- counting-out
- [͵kaʋntıŋʹaʋt] n амер. разг.
подтасовка результатов голосования путём незаконного аннулирования бюллетеней, поданных за кандидата другой партии
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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Counting Out Time — Single by Genesis from the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway B side Riding the Scree Released 1 November 1974 … Wikipedia
Counting-out game — A counting out game is a simple game intended to select a person to be it , often for the purpose of playing another game. These games usually require no materials, and are played with spoken words or hand gestures. Many such games involve one… … Wikipedia
counting-out rhyme — gibberish formula used by children, usually as a preliminary to games in which one child must be chosen to take the undesirable role designated as “It” in the United States, “It” or “He” in Britain, and “wolf,” “devil,” or “leper” in some… … Universalium
counting-out rhymes — Used by children (and sometimes adults sotto voce) to make a random choice between options but particularly to choose who will be it in a game. The children stand in a circle or line, and one child points to each in turn in the rhythm of the… … A Dictionary of English folklore
counting-out rhyme — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : one of the meaningless rhymes (as “eeny, meeny, miney, mo”) traditionally used to count out a player in a child s game … Useful english dictionary
counting-out game — noun A childrens rhyme used to select a person from a group, more or less at random … Wiktionary
counting-out pen — /ˌkaʊntɪŋ ˈaʊt pɛn/ (say .kownting owt pen) noun a pen to hold sheep already shorn so that they may be counted, and the tally credited to the shearer …
Counting — is the action of finding the number of elements of a finite set of objects. The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every element of the set, in some order, while marking (or… … Wikipedia
counting — It has long been considered unlucky to count things too accurately it is tempting fate to announce (even to yourself) the exact number in case it makes you lose some. Don t count your chickens before they are hatched is an oft quoted maxim… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Counting Crows — at Ancienne Belgique , Brussels, 2008; from left to right: Jim Bogios, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, and Charlie Gillingham. Dan Vickrey is cut off at the left extreme and Millard Powers can be seen behind Duritz. Background informa … Wikipedia
Counting 5-4-3-2-1 — Single by Thursday from the album A City by the Light Divided Re … Wikipedia
