单词 | ike |
释义 | iken. colloquial. = iconoscope n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > telescopes at other wave lengths ike1937 iconoscope1946 telescope1948 1937 Amer. Speech 12 101 As the microphone is a mike so the television iconoscope is an ike. 1947 L. A. Sposa Television Primer 224 Iconoscope (Ike), a cathode-ray camera pickup tube developed by RCA. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmasike ike v. (also ˈiky) (see quot. 1932). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] > drive down (prices or a person) by bargaining haggle1589 cheapen1655 screw1677 to beat down1793 to jew down1835 banter1839 Jew1851 ike1932 1932 Amer. Speech 7 401 Iky, to jew down the price; to cheat. ‘He ikied me out of my turn.’ 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 279/1 Ike, to cheat; to lower the price by haggling; to ‘Jew down’. < as lemmas |
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