Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
- noun the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
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Examples
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→ Jean-Claude shrugged his shoulders = Jean-Claude haussa les épaules to shrug one's shoulders = hausser les épaules
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© 2009 Tresor TV Produktions GmbH; Suomen huippumalli haussa
Slate Magazine Torie Bosch 2009
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