shoehorn

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.
2. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
3. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

1. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

Concepten

schoenlepel

schoenhoorn

persen

proppen

een schoenlepel gebruiken

Synoniemen

shoe-horn

bone

🦴

shoe-lift

Vertalingen

Schuhlöffel

chausse-pied

calzascarpe

Schuhanzieher

calzador

calçadeira

calzante

calzatoio

corno da scarpa

قَرْن

calçador

κόκαλο

قرن

çekecek

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃuːˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Etymologie (Engels)

From shoe + horn.