doohickey in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for doohickey in the English»Italian Dictionary

hickey [Brit ˈhɪki, Am ˈhɪki] N Am

1. hickey (spot):

hickey inf

brufolo m

2. hickey (love bite):

hickey inf

succhiotto m

3. hickey (gadget):

hickey inf

aggeggio m

hickey inf

coso m

rickey [Brit ˈrɪki, Am ˈrɪki] N Am

rickey

gin fizz m

mickey [Brit ˈmɪki, Am ˈmɪki] N Brit inf

to take the mickey

prendersi gioco (out of di)

are you taking the mickey out of me?

mi stai prendendo in giro?

stop taking the mickey

smettila di sfottere!

dickey

dickey → dicky

See also dicky², dicky¹

dicky² [Brit ˈdɪki, Am ˈdɪki] ADJ Brit inf

dicky heart

debole

dicky condition

precario

dicky¹ [Brit ˈdɪki, Am ˈdɪki] N

dicky

sparato m

dicky

davantino m

Mickey Finn [Brit mɪki ˈfɪn, Am ˌmɪki ˈfɪn] N inf

Mickey Finn

= bevanda alcolica alla quale è stato aggiunto del sonnifero

I.Mickey Mouse [Brit, Am ˌmɪki ˈmaʊs]

Mickey Mouse

Topolino

II.Mickey Mouse [Brit, Am ˌmɪki ˈmaʊs] ADJ before n pej

Mickey Mouse job

stupido

Mickey Mouse qualifications

scadente, senza valore

I.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən] N

1. chicken (fowl):

chicken

pollo m

to keep chickens

allevare polli

to keep chickens before n wing, salad, soup, stock

di pollo

to keep chickens sandwich

al pollo

2. chicken:

chicken, also chicken meat

pollo m

chicken, also chicken meat

carne f di pollo

3. chicken (coward):

chicken inf

coniglio m

chicken inf

fifone m / fifona f

4. chicken (game):

to play chicken

= fare giochi spesso rischiosi o pericolosi in cui si deve dimostrare il proprio coraggio

II.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən] ADJ inf

chicken

fifone

chicken

vigliacco

III.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən]

it's a chicken and egg situation

è la storia dell'uovo e della gallina

to count one's chickens (before they are hatched)

vendere la pelle dell'orso prima di averlo ammazzato

he or she is no spring chicken inf

ha parecchie primavere

I.thicken [Brit ˈθɪk(ə)n, Am ˈθɪkən] VB trans

thicken piece, layer, material

ispessire

thicken liquid, paste

addensare

thicken forest, vegetation

infittire

thicken hair, eyebrows, beard

infoltire

thicken make-up

appesantire

thicken voice

rendere rauco

II.thicken [Brit ˈθɪk(ə)n, Am ˈθɪkən] VB intr

thicken sauce, soup:

addensarsi, rapprendersi

thicken fog, snow, cloud:

infittirsi

thicken waistline:

aumentare

thicken accent:

diventare più forte

thicken voice:

arrochirsi

thicken traffic:

intensificarsi

III.thicken [Brit ˈθɪk(ə)n, Am ˈθɪkən]

the plot thickens!

la faccenda si ingarbuglia!

I.whicker [Brit ˈwɪkə, Am ˈ(h)wɪkər] N

whicker

nitrito m

II.whicker [Brit ˈwɪkə, Am ˈ(h)wɪkər] VB intr

whicker

nitrire

chicken feed [Brit, Am ˈtʃɪkən fid] N U

1. chicken feed:

chicken feed

mangime m per polli

2. chicken feed (paltry sum):

chicken feed inf

cifra f irrisoria

it's chicken feed

è una cifra irrisoria

it's not chicken feed

non sono bruscolini

doohickey in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for doohickey in the English»Italian Dictionary

mickey [ˈmɪ·ki] N sl

mickey

bevanda alcolica cui è stato aggiunto furtivamente un sedativo

to slip sb a mickey

mettere furtivamente un forte sedativo nella bevanda di qu

Mickey Mouse [ˌmɪ·ki·ˈmaʊs] N

Mickey Mouse

Topolino m

I.thicken [ˈθɪ·kən] VB trans

thicken

ispessire

II.thicken [ˈθɪ·kən] VB intr

thicken

ispessirsi

chicken farm N

chicken farm

allevamento m di polli

chicken-hearted ADJ

chicken-hearted

fifone, -a

thickener N, thickening N

thickener

addensante m

chicken [ˈtʃɪ·kɪn] N

1. chicken (farm bird):

chicken

pollo m

2. chicken (meat):

chicken

pollo m

fried/roasted chicken

pollo fritto/arrosto

grilled chicken

pollo alla griglia

3. chicken inf (person):

chicken

coniglio m

Phrases:

it's a chicken and egg situation

è come la storia dell'uovo e la gallina

to not be a (spring) chicken

non essere più un giovincello

fried chicken N

fried chicken

pollo m fritto

chicken feed N

1. chicken feed (food):

chicken feed

mangime m per polli

2. chicken feed (small amount of money):

chicken feed

spiccioli m pl

chicken run N

chicken run

pollaio m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's a standard levitation doohickey at it core.

hackaday.com

It's certainly easy to be wowed by the thought of punching out our own thingummies and doohickeys at home.

www.theregister.co.uk

Then, lift the entire brass doohickey open.

www.pocketgamer.co.uk

There are low shelves stuffed with art books and literature; doohickeys from travels; a typewritten note from a friend as arcane art.

www.nationalpost.com

He simply couldn't accept the fact that his daughter was gone and that there wasn't some sort of mystical artifact or metahuman doohickey that could bring her back.

www.ign.com

To succeed here, you've got to have at least some notion of how the latest doohickeys work.

www.investing.com

There is a little doohickey that comes down from the ear through the nose into the septum that was entirely their artistic innovation.

en.wikipedia.org

The difference is that steampunkers deck their gadgets out in such a way as to turns the gears, cogs and mechanical doohickeys into incredibly lavish designs.

www.newuniversity.org

Also, instead of a carburetor, it used a crude fuel-dripping doohickey.

jalopnik.com

Not this symbolically overloaded doohickey!

www.avclub.com