RUSSIAN ROULETTE

Meaning of RUSSIAN ROULETTE in English

ˌRussian rouˈlette BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a game in which you risk killing yourself by shooting at your head with a gun that has six spaces for bullets but only one bullet in it

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

RUSSIAN ROULETTE — noun Date: 1937 an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st R : an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — deadly game in which one spins the cylinder of a pistol loaded with one bullet then points it to one's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — Date: 1937 1. : an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — Function: noun Date: 1937 1 : an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — ■ noun a dangerous game of chance in which one loads a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spins …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — [Russian roulette] n (1937) 1: an act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — noun [ U ] a dangerous game in which a person shoots at their own head with a gun that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — {n.} A game of chance in which one bullet is placed in a revolver, the cartridge cylinder is spun, and …
Slang English vocab
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — {n.} A game of chance in which one bullet is placed in a revolver, the cartridge cylinder is spun, and …
Словарь английских идиом
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — a potentially dangerous situation Putting the load of plutonium on the old ship was like playing a game of Russian …
English Idioms vocab
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — n. A game of chance in which one bullet is placed in a revolver, the cartridge cylinder is spun, and …
American Idioms English vocabulary
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — "русская рулетка" (пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — "русская рулетка" (пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — Русская рулетка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — «русская рулетка» ( пари на выстел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — «русская рулетка» ( пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — «русская рулетка» ( пари на выстел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — русская рулетка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — русская рулетка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — русская рулетка ( в барабан револьвера кладется один патрон (из шести), барабан прокручивается и наудачу производится выстрел в голову )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — русская рулетка (в барабан револьвера кладется один патрон (из шести), барабан прокручивается и наудачу производится выстрел в голову)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — Русский язык
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — русская рулетка; традиция смертельно опасной игры, характерной для русской культуры: в револьвер вставляется единственный патрон, затем крутится барабан, после чего …
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — n. русская рулетка, т.е. слишком уж рискованное дело: - Your proposal is a Russian Roulette and only crazy's gonna realize …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — "русская рулетка" (пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUSSIAN ROULETTE — "русская рулетка" (пари на выстрел в висок из пистолета, в котором из шести зарядов пять холостые)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROULETTE — [F] n (game of) roulette
Interlingua English vocab
ROULETTE — rulette
English interlingue dictionary
RUSSIAN — Ruso
English-Visayan vocabulary
RUSSIAN — noun Date: 1538 1. a native or inhabitant of Russia, a member of the dominant Slavic-speaking ethnic group of Russia, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROULETTE — I. noun see: roll Date: 1745 1. a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUSSIAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Russian Federation Aeroflot Russian Airlines Anglo Russian Entente Franco Russian Alliance Russian Civil War …
Английский словарь Британика
ROULETTE — Gambling game. After a small ball is released in the opposite direction of a revolving wheel, players make bets concerning …
Английский словарь Британика
RUSSIAN — I. -shən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Russia, country in eastern Europe + English -an : of or relating to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROULETTE — I. rüˈlet, usu -ed.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, literally, small wheel, from Old French roelete, diminutive of roele …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUSSIAN — (n.) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
Английский словарь Webster
RUSSIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (n.) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, …
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows …
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided …
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (v. t.) To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
ROULETTE — (n.) A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate …
Английский словарь Webster
RUSSIAN — ( n. ) A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUSSIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROULETTE — ( n. ) the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROULETTE — ( n. ) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUSSIAN — /rush"euhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Russia, its people, or their language. n. 2. a native or inhabitant …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROULETTE — /rooh let"/ , n. , v. , rouletted, rouletting . n. 1. a game of chance played at a table …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROULETTE — I. rü-ˈlet noun Etymology: French, literally, small wheel, from Old French roelete, diminutive of roele wheel, rowel, from Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUSSIAN — noun Date: 1538 1. a. : a native or inhabitant of Russia b. : a member of the dominant Slavic-speaking …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUSSIAN — noun a native or inhabitant of russia; the language of russia. 2. russian ·adj of or pertaining to russia, its …
Webster English vocab
ROULETTE — noun a similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. 2. …
Webster English vocab
ROULETTE — [rou.lette] n [F, lit., small wheel, fr. OF roelete, dim. of roele small wheel, fr. LL rotella, dim. of L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RUSSIAN — [Rus.sian] n (1538) 1 a: a native or inhabitant of Russia b: a member of the dominant Slavic-speaking ethnic group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROULETTE — (from French: small wheel), gambling game in which players bet on which red or black numbered compartment of a revolving …
Britannica English vocabulary
RUSSIAN — Russian BrE AmE ˈrʌʃ ə n ▷ Russian|s z ▶ ˌ Russian rou ˈ lette BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROULETTE — / ruːˈlet; NAmE / noun [ U ] a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a moving …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUSSIAN — I. Rus ‧ sian 1 /ˈrʌʃ ə n/ BrE AmE adjective relating to Russia, its people, or its language II. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUSSIAN — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a native or national of Russia or the Soviet Union. b a person of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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