See sploot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/splʊt/",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "animal’s posture of lying flat on its stomach with its hind legs extended",
"word": "maata vatsallaan takajalat suorana"
}
],
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"references": []
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"ref": "2019, March 5, Amber Royer, Pure Chocolate, Watkins Media, unpaged",
"text": "Four of the dragons sploot flat instead of sitting — a gesture they must have picked up from their time being Frank’s corgi."
},
{
"ref": "2020 August 20, Matthew Wright, DailyMail.comhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8648567/Squirrels-U-S-splooting-attempt-stay-cool-close-ground.html",
"text": "Squirrels in the U.S. are 'splooting' in an attempt to stay cool and close to the ground as the heat blazes across the country"
},
{
"ref": "2020 September 21, Paige Sleuth, Arrested in Cherry Hills, Amazon KDP, chapter 6, unpaged",
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"ref": "2020 November 3, Tama Fortner, “Homecoming Tales”, in 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, Thomas Nelson, page 82:",
"text": "Not many big dogs do the sploot, but Pooh Bear will sploot just about anytime and anywhere. She even splooted in the middle of the mall while waiting to see Santa!",
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"word": "frog"
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{
"word": "pancake"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"note": "makaaminen vatsallaan takajalat suorana",
"sense": "of an animal: to lie flat on its stomach with its hind legs extended"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "of an animal: to lie flat on its stomach with its hind legs extended",
"word": "išsiploti"
}
],
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}
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