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1 bald
bo:ld1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) (flint)skallet2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) uten hår/fjær/pels3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) usmykket, enkel, utilslørt•- baldness- balding
- baldlyfrekk--------skalletadj. \/bɔːld\/1) skallet2) ( zoologi) med hvite fjær på hodet, med hvit pels på hodet3) ( om fjell e.l.) bar, naken4) ( overført) likefrem, åpen, skamløs, (som går) rett på sak5) ( overført) tørr, slett, platt6) ( om bildekk) blankslittbald as a coot flintskallet, fullstendig skalletgo bald bli skallet -
2 coot
Isubst. \/kuːt\/1) forklaring: fugl i sothøneslekten, Fulicaforklaring: særlig arten Fulica atra2) ( hverdagslig) tosk, idiot3) ( hverdagslig) person, fyr, typebald as a coot ( hverdagslig) blank som en biljardkule, skallet som et eggIIverb \/kuːt\/pare, pare seg
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bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … Dictionary of English idioms
bald as a coot — totally bald … English contemporary dictionary
bald as a coot — Entirely bald … A concise dictionary of English slang
be as bald as a coot — humorous to be completely bald (= having no hair on your head). Then he took off his hat and he was as bald as a coot … New idioms dictionary
(as) bald as a coot — idiom (BrE, informal) completely bald Main entry: ↑baldidiom … Useful english dictionary
as bald as a coot — Meaning Completely bald. Origin Coots are water birds whose white head colouring give them the appearance of baldness. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition … Meaning and origin of phrases
Coot — For other uses, see Coot (disambiguation). Coots Eurasian Coot Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
coot, you old — A friendly insult, comparing the person addressed (usually a man) to the water bird known as a coot, or more accurately, to one of the several birds loosely known by this name. One of them is bald, hence the proverbial ‘bald as a coot’. One is … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address