See spaz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spaz (third-person singular simple present spazzes, present participle spazzing, simple past and past participle spazzed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English derogatory terms",
"English offensive terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To have a tantrum or fit."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"tantrum",
"tantrum"
],
[
"fit",
"fit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) To have a tantrum or fit."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"To malfunction, go on the fritz."
],
"links": [
[
"malfunction",
"malfunction"
],
[
"on the fritz",
"on the fritz"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To malfunction, go on the fritz."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spæz/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-spaz.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/En-au-spaz.ogg/En-au-spaz.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-au-spaz.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æz"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "have a tantrum",
"word": "freak out"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "have a tantrum",
"word": "ausrasten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "have a tantrum",
"word": "ausflippen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "have a tantrum",
"word": "einen Anfall kriegen"
}
],
"word": "spaz"
}
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