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  • 1 rock

    I [rok] noun
    1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) klettur, bjarg
    2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) steinn, grjót
    3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) brjóstsykursstöng
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    - rocky
    - rockiness
    - rock-bottom
    - rock-garden
    - rock-plant
    - on the rocks     II [rok] verb
    1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) rugga, vagga
    2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) vagga, róa
    3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) skaka(st)
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    - rocky
    - rockiness
    - rocking-chair
    - rocking-horse
    - off one's rocker     III [rok]
    ((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rokk

    English-Icelandic dictionary > rock

  • 2 stick

    I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb
    1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) stinga, reka
    2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) stinga(st)
    3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) festa, líma
    4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) festast
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    - sticky
    - stickily
    - stickiness
    - sticking-plaster
    - stick-in-the-mud
    - come to a sticky end
    - stick at
    - stick by
    - stick it out
    - stick out
    - stick one's neck out
    - stick to/with
    - stick together
    - stick up for     II [stik] noun
    1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) spÿta, kvistur, sprek
    2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) (göngu)stafur; kylfa
    3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stöngull
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    - get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    - get the wrong end of the stick

    English-Icelandic dictionary > stick

  • 3 stump

    1. noun
    1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) stubbur, stúfur
    2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) stubbur, stúfur
    3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) staur, hæll
    2. verb
    1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) þramma
    2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) gera orðlausan
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    - stump up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > stump

  • 4 tail

    [teil] 1. noun
    1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) rófa, skott, hali, tagl, stertur, stél, sporður
    2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) stél; hali
    2. verb
    (to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) fylgja (e-m) fast eftir
    - - tailed
    - tails 3. interjection
    (a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) bakhlið, krónuna!
    - tail-light
    - tail wind
    - tail off

    English-Icelandic dictionary > tail

  • 5 ledge

    [le‹]
    (a shelf or an object that sticks out like a shelf: He keeps plant-pots on the window-ledge; They stopped on a ledge halfway up the cliff.) stallur, hilla, sylla

    English-Icelandic dictionary > ledge

  • 6 sucker

    1) ((slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something: Who is the sucker who bought your car?) blóðsuga; afæta
    2) (a person or thing that sucks: Are these insects bloodsuckers?) sogskál/-blaðka/-pípa
    3) (an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects.) drullusokkur
    4) (a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there.) rótarsproti, rengla
    5) (a side shoot coming from the root of a plant.)

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sucker

  • 7 barnacle

    (a kind of small shellfish that sticks to rocks and the bottoms of ships.) hrúðurkarl

    English-Icelandic dictionary > barnacle

  • 8 chopsticks

    [' opstiks]
    (two small sticks of wood, ivory etc used by the Chinese etc to eat with.) (mat)prjónar

    English-Icelandic dictionary > chopsticks

  • 9 headland

    noun (a point of land which sticks out into the sea.) höfði; allhátt nes

    English-Icelandic dictionary > headland

См. также в других словарях:

  • the sticks — informal, derogatory rural areas. → stick the sticks informal goalposts or cricket stumps. → stick …   English new terms dictionary

  • (the) sticks — the sticks UK [stɪks] US noun informal an area far from a town or city They live somewhere out in the sticks. Thesaurus: areas and places outside of towns and citieshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • the sticks — the countryside, a rural or provincial place, the backwoods . Originally, in the USA and Canada, a humorous refer ence to trees, the term had spread to other English speaking areas by the 1950s. He lives way out in the sticks somewhere Ongar I… …   Contemporary slang

  • The Sticks — Infobox musical artist Name = The Sticks Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Melbourne, Victoria Genre = Pop, Rock, Blues Years active = Label = Current Release: Red Red Records Distribution: Remote… …   Wikipedia

  • the sticks — (informal) THE COUNTRY, the countryside, rural areas, the provinces; the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater; N. Amer. the backcountry, the backland; Austral./NZ …   Useful english dictionary

  • the sticks — informal she didn t want him to know that she d grown up in the sticks Syn: the country, the countryside, rural areas; the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater, the backcountry, the backland, the middle of nowhere …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • the sticks — np An isolated place in the country. Greta married some yahoo from the sticks. 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • the sticks — (Slang) countryside, far away (e.g. She lives out in the sticks, she lives far away ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • the sticks — UK [stɪks] / US noun informal an area far from a town or city They live somewhere out in the sticks …   English dictionary

  • The sticks — 1. area or district regarded as lacking in the amenities of urban life; the outback; 2. (football) goal posts …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • the sticks — Australian Slang 1. area or district regarded as lacking in the amenities of urban life; the outback; 2. (football) goal posts …   English dialects glossary

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