"corncob" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/ (note: non-rhotic), /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/ (note: rhotic), /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ [US] Forms: corncobs [plural]
enPR: kôrnʹ-kŏb Etymology: corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|corn|cob}} corn + cob Head templates: {{en-noun}} corncob (plural corncobs)
  1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. Derived forms: corncob engine, corncob pipe Translations (core of an ear of corn): kalli [masculine] (Albanian), koçan [masculine] (Albanian), rrumb [masculine] (Albanian), kacarrum [masculine] (Albanian), misërishte [feminine] (Albanian), كُوز ذُرَة (kūz ḏura) [masculine] (Arabic), كُوز الذُرَة (kūz al-ḏura) [masculine] (Arabic), кочан (kočan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), panotxa (Catalan), kus suk (Catawba), lapakko (Finnish), rafle [feminine] (French), carozo [masculine] (Galician), carolo [masculine] (Galician), cañoto [masculine] (Galician), ტარო (ṭaro) (Georgian), სიმინდის ტარო (simindis ṭaro) (Georgian), Maisspindel [feminine] (German), קֶלַח (qélaẖ) [masculine] (Hebrew), kukoricacső (Hungarian), kukoricacsutka (Hungarian), maískólfur [masculine] (Icelandic), kólfur [masculine] (Icelandic), dias [feminine] (Irish), pannocchia (Italian), tutolo [masculine] (Italian), トウモロコシの芯 (tōmorokoshi no shin) (alt: とうもろこしのしん) (Japanese), បណ្ដូលពោត (bɑndool poot) (Khmer), mũcakwe [class-3] (Kikuyu), кочан (kočan) [masculine] (Macedonian), sponza [feminine] (Neapolitan), maiskolbe [masculine] (Norwegian), kolba kukurydzy [feminine] (Polish), kaczan [masculine] (Polish), sabugo [masculine] (Portuguese), espiga [feminine] (Portuguese), maçaroca [feminine] (Portuguese), q'urunta (Quechua), știulete (Romanian), сте́ржень кукуру́зного поча́тка (stérženʹ kukurúznovo počátka) [masculine] (Russian), кли̑п [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), klȋp [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mazorca [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), olote (Méx.) [masculine] (Spanish), coronta [Chile, feminine] (Spanish), marlo [masculine] (Spanish), panocha [feminine] (Spanish), tusa [feminine] (Spanish), zuro [masculine] (Spanish), majskolv [common-gender] (Swedish), busal (Tagalog), busil (Tagalog), kʼȍʼóna (Taos), ซังข้าวโพด (Thai), koçan (Turkish), mısır koçanı (Turkish), xi'im xikin (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-corncob-en-noun-jIhy3222
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corn-cob, corn cob

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/ (note: non-rhotic), /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/ (note: rhotic), /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ [US] Forms: corncobs [present, singular, third-person], corncobbing [participle, present], corncobbed [participle, past], corncobbed [past]
enPR: kôrnʹ-kŏb Etymology: corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|corn|cob}} corn + cob Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} corncob (third-person singular simple present corncobs, present participle corncobbing, simple past and past participle corncobbed)
  1. (intransitive, of turbines and rotor blades) To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-corncob-en-verb-kqqD3XOm
  2. (transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat. Tags: Internet, US, transitive Categories (lifeform): Maize (crop)
    Sense id: en-corncob-en-verb-6YYdq-~X Disambiguation of Maize (crop): 31 13 56 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 11 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 12 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corn-cob, corn cob

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kolba kukurydzy"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "știulete"
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сте́ржень кукуру́зного поча́тка"
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "кли̑п"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mazorca"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "olote (Méx.)"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "coronta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marlo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "panocha"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tusa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "majskolv"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "busal"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "busil"
        },
        {
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "kʼȍʼóna"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "ซังข้าวโพด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "koçan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "mısır koçanı"
        },
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          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
          "word": "xi'im xikin"
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          "ref": "2017 July 18, Jeremy Gordon, “CNN’s Most Cynical Pundit Got Mercilessly Owned in a Reddit AMA”, in SPIN",
          "text": "Do you enjoy being corncobbed?",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 September 4, Amelia Tait, “The internet dictionary: what does it mean to be corncobbed?”, in The New Statesmen",
          "text": "Trump had lost but was denying that this was the case. He had been corncobbed.",
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          "ref": "2021, Daniel Hill, \"The Big Mad: Missed Connections\", Riverfront Times, 24 March 2021 - 30 March 2021, page 11",
          "text": "Distracted cops, rude asteroids and the corncobbing of Andrew Koenig"
        }
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        "To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat."
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          "Internet",
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          "slang",
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        "(transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔːn.kɒb/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/",
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    },
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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}
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    "English nouns",
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      "word": "corncob pipe"
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          "ref": "1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table”, in The “Breakfast-Table” Series, George Routledge and Sons, published 1882, page 23",
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          "ref": "1922, “Corncob Seen as Source of New Industry”, in Henry Haven Windsor, editor, Popular Mechanics, volume XXXVIII, page 765",
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          "ref": "2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters Street, Random House,, page 32",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kalli"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُوز ذُرَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kūz al-ḏura",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُوز الذُرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kočan",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кочан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "panotxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "chc",
      "lang": "Catawba",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "kus suk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "lapakko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rafle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cañoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭaro",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "ტარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simindis ṭaro",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "სიმინდის ტარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Maisspindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qélaẖ",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קֶלַח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "kukoricacső"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "kukoricacsutka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maískólfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kólfur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dias"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "pannocchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうもろこしのしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōmorokoshi no shin",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "トウモロコシの芯"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑndool poot",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "បណ្ដូលពោត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
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      "word": "mũcakwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kočan",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кочан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sponza"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maiskolbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolba kukurydzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaczan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maçaroca"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "q'urunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "știulete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stérženʹ kukurúznovo počátka",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сте́ржень кукуру́зного поча́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кли̑п"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klȋp"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mazorca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olote (Méx.)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coronta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panocha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "majskolv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "busal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "busil"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "kʼȍʼóna"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "ซังข้าวโพด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "koçan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "mısır koçanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "core of an ear of corn",
      "word": "xi'im xikin"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis"
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        "of turbines and rotor blades"
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          "ref": "2017 July 18, Jeremy Gordon, “CNN’s Most Cynical Pundit Got Mercilessly Owned in a Reddit AMA”, in SPIN",
          "text": "Do you enjoy being corncobbed?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 4, Amelia Tait, “The internet dictionary: what does it mean to be corncobbed?”, in The New Statesmen",
          "text": "Trump had lost but was denying that this was the case. He had been corncobbed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Daniel Hill, \"The Big Mad: Missed Connections\", Riverfront Times, 24 March 2021 - 30 March 2021, page 11",
          "text": "Distracted cops, rude asteroids and the corncobbing of Andrew Koenig"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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        [
          "Internet",
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          "slang"
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        "(transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat."
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        "Internet",
        "US",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔːn.kɒb/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "kôrnʹ-kŏb"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "corn-cob"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn cob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "corncob"
}

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