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3 APIs with this tag
Urban Dictionary API
Urban Dictionary as an API — the crowd-sourced dictionary of slang, internet terms, memes, abbreviations and pop-culture expressions. Where a formal dictionary stops, Urban Dictionary explains the words people actually use online and in conversation: youth slang, gaming and meme vocabulary, acronyms, regional expressions and the ever-changing language of the internet. This API wraps the official Urban Dictionary service into a clean JSON interface. /v1/define?term=yeet returns the community definitions for a slang term, each with a real usage example, the contributing author, the up- and down-vote counts and a computed net score, sorted best-first so the most upvoted meaning comes first (or pass defid to fetch one specific definition by its id). /v1/random returns a batch of random definitions — perfect for a slang word-of-the-day, discovery features or fun. /v1/autocomplete?term=ye returns term suggestions as the user types, each with a short preview, for building search-as-you-type experiences. Ideal for chat and social apps decoding slang, language-learning and culture tools, moderation context, trivia and entertainment bots, and word-of-the-day widgets. Definitions are user-submitted and, by the nature of the source, may contain strong or NSFW language. Data from Urban Dictionary. For formal definitions, pronunciation and etymology, pair this with a standard dictionary API.
api.oanor.com/urbandict-api
Dictionary API
Look up English word definitions with phonetic transcriptions, pronunciation audio, parts of speech and example sentences, plus synonyms and antonyms. Ideal for writing tools, word games, language learning and education apps. Experimental support for 11 more languages.
api.oanor.com/dictionary-api
Instant Answer API
Get instant knowledge answers — definitions, abstracts, entity facts and related topics — plus search autocomplete suggestions, powered by DuckDuckGo. Ideal for knowledge panels, "did you mean" boxes and query suggestions.
api.oanor.com/answer-api