different between english vs scanlate

English

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle

English

Etymology

Blend of scan +? translate

Verb

scanlate (third-person singular simple present scanlates, present participle scanlating, simple past and past participle scanlated)

1. (transitive) To scan and translate (a Korean or Japanese manga) in order to distribute it to speakers of other (usually Western) languages.

Related terms

• scanlation
• scanlator

Anagrams

• Analects, analects