SPOIL FOR

Meaning of SPOIL FOR in English

v. phr. To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight.

Compare: HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR.

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SPOIL FOR — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen. A mob armed with guns …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOIL FOR — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen. A mob armed with guns …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPOIL FOR — Synonyms and related words : ache for, be dying for, be hurting for, clamor for, cry for, gape for, hone …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPOIL FOR — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became …
Slang English vocab
SPOIL FOR — {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something. * /After a few drinks it became …
Словарь английских идиом
SPOIL FOR — phrvi infml They're spoiling for a scrap — Они лезут в драку
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SPOIL FOR — phrvi infml They're spoiling for a scrap — Они лезут в драку
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SPOIL FOR — spoil for phrvi infml They're spoiling for a scrap Они лезут в драку
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SPOIL FOR — They're spoiling for a scrap — Они лезут в драку spoil someone for something This fine French wine spoils you …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SPOIL — I. ˈspȯil, esp before pause or consonant -ȯiəl; dial ˈspī(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOIL — (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have …
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the …
Английский словарь Webster
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — ( v. t. ) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — — spoilable , adj. — spoilless , adj. /spoyl/ , v. , spoiled or spoilt, spoiling , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. ˈspȯi(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English spoile, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller Date: 14th century 1. a. : plunder taken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOIL — noun corruption; cause of corruption. 2. spoil ·vi to practice plunder or robbery. 3. spoil ·noun that which is gained …
Webster English vocab
SPOIL — [spoil] n [ME spoile, fr. MF espoille, fr. L spolia, pl. of spolium animal skin--more at spill] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPOIL — / spɔɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( spoiled , spoiled / spɔɪld; NAmE /) ( BrE also …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. spoil 1 S3 /spɔɪl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt /spɔɪlt/ British English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPOIL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPOIL — v. & n. v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPOIL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1. tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was …
Oxford English vocab
SPOIL — ( spoils, spoiling, spoiled, spoilt) Note: American English uses the form 'spoiled' as the past tense and past participle. British …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOIL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a spoilt/spoiled child (= allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, …
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SPOIL — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: RAVAGE , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste 2 Synonyms: INJURE 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPOIL — I. noun something taken from another by force or craft gold, jewels, and paintings are often spoils of war Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPOIL — I. noun Spoil is used before these nouns: ↑ heap II. verb 1 make sth useless/unsuccessful/not very good ADVERB ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) обыкн. мн., коллект. добыча; прибыль, выгода 2) мн.; амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPOIL — spoil.ogg 1. spɔıl n _I 1. 1> военная добыча, трофеи spoils (of war) - военная добыча, трофеи to the victors …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPOIL — 1) вынутый 2) вынутый грунт 3) добыча 4) запороть 5) излеживаться 6) отвал 7) портить • - spoil part - spoil the flow
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPOIL — 1. spɔıl n I 1. 1> военная добыча, трофеи spoils (of war) - военная добыча, трофеи to the victors belong …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) добыча (военная), военные трофеи 2) амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на выборах 2. гл. портить(ся) - be spoiled in …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
SPOIL — отвальный грунт, пустая порода - coarse spoil - colliery spoil
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
SPOIL — spoil vt AmE sl His job it is to make sure no one gets close enough to Mr Big to …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SPOIL — 1. сущ. 1) обыкн. мн., коллект. добыча; прибыль, выгода 2) мн.; амер. государственные должности, распределяемые среди сторонников партии, победившей на …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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SEARCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a desperate search ▪ The female bear has left her young in a desperate …
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