(Australia, slang) A rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story.
grumph
grumph
noun
(Scotland) A grunting sound.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To make a grunting sound.
hairup
kuphar
murphy
murphy
noun
An Irish or white potato.
nuphar
porush
prabhu
prabhu
Proper noun
name commonly used in India.
prahus
prahus
noun
plural of prahu
prutah
prutah
noun
A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.
An aluminium coin, worth one thousandth of a pound, used in Israel until 1960.
purdah
purdah
noun
(countable) A long veil or other attire covering most of the body, worn by women in some Muslim societies.
(countable, UK politics, potentially offensive) The period between the announcement of an election or referendum and its conclusion, during which civil servants refrain from making policy announcements or taking actions that could be seen as advantageous to certain candidates in the election.
(countable, chiefly South Asia, also figuratively) A curtain, especially one used in some Hindu or Muslim traditions to conceal women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers.
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body.
(uncountable, obsolete, rare) A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains.
purrah
puruha
pusher
pusher
noun
(aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
(colloquial) A drug dealer.
(historical, informal) A tolkach.
(military slang) A girl or woman.
(rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”)
(tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.