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"word": "nervous twitch"
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"word": "sleep twitch"
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"word": "twitch game"
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"word": "twitch gameplay"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).\nCognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).",
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"text": "I saw a little twitch in the man's face, and knew he was lying.",
"type": "example"
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"A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm."
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"spasm",
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"masculine"
],
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"roman": "konvulsija",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "конвулсия"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chōuchù",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "抽搐"
},
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tik"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cukání"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "nykäisy"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
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"_dis1": "79 2 2 12 1 3",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
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"masculine"
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"word": "tic"
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"masculine"
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"alt": "ひきつり",
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"roman": "hikitsuri",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "引き攣り"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "tākiri"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "hōkai"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drgawka"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
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"word": "skurcz"
},
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tique"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podjórgivanije",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "подёргивание"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "súdoroga",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "су́дорога"
},
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "тик"
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "трзај"
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"masculine"
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"word": "trzaj"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "šklbnutie"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "myknutie"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "trhnutie"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ryckning"
}
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"glosses": [
"Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one."
],
"id": "en-twitch-en-noun-1YNyT7Da",
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"(informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"informal",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "action of bird spotting",
"word": "bongaus"
}
]
},
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"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Farriery",
"orig": "en:Farriery",
"parents": [
"Blacksmithing",
"Horses",
"Metalworking",
"Equids",
"Livestock",
"Crafts",
"Metallurgy",
"Odd-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Society",
"Metals",
"Technology",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Chordates"
],
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field",
"text": "THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick, with a hole pierced near the end, through which is passed a piece of strong but small cord, and tied in a loop large enough to admit the open hand freely.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery."
],
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"links": [
[
"farriery",
"farriery"
],
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"hole",
"hole"
],
[
"loop",
"loop"
],
[
"lip",
"lip"
],
[
"ear",
"ear"
],
[
"horse",
"horse"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"surgery",
"surgery"
]
],
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"(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "barnacle"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
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],
"topics": [
"farriery",
"hobbies",
"horses",
"lifestyle",
"pets",
"sports"
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ziyār",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زِيَار"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "bremse"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brems"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "praam"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "huulipuristin"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tord-nez"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "morailles"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceal"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nasenbremse"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bremse"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Klappe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kluppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Knuppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Maulholz"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prostomís",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προστομίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epistomís",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐπιστομίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "imboccatura"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "postomis, -idis"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prostomis, -idis"
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{
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{
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"code": "la",
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"neuter"
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{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
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"neuter"
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"word": "repāgulum"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "pāgula"
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{
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"code": "la",
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"note": "all after antiquity",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cōnfībula"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "roa-leo",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceal"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "premsai"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "dum",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "kleppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "dum",
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "klippe"
},
{
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"code": "gml",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kleppe"
},
{
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"tags": [
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],
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{
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"code": "gml",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "premese"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "gml",
"lang": "Middle Low German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "premtze"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "gml",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "gml",
"lang": "Middle Low German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mūlholt"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "dutka"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aziar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 82 7 2 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aciar"
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{
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"ref": "2003, Mark Cocker, Birders: Tales of a Tribe, page 52",
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"ref": "2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time, page 119",
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"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "bongata"
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"word": "individuare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to spot a bird",
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"English lemmas",
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{
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{
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{
"word": "slow-twitch"
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{
"word": "twitch gameplay"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tik",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "konvulsija",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "конвулсия"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chōuchù",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "抽搐"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tik"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cukání"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "nykäisy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "nykäys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "nytkähdys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "säpsähdys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "sätky"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zuckung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zucken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spasimo"
},
{
"alt": "ひきつり",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "引き攣り"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "tākiri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "tamaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "hōkai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drgawka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skurcz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tique"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "су́дорога"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tik",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "тик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "трзај"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "trzaj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "šklbnutie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "myknutie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"word": "trhnutie"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tic"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ryckning"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "action of bird spotting",
"word": "bongaus"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ziyār",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "زِيَار"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "bremse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brems"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "praam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "huulipuristin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tord-nez"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "morailles"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nasenbremse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bremse"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Klappe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kluppe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Maulholz"
},
{
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "prostomís",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epistomís",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "la",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "all after antiquity",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "roa-leo",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceal"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
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"plural"
],
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},
{
"code": "dum",
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"word": "kleppe"
},
{
"code": "dum",
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gml",
"lang": "Middle Low German",
"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gml",
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"sense": "(farriery)",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "gml",
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"code": "it",
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"ref": "2003, Mark Cocker, Birders: Tales of a Tribe, page 52",
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"ref": "2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time, page 119",
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "səyirmək"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "抽搐"
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "nytkähtää"
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "zucken"
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "tremulo"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "kōwhiti"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"english": "whilst asleep",
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"word": "kowhera"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "io"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "hui"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "korowhiti"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "djórgatʹsja",
"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
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"word": "дёргаться"
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"code": "ru",
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"perfective"
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"word": "дёрнуться"
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"code": "ru",
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"imperfective"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "myknúť sa"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to perform a twitch; spasm",
"word": "mykať sa"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
"word": "rukken"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
"word": "nykäistä"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
"word": "zupfen an"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
"word": "reißen an"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to jerk sharply and briefly",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to spot a bird",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "vogelspotten"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "twitchen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "bongata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "individuare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to spot a bird",
"word": "identificare"
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