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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game"
],
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
]
],
"qualifier": "usually in passive voice",
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-sin bin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/En-au-sin_bin.ogg/En-au-sin_bin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/En-au-sin_bin.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sin-bin"
},
{
"word": "sinbin"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule",
"word": "antaa jäähy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule",
"word": "tuomita jäähy"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule",
"word": "cuir sa loca pionóis"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sin bin"
],
"word": "sin bin"
}
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