different between peng vs lush

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ? (péng).

Noun

peng (usually uncountable, plural pengs)

1. (Chinese mythology) A legendary enormous bird.

Synonyms

• roc

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hokkien ? (peng, “ice”).

Adjective

peng (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial) iced; with ice added

Etymology 3

Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include:

1. From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”).
2. From clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute.
3. From Cantonese ???? jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³ (cheap and also good quality) see also ??? peng⁴ leng³ zeng³ (low cost, high quality) often heard from hawkers in major chinatowns

Alternative forms

• pengers, leng, lengers, kweng, kwengers

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (MLE) Physically or sexually attractive.

   Synonyms: fit, hot
2. (MLE) Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid.

Synonyms

• (sexually attractive): See also Thesaurus:sexy
• (of the highest quality): See also Thesaurus:excellent

Derived terms

• (of the highest quality): peng ting

References

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay keping, perhaps through Batak hepeng.

Noun

peng

1. money

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular pengu, definite plural pengjet)

1. (law) pledge, pawn
2. hostage
3. feeling of regret, unfulfilled desire, wishful thinking
4. (figuratively) token of assurance

Derived terms

• pengcë

References

German

Alternative forms

• päng

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Interjection

peng

1. bang (a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “peng” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -g (“frequentative suffix”). Compare pendül.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]
• Hyphenation: peng
• Rhymes: -???

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• peng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of p?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (mostly in plural) money

   Du ska få en peng när du fyller

   You'll get money for your birthday

   Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester

   Graduates get no money for vacation

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

Usage notes

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Declension

Synonyms

coin

• mynt
• penning
• slant

money

• bagis
• deg
• kontanter
• kosing
• medel
• tillgångar

Related terms

coin

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

money

• fickpengar
• månadspeng
• pengabrist
• pengaflöde
• pengastinn
• skattepengar
• småpengar
• veckopeng

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English lusch (“slack, relaxed, limp, loose”), from Old English *lysc, lesc (“slack; limp”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“weak, false, feeble”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?y- (“to let; leave behind”). Akin to Old English lysu, lesu (“false, evil, base”), Middle Low German lasch (“slack”), Middle High German erleswen (“to become weak”), Old Norse l?skr (“weak, feeble”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (lasiws, “weak, feeble”), Middle Low German las, lasich (“slack, languid, idle”), Low German lusch (“loose”). Doublet of lusk. More at lishey, lazy.

Adjective

lush (comparative lusher, superlative lushest)

1. Juicy, succulent.

   Synonyms: sapful, sappy
2. (dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
3. (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
4. (of food) Savoury, delicious.

5. (miscellaneous) Thriving; rife; sumptuous.
6. (Britain, slang) Beautiful, sexy.

7. (Britain, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.

8. (obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead.

Noun

lush (countable and uncountable, plural lushes)

1. (slang, derogatory) A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.

   Synonyms: souse, suck-pint; see also Thesaurus:drunkard

2. (slang) intoxicating liquor

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

   • 1841, Charles Lever, Charles O'Malley

     If your care comes, in the liquor sink it, / Pass along the lush — I'm the boy can drink it.

3. (Hawaii, Pidgin, slang) A person who enjoys talking about themselves.

   Synonyms: egotist, narcissist

Translations

Verb

lush (third-person singular simple present lushes, present participle lushing, simple past and past participle lushed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To drink (liquor) to excess.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Uhls, Ulsh, shul

Albanian

Etymology

Check lushë.

Noun

lush m

1. male dog
2. hooligan

Related terms

• lushë