PRIVATE EYE

Meaning of PRIVATE EYE in English

{n.}, {colloquial} A private investigator; a detective. * /Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."/

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

PRIVATE EYE — noun Date: 1938 private investigator
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIVATE EYE — noun slang : a detective who is not a member of an official police force : private detective
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — Slang. a private detective. [ 1935-40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — private detective or investigator (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRIVATE EYE — Date: 1938 : private investigator
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — Function: noun Date: 1938 : PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — ■ noun informal a private detective.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — [private eye] n (1938): private investigator
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — ➡ private detective
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — ˌPrivate ˈEye BrE AmE trademark a British ↑ satirical magazine which is known for criticizing and making jokes about famous …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE EYE — ˌprivate ˈeye BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a ↑ private detective
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE EYE — ( private eyes) You can refer to a private detective as a private eye , especially when he or she …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — (~s) You can refer to a private detective as a ~, especially when he or she is a character in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRIVATE EYE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Did they hire a private eye to wreak havoc on the life of the harasser? …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — Function: noun Synonyms: PRIVATE DETECTIVE , operative, Pinkerton, ||shamus
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — noun Synonyms: private detective , operative, Pinkerton, ||shamus
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — a British satirical magazine first published in 1961 and now appearing twice a month. It contains humorous articles and cartoons, …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — разг. "тайное око", частный детектив, сыщик (обыкн. о герое детективных романов)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PRIVATE EYE — {n.}, {colloquial} A private investigator; a detective. * /Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."/
Словарь английских идиом
PRIVATE EYE — n. , colloquial A private investigator; a detective. Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."
American Idioms English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — Прайвэт Ай
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
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PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PRIVATE EYE — n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — По …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PRIVATE EYE — n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PRIVATE EYE — private eye n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PRIVATE EYE — The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — По городу …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PRIVATE EYE — разг. "тайное око", частный детектив, сыщик (обыкн. о герое детективных романов)
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
PRIVATE EYE — "Прайвит ай" (двухнедельный сатирический журнал; публикует материлы об английских политических деятелях, бизнесменах и т.п., часто сенсационного характера; тир. ок. 210 …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
PRIVATE — I. ˈprīvə̇t, usu -ə̇d+V adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English privat, from Latin privatus apart from the state, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIVATE — (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's …
Английский словарь Webster
PRIVATE — — privately , adv. — privateness , n. /pruy"vit/ , adj. 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. ˈprī-vət adjective Etymology: Middle English privat, from Anglo-French, from Latin privatus, from past participle of privare to deprive, release, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVATE — noun privacy; retirement. 2. private ·noun the private parts; the genitals. 3. private ·noun one not invested with a public …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
PRIVATE — [pri.vate] adj [ME privat, fr. L privatus, fr. pp. of privare to deprive, release, fr. privus private, individual; prob. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRIVATE — private BrE AmE ˈpraɪv ət -ɪt ▷ private|ly li ▷ private|ness nəs nɪs ▷ private|s s ▶ ˌ private de …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRIVATE — / ˈpraɪvət; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective NOT PUBLIC 1. [ usually before noun ] belonging to or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. pri ‧ vate 1 S1 W1 /ˈpraɪvət, ˈpraɪvɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ privacy , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRIVATE — adj. & n. adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRIVATE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
PRIVATE — ( privates) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Private industries and services …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a personal/private diary ▪ She later agreed to the publication of parts of her …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
PRIVATE — INDEX: private and personal 1. private thoughts and feelings 2. private conversations and letters 3. not connected with work or …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRIVATE — n. 25B6; adjective his private plane : PERSONAL, own, individual, special, exclusive, privately owned. private talks : CONFIDENTIAL, secret, classified, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Slang English vocab

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