tenuki
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenuki (plural tenuki)
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Verb[edit]
tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)
- (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.
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