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1 lead-pipe
lead-pipe[led p'aip] adj coll certo, garantido. -
2 piping
1) (the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes.) flautear2) ((the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes: lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy.) canalização* * *pip.ing[p'aipiŋ] n 1 música de flauta ou gaita de foles. 2 ação de tocar um destes instrumentos. 3 pio, pipilo. 4 assobio, silvo. 5 choro. 6 tubulação, encanamento. 7 guarnição: enfeite da fímbria de um vestido. • adj 1 de flauta ou gaita de foles. 2 sereno. 3 agudo. 4 pipilante. the piping times of yore os bons tempos de antigamente. -
3 piping
1) (the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes.) ato de tocar instrumento de sopro2) ((the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes: lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy.) canalização
См. также в других словарях:
lead-pipe — adjective Date: 1894 certain, guaranteed < a lead pipe cinch > … New Collegiate Dictionary
lead pipe — Used in the context of general equities. Virtually certain that trade will take place; lead pipe cinch. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: layup. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
lead-pipe — noun see lead pipe cinch … Useful english dictionary
lead-pipe cinch — ☆ lead pipe cinch [led′pīp′ ] n. [extended (prob. in allusion to the pliability of lead pipe) < PIPE, sense 12] Slang 1. a thing very easy to do 2. a sure thing; certainty … English World dictionary
lead-pipe cinch — lead′ pipe cinch′ [[t]lɛd[/t]] n. Slang. 1) sts an absolute certainty 2) sts something very easy to accomplish • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer … From formal English to slang
lead-pipe cinch — ˈledˌ ̷ ̷ noun also lead pipe Etymology: lead pipe from the phrase lead pipe pipe made of lead, from Middle English lede pype, from lede, leed lead + pype, pipe pipe slang : something very easy or certain ought to be a lead pipe cinch to find Big … Useful english dictionary
lead-pipe cinch — /led puyp /, Slang. 1. an absolute certainty: It s a lead pipe cinch they ll be there. 2. something very easy to accomplish: Getting him elected will be a lead pipe cinch. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
lead pipe cinch — certain of the result, a foregone conclusion The Jets are a lead pipe cinch to win the game. They re better … English idioms
lead pipe rigidity — diffuse muscular rigidity resembling the resistance to bending of a thin walled metal pipe; seen in parkinsonism … Medical dictionary
lead pipe — adj. certain, guaranteed, definite … English contemporary dictionary
lead-pipe cinch — noun A cinch; something very easy … Wiktionary
