penny
/ˈpɛni/ verbo C2En español: atascar con monedas, echar un penique en la bebida
- To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door. · Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.
- To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge. · You got pennied! Down it, fresher.
He/she/it pennies · Pasado pennied · Participio pasado pennied · Forma en -ing pennying
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De la biblioteca
And to fire the penny cannon in the bow.
All we have saved is in that bank--every penny.
“Don’t look to me for a penny—not a penny!
By the way, I have been reading a short but clear and interesting account of the old building, purchasable at the modest sum of one penny from the local tobacconist.”
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