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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noun
A thunderbolt drawn as a straight-edged runic s with a horizontal bar in the middle and the ends angled at 90 degrees centerwise, now especially when used as a Nazi symbol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A kind of trap used to catch wolves, consisting of an upper part resembling a crescent moon, meant to be fastened between tree branches, and a lower part (connected by a chain) in the form of a double hook, meant to be covered with meat and swallowed by a wolf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A kind of modern-day assault rifle handle in a similar shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
From wolf + hook, called so because the original tool was used in the hunting of wolves.
