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"Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈklɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cling.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cling.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cling.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "cling"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": za vs. cepljátʹsja",
"path": [
"cling"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cling",
"trace": ""
}
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