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1 težak-udarač
• swingeing -
2 težak udarač
• swingeing; swinging -
3 drástico
adj.1 drastic, inflexible, energetic, severe.2 drastic, striking, dramatic.* * *► adjetivo1 drastic* * *(f. - drástica)adj.* * *ADJ drastic* * *- ca adjetivo <remedio/medida> drastic* * *= drastic, forceful, dramatic, swingeing.Ex. Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.----* medidas drásticas = clampdown (on).* tomar medidas drásticas contra = clamp down on.* * *- ca adjetivo <remedio/medida> drastic* * *= drastic, forceful, dramatic, swingeing.Ex: Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.
Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.* medidas drásticas = clampdown (on).* tomar medidas drásticas contra = clamp down on.* * *drástico -ca‹remedio/medida› drastichan reducido las subvenciones de manera drástica subsidies have been drastically reduced* * *
drástico◊ -ca adjetivo
drastic
drástico,-a adjetivo drastic
' drástico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
drástica
English:
drastic
- dramatic
* * *drástico, -a adjdrastic* * *adj drastic* * *drástico, -ca adj: drastic♦ drásticamente adv -
4 feroz
adj.1 fierce, ferocious (animal, bestia).2 cruel, savage (criminal, asesino).3 terrible (intenso) (dolor, angustia).tenía un hambre feroz he was ravenous o starvingla competencia es feroz the competition is fierce4 horrendous, dreadful.* * *1 fierce, ferocious\el lobo feroz the big bad wolf* * *adj.fierce, ferocious* * *ADJ1) (=salvaje) fierce, ferocioustengo un hambre feroz — I'm starving, I'm famished
2) (=cruel) cruel3) LAm (=feo) ugly* * *a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violenttengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)
b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)* * *= fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.----* crítica feroz = hatchet job.* * *a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violenttengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)
b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)* * *= fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.* crítica feroz = hatchet job.* * *1 ‹animal› ferocious, fierce; ‹ataque/mirada› fierce, vicious; ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent; ‹fanatismo› fiercebajo el feroz sol del mediodía beneath the fierce midday sunse desató una feroz tempestad a fierce o violent storm was unleashed ( liter)un verde feroz a ghastly o horrendous green ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
algo feroz
feroz
feroz adjetivo
‹ataque/mirada/odio› fierce, vicious;
‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent
feroz adjetivo fierce, ferocious: tengo un hambre feroz, I'm ravenous
una crítica feroz, savage criticism
' feroz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bestia
- un
English:
cutthroat
- destroy
- ferocious
- fierce
- glare
- rat race
- ravenous
- savage
- cut
- furious
- hard
- vicious
* * *feroz adj1. [animal, bestia] fierce, ferocious2. [criminal, asesino] cruel, savage3. [intenso] [tempestad] fierce, violent;[dolor, angustia] terrible;tenía un hambre feroz I was ravenous o starving;la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce;lanzó un ataque feroz contra la propuesta del gobierno he launched a fierce attack against the government's proposalagarraron una feroz borrachera they got terribly o incredibly drunk* * *adj fierce; ( cruel) cruel* * *♦ ferozmente adv* * *feroz adj fierce / ferocious -
5 salvaje
adj.1 wild (animal, terreno).el salvaje oeste the wild West2 savage (pueblo, tribu).3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).f. & m.1 savage (primitivo).2 brute (bruto).unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant* * *► adjetivo2 (animal) wild3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled1 (no civilizado) savage2 figurado (violento) savage3 (bruto) brute, boor* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) savage2) wild* * *1. ADJ1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized3) [pueblo, tribu] savage4) (=brutal) savage, brutalun salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder
5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *2.SMF (lit, fig) savage* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.----* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *A1 ‹animal› wild2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wildB (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savagehay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana ( fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady ( colloq)se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunkC ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorizedpara controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting1 (primitivo) savagete comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal* * *
salvaje adjetivo
1
2 ( cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
‹ataque/matanza› savage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage;
( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
salvaje
I adjetivo
1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
2 (terreno) uncultivated
3 (cultura, tribu) savage
4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
(zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
II m, f
1savage
2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
' salvaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- lado
- selvática
- selvático
- bestia
- indomable
English:
abundance
- frazzled
- loose
- rice
- savage
- savagely
- wild
- wilderness
- wildness
- cut
- vicious
* * *♦ adj1. [animal] wild2. [planta, terreno] wild3. [pueblo, tribu] savage4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalismuna huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;vertidos salvajes illegal dumping♦ nmf1. [primitivo] savage2. [bruto] brute;unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?* * *I adj1 animal wild2 ( bruto) brutalII m/f savage* * *salvaje adj1) : wildanimales salvajes: wild animals2) : savage, cruel3) : primitive, uncivilizedsalvaje nmf: savage* * *salvaje adj1. (animal) wild2. (tribu) savage -
6 опашат
tailedопашата звезда cometопашата лъжа a whopping/thumping/swingeing/whacking lie, whopper, sl. out-and-outer* * *опаша̀т,прил. tailed; зоол. caudate; \опашата звезда comet; \опашата лъжа a whopping/thumping/swingeing/whacking lie, whopper, sl. out-and-outer.* * *caudate* * *1. tailed 2. ОПАШАТa звезда comet 3. ОПАШАТa лъжа а whopping/thumping/swingeing/whacking lie, whopper, sl. out-and-outer -
7 ошеломляющий
1) General subject: gobsmacked (British), mind boggling, mindbending, off the wall, off-the-wall, staggering, stunning, startling, dazzling, overwhelming2) Colloquial: blockbusting, mind-boggling3) Obsolete: swingeing4) Rare: swingeing (об ударе)5) Aviation medicine: dizzy -
8 saftig
Adj.1. Obst, Fleisch etc.: juicy, succulent; Wiese, Grün: lush2. fig., Witz etc.: spicy, saucy; umg., Preise, Rechnung: (a bit) steep; saftige Kürzungen swingeing cuts; das sind schon saftige Preise hier umg. the prices are really steep here, they really slap it on here; eine saftige Geldstrafe a stiff ( oder hefty) fine; saftige Niederlage umg. crushing defeat; saftige Ohrfeige umg. hefty clout (a)round the ears; saftiger Brief umg. stiff letter* * *juicy; succulent; sappy; lush* * *sạf|tig ['zaftɪç]adj2) (inf = kräftig) Witz juicy (inf); Rechnung, Strafe, Ohrfeige hefty (inf); Brief, Antwort, Ausdrucksweise potentda habe ich ihm einen saftigen Brief geschrieben — so I wrote him a pretty potent letter or one hell of a letter (inf)
* * *1) juicy2) (green and fertile: lush meadows.) lush3) ((of fruit or other food eg meat) juicy and delicious: a succulent peach.) succulent* * *saf·tig[ˈzaftɪç]1. (viel Saft enthaltend) juicy, succulent2. (üppig) lushein \saftiger Preis/eine \saftige Rechnung a steep [or an exorbitant] price/bill* * *1) juicy; sappy < stem>; lush <meadow, green>; (fig.): (lebensvoll) lusty2) (ugs.) hefty <slap, blow>; steep (coll.) <prices, bill>; terrific, big <surprise, punch-up>; crude, coarse <joke, song, etc.>; strongly-worded <letter etc.>; strong, juicy < curse>* * *saftig adj1. Obst, Fleisch etc: juicy, succulent; Wiese, Grün: lushsaftige Kürzungen swingeing cuts;das sind schon saftige Preise hier umg the prices are really steep here, they really slap it on here;eine saftige Geldstrafe a stiff ( oder hefty) fine;saftige Niederlage umg crushing defeat;saftige Ohrfeige umg hefty clout (a)round the ears;saftiger Brief umg stiff letter* * *1) juicy; sappy < stem>; lush <meadow, green>; (fig.): (lebensvoll) lusty2) (ugs.) hefty <slap, blow>; steep (coll.) <prices, bill>; terrific, big <surprise, punch-up>; crude, coarse <joke, song, etc.>; strongly-worded <letter etc.>; strong, juicy < curse>* * *adj.juicy adj.sappy adj.succulent adj. adv.juicily adv.lushly adv.sappily adv.succulently adv. -
9 huumaava
bemusing (adje)dazing (adje)deafening (adje)doping (adje)drug (adje)drugging (adje)intoxicating (adje)narcotic (adje)overpowering (adje)stunning (adje)stupefying (adje)swingeing (adje)* * *• dazzling• swingeing• stunning• overpowering• narcotic• intoxicating• exquisite• deafening• drug -
10 suunnaton
yks.nom. suunnaton; yks.gen. suunnattoman; yks.part. suunnatonta; yks.ill. suunnattomaan; mon.gen. suunnattomien suunnatonten; mon.part. suunnattomia; mon.ill. suunnattomiincolossal (adje)enormous (adje)fabulous (adje)huge (adje)immense (adje)prodigious (adje)stupendous (adje)swingeing (adje)terrific (adje)thumping (adje)thundering (adje)tremendous (adje)vast (adje)* * *• unlimited• enormous• swingeing• vast• tremendous• thundering• thumping• terrific• big• colossal• bottomless• stupendous• fabulous• gigantic• gross• prodigious• immense• impossible• impressive• infinite• huge -
11 valtava
yks.nom. valtava; yks.gen. valtavan; yks.part. valtavaa; yks.ill. valtavaan; mon.gen. valtavien valtavain; mon.part. valtavia; mon.ill. valtaviincolossal (adje)enormous (adje)huge (adje)immense (adje)imposing (adje)massive (adje)mighty (adje)monumental (adje)spectacular (adje)swingeing (adje)terrific (adje)tremendous (adje)vast (adje)* * *• enormous• monumental• mighty• massive• imposing• immense• huge• howling• swingeing• great• copious• colossal• tremendous• terrific• overwhelming• overpowering• spectacular• vast -
12 беспощадный
1) General subject: aiming for the jugular, bareknuckle, cutthroat, deadly, dog eat dog, fierce, grim, hard eyed, hard-eyed, knock down and drag out, knock down drag out, knock-down-drag-out, merciless, mortal, no holds barred, no-holds-barred, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, slashing, sledge, sledge hammer, sledge-hammer, unmerciful, unsparing, cruel, dispiteous, swingeing, cruel-hearted, unforgiving2) Colloquial: dog-eat-dog (о конкуренции)3) Poetical language: fell4) Religion: despiteous, inclement5) Jargon: dog-eat-dog (о конкуренции и т.п.)6) Makarov: knock-down-and-drag-out, lethal -
13 громадные убытки
General subject: swingeing damages -
14 громадный
1) General subject: Cyclopean, Cyclopian, Cyclopic, colossal, enormous, extensive, formidable, giant, gigantean, gigantic, gigantically, great, huge, hulking, immane, immeasurable, immense, immensurable, mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, slapping, stupendous, tanklike, terrible, thumping, thundering, vast, humungo (Something extremly large, huge), behemoth, ginormous2) Colloquial: swingeing, tremendous, whaling, jumbo3) Poetical language: vasty4) Bookish: decuman5) Mathematics: large6) Religion: Babylonian7) Mining: oversized9) Emotional: banging -
15 наглая ложь
1) General subject: a whole-cloth lie, an out-and-out lie, bald lie, bald-faced lie, blatant lie, blazer, bounce, bouncer, downright lie, egregious lie, flat-out lie, gross lie, oner, rank lie, rouser, swingeing lie, thumper, thumping lies, thundering lie, whopper, whacking lie2) Colloquial: whacker, patent lies3) Makarov: barefaced lie, blazing lie, impudent lie, thumping lie -
16 неробеющий
General subject: swingeing -
17 подавляющее большинство
1) General subject: large majority, marginal majority, plumping majority, swingeing majority, the great majority, thumping majority, overwhelming majority2) Mathematics: the majority, the vast majority3) Law: extraordinary majority4) Diplomatic term: avalanche (во время выборов)5) Oil: vast majority6) Advertising: preponderance7) Makarov: great bulkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подавляющее большинство
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18 разбирающийся в современном искусстве
General subject: swingeingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > разбирающийся в современном искусстве
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19 сильный
1) General subject: acute (acute eyesight - острое зрение), athletic, bad (о холоде, боли и т. п.), bauld, beefy, biddable (о картах), bitter, bold, brawny, bull, cordial, deep, driving, energetic, exquisite, exquisite (об ощущении), fierce (о буре, жаре), fit, forceful, freck, fresh (о ветре), full blooded, good, great, gush, hard (hard blow - сильный удар), hard fisted, hard hitting, hard-fisted, hard-hitting, heavy (о буре, дожде, росе и т. п.), high, high powered, intense, iron, keen (о чувствах), lively, long (в чем-л.), lusty, main, masculine, massive, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, panting, penetrating, pithy, potent, power, powerful, prepotent, punchy, rich (о запахе), robust, robustious, ropey, ropy, rousing (об огне), rude (о звуке), rugged, rushing, sappy, sevenfold, sevenfold (и т.п.), severe, shrewd (о боли, холоде), sinewed, sinewy, slapping, slashing, slogging, sluicy, smacking, smart, sound, splitting (о головной боли), stalwart, stark, stiff (о ветре), stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, swingeing (об ударе), telling, tough, two fisted, two handed, vigorous, (физически) vigorous of body, violent, virile, virtued, wally, warm, wight, sharp, vehement, strong force (This new Codemasters title has strong force feedback.), stable4) Colloquial: healthy, husky, loud (о запахе, привкусе), mortal, rattling (о ветре), spanking, ferocious, a bitch of5) American: some6) Military: entrenched7) Bookish: hale (особ. о стариках), marrowy9) Railway term: drastic10) Psychology: important11) Scottish language: pretty13) Oil: terrible15) Sublime: puissant16) Metrology: heavy (например, об обратной связи)17) Ecology: significant (о воздействии загрязнителя)18) Business: forcible19) Polymers: severe (о коррозии)20) Makarov: brisk (о ветре), dramatic, elemental, energetical, full-blood, full-blooded, hearty, potent (могущественный), potent (сильнодействующий), potent (убедительный), profound, racy (о наслаждении), searching, severe (напр. о простуде), severe (напр., о простуде), severe (о болезни), severe (о простуде), smacking (о ветре), solid, thick, vigorous of body (физически), virtuous21) Emotional: raging, two-fisted22) Taboo: fresh as a new-born turd -
20 смелый
1) General subject: Amazonian, adventurous, audacious, bauld, bold, brave, challenging, confident, courageous, daredevil, daring, dashing, gallant, game, gamy, gutty, hardy, hazardable, high-spirited, intrepid, lion-hearted, manful, manly, mettled, mettlesome, nervy, plucky, spirited, spunky, steel hearted, steel-hearted, stout, stout hearted, stout-hearted, swingeing, unfearing, venturesome, venturous, ambitious, edgy, fearless3) Obsolete: tall4) Literal: Trojan5) Bookish: doughty7) Jargon: ding-dong8) American English: bodacious9) Taboo: full of fuck, hot-shit
См. также в других словарях:
swingeing — UK US /ˈswɪndʒɪŋ/ adjective UK FORMAL ► extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect: »The government is expected to make swingeing cuts … Financial and business terms
swingeing — [swin′jiŋ] adj. [prp. of SWINGE: cf. STRAPPING] Brit. 1. forceful, often in a negative way; severe [a swingeing attack] 2. Now Rare huge; very large … English World dictionary
Swingeing — Swinge ing, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot. Byron. {Swinge ing*ly}, adv. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swingeing — ► ADJECTIVE chiefly Brit. ▪ severe or otherwise extreme. ORIGIN from archaic swinge «strike hard», from Old English, shake, shatter … English terms dictionary
swingeing — swinge|ing [ˈswındʒıŋ] adj BrE written [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: swinge to punish severely (16 19 centuries)] 1.) extremely severe and likely to cause people financial problems ▪ swingeing cuts in staff numbers ▪ swingeing price increases ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
swingeing — [[t]swɪ̱nʤɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A swingeing action, such as an attack or cut, is very great or severe. [BRIT, mainly JOURNALISM] ...the book mounted a swingeing attack on the materialist, growth oriented economics of the day... There have been… … English dictionary
swingeing — swinging, swingeing Swinging is the ordinary present participle of the verb swing, whereas swingeing means ‘forcible, severe’ (as in swingeing tax increases), and is part of an archaic verb swinge meaning ‘to strike hard’ … Modern English usage
swingeing — I. adjective also swinging Etymology: from present participle of 1swinge Date: 1575 chiefly British very large, high, or severe < swingeing fines > < swingeing taxes > II. adverb or … New Collegiate Dictionary
swingeing — swinge|ing [ swındʒıŋ ] adjective BRITISH 1. ) large and likely to cause serious difficulty or harm: swingeing cuts in public services 2. ) criticizing someone or something very severely: swingeing attacks/comments … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swingeing — adjective BrE swingeing cuts very severe reductions in spending, especially by a government or organization; sweeping (1): swingeing cuts in public spending … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
swingeing — UK [ˈswɪndʒɪŋ] / US adjective British 1) large and likely to cause serious difficulty or harm swingeing cuts in public services 2) criticizing someone or something very severely swingeing attacks/comments … English dictionary