Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To typewrite quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
Of an automated loom: to have the shuttle fail to follow its intended path and bang against other parts of the loom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
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History
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