- Whitecap
- (амер) "белые капюшоны" (реакционная террористическая организация)
Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов. 2001.
Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов. 2001.
Whitecap — White cap , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The European redstart; so called from its white forehead. (b) The whitethroat; so called from its gray head. (c) The European tree sparrow. [1913 Webster] 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whitecap — White cap , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The European redstart; so called from its white forehead. (b) The whitethroat; so called from its gray head. (c) The European tree sparrow. [1913 Webster] 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whitecap — 1660s, of birds, from WHITE (Cf. white) + CAP (Cf. cap). Attested from 1773 in ref. to breaking waves, from 1818 of mushrooms, and from 1891 in ref. to one of a self constituted band in U.S. who committed outrages under pretense of regulating… … Etymology dictionary
whitecap — [hwītkap΄] n. a wave with its crest broken into white foam … English World dictionary
whitecap — Whitethroat White throat , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the {garden whitethroat}, or {golden… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whitecap — noun Date: 1773 a wave crest breaking into white foam usually used in plural … New Collegiate Dictionary
whitecap — /hwuyt kap , wuyt /, n. a wave with a broken and foaming white crest. [1660 70; WHITE + CAP1] * * * … Universalium
whitecap — noun a) any of several birds having a white patch on the head b) a wave having a white crest; a breaker … Wiktionary
whitecap — n. wave with a white foamy top; any of various European songbirds having white heads … English contemporary dictionary
whitecap — noun N. Amer. a small wave with a foamy white crest … English new terms dictionary
whitecap — white·cap … English syllables