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On The Nose

Definitions: On The Nose

On The Nose

Adjective

1. Being precisely to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button".

Adverb

1. Just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said".

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


Synonyms: On The Nose

Synonyms: exactly (adv), on the button (adv), on the dot (adv), precisely (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: On The Nose

English words defined with "on the nose": bridgeGrog blossomhorseshoe batLeaf-nosedNasicornous, nose, Nose leaf, nose ring, nosepiecePremaxillaRiver jackSun bearTo turn up. (references)
Specialty definitions using "on the nose": Bernoulli's principleDeputy, Dunstanface chuck, Fire-drakeHerpes Zoster Ophthalmicus, homing head, hyperkeratosisLordminer's self-rescuerNose Literature, Nose TaxOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresPull Baconquadruple buckyRUM SNITCHSCIMETAR, Siebe-Gorman self-rescuer, storytariff, Toe PopperWroth Money. (references)

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Modern Usage: On The Nose

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's like being punched on the nose by the invisible man. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

A wart on the nose of humanity and I'm going to blast it off. (Nine to Five; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

Wow! Right on the nose! (Taxi; writing credit: Grahame Bond; Jim Burnett)

But what if I'm trying to put on the nose, the snowman comes alive and tries to kill me? (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi)

Lyrics

Now every second on the nose, the humdrum of the city grows. (Tuesday's Dead; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Movie/TV Titles

Love on the Nose (1974)

On the Nose (2001)

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

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Use in Literature: On The Nose

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He carried it out and spread it on the nose of the truck, and he came back into the car and sat down on his mattress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: On The Nose

Expressions using "on the nose": hit smb. square on the nose i caught him on the nose. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: On The Nose

Language Translations for "on the nose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏تدخل بشكل متطفل. (various references)

   

French

  

sans retard. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ב"יק ות (on time, precisely). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pontosan (accurately, dead on, definitely, due, duly, even as, exactly, fine, in due course, just, minutely, nicely, on the beam, on the dot, on the minute, on time, precisely, prompt, regularly, right, scrupulously, smack in the middle, strictly, that's just it, to spell out, to take key ranges, to the turn of a hair, true). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay osenay

   

Romanian

  

lovi pe cineva drept în faţã (hit smb. square on the nose), i-am dat una în nas (I caught him on the nose). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

без опоздания. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: On The Nose

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-n-n-o-o-s-t"

-2 letters: toeshoe.

-3 letters: ethnos, honest, nonets, sennet, sonnet, soothe, tenons, tonnes.

-4 letters: ethos, hents, hones, hoots, hosen, nenes, neons, nones, nonet, noons, noose, notes, onset, sente, seton, sheen, sheet, shent, shone, shoon, shoot, shote, snoot, sooth, steno, stone, teens, tenon, tense, thens, these, those, tones, tonne, toons.

-5 letters: eons, eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, hoes.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-h-n-n-o-o-s-t"
 

+3 letters: hootenannies.

 

+4 letters: ethnobotanies, hymenopterons.

 

+5 letters: butyrophenones, foreshortening, norethindrones, noteworthiness, soothingnesses.

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

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Alternative Orthography: On The Nose


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

4F 6E      54 68 65      4E 6F 73 65

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

        

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

01001111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001110 01101111 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#78 &#111 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 006E      0054 0068 0065      004E 006F 0073 0065

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

49802547471248818571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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