See mullah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a Muslim religious scholar and teacher",
"word": "mulla"
},
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a Muslim religious scholar and teacher",
"word": "oxund"
}
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"mullah"
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"Rhymes:English/ʊlə/2 syllables",
"en:Islamism"
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"form": "mullahs",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "mullahing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "mullahed",
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"extra": "to beat, thrash",
"word": "muller"
}
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"English transitive verbs",
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Nigel Benn, The Dark Destroyer:",
"text": "But I mullahed him. He may have been four inches taller but I punched him through the ropes and knocked the granny and the grandad out of him.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Ben Cohen, Carry Me Home: My Autobiography, page 76:",
"text": "The Sevens practice session was touch rugby, but every time Harvey got the ball, I absolutely mullahed him. I pushed him, dumped him on his arse, ran through him. Every time.",
"type": "quote"
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],
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"Alternative form of muller (“to beat, thrash”)"
],
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"(transitive, UK, slang) Alternative form of muller (“to beat, thrash”)"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmʊ.lə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʌ.lə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊlə"
}
],
"word": "mullah"
}
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