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brass
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b???s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?æs/
- Rhymes: -??s, -æs
Etymology 1
From Middle English bras, bres, from Old English bræs (“brass, bronze”), origin uncertain. Perhaps representing a backformation from Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (“brazen”), from or related to *bras? (“fire, pyre”). Compare Old Norse and Icelandic bras (“solder”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden in the fire”), Swedish brasa (“a small made fire”), Danish brase (“to fry”); French braser ("to solder"; > English braise) from the same Germanic root. Compare also Middle Dutch braspenninc ("a silver coin", literally, "silver-penny"; > Dutch braspenning), Old Frisian bress (“copper”), Middle Low German bras (“metal, ore”).
In the military sense an ellipsis of the brass hats.
Noun
brass (usually uncountable, plural brasses)
- (uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
- A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten
- Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass
- (music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments
- Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.
- (uncountable) The colour of brass.
- (military, uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, metonymically) High-ranking officers.
- (uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
- (slang, dated) Money.
- Inferior composition.
Derived terms
References
- “brass”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- “brass, noun.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
Translations
Adjective
brass (comparative more brass, superlative most brass)
- Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
- Of the colour of brass.
- (informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
- 1869, Calendar of State Papers, domestic series, of the reign of Charles I, 1637-1638, edited by John Bruce, page 147:
- At the Council board, I hope to charge him with that he cannot answer, and yet I know his face is brass enough.
- 1996 May 24, 2:00 am, Sherman Simpson, Want license key for AGENT FOR WINDOWS95, alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent:
- Maybe (probably so), but it's rare someone is brass enough to post a msg for all to see asking for a software key, that the vast majority have paid for in support of the development effort.
- 2000 Aug 18, 2:00 am, David Ryan, strangest bid retraction /illegal lottery NOT, rec.collecting.coins:
- After cornering the dutch auction, the seller was brass enough to send him the whole lot without one.
- 2000 Aug 19, 3:00 am, n4mwd, for RMB, alt.support.anxiety-panic:
- Try to keep in mind that not all of his converts are brass enough to challenge the benzo pushers in this group, [...]
- 1869, Calendar of State Papers, domestic series, of the reign of Charles I, 1637-1638, edited by John Bruce, page 147:
- (slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
- 1888, Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft on and off the stage: written by themselves, volume 1, page 90:
- Grindoff, the miller, 'and the leader of a very brass band of most unpopular performers, with a thorough base accompaniment of at least fifty vices,' was played by Miss Saunders.
- 1900, The Training of Seamen, published in The Saturday Review, 3 November 1900, volume 90, number 2349, page 556:
- I must confess that to me there is something almost pathetic in the sight of a body of bluejackets improving their muscles on the quarter deck by bar-bell exercise, accompanied by a brass — a very brass — band, [...]
- 1908, The Smith Family, published in Punch, March 4 1908, bound in Punch vol. CXXXIV, page 168:
- Mr. REGINALD SMITH, KC, the publisher, followed, but he had hardly begun his very interesting remarks when a procession headed by a very brass band entered Smithfield from the west, and approached the platform.
- 1929, Philippine Magazine, volume 6, page 27
- The padre in my neighborhood — Santa Ana — was having some kind of a fiesta, and had hired a very brass band. This band kept up its martial airs for hours and hours after I got home, with grand finales — or what each time I hoped would be the grand finale, every five minutes.
- 1888, Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft on and off the stage: written by themselves, volume 1, page 90:
- Of inferior composition.
Translations
Verb
brass (third-person singular simple present brasses, present participle brassing, simple past and past participle brassed)
- (transitive) To coat with brass.
Derived terms
- brass up
Translations
Related terms
- braze
- brazen
- brazier
Etymology 2
By ellipsis from "brass nail," in turn from "nail[ing]" (fig.) and "brass blonde" (see "brazen").
Noun
brass (usually uncountable, plural brasses)
- (countable, slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.
- 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury 2011, p. 2:
- Richard didn't want the man on the corner to go up and fuck one of the brasses.
- 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury 2011, p. 2:
Adjective
brass
- (slang) Brass monkey; cold.
See also
- althorn
- chalcography
- cornet
- euphonium
- flugelhorn
- French horn
- mellophone
- Muntz metal
- saxhorn
- sousaphone
- trombone
- trumpet
- tuba
- Appendix:Colors
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Brass”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “brass”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pras?/
- Rhymes: -as?
Noun
brass n (genitive singular brass, no plural)
- (music, slang) brass
Declension
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portamento
English
Etymology
From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??t??m?nt??/
Noun
portamento (plural portamentos or portamenti)
- (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 945:
- The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 945:
Translations
Italian
Etymology
portare, portarsi +? -mento
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /por.ta?men.to/
Noun
portamento m (plural portamenti)
- bearing, carriage, deportment
Anagrams
- promettano
Further reading
- portamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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