LIKE BILLY-O

Meaning of LIKE BILLY-O in English

( BrE , informal ) very hard or fast :

I ran like billy-o.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LIKE BILLY-O — Brit. informal very much, hard, or strongly: → billy-o
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIKE BILLY-O — adv BrE sl He was running down the street like billy-o — Он со всех ног мчался по улице He's been going …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIKE BILLY-O — adv BrE sl He was running down the street like billy-o — Он со всех ног мчался по улице He's …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIKE BILLY-O — billy-o, like adv BrE sl He was running down the street like billy-o Он со всех ног мчался по улице …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIKE BILLY-O — He was running down the street like billy-o — Он со всех ног мчался по улице He's been going around …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
BILLY — I. noun (plural billies) Etymology: Scots ~-pot cooking utensil Date: 1839 a metal or enamelware pail or pot with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BILLY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Billy the Kid Billy Bishop Eckstine Billy Graham Billy Mills Billy Mitchell Billy Strayhorn …
Английский словарь Британика
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 15th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLY — I. billy variant of billie II. bil·ly ˈbilē, -li noun ( plural billies also billys -(ˌ)lēz, -liz) Etymology: probably from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-O — I. (ˌ)ō noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from oh (I) : one that is or that constitutes or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O' — preposition also o ə Etymology: in sense 1 from Middle English o, o-, alteration of on; in sense 2 from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLY — (n.) A slubbing or roving machine.
Английский словарь Webster
BILLY — (n.) A club; esp., a policeman's club.
Английский словарь Webster
BILLY — ( n. ) A slubbing or roving machine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLY — ( n. ) A club; esp., a policeman's club.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
O — /oh/ , interj., n., pl. O's . interj. 1. (used before a name in direct address, esp. in solemn or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLY — /bil"ee/ , n. 1. a male given name, form of William . 2. Also, Billye . a female given name.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLY — /bil"ee/ , n. , pl. billies . 1. Also called billy club . a police officer's club or baton. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLY — n. container for boiling water (Australian); metal container for boiling water or cooking outside on a campfire, billycan (UK); policeman's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILLY — I. ˈbi-lē noun ( plural billies ) Etymology: Scots billy-pot cooking utensil Date: 1839 chiefly Australian & New Zealand : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O' — also o ə, ō Etymology: Middle English o, o-, contraction of on & of Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
BILLY — noun a slubbing or roving machine. 2. billy ·noun a club; ·esp., a policeman's club.
Webster English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BILLY — [bil.ly] n, pl billies [Sc billy-pot cooking utensil] (1839) chiefly Austral & NewZeal: a metal or enamelware pail or pot …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
O — I O, o BrE AmE əʊ AmE oʊ ▷ O's, o's, Os əʊz AmE oʊz —Communications code name: Oscar ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BILLY — Billy, billy BrE AmE ˈbɪl i ▷ Billy's, billies ˈbɪl iz ▶ ˈ billy goat BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O — / əʊ; NAmE oʊ/ noun , exclamation ■ noun (also o ) ( pl. Os , O's , o's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. O 1 BrE AmE , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun ( plural O’s , o’s ) 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BILLY — n. (pl. -ies) = BILLY-GOAT.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BILLY — n. (pl. -ies) = BILLY-GOAT.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
BILLY — 1. n. (pl. -ies) (in full billycan) orig. Austral. a tin or enamel cooking-pot with a lid and wire handle, …
Oxford English vocab
O — 1. n. (also o) (pl. Os or O's) 1. the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. 2 (0) nought, zero (in …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O’ — O’ is used in written English to represent the word ‘of’ pronounced in a particular way. I lost a lot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BILLY — ( billies) A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 etc ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BILLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES billy goat Billy no-mates ▪ I was left sitting on my own, looking like Billy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
O' — preposition - used in writing to represent of when its f is not pronounceda bottle o' beera bag o' chipsO' …
Cambridge English vocab
O — (LETTER) (plural O's or Os), o (plural o's or os) [noun] [C] - the 15th letter of the English alphabetO …
Cambridge English vocab
BILLY — n. Billy the Kid Billy Bishop Eckstine Billy Graham Billy Mills Billy Mitchell Billy Strayhorn Billy Sunday Billy Wilder Billy
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BILLY — Noun. Amphetamine Sulphate. Abb. of 'Billy Whizz', a cartoon character from the children's magazine Beano; Billy Whizz does everything with …
Slang English vocab
BILLY — n. Function: noun Synonyms: CUDGEL , baton, billy club, bludgeon, club, knobkerrie, nightstick, ||shillelagh, truncheon, war club
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BILLY — noun Synonyms: cudgel , baton, billy club, bludgeon, club, knobkerrie, nightstick, ||shillelagh, truncheon, war club
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
O' — I прист. O' префикс перед именами ирландского происхождения O'Connor ≈ O'Коннор II предл. 1) сокр. от of 2) сокр. от …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O — I сокр. от Ocean океан II сокр. от ohm ом нуль, ноль (в номерах телефонов, обозначениях времени, дат и т. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLY — (полицейская) дубинка (австралийское) жестяной (походный) котелок сокр. от billy-goat (эмоционально-усилительно) (разговорное) сильно, чрезвычайно, изо всех сил - to laugh like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O — _I 1. əʋ n ( pl O's, Os, o's, os, oes əʋz ) 1. 1> 15-я буква английского алфавита 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
O — I 1. [əʋ] n ( pl O's, Os, o's, os, oes [əʋz] ) 1. 1) 15-я буква английского алфавита 2) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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