SHOO-FLY PIE

Meaning of SHOO-FLY PIE in English

/shooh"fluy'/

an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.

[ 1925-30; so called in allusion to the attractiveness of the molasses to unwanted flies ]

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

SHOO-FLY PIE — ■ noun N. Amer. a rich tart made of treacle baked in a pastry case with a crumble topping.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHOO — I. interjection Etymology: Middle English schowe Date: 15th century — used especially in driving away an unwanted animal II. transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
SHOO — I. ˈshü interjection Etymology: Middle English schowe — used in frightening away an animal (as a hen) II. verb ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOO — (interj.) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
SHOO — ( interj. ) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOO — /shooh/ , interj., v., shooed, shooing . interj. 1. (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOO — interj. go away!, get out! (used to drive away a person or animal)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHOO — v. drive away, send away, tell a person or animal to go away
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHOO — I. ˈshü interjection Etymology: Middle English schowe Date: 15th century — used especially in driving away an unwanted animal II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOO — interj begone; away; an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Webster English vocab
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
FLY
Webster English vocab
SHOO — ■ exclamation used to frighten or drive away a person or animal. ■ verb ( ~s , ~ing , ~ed …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHOO — [shoo] interj [ME schowe] (15c)--used esp. in driving away an unwanted animal [2]shoo vt (ca. 1798): to scare, drive, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHOO — shoo BrE AmE ʃuː ▷ shooed ʃuːd ▷ shooing ˈʃuː ɪŋ ▷ shoos ʃuːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHOO — / ʃuː; NAmE / verb , exclamation ■ verb ( shoo·ing , shooed , shooed ) [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOO — I. shoo 1 /ʃuː/ BrE AmE interjection [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Natural sound ] used to tell an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOO — int. & v. --int. an exclamation used to frighten away birds, children, etc. --v. (shoos, shooed) 1 intr. utter the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOO — int. & v. int. an exclamation used to frighten away birds, children, etc. v. (shoos, shooed) 1 intr. utter the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOO — int. & v. --int. an exclamation used to frighten away birds, children, etc. --v. (shoos, shooed) 1. intr. utter the …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
SHOO — ( shoos, shooing, shooed) 1. If you shoo an animal or a person away , you make them go away …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOO — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you ~ an animal or a person away, you make them go away by waving …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHOO — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB away ▪ Soon there would be the little clutch of spectators, the curious children …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOO — [exclamation] - said to animals or children to make them go away"Shoo!" she shouted at the cat. "Get out of …
Cambridge English vocab
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Slang English vocab
SHOO — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SHOO — verb Shoo is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ fly
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple , chicken , meat ( esp. BrE ), pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), etc. ▪ mud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — n. 25B6; noun PASTRY, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty, patty, turnover, strudel. See lists here and at cake . 25A0; pie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHOO — 1. v прогонять (vt) 2. adj прогоняющий
Dirty English-Russian vocab
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Словарь английских идиом
SHOO — 1. межд. кшш! (при вспугивании птиц) 2. гл. 1) вспугивать, прогонять (птиц) Shoo those chickens away. ≈ Прогони тех птиц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIE — I сущ. 1) пирог; пирожок to bake a pie ≈ испечь пирог piece, slice of pie ≈ кусок пирога wedge …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOO — Спугивать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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