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"; (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo."
],
"links": [
[
"GAA",
"GAA#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hmɒn/",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɒn/",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[m̥ɑn]",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "'hon"
},
{
"word": "h'on"
}
],
"word": "hon"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English endearing terms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms of address"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"forms": [
{
"form": "hons",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hon (plural hons)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Indian gold coin",
"word": "hoon"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”)"
],
"links": [
[
"hoon",
"hoon#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hon"
}
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