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669 lines
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{
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"wad":{
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"antonyms":[
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"agglomerate",
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"ball",
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"roll",
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"round"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a considerable amount (as of money)":[],
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": a felt or paper disk used to separate the components of a shotgun cartridge":[],
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": a roll of paper money":[],
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": a small mass of a chewing substance":[
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"a wad of gum"
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],
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": a small mass, bundle, or tuft: such as":[],
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": a soft mass especially of a loose fibrous material variously used (as to stop an aperture, pad a garment, or hold grease around an axle)":[],
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": a soft plug used to retain a powder charge or to avoid windage especially in a muzzle-loading gun":[],
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": money":[],
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": to hold in by a wad":[
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"wad a bullet in a gun"
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],
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": to insert a wad into":[
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"wad a gun"
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],
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": to stuff or line with some soft substance":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He spent a wad on clothes.",
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"a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics",
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"Verb",
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"disgusted, she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Following an averaging strategy often is more prudent than putting a wad of cash to work all at once. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
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"Something small but budding, like a wad of paper uncrumpling, sullenly radiant and monochrome\u2014like a sequence out of a silent film. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"From a wad of cash to a black panther etc., these handbags are usually made out to resemble everyday objects. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Inside was a bulging wad of photocopies and pages torn from magazines and newspapers \u2014 book lists of every kind. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"Some think he must be loaded with money, a wad of cash. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022",
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"On Thursday, April 21, a man dressed in a maintenance uniform stole a wad of cash and checks from the lobby of the Metropolitan Republican Club while Manhattan politicos rubbed elbows during a speech McCloskey delivered in another room. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Even if a resort promotes a no-tipping policy, a savvy traveler will still take a wad of dollar bills. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Some patrons grabbed a wad of bills out of their wallets to tip her. \u2014 Miho Inada, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"15th century, 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 wadde , from Medieval Latin wadda":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114518",
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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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"wadding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a soft mass or sheet of short loose fibers used for stuffing or padding":[],
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": wads or material for making wads":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the last step is to fill the pillow with wadding and stitch it closed",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The kit comes with everything your astronaut friend needs, except for engines and recovery wadding . \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"However, even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"In Hexum\u2019s case, for instance, the wadding used to hold the gunpowder in place shot out and the impact fractured his skull, sending bone fragments into his brain. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"Dummy bullets had been replaced with cardboard wadding , but a portion from one of the dummy bullets had broken off and remained in the gun. \u2014 Melissa Mahtani, CNN , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"Even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"Even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"However, even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 23 Oct. 2021",
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"Even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 23 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4d-i\u014b",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-di\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fill",
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"filler",
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"filling",
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"padding",
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"stuffing"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164004",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"waddle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an awkward clumsy swaying gait":[],
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": to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle":[],
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": to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"He waddled down the hallway.",
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"A fat goose waddled across the yard.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Then came the coaching staff as the last to waddle off, the 2021-22 season officially brought to an unspectacular close at 7:19 p.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
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"In Tepetit\u00e1n, a community of a couple thousand people where chickens often waddle around freely and fishermen dock their boats in a river running through town, residents say that the president has not forgotten them. \u2014 Leila Millerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"The penguin jump-a-roo, along with the rest of her physical therapy, helped Rosie go from a penguin who couldn't walk independently to a social bird that likes to waddle around the aquarium visiting her friends in less than two years. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Serious cyclists in padded shorts and bike shoes waddle through the patio after a long ride, as freelancers on laptops shift from chagaccinos to draft beers. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"The Cincinnati Zoo invites you to waddle with the penguins now through February 18th every Friday \u2013 Sunday. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Looking out toward the ocean, a half dozen miniature tuxedoed creatures emerge from the surf and waddle up the beach, their wings flapping in the air. \u2014 Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"Dungeness crabs and Maine lobsters waddle around in shallow pools reminiscent of the educational touch pools at aquariums. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"These flightless tuxedoed birds waddle across land like infants taking their first steps. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jango likes to walk around with a waddle , letting his thick coat sway back and forth. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"General manager Chris Grier had to appreciate seeing Waddle\u2019s celebratory waddle a week ago and Phillips\u2019 celebratory sack somersault the next. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Rodents missing a functional RORB gene waddle like ducks. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 25 Mar. 2021",
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"This one-step-forward-two-steps-back waddle , however, wasn't confined to the playoffs; the entire season was a string of stop signs after green lights. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 8 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1691, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"frequentative of wade":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"careen",
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"dodder",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"teeter",
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"totter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035114",
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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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"waddy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": club sense 1a":[],
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": cowboy":[],
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": to attack or beat with a waddy":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1790, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) wadi stick, wooden weapon":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-d\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072407",
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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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"wade (in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"to start work on energetically waded deep into the repair project and didn't come out of it until four hours later enthusiastically waded into his science fair project"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-205326",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wade (in ":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"to start work on energetically waded deep into the repair project and didn't come out of it until four hours later enthusiastically waded into his science fair project"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142523",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wading bird":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of an order (Ciconiiformes) of long-legged birds (such as herons, bitterns, storks, and ibises) that wade in water in search of food":[]
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"After consulting a database and taking a close look at the scans, Rohwer officially identified the avian mummy as a male sacred ibis, a type of wading bird distinguished by its black-and-white coloring. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
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"In concert, the band also incorporates uncommon instrumentation, such as a garmoshka (a button accordion), a didgeridoo and the bugay, a cone-shaped drum that makes a deep, resonating sound similar to the mating call of a bittern, or wading bird . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Like a Dave & Busters with wading bird motifs, owner Ginger Flesher-Sonnier\u2019s 12,000-square-foot entertainment village combines cocktails, bar food and the leisurely activity of hurling sharp weapons at round targets. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"The roseate spoonbill, like the flamingo a large, pink wading bird , is more widespread in the state and is not listed as threatened. \u2014 Curt Anderson, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"The roseate spoonbill, like the flamingo a large, pink wading bird , is more widespread in the state and is not listed as threatened. \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"This issue has a charmingly amateurish sketch of a three-legged, mermaid-like creature covered in scales, with the head of a bird topped by flowing locks of hair. \u2014 Matt Alt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
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"Most of the videos are paired with downloadable instructions for related projects \u2014 videos on bird watching and weather stations, for example, are accompanied by a bird watching bingo card and a guide to making your own weather station. \u2014 Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
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"How tough can a bird that weighs about a pound soaking wet be"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171150"
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},
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"wading boot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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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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"wading (gerund of wade ) + boot":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175709"
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},
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"waddie":{
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"noun",
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": cowboy":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-d\u0113"
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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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"Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) wadi stick, wooden weapon":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1790, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175953"
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"wading pool":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a shallow pool of portable or permanent construction used by children for wading":[]
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This fun water toy doubles as a splash pad and wading pool . \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
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"Beaches, pools and splash pads in the Milwaukee area Spend some time at a local pool, wading pool or splash pad. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
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"Here's another splash pad that works well as a shallow wading pool and can transform into a ball pit and toy zone during the winter months. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
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"The indoor waterpark is massive, with family and individual water slides, a lazy river, a water playground, a wave pool and a wading pool and splash pad with spray features for little ones. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
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"The top of the play center has a separate wading pool with a water sprayer and ring toss game, and kids can start the ball roller game from that area, as well. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
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"Yes, each villa has a private wading pool with stunning views. \u2014 Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The new Harrer Pool features a six-lane, 50 meter lap pool; a plunge pool with two water slides; a diving pool; a wading pool area for small children with splash features; a new bathhouse; and concession areas. \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"There's also a children's area, which includes waterslides, a wading pool , and water jets. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180006"
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"wade":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air":[],
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": to move or proceed with difficulty or labor":[
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"wade through the crowd",
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"wade through all the evidence"
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],
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": to set to work or attack with determination or vigor":[
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"\u2014 used with in or into wade into a task"
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],
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": to pass or cross by wading":[],
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": an act of wading":[
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"a wade in the brook"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101d"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"We waded into the ocean.",
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"I jumped off the boat and waded back to shore.",
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"Police waded into the crowd.",
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"We waded through the crowded bus station.",
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"It took several weeks to wade through all the evidence.",
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"We waded our way through the crowd.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Picking out a pool heater can feel like a daunting task because there are so many details to wade through. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
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"Her decision to wade into the primaries did not go unnoticed by the grassroots groups animating the current divide in the state GOP. \u2014 Stephen Groves, ajc , 12 June 2022",
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"Russia\u2019s console game market no longer exists Game companies have recently shown more willingness to publicly wade into some potentially contentious public policy issues. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
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"Chapek\u2019s reluctance to wade into the controversy came in contrast with his predecessor, Bob Iger, who tweeted his opposition to the bill on Feb. 24. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Barnett did not have to wade through demonstrators outside her offices. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
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"Auditors will have to wade through company estimates of write-downs on divestments of Russian assets and joint ventures. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"For instance, the videos show every time a player touched or kicked the ball during a game, which allows parents not to have to wade through the entire game and edit the film themselves. \u2014 Tim Casey, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The year 2022 marks a half-century since the nation's first resort opened, when guests had to wade through waist-high water to get ashore. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The spa channels geothermally heated seawater into pools and, like so many baths in Iceland that cater to tourists, has a wade -up bar. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
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"Above, girls wade through floodwaters on the way to school in Sunamganj on May 23. \u2014 Sarah Ferguson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Search and rescue crews wade through the thicket, scattered with debris and plane parts. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"Residents of Sarasota's Black community of Newtown drove en masse to Lido Beach to swim, walk the shores, and wade in the waters. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"This demonstration introduced wade -ins as another tool of the civil rights movement, and the method would be used on many coastlines after the initial protest. \u2014 Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"He and the reader wade together through a mysterious cosmos that operates by an unseen metaphysics, observing it and learning its rules. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"The pair wade into what makes an entrapment defense work, weigh the FBI agents' role in the argument, and discuss the government's lingering lessons from the Hutaree matter. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"This same machine can also climb a 45-degree grade and wade through 3 feet of water. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English wadan ; akin to Old High German watan to go, wade, Latin vadere to go":"Verb"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"1665, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194345"
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},
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"waddly":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having or suggesting a waddle":[
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"a waddly person",
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"watching the small form \u2026 disappear with its curious waddly walk",
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"\u2014 John Dos Passos"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-d(\u1d4a)l\u0113"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195904"
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},
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"Wadjak man":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an extinct large-headed man of primitive proto-Australoid type known from two Javanese skulls that is often set apart as a species ( Homo wadjakensis ) but is probably a primitive form of modern man ( Homo sapiens ) intermediate between Solo man and the modern Australian natives":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4\u02ccj\u00e4k-",
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"\u02c8w\u00e4\u02ccdy\u00e4k-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Wadjak , locality in Java where the skulls were discovered":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202055"
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},
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"Wade-Giles":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by superscript numbers and consonantal aspiration is indicated by an apostrophe \u2014 compare pinyin":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101d-\u02c8g\u012b(-\u0259)lz",
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"-\u02c8j\u012b(-\u0259)lz"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Thomas F. Wade \u20201895 British diplomat & Herbert A. Giles \u20201935 British sinologist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214905"
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},
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"waddlingly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in a waddling manner":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"waddling (present participle of waddle entry 1 ) + -ly":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225708"
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},
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"wadi":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis : gully , wash":[],
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": a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-d\u0113"
|
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi , or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, chicagotribune.com , 9 Oct. 2020",
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"The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi , or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that. \u2014 Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune , 9 Oct. 2020",
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"Another of Bogaczewicz\u2019s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal. \u2014 Wired , 26 Nov. 2019",
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"Laughter of couples crossing the lawn, sinking into the darkness of the wadi . \u2014 Amos Oz, Harper's magazine , 10 Apr. 2019",
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"But in the late 1800s, the Ottoman Empire began a new settlement at Jerash, mostly on the eastern bank of the wadi , on top of the ancient remains of that half of the city. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 30 May 2018",
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"The spring that filled the Birketein reservoir, where modern residents swim, would have supplied about a quarter of the ancient city, along with water from upstream in the wadi . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 30 May 2018",
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"One geologist, Ernie Berg, noticed that a wadi , or ancient riverbed, took a mysterious turn. \u2014 Stanley Reed, New York Times , 16 June 2018",
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"In northern Jordan, along a wadi once called the Golden River, the ancient city of Jerash sits uneasily alongside its modern namesake. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 30 May 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Arabic w\u0101di":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225949"
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},
|
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"wadeite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral K 2 CaZr(Si0 3 ) 4 consisting of a silicate of potassium, calcium, and zirconium":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u0101\u02ccd\u012bt"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Arthur Wade \u20201951 English geologist + English -ite":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090048"
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},
|
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"waddling":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to walk with short steps swinging the forepart of the body from side to side":[],
|
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": to move clumsily in a manner suggesting a waddle":[],
|
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": an awkward clumsy swaying gait":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-d\u1d4al"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"careen",
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"dodder",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
|
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"teeter",
|
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"totter"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
|
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"He waddled down the hallway.",
|
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"A fat goose waddled across the yard.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Then came the coaching staff as the last to waddle off, the 2021-22 season officially brought to an unspectacular close at 7:19 p.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
|
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"In Tepetit\u00e1n, a community of a couple thousand people where chickens often waddle around freely and fishermen dock their boats in a river running through town, residents say that the president has not forgotten them. \u2014 Leila Millerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"The penguin jump-a-roo, along with the rest of her physical therapy, helped Rosie go from a penguin who couldn't walk independently to a social bird that likes to waddle around the aquarium visiting her friends in less than two years. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Serious cyclists in padded shorts and bike shoes waddle through the patio after a long ride, as freelancers on laptops shift from chagaccinos to draft beers. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
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"The Cincinnati Zoo invites you to waddle with the penguins now through February 18th every Friday \u2013 Sunday. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Looking out toward the ocean, a half dozen miniature tuxedoed creatures emerge from the surf and waddle up the beach, their wings flapping in the air. \u2014 Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Dungeness crabs and Maine lobsters waddle around in shallow pools reminiscent of the educational touch pools at aquariums. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"These flightless tuxedoed birds waddle across land like infants taking their first steps. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Jango likes to walk around with a waddle , letting his thick coat sway back and forth. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"General manager Chris Grier had to appreciate seeing Waddle\u2019s celebratory waddle a week ago and Phillips\u2019 celebratory sack somersault the next. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Rodents missing a functional RORB gene waddle like ducks. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 25 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
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"Some of the physical limitations that make Baby Yoda seem especially infantile, like his waddle of a walk, may not be developmental delays at all. \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
|
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"This one-step-forward-two-steps-back waddle , however, wasn't confined to the playoffs; the entire season was a string of stop signs after green lights. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 8 Aug. 2020"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"frequentative of wade":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1691, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131635"
|
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},
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"wade-giles":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by superscript numbers and consonantal aspiration is indicated by an apostrophe \u2014 compare pinyin":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8w\u0101d-\u02c8g\u012b(-\u0259)lz",
|
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"-\u02c8j\u012b(-\u0259)lz"
|
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],
|
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"Thomas F. Wade \u20201895 British diplomat & Herbert A. Giles \u20201935 British sinologist":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162626"
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},
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"wad hook":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": wormer sense 2":[]
|
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},
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|
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"wad entry 2":""
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185209"
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}
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} |