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"word": "honk off"
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"text": "They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk.",
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"To use a car horn."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn."
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"code": "acw",
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"roman": "ṭawwaṭ",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "طَوَّط"
},
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"sense": "to use a car horn",
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"word": "زمّر"
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"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "嘟嘟響"
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"roman": "dūdū xiǎng",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "嘟嘟响"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "hupi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "töötätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "soittaa torvea"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "klaxonner"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "hupen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "tuten"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kornáro",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "κορνάρω"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tzafár",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "צָפַר"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "dudál"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "suonare il clacson"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "clacsonare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "なく"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongjeogeul ullida",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "경적을 울리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "čagnaaldax",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "чагнаалдах"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "tute"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "trąbić"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "buzinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "claxona"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gudétʹ",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "гуде́ть"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signálitʹ",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "сигна́лить"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bibíkatʹ",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "биби́кать"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "pitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "tocar la bocina"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "tocar el claxon"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 9 0 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "dar un bocinazo"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "tuta"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "signalera"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to use a car horn",
"word": "bóp còi"
}
]
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"To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn."
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"(intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn."
],
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"glosses": [
"To make the vocal sound of a goose."
],
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],
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"(intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose."
],
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qañğıldaw",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "ҡаңғылдау"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krjakam",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "крякам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "cuclejar"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "toitottaa"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "cacarder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 32 68 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "schnattern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 32 68 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "gágog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 32 68 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "starnazzare"
},
{
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"alt": "なく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naku",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "鳴く"
},
{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "gakke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 32 68 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "gęgać"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 32 68 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "grasnar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gogotátʹ",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "гогота́ть"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to honk like a goose",
"word": "clegar"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1992, Wayne's World (film)",
"text": "WAYNE: Phil, what are you doing here? You're partied out, man. Again.\nGARTH: What if he honks in the car?",
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}
],
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"To vomit."
],
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"(slang, intransitive) To vomit."
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"To have a bad smell."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To have a bad smell."
],
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"word": "stink"
},
{
"word": "pong"
}
],
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"slang"
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{
"text": "She honked my titties.",
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"glosses": [
"To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose."
],
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[
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[
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],
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"(informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose."
],
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"informal"
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}
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"ipa": "/hɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/hɑŋk/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋk"
},
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"ref": "1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States:Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 424",
"text": "The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional \"wash-out\" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "signal na kllakson",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"masculine"
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"word": "сигнал на кллаксон"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "嘟嘟響"
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"roman": "dūdū xiǎng",
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"word": "嘟嘟响"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "嘟嘟聲"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
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"roman": "dūdū shēng",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "嘟嘟声"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "tööttäys"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"masculine"
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"word": "klaxon"
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"roman": "jandangiin duu",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "яндангийн дуу"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "buzina"
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{
"_dis1": "89 5 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gudók",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "гудо́к"
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "89 5 5",
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"neuter"
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{
"_dis1": "89 5 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "pugak"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 5 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "tiếng còi xe"
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]
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "toitotus"
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"_dis1": "2 95 3",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "gack"
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{
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "gakk"
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"_dis1": "2 95 3",
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "rapp"
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
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"roman": "ga-ga-gá",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "га-га-га́"
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "ràc"
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"sense": "the cry of a goose",
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"(slang) A bad smell."
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{
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"word": "buzina"
},
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"roman": "gudók",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"tags": [
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"word": "гудо́к"
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"word": "сигна́л"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
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"word": "tut"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "pugak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the sound produced by a typical car horn",
"word": "tiếng còi xe"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krjakane",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "крякане"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nyec"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "toitotus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "cacardement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "gack"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "gá"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "gakk"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "rapp"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grasno"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ga-ga-gá",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "га-га-га́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "ràc"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"word": "kakak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the cry of a goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clegar"
}
],
"word": "honk"
}
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"Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself."
]
}
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{
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɑŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-honk.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pibib",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "պիբիբ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "би"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bip",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "бип"
}
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"word": "honk-shoo"
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