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халту́ра — meaning in English

khaltura

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English meaning

  • botch verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  • gig noun A single performance booking for a musician or entertainer.
  • moonlighting noun The practice of working a second job, often secretly or in the evenings, in addition to one's regular employment.
  • trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.

Senses

халту́ра is used for these senses in English:

  • botch An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
  • gig (by extension) Any job, especially one that is freelance or temporary, or done on an on-demand basis.
  • khaltura Black-market or low-quality work.
  • lick and a promise (by extension, idiom) The hasty or incomplete performance of a task.
  • moonlighting The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.
  • pot boiler (figurative, mildly, derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc.), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression.
  • trash (chiefly, North American, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
  • undeclared work work for which payment is made but no taxation is paid

botch — full definition

  1. verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  2. noun A poorly done piece of work; a mess.

gig — full definition

  1. noun A single performance booking for a musician or entertainer.
  2. noun Any job, especially short-term, freelance, or on-demand work.
  3. verb To perform live as a musician or entertainer.

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