What is the meaning of BRACK. Phrases containing BRACK
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n braces. {these things}. This is just one small part of a whole category of cross-continental disasters – see “square brackets”.
a crack in a dish or furniture
Brack is American slang for to vomit
Noun. A punch in the face. Dated. [1950/60s?]
Brackers is British slang for without money, penniless.
In gunnery, acquire the first salvo of gunfire on one side of the target, and the second salvo on the other.
n parentheses. The things that Americans call “brackets” [these ones], Brits know better as “square brackets.”
Bollocks in brackets is British slang for a bow−legged man.
A breach, a broken part.
Bracket is British slang for the nose and mouth.
n brackets. Something went very wrong at some point in history. Nobody knows what it was, but the end result of it was that, to Brits, [these] are square brackets, and (these) are “brackets”. To Americans, [these] are “brackets” and (these) are “parentheses”. Even {these} ended up being “braces” to Americans but “curly braces” to Brits. It’s possible many people have died as a result of these confusions, although I can’t exactly work out how.
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imp. & p. p.
of Bracket
n.
A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
n.
Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.
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A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
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of Bracket
v. t.
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.
a.
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
n.
The matter contained within brackets.
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The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.
v. t.
To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
n.
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
n.
Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
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Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.
n.
Salt or brackish water.
superl.
Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
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Brackish.
v. i.
To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
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An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
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Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.
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Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.
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