| slovo | definícia |
shaker
(encz) | shaker,šejk n: Zdeněk Brož |
shaker
(encz) | shaker,šejkr n: Zdeněk Brož |
shaker
(encz) | shaker,vytřásadlo Zdeněk Brož |
Shaker
(gcide) | Shaker \Shak"er\, n.
1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which
something is shaken.
[1913 Webster]
2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so
called from the movements of the members in dancing, which
forms a part of their worship.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The sect originated in England in 1747, and came to the
United States in 1774, under the leadership of Mother
Ann Lee. The Shakers are sometimes nicknamed Shaking
Quakers, but they differ from the Quakers in doctrine
and practice. They style themselves the "United Society
of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing." The sect is
now confined in the United States.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon. --P. J. Selby.
[1913 Webster] |
shaker
(wn) | shaker
n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker]
2: a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal
living and common possession of property and separation from
the world
3: a container in which something can be shaken |
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boneshaker
(encz) | boneshaker,kostitřas n: Zdeněk Brož |
cocktail shaker
(encz) | cocktail shaker, n: |
ground-shaker
(encz) | ground-shaker, n: |
mover and shaker
(encz) | mover and shaker, n: |
movers and shakers
(encz) | movers and shakers, |
pepper shaker
(encz) | pepper shaker, |
salt shaker
(encz) | salt shaker,slánka n: Zdeněk Brož |
saltshaker
(encz) | saltshaker, |
peppershaker
(gcide) | peppershaker \peppershaker\ n.
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
Syn: pepper box, pepper pot.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Shaker
(gcide) | Shaker \Shak"er\, n.
1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which
something is shaken.
[1913 Webster]
2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so
called from the movements of the members in dancing, which
forms a part of their worship.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The sect originated in England in 1747, and came to the
United States in 1774, under the leadership of Mother
Ann Lee. The Shakers are sometimes nicknamed Shaking
Quakers, but they differ from the Quakers in doctrine
and practice. They style themselves the "United Society
of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing." The sect is
now confined in the United States.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon. --P. J. Selby.
[1913 Webster] |
Shakeress
(gcide) | Shakeress \Shak"er*ess\, n.
A female Shaker.
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Shakerism
(gcide) | Shakerism \Shak"er*ism\, n.
Doctrines of the Shakers.
[1913 Webster] |
boneshaker
(wn) | boneshaker
n 1: any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable;
"that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker" |
cocktail shaker
(wn) | cocktail shaker
n 1: a shaker for mixing cocktails |
ground-shaker
(wn) | ground-shaker
n 1: huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in
western North America [syn: ground-shaker, seismosaur] |
mover and shaker
(wn) | mover and shaker
n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker] |
pepper shaker
(wn) | pepper shaker
n 1: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
[syn: pepper shaker, pepper box, pepper pot] |
salt shaker
(wn) | salt shaker
n 1: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt [syn:
saltshaker, salt shaker] |
saltshaker
(wn) | saltshaker
n 1: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt [syn:
saltshaker, salt shaker] |
shakers
(wn) | Shakers
n 1: a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United
States [syn: Shakers, {United Society of Believers in
Christ's Second Appearing}] |
cocktail shaker sort
(foldoc) | cocktail shaker sort
A bi-directional bubble sort. Passes alternate
between ascending through array indexes, pushing the largest
item to the bottom; and descending through array indexes,
pushing the smallest item to the top.
[Performace vs plain bubble?]
(2001-03-26)
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