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"etymology_text": "From ghost + -ing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "ghosting",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ghost"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of ghost"
],
"links": [
[
"ghost",
"ghost#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
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{
"audio": "En-au-ghosting.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-au-ghosting.ogg/En-au-ghosting.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-au-ghosting.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊstɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "ghosting"
}
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