тря́пка — meaning in English
tryapka
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English meaning
- cloth noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
- doormat noun A mat placed at an entrance for wiping shoes before going inside.
- duster noun A cloth or soft implement used for wiping dust off surfaces.
- eraser noun A small block of rubber or similar material used to remove pencil or chalk marks.
- milksop noun A piece of bread soaked in milk.
- rag noun A worn or torn piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning.
- softy noun A person who is easily moved, overly kind, or reluctant to be strict.
- threads noun Informal word for clothes.
- weakling noun A physically frail or sickly person.
- wimp noun Someone seen as weak, timid, or lacking backbone.
- wiper noun A device, especially on a vehicle windscreen, that moves back and forth to clear away rain or dirt.
Senses
тря́пка is used for these senses in English:
- cloth (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
- doormat (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
- duster An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
- eraser (North America, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
- milksop (by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
- rag A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- shmatte (Yinglish) A rag.
- softy (informal, mildly, derogatory, occasionally, endearing) A weak or sentimental person.
cloth — full definition
- noun Woven, knitted, or felted material used for clothing, furnishing, or cleaning.
- noun A tablecloth, especially one laid out for a meal.
- noun The clergy or priesthood, referred to by their traditional dress.
doormat — full definition
- noun A mat placed at an entrance for wiping shoes before going inside.
- noun (informal) A person who lets others walk all over them, too passive to stand up for themselves.
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