SMOKING GUN

Meaning of SMOKING GUN in English

indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.

[ 1970-75 ]

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

SMOKING GUN — noun Date: 1974 something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SMOKING GUN — noun : something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOKING GUN — Date: 1974 : something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMOKING GUN — Function: noun Date: 1974 : something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMOKING GUN — ■ noun a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SMOKING GUN — [smoking gun] n (1974): something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof esp. of a crime
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMOKING GUN — noun [ sing. ] ( informal ) something that seems to prove that sb has done sth wrong or illegal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKING GUN — ˌsmoking ˈgun BrE AmE noun [countable] something that shows who is responsible for something bad or how something really happened
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SMOKING GUN — ( smoking guns) A smoking gun is a piece of evidence that proves that something is true or that someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKING GUN — (~s) A ~ is a piece of evidence that proves that something is true or that someone is responsible for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SMOKING GUN — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Investigators have failed to find a smoking gun to connect the mayor to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMOKING GUN — weapon used, evidence, caught red-handed The company told me to dismiss the employee, so I was holding the smoking gun.
English Idioms vocab
SMOKING GUN — weapon used, evidence The company told me to dismiss the employee, so I was holding the smoking gun.
English Idioms vocabulary
SMOKING GUN — 'дымящийся' пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика "дымящийся" пистолет (в руке убийцы) (любая) явная улика
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKING GUN — 1> «дымящийся» пистолет ( в руке убийцы ) 2> (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SMOKING GUN — "дымящийся" пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SMOKING GUN — 1) «дымящийся» пистолет ( в руке убийцы ) 2) (любая) явная улика
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SMOKING GUN — 1) «дымящийся» пистолет ( в руке убийцы ) 2> (любая) явная улика
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKING GUN — "дымящийся" пистолет ( в руке убийцы ) ; (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SMOKING GUN — "дымящийся" пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SMOKING GUN — _n. 'дымящийся' пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SMOKING GUN — n. 'дымящийся' пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SMOKING GUN — (n.phr.) неоправержимое доказательство
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
SMOKING GUN — n infml She was found with the smoking gun — Ее вина была очевидной He was left holding the smoking gun — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SMOKING GUN — n infml She was found with the smoking gun — Ее вина была очевидной He was left holding the smoking …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SMOKING GUN — smoking gun n infml She was found with the smoking gun Ее вина была очевидной He was left holding the …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SMOKING GUN — She was found with the smoking gun — Ее вина была очевидной He was left holding the smoking gun — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SMOKING GUN — оружие, из которого только что выстрелили; неопроворжимое доказательство
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SMOKING GUN — оружие, из которого только что выстрелили; неопроворжимое доказательство
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SMOKING GUN — (n.phr.) неоправержимое доказательство
English Russian slang dictionary
SMOKING GUN — 'дымящийся' пистолет (в руке убийцы); (любая) явная улика "дымящийся" пистолет (в руке убийцы) (любая) явная улика
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SMOKING — [A] n tuxedo, dinner jacket or coat
Interlingua English vocab
SMOKING — Breathing the fumes of burning plant material, especially tobacco, from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Despite social and medical arguments …
Английский словарь Британика
GUN — I Weapon consisting essentially of a metal tube from which a missile or projectile is shot by the force of …
Английский словарь Британика
GUN — I. ˈgən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English gonne, gunne, probably irregular from Gonnilda, Gunnilda, Gunilda, feminine proper name …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOKING — adverb Etymology: from present participle of smoke (II) : to a smoking degree smoking hot food
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMOKING — () a. & n. from Smoke.
Английский словарь Webster
SMOKING — (p. pr. & vb n.) of Smoke
Английский словарь Webster
SMOKING — a. & n. from Smoke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SMOKING — ( p. pr. & vb n. ) of Smoke
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GUN — gun 1 — gunless , adj. /gun/ , n. , v. , gunned, gunning . n. 1. a weapon consisting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SMOKING — n. type of jacket
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMOKING — adj. pertaining to smoking; designated for smokers (i.e. section of a restaurant); emitting smoke; addicted to the smoking of tobacco
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMOKING — n. emission of smoke or smoke like vapor; inhalation and exhalation of tobacco smoke
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMOKING — adj & ·noun from smoke. 2. smoking (·p.pr. & ·vb.n.) of smoke.
Webster English vocab
SMOKING — inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material, especially tobacco, from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. The American Indians …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMOKING — / ˈsməʊkɪŋ; NAmE ˈsmoʊk-/ noun [ U ] the activity or habit of smoking cigarettes, etc. : No Smoking (= …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GUN — / gʌn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a weapon that is used for firing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKING — smok ‧ ing S2 /ˈsməʊkɪŋ $ ˈsmoʊk-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ smoke , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GUN — I. gun 1 S2 W2 /ɡʌn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from Gunnilda , a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GUN — n. & v. --n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GUN — n. & v. n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GUN — n. & v. --n. 1. any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Oxford English vocab
SMOKING — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Smoking is the act or habit …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GUN — ( guns, gunning, gunned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A gun …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMOKING — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Smoking is the act or habit …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SMOKING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a smoking area ▪ Employers do not have to provide smoking areas. burning/blazing/smoking wreckage ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GUN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a gun permit ▪ More than 300,000 civilians, in a country of 6 million, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMOKING — [noun] [U]Smoking is not permitted anywhere in this theatre.The airline was the first to introduce a smoking ban on all …
Cambridge English vocab
SMOKING — n. Breathing the fumes of burning plant material, especially tobacco, from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Despite social and medical …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SMOKING — Synonyms and related words : ablaze, aeration, aerial, aerification, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, airy, alight, anhydration, ardent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GUN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SMOKING — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SMOKING — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chain , heavy ▪ passive ( BrE ) ▪ the dangers of passive ~ ▪ teen ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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