FULL OF THE OLD NICK

Meaning of FULL OF THE OLD NICK in English

adj. phr. , informal Always making trouble; naughty; bad. That boy is full of the Old Nick.

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FULL OF THE OLD NICK — = full of it
Slang English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICK — I. transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English nicken, from Old English niccan, from nic, nicc, adverb, not I, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ful, full, from Old English full; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICK — /nik/ , n. 1. a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FULL — full 1 — fullness , n. /fool/ , adj., fuller, fullest , adv., v., n. adj. 1. completely filled; containing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NICK — I. ˈnik noun Etymology: Middle English nyke, probably alteration of nocke nock Date: 15th century 1. a. : a small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l also ˈfəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fol full, Latin plenus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
NICK — noun a notch cut into something. 2. nick ·noun an evil spirit of the waters. 3. nick ·noun a score …
Webster English vocab
FULL — (·comp) sated; surfeited. 2. full (·comp) filled with emotions. 3. full (·comp) impregnated; made pregnant. 4. full ·noun complete measure; …
Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NICK — [nick] n [ME nyke, prob. alter. of nocke nock] (15c) 1 a: a small notch or groove b: a break …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FULL — [full] adj [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fol full, L plenus full, plere to fill, Gk pleres full, plethein …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NICK — nick, Nick BrE AmE nɪk ▷ nicked nɪkt ▷ nicking ˈnɪk ɪŋ ▷ nicks, Nick's nɪks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICK — / nɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the nick [ sing. ] ( BrE , slang ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — / fʊl; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( full·er , fullest ) WITH NO EMPTY SPACE 1. full …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NICK — I. nick 1 /nɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from nock 'small cut in the end …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NICK — n. & v. --n. 1 a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police station. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NICK — n. & v. n. 1 a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police station. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
NICK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police …
Oxford English vocab
FULL — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICK — ( nicks, nicking, nicked) 1. If someone nicks something, they steal it. ( BRIT INFORMAL ) He smashed a window …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — ( fuller, fullest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NICK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Clegg, Nick Old Nick COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE good ▪ The county's elder …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — To win at dice, to hit the mark just in the nick of time, or at the critical moment.NICK. Old …
Slang English vocab
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FULL — n. bung full chock full cram full full blooded full blown full bodied full bosomed full dress full fledged full …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — INDEX: 1. full 2. to become full 3. to make something full 4. to make something full again after part …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — See ↑ BUSY/NOT BUSY 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1,2, ↑ FAT 4, ↑ FULL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be full …
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — n. 25B6; noun a slight nick in the blade : CUT, scratch, incision, snick, notch, chip, gouge, gash; dent, indentation. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FULL — n. 25B6; adjective her glass was full : FILLED, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — n. 1 cut, notch, chip, gouge, gash, scratch, dent, indentation, flaw, mark, blemish, defect Be careful of that nick in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FULL — adj. 1 filled, replete, brimming, brim-full, packed, jam-packed, congested, loaded, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full or choke-full or chuck-full, jammed, crammed, solid, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OLD — 1. прил.; сравн. - older, elder; превосх. - oldest, eldest 1) а) старый old age old people grow old get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NICK — I сущ. 1) Ник (имя собственное, сокращение от Nicholas) 2) черт, дьявол (с большой буквы, обыкн. Old Nick) II 1. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FULL — полнота; высшая точка (чего-л) - the * of the moon полнолуние - the * of the tide высшая точка прилива …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — old.ogg 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NICK — nick.ogg _I 1. nık n 1. 1> зарубка, засечка; метка 2> клеймо ( на дереве ) 2. бирка, палочка с …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FULL — _I 1. fʋl n 1. полнота; высшая точка ( чего-л. ) the full of the moon - полнолуние the full …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NICK — nick сущ.1) а) зарубка, засечка, зазубрина б) нарезка, резьба в) прорезь, разрез, трещина, щель г) перен. тех. сужение, шейка д) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FULL — I full прил.1) а) прям. перен. полный, наполненный целиком, заполненный The sky was full of fire. — Небо было все …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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