See mojo on Wiktionary
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"A magic spell or hex."
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"(countable) A magic spell or hex."
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"ref": "1991 July/August, Shelby Foote, “When Robert Johnson Sings”, in American Heritage, volume 42, number 4:",
"text": "A doney, for instance, is a woman of worse than doubtful morals, and a nation sack is a cloth pouch worn on a string around the neck for holding mojos and small change.",
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"(countable) An object (such as a charm or amulet) used to cast magic spells, especially in hoodoo."
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"(uncountable) Spellcraft, hoodoo."
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"ref": "2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times:",
"text": "I haven’t seen much mojo in the state Legislature for that or any other major intervention, though. Hey, lawmakers, you should check out the test scores for your own school districts. It might be yours are needing some help, too, maybe even more so than Seattle.",
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"Supernatural skill; exceptional luck, success, or power."
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"(informal) Supernatural skill; exceptional luck, success, or power."
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"_dis1": "4 2 2 87 1 1 1 2",
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"sense": "supernatural skill or luck",
"word": "varázserő"
},
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"word": "bűverő"
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"Personal magnetism; charm."
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"(slang) Personal magnetism; charm."
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"word": "vonzerő"
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"text": "Look at the way the chicks are checking out Daniel on the dancefloor. He's still got plenty of mojo.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "After the pandemic closed down the discos, I stopped socializing and have lost my mojo.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Sex appeal; sex drive."
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"(slang) Sex appeal; sex drive."
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"An illegal drug, especially morphine or other narcotics."
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"(slang) An illegal drug, especially morphine or other narcotics."
],
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{
"word": "recreational drug"
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"word": "kábítószer"
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"A telecopier; a fax machine."
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"(slang, usually with \"wire\") A telecopier; a fax machine."
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"ipa": "/ˈmoʊd͡ʒoʊ/",
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"word": "varázslat"
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"ref": "2021 November 8, Tejal Rao, “Sidesgiving”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "I know I want one more satisfying starch, and I’m debating between Yewande Komolafe’s plantains with beans and Von Diaz’s yuca coated in a warm, garlicky mojo.",
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"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "mojo",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"mo‧jo"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"word": "mojar"
}
],
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"first-person singular present indicative of mojar"
],
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[
"mojar",
"mojar#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmoxo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmo.xo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oxo"
}
],
"word": "mojo"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Venetan entries with incorrect language header",
"Venetan lemmas",
"Venetan terms with redundant head parameter"
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{
"form": "moja",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "moji",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "moje",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"2": "adjective",
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"5": "masculine plural",
"6": "moji",
"7": "feminine plural",
"8": "moje",
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"f2accel-form": "m|p",
"f3accel-form": "f|p",
"head": "mojo"
},
"expansion": "mojo (feminine singular moja, masculine plural moji, feminine plural moje)",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "moj"
},
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"name": "vec-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Venetan",
"lang_code": "vec",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "mojar"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"wet"
],
"links": [
[
"wet",
"wet"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"soaked"
],
"links": [
[
"soaked",
"soaked"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mójo"
}
],
"word": "mojo"
}
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"msg": "unrecognized head form: (please verify)",
"path": [
"mojo"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "mojo",
"trace": ""
}
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