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"ipa": "/ˈkæti/"
},
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"ipa": "[ˈkʰæɾi]",
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},
{
"homophone": "caddie (Flapping)"
},
{
"homophone": "caddy (Flapping)"
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"sense": "spiteful",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "bitchy"
},
{
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "cattish"
},
{
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "malicious"
},
{
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "nasty"
},
{
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "snide"
},
{
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "spiteful"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zloben",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "злобен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "zlomyslný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "škodolibý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "nepříjemný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "sladrende"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "kattig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "ilkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "rosse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "rosserie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "méchant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "zickig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "boshaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "gehässig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "stutenbissig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "sunyi"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "alattomos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "rosszindulatú"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "malizioso"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "spydig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlóbnyj",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "зло́бный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ozlóblennyj",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "озло́бленный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloj",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "злой"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "malicioso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spiteful",
"word": "spydig"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resembling or characteristic of a cat",
"word": "kočičí"
}
],
"word": "catty"
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"ref": "1699, Captain William Dampier, A new voyage round the world, Volume 1:",
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"ref": "1847, Robert Montgomery Martin, China; Political, Commercial, and Social, volume 2, James Madden, page 124:",
"text": "Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Huaiyin Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 94:",
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{
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{
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"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "جینگ"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gan¹",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "斤"
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"code": "hak",
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"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
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"roman": "jīn",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "斤"
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"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "¹cin",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "斤"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
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"word": "kati"
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"roman": "kin",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "斤"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geun",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "근"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "kati"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kátti",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ка́тти"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "czinʹ",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цзинь"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "maa yon",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "มายน"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "jing",
"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "جىڭ"
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"alt": "斤",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "a unit of weight in China",
"word": "cân"
}
],
"word": "catty"
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{
"word": "catty-corner"
},
{
"word": "catty-cornered"
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"word": "catty-mount"
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"ref": "2009, Sheldon Arensen, The Carjackers, page 43:",
"text": "“Give me your slingshot, and I'll let you have it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.",
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{
"ref": "2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared:",
"text": "You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.",
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