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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "Imitative"
},
"expansion": "Imitative",
"name": "onom"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Imitative of a siren.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "woo woos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "woo woo (plural woo woos)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English childish terms"
],
"glosses": [
"The sound of a siren."
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish) The sound of a siren."
],
"tags": [
"childish"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wuː.wuː/"
}
],
"word": "woo woo"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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