acid drop

acid drop
a tart candy, as a sourball.
[1830-40]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Acid Drop — Обложка игры Acid Drop Разработчик Salu Ltd. Издатель Salu Ltd …   Википедия

  • acid drop — noun Britain : any tart piece of candy (as one made of sugar flavored with tartaric acid) compare sour ball * * * Brit. a tart candy, as a sourball. [1830 40] * * * acid drop noun A sweet flavoured with tartaric acid • • • Main Entry: ↑acid * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • acid drop — /ˈæsəd drɒp/ (say asuhd drop) noun a sharp tasting boiled lolly of sugar and tartaric acid: *Dolour bought threepence worth of acid drops, lime green and sour, current red and sweet –ruth park, 1948 …  

  • acid drop — noun An old fashioned sour boiled sweet …   Wiktionary

  • acid drop — type of sour candy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • acid drop — noun Brit. a boiled sweet with a sharp taste …   English new terms dictionary

  • Operation Acid Drop — was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. This was the first commando raid carried out by No. 5 Commando and consisted of two simultaneous operations over the night of 30/31 August 1941. Each raid consisted of one officer and 14… …   Wikipedia

  • acid — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 chemical compound ADJECTIVE ▪ concentrated, strong ▪ dilute, weak ▪ acetic, citric, folic, hydrochlor …   Collocations dictionary

  • drop — I UK [drɒp] / US [drɑp] verb Word forms drop : present tense I/you/we/they drop he/she/it drops present participle dropping past tense dropped past participle dropped *** 1) [transitive] to deliberately let something fall drop something off… …   English dictionary

  • acid — n. & adj. n. 1 Chem. a any of a class of substances that liberate hydrogen ions in water, are usu. sour and corrosive, turn litmus red, and have a pH of less than 7. b any compound or atom donating protons. 2 (in general use) any sour substance.… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”