Swedish | English |
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pik [~en ~ar] substantiv {c} | cusp [cusps](sharp point or pointed end) gird(sarcastic remark) pike [pikes](long spear) |
pika [~de ~t] verb | heckle [heckled, heckling, heckles](insult, tease, make fun of, badger) jeer [jeered, jeering, jeers](to scoff or mock) taunt [taunted, taunting, taunts](to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding) |
pikant [~, ~a] adjektiv | spicy [spicier, spiciest](tangy or pungent) |
pikardiska proper noun {c} | Picard(language) |
pikaresk substantiv | picaresque(picaresque novel) |
pikenerare substantiv | pikeman [pikemen](soldier) |
piketbuss [~en ~ar] substantiv {c} | paddy wagon(a police van for transporting prisoners) |
piko- adjektiv | pico-(multiplying the unit by 10^−12) |
pikt substantiv {c} | Pict(member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland) |
piktisk adjektiv | Pictish(pertaining to the Picts) |
piktiska proper noun | Pictish(language) |
piktogram [~met ~, ~men] substantiv {n} | pictogram [pictograms](picture that represents a word or an idea) |
pikétröja [~n ~tröjor] substantiv {c} | polo shirt(casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) |
epikanthus substantiv {n} | epicanthus [epicanthi](a skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians) |
fullspikad [~spikat ~e] adjektiv | crowded(containing too many of something) |
gnällspik [~en ~ar] substantiv | kvetch(person who endlessly whines or complains) |
gnällspik [~en ~ar] substantiv {c} | bellyacher(whiner) crybaby(person whose feelings are easily hurt) grumbler(a person who persistently grumbles) |
sista spiken i kistan substantiv {c} | final nail in the coffin(something responsible for a prospective demise) |
slå huvudet på spiken verb | hit the nail on the head(identify something exactly) |
spik substantiv {c} | hole in one(in golf) nail [nails](spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials) |
spika [~de ~t] verb | nail [nailed, nailing, nails](employ a nail as a fastener) |
spikklubba [~n ~klubbor] substantiv {c} | jimsonweed(Datura stramonium) |
spikpistol [~en ~er] substantiv {c} | nail gun(gun which drives nails) |
spikrak ~t ~a adverb | straight as an arrow(very straight; travelling in a very straight trajectory) |
spikskor substantiv {c-Pl} | running shoes(spiked trainers) |
tropikhjälm [~en ~ar] substantiv {c} | pith helmet(type of hat) |
tältspik substantiv {c} | tent peg(peg, to hold a rope that supports a tent) |
ytterligare en spik i kistan phrase | another nail in someone's coffin(one in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall) |