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],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "stumble"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "snaperen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English snaperen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "-eren"
},
"expansion": "-eren",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-er",
"id": "verbal frequentative"
},
"expansion": "English -er",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "snåva",
"3": "",
"4": "to stumble"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "snäva",
"3": "",
"4": "to stumble"
},
"expansion": "Swedish snäva (“to stumble”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schnappen",
"3": "",
"4": "to totter, to limp"
},
"expansion": "German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "snaben"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German snaben",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "snaven",
"3": "",
"4": "to stumble"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "snappers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "snapper (plural snappers)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"A stumble, a trip."
],
"links": [
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"stumble",
"stumble"
],
[
"trip",
"trip"
]
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An error, a blunder, especially a moral slip-up."
],
"links": [
[
"error",
"error"
],
[
"blunder",
"blunder"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"slip-up",
"slip-up"
]
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Snapper"
],
"word": "snapper"
}
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