See razoo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for razoo meaning in English (3.3kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unknown"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown",
"forms": [
{
"form": "razoos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "razoo (plural razoos)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 September 30, The Newcastle Sun, page 3, column 3",
"text": "Mr. Birt, M.L.A., referred to the \"splendid sacrifice\" of public servants during the war period. \"And they did not get a razoo for it,\" he added scornfully.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1933 July 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 4, column 4",
"text": "Mona came with a late run to pip Jim's Boy on the post in 2.13¼. The stable hadn't a razoo on the winner, and when the time was hoisted, 2.13¼, the question went round as to how the grass was going to slow down the times.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Margaret Way, The Bridesmaid's Wedding",
"text": "Some of those old aristocratic families haven't got a razoo any more.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious coin of very low value."
],
"id": "en-razoo-en-noun-qHtFbjxP",
"links": [
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"value",
"value"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal) A fictitious coin of very low value."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brass razoo"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 May 17, The Tweed Daily, page 7, column 3",
"text": "And I never cared a \"razoo\" for that \"shielar\" any way.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961, Ion Idriess, Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek, published 2021",
"text": "He did not care one razoo that now the very hills had ears—how that rifle shot rolled and rolled away! Let them all come! He would take them all on!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 28",
"text": "He ate his Kentucky Fried Chicken and I am not to eat a thing...not a razoo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot."
],
"id": "en-razoo-en-noun-9un~ymMn",
"links": [
[
"part",
"part"
],
[
"particle",
"particle"
],
[
"imaginable",
"imaginable"
],
[
"whit",
"whit"
],
[
"jot",
"jot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal, rare, in negative constructions) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in negative constructions"
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈzʉː/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-razoo.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-au-razoo.ogg/En-au-razoo.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-au-razoo.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "razoo"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unknown"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown",
"forms": [
{
"form": "razoos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "razoo (plural razoos)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 September 30, The Newcastle Sun, page 3, column 3",
"text": "Mr. Birt, M.L.A., referred to the \"splendid sacrifice\" of public servants during the war period. \"And they did not get a razoo for it,\" he added scornfully.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1933 July 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 4, column 4",
"text": "Mona came with a late run to pip Jim's Boy on the post in 2.13¼. The stable hadn't a razoo on the winner, and when the time was hoisted, 2.13¼, the question went round as to how the grass was going to slow down the times.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Margaret Way, The Bridesmaid's Wedding",
"text": "Some of those old aristocratic families haven't got a razoo any more.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious coin of very low value."
],
"links": [
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"value",
"value"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal) A fictitious coin of very low value."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brass razoo"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919 May 17, The Tweed Daily, page 7, column 3",
"text": "And I never cared a \"razoo\" for that \"shielar\" any way.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961, Ion Idriess, Tracks of Destiny: From Derby to Tennant Creek, published 2021",
"text": "He did not care one razoo that now the very hills had ears—how that rifle shot rolled and rolled away! Let them all come! He would take them all on!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 28",
"text": "He ate his Kentucky Fried Chicken and I am not to eat a thing...not a razoo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot."
],
"links": [
[
"part",
"part"
],
[
"particle",
"particle"
],
[
"imaginable",
"imaginable"
],
[
"whit",
"whit"
],
[
"jot",
"jot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal, rare, in negative constructions) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a whit; a jot."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in negative constructions"
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈzʉː/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-razoo.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-au-razoo.ogg/En-au-razoo.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-au-razoo.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "razoo"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.