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"source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A player who snicks the ball." ], "id": "en-snicker-en-noun-tBl6dE4P", "links": [ [ "cricket", "cricket" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball." ], "related": [ { "word": "snicker-snack" } ], "tags": [ "rare" ], "topics": [ "ball-games", "cricket", "games", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈsnɪkɚ/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɪkə(ɹ)" }, { "audio": "en-au-snicker.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/En-au-snicker.ogg/En-au-snicker.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-au-snicker.ogg", "tags": [ "Australia" ], "text": "Audio (AU)" } ], "word": "snicker" }
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