See claptrap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wodolejstwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ambaje"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čepuxá",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чепуха́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"note": "spoken nonsense",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "bljezgarije"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "glupost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"word": "algarabía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"word": "verborrea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"word": "galimatías"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"word": "palabrería"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "empty verbiage or nonsense",
"word": "palavra"
}
],
"word": "claptrap"
}
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