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1 безделушка
1) General subject: bagatelle, bauble, doodad, falderal, falderol, folderol, gadget, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw, knick-knack, knickknack, nick nack, nick-nack, quip, rattletrap, toy, trick, trifle, trinket, wally, whigmaleerie, tchotchke2) American: pretty4) Rare: fizgig5) Architecture: kickshow6) Jargon: hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, unit, dudenwhacker, wham-ditty, jigalorum, jigger, jiggus, jiggum, jobber, jobby, fakus, whing-ding, wing-ding, wingdoodie, diddenwhacker, dojigger, doojigger, domajigger, domajiggus, gazinkus, gazunkus, geegaw, googaw, gigamaree, goofus, boondoggle, dingbat, doohickey, doowhistle, doowillie7) Archaic: knack -
2 делать напрасный труд
Economy: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > делать напрасный труд
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3 заниматься бессмысленным делом
1) General subject: bay the moon, boondoggle, carry coal to Newcastle (г. Ньюкасл - центр угольной промышленности), gild refined gold2) Makarov: carry coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle (букв.: возить уголь в Ньюкасл ср. ездить в Тулу со своим самоваром)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься бессмысленным делом
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4 заниматься пустым делом
Economy: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься пустым делом
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5 заниматься пустым, бессмысленным делом
American: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься пустым, бессмысленным делом
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6 исполнять нетрудную работу за общественный счёт
Jargon: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > исполнять нетрудную работу за общественный счёт
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7 поездка под видом служебной командировки
Military: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > поездка под видом служебной командировки
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8 приспособление
1) General subject: accessory, accommodation, adaptation, adjusting, adjustment, apparatus, appliance, arrangement (для сцены), attachment, coaptation (предметов, частей друг к другу), conformation, contrivance (механическое), device, fitments, fix-up, fixture, gadget, gear, jack, rig, shebang2) Computers: tailoring3) Naval: jig4) Medicine: facility, habituation, instrument, setup, tool, tractor, unit5) Colloquial: doohickey6) Engineering: acclimation, adapting, attachments, contrivance (обыкн. сложное), fixture group, implement, mean, means, tool arrangement, widget, work tool, gizmo7) Chemistry: accommodating8) Construction: accustomization, tray9) Mathematics: provision10) Railway term: adapter, adaptor, mounting, piece of apparatus11) Law: accessary12) Economy: adjustment behavior (напр. к нарушению экономического равновесия), adjustment behaviour (напр. к нарушению экономического равновесия), fitment13) Automobile industry: convenience, window antirattler14) Architecture: fixture (предмет или механизм)15) Forestry: fit17) Telecommunications: engine18) Textile: motion19) Jargon: what's it ( is), whatchamacallit, dingbat, What the Sam Hill?, boondoggle, thingamajig, what's the hell?, what-you-may-call-it, whatzis21) Astronautics: adaption22) Geophysics: mechanism23) Mechanic engineering: arranger24) Mechanics: accessor25) Patents: notion26) Business: readjustment27) Drilling: dodge29) Automation: (вспомогательное) accessory, adaptation (как функция), aid, (добавочное) attachment, (механическое) contrivance30) Quality control: (новое) gadget31) Robots: tackle32) Oceanography: adjustment (организма к среде)33) General subject: tool (специнструмент для выполнения узкоспециальной операции)34) Aviation medicine: accommodation (общефизиологическое), conditioning35) Makarov: adaptation (процесс), app (apparatus), craft, device (прибор), feature, hauling device (для перемещения груза), hoisting device (для подъема груза), load hauling device (для перемещения груза), load hoisting device (для подъема груза), utility (к машине и т.п.)36) Security: (рабочий) tool -
9 трата времени и денег
Jargon: boondoggleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > трата времени и денег
См. также в других словарях:
boondoggle — boon‧dog‧gle [ˈbuːnˌdɒgl ǁ ˌdɒːgl] noun [countable] informal an officially organized plan or action that wastes a lot of money: • Opponents say the monorail plan is a boondoggle; projected routes would travel to places that would attract few… … Financial and business terms
Boondoggle — or boon doggle may refer to:* Boondoggle (project), term for a scheme that wastes time and money * Scoubidou, a knotting and plaiting craft known in the U.S. as boondoggle ** Gimp (thread), a type of thread used in making boondoggles and lanyards … Wikipedia
boondoggle — ☆ boondoggle [bo͞on′däg΄əl, bo͞on′dôg΄əl ] n. [orig. dial., ornamental leather strap; modern sense from c. 1935] a trifling or pointless project, expenditure, etc.; now esp., one financed by public funds vi. boondoggled, boondoggling to engage in … English World dictionary
boondoggle — oon dog*gle v. 1. a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain. 2. a useless, wasteful, or impractical project; especially one authorized by a government agency as a favor to partisans … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boondoggle — oon dog*gle v. to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boondoggle — (n.) 1935, American English, of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make work projects for the unemployed. Said to have been a pioneer word for gadget; it also was by 1932 a Boy Scout term for a kind of… … Etymology dictionary
boondoggle — [[t]bu͟ːndɒgl[/t]] boondoggles N COUNT (disapproval) People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. [AM, INFORMAL] The planned… … English dictionary
boondoggle — [“bundogl] n. a waste of time and money; a project for spending public money. □ Another Washington boondoggle came to light today as investigators revealed plans for a dam in a California canyon that doesn’t have any water. □ This is another… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
boondoggle — noun Etymology: coined by Robert H. Link died 1957 American scoutmaster Date: 1929 1. a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2. a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
boondoggle — boondoggler, n. /boohn dog euhl, daw geuhl/, n., v., boondoggled, boondoggling. n. 1. a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout. 2. work of little or no value … Universalium
boondoggle — 1. noun /ˈbuːndɒɡəl/ a) A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle. Opponents consider this another billion dollar government boondoggle. b) A waste of time and/or money; a … Wiktionary