- tight purse
- n. cimri
English-Turkish dictionary. 2013.
tight purse
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purse-string — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: purse string 1. : formed or drawn in the manner of a purse string a wind tight purse string closure about the neck see purse string suture 2. : involving control of financial matters : acting through financial… … Useful english dictionary
purse-string suture — pərs .striŋ n a surgical suture passed as a running stitch in and out along the edge of a circular wound in such a way that when the ends of the suture are drawn tight the wound is closed like a purse * * * a continuous suture placed around a… … Medical dictionary
purse — purse1 S3 [pə:s US pə:rs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Late Latin; Origin: bursa; BURSAR] 1.) a) especially BrE a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc American Equivalent: wallet ▪ Julie opened her handbag and took out her purse … Dictionary of contemporary English
tight — 1. drunk Perhaps a pun on screwed, as the OED suggests, but I am not sure which usage came first: Well, he got in at last, and he lit a candle then. That took him five minutes. He was pretty tight. (Somerville and Ross, 1897) 2.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
purse-string suture — noun : a surgical suture passed as a running stitch in and out along the edge of a circular wound in such a way that when the ends of the suture are drawn tight the wound is closed like a purse * * * /perrs string /, Surg. a suture for a circular … Useful english dictionary
tight squeeze — Synonyms and related words: bind, broken fortune, close call, close shave, close squeak, closeness, clutch, complication, confinement, crowdedness, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, difficulties, distress, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment,… … Moby Thesaurus
purse seining — /ˈpɜs seɪnɪŋ/ (say pers sayning) noun a type of large scale fishing process in which a long rectangular net which has a weighted bottom edge and a buoyant top is used to trap a school of fish, the line at the bottom being pulled tight to trap the …
hand purse seine — a floating net used to surround fish, and then closed off at the bottom by drawing the lead line tight (pursing the seine). Hand purse seines may have restrictions on use such as hand power use only and no use of a free running line through rings … Dictionary of ichthyology
closeness — Synonyms and related words: THI, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agreement, airlessness, airtight secrecy, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assemblage, assimilation, association … Moby Thesaurus
nearness — Synonyms and related words: access, accession, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, advance, advent, affairs, affiliation, affinity, afflux, affluxion, agreement, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approaching, appropinquation,… … Moby Thesaurus
penny pinching — Synonyms and related words: avarice, avaricious, cheap, cheapness, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, closefistedness, closeness, hardfisted, hardfistedness, hoarding, illiberal, illiberality, miserliness, miserly, near, nearness, niggardly,… … Moby Thesaurus
