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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hapka",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
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],
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "輕咬"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngyǎo",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "轻咬"
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "mordeto"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "näykkäisy"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
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"word": "chancho"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petisco"
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tanisco"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trabadela"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chantada"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsimpológima",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τσιμπολόγημα"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "falat"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boccone"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morso"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morsetto"
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{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bocconcino"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "as a fish at bait",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "tongi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "mordisco"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "beliscada"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a small, quick bite taken with the front teeth",
"word": "dişleme"
}
]
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"(in the plural, nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks."
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "small snacks",
"word": "timutimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎochī",
"sense": "small snacks",
"word": "小吃"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small snacks",
"word": "naksut"
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "small snacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petisco"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mezédes",
"sense": "small snacks",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "μεζέδες"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mezedákia",
"sense": "small snacks",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "μεζεδάκια"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small snacks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stuzzichino"
}
]
}
],
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},
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"rhymes": "-ɪbəl"
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"text": "The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.",
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},
{
"text": "The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.",
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"ref": "2014 November 2, Alex James, “The day I came face-to-face with a tiger”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Giant parrots nibbled seed from the children's fingertips and my sister peeled a couple of satsumas for the lemurs.",
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"ref": "1911, Rudyard Kipling, Big Steamers",
"text": "For the bread that you eat and the biscuits you nibble, / The sweets that you suck and the joints that you carve, / They are brought to you daily by all us Big Steamers-- / And if anyone hinders our coming you'll starve!",
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"To eat with small, quick bites."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites."
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"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krcel",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "կրծել"
},
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"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "bcl",
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"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "timutimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "griza",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "гриза"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "othapvam",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "отхапвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "一點一點地吃"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīdiǎn yīdiǎn de chī",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "一点一点地吃"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "okusovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ohlodávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "hlodat"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knabbelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "näykkiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "grignoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "beliscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "petiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "amosegar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comichar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knabbern"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peritrógo",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "περιτρώγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "rokanízo",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ροκανίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsimpologó",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "τσιμπολογώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khnaúō",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "χναύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "majszol"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"note": "of horses",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "tahmia"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "rosicchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordicchiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "rosicare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teh",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ទែះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"note": "of birds and fish",
"roman": "cək",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ចឹក"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑkee",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "កកេរ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knibināt"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ʔiʔɬəd"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "kōhonihoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "kai whakapītaitai"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "merex",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "мэрэх"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gryztʹ",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "грызть"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "criom"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordisquear"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "picotear"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comiscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knapra"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "dişlemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "nhấm nháp"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 6 6 9 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "nhâm nhi"
}
]
},
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"text": "He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.",
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"To bite lightly."
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"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "輕咬"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngyǎo",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "轻咬"
},
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"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "näykkäistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "amordicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 85 1 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordicchiare"
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"(transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites."
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"type": "example"
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"To bite lightly."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To bite lightly."
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"ref": "2011 May 11, Ann Carrns, “Prepaid Cards Subject Jobless to Host of Fees”, in The New York Times",
"text": "A report out this week from the National Consumer Law Center lays out a host of ways in which banks nibble away at jobless benefits with fees the center called “junk.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To consume gradually."
],
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"away",
"away#English"
],
[
"at",
"at#English"
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"gradually",
"gradually"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, especially intransitive with away at) To consume gradually."
],
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"with away at"
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"figuratively",
"intransitive"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"To find fault; to cavil."
],
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"find fault"
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"cavil"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to follow contours in the ground with its wheels”)"
],
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],
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"extra": "of a vehicle: to follow contours in the ground with its wheels",
"tags": [
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"synonym-of"
],
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}
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈnɪbəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪbəl"
},
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"sense": "eat delicately",
"word": "piddle"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krcel",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "կրծել"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "timutimo"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "griza",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "гриза"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "othapvam",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "отхапвам"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "一點一點地吃"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīdiǎn yīdiǎn de chī",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "一点一点地吃"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "okusovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ohlodávat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "hlodat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knabbelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordeti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "näykkiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "grignoter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "beliscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "petiscar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "amosegar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comichar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knabbern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peritrógo",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "περιτρώγω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "rokanízo",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ροκανίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsimpologó",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "τσιμπολογώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khnaúō",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "χναύω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "majszol"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"note": "of horses",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "tahmia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "rosicchiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordicchiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "rosicare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teh",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ទែះ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"note": "of birds and fish",
"roman": "cək",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ចឹក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑkee",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "កកេរ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knibināt"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "ʔiʔɬəd"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "kōhonihoni"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "kai whakapītaitai"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "merex",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "мэрэх"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordiscar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comiscar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gryztʹ",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "грызть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "criom"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "mordisquear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "picotear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "comiscar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "knapra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "dişlemek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "nhấm nháp"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to eat with small bites",
"word": "nhâm nhi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "輕咬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngyǎo",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "轻咬"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordeti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "näykkäistä"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "amordicar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordicchiare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "amagami suru",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "甘噛みする"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordiscar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bite lightly",
"word": "mordisquear"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
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},
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
"word": "puolitavu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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},
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
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"word": "tétrade"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
"word": "Nibble"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
"word": "ニブル"
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"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits",
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"code": "sv",
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