THE JIG IS UP N. AMER.

Meaning of THE JIG IS UP N. AMER. in English

the jig is up N. Amer.

informal

the game is up.

→ jig

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AMER — abbreviation ~ica; ~ican
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
N — I. ˈen noun ( plural n's or ns ˈenz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 14th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JIG — I. ˈjig noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from Middle French giguer to dance, jig, gambol about, frolic, from gigue …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
'N — I. conjunction or 'n' ən, usu ə n after t, d, s or z Etymology: by alteration : and sugar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMER- — combining form or amero- Usage: capitalized Etymology: American : American Amero phile : American and Amer asian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JIG — (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Английский словарь Webster
JIG — ( v. t. ) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JIG — ( v. i. ) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
'N — /euhn/ , conj. Pron. Spelling. and: Stop 'n save. Look 'n listen. Also, 'n' .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JIG — jig 1 /jig/ , n. , v. , jigged, jigging . n. 1. Mach. a plate, box, or open frame …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMER. — 1. America. 2. Also, Amer American.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
N — I. ˈen noun ( plural n's or ns ˈenz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JIG — I. ˈjig noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French giguer to frolic, from gigue fiddle, of Germanic origin; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMER — America; American
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
JIG — noun a small machine or handy tool. 2. jig ·vt to sing to the tune of a jig. 3. jig …
Webster English vocab
N — N 1 (also n ) ■ noun ( plural Ns or N's ) 1》 the fourteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JIG — [jig] n [perh. fr. MF giguer to frolic, fr. gigue fiddle, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG giga fiddle; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AMER — [Amer] abbreviation America, American
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JIG — folk dance, usually solo, that was popular in Scotland and northern England in the 16th and 17th centuries and in …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMER — also called Amber, town, east-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Amer is part of the Jaipur urban agglomeration and is noted …
Britannica English vocabulary
'N — 'n, 'n' conventional spelling for the weak form of ▷ and ən, ə n, ə n ▶ ˌ fish 'n' …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
N — I N, n BrE AmE en ▷ N's, n's, Ns enz Communications code name: November II N —see North, northerly, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
N — / en; NAmE / noun , abbreviation ■ noun (also n ) ( pl. Ns , N's , n's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
N — I. N 1 BrE AmE , n /en/ ( plural N’s , n’s ) noun [uncountable and countable] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JIG — I. jig 1 /dʒɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a type of quick dance, or a piece of music …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JIG — n. & v. --n. 1 a a lively dance with leaping movements. b the music for this, usu. in triple …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JIG — n. & v. n. 1 a a lively dance with leaping movements. b the music for this, usu. in triple …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JIG — n. & v. --n. 1. a a lively dance with leaping movements. b the music for this, usu. in triple …
Oxford English vocab
N — 1. n. (also n) (pl. Ns or N's) 1. the fourteenth letter of the alphabet. 2 Printing en. 3 Math. …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
’N’ — The word ‘and’ is sometimes written as ’n’ between certain pairs of words, as in ‘rock ’n’ roll’. ( INFORMAL …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JIG — ( jigs, jigging, jigged) 1. A jig is a lively dance. She danced an Irish jig. N-COUNT 2. To jig …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
N — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bump 'n' grind drum 'n' bass rock 'n' roll ▪ Elvis, the king of rock …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JIG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB dance ▪ Sometimes one of them would leap to his feet and dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JIG — (TRICK) [noun] [U] US [informal] - the jig is up the secret or trick has been discoveredOnce they were seen …
Cambridge English vocab
'N' — [conjunction] - abbreviation for andfish 'n' chipsrock 'n' roll n/a, NA [adjective] - abbreviation for not applicable (= not connected …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JIG — A trick. A pleasant jig; a witty arch trick. Also a lock or door. The feather-bed jig; copulation.
Slang English vocab
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
N — /N/ quant. 1. A large and indeterminate number of objects: "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
N — 1. A large and indeterminate number of objects: "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its original …
Jargon File English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
N — число N (принимающее любое значение) ceiling N floor N to the nth разг. безгранично to the nth до n-ных (или …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JIG — I 1. сущ. 1) джига, жига (танец; музыка к танцу) to dance, do a jig ≈ танцевать жигу 2) проделка, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
N. — _I net _n. (вес) нетто _II noon _n. полдень _III note _n. 1> заметка 2> записка 3> примечание _IV number …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
N — _I en n ( pl Ns, n 's enz ) 1. 14-я буква английского алфавита 2. мат. неопределённая величина 3. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JIG — _I 1. dʒıg n 1. тех. 1> зажимное приспособление; кондуктор; сборочное приспособление 2> шаблон; калибр 2. горн. отсадочная машина 3. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JIG — 1) оправка; колодка 2) стенд; стойка 3) зажимное приспособление; кондуктор || зажимать; фиксировать в кондукторе 4) шаблон; направляющая линейка 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
JIG — 1) оправка; колодка 2) стенд; стойка 3) зажимное приспособление; кондуктор || зажимать; фиксировать в кондукторе 4) шаблон; направляющая линейка 5) мн. ч. технологическая оснастка …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
JIG — 1) джиг 2) зажим 3) кондуктор 4) кондукционный 5) оправка 6) отсаживать 7) отсортировать 8) очистить 9) очищать 10) промывать 11) промыть 12) сортировать 13) стапель 14) шаблон • air-driven pulsating jig — беспоршневая отсадочная …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
JIG — I сущ.1) джига, жига (танец; музыка к танцу) to dance, do a jig — танцевать жигу 2) проделка, шутка the …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
N — n ( pl Ns, n 's [enz] ) 1. 14-я буква английского алфавита 2. мат. неопределённая величина 3. употр. вместо …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
N — I [en] n ( pl Ns, n 's [enz] ) 1. 14-я буква английского алфавита 2. мат. неопределённая величина 3. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова

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