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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To drop something heavily or with a dull sound."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/flʌmp/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flump.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flump.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flump.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flump.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-flump.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmp"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "tupvam",
"sense": "to move or fall heavily",
"word": "тупвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "stropoljavam se",
"sense": "to move or fall heavily",
"word": "строполявам се"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to move or fall heavily",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"perfective"
],
"word": "bęcnąć"
}
],
"word": "flump"
}
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