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"2": "cow",
"3": "lick"
},
"expansion": "cow + lick",
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],
"etymology_text": "cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.",
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{
"form": "cowlicks",
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"plural"
]
}
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"text": "We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks.",
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}
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"An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex."
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{
"word": "calflick"
},
{
"word": "cow-lick"
},
{
"word": "cow lick"
}
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reveixí"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "alimpulo"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "轉"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "转"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "koslik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "weerborstel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remuíño"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Haarwirbel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deisealán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciuffo ribelle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritrosa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ahoge",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "アホ毛"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "atsiitʼáá haʼnootsʼeeʼ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosmyk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redemoinho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "vârtej"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "moț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vixor",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вихор"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "pilos a s'imberta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "чупе́рак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "čuperak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remolino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "koslick"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "puyo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwǎn",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "ขวัญ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "khoáy"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkaʊˌlɪk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkælɪk/",
"tags": [
"US",
"regional"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "(US, regional) -ælɪk"
}
],
"word": "cowlick"
}
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},
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}
],
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{
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"plural"
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}
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"ref": "2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
"text": "We would touch strangers discreetly, feathering down their cowlicks.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex."
],
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],
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"section",
"section"
],
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"hair"
],
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"whorl",
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],
[
"vortex",
"vortex"
]
],
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"word": "calflick"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈkaʊˌlɪk/"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkælɪk/",
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},
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}
],
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"word": "cow-lick"
},
{
"word": "cow lick"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reveixí"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "alimpulo"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "轉"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "转"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "koslik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "weerborstel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remuíño"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Haarwirbel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deisealán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciuffo ribelle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritrosa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ahoge",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "アホ毛"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "atsiitʼáá haʼnootsʼeeʼ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosmyk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redemoinho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vârtej"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "moț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vixor",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вихор"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "pilos a s'imberta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "чупе́рак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "čuperak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remolino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "koslick"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "puyo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwǎn",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "ขวัญ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unruly lock of hair",
"word": "khoáy"
}
],
"word": "cowlick"
}
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