Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sandbag
Sandbag
sandbag
n. & v. --n. a bag filled with sand for use: 1 (in fortification) for making temporary defences or for the protection of a building etc. against blast and splinters or floodwaters. 2 as ballast esp. for a boat or balloon. 3 as a weapon to inflict a heavy blow without leaving a mark. 4 to stop a draught from a window or door. --v.tr. (-bagged, -bagging) 1 barricade or defend. 2 place sandbags against (a window, chink, etc.). 3 fell with a blow from a sandbag. 4 US coerce by harsh means. Derivatives sandbagger n.
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I. noun Date: 1590 a bag filled with sand and used in fortifications, as ballast, or as a weapon, II. verb Date: 1860 transitive verb to bank, stop up, or weight with ~s, 2. to hit or stun with or as if with a ~, to treat unfairly or harshly, to coerce by crude means , to conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent especially in order to take advantage of, intransitive verb to hide the truth about oneself so as to gain an advantage over another, ~ger noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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