english
nounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United States//ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ//
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
noun
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Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.
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figurativeAn unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
Some drop science, while I'm dropping english.
Preston Sturgis in his Sullivan’s Travels (1942) put some english on the idea in a bit about a filthy, defeated, white chaingang that is invited to a rural black church for an evening of old movies.
Etymology
Uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.
verb
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Variant of EnglisharchaicAlternative form of English.
Eduard Sievers and his followers have, in recent years, raised the study of speech rhythm to the rank of a special science, which they call Schallanalyse, a name best englished as rhythmics.
Forms
- past tense
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- present participle
- englishing
- third person singular
- englishes
english · Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
English · Of or pertaining to England.Englishman · A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by…engraved · Made by engraving.