See perv on Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/pɜːv/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝv/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perv.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg/En-au-perv.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-perv.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "sèmímí de kàn",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "色迷迷地看"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "stare at others in a perverted manner",
"word": "pervoilla"
}
],
"word": "perv"
}
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