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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "comedy",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "saynète"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"art",
"arts"
],
"word": "Darbietung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Parodie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Seitenhieb"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Spott"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "寸劇"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "comedy",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "comedy",
"word": "スキット"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chon'geuk",
"sense": "comedy",
"word": "촌극"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "comedy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skecz"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "comedy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "comedy",
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"masculine"
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},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "comedy",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "repríza",
"sense": "comedy",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "репри́за"
},
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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"word": "sketch"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "comedy",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "sketch"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "comedy",
"word": "hiciv"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "comedy",
"word": "parodi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "comedy",
"word": "skeç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "comedy",
"word": "şaka"
}
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"North Germanic language",
"skit"
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"3": "skjúta",
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"Liverpudlian English"
],
"glosses": [
"To make fun of."
],
"qualifier": "Liverpool",
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"(transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of."
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"To leap aside; to caper."
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"(regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper."
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "plagen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "belachelijk maken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "pilkata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "verspotten"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "joronghada",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "조롱하다"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysméivatʹ",
"sense": "poke fun",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "высме́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výsmejatʹ",
"sense": "poke fun",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́смеять"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "poke fun",
"word": "alay etmek"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"North Germanic language",
"skit"
],
"word": "skit"
}
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