CUSTARD-PIE

Meaning of CUSTARD-PIE in English

/kus"teuhrd puy"/ , adj.

characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular esp. in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.

[ 1930-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CUSTARD-PIE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: so called from the frequent pie-throwing battles waged in early motion-picture comedies : slapstick : relating to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSTARD PIE — ■ noun an open pie containing cold set custard. ↘a ~, or a flat container of foam, used for throwing …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUSTARD PIE — noun a flat pie filled with sth soft and wet that looks like custard , that performers throw at each …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSTARD PIE — ˌcustard ˈpie BrE AmE noun [countable] a ↑ pie filled with a substance that looks like custard, which people throw …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUSTARD PIE — ( custard pies) Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke. ...a custard …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSTARD PIE — (~s) Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke. ...a ~ fight. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CUSTARD PIE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He is the perfect recipient of the custard pie .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUSTARD-PIE — (театроведение) (кинематографический) грубый, примитивный (о фарсе)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUSTARD-PIE — a театр. , кино грубый, примитивный ( о фарсе )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUSTARD PIE — (a) грубый; примитивный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CUSTARD-PIE — a театр. , кино грубый, примитивный ( о фарсе )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CUSTARD-PIE — a театр. , кино грубый, примитивный ( о фарсе )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CUSTARD-PIE — (театроведение) (кинематографический) грубый, примитивный (о фарсе)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUSTARD — crem ovin
English interlingue dictionary
CUSTARD — noun see: crust Date: circa 1706 a pudding-like usually sweetened mixture made with eggs and milk, ~y adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSTARD — ˈkəstə(r)d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English custarde, crustade, a kind of pie, probably modification of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
CUSTARD — (n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSTARD — ( n. ) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSTARD — /kus"teuhrd/ , n. a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen. [ 1400-50; late ME, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSTARD — n. sweet dish made of eggs and milk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUSTARD — noun Etymology: Middle English, a kind of pie, alteration of crustarde, crustade, probably from Anglo-French * crustade, from cruste crust, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
CUSTARD — noun a mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Webster English vocab
CUSTARD — ■ noun a dessert or sweet sauce made with milk and eggs and thickened with cornflour, or milk and a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUSTARD — [cus.tard] n [ME, a kind of pie, alter. of crustarde, crustade, prob. fr. (assumed) AF crustade, fr. OF crouste crust, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUSTARD — mixture of eggs, milk, sugar, and flavourings which attains its consistency by the coagulation of the egg protein by heat. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUSTARD — custard BrE AmE ˈkʌst əd AmE \ - ə rd ▷ custard|s z ▶ ˌ custard ˈ apple BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSTARD — / ˈkʌstəd; NAmE -tərd/ noun 1. [ U ] ( especially BrE ) ( NAmE usually ˌcustard ˈsauce ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUSTARD — cus ‧ tard /ˈkʌstəd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: custard , crustade type of pie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUSTARD — n. 1 a dish made with milk and eggs, usu. sweetened. 2 a sweet sauce made with milk and flavoured …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUSTARD — n. 1 a dish made with milk and eggs, usu. sweetened. 2 a sweet sauce made with milk and flavoured …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
CUSTARD — n.1 a dish made with milk and eggs, usu. sweetened. 2 a sweet sauce made with milk and flavoured cornflour. …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSTARD — ( custards) Custard is a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from milk and a powder. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSTARD — (~s) Custard is a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from milk and a powder. It is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUSTARD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES custard pie milk/custard etc powder (= a powder that you add water to in order …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
CUSTARD — [noun] [U] - a (usually warm) sweet sauce made from eggs, milk, flour and sugar or from a special powder, …
Cambridge English vocab
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Slang English vocab
CUSTARD — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple , chicken , meat ( esp. BrE ), pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), etc. ▪ mud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CUSTARD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ banana , caramel ( AmE ), egg , vanilla ▪ frozen ( AmE ) ▪ creamy , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — n. 25B6; noun PASTRY, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty, patty, turnover, strudel. See lists here and at cake . 25A0; pie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUSTARD — n [ U ] ( esp BrE ) a thick yellow liquid that is eaten hot or cold with various …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CUSTARD — кастард, жидкий заварной крем (подаётся к пудингам, пирогам с фруктами и т.п.)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Словарь английских идиом
PIE — I сущ. 1) пирог; пирожок to bake a pie ≈ испечь пирог piece, slice of pie ≈ кусок пирога wedge …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUSTARD — сущ. сладкий крем (из яиц и молока) n заварной крем custard сладкий крем (из яиц и молока)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUSTARD — Пудинг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PIE — pie.ogg _I paı n 1. 1> пирог; пирожок potato pie - картофельный пирог shepherd's pie - картофельная запеканка с мясом …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUSTARD — n жидкий заварной крем ( из яиц, молока ) custard powder - заварной крем-концентрат custard pie - торт с заварным …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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