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English Idioms :: skeleton in the closet
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sken.html - {n. phr.} A shameful secret; someone or something kept hidden, especially by a family. * /The skeleton in our family closet was Uncle Willie. No one mentioned him because he drank too much./ |
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Traditional English :: skean
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sken.html - n. hist. a Gaelic dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. skean-dhu n. a dagger worn in the stocking as part of Highland costume. [Gael. sgian knife, dubh black] |
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Traditional English :: sked
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sken.html - n. & v. colloq. --n. --v.tr. (skedded, skedding) = SCHEDULE. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: skedaddle
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sken.html - v. & n. colloq. --v.intr. run away, depart quickly, flee. --n. a hurried departure or flight. [19th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: skeet
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sken.html - n. a shooting sport in which a clay target is thrown from a trap to simulate the flight of a bird. [ON skj×ta SHOOT] |
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Traditional English :: skeeter(1)
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sken.html - n.
US & Austral. sl. a mosquito. [abbr.] |
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