"num-num" meaning in All languages combined

See num-num on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: num-nums [plural]
Etymology: Imitative of the sound of eating. Head templates: {{en-noun}} num-num (plural num-nums)
  1. (childish) Tasty food. Tags: childish Translations (tasty food): namnam [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-num-num-en-noun-8TtBpm3K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Swedish translations

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Imitative of the sound of eating.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "num-nums",
      "tags": [
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  ],
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "ref": "2009 June 23, Bruce Hale, Fat Cat of Underwhere, HarperCollins, page 74",
          "text": "She moved off, calling, \"Pussykins? Don't 'oo want some num-nums?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tasty food."
      ],
      "id": "en-num-num-en-noun-8TtBpm3K",
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(childish) Tasty food."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tasty food",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "namnam"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "num-num"
}
{
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "num-nums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 June 23, Bruce Hale, Fat Cat of Underwhere, HarperCollins, page 74",
          "text": "She moved off, calling, \"Pussykins? Don't 'oo want some num-nums?\"",
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      ],
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        "Tasty food."
      ],
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        "(childish) Tasty food."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tasty food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "namnam"
    }
  ],
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}

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