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Bakshis

Definition: Bakshis

Bakshis

Noun

1. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Bakshis

Synonyms: backsheesh (n), baksheesh (n), bakshish (n), gratuity (n), pourboire (n), tip (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Bakshis

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Bakshis (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bakshis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bakshis ralph wizard

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bakshis

Language Translations for "bakshis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

akshisbay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Bakshis

Derivations

Words beginning with "bakshis": bakshish, bakshished, bakshishes, bakshishing. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bakshis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-h-i-k-s-s"

-1 letter: sahibs, shiksa.

-2 letters: basis, basks, bassi, bisks, haiks, isbas, sahib, sakis.

-3 letters: asks, bash, bask, bass, bias, bisk, haik, hiss, isba, kabs, khis, kiss, sabs, saki, sash, sibs, skas, skis.

-4 letters: abs, ais, ash, ask, ass, bah, bas, bis, has, his, kab, kas, khi, sab, sha, sib, sis, ska, ski.

-5 letters: ab, ah, ai, as, ba, bi, ha, hi, is, ka, sh, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-h-i-k-s-s"
 

+1 letter: bakshish.

 

+3 letters: bakshished, bakshishes, hawksbills.

 

+4 letters: bakshishing, blackfishes, blacksmiths, switchbacks.

 

+5 letters: backstitches, brackishness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bakshis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 6B 73 68 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    -.-    ...    ....    ..    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01101011 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#107 &#115 &#104 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 006B 0073 0068 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36677785747585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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