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"1": "en",
"2": "nit",
"3": "pick"
},
"expansion": "nit + pick",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nitpicks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "nitpicking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "nitpicked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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},
{
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"past"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nitpicker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nit-picking"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nitpickish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nitpicky"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quibble"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "split hairs"
}
],
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{
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"_dis": "44 28 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details."
],
"id": "en-nitpick-en-verb--sCeVXh2",
"links": [
[
"correct",
"correct"
],
[
"fault",
"fault"
],
[
"detail",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cavil"
},
{
"word": "flyspeck"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "dhor",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "ধৰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "filar prim"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² zaa¹",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找碴"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² caa³ zi²",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蹊蹺"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "khi-khiau",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蹊跷"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīmáoqiúcī",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "吹毛求疵"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīqiú",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "吹求"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocì",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑刺"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑錯"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocuò",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑错"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāoti",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑剔"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎochá",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找碴"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo chàzi",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "muggenziften"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "mierenneuken"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "vitten"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "nipottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "saivarrella"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "hifistellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "pinailler"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chercher la petite bête"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chicaner"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chipoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "mégoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "pingelig sein"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "herumnörgeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "akadékoskodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "kötözködik"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "gáncsoskodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "rewel"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cerewet"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cercare il pelo nell'uovo"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cavillare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "impancarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "fiscaleggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "pignoleggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"alt": "あげあしをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ageashi o toru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "揚げ足を取る"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"alt": "とがめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togameru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "咎める"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"alt": "こだわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kodawaru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "拘る"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"alt": "あらさがしする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arasagashi suru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "粗探しする"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sitničari",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "ситничари"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cepidlači",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "цепидлачи"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "go tupi kurot",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "го тупи курот"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tupi",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "тупи"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "fettaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "toretore"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "skjegle"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czepiać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "czepić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przyczepiać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przyczepić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"english": "look for holes all over",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "szukać dziury w całym"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypieprzać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "przypieprzyć się pf (do + genitive)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypierdalać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przypierdolić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypierdzielać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "przypierdzielić się pf (do + genitive)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "procurar pelo em ovo"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "căuta nod în papură"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridirátʹsja",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "придира́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "придра́ться pf (pridrátʹsja) (к + dative case)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цепидлачити"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цјепидлачити"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "cepidlačiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "cjepidlačiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscar el pelo en el huevo"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscarle tres pies al gato"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscarle la quinta pata al gato"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "cogérsela con papel de fumar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "kritisera småsaker"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "dananın altında buzağı aramak"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "câu chấp"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "miggesiftsje"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 7 7",
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "tutus",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "тутус"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\nI nitpicked his hair.",
"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair."
],
"id": "en-nitpick-en-verb-GZIQ~XC~",
"links": [
[
"nit",
"nit"
],
[
"lice",
"lice"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
]
],
"qualifier": "literal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\n"
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\nI nitpicked his hair.",
"I nitpicked his hair."
],
"id": "en-nitpick-en-verb-0ihHVZKr",
"links": [
[
"nit",
"nit"
],
[
"lice",
"lice"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
]
],
"qualifier": "literal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\n"
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɪt.pɪk/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-nitpick.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/En-us-nitpick.ogg/En-us-nitpick.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-us-nitpick.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-nitpick.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-au-nitpick.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "vlooien"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "nyppiä loisia"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "saivarrella"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "chercher les poux"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "lausen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirami o toru",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "シラミを取る"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pošti",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "пошти"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "catar piolho"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "păduchea"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "despăduchea"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "биштати"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бискати"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "bištati"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 48 46",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "biskati"
}
],
"word": "nitpick"
}
{
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"English 2-syllable words",
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"English lemmas",
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"etymology_text": "From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.",
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"form": "nitpicks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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{
"form": "nitpicking",
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"word": "nitpicker"
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{
"word": "nit-picking"
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{
"word": "nitpickish"
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{
"word": "nitpicky"
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{
"word": "quibble"
},
{
"word": "split hairs"
}
],
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{
"text": "Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.",
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"To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details."
],
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"correct",
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[
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[
"detail",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cavil"
},
{
"word": "flyspeck"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
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},
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"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\nI nitpicked his hair.",
"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair."
],
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"qualifier": "literal",
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"(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\n"
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"tags": [
"archaic"
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"To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\nI nitpicked his hair.",
"I nitpicked his hair."
],
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[
"nit",
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[
"lice",
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"qualifier": "literal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.\n"
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"tags": [
"archaic"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈnɪt.pɪk/"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-us-nitpick.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-au-nitpick.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "dhor",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "ধৰ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "filar prim"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² zaa¹",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找碴"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² caa³ zi²",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蹊蹺"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "khi-khiau",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蹊跷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīmáoqiúcī",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "吹毛求疵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīqiú",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "吹求"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocì",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑刺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑錯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāocuò",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑错"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāoti",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "挑剔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎochá",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找碴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo chàzi",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "muggenziften"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "mierenneuken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "vitten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "nipottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "saivarrella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "hifistellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "pinailler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chercher la petite bête"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chicaner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "chipoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "mégoter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "pingelig sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "herumnörgeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "akadékoskodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "kötözködik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "gáncsoskodik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "rewel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cerewet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cercare il pelo nell'uovo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "cavillare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "impancarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "fiscaleggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "pignoleggiare"
},
{
"alt": "あげあしをとる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ageashi o toru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "揚げ足を取る"
},
{
"alt": "とがめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togameru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "咎める"
},
{
"alt": "こだわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kodawaru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "拘る"
},
{
"alt": "あらさがしする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arasagashi suru",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "粗探しする"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sitničari",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "ситничари"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cepidlači",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "цепидлачи"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "go tupi kurot",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "го тупи курот"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tupi",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "тупи"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "fettaq"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "toretore"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "skjegle"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czepiać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "czepić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przyczepiać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przyczepić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "look for holes all over",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "szukać dziury w całym"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypieprzać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "przypieprzyć się pf (do + genitive)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypierdalać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przypierdolić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przypierdzielać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "przypierdzielić się pf (do + genitive)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "procurar pelo em ovo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "căuta nod în papură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridirátʹsja",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "придира́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "придра́ться pf (pridrátʹsja) (к + dative case)",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цепидлачити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цјепидлачити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "cepidlačiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "cjepidlačiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscar el pelo en el huevo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscarle tres pies al gato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "buscarle la quinta pata al gato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "cogérsela con papel de fumar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "kritisera småsaker"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "dananın altında buzağı aramak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "câu chấp"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "miggesiftsje"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "tutus",
"sense": "to correct minutiae or find fault",
"word": "тутус"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "vlooien"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "nyppiä loisia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "saivarrella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "chercher les poux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "lausen"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirami o toru",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "シラミを取る"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pošti",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "пошти"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "catar piolho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "păduchea"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"word": "despăduchea"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "биштати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бискати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "bištati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to pick nits",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "biskati"
}
],
"word": "nitpick"
}
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