kulkuri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- glider noun An aircraft designed to fly without an engine, using air currents to stay aloft.
- hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
- roadster noun A two-seat open-top sports car, typically without a back seat.
- rogue noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
- rover noun Someone or something that wanders or travels widely, including robotic vehicles used to explore other planets.
- straggler noun Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- tramp noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, often on foot.
- vagabond noun A person who wanders from place to place with no fixed home, often living hand to mouth.
- vagrant noun A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
- Wanderer noun Someone who travels or roams without a fixed destination.
Senses
kulkuri is used for these senses in English:
- glider (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- hobo (North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- roadster A person who lives along the road.
- rogue A vagrant.
- rover One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- straggler A roving vagabond.
- tramp (sometimes, pejorative) A homeless person; a vagabond. [from 1664]
- vagabond A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
glider — full definition
- noun An aircraft designed to fly without an engine, using air currents to stay aloft.
- noun A person or animal capable of gliding, or a swinging porch chair that moves smoothly back and forth.
hobo — full definition
- noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
- noun A large, slouchy handbag.