HALF-ARSED

Meaning of HALF-ARSED in English

■ adjective vulgar slang incompetent; inadequate.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HALF-ARSED — half-arsed BrE AmE ˌhɑːf ˈɑːst ◂ § ˌhæf- AmE ˌhæf ˈɑːrst ◂ —See the next entry
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALF-ARSED — half-arsed /ˌhɑːf ˈɑːst◂ $ ˈhæf ɑːrst/ BrE AmE British English , half-assed /ˌhɑːf ˈæst $ ˈhæf æst/ American English adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALF-ARSED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ L7 aren't half-arsed rockers, they trample over most of their rivals, they don't want to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HALF-ARSED — ( BrE ) ( NAmE ˈhalf-ˌassed ) adjective ( slang ) 1. done without care or effort; not well planned …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF-ARSED — Adj. Unenthusiastic, feeble, incomplete.
Slang English vocab
HALF-ARSED — adj слабый
Dirty English-Russian vocab
HALF — I. ˈha]f, haa(ə)], hai], hȧ], hä]; in sense 2b the f is often lost when “past” follows noun ( plural …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALF — /haf, hahf/ , n. , pl. halves /havz, hahvz/ , adj. , adv. n. 1. one of two equal or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALF — I. ˈhaf, ˈhäf noun ( plural halves ˈhavz, ˈhävz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English healf; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALF — adj part; side; behalf. 2. half ·vt to halve. ·see halve. 3. half ·adj consisting of a moiety, or half; …
Webster English vocab
HALF — [half] n, pl halves [ME, fr. OE healf; akin to OHG halb half] (bef. 12c) 1 a: either of two …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HALF — half BrE AmE hɑːf § hæf AmE hæf —See also phrases with this word ▷ halves hɑːvz § hævz AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HALF — / hɑːf; NAmE hæf/ noun , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ noun ( pl. halves / hɑːvz; NAmE hævz/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF — I. half 1 S1 W1 /hɑːf $ hæf/ BrE AmE predeterminer , pronoun , adjective [only before noun] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALF — n., adj., & adv. --n. (pl. halves) 1 either of two equal or corresponding parts or groups into which a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HALF — n., adj., & adv. n. (pl. halves) 1 either of two equal or corresponding parts or groups into which a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HALF — n., adj., & adv. --n. (pl. halves) 1. either of two equal or corresponding parts or groups into which a …
Oxford English vocab
HALF — ( halves /hɑ:vz, AM hævz/ ) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF — I. predeterminer COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a half moon (= looking like half a circle ) ▪ A half moon …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HALF — [noun], [pronoun], predeterminer, adjective, [adverb] [not gradable] [plural] halves - either of the two equal or nearly equal parts that …
Cambridge English vocab
ARSED — [adjective] [UK] [informal] - be arsed If you cannot be arsed to do something, you do not want to make …
Cambridge English vocab
ARSED — Adj. Concerned, bothered. Usually heard in the negative sense of can't be arsed. E.g."I can't be arsed with work today, …
Slang English vocab
HALF — n. half assed half blind half blood half breed half seas over half wit half witted other half
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HALF — I noun BAD : He agreed to give her the half of the money. GOOD : He agreed to give …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HALF- — в сложных словах имеет значение половина, наполовину - half-breed полукровка - half-cousin троюродный брат - half-face (военное) полуоборот - half-life …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF — 1. сущ. 1) половина, одна вторая а) (чего-л., часто без of) half (of) the city ≈ полгорода half the distance …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF- — в сложных словах имеет значение 1. половина, наполовину: half-breed - полукровка half-cousin - троюродный брат half-face - воен. полуоборот half-life …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HALF — 1. hɑ:f n ( pl halves) 1. половина half a dozen - полдюжины half the profits - (примерно) половина прибылей …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HALF — 1) вдвое меньше 2) наполовину 3) половина || уполовинить 4) половинный • half and half — половина на половину; двойник (припой из равных частей олова …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HALF- — в сложных словах имеет значение 1. половина, наполовину: half-breed - полукровка half-cousin - троюродный брат half-face - воен. полуоборот half-life …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HALF — 1. hɑ:f n ( pl halves) 1. половина half a dozen - полдюжины half the profits - (примерно) половина прибылей …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HALF — 1. сущ. 1) половина, одна вторая а) ( чего-л. ) half (of) the city — полгорода half the distance — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HALF — 1. сущ. 1) половина, одна вторая а) (чего-л.) half (of) the city — полгорода half the distance — половина расстояния half an hour, half-hour time …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HALF — 1. _n. 1> половина; half a mile - полмили; half (an hour) past two (o'clock) - половина третьего 2> часть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HALF — 1. n. 1. половина; half a mile - полмили; half (an hour) past two (o'clock) - половина третьего 2. часть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HALF — 1. _n. (_pl. halves) 1> половина; half a mile полмили; half (an hour) past two (o'clock) половина третьего 2> часть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HALF- — в сложных словах имеет значение половина, наполовину - half-breed полукровка - half-cousin троюродный брат - half-face (военное) полуоборот - half-life …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF — 1. сущ. 1) половина, одна вторая а) (чего-л., часто без of) half (of) the city ≈ полгорода half the distance …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALF — ^ Inclusive quantifiers 1) а) Перед существительными с артиклем или притяжательным или указательным местоимением (Possessive pronouns, Demonstrative pronouns) half употребляется как прилагательное …
Англо-Русский грамматический словарь
RAT-ARSED — ■ adjective Brit. vulgar slang very drunk.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CAN'T BE ARSED — have insufficient interest to do something. → arse
Concise Oxford English vocab
RAT-ARSED — rat-arsed BrE AmE ˈræt ɑːst AmE \ -æst -ɑːrst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BARE-ARSED — bare-arsed, bare-assed BrE AmE ˈbeə r ɑːst AmE \ ˈber æst ˈbær-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIGHT-ARSED — ➡ tight-arse
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAT-ARSED — adjective ( BrE , slang ) extremely drunk
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAN'T BE ARSED (TO DO STH) — ( BrE , taboo , slang ) to not want to do sth because it is too much trouble : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAT-ARSED — ˈrat-arsed BrE AmE adjective British English informal extremely drunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BARE-ARSED — bare-assed /ˌbeər ˈæst◂ $ ˈber æst/ BrE AmE American English , bare-arsed /-ˈɑːst◂ $ -ɑːrst/ British English adjective informal having …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAT-ARSED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He is drunk, although a few stages short of rat-arsed .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIKE A BLUE ARSED FLY — Phrs. Hurriedly and frantically. E.g."God, I'm so knackered, I've been racing around all day like a blue-arsed fly."
Slang English vocab
HAIRY-ARSED — Adj. Rough, primitive, unrefined, coarse. E.g."I can't imagine going out for a night at the opera with that hairy-arsed idiot."
Slang English vocab
CAN'T BE ARSED — Phrs. Can't be bothered. See 'arsed'.
Slang English vocab
BLUE ARSED FLY — Noun. See 'like a blue arsed fly'.
Slang English vocab
LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY — adv vulg sl She's been running around like a blue-arsed fly making preparations for her visitors — Она бегала, блин, как …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY — adv vulg sl She's been running around like a blue-arsed fly making preparations for her visitors — Она бегала, блин, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY — blue-arsed fly, like a adv vulg sl She's been running around like a blue-arsed fly making preparations for her visitors …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY — She's been running around like a blue-arsed fly making preparations for her visitors — Она бегала, блин, как угорелая, готовясь …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
ARSE BRIT. — arse Brit. vulgar slang ■ noun a person's buttocks or anus. ■ verb 1》 ( arse about/around ) behave in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARSE — arse BrE AmE ɑːs AmE æs ɑːrs ▷ arsed ɑːst AmE æst ɑːrst ▷ arses ˈɑːs ɪz -əz AmE ˈæs- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIGHT-ARSE — noun ( informal , disapproving ) 1. ( BrE ) a person who does not like spending money 2. ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HALF-ASSED — ➡ half-arsed
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DO — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a done deal informal (= something that has been completely agreed ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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