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English Idioms :: brass
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brass - See: DOUBLE IN BRASS, GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS. |
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Traditional English :: brass
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brass - n. & adj. --n. 1 a yellow alloy of copper and zinc.
2 a an ornament or other decorated piece of brass. b brass objects collectively.
3 Mus. brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra.
4 Brit. sl. money.
5 (in full horse-brass) a round flat brass ornament for the harness of a draught-horse.
6 (in full top brass) colloq. persons in authority or of high (esp. military) rank.
7 an inscribed or engraved memorial tablet of brass.
8 colloq. effrontery (then had the brass to demand money).
9 a brass block or die used for making a design on a book binding. --adj. brass band a group of musicians playing brass instruments, sometimes also with percussion. brassed off sl. fed up. brass hat Brit. colloq. an officer of high rank, usu. one with gold braid on the cap. brass monkey coarse sl. used in various phrases to indicate extreme cold. brass-rubbing 1 the rubbing of heelball etc. over paper laid on an engraved brass to take an impression of its design.
2 the impression obtained by this. brass tacks sl. actual details; real business (get down to brass tacks). not a brass farthing colloq. no money or assets at all. [OE brós, of unkn. orig.] |
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Related Words
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armadillo
house
numbers
fitting
newport
faucets
ball
woodwind
knuckle
herb
alpert
tijuana
quintet
door
knocker
belt
buckles
brasnet
nuckles
rail
toronto
craft
tacks
clean
bell
eagle
paintball
gun
dirty
dozen
band
figurine
bra
city
copper
sales
mill
center
casting
ring
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Most Often Usage
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brass armadillo
brass house numbers
brass fitting
newport brass faucets
brass ball
woodwind brass
brass knuckle
herb alpert and the tijuana brass
brass quintet
brass door knocker
tijuana brass
brass belt buckles
brasnet
brass nuckles
brass rail toronto
brass craft
brass tacks
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