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"ref": "2009 May 27, Ruth La Ferla, “To Dress for Success, You Must Trust His Eye”, in The New York Times",
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"glosses": [
"To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, transitive) To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blitz"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ʒʊʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʒʊʒ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊʃ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊʒ"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jush"
},
{
"word": "tszuj"
},
{
"word": "zhush"
},
{
"word": "zhuzh"
},
{
"word": "zhoozh"
}
],
"word": "zhoosh"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English onomatopoeias",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ʊʃ",
"Rhymes:English/ʊʃ/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ʊʒ",
"Rhymes:English/ʊʒ/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Onomatopoeic",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a blender.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zhooshes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "zhoosh (plural zhooshes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʒʊʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʒʊʒ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊʃ"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊʒ"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zhoosh.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-zhoosh.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-zhoosh.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jush"
},
{
"word": "tszuj"
},
{
"word": "zhush"
},
{
"word": "zhuzh"
},
{
"word": "zhoozh"
}
],
"word": "zhoosh"
}
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