",
"With Fleet Street out of action, a team of ten improvised the BBC\u2019s first newsroom, to handle the gush of telegrams, letters, messages, and speeches sent in by unions, strike councils, and government departments. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The moment when a story comes together feels like striking into a gush of life that exists outside your invention. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"With midterm elections approaching, the gush of federal stimulus spending will draw even greater scrutiny as Republicans accuse Democrats of wasting funds and fueling inflation, and demand a precise accounting of how the money has been spent. \u2014 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"About three million gallons of oil gush from the leak until it can be sealed 11 days later, covering 800 square miles of ocean and 35 miles of coastline and killing thousands of birds, fish and other wildlife. \u2014 CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"For recent converts such as New York and New Jersey, a gush of cheap outside inventory would be a threat to their nascent industries. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The last two constitute a cottage industry in themselves, such is the gush of books about them. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English guschen":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259sh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"jet",
"pour",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"swoosh"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082023",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gushy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": marked by effusive sentimentality":[]
},
"examples":[
"a gushy review of a novel by an author who just happened to be a friend of the critic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This isn't the first time the home cook posted a gushy tribute to her son's latest achievements. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"For some, the gushy card that person creates would be perfect. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Emblematic of the gushy , overly credulous business and tech journalism ascendant at the time, Fortune\u2019s story touched off a media stampede that transformed Holmes, then 30, into a business superstar. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"No amount of gushy preface can break its spell entirely; it\u2019s that powerful, that singular. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"This isn't the first time the pair have been gushy about each other on social media. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 21 July 2021",
"Six\u2019s\u2019 opening isn\u2019t just a gushy celebration for Broadway. \u2014 Michael Appler, Variety , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Jacoby is basically a celebrant of Broadway, and his film can get gushy . \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Aug. 2021",
"There are no illuminating profiles, no gushy restaurant reviews. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 12 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-sh\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adulatory",
"fulsome",
"gushing",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"oily",
"oleaginous",
"soapy",
"unctuous"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215101",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"gussy up":{
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
],
"definitions":{
": dress up , embellish":[]
},
"examples":[
"gone are the days when the high school prom was held in the gym, which had been gussied up for the occasion"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-s\u0113-\u02c8\u0259p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163358",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gust":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sudden brief rush of wind":[],
": a sudden outburst : surge":[
"a gust of emotion"
],
": inclination , liking":[],
": keen delight":[],
": the sensation of taste":[],
": to blow in gusts":[
"winds gusting up to 40 mph"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The forecast calls for winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1813, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English guste , from Latin gustus ; akin to Latin gustare to taste \u2014 more at choose":"Noun",
"probably from Old Norse gustr ; akin to Old High German gussa flood, and perhaps to Old English g\u0113otan to pour \u2014 more at found":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259st"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"scud",
"williwaw",
"windblast"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011442",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gusto":{
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"definitions":{
": an individual or special taste":[
"different gustoes"
],
": artistic style":[],
": enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation":[
"described the adventure with great gusto"
],
": vitality marked by an abundance of vigor and enthusiasm":[
"could not match the gusto of their competitors"
]
},
"examples":[
"I don't have the gusto to go on a strenuous hike right now.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"American distilleries have embraced the practice of placing whiskey in a different type of cask after its initial maturation period with gusto over the past few years, and people are divided about its merits. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 26 June 2022",
"Of course, celebrate big wins internally with gusto ! \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The unmistakable perfume wafts over the cityscape and, for a brief moment, disguises less savory urban odors, luring passersby to plunge their noses into the roses and inhale with gusto . \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The new county chair will be expected to tackle the homelessness crisis with gusto . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Even with the coronavirus subsiding a bit, these evangelizers are embracing the new social media tools with gusto and with mostly church approval. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Over the noise of the bar, Duran spoke with the gusto of someone making a fresh start. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 30 Dec. 2021",
"M\u00e4lkki made sure that gong had the gusto of avant-garde percussion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
"That\u2019s what draws people to New Mexico and the two are combined with gusto at Frontier. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from Latin gustus , past participle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259-(\u02cc)st\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054833",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gustav":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"name of 6 kings of Sweden, the first 4 of the Vasa dynasty: I ( Gustav Eriksson ) 1496":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gu\u0307-\u02ccst\u00e4v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061512"
},
"gustatory":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259s-t\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-",
"\u02c8g\u0259-st\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Extreme gustatory indulgence is also popular at Milkcraft, which has locations in West Hartford Center, Fairfield and, most recently, New Haven. \u2014 Deborah Hornblow, courant.com , 3 July 2019",
"San Diego\u2019s craft beer culture puts itself at a gustatory disadvantage: Many beers made in the county don\u2019t fall under the official guidelines. \u2014 Daniel Wheaton, sandiegouniontribune.com , 6 Oct. 2017",
"There was a coldness to the experience, a sense that all the sous vide\u2013ing and mise en place\u2013ing and tweezering had somehow frozen the joy, the gustatory pleasure, the hot, messy act of cooking. \u2014 Julia Kramer, Bon Appetit , 8 June 2017",
"Behind her in the assembly line, a potbellied man in his late 30s peppers her with the gustatory queries that pass for small talk in south India. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 24 Sep. 2016",
"Who knows how many dodos were killed to satisfy gustatory curiosity",
"My gustatory goal for the weekend was to visit the two best barbecue joints in Dallas. \u2014 Andy Staples, SI.com , 30 June 2017",
"There was a coldness to the experience, a sense that all the sous vide\u2013ing and mise en place\u2013ing and tweezering had somehow frozen the joy, the gustatory pleasure, the hot, messy act of cooking. \u2014 Julia Kramer, Bon Appetit , 8 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135701"
},
"gust tunnel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an enclosed space within which a jet of air is made to impinge upon an airplane model in free flight for investigating the effects of atmospheric gusts upon the flight of airplanes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212841"
},
"gustoso":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": with taste":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u00fc\u02c8st\u014d(\u02cc)s\u014d",
")z\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, adjective, tasteful, from gusto taste, from Latin gustus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222652"
}
}