"play gooseberry" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "play gooseberry (third-person singular simple present plays gooseberry, present participle playing gooseberry, simple past and past participle played gooseberry)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Terms with German translations",
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        {
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        {
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          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Walloon translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “In the Park”, in Anne of the Island:",
          "text": "\"Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_gooseberry-en-verb-gLJbRWpr",
      "links": [
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ],
        [
          "lover",
          "lover"
        ],
        [
          "chaperon",
          "chaperon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, UK slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "third wheel"
        },
        {
          "word": "two's company, three's a crowd"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "do gooseberry"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "olla kolmas pyörä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "tenir la chandelle"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "den Anstandswauwau spielen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "note": "κρατώ το φανάρι (krató to fanári, literally “to hold the lamp”)",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "być piątym kołem u wozu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "segurar vela"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
          "word": "tini l' tchandele"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play gooseberry"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played gooseberry",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play gooseberry (third-person singular simple present plays gooseberry, present participle playing gooseberry, simple past and past participle played gooseberry)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "third wheel"
    },
    {
      "word": "two's company, three's a crowd"
    }
  ],
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Walloon translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “In the Park”, in Anne of the Island:",
          "text": "\"Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "accompany",
          "accompany"
        ],
        [
          "lover",
          "lover"
        ],
        [
          "chaperon",
          "chaperon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, UK slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do gooseberry"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "olla kolmas pyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "tenir la chandelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "den Anstandswauwau spielen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "κρατώ το φανάρι (krató to fanári, literally “to hold the lamp”)",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "być piątym kołem u wozu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "segurar vela"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to serve as a chaperon",
      "word": "tini l' tchandele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play gooseberry"
}