six-pack        1878 |

six-pack noun 1 a set of six bottles or cans sold together, especially of beer (          A

2 (informal) stomach muscles that are very strong and that you can see clearly across sb’s stomach

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six-pence /'sikspans/ noun a British coin in use until 1971, worth six old pence AftAfiJErfi ( $t|I| 1971 HIM

mm)

'six-shooter (also 'six-gun) noun (especially NAmE) a small gun that holds six bullets AA Wt six-teen (Hr /,siks'ti:n/ number 16 ft A ► six-teenth /.siks'tiin8/ ordinal number, noun mau There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth. Ff ffc is) fj ft ft; #!l JE fifth

six teenth note noun [NAmE, music W) = semiquaver sixth 0-w /sikse/ ordinal number, noun m ordinal number 6th H A iildlJ There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth. Ff Wi Mffiftftm fifth

■ noun each of six equal parts of sth 'sixth form noun [usually sing.] (BrE) the two final years at school for students between the ages of 16 and 18 who are preparing to take A levels (= advanced level

exams) HAH*1 (

16 M 18 pZl'n],     ) : Sue is in the

sixth form now.

,sixth-form 'college noun (in Britain) a school for students over the age of 16 (

'sixth-former noun [BrE) a student who is in the sixth form at school HAHI&Hft

.sixth 'sense noun [sing.] a special ability to know sth without using any of the five senses that include sight, touch, etc. Jlt^: My sixth sense told me to

stay here and wait.          0

sixty 0-w /'siksti/ number

1 60 At 2 noun the sixties [pi.] numbers, years or temperatures from 60 to 69 Aft Jl; A ft HR ► six-ti- eth /'sikstiaG/ ordinal number, noun         There are

examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth. FF Wi is] ft ft ft #'] JSl fifth IT»T71 in your 'sixties between the ages of 60 and 69 * 60 ^ A .sixty-'fourth note noun (music If) (NAmE) = hemi-

DEMISEMIQUAVER

the ,sixty-four thousand .dollar question

noun (informal) the thing that people most want to know, or that is most important H.tgftljl ( sjcitliif ) 67 ♦It; AttlRim From the name of a US tele­

vision show which gave prizes of money to people who answered questions correctly. The correct answer to the last question was worth $64 000. li

*m'@64 ooo size Ow /saiz/ noun, verb mnoun

►                HOW LARGE/SMALL A '        1 [U, C] how large or small a

person or thing is ft d' : an area the size of (= the same size as) Wales          $tft±67:t&K o They

complained about the size of their gas bill.

^ ft k o O Dogs come in all shapes and sizes. J6J HA Wd\         0 The facilities are excellent for

a town that size, *fft        —

A #£ ii ^ M c 0 The kitchen is a good size (= not small).  0 It’s similar in size to a tomato.

ft d^ ® £E WII ft ♦ <, 2 [U] the large amount or extent of sth A#; AMtl: You should have seen the size of their house!      A! 0 We were

shocked at the size of his debts.

OF CLOTHES/SHOES/GOODS U'Vl; ^M m 3 [C] one of a number of standard measurements in which clothes, shoes and other goods are made and sold R 59; W: The jacket was the wrong size. ftlftft^Rfi^ftAo o It’s not my size. & ft W ft f Is tA O They didn’t have the jacket in my size. MWxh%¥k/fc&W 67 Rfift 0 She’s a size 12 in clothes. MW 12 W67 A IS 0 o The hats are made in three sizes: small, medium and large, fti|i| ft

A, A^tK^o O I need a bigger/smaller size. &R4MA / iMo 0 What size do you take? 1fcW£k^r(fl? O She takes (a) size 5 in shoes. MW 5 -^r Ho 0 Do you have these shoes in (a) size 5? ft tfcHW 5 W 67 n^i ? o Try this one for size (= to see if it is the correct size). ikij£;ft#, ^Rfi^ftiSftftilo o The glass can be cut to size (= cut to the exact measurements) for you.       IM WIPJ      I3T3I3 To ask about

the size of something, you usually say How big? You use What size? to ask about something that is produced in fixed measurements. |R H $7 67 A A , ii # how bigo what size

►-SIZED/-SIZE •■•Ad'1 4 (in adjectives     Al) having

the size mentioned • • ■ ft ds 67 ; • • M H 67 : a medium­sized house m^ftds67|tft o Cut it into bite-size pieces. ffi$ tfc — P ifef A 67d' *£ o — see also king-size,

MAN-SIZED, PINT-SIZED, QUEEN-SIZE

►                STICKY SUBSTANCE JBjpjsjf 5 [U] a sticky substance that is used for making material stiff or for preparing walls for

wallpaper (mm ) mm, mm-, x

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IT»TO1 cut sb down to 'size to show sb that they are not as important as they think they are (JH AW S it A £P il i R Hit that’s about the 'size of it

[informal) that’s how the situation seems to be 'If S AlSt : ‘So they won’t pay up?’ ‘That’s about the size of it’        Alt?”  i

Iffio ”

b verb [VN]

►                GIVE SIZE $1] iff Ad 1 [usually passive] to mark the size of

sth; to give a size to sth    ■ £7Ads       xL■ • • RA:

The screws are sized in millimetres.

^Ad^o

►                CHANGE SIZE ^ $ A dN 2 [usually passive] to change the size of sth c& $ ■ • (ft A ds : The fonts can be sized according to what effect you want.

►                MAKE STICKY ft        3 to cover sth with a sticky

substance called size   ±&$-

IJIUm .size sb/sth«-* up (informal) to form a judgement or an opinion about sb/sth ft M; M Hr sum up : She knew that he was looking at her, sizing her up. MfQ if ft f£ IT If M #, fllio 0 He sized up the situation very quickly,       A T^JHr0

size-able (also siz-able) /'saizabl/ adj. fairly large ^ A W HT71 considerable : The town has a sizeable Sikh population.

siz-zle /'sizl/ verb [V] to make the sound of food frying in hot oil Aiil (         ) MM. P \ sizzling sausages

► siz-zle noun [sing.]

siz-zling /'sizlirj/ adj. 1 very hot |§       67 : sizzling

summer temperatures X 0 ft A tin. 2 very exciting W;      67: a sizzling love affair

ska /ska:/ noun [U] a type of West Indian pop music with a strong beat          67®'

WA )

skank /skaeijk/ noun (informal, especially NAmE) an unpleasant person A;

skanky /'skaeqki/ adj. [informal, especially NAmE) very

unpleasant ^ARli67; ^Afd5t67