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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ethnic slur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "f-slur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "r-slur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "r-slurred"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sloor",
"4": "",
"5": "thin or fluid mud"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "sluren",
"3": "",
"4": "to trail in mud"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "sløra",
"3": "",
"4": "to be careless, to scamp, dawdle"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "sløre",
"3": "",
"4": "to wobble, be loose"
},
"expansion": "Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "slóðra",
"3": "",
"4": "to drag oneself along"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "an extremely offensive term"
},
"expansion": "(an extremely offensive term):",
"name": "sense"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). Cognate with Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”). Also related to dialectal Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”), Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”) (especially for wheels); compare Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”).\n* (an extremely offensive term): Influenced by various compounds of sense 1 such as racial slur, ethnic slur, etc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slurs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "slur (plural slurs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slurry"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An insult or slight."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-uk1lrQQ-",
"links": [
[
"insult",
"insult#Noun"
],
[
"slight",
"slight#Noun"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An insult or slight.",
"An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-NqEjF2Yp",
"links": [
[
"insult",
"insult#Noun"
],
[
"slight",
"slight#Noun"
],
[
"offensive",
"offensive#Adjective"
],
[
"socially",
"socially#Adverb"
],
[
"unacceptable",
"unacceptable#Adjective"
],
[
"term",
"term#Noun"
],
[
"ethnicity",
"ethnicity#Noun"
],
[
"sexual orientation",
"sexual orientation#Noun"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a slur on one's reputation",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-npLh0sRN",
"links": [
[
"dishonour",
"dishonour#Noun"
],
[
"blight",
"blight#Noun"
],
[
"stain",
"stain#Noun"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2019, Juice Wrld, “Robbery”",
"text": "And now I'm drinking too much, so I'ma talk with a slur",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-3A0ITmvr",
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"verbal",
"verbal"
],
[
"articulation",
"articulation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-GQLSxehn",
"links": [
[
"heartbeat",
"heartbeat"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-en:music",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"notes",
"notes"
],
[
"legato",
"legato"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation."
],
"senseid": [
"en:music"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 3 4 1 2 72 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set of notes",
"word": "legato-jakso"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 4 1 2 72 15",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "set of notes",
"word": "rōnaki"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie)."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-noun-en:notation",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
],
[
"legato",
"legato"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
],
[
"arc",
"arc"
],
[
"tie",
"tie"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie)."
],
"senseid": [
"en:notation"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legato",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "легато"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"word": "legatoboog"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"word": "sidekaari"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"word": "legato-kaari"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liaison d’expression"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coulé"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legato"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bindebogen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legatura di portamento"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legatura di frase"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legatura di espressione"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ligadura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legáto",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лега́то"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceangal"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legato"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ligadura de expresión"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ligadura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 8 3 2 4 11 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "symbol indicating a legato passage",
"word": "bindebåge"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/slɜː(ɹ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-slur.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oskǎrblenie",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "оскърбление"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skældsord"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "herja"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "loukkaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insulte"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "injure"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gafume"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcume"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verunglimpfung"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Beleidigung"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "sértő/becsmérlő megjegyzés/kifejezés",
"sense": "insult or slight"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "gyalázkodás"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "leszólás"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tarcaisne"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"alt": "べっしょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "besshō",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "蔑称"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"alt": "けいべつご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keibetsu-go",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "軽蔑語"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"alt": "ひばご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hibago",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "卑罵語"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "tīkai"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "oszczerstwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obelga"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "insulto"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klevetníčeskoje obvinénije",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "клеветни́ческое обвине́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oskorbítelʹnyj namjók",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "оскорби́тельный намёк"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "insinuácija",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "инсинуа́ция"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "denigración"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insulto"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "hakaret"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 49 1 0 0 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "insult or slight",
"word": "aşağılama"
}
],
"word": "slur"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slur over"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sloor",
"4": "",
"5": "thin or fluid mud"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "sluren",
"3": "",
"4": "to trail in mud"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "sløra",
"3": "",
"4": "to be careless, to scamp, dawdle"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "sløre",
"3": "",
"4": "to wobble, be loose"
},
"expansion": "Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "slóðra",
"3": "",
"4": "to drag oneself along"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "an extremely offensive term"
},
"expansion": "(an extremely offensive term):",
"name": "sense"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). Cognate with Middle Low German sluren (“to trail in mud”). Also related to dialectal Norwegian sløra (“to be careless, to scamp, dawdle”), Danish sløre (“to wobble, be loose”) (especially for wheels); compare Old Norse slóðra (“to drag oneself along”).\n* (an extremely offensive term): Influenced by various compounds of sense 1 such as racial slur, ethnic slur, etc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "slurs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "slurring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "slurred",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "slurred",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "slur (third-person singular simple present slurs, present participle slurring, simple past and past participle slurred)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To insult or slight."
],
"id": "en-slur-en-verb-BCNyUHW4",
"links": [
[
"insult",
"insult"
],
[
"slight",
"slight"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obiždam",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "обиждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "herjata"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "loukata"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "dénigrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "rabaisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "traiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "dévaloriser"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "leszól"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "gyaláz"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "aithisigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "denigrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 1 1 4 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 81 7 1 3 3 3",
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{
"_dis1": "2 81 7 1 3 3 3",
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{
"_dis1": "2 81 7 1 3 3 3",
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{
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{
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[
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[
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"word": "loata"
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"_dis1": "5 1 1 87 2 1 3",
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},
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{
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{
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{
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],
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"code": "de",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "de",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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],
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"code": "ga",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "mi",
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"neuter"
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"masculine"
],
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],
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"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obiždam",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "обиждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "herjata"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "loukata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "dénigrer"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "rabaisser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "traiter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "dévaloriser"
},
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "leszól"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "gyaláz"
},
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "aithisigh"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "denigrare"
},
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"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "tīkai"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "nipodaštavati"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to insult or slight",
"word": "aşağılamak"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "sammaltaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "sopertaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "mal articuler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "undeutlich reden"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "biascicare"
},
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"alt": "したがもつれる",
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"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "舌がもつれる"
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "слева"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "arrastar"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "заплета́ться"
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"alt": "слова",
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"word": "глота́ть"
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"code": "sh",
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"word": "razvlačiti"
},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to articulate poorly",
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to articulate poorly",
"word": "nerazgovjetno govoriti"
},
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "tahrata"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "loata"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "piilottaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "huiputtaa"
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"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slur.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-slur.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-slur.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-slur.ogg/En-us-slur.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-slur.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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}
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