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],
"qualifier": "Ottawa Valley",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Alternative form of creek"
],
"tags": [
"Appalachia",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kɹɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crick.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crick.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "crick"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɪk"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "creak"
},
"expansion": "creak",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See creak.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cricks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "crick (plural cricks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it."
],
"links": [
[
"creak",
"creak"
],
[
"door",
"door"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kɹɪk/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crick.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crick.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-crick.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "crick"
}
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