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},
{
"form": "nubbing",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "nubbed",
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"past"
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{
"form": "nubbed",
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"past"
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}
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"en:Baseball"
],
"glosses": [
"To hit the ball weakly."
],
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"baseball",
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],
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
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"weakly",
"weakly"
]
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"(baseball) To hit the ball weakly."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"baseball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To push; to nudge."
],
"links": [
[
"push",
"push"
],
[
"nudge",
"nudge"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To beckon."
],
"links": [
[
"beckon",
"beckon"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/nʌb/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌb"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-nub.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/En-au-nub.ogg/En-au-nub.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/En-au-nub.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "nub"
}
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/uːb",
"Rhymes:English/uːb/1 syllable",
"en:Genitalia"
],
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"2": "noob"
},
"expansion": "noob",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant spelling of noob.",
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"form": "nubs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "nub (plural nubs)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"English internet slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "He can't even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Alternative spelling of noob."
],
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"Internet",
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[
"slang",
"slang"
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[
"noob",
"noob#English"
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],
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"(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of noob."
],
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"Internet",
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"alternative"
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}
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"ipa": "/nuːb/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːb"
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}
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"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'essence or core of an issue, argument etc.', 2: 'essence', 3: 'core', 4: 'crux', 5: 'gist'}",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "nub",
"trace": ""
}
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