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ша́йка — meaning in English

shayka

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English meaning

  • gang noun A group of people, often criminals, who band together and share an identity or purpose.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • rout noun A crushing, disorganized defeat.

Senses

ша́йка is used for these senses in English:

  • gang A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  • gang A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
  • ring (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
  • rout (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the) , the common people as a group, the rabble.

gang — full definition

  1. noun A group of people, often criminals, who band together and share an identity or purpose.
  2. noun Informally, any close group of friends or associates.
  3. noun A team of workers operating together under one supervisor.
  4. verb To act together as a group, especially to attack or confront someone (usually "gang up on").

ring — full definition

  1. noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  2. noun A roughly circular arrangement or shape, or an enclosed area used for a contest such as boxing.
  3. verb To make a clear, resonant sound, as a bell does; also, to telephone someone.

Related Bulgarian words