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verb · intransitive

tenuki

tenuki · tenukis · tenukied · tenukiing

To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last moveTo play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.

/tɛˈnuːki/

Meaning

2 senses

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

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).

Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).

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Forms

tenukis, tenukiing, tenukied, tenukied

Base form	tenuki · to tenuki
3rd person singular	tenukis
Present participle	tenukiing
Past simple	tenukied
Past participle	tenukied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tenuki
he, she, it	tenukis

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tenukied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have tenukied
he, she, it	has tenukied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tenuki

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

tentatively tenth tenuous tenure tequila

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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