FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n The untanned hide#noun | hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

n A bundle or set of such hides.

n (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

n The leather made from such hide; kip leather.

n (informal|chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

n (informal|chiefly UK) sleep | Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

n (informal|chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.

n (informal|chiefly UK|dated) A brothel.

v (informal|chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

n A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

n A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

n (rare|nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

n The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

n (context|gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in w:Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnastics on the w:Uneven bars|uneven bars, w:Parallel bars|parallel bars, w:High bar|high bar and w:Still rings|still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

n (Australia|games|two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

n (context|w:Scots language | Scots) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.