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"(intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking."
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"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen"
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"word": "бессвязно говори́ть"
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"lang_code": "cs",
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"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"word": "sputteroida"
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"word": "pulvériser"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "prăskam sljunki",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "пръскам слюнки"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "pärskytellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "postillonner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "spucken"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "ānu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "brýzgatʹ",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "бры́згать слюной"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking",
"word": "farfullar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "sopertaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "sössöttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "mit feuchter Aussprache sprechen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bessvjazno",
"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "бессвязно говори́ть"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"lang_code": "tyz",
"sense": "to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly",
"word": "bắc bử"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "razprašvam",
"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"word": "разпрашвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"tags": [
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"word": "rozprašovat"
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"code": "cs",
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"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odprašovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"word": "sputteroida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions",
"word": "pulvériser"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
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"word": "naprašovat"
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"sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
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"word": "sputteroida"
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
"word": "pölyttää"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
"word": "revêtir, métalliser"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "napyljatʹ",
"sense": "to coat the surface of an object by sputtering",
"word": "напылять"
}
],
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}
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