See grubby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English dialectal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Any species of Cottus; a sculpin."
],
"links": [
[
"species",
"species"
],
[
"Cottus",
"Cottus"
],
[
"sculpin",
"sculpin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, dialect) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹʌbi/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grubby.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grubby.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grubby.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grubby.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹʊbi/",
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbi"
}
],
"word": "grubby"
}
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