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"expansion": "jig + saw",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "jig + saw",
"forms": [
{
"form": "jigsaws",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "jigsawing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "jigsawed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "jigsawed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "jigsawn",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past_ptc2": "jigsawn"
},
"expansion": "jigsaw (third-person singular simple present jigsaws, present participle jigsawing, simple past jigsawed, past participle jigsawed or jigsawn)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "reciprocating saw"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cut something using a jigsaw."
],
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cut something using a jigsaw."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɪɡsɔː/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jigsaw.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jigsaw.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jigsaw.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jigsaw.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jigsaw.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"jigsaw"
],
"word": "jigsaw"
}
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