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"typical",
"typical"
],
[
"tween",
"tween"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Making movements similar to those of tweened animation."
],
"links": [
[
"tween",
"tween"
],
[
"animation",
"animation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtwiːni/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tweeny.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tweeny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tweeny.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tweeny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tweeny.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːni"
}
],
"word": "tweeny"
}
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