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"An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut)."
],
"links": [
[
"exploration",
"exploration"
],
[
"Moon",
"Moon"
],
[
"on foot",
"on foot"
],
[
"astronaut",
"astronaut"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide."
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"dance",
"dance"
],
[
"slide",
"slide"
],
[
"backwards",
"backwards"
],
[
"walk",
"walk"
],
[
"forwards",
"forwards"
],
[
"backslide",
"backslide"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide."
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment."
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"dance",
"dance"
],
[
"gravity",
"gravity"
],
[
"environment",
"environment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment."
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmuːnwɔːk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmunwɔk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "exploration",
"word": "kuukävely"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "exploration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "passeggiata lunare"
},
{
"alt": "mišya(t) al-qamari",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مِشْيَة الْقَمَرِ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lusnayin kʿaylvackʿ",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "լուսնային քայլվածք"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "ay gəzişi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lunna pohodka",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лунна походка"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "taai³ hung¹ mou⁵",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "太空舞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuèqiú mànbù",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "月球漫步"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tàikōng mànbù",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "太空漫步"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huábù",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "滑步"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moonwalk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "lunpaŝado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "moonwalk"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moonwalk"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Moonwalk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "moúngouok",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μούνγουοκ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fengaroperpátima",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φεγγαροπερπάτημα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moonwalk"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mūnwōku",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "ムーンウォーク"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mūn'uōku",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "ムーンウオーク"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "munwokeu",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "문워크"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mėnulio eisena"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mūṇvākkŭ",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "മൂൺവാക്ക്"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mun-vâk",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "مونواک"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúnnaja poxódka",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лу́нная похо́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skolʹžénije nazád",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "скольже́ние наза́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glajd",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "глайд"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "месечев хо̑д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mesečev hȏd"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "muun-wɔ̂ɔk",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "มูนวอล์ก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mísjačna xodá",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мі́сячна хода́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kovzánnja nazád",
"sense": "dance style",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ковза́ння наза́д"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "dance style",
"word": "moonwalk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"moonwalk"
],
"word": "moonwalk"
}
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"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs",
"en:Astronautics",
"en:Dances",
"en:Moon",
"en:Space travel"
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{
"word": "moonrun"
},
{
"word": "moonwalker"
}
],
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"2": "Moon",
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},
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"name": "compound"
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},
"expansion": "(backslide):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Michael Jackson",
"in": "1983"
},
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"name": "coin"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "backslide"
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"name": "l"
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],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "moonwalks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "moonwalking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "moonwalked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "moonwalked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"glosses": [
"To walk on the surface of the Moon."
],
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"(intransitive) To walk on the surface of the Moon."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces."
],
"links": [
[
"leaps",
"leap#English"
]
],
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"(intransitive) To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"To perform the moonwalk."
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club",
"text": "Alicent’s crew intercede and try to grab the prince for themselves, Aemond restraining his fleeing brother while Criston crosses swords with Cargyll 1. That’s when Cargyll 2 moonwalks away, realizing that he wants no part of this royal shitshow.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards."
],
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"(intransitive) To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmuːnwɔːk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmunwɔk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to moonwalk dance",
"word": "moonwalken"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"moonwalk"
],
"word": "moonwalk"
}
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