See tumbleweed on Wiktionary
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"(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds."
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"ref": "2000 January 21, Plsntgrn, “Re: SOAR Budget (A Long Guestimate)”, in alt.music.progressive:",
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"ref": "2005, Trevor Wright, How to Be a Brilliant English Teacher, →ISBN, page 68:",
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"(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds."
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"alt": "ḥašīša(t) mutadaḥrija",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَشِيشَة مُتَدَحْرِجَة"
},
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qamğaq",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "ҡамғаҡ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pjerakací-pólje",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перакаці́-по́ле"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estepicursor"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "風滾草"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "fēnggǔncǎo",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "风滚草"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vindheks"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "tuimelkruid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stepperoller"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "tuvomarč",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "тувомарч"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "rultigaro"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "arokierijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "aavikkokierijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "maakieriäinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virevoltant"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "burbura",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "ბურბურა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steppenläufer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bodenläufer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steppenroller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bodenroller"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "ördögszekér"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veltiviður"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom rothlaim"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rotolacampo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tamburuwīdo",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "タンブルウィード"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "barvantsg",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "барванцг"
},
{
"alt": "回轉草",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hoejeoncho",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "회전초"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "qammaq",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "къаммакъ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "druskė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetrogán",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ветрога́н"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "chʼil awoshí"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "chʼil deeníní"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "tłʼohdeii naayizí"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "kambak",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"word": "камбак"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "markløper"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biegacz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bola de feno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salsola"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perekatí-póle",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перекати́-по́ле"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estepicursor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "planta rodadora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "marklöpare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stäpplöpare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perekotýpóle",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перекоти́по́ле"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "plant which breaks loose and is driven by the wind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwyn treigl"
}
],
"word": "tumbleweed"
}
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