LOONS

Meaning of LOONS in English

(also loon pants )

■ plural noun Brit. dated close-fitting casual trousers widely flared from the knees downwards.

Origin

1970s: from loon 3 .

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LOONS — облегающий брюки, расклешенные от колен (тж. loon pants, loon trousers)
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LOONS — n облегающие брюки, расклешённые от колен ( тж. loon pants, loon trousers)
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LOONS — (a) расклешенные от колен облегающие брюки
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LOONS — n облегающие брюки, расклешённые от колен ( тж. loon pants, loon trousers)
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LOONS — n облегающие брюки, расклешённые от колен ( тж. loon pants, loon trousers)
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LOONS — облегающий брюки, расклешенные от колен (тж. loon pants, loon trousers)
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GREBE — noun Etymology: French grèbe Date: 1766 any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to the …
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LOON — or diver Any of four species (genus Gavia ) of diving birds of North America and Eurasia. Loons range in …
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TOLL — I. ˈtōl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English toll, tol, from Old English toll; akin to …
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LOON — I. ˈlün noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English loun 1. : a worthless person : idler , lout , …
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PYGOPODES — pīˈgäpəˌdēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pyg- + Greek pod-, pous foot — more at foot in …
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HESPERORNIS — ˌhespəˈrȯrnə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hesperos western + New Latin -ornis : a genus of swimming …
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GREBE — ˈgrēb noun ( plural grebe or grebes ) Etymology: French grèbe 1. : any of various aquatic birds that constitute …
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GAVIA — ˈgāvēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a bird (probably sea mew) : a genus of somewhat primitive …
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COLYMBIFORMES — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Colymbus + -iformes : a small cosmopolitan order of strong-flying water …
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COLYMBIDAE — kəˈlimbəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Colymbus, type genus + -idae : a family (coextensive with the …
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GREBE — /greeb/ , n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and …
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GREBE — noun Etymology: French grèbe Date: 1766 : any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to …
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GREBE — [grebe] n [F grebe] (1766): any of a family (Podicipedidae) of swimming and diving birds closely related to the loons …
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WATERFOWL — Slavonian, or horned, grebe (Podiceps auritus) in the United States, all varieties of ducks, geese, and swans; the term is …
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LOON — Common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer) also called Diver (Gavia), any of four species of diving birds constituting …
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BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
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ICHTHYORNIS — a genus of about six species of extinct birds found as fossils in the Upper Cretaceous deposits (about 66,400,000 to …
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COLYMBIFORMES — former taxonomic order that included the water birds known as loons and grebes. Later scholarship determined that these two groups …
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LOON — loon BrE AmE luːn ▷ loons luːnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PANTALOONS — pan ‧ ta ‧ loons /ˌpæntəˈluːnz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] old-fashioned [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: Pantalon …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BELL-BOTTOMS — Note: The form 'bell-bottom' is used as a modifier. Bell-bottoms are trousers that are very wide at the bottom of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BELL-BOTTOMS — Note: The form 'bell-bottom' is used as a modifier. Bell-bottoms are trousers that are very wide at the bottom of …
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WACKO — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was innocent on grounds of being wacko . ▪ Ruby Wax found some real …
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LOON MEDICINE — [Native American] A complex cultural narrative originating the Loon medicine ceremony whose central figure is Poor Boy. Poor Boy, who …
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