PALSY-WALSY

Meaning of PALSY-WALSY in English

/pal"zee wal"zee/ , adj. Slang.

friendly or appearing to be friendly in a very intimate or hearty way: The police kept their eye on him because he was trying to get palsy-walsy with the security guard.

[ 1930-35; rhyming compound based on PALSY 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PALSY-WALSY — adjective Etymology: reduplication of palsy Date: 1943 being or appearing to be very intimate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PALSY-WALSY — |palzē|walzē adjective Etymology: reduplication of palsy pally, from pals, plural of pal + -y slang : having or giving the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALSY-WALSY — adjective Etymology: reduplication of palsy Date: 1943 slang : being or appearing to be very intimate
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALSY-WALSY — ■ adjective informal very friendly or intimate. Origin 1930s: from pal + -sy , by reduplication.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALSY-WALSY — [palsy-walsy] adj [redupl. of palsy] (1943) slang: being or appearing to be very intimate
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALSY-WALSY — palsy-walsy BrE AmE ˌpælz i ˈwælz i ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PALSY-WALSY — pal ‧ sy-wal ‧ sy /ˌpælzi ˈwælzi/ BrE AmE adjective British English spoken [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: pal ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALSY-WALSY — Function: adjective Synonyms: INTIMATE 4, ||buddy-buddy, chummy, cozy, pally
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PALSY-WALSY — кореш be palsy-walsy - жить душа в душу, ладить
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALSY-WALSY — кореш be palsy-walsy - жить душа в душу, ладить
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PALSY-WALSY — I n infml esp AmE Meet my old palsy-walsy — Познакомься с моим старым корешем Look here, palsy-walsy, let's you and me …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PALSY-WALSY — I n infml esp AmE Meet my old palsy-walsy — Познакомься с моим старым корешем Look here, palsy-walsy, let's you …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PALSY-WALSY — palsy-walsy n infml esp AmE Meet my old palsy-walsy Познакомься с моим старым корешем Look here, palsy-walsy, let's you and …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PALSY-WALSY — I Meet my old palsy-walsy — Познакомься с моим старым корешем Look here, palsy-walsy, let's you and me get out …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PALSY-WALSY — Pronunciation: ˌ pal-z ē - ' wal-z ē Function: adjective Etymology: reduplication of palsy Date: 1943 slang : being or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PALSY-WALSY — adjective Synonyms: intimate 4, ||buddy-buddy, chummy, cozy, pally
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALSY — I. noun (plural palsies) Etymology: Middle English palesie, alteration of parlesey, from Anglo-French paralisie, from Latin paralysis Date: 14th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PALSY — palsy 1 — palsylike , adj. /pawl"zee/ , n. , pl. palsies , v. , palsied, palsying . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALSY — I. ˈpȯl-zē noun ( plural palsies ) Etymology: Middle English palesie, alteration of parlesey, from Anglo-French paralisie, from Latin paralysis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALSY — [pal.sy] n, pl palsies [ME parlesie, fr. MF paralisie, fr. L paralysis] (14c) 1: paralysis 2: a condition marked by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALSY — paraliSe (-ar, -tic)
English interlingue dictionary
PALSY — paralisis
English-Visayan vocabulary
PALSY — I. ˈpȯlzē, -zi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English palsie, parlesie, from Middle French paralisie, from Latin paralysis — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALSY — (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
Английский словарь Webster
PALSY — (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
Английский словарь Webster
PALSY — ( v. t. ) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PALSY — ( n. ) Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PALSY — n. (Medicine) paralysis, condition in which a body part cannot be moved (caused by nerve or brain damage, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PALSY — noun paralysis, complete or partial. ·see paralysis. 2. palsy ·vt to affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive …
Webster English vocab
PALSY — [ 'pɔ:lzi , 'pɒl- ] ■ noun ( plural palsies ) 1》 dated paralysis, especially when accompanied by involuntary tremors. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALSY — / ˈpɔːlzi; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( old-fashioned ) paralysis (= loss of control or feeling in part …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALSY — pal ‧ sy /ˈpɔːlzi $ ˈpɒːl-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: paralisie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALSY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 paralysis, esp. with involuntary tremors. 2 a a condition of utter helplessness. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALSY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 paralysis, esp. with involuntary tremors. 2 a a condition of utter helplessness. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALSY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. paralysis, esp. with involuntary tremors. 2 a a condition of utter helplessness. b …
Oxford English vocab
PALSY — Palsy is a loss of feeling in part of your body. N-UNCOUNT see also cerebral palsy
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALSY — Palsy is a loss of feeling in part of your body. N-UNCOUNT see also cerebral ~
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PALSY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cerebral palsy COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE cerebral ▪ Sam is 6 and has cerebral …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PALSY — Synonyms and related words : MS, ague, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apoplexy, brain disease, bumpiness, catalepsy, cataplexy, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chattering, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALSY — Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function). For example, Bell's palsy is …
English Dictionary of Medicine
PALSY — 1. сущ. 1) а) паралич Syn : paralysis б) параличное дрожание 2) перен. состояние полной беспомощности, скованности the palsy of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALSY — palsy.ogg 1. ʹpɔ:lzı n 1. 1> паралич he has palsy in his arm - у него парализована рука 2> параличное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PALSY — palsy сущ.1) а) паралич Syn:paralysis б) параличное дрожание 2) перен. состояние полной беспомощности, скованности the palsy of insensibility — паралич …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALSY — 1. ʹpɔ:lzı n 1. 1> паралич he has palsy in his arm - у него парализована рука 2> параличное дрожание …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PALSY — 1. сущ. 1) а) паралич Syn: paralysis б) параличное дрожание 2) перен. состояние полной беспомощности, скованности the palsy of insensibility …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PALSY — 1. сущ. 1) а) паралич Syn: paralysis б) параличное дрожание 2) перен. состояние полной беспомощности, скованности the palsy of insensibility — паралич бесчувственности The region now lies under …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PALSY — 1. сущ. 1) а) паралич Syn : paralysis б) параличное дрожание 2) перен. состояние полной беспомощности, скованности the palsy of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THICK — Synonyms and related words : Boeotian, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, abundant, accented, adhesive, alive, alive with, alveolar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INTIMATE — Synonyms and related words : absolute, acquaintance, acquainted with, adumbrate, advocate, affectionate, allegorize, allied, allude to, alter ego, amigo, anonymous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRIENDLY — Synonyms and related words : accessible, acquainted, affable, affectionate, agreeable, agreeably, amiable, amiably, amicable, amicably, approachable, ardently, arm in arm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAMILIAR — Synonyms and related words : Bohemian, abreast, accepted, accustomed, acquaintance, acquainted, acquainted with, advocate, affable, alter ego, amicable, amigo, ancestral …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COZY — Synonyms and related words : airworthy, buddy-buddy, charmed, chatty, cheerful, chitchatty, chummy, colloquial, comfortable, comfy, commodious, communicative, confabulatory, content, contented, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNDEMONSTRATIVE — adj. Function: adjective not socially outgoing FF1C; a shy undemonstrative person yet capable of deep feeling FF1E; Synonyms: aseptic, restrained, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PALLY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: INTIMATE 4, ||buddy-buddy, chummy, cozy, ||palsy-walsy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
INTIMATE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: INHERENT , deep-seated, elemental, essential, inborn, inbred, indwelling, ingrained, innate, intrinsic 2 Synonyms: INNER 2, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COZY — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: COMFORTABLE 2, comfy, cushy, easeful, easy, snug, soft Related Words: safe, secure 2 Synonyms: INTIMATE …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHUMMY — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: FAMILIAR 1, close, confidential, intimate, thick 2 Synonyms: INTIMATE 4, ||buddy-buddy, cozy, pally, ||palsy-walsy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BUDDY-BUDDY — Function: adjective Synonyms: INTIMATE 4, chummy, cozy, pally, ||palsy-walsy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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