HELL-FOR-LEATHER

Meaning of HELL-FOR-LEATHER in English

Function: adjective

Date: 1920

: marked by determined recklessness, great speed, or lack of restraint <a cocky, hell-for-leather fighting man ― H. H. Martin>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

HELL-FOR-LEATHER — I. adverb Date: 1889 in a ~ manner ; at full speed , II. adjective Date: 1920 marked by determined …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb : in a hell-for-leather manner : at full tilt : hell-bent galloped hell-for-leather down the trail II. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — /hel"feuhr ledh"euhr/ , Informal. adj. 1. characterized by reckless determination or breakneck speed: The sheriff led the posse in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — I. adverb Date: 1889 : in a hell-for-leather manner : at full speed rode hell-for-leather down the trail II. adjective …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — Function: adverb Date: 1889 : in a hell-for-leather manner : at full speed <rode hell-for-leather down the trail>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HELL FOR LEATHER — informal as fast as possible. → hell
Concise Oxford English vocab
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — [hell-for-leather] adv (1889): in a hell-for-leather manner: at full speed "rode ~ down the trail" [2]hell-for-leather adj (1920): marked by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELL FOR LEATHER — ( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) as quickly as possible : to ride hell for leather
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL FOR LEATHER — VERY FAST, very quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, hurriedly, at full tilt, at full pelt, headlong, hotfoot, post-haste, helter-skelter, at the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL FOR LEATHER — mod (sl) быстро, безоглядно
Dirty English-Russian vocab
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — (разговорное) сломя голову - to run * нестись /мчаться/ во весь опор
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — adv разг. сломя голову to run hell-for-leather - нестись /мчаться/ во весь опор
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — нареч.; разг.сломя голову, с головокружительной скоростью (особ. о верховой езде)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HELL FOR LEATHER — (0) сломя голову
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — adv разг. сломя голову to run ~ - нестись /мчаться/ во весь опор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — adv разг. сломя голову to run hell-for-leather - нестись /мчаться/ во весь опор
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — нареч. ; разг. сломя голову, с головокружительной скоростью ( особ. о верховой езде )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — нареч.; разг. сломя голову, с головокружительной скоростью (особ. о верховой езде)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HELL FOR LEATHER — Завязка
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HELL FOR LEATHER — adv infml They were streaking hell for leather across the open country — Они молнией пронеслись по открытой местности The nightingales were …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HELL FOR LEATHER — adv infml They were streaking hell for leather across the open country — Они молнией пронеслись по открытой местности The …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HELL FOR LEATHER — hell for leather adv infml They were streaking hell for leather across the open country Они молнией пронеслись по открытой …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
HELL FOR LEATHER — They were streaking hell for leather across the open country — Они молнией пронеслись по открытой местности The nightingales were …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
HELL-FOR-LEATHER — (разговорное) сломя голову - to run * нестись /мчаться/ во весь опор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEATHER — I. ˈlethə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lether, from Old English lether-; akin to Old High German leder …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELL — I. ˈhel noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEATHER — /ledh"euhr/ , n. 1. the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELL — — hell-like , adj. /hel/ , n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEATHER — adj. of or pertaining to leather; made of leather; resembling leather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEATHER — I. ˈle-thər noun Etymology: Middle English lether, from Old English lether-; akin to Old High German leder leather, Old Irish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEATHER — noun the skin. 2. leather ·vt to beat, as with a thong of leather. 3. leather ·noun the skin of …
Webster English vocab
HELL — vt a gambling house. 2. hell ·vt to overwhelm. 3. hell ·vt a place where outcast persons or things are …
Webster English vocab
LEATHER — [leath.er] n [ME lether, fr. OE lether-; akin to OHG leder leather, OIr lethar] (13c) 1: animal skin dressed for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELL — [hell] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OE helan to conceal, OHG helan, L celare, Gk kalyptein] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEATHER — animal skins and hides that have been treated to preserve them and make them suitable for use. The term hide …
Britannica English vocabulary
HELL — the abode or state of being of evil spirits or souls that are damned to postmortem punishment. Derived from an …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEATHER — leather, L~ BrE AmE ˈleð ə AmE - ə r ▷ leather|ed d ▷ leathering ˈleð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ leather|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEATHER — / ˈleðə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] material made by removing the hair or fur from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HELL — / hel; NAmE / noun 1. [ sing. ] (usually Hell ) (used without a or the ) in some …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEATHER — leath ‧ er W3 /ˈleðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lether ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HELL — I. hell 1 S1 W3 /hel/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . WHEN YOU DIE [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEATHER — n. & v. n. 1 a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HELL — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process. …
Oxford English vocab
HELL — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
HELL — ( hells) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, hell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEATHER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a leather/canvas bag ▪ She was carrying a smart leather bag. a leather/denim/linen etc jacket …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (as) mad as hell (= a rude way of saying very angry ) cast sb …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a constitution provides for sth (= it says something must be done ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HELL — (EXPRESSION) exclamation, [noun] [U] - used to express anger or to give emphasis to an expressionOh hell, I've forgotten my …
Cambridge English vocab
LEATHER — Synonyms and related words : Leatherette, Leatheroid, Morocco, buff, cartilage, chamois, coat, cordovan, cuticle, dermis, dress down, fell, flax, fleece, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Slang English vocab
LEATHER — To lose leather; to be galled with riding on horseback, or, as the Scotch express it, to be saddle sick. …
Slang English vocab
LEATHER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ thick , thin ▪ soft ▪ shiny ▪ worn ▪ black ▪ genuine ( esp. AmE ), …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEATHER — n. 25B6; noun a leather jacket : SKIN, hide. See list. 25B6; verb he caught me and leathered me : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — n. 25B6; noun they feared hell : THE NETHERWORLD, the Inferno, the infernal regions, the abyss; eternal damnation, perdition; hellfire, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL — See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, HELL-ON-WHEELS, LIKE HELL, TO HELL WITH, UNTIL HELL …
Словарь английских идиом
LEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) кожа (выделанная) leather gloves ≈ кожаные перчатки genuine leather ≈ натуральная кожа imitation leather ≈ искусственная кожа …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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