DYNAMITE


Meaning of DYNAMITE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent.

2 a potentially dangerous person, thing, or situation.

3 sl. a narcotic, esp. heroin.

--v.tr. charge or shatter with dynamite.

Derivatives:

dynamiter n.

Etymology: formed as DYNAMISM + -ITE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.