See spell off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spells off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spelling off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelt off",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelt off",
"tags": [
"UK",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*",
"past2": "spelt off",
"past2_qual": "mostly UK"
},
"expansion": "spell off (third-person singular simple present spells off, present participle spelling off, simple past and past participle spelled off or (mostly UK) spelt off)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 44 45 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 43 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 44 46 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 46 48 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated."
],
"id": "en-spell_off-en-verb-m3XNRIF5",
"links": [
[
"spelling bee",
"spelling bee"
],
[
"participants",
"participants"
],
[
"champion",
"champion"
],
[
"speller",
"speller"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 44 45 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 43 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 44 46 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 46 48 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To participate in a spelling bee."
],
"id": "en-spell_off-en-verb-Vw-q4yRg",
"raw_glosses": [
"(loosely) To participate in a spelling bee."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spell offs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spell off (plural spell offs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "spell-off"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of spell-off"
],
"id": "en-spell_off-en-noun-BWa1pEVK",
"links": [
[
"spell-off",
"spell-off#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spells off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spelling off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "spell off (third-person singular simple present spells off, present participle spelling off, simple past and past participle spelled off)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To relieve (a worker) temporarily by taking his or her place."
],
"id": "en-spell_off-en-verb-X2x8vpBq",
"links": [
[
"relieve",
"relieve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To relieve (a worker) temporarily by taking his or her place."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spells off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spelling off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelt off",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelt off",
"tags": [
"UK",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*",
"past2": "spelt off",
"past2_qual": "mostly UK"
},
"expansion": "spell off (third-person singular simple present spells off, present participle spelling off, simple past and past participle spelled off or (mostly UK) spelt off)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated."
],
"links": [
[
"spelling bee",
"spelling bee"
],
[
"participants",
"participants"
],
[
"champion",
"champion"
],
[
"speller",
"speller"
],
[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To participate in a spelling bee."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(loosely) To participate in a spelling bee."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spell offs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spell off (plural spell offs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "spell-off"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of spell-off"
],
"links": [
[
"spell-off",
"spell-off#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛlˌɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "spells off",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "spelling off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelled off",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "spell off (third-person singular simple present spells off, present participle spelling off, simple past and past participle spelled off)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To relieve (a worker) temporarily by taking his or her place."
],
"links": [
[
"relieve",
"relieve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To relieve (a worker) temporarily by taking his or her place."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɔf/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɑf/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌspɛl ˈɒf/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "spell off"
}
Download raw JSONL data for spell off meaning in English (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.