See hob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hog-rubber"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "honyock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "hunk"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "lob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"word": "provincial"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "redneck"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "rube"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"word": "rustic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "woolly back"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:country bumpkin",
"word": "yokel"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "hŏb",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɑb/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "hŏb",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɒb/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 hob.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/EN-AU_ck1_hob.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_hob.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/EN-AU_ck1_hob.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒb"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "hostile",
"sense": "supernatural creature",
"word": "goblin"
}
],
"word": "hob"
}
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