Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
murder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, countable, dialectal, transitive, uncountable
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verb
to toil
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
to muddle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
to pester
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
to perplex or bewilder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
murder
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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History
Representing the pronunciation by New York City English speakers with the curl-coil vowel merger.
Probably from the same source as mither (“to harass, pester”)
