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{
"text": "Hey! Quit picking on your brother.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1998, Korn (lyrics and music), “Reclaim my Place”",
"text": "Had no friends, picked on 'cause I was weak",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 22:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
"text": "Deciding that he hasn't had enough action for one day, Captain Evans of the Johnston orders another 180-degree about-face to give gunfire support to the new arrivals, this time picking on the heavy cruiser Tone.",
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"To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass."
],
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"(transitive) To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass."
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "embêter"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "herumhacken auf"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "schikanieren"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "mobben"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hänseln"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "pikkel"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "pioc ar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "aversela"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ijimeru",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "いじめる"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hărțui"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hostigar"
},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "meterse con"
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"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hacer rabiar"
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"text": "The teacher picked on me to answer the question.",
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"To select (a person) for a task, etc."
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"(transitive) To select (a person) for a task, etc."
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"word": "pester"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "pick at"
}
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"word": "pick on"
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},
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"ref": "1998, Korn (lyrics and music), “Reclaim my Place”",
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"ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 22:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
"text": "Deciding that he hasn't had enough action for one day, Captain Evans of the Johnston orders another 180-degree about-face to give gunfire support to the new arrivals, this time picking on the heavy cruiser Tone.",
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"To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass."
],
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"bully"
],
[
"harass",
"harass"
],
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"make fun of",
"make fun of"
],
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"victim",
"victim"
],
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"bother",
"bother"
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"(transitive) To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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},
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"text": "The teacher picked on me to answer the question.",
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"To select (a person) for a task, etc."
],
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"select",
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"(transitive) To select (a person) for a task, etc."
],
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]
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "pester"
},
{
"word": "pick at"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "embêter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "herumhacken auf"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "schikanieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "mobben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hänseln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "pikkel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "pioc ar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "aversela"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ijimeru",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "いじめる"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hărțui"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hostigar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "meterse con"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bully, bother, or harass",
"word": "hacer rabiar"
}
],
"word": "pick on"
}
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