strike dumb in English

Forms: strikes dumb [present, singular, third-person], striking dumb [participle, present], struck dumb [past], struck dumb [participle, past], stricken dumb [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> dumb|past_ptc2=stricken dumb}} strike dumb (third-person singular simple present strikes dumb, present participle striking dumb, simple past struck dumb, past participle struck dumb or stricken dumb)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strikes dumb",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "striking dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "struck dumb",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "struck dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stricken dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "strike<,,struck> dumb",
        "past_ptc2": "stricken dumb"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dumbstruck"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To astonish or confound (a person) into silence."
      ],
      "id": "en-strike_dumb-en-verb-pMNLqQYQ",
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        [
          "astonish",
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        ],
        [
          "confound",
          "confound"
        ],
        [
          "silence",
          "silence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To astonish or confound (a person) into silence."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dumbfound"
        },
        {
          "word": "flabbergast"
        },
        {
          "word": "render speechless"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strike dumb"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dumbstruck"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strikes dumb",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "striking dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "struck dumb",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "struck dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stricken dumb",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "strike<,,struck> dumb",
        "past_ptc2": "stricken dumb"
      },
      "expansion": "strike dumb (third-person singular simple present strikes dumb, present participle striking dumb, simple past struck dumb, past participle struck dumb or stricken dumb)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To astonish or confound (a person) into silence."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "confound",
          "confound"
        ],
        [
          "silence",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To astonish or confound (a person) into silence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dumbfound"
    },
    {
      "word": "flabbergast"
    },
    {
      "word": "render speechless"
    }
  ],
  "word": "strike dumb"
}

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"strike dumb" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms