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"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "wiseacre (third-person singular simple present wiseacres, present participle wiseacring, simple past and past participle wiseacred)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack."
],
"links": [
[
"wisecrack",
"wisecrack"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwaɪzeɪkə(ɹ)/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wiseacre.wav",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "wiseacre"
}
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