straight face in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "straight faces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "straight-faced"
        },
        {
          "word": "straight-face test"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't think I could recite \"Peter Piper\" quickly ten times with a straight face."
        }
      ],
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        "A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing."
      ],
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          "laughing",
          "laughing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "poker face"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straight face"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "straight-faced"
    },
    {
      "word": "straight-face test"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "straight faces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "straight face (plural straight faces)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    {
      "word": "poker face"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't think I could recite \"Peter Piper\" quickly ten times with a straight face."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing."
      ],
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          "expressionless",
          "expressionless"
        ],
        [
          "laughing",
          "laughing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straight face"
}

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"straight face" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms