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angler
(encz) | angler,rybář n: "lovící na udici" |
Angler
(gcide) | Angler \An"gler\, n.
1. One who angles.
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2. (Zool.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and
America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with
the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are
said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also
fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish,
allmouth, monkfish, etc.
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angler
(wn) | angler
n 1: a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
2: a fisherman who uses a hook and line [syn: angler,
troller]
3: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached
for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish,
angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, {Lophius
Americanus}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
angler
(encz) | angler,rybář n: "lovící na udici" |
anglers
(encz) | anglers,rybáři n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
dangler
(encz) | dangler,přívěsek n: Zdeněk Brož |
disentangler
(encz) | disentangler, n: |
entangler
(encz) | entangler, |
horse wrangler
(encz) | horse wrangler, n: |
jangler
(encz) | jangler, |
mangler
(encz) | mangler,ničitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
strangler
(encz) | strangler,přívěra Zdeněk Brožstrangler,škrtič n: Jiří Syrový |
strangler fig
(encz) | strangler fig, n: |
strangler tree
(encz) | strangler tree, n: |
stranglers
(encz) | stranglers,škrtiči n: pl. Jiří Syrový |
wangler
(encz) | wangler, |
wrangler
(encz) | wrangler,hádající se osoba n: Zdeněk Brožwrangler,hašteřivec n: Zdeněk Brožwrangler,kovboj n: Zdeněk Brož |
thread mangler
(czen) | Thread Mangler,TM[zkr.] |
Brangler
(gcide) | Brangler \Bran"gler\, n.
A quarrelsome person.
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Dangler
(gcide) | Dangler \Dan"gler\, n.
One who dangles about or after others, especially after
women; a trifler. " Danglers at toilets." --Burke.
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Entangler
(gcide) | Entangler \En*tan"gler\, n.
One that entangles.
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Jangler
(gcide) | Jangler \Jan"gler\, n. [Cf. OF. jangleor.]
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1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. --Chaucer.
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2. A wrangling, noisy fellow.
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Jangleress
(gcide) | Jangleress \Jan"gler*ess\, n.
A female prater or babbler.
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Janglery
(gcide) | Janglery \Jan"gler*y\, n. [Cf. OF. janglerie chattering, talk.]
Jangling. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mangler
(gcide) | Mangler \Man"gler\, n. [See 1st Mangle.]
One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any
work in doing it.
[1913 Webster]Mangler \Man"gler\, n. [See 3d Mangle.]
One who smooths with a mangle.
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Spangler
(gcide) | Spangler \Span"gler\, n.
One who, or that which, spangles.
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Strangler
(gcide) | Strangler \Stran"gler\, n.
One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of
their amity." --Shak.
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Wrangler
(gcide) | Wrangler \Wran"gler\, n.
1. An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or
peevishness. "Noisy and contentious wranglers." --I.
Watts.
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2. One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the
University of Cambridge, England. They are called,
according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler,
third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
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Wranglership
(gcide) | Wranglership \Wran"gler*ship\, n.
The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University
of Cambridge, England.
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angler
(wn) | angler
n 1: a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
2: a fisherman who uses a hook and line [syn: angler,
troller]
3: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached
for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish,
angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, {Lophius
Americanus}] |
angler fish
(wn) | angler fish
n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament
attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler,
anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte,
allmouth, Lophius Americanus] |
anglerfish
(wn) | anglerfish
n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament
attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler,
anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte,
allmouth, Lophius Americanus] |
disentangler
(wn) | disentangler
n 1: a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something
out of a tangled state [syn: disentangler, unraveler,
unraveller] |
florida strangler fig
(wn) | Florida strangler fig
n 1: a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West
Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many
thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas [syn:
golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig,
wild fig, Ficus aurea] |
horse wrangler
(wn) | horse wrangler
n 1: a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses [syn: {horse
wrangler}, wrangler] |
mangler
(wn) | mangler
n 1: a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or
cripples [syn: mutilator, maimer, mangler] |
strangler
(wn) | strangler
n 1: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down
the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it
eventually strangling the tree [syn: strangler,
strangler tree]
2: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter,
garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker] |
strangler fig
(wn) | strangler fig
n 1: a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West
Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many
thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas [syn:
golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig,
wild fig, Ficus aurea]
2: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or
rose flowers [syn: pitch apple, strangler fig, {Clusia
rosea}, Clusia major] |
strangler tree
(wn) | strangler tree
n 1: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down
the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it
eventually strangling the tree [syn: strangler,
strangler tree] |
wangler
(wn) | wangler
n 1: a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods [syn:
finagler, wangler] |
wrangler
(wn) | wrangler
n 1: someone who argues noisily or angrily
2: a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses [syn: {horse
wrangler}, wrangler] |
mangler
(foldoc) | mangler
[DEC] A manager. Compare mango; see also management.
Note that system mangler is somewhat different in
connotation.
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system mangler
(foldoc) | system mangler
A humorous synonym for "system manager", possibly
from the fact that one major IBM operating system had a
root account called SYSMANGR. The term refers specifically
to a systems programmer in charge of administration, software
maintenance, and updates at some site. Unlike admin, this
term emphasises the technical end of the skills involved.
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mangler
(jargon) | mangler
n.
[DEC] A manager. Compare management. Note that system mangler is
somewhat different in connotation.
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system mangler
(jargon) | system mangler
n.
Humorous synonym for ‘system manager’, poss. from the fact that one major
IBM OS had a root account called SYSMANGR. Refers specifically to a
systems programmer in charge of administration, software maintenance, and
updates at some site. Unlike admin, this term emphasizes the technical
end of the skills involved.
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