SKID ROW

Meaning of SKID ROW in English

n. The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. That man was once rich, but he drank and gambled too much, and ended his life living on skid row. The Bowery is New York City's skid row.

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SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by row ) of skid road : a district of cheap saloons, beaneries, flophouses, and employment …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKID ROW — /roh/ an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants. Also called Skid Road . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID ROW — poor neighborhood, poverty-stricken area (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKID ROW — noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 : a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKID ROW — Pronunciation: - ' r ō Function: noun Etymology: alteration of skid road Date: circa 1931 : a district of cheap …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKID ROW — ■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a run-down part of a town frequented by vagrants and alcoholics. Origin 1930s: alt. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKID ROW — [skid row] n [alter. of skid road] (ca. 1931): a district of cheap saloons and flophouses frequented by vagrants and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKID ROW — noun [ U ] ( informal , especially NAmE ) used to describe the poorest part of a town, the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — skid row BrE AmE , Skid Row /ˌskɪd ˈrəʊ $ -ˈroʊ/ noun 1 . be on skid row informal if …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKID ROW — see skid row
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — also Skid Row You can refer to the poorest part of town, where drunks and homeless people live, as skid …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID ROW — see skid row
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKID ROW — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And if you want the best stand-up comedy available for a dollar, try a speaker …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKID ROW — Synonyms and related words : Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKID ROW — {n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. * …
Slang English vocab
SKID ROW — Function: noun a city street or district notorious for cheap bars, flophouses, and homeless derelicts FF1C; boozy old men wandering …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SKID ROW — noun a city street or district notorious for cheap bars, flophouses, and homeless derelicts boozy old men wandering the skid …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKID ROW — n (sl) skid road q.v.
Dirty English-Russian vocab
SKID ROW — see row I 3
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SKID ROW — {n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. * …
Словарь английских идиом
SKID ROW — area of a city where many people live who have no money and drink a lot of alcohol The skid …
English Idioms vocab
SKID ROW — (американизм) район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, "дно"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKID ROW — амер. район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, «дно»
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKID ROW — городское "дно" Городские кварталы, где обитают безработные, наркоманы, алкоголики и прочие люди, опустившиеся на социальное "дно" [skids]. Название происходит от района …
SKID ROW — городское "дно" Городские кварталы, где обитают безработные, наркоманы, алкоголики и прочие люди, опустившиеся на социальное "дно" . Название происходит от …
SKID ROW — n AmE infml He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек и …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SKID ROW — n AmE infml He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SKID ROW — skid row n AmE infml He ended up on skid row Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SKID ROW — He ended up on skid row — Он дошел до того, что стал обитать в районе ночлежек и дешевых забегаловок, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SKID ROW — n. захолустье, нищий район города.
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SKID ROW — (американизм) район притонов и ночлежек; улица бродяг и пьяниц, "дно"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKID — I. ˈskid noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skīth stick of wood — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROW — I. ˈrō verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKID — (v. t.) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
Английский словарь Webster
SKID — ( v. t. ) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — ( v. t. ) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — — skiddingly , adv. /skid/ , n. , v. , skidded, skidding . n. 1. a plank, bar, log, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROW — row 1 /roh/ , n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKID — I. ˈskid noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skīth stick of wood — more at ski …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROW — I. ˈrō verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Latin remus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKID — vt to check with a skid, as wagon wheels. 2. skid ·add. ·v act of skidding; called also side …
Webster English vocab
ROW — vi to use the oar; as, to row well. 2. row ·adj & ·adv rough; stern; angry. 3. row ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SKID — [skid] n [perh. of Scand origin; akin to ON skith stick of wood--more at ski] (ca. 1610) 1: one of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROW — [row] vb [ME, fr. OE rowan; akin to MHG ruejen to row, L remus oar] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKID — skid BrE AmE skɪd ▷ skidded ˈskɪd ɪd -əd ▷ skidding ˈskɪd ɪŋ ▷ skids skɪdz ▶ ˌ skid ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROW — I . *row / rəʊ; NAmE roʊ/ noun , verb —see also row (II) ■ noun 1. row (of sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — / skɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -dd- ) [ v ] ( usually of a vehicle …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — I. skid 1 /skɪd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle skidded , present participle skidding ) [intransitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROW — I. row 1 S2 W2 /rəʊ $ roʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a line of things or people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKID — v. & n. --v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKID — v. & n. v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROW — n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKID — v. & n. --v. (skidded, skidding) 1. intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — 1. n.1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats …
Oxford English vocab
ROW — I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE /roʊ/ ( rows) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — ( skids, skidding, skidded) If a vehicle skids , it slides sideways or forwards while moving, for example when you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKID — (~s, ~ding, ~ded) If a vehicle ~s, it slides sideways or forwards while moving, for example when you are trying …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKID — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car skids (= slides sideways in a way you cannot control ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKID — [noun] [C]The best way of dealing with a skid (= an act of sliding) is to turn the front wheels …
Cambridge English vocab

American Idioms English vocabulary

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