"mudslinging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mudslingings [plural]
Etymology: From mud + slinging. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mud|slinging}} mud + slinging Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mudslinging (usually uncountable, plural mudslingings)
  1. Casting aspersions with intent to discredit. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: mudsling Related terms: mud fight, throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick Translations (casting aspersions to discredit): loanheitto (Finnish), Schlammschlacht [feminine] (German), λασπολογία (laspología) [feminine] (Greek), sárdobálás (Hungarian), لجنپراکنی (lajan-parâkani) (Persian), injuriamiento [masculine] (Spanish), pajkastning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lajan-parâkani",
          "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
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      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlammschlacht"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "laspología",
      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
      "word": "sárdobálás"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
      "word": "لجنپراکنی"
    },
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      "sense": "casting aspersions to discredit",
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      "word": "injuriamiento"
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      "code": "sv",
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