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"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cha-cha-cha"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cha-cha-cha"
],
"word": "cha-cha"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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