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шишка — meaning in English

shishka

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English meaning

  • anybody pron Any person at all; anyone.
  • bud noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  • bump noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
  • bunion noun A painful, swollen bump that forms at the base of the big toe, caused by the joint shifting out of position.
  • cone noun A solid shape with a circular base that narrows smoothly to a single point.
  • egg noun An oval or round body laid by birds, reptiles, and many other animals, usually containing a developing embryo.
  • knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  • nob noun A informal, often mildly mocking British term for a wealthy or upper-class person.
  • pinecone noun A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.

Senses

шишка is used for these senses in English:

  • anybody (informal) A person of some consideration or standing.
  • big cheese (idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
  • bud (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
  • bump A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
  • bump (obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself
  • bunion (pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
  • cone The fruit of a conifer.
  • egg A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.

anybody — full definition

  1. pron Any person at all; anyone.
  2. pron (informal) A person of some importance or standing.

bud — full definition

  1. noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  2. noun Something in an early stage of development.
  3. noun Slang for marijuana, especially the dried flowering part of the cannabis plant.
  4. verb To produce or begin developing buds, or to start growing in a similar early way.
  5. noun An informal, friendly term of address for a man, similar to "buddy" or "pal."

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