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Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- 1994, Deb M., Stepping Stones to Recovery from Codependency, Aaron Anderson quoting Ken Fisher, The Making of a Market Guru: Forbes Presents 25 Years of Ken Fisher In spite of reading all the materials on the Steps, talking to my sponsor, sharing at meetings, I felt like a broken record.
- to sound like a broken record
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stuck record
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, record.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أُسْطُوَانَة مَشْرُوخَة
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Finnish:
rikkinäinen levy
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Finnish:
jankuttaja
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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French:
disque rayé
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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German:
Mensch mit einem Sprung in der Platte
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Greek:
κόλλησε η βελόνα
(kóllise i velóna)
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Hungarian:
lejárt lemez
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Italian:
disco rotto
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Macedonian:
расипана плоча
(rasipana ploča)
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Polish:
zdarta płyta
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Portuguese:
disco riscado
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Portuguese:
disco quebrado
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Russian:
зае́зженная пласти́нка
(zajézžennaja plastínka)
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Scottish Gaelic:
pìobaire an aon phuirt
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Slovak:
pokazený gramofón
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Slovak:
obohratá platňa
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Spanish:
disco rayado
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Tagalog:
sirang plaka
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Tamil:
கீறல் விழுந்த ரெக்கார்டு
(kīṟal viḻunta rekkārṭu)
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Thai:
แผ่นเสียงตกร่อง
(pɛ̀n-sǐiang-dtòk-rɔ̂ng)
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Turkish:
bozuk plak gibi
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
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Turkish:
kırık plak gibi
— Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
