"get a word in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a word in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a word in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a word in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a word in",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a word in",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> a word in"
      },
      "expansion": "get a word in (third-person singular simple present gets a word in, present participle getting a word in, simple past got a word in, past participle (UK) got a word in or (US) gotten a word in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "get a word in edgewise"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain, spoken by Randall Malone (David Harbour):",
          "text": "Don't know. Even if I wanted to know, couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_a_word_in-en-verb-SM9P51oz",
      "links": [
        [
          "get a word in edgewise",
          "get a word in edgewise#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, usually in the negative) Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "usually",
        "with-negation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a word in"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a word in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a word in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a word in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a word in",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a word in",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> a word in"
      },
      "expansion": "get a word in (third-person singular simple present gets a word in, present participle getting a word in, simple past got a word in, past participle (UK) got a word in or (US) gotten a word in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "get a word in edgewise"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English ellipses",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain, spoken by Randall Malone (David Harbour):",
          "text": "Don't know. Even if I wanted to know, couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get a word in edgewise",
          "get a word in edgewise#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, usually in the negative) Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "usually",
        "with-negation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a word in"
}