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"ref": "1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood: His Odyssy, chapter XXV",
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"ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 162",
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"(literal) Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking."
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"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
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"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
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"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "hallgatag"
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"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "reticente"
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"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
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"ref": "1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood: His Odyssy, chapter XXV",
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},
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"ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 162",
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"(literal) Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking."
]
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"ref": "2022 May 4, “Network News: RAIB looking into emergency brake application of train at Peterborough”, in RAIL, number 956, page 12",
"text": "The open access operator has remained tight-lipped over what may have caused the driver to suddenly apply the brake, but stressed that safety was its priority.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Unwilling to divulge information."
],
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"(idiomatic) Unwilling to divulge information."
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "closemouthed"
},
{
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "discreet"
},
{
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "secretive"
},
{
"word": "tightlipped"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎlčaliv",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "мълчалив"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "schmallippig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "szűkszavú"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "szófukar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "hallgatag"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "reticente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unwilling to divulge information",
"word": "nulladicente"
}
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"word": "tight-lipped"
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