amateurish, clumsy, cheap, or generally not very professional
The Warwickshire team-mates get in a real muddle out in the field, Trott attempting a dummy slide that Bell misinterprets for the real thing. Absolute village, that.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 03/09/2012
Adjective☞village
village
noun countable
UK /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
Other entries for this word
villageadjective
village greennoun
village idiotnoun
dementia villagenoun
holiday villagenoun
Potemkin villagenoun
the global villagenoun
Word Forms
singular
village
plural
villages
DEFINITIONS3
1
a very small town in the countryside
a Scottish fishing village
Synonyms and related words
Towns, cities and villages
barangay
the big smoke
boom town
1a
the people who live in a village
The whole village attended the meeting.
Synonyms and related words
Words for people who come from the countryside
village
villager
countryman
1b
only before nounin a village, or relating to a village
the village shop/church
village gossip
Synonyms and related words
Towns, cities and villages
barangay
the big smoke
boom town
2
mainly journalisma particular community or activity, or the type of people in it or involved in it
stories from the British political village
Synonyms and related words
Groups of people with shared interests or aims
association
commission
organization
3
it takes a village (to raise a child)
a saying that means that it takes a lot of people for example to achieve a good result or become successful. The full form is ‘it takes a village to raise a child’.
As I always say, it takes a village it’s not just one person.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 29/04/2016
village
noun countable
US /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
Other entries for this word
villageadjective
village greennoun
village idiotnoun
dementia villagenoun
holiday villagenoun
Potemkin villagenoun
the global villagenoun
Word Forms
singular
village
plural
villages
DEFINITIONS3
1
a very small old town in the countryside, usually in a country outside the U.S. and Canada
a Scottish fishing village
Synonyms and related words
Towns, cities and villages
barangay
the big smoke
boom town
1a
the people who live in a village
The whole village attended the meeting.
Synonyms and related words
Words for people who come from the countryside
villager
countryman
countrywoman
1b
the official legal description of a small town in some U.S. states
Synonyms and related words
Towns, cities and villages
barangay
the big smoke
boom town
1c
only before nounin a village, or relating to a village
the village shop/church
village gossip
Synonyms and related words
Towns, cities and villages
barangay
the big smoke
boom town
2
mainly journalisma particular community or activity, or the type of people in it or involved in it
stories from the British political village
Synonyms and related words
Groups of people with shared interests or aims
association
commission
organization
3
it takes a village (to raise a child)
a saying that means that it takes a lot of people for example to achieve a good result or become successful. The full form is ‘it takes a village to raise a child’.
As I always say, it takes a village it’s not just one person.