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"ref": "1987 August 3, Business Week, page 40",
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"ref": "1991 August 4, The Guardian, page 13",
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"form": "ninja'd",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1992, Iain Banks, Crow Road, page 160",
"text": "I leapt up, ninja'd over to Gav's bed and wheeched the duvet off.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 April 23, Rocky Mountain News, page 5",
"text": "In our dark house we were ninja-ing around with water guns.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002 August 29, Los Angeles Times, page 48",
"text": "I ninja'd my way into Kung Fu Records to hang out with those merry pranksters the Vandals.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth."
],
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[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"like",
"like"
],
[
"ninja",
"#Noun"
],
[
"particularly",
"particularly"
],
[
"regard",
"regard"
],
[
"combination",
"combination"
],
[
"speed",
"speed"
],
[
"power",
"power"
],
[
"stealth",
"stealth"
]
],
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"(transitive, intransitive) To act or move like a ninja, particularly with regard to a combination of speed, power, and stealth."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English internet slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When I hit post, I saw that Blue Emu had ninja'd me, so I just deleted my reply.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"preempt",
"preempt#English"
],
[
"supersede",
"supersede"
],
[
"invalidate",
"invalidate"
],
[
"response",
"response"
],
[
"post",
"post"
],
[
"immediately",
"immediately"
],
[
"before",
"before"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet slang) Synonym of preempt: to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it."
],
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{
"extra": "to supersede and invalidate a response by posting immediately before it",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "preempt"
}
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Video games"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics."
],
"links": [
[
"online",
"online"
],
[
"gaming",
"gaming#Noun"
],
[
"claim",
"claim"
],
[
"item",
"item"
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[
"abuse",
"abuse"
],
[
"game",
"game"
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[
"mechanics",
"mechanics"
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"(online gaming slang) To claim an item through abuse of game mechanics."
],
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"Internet",
"slang"
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"games",
"gaming"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-ɪnd͡ʒə"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-ninja.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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"Enter the Ninja",
"Eric Van Lustbader",
"Hokusai Manga",
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles",
"ninja"
],
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}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": jím-chiá vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"ninja"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ninja",
"trace": ""
}
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