See nip and tuck on Wiktionary
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[
"loose",
"loose"
],
[
"skin",
"skin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(surgery) Minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rhytidectomy"
},
{
"word": "facelift"
}
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences",
"surgery"
]
}
],
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"audio": "En-au-nip and tuck.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-nip_and_tuck.ogg/En-au-nip_and_tuck.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-nip_and_tuck.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nip-and-tuck"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "skin-tightening cosmetic surgery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritidectomia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "skin-tightening cosmetic surgery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritidoplastica"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "skin-tightening cosmetic surgery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lifting"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lífting",
"sense": "skin-tightening cosmetic surgery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ли́фтинг"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtjážka kóži",
"sense": "skin-tightening cosmetic surgery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подтя́жка ко́жи"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"American Whig Review"
],
"word": "nip and tuck"
}
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