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shifty

  • 1 shifty

    adjective
    looking cunning and dishonest:

    I don't trust him – he has a very shifty look.

    ماكِر، مُتَقَلِّب

    Arabic-English dictionary > shifty

  • 2 Shifty

    Law: STA

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Shifty

  • 3 lymskulegur

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > lymskulegur

  • 4 snalažltljiv

    • shifty

    Serbian-English dictionary > snalažltljiv

  • 5 taimado

    • shifty
    • shifty person
    • sly
    • sly one

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > taimado

  • 6 bermata licik

    shifty-eyed

    Indonesia-Inggris kamus > bermata licik

  • 7 Genevishe oigen

    Shifty eyes

    Yiddish-English phrasebook > Genevishe oigen

  • 8 záludný

    Czech-English dictionary > záludný

  • 9 Genevishe oigen

    Shifty eyes

    Yiddish-English dictionary (in roman letters) > Genevishe oigen

  • 10 prevejan

    • shifty; subtil; subtile; subtle

    Serbian-English dictionary > prevejan

  • 11 zradný

    shifty; treacherous

    Slovenský-anglický slovník > zradný

  • 12 upålitelig

    shifty, unreliable

    Norwegian-English ordbok > upålitelig

  • 13 ötletes

    shifty, ingenious, smart, nimble

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > ötletes

  • 14 verschlagen

    v/t (unreg.)
    2. (Ball) mishit; die Buchseite verschlagen lose one’s place
    3. (vom Kurs abbringen) throw s.o. off course; verschlagen nach oder in (+ Akk) etc. bring to; verschlagen werden nach oder in (+ Akk) etc. end up in, land in umg.; wohin hat es dich denn verschlagen? umg. where did it cause you to end up?
    4. jemandem den Atem verschlagen take s.o.’s breath away; es verschlug ihm die Sprache he was (left) speechless
    5. Dial. (verprügeln) beat up
    —
    I P.P. verschlagen1
    II Adj. pej. (hinterhältig, unaufrichtig) deceitful, dishonest; verschlagener Blick / Typ shifty look / character
    II Adv. pej.: jemanden verschlagen ansehen give s.o. a shifty look
    * * *
    cunning (Adj.); deceitful (Adj.); dishonest (Adj.); shifty (Adj.); tricky (Adj.); sly (Adj.); wily (Adj.); artful (Adj.)
    * * *
    ver|schla|gen I ptp verschlagen
    vt irreg
    1)

    etw mit Brettern verschlágen — to board sth up

    2) (= nehmen) Atem to take away

    das hat mir die Sprache verschlágen — it left me speechless

    3) (= geraten lassen) to bring

    auf eine einsame Insel verschlágen werden — to be cast up on a lonely island

    an einen Ort verschlágen werden — to end up somewhere

    4) (Sport) Ball to mishit
    5) (= verblättern) Seite, Stelle to lose
    6) (dial = verprügeln) to wallop (inf), to thrash
    II
    adj
    1) Mensch, Blick, Tier etc sly, artful
    2) (dial = lauwarm) tepid, lukewarm
    * * *
    1) (looking cunning and dishonest: I don't trust him - he has a very shifty look.) shifty
    * * *
    ver·schla·gen *1
    ▪ jdm etw \verschlagen to rob sb of sth
    jdm den Atem [o die Sprache] \verschlagen to leave sb speechless
    ▪ jdn irgendwohin \verschlagen to lead sb to finish up somewhere
    ▪ irgendwohin \verschlagen werden to end up somewhere
    [jdm/sich] die Seite \verschlagen to lose sb's/one's place; Wind to turn [or blow] over the page[s pl]
    ▪ etw \verschlagen to mishit sth
    ver·schla·gen2
    I. adj devious, sly pej
    ein \verschlagener Blick a furtive look
    ein \verschlagenes Grinsen a sly grin pej
    II. adv slyly pej; (verdächtig) shiftily
    \verschlagen grinsen to have a sly grin
    * * *
    I
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1)

    [jemandem] die Seite verschlagen — lose somebody's place or page

    die Seite verschlagen — (im eigenen Buch) lose one's place or page

    2)

    jemandem die Sprache od. Rede/den Atem verschlagen — leave somebody speechless/take somebody's breath away

    3) (Ballspiele) mishit < ball>
    4)
    II 1. 2.
    adverbial (abwertend): (gerissen) slyly; shiftily
    * * *
    verschlagen1 v/t (irr)
    1. (vernageln) nail up;
    2. (Ball) mishit;
    die Buchseite verschlagen lose one’s place
    3. (vom Kurs abbringen) throw sb off course;
    in (+akk) etc bring to;
    in (+akk) etc end up in, land in umg;
    wohin hat es dich denn verschlagen? umg where did it cause you to end up?
    4.
    jemandem den Atem verschlagen take sb’s breath away;
    es verschlug ihm die Sprache he was (left) speechless
    5. dial (verprügeln) beat up
    verschlagen2
    A. pperf → verschlagen1
    B. adj pej (hinterhältig, unaufrichtig) deceitful, dishonest;
    verschlagener Blick/Typ shifty look/character
    B. adv pej:
    jemanden verschlagen ansehen give sb a shifty look
    * * *
    I
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1)

    [jemandem] die Seite verschlagen — lose somebody's place or page

    die Seite verschlagen — (im eigenen Buch) lose one's place or page

    2)

    jemandem die Sprache od. Rede/den Atem verschlagen — leave somebody speechless/take somebody's breath away

    3) (Ballspiele) mishit < ball>
    4)
    II 1. 2.
    adverbial (abwertend): (gerissen) slyly; shiftily
    * * *
    adj.
    wily adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verschlagen

  • 15 sfuggente

    sfuggente agg.
    1 receding: fronte, mento sfuggente, receding forehead, chin
    2 (fig.) shifty; evasive: una persona sfuggente, a shifty person; sguardo sfuggente, elusive look.
    * * *
    [sfud'dʒɛnte]
    1) (elusivo) [ persona] shifty, slippery; [ espressione] elusive, evasive

    sguardo sfuggente — shifty eyes, evasive look

    2) (poco marcato) [ fronte] receding; [ mento] weak, receding, retreating
    * * *
    sfuggente
    /sfud'dʒεnte/
     1 (elusivo) [ persona] shifty, slippery; [ espressione] elusive, evasive; sguardo sfuggente shifty eyes, evasive look
     2 (poco marcato) [ fronte] receding; [ mento] weak, receding, retreating.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sfuggente

  • 16 astuto

    adj.
    1 sly, artful, astute, crafty.
    2 clever, sharp, quick-witted, sharp-witted.
    * * *
    1 astute, cunning, shrewd
    * * *
    (f. - astuta)
    adj.
    1) astute, shrewd
    * * *
    ADJ (=sagaz) astute, clever; (=mañoso) crafty, sly
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute; (pey) ( taimado) crafty, cunning
    * * *
    = clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.], wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], streetwise [street-wise], astute, skilful [skillful, -USA], cunning, crafty, shifty, canny, artful, sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.].
    Ex. It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex. The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    ----
    * ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute; (pey) ( taimado) crafty, cunning
    * * *
    = clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.], wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], streetwise [street-wise], astute, skilful [skillful, -USA], cunning, crafty, shifty, canny, artful, sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.].

    Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex: The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.
    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex: The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    * ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.

    * * *
    astuto -ta
    1 (sagaz) shrewd, astute
    no la podrás engañar, es demasiado astuta you won't be able to fool her, she's too shrewd o astute o ( colloq) smart
    2 ( pey) (taimado) crafty, wily, cunning
    * * *

    astuto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute;


    ( ladino) (pey) crafty, sly, cunning
    astuto,-a adjetivo astute, shrewd
    ' astuto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astuta
    - cuca
    - cuco
    - espabilada
    - espabilado
    - guachinanga
    - guachinango
    - hábil
    - ladina
    - ladino
    - pilla
    - pillo
    - zorra
    - zorro
    - jodido
    - listo
    - pícaro
    - piola
    - taimado
    - vivo
    English:
    artful
    - astute
    - canny
    - crafty
    - cunning
    - foxy
    - outfox
    - outsmart
    - sharp
    - shrewd
    - sly
    - tricky
    - worldly-wise
    - wily
    * * *
    astuto, -a adj
    1. [ladino, tramposo] cunning
    2. [sagaz, listo] astute
    * * *
    adj shrewd, astute
    * * *
    astuto, -ta adj
    1) : astute, shrewd
    2) : crafty, tricky
    ♦ astutamente adv
    * * *
    astuto adj
    1. (hábil) shrewd / astute
    2. (malicioso) cunning / sly [comp. slyer; superl. slyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > astuto

  • 17 deshonesto

    adj.
    1 dishonest, backdoor, deceitful, lying.
    2 indecent, immodest, immoral, lewd.
    * * *
    1 (sin honestidad) dishonest
    2 (inmoral) immodest, indecent
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no honrado) dishonest
    2) (=indecente) indecent
    proposición 1)
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    b) ( indecente) < proposiciones> improper, indecent; abuso
    * * *
    = unscrupulous, dishonest, corrupt, crooked, shifty, indecent, lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.].
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex. Unrestricted access to the Internet for input is promoting not just the banal but the postively corrupt.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    ----
    * de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    b) ( indecente) < proposiciones> improper, indecent; abuso
    * * *
    = unscrupulous, dishonest, corrupt, crooked, shifty, indecent, lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.].

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex: Unrestricted access to the Internet for input is promoting not just the banal but the postively corrupt.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    * de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

    * * *
    1 (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    2 (indecente) ‹proposiciones› improper, indecent ‹mujer› ( ant) immodest ( arch), shameless abuso
    * * *

    deshonesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest


    deshonesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (no honrado) dishonest
    2 (no pudoroso) indecent, improper
    ' deshonesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deshonesta
    - sucia
    - sucio
    - chueco
    English:
    bent
    - corrupt
    - crooked
    - dishonest
    - improper
    * * *
    deshonesto, -a adj
    1. [sin honradez] dishonest
    2. [sin pudor] indecent, immoral
    * * *
    adj dishonest
    * * *
    deshonesto, -ta adj
    : dishonest
    * * *
    deshonesto adj dishonest

    Spanish-English dictionary > deshonesto

  • 18 tramposo

    adj.
    tricky, cheating, crooked, deceitful.
    m.
    tricky person, cheat, swindler, dodger.
    * * *
    1 deceitful, tricky
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 trickster, cheat (en las cartas) cardsharp
    * * *
    (f. - tramposa)
    noun
    cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    1.
    ADJ crooked, tricky
    2. SM / F
    1) [en el juego] cheat; (=estafador) crook *, shyster (EEUU), swindler; (=tahúr) cardsharp
    2) (Econ) bad payer
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.

    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.

    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

    * * *
    tramposo1 -sa
    es muy tramposa she's a real cheat
    tramposo2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    cheat
    * * *

     

    tramposo
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: ser tramposo to be a cheat

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    cheat
    tramposo,-a
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheat

    ' tramposo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tahúr
    - tramposa
    - cochino
    - deshonesto
    English:
    cheat
    - dodger
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    ♦ adj
    cheating;
    no seas tan tramposo don't be such a cheat
    ♦ nm,f
    cheat
    * * *
    I adj crooked
    II m, tramposa f cheat, crook
    * * *
    tramposo, -sa adj
    : crooked, cheating
    tramposo, -sa n
    : cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo adj n cheat

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramposo

  • 19 hinterhältig

    Adj. underhanded; Methoden: auch underhand; (tückisch) insidious
    * * *
    shifty; snaky; sly
    * * *
    hịn|ter|häl|tig ['hIntɐhɛltɪç]
    1. adj
    underhand( ed), devious; Lächeln devious
    2. adv
    in an underhand way, deviously
    * * *
    hin·ter·häl·tig
    [ˈhɪntɐhɛltɪç]
    I. adj (pej) underhand, devious, shifty
    \hinterhältige Methoden underhand methods
    II. adv (pej) in an underhand [or devious] [or shifty] manner [or way]
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv underhand
    2.
    adverbial in an underhand fashion or manner
    * * *
    hinterhältig adj underhanded; Methoden: auch underhand; (tückisch) insidious
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv underhand
    2.
    adverbial in an underhand fashion or manner
    * * *
    adj.
    perfidious adj.
    sneaky adj. adv.
    sneakily adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > hinterhältig

  • 20 бегать

    (опред. бежать, сов. побежать)
    1. (в разн. знач.) run*; неопред. ( туда-сюда) run* about

    бежать бегом — hurry; fly* разг.

    бежать со всех ног, бежать сломя голову — run* at breakneck pace, run* for one's, или dear, life; run* as fast as one's legs will carry one, run* at top speed, tear* along

    бегать за кем-л. (прям. и перен.) — run* after smb., chase (after) smb.

    2. тк. неопред. ( о глазах) be shifty; rove

    глаза его так и бегают — he has restless eyes; ( о хитром взгляде) he has shifty eyes, his eyes are shifty

    3. тк. несов. см. бежать II 3
    4. тк. опред. и сов. см. бежать I

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > бегать

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