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1 ♦ mouth
♦ mouth /maʊɵ/n.1 bocca ( anche fig.); bocca di fiume; foce; imboccatura; apertura; orifizio: What have you got in your mouth?, che cos'hai in bocca?; to keep one's mouth shut, tenere la bocca chiusa ( anche fig.); He has a lot of mouths to feed, ha molte bocche da sfamare; ( anche fig.) to froth at the mouth, aver la schiuma (o la bava) alla bocca; the mouth of a bag [of a bottle], la bocca d'un sacco [di una bottiglia]; the mouth of a river, la foce d'un fiume; the mouth of a cave, l'imboccatura d'una caverna; (fig.) foul mouth, tendenza a usare oscenità2 (tecn.) bocca; entrata3 (ind. min.) bocca; imbocco● ( slang USA) mouth-breather, boccalone; credulone □ (fig.) mouth-filling, enfatico, reboante, retorico; che riempie la bocca (fam.) □ ( slang USA) a mouth full of South, un accento meridionale □ ( boxe) mouth guard, paradenti □ (med.) mouth-opener, apribocca □ (mus.) mouth organ, armonica a bocca; organetto (fam.) □ (med.) mouth-to-mouth breathing (o mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), respirazione bocca a bocca □ ( di cibo e fig.) mouth-watering, che fa venire l'acquolina in bocca □ (fam.) to be all mouth ( and trousers), essere uno sbruffone □ (fam.) to blow one's mouth off, spararle grosse, sproloquiare □ (fam.) to be down in the mouth, esser depresso (o abbattuto, scoraggiato); esser giù di morale □ ( di un cane) to give mouth, abbaiare □ (fig.) to give mouth to st., esprimere (o manifestare) qc. □ ( slang) to have a big mouth, essere un chiacchierone; non saper tenere la lingua a posto □ ( di cavallo) to have a good [a bad, a hard] mouth, esser docile [ribelle, refrattario] al morso □ (fam.) to have st. straight from the horse's mouth, sapere qc. direttamente dalla fonte □ (fam. ingl.) to make a poor mouth, piangere miseria □ to make sb. 's mouth water, far venire l'acquolina in bocca a q. □ (antiq.) to make a wry mouth, fare una smorfia; storcere la bocca □ to put one's money where one's mouth is, far seguire alle parole i fatti □ to put words into sb. 's mouth, mettere parole in bocca a q. □ (fam. USA) to run one's mouth, parlare a ruota libera; scoprire gli altarini □ to shoot one's mouth off = to blow one's mouth off ► sopra □ to take the words out of sb. 's mouth, rubare le parole di bocca a q. □ (fam. USA) to talk poor mouth, piangere miseria □ (fam.) to watch one's mouth, badare a come si parla.(to) mouth /maʊɵ/A v. t.B v. i.2 far boccacce; fare smorfie● to mouth curses, imprecare; bestemmiare. -
2 whistle whis·tle
['wɪsl]1. n(sound) fischio, (instrument) fischiettothe police searched him, but he was as clean as a whistle — la polizia lo ha perquisito ma lui era pulito
to blow the whistle on — (inform on) fare una soffiata su
2. vt3. vi(gen) fischiare, (in low tone) fischiettarehe's whistling in the dark fig — lo fa (or dice) per darsi coraggio
he can whistle for it! fig fam — se lo può sognare!
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foul — foully, adv. /fowl/, adj., fouler, foulest, adv., n., v. adj. 1. grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 2. containing or characterized by offensive or noisome matter: foul air; foul stagnant water. 3.… … Universalium
foul — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fūl; akin to Old High German fūl rotten, Latin pus pus, putēre to stink, Greek pyon pus Date: before 12th century 1. a. offensive to the senses ; loathsome b. filled or covered with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
foul — /faʊl / (say fowl) adjective 1. grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell. 2. charged with or characterised by offensive or noisome matter: foul air. 3. filthy or dirty, as places, vessels, or clothes. 4.… …
foul up — verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑bot … Useful english dictionary
blow — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, Lucullan feast, accident, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ache, achievement, aching, act, acta, action, adventure, amplify, anthesis, astonishment, bafflement, bagpipe, balk, bang, banquet, bash,… … Moby Thesaurus
foul — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abase, abeyant, abhorrent, abject, abominable, abuse, abusive, adulterate, adulterated, adverse, affronting, afoul, amoral, angry, apathetic, arrant, asperse, atrocious, awful, bad, bad for,… … Moby Thesaurus
blow — 1. verb 1) the icy wind blew around us Syn: gust, bluster, puff, blast, roar, rush, storm 2) his ship was blown on to the rocks Syn: sweep, carry, toss, drive, push … Thesaurus of popular words
foul — adj 1. contaminated, polluted, infected, adulterated, impure, defiled, tainted; spoiled, rotten, moldy, decayed, decomposed, carious, fetid, putrid, putrescent, putrefactive; ill smelling, evil smelling, Sl. funky, rancid, stinking, stinky, rank … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
foul up — Synonyms and related words: anarchy, ball up, bitch, bitch up, bloomer, blooper, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bonehead into it, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, boob stunt, boot, bugger, bugger up, butterfingers, chaos, clumsy, complicate,… … Moby Thesaurus
blow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knock, stroke, hit; disappointment; blast, wind, breeze, gale. See impulse, surprise. v. brag; gasp, pant, puff; sound; storm, breeze, whiff, waft; slang, miss, squander. See failure, waste. II (Roget … English dictionary for students
blow the whistle on — to make public a taboo or questionable activity of another The action of the referee who thus stops play after a foul: He was a number one hitman for the Cosa Nostra and he blew the whistle on them. (Diehl, 1978) See also… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms