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tenuki

/tɛˈnuːki/

tenuki noun: playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.

Noun

tenuki (plural tenuki)

  1. (go) playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.

Verb

tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)

  1. (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.

Forms of tenuki

Noun
pluraltenuki
Verb
third-person singular presenttenukis
present participletenukiing
past participletenukied
pasttenukied

Origin of tenuki

Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).

Words that rhyme with tenuki

Questions about tenuki

What does tenuki mean?
Tenuki means playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.
What part of speech is tenuki?
Tenuki can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce tenuki?
Tenuki is pronounced /tɛˈnuːki/.
What is the plural of tenuki?
The plural of tenuki is tenuki.

Words near tenuki in the dictionary

  1. tenuispinoside
  2. tenuities
  3. tenuity
  4. tenuivirus
  5. tenuiviruses
  6. tenuki
  7. tenukied
  8. tenukiing
  9. tenukis
  10. tenuosities
  11. tenuosity

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