- lay a cable
- Australian Slangdefecate
English dialects glossary. 2013.
English dialects glossary. 2013.
lay some cable — Vrb phrs. To defecate. E.g. Can I get Tim to give you a call back? He s just in the toilet, laying some cable … English slang and colloquialisms
Lay a cable — defecate … Dictionary of Australian slang
lay a cable — v. (Slang) defecate, crap (vulgar) … English contemporary dictionary
Lay — (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cable — Exchange rate between British pounds sterling and the U.S.$. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * cable ca‧ble [ˈkeɪbl] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a tube containing wires that carry electronic signals or information: •… … Financial and business terms
cable — exchange rate between British pound sterling and the U.S. dollar. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The market term used to describe the sterling/US dollar exchange rate. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary A term used in the foreign… … Financial and business terms
cable — I n. wire 1) to lay, string cable 2) a submarine cable; the transatlantic cable 3) an electric, power; telegraph; telephone cable cablegram 4) to send a cable 5) a cable from; to II v. 1) (A) we cabled the message to them; or: we cabled them the… … Combinatory dictionary
cable — 01. We can t get any channels on our television because we don t have [cable], so we just use it when we rent videos. 02. The flagpole is held up with strong steel [cables]. 03. Make sure your kite doesn t touch the electrical [cables] or you… … Grammatical examples in English
lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… … English World dictionary
lay — [leɪ] verb laid PTandPP lay somebody → off phrasal verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop employing a worker, usually when there is not enough work for them to do: • The group plans to lay off 10% of its workforce. see also … Financial and business terms