PLUCK STH OUT OF THE AIR

Meaning of PLUCK STH OUT OF THE AIR in English

to say a name, number, etc. without thinking about it, especially in answer to a question :

I just plucked a figure out of the air and said: 'Would £1 000 seem reasonable to you?'

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

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUCK — I. ˈplək verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English plucken, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle Dutch plucken, plocken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AIR — I. ˈār variant of ere I II. adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) ar, are, from ar, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUCK — (n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
Английский словарь Webster
PLUCK — (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
Английский словарь Webster
PLUCK — (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
Английский словарь Webster
PLUCK — (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a …
Английский словарь Webster
PLUCK — ( v. t. ) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUCK — ( v. t. ) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUCK — ( v. i. ) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUCK — ( n. ) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUCK — — plucker , n. /pluk/ , v.t. 1. to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AIR — air 1 — airlike , adj. /air/ , n. 1. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUCK — I. ˈplək verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AIR — I. ˈer noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin aer, from Greek aēr Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLUCK — vt the lyrie. 2. pluck ·noun the act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. 3. pluck ·vt to reject at …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
AIR — noun intelligence; information. 2. air ·noun odoriferous or contaminated air. 3. air ·noun utterance abroad; publicity; vent. 4. air ·noun …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PLUCK — [pluck] vb [ME, fr. OE pluccian; akin to MHG pflucken to pluck] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to pull or pick …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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PLUCK — pluck BrE AmE plʌk ▷ plucked plʌkt ▷ plucking ˈplʌk ɪŋ ▷ plucks plʌks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLUCK — / plʌk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb HAIR 1. [ vn ] pluck sth (out) to pull out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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AIR — / eə(r); NAmE er/ noun , verb ■ noun GAS 1. [ U ] the mixture of gases that surrounds …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUCK — I. pluck 1 /plʌk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pluccian ] 1 . PULL SOMETHING [transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AIR — I. air 1 S1 W1 /eə $ er/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-7, 9: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AIR — n. & v. --n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLUCK — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by out, off, etc.) remove by picking or pulling out or away. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AIR — n. & v. n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
AIR — n. & v. --n. 1. an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUCK — ( plucks, plucking, plucked) 1. If you pluck a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AIR — ( airs, airing, aired) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Air is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUCK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AIR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a road/rail/air crash ▪ There will be an investigation into the cause of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUCK — Synonyms and related words : accumulate, amass, assemble, avulse, backbone, bare, bleed, bleed white, bob, boldness, bottle, bottom, bravery, bring …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUCK — Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. …
Slang English vocab
AIR — INDEX: 1. the air that we breathe 2. when there is not enough fresh air 3. to let fresh air …
Longman Activator English vocab
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUCK — 1. сущ. 1) а) дерганье, рывок, дергающее усилие Syn : tug 1., jerk 1., twitch 1. б) мор. буксировка (судна) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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AIR — 1. сущ. 1) воздух; атмосфера to clear the air ≈ очищать атмосферу to breathe air, inhale air ≈ вдыхать кислород …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUCK — pluck.ogg 1. plʌk n 1. дёрганье to give a pluck at smth. - потянуть /дёрнуть/ за что-л. she gave my …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OUT — 1. aʋt n 1. (the outs) pl парл. разг. оппозиция the ins and the outs - правительственная партия и оппозиция …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AIR — air.ogg _I 1. eə n 1. воздух; атмосфера stale fresh, foul, night, winter air - затхлый свежий, спёртый, ночной, зимний …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AIR — 1) воздух; воздушная среда 2) воздушное пространство 3) метео атмосфера 4) горн. (рудничная) атмосфера 5) излучать радиосигнал ( в эфир …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
AIR — 1) воздух; воздушная среда 2) воздушное пространство 3) метео атмосфера 4) горн. (рудничная) атмосфера 5) излучать радиосигнал (в эфир) 6) вести радио- или телепередачу • on air …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OUT — 1) внешний 2) выключенный 3) наружный • back drill out — вынимать сверло balance out and emf — компенсировать эдс be drawn out of meridian — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
AIR — 1) воздух; воздушная среда; атмосфера access for air — доступ воздуха to admit air — впускать воздух to bleed air from brakes — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OUT — out нареч.1) (указывает на нахождение) вне, снаружи, за пределами (чего-л.) It's hot out - very hot, very humid. — На …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AIR — air сущ.1) воздух; атмосфера to clear the air — очищать атмосферу to breathe air, inhale air — вдыхать кислород balmy …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLUCK — 1. plʌk n 1. дёрганье to give a pluck at smth. - потянуть /дёрнуть/ за что-л. she gave my sleeve …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OUT — 1. aʋt n 1. (the outs) pl парл. разг. оппозиция the ins and the outs - правительственная партия и оппозиция …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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