HEAR A PIN DROP

Meaning of HEAR A PIN DROP in English

v. phr. Absolute silence. It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop.

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HEAR A PIN DROP — {v. phr.} Absolute silence. * /It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop./
Slang English vocab
HEAR A PIN DROP — {v. phr.} Absolute silence. * /It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop./
Словарь английских идиом
PIN — I. ˈpin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, pin, peg, from Old English pinn; akin to Middle Dutch pin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DROP — I. ˈdräp noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English drope, drop, from Old English dropa; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAR — ˈhi(ə)r, -iə verb ( heard ˈhərd, ˈhə̄d ; also dialect heared or heerd or heered ˈhi(ə)rd, -i(ə)d ; or hearn …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAR — (v. t.) To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; …
Английский словарь Webster
HEAR — ( v. t. ) To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAR — — hearable , adj. — hearer , n. /hear/ , v. , heard /herrd/ , hearing . v.t. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DROP — — droplike , adj. /drop/ , n. , v. , dropped or dropt, dropping . n. 1. a small quantity …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIN — I. ˈpin noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pinn (akin to Old High German pfinn peg), perhaps from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DROP — I. ˈdräp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dropa; akin to Old High German tropfo drop …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAR — verb ( heard ˈhərd ; hear·ing ˈhir-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIN — noun mood; humor. 2. pin ·noun a rolling-pin. 3. pin ·noun the tenon of a dovetail joint. 4. pin ·vt …
Webster English vocab
HEAR — vt to give attention to as a teacher or judge. 2. hear ·vi to have the sense or faculty of …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
HEAR — [hear] vb heard ; hear.ing [ME heren, fr. OE hieran; akin to OHG horen to hear, and prob. to L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DROP — [drop] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE dropa; akin to OHG tropfo drop] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): the quantity …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIN — / pɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOR FASTENING / JOINING 1. a short thin piece of stiff …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAR — / hɪə(r); NAmE hɪr/ verb ( heard , heard / hɜːd; NAmE hɜːrd/) 1. (not used in the progressive tenses) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DROP — / drɒp; NAmE drɑːp/ verb , noun ■ verb ( -pp- ) FALL 1. to fall or allow sth to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIN — I. pin 1 S3 /pɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pinn ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAR — hear S1 W1 /hɪə $ hɪr/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle heard /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DROP — I. drop 1 S1 W2 /drɒp $ drɑːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle dropped , present …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAR — v. (past and past part. heard) 1 tr. (also absol.) perceive (sound etc.) with the ear. 2 tr. listen to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DROP — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIN — n. & v. n. 1 a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAR — v. (past and past part. heard) 1 tr. (also absol.) perceive (sound etc.) with the ear. 2 tr. listen to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DROP — n. & v. n. 1 a a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Oxford English vocab
HEAR — v. (past and past part. heard) 1. tr. (also absol.) perceive (sound etc.) with the ear. 2 tr. listen to …
Oxford English vocab
DROP — n. & v. --n. 1. a a small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres …
Oxford English vocab
PIN — ( pins, pinning, pinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pins are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAR — ( hears, hearing, heard /hɜ:(r)d/ ) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DROP — ( drops, dropping, dropped) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bobby pin chip and pin ▪ Most shoppers prefer chip and pin to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court hears a case ▪ The county court will hear the case next month. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAR — (LISTEN) [verb] [T] [past:] heard - to listen to (someone or something) attentively or officiallyI heard a really interesting programme …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAR — verb 1 be aware of sounds ADVERB ▪ clearly , well ▪ He's getting old and he can't ~ very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HEAR — INDEX: 1. to hear something or someone 2. the ability to hear 3. when you can hear something or someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
HEAR — See ↑ FIND OUT 1, ↑ HEAR 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be heard • ↑ can hear • ↑ can't …
Longman Activator English vocab
DROP — n. 25B6; verb Eric dropped the box : LET FALL, let go of, lose one's grip on; release, unhand, relinquish. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIN — n. 1 peg, dowel, bolt, thole, thole-pin, spike, rivet; Brit drawing-pin, US push-pin The table is held together by wooden …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HEAR — v. 1 perceive, understand, listen (to), attend (to), pay attention (to), catch, heed, hark (to) Please hear what I have …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEAR — гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - heard 1) а) слышать, обладать слухом He is dull of hearing. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEAR — hear.ogg hıə v (heard) 1. 1> слышать, услышать to hear a loud sound - услышать громкий звук there was nothing …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DROP — 1) падение, снижение, понижение, спад || падать, снижаться, понижаться; спадать 2) перепад, градиент 3) эл. сброс ( нагрузки ) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DROP — 1) падение, снижение, понижение, спад || падать, снижаться, понижаться; спадать 2) перепад, градиент 3) эл. сброс (нагрузки) 4) гидр. перепад; водослив 5) капля || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DROP — 1) капля || капать 2) отвал, куча, груда 3) спад || спадать 4) ввод кабеля, кабельный ввод 5) свайный молот 6) разжим, освобождение (захвата) || …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HEAR — hear гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - heard1) а) слышать, обладать слухом He is dull of hearing. — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HEAR — v (heard) 1. 1> слышать, услышать to hear a loud sound - услышать громкий звук there was nothing to be …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PIN — I pɪn 1. сущ. 1) а) тех. пробойник, штифт, болт, ось б) эл. , информ. штырь, соединительная шина; вывод, контакт …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HEAR — гл. ; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - heard 1) а) слышать, обладать слухом He is dull of hearing. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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