(CAN`T) MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF SOMETHING

Meaning of (CAN`T) MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF SOMETHING in English

understand, find meaning in something We couldn`t make head nor tail of what he was trying to say during his speech.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

MAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAIL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOR — I. nə(r), (|)nȯ(ə)r, (|)nȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)när conjunction Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOR- — combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from normal (I) 1. : parent compound from which (a specified compound) may be …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOR — (conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, …
Английский словарь Webster
NOR — ( conj. ) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — tail 1 — tailer , n. — tailless , adj. — taillessly , adv. — taillessness , n. — taillike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOR — /nawr/ ; unstressed /neuhr/ , conj. 1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — I. ˈtāl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOR — I. nər, ˈnȯr, Southern also ˈnär conjunction Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother neither, nor, from nother, pronoun & adjective, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAD
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAIL — noun ·see tailing, ·noun, 5. 2. tail ·noun limitation; abridgment. 3. tail ·noun ·same·as tailing, 4. 4. tail ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
NOR — conj a negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
HEAD
Webster English vocab
TAIL — [tail] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE taegel; akin to OHG zagal tail, MIr dual lock of hair] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAIL — in zoology, prolongation of the backbone beyond the trunk of the body, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. …
Britannica English vocabulary
NOR- — nor-, nor'- BrE AmE nɔː AmE nɔːr —but in Received Pronunciation before a vowel, nɔː r ▷ — nor'-east ˌnɔː …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL — / teɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / ANIMAL / FISH 1. [ C ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOR — / nɔː(r); NAmE / conjunction , adverb 1. neither ... nor ... | not ... nor ... and not : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOR'- — nor'- /nɔː $ nɔːr/ BrE AmE prefix a ↑ prefix meaning ‘north’, used especially by sailors: nor'east nor'west
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOR — nor S2 W1 /nɔː $ nɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction , adverb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: nother 'neither, nor' (13-19 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOR' — n., adj., & adv. (esp. in compounds) = NORTH (nor'ward; nor'wester). [abbr.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOR — conj. 1 and not; and not either (neither one thing nor the other; not a man nor a child was …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOR — conj. 1 and not; and not either (neither one thing nor the other; not a man nor a child was …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAIL — 1. n. & v. 1. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. …
Oxford English vocab
NOR — conj. 1. and not; and not either (neither one thing nor the other; not a man nor a child was …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAN — I. MODAL USES /kən, STRONG kæn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL — ( tails, tailing, tailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use nor after ‘neither’ in …
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HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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