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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.
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.
noun
Alternative form of sea lion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
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noun
One who engages in sealioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
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Synonyms: sealioner
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verb
To intrude on a conversation with probing questions in an attempt to engage in unwanted debate, usually disingenuously as a form of harassment or trolling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
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History
The verb is from “The Terrible Sea Lion”, a 2014 strip in the webcomic Wondermark, in which a character expresses a dislike of sea lions and a passing sea lion repeatedly, intrusively asks the character to justify this.
