beach

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Signification

1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
3. The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
4. Synonym of gravel trap
5. A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
6. Euphemistic form of bitch (taboo swear word).

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/biːt͡ʃ/

Étymologie

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”). Cognate with Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), Swedish bäck (“stream, brook, creek”). More at batch, beck.

Associé à néerlandais

beek

Associé à allemand

Bach

Related words

heart

Nouveau

bitch

1. A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
2. A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
3. A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
4. A woman.
5. A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
6. (slang) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
7. A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
8. (informal,obsolete) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
9. (colloquial) Friend.
10. (colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
11. (colloquial) A difficult or confounding problem.
12. (colloquial) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
13. Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
14. (informal,slang) Place; situation
15. (obsolete) Tea (the drink).
16. (slang) A queen.