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"word": "chick flick"
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"word": "horror flick"
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"word": "kiddie flick"
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"word": "skin flick"
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"word": "slasher flick"
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"text": "He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.",
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},
{
"text": "She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.",
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},
{
"ref": "2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC",
"text": "On this occasion it was Nolan's deft flick that fooled West Ham's sleepy defenders Danny Gabbidon and Tomkins. The ball found its way to Best, who smashed in with confidence from the edge of the area.",
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"A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip."
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"english": "of the finger",
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"roman": "pervane",
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
"word": "лек удар"
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"roman": "zámav",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "за́мав"
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"word": "перну́вање"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
"word": "whiunga"
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{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "talangor",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
"word": "تلنگر"
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{
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"masculine"
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"word": "piparote"
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"roman": "ryvók",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "рыво́к"
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"word": "толчо́к"
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"alt": "ре́зкое",
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"roman": "dvižénije",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "движе́ние"
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"roman": "ljóxkij udár",
"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "лёгкий уда́р"
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"text": "My all-time favorite flick is \"Gone with the Wind.\"",
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},
{
"text": "Want to go to the flicks tonight?",
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}
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"A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by \"the\") movie theater, cinema."
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"film",
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"(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by \"the\") movie theater, cinema."
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"A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target."
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[
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[
"whip",
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[
"foible",
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[
"blade",
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"(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target."
],
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"fencing",
"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a cut that lands with the point (fencing)",
"word": "flikki"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a cut that lands with the point (fencing)",
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]
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"ref": "2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.",
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}
],
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"A powerful underarm volley shot."
],
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"(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot."
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"glosses": [
"The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"word": "näpäys"
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"word": "pyyhkäisy"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pichenette"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 8 9 6 47 9 12 7",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "chiquenaude"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "schnipsen"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"word": "šolkka"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 9 6 47 9 12 7",
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"word": "šolkkuna"
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"_dis1": "1 8 9 6 47 9 12 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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],
"word": "buffetto"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 9 6 47 9 12 7",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "talitrum"
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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{
"text": "a flick of bacon",
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"A flitch."
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"A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second"
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"ref": "1920, H. C. McNeile, Bulldog Drummond",
"text": "'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'",
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"A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address."
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"(dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address."
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"word": "flick off"
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"text": "flick one's hair",
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{
"text": "to flick the dirt from boots",
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{
"ref": "2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time",
"text": "Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.",
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{
"ref": "1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour",
"text": "the Queen, flicking the snuff off her sleeve[…]",
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"To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion."
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"roman": "pervam",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "первам"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "näpäyttää"
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "défiler"
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"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "sacudir"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pöcköl"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "fricskáz"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pöccint"
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"roman": "hajiku",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "弾く"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "prídviži",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "при́движи"
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"roman": "zámavne",
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"word": "за́мавне"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "whiu"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "with the finger",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "koropana"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "toropana"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "taiperepere"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "sacudir"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to shake",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trjaxnútʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "тряхну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strjáxivatʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"tags": [
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"word": "стря́хивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "e.g. dust, ash",
"roman": "strjaxnútʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"tags": [
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"word": "стряхну́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smáxivatʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сма́хивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "e.g. dust, dirt",
"roman": "smaxnútʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"tags": [
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"word": "смахну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "sacudir"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "snärta"
}
]
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"ref": "1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone",
"text": "They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly."
],
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"text": "a flick of bacon",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "a short, quick movement",
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"neuter"
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a cut that lands with the point (fencing)",
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"sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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"neuter"
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"code": "fi",
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"feminine"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"feminine"
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"code": "izh",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
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"text": "to flick the dirt from boots",
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"ref": "2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time",
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"ref": "1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "первам"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "näpäyttää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "défiler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "sacudir"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pöcköl"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "fricskáz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "pöccint"
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "弾く"
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "за́мавне"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "whiu"
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"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "sacudir"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "trjaxnútʹ",
"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "strjaxnútʹ",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "сма́хивать"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "smaxnútʹ",
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"usually"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "sacudir"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
"word": "snärta"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.