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Pull-off

Definition: Pull-off

Pull-off

Noun

1. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily; "in England they call a rest area a lay-by".

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


Synonyms: Pull-off

Synonyms: layby (n), lay-by (n), rest area (n), rest stop (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Pull-off

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A stringed-instrument (usually electric guitar) playing technique performed by "pulling" a fretting finger off the fingerboard, causing a note to sound.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pull-off."

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Usage Frequency: Pull-off

"Pull-off" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pull-off" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pull-off

Language Translations for "pull-off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

拉扯 (Pull, Pulled, Pulling, pull-up). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sideholder under træk (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zijwaartse trekpijp (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension), richtstang op trek (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

   

French

  

bras de rappel en tension (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm). (various references)

   

German

  

Seitenhalter für Zugbeanspruchung (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βραχίονας επαναφοράς υπό εφελκυσμό (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

   

Italian

  

braccio di poligonazione tesa (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension), asta di poligonazione tesa (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

당기십시" 떨어 . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ull-offpay

   

Spanish

  

brazo de atirantado en tensión (hinged pull-off steady arm, hinged pull-off steady arm in tension, pull-off steady arm, steady arm in tension). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Pull-off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-l-l-o-p-u"

-2 letters: pouff.

-3 letters: flop, foul, full, loup, luff, poll, pouf, puff, pull.

-4 letters: flu, fop, fou, lop, off, pol, pul, upo.

-5 letters: lo, of, op, up.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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