CLINE, PATSY

Meaning of CLINE, PATSY in English

Cline, Patsy BrE AmE

(1932–63) a US ↑ country and western singer who died in a plane crash. A film called Sweet Dreams was made about her life, and this is also the name of one of her songs.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CLINE, PATSY — born Sept. 8, 1932, Winchester, Va., U.S. died March 5, 1963, near Camden, Tenn. original name Virginia Patterson Hensley American …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLINE, PATSY — orig. Virginia Patterson Hensley born Sept. 8, 1932, Winchester, Va., U.S. died March 5, 1963, near Camden, Tenn. U.S. singer. …
Английский словарь Британика
CLINE, PATSY — orig. Virginia Patterson Hensley born Sept. 8, 1932, Winchester, Va., U.S. died March 5, 1963, near Camden, Tenn. U.S. singer. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PATSY — noun (plural patsies) Etymology: perhaps from Italian pazzo fool Date: 1903 a person who is easily manipulated or victimized ; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLINE — noun Etymology: Greek klinein Date: 1938 a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usually …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-CLINE — noun combining form Etymology: back-formation from -clinal slope
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PATSY — I. ˈpatsē, -si noun ( -es ) Etymology: perhaps from Italian pazzo fool, lunatic 1. : a butt of ridicule …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-CLINE — ˌklīn noun combining form ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from -clinal 1. : slope anti cline 2. : gradient : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLINE — ˈklīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek klinein to lean : a graded series of characters (as morphological or physiological …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PATSY — /pat"see/ , n. 1. a male given name, form of Patrick . 2. a female given name, form of Patricia …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PATSY — /pat"see/ , n. , pl. patsies . Slang. 1. a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLINE — — clinal , adj. — clinally , adv. /kluyn/ , n. 1. Biol. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PATSY — n. scapegoat, one who takes the blame; fool, sucker, wimp (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLINE — n. continuous sequence between two extreme; continuous series of differences in function or structure displayed by members of a species …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PATSY — noun ( plural pat·sies ) Etymology: perhaps from Italian pazzo fool Date: 1903 : a person who is easily manipulated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-CLINE — Etymology: back-formation from -clinal : slope mono cline
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLINE — noun Etymology: Greek klinein Date: 1938 : a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PATSY — ■ noun ( plural patsies ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person who is taken advantage of, especially by being …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLINE — [ klʌɪn ] ■ noun a continuum with an infinite number of gradations from one extreme to the other. ↘ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PATSY — [pat.sy] n, pl pat.sies [perh. fr. It pazzo fool] (1903): a person who is easily manipulated or victimized: sucker
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLINE — [cline] n [Gk klinein] (1938): a gradient of morphological or physiological change in a group of related organisms usu. along …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-CLINE — [-cline] n comb form [back-formation fr. -clinal]: slope "monocline"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PATSY — pats|y, Pats|y BrE AmE ˈpæts |i ▷ pats|ies, \~y's iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLINE — cline, Cline BrE AmE klaɪn ▷ clines klaɪnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PATSY — / ˈpætsi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) ( informal , especially NAmE ) a weak person who is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLINE — / klaɪn; NAmE / noun a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATSY — Patsy BrE AmE a character in the humorous British television programme ↑ Absolutely Fabulous , played by the actress Joanna …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PATSY — pat ‧ sy /ˈpætsi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural patsies ) [countable] especially American English informal [ Date: 1800-1900 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLINE — Cline, Patsy BrE AmE (1932–63) a US ↑ country and western singer who died in a plane crash. A film …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLINE — cline /klaɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] technical [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: klinein 'to lead' ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PATSY — n. (pl. -ies) esp. US sl. a person who is deceived, ridiculed, tricked, etc. [20th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLINE — n. Biol. the graded sequence of differences within a species etc. øøclinal adj. [Gk klino to slope]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PATSY — n. (pl. -ies) esp. US sl. a person who is deceived, ridiculed, tricked, etc. [ 20th c.: orig. unkn. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLINE — n. Biol. the graded sequence of differences within a species etc. clinal adj. [ Gk klino to slope ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PATSY — n. (pl. -ies) esp. US sl. a person who is deceived, ridiculed, tricked, etc. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.
Oxford English vocab
CLINE — n. Biol. the graded sequence of differences within a species etc. Derivatives: clinal adj. Etymology: Gk klino to slope
Oxford English vocab
PATSY — ( patsies) If you describe someone as a patsy , you mean that they are rather stupid and are easily …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATSY — (patsies) If you describe someone as a ~, you mean that they are rather stupid and are easily tricked by …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PATSY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But he did indeed run a patsy against Stratton in 1956. ▪ He usually plays …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, the further rightwards along the cline a metaphor is located, the greater is the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PATSY — [noun] [C] [US and ANZ] [slang] - a person whom it is easy to cheat or make sufferListen, no one …
Cambridge English vocab
PATSY — Synonyms and related words : babe, boob, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PATSY — Person who is set up; fool, chump
Slang English vocab
PATSY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: SCAPEGOAT , fall guy, goat, whipping boy 2 Synonyms: FOOL 3, chump, dupe, fall guy, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PATSY — noun 1. Synonyms: scapegoat , fall guy, goat, whipping boy 2. Synonyms: fool 3, chump, dupe, fall guy, gull, mark, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLINE — (1932–63) a US singer of country music . Her most popular songs were I Fall to Pieces (1961) and Crazy …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PATSY — n (sl) женоподобный мужчина
Dirty English-Russian vocab
CLINE — биол. градиент признаков, переходные формы (в результате изменения внешних условий) (биология) градиент признаков, переходные формы (в результате изменения внешних условий)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PATSY — patsy.ogg ʹpætsı n амер. сл. 1. 1> трус, ничтожество; слабый человек 2> слабый, плохой игрок 2. простофиля; простак to play …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLINE — n биол. градиент признаков, переходные формы ( в результате изменения внешних условий )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLINE — биол. клин, градиент признаков, переходные формы (в результате изменения внешних условий)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CLINE — (n) градиент признаков; переходные формы
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CLINE — n биол. градиент признаков, переходные формы ( в результате изменения внешних условий )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PATSY — n амер. сл. 1. 1> трус, ничтожество; слабый человек 2> слабый, плохой игрок 2. простофиля; простак to play smb. for …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLINE — n биол. градиент признаков, переходные формы ( в результате изменения внешних условий )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLINE — 1) клин, градиент признаков (отражающий изменения географических или экологических условий) 2) резкая сукцессия; катастрофическая сукцессия
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CLINE — 1) клин, градиент признаков ( отражающий изменения географических или экологических условий ) 2) резкая сукцессия; катастрофическая сукцессия
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PATSY — n AmE sl 1) Those guys are patsies for me — Эти парни против меня слабаки Ya bunch of patsies! — Я вас …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PATSY — n AmE sl 1) Those guys are patsies for me — Эти парни против меня слабаки Ya bunch of patsies! …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PATSY — patsy n AmE sl 1. Those guys are patsies for me Эти парни против меня слабаки Ya bunch of patsies! …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PATSY — 1) Those guys are patsies for me — Эти парни против меня слабаки Ya bunch of patsies! — Я вас …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
CLINE — биол. градиент признаков, переходные формы (в результате изменения внешних условий) (биология) градиент признаков, переходные формы (в результате изменения внешних условий)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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