irish : Idioms & Phrases

Index

continuity irish republican army

  • noun a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
    CIRA; Continuity Army Council.
WordNet

dissident irish republican army

  • noun a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
    RIRA; Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA.
WordNet

irish bull

  • noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
    crap; horseshit; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
    • I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
    • what he said was mostly bull
WordNet

irish burgoo

  • noun Irish version of burgoo
    mulligan stew; mulligan.
WordNet

irish capital

  • noun capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
    Dublin; capital of Ireland.
WordNet

irish coffee

  • noun sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream
WordNet

Irish elk

  • . (Zoöl.) See under Elk.
Webster 1913

irish gaelic

  • noun the Celtic language of Ireland
    Irish.
WordNet

irish gorse

  • noun very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
    whin; Ulex europaeus; gorse; furze.
WordNet

irish monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in Eire
WordNet

Irish moss

  • noun dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
    carrageen; Chondrus crispus; carragheen; carageen.
WordNet
  • . (a) (Bot.) Carrageen . (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.
Webster 1913

irish national liberation army

  • noun a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
    People's Liberation Army; INLA; People's Republican Army; Catholic Reaction Force.
WordNet

irish people

  • noun people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
    Irish.
WordNet

irish person

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Ireland
    Irelander.
WordNet

Irish poplin

  • . See Poplin.
Webster 1913

Irish potato

  • noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
    potato; spud; murphy; tater; white potato.
WordNet
  • the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.
Webster 1913

irish pound

  • noun formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
    pound; punt; Irish pound.
WordNet

irish punt

  • noun formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
    pound; punt; Irish pound.
WordNet

Irish reef, ∨ Irishman's reef

  • (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up.
Webster 1913

irish republic

  • noun a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
    Eire; Republic of Ireland; Ireland.
WordNet

irish republican army

  • noun a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Irish Republican Army; IRA; Provos; Provisional IRA.
WordNet

irish sea

  • noun an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland
WordNet

irish setter

  • noun an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat
    red setter.
WordNet

irish soda bread

  • noun round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins
WordNet

Irish stew

  • noun meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions
WordNet
  • meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed.
Webster 1913

irish strawberry

  • noun small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor
    Arbutus unedo; strawberry tree.
WordNet

irish terrier

  • noun medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat; developed in Ireland
WordNet

irish water spaniel

  • noun breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
WordNet

irish whiskey

  • noun whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
    Irish; Irish whiskey.
WordNet

irish whisky

  • noun whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
    Irish; Irish whiskey.
WordNet

irish wolfhound

  • noun large breed of hound with a rough thick coat
WordNet

middle irish

  • noun Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500
WordNet

old irish

  • noun Irish Gaelic up to about 1100
WordNet

provisional irish republican army

  • noun a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
    Irish Republican Army; IRA; Provos; Provisional IRA.
WordNet

real irish republican army

  • noun a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
    RIRA; Dissident Irish Republican Army; Real IRA.
WordNet

the irish famine

  • noun a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
    the Great Hunger; the Great Calamity; the Great Starvation.
WordNet