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"sense": "imaginary creature",
"word": "spookbeeld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"word": "menninkäinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"word": "mörkö"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrat"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "bampoúlas",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μπαμπούλας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phóbētron",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φόβητρον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"word": "mumus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "strašílište",
"sense": "imaginary creature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "страши́лиште"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bugbear"
],
"word": "bugbear"
}
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"en:Fear",
"en:Fiction"
],
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"2": "bug",
"3": "bear",
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},
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"name": "af"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "bugge"
},
"expansion": "Middle English bugge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bogey"
},
"expansion": "bogey",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From obsolete meaning of bug (“something terrifying”) + bear. See Middle English bugge, modern bogey.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bugbears",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bugbearing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bugbeared",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bugbeared",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "bugbear (third-person singular simple present bugbears, present participle bugbearing, simple past and past participle bugbeared)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To alarm with idle phantoms."
],
"links": [
[
"alarm",
"alarm"
],
[
"idle",
"idle"
],
[
"phantom",
"phantom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To alarm with idle phantoms."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌɡ.bɛə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌɡ.bɛː(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌɡ.bɛɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bugbear.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bugbear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bugbear.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bugbear.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bugbear.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "ˈbŭg-bâr",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ˈbŭg-bär",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bug-bear"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bugbear"
],
"word": "bugbear"
}
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