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Такође погледајте: English

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Етимологија

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Изговор

• Audio (US):

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Именица

english (uncountable) (uppercased in all of the Oxford English Dictionary's citations from 1869 to 2007)

1. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

2. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
   • 1993, Thomas Cripps, Making Movies Black‎^[2], page 94:

     Preston Sturgis in his Sullivan’s Travels (1942) put some english on the idea in a bit about a filthy, defeated, white chaingang that is invited to a rural black church for an evening of old movies.

Синоними

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Преводи

spinning or rotary motion around the vertical axis

• Фински: sivukierre
• Француски: anglais (fr)
• Индијски: अंग्रेज़ी (hi) (aṅgrezī) (angrezi)
• Пољски: angielski (pl)
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• Румунски: english (ro)
• Шпански: inglés (es)
• Свахили: zunguka
• Тамилски: (literally) ஆங்கிலம் (ta) (āṅkilam)

Погледајте такође

• body English

Анагарами

• Hingles, shingle ^{(alphagram eghilns)}