Meaning of "Barcoo salute" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BARCOO SALUTE

Barcoo salute

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARCOO SALUTE

Barcoo salute is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARCOO SALUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aussie salute

The Aussie salute, also known as the Barcoo salute or Bush salute is the waving of one's hand in front of the face at regular intervals in order to prevent bush flies from landing on it, or entering one's nose or mouth. Pianka characterizes it as a gesture that is "diagnostic of Australia". The bush fly, is the species that is the cause of the Aussie salute as opposed to other flies such as the housefly, as the bush fly is attracted to bodily fluids such as sweat, nasal mucus, saliva, blood and eyes. The Aussie salute can often be seen in outdoor television news reports or interviews, a recent example being a news report by ABC Television on flooding in Eugowra. Historically in Australia, the cork hat was worn to discourage flies but has been replaced by insect repellents and mesh masks in areas where the flies swarm. Bush flies are disease vectors, since they walk on dung and on carrion, and if not prevented from doing so can lead to infections, including eye infections such as "sandy blight".

Definition of Barcoo salute in the English dictionary

The definition of Barcoo salute in the dictionary is a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face.

TRANSLATION OF BARCOO SALUTE

Find out the translation of Barcoo salute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Barcoo salute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Barcoo salute» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: Barcoo敬礼
• Translator English - Spanish: Barcoo saludo
• English: Barcoo salute
• Translator English - Hindi: Barcoo सलामी
• Translator English - Arabic: باركو التحية
• Translator English - Russian: Barcoo салют
• Translator English - Portuguese: Barcoo saudação
• Translator English - Bengali: বারকো সালিট
• Translator English - French: barcoo salut
• Translator English - Malay: Salam penghormatan Barcoo
• Translator English - German: barcoo Gruß
• Translator English - Japanese: バークー川敬礼
• Translator English - Korean: Barcoo 경례
• Translator English - Javanese: Barcoo salute
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Barcoo chào
• Translator English - Tamil: பாரகோ வணக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: बर्कको सलाम
• Translator English - Turkish: Barcoo selamı
• Translator English - Italian: Barcoo saluto
• Translator English - Polish: Barcoo pozdrawiać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Barcoo салют
• Translator English - Romanian: Barcoo salut
• Translator English - Greek: Barcoo χαιρετισμό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Barcoo saluut
• Translator English - Swedish: Barcoo salut
• Translator English - Norwegian: Barcoo salutt

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARCOO SALUTE»

Discover the use of Barcoo salute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Barcoo salute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef

The name has also entered the Australian idiom, appearing in the Macquarie Dictionary as the 'Barcoo salute' (waving to brush flies from the face). On the banks of the Barcoo, Tambo (population 345) is surrounded by some of the best ...

Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, 2008

Outback Australia

The name has also entered the Australian idiom, appearing in the Macquarie Dictionary in such terms as 'Barcoo rot' (basically scurvy), the 'Barcoo salute' (the waving about of hands to keep flies away from the face) and the 'Barcoo spews' ...

‎2002

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

1976–. AGE (Melbourne): On-site tucker. . . ranges from barbecued chicken to ' spaget marinara' ('suitable for the barbie on the building site') (1983). [ Abbreviation.] Barcoo salute noun Austral A gesture with which one brushes flies from one's ...

John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010

The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases

Also called the Barcoo salute. average Typical Australian understatement that doesn't mean average at all, it actually means pretty bad, e.g. 'I'm feeling pretty average after last night'. away with the fairies or off with the fairies Describes either ...

John Miller, 2011

Australian Identity: A Sense of Belonging

... away annoying buzzing flies is called an 'Aussie Salute'. It is sometimes also known as the 'Barcoo Salute'. AUSSIE LANGUAGE – 3 1. Rewrite each sentence in more. 72 R.I.C. Publications® www.ricpublications.com.au Australian identity.

R.I.C. Publications, 2007

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1973: Title Index

A474650. Barclay, William L. A455594. Barco application bulletin. A464817 . A464823. A464825. A464827. A464830 - A464834. Barcoo salute. AFO - 75018. Barcus, Elyse . A488312 . Bard, Allen J. A484983 . Barde, Jacqueline. AFO - 75117.

Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1975

The State of the Language: English Observed

Hence comes such dialect as the Barcoo salute. 'I see you've learnt the Barcoo salute,' said a Buln Buln Shire councillor to the Duke of Edinburgh. 'What's that?' said the Duke, waving his hand again to brush the flies off his face. 'That's it,' said  ...

Philip Howard, 1985

Pinpointer

E.S. Young. il por Wheels 41:72-4+(2) Ag'74 SMITH, Patsy Adam The Barcoo salute, by P. A. Smith; review. Walkabout p. 40 Mr' 74 SMITH (HOWARD) LTD Howard Smith in the money. Rydge's 47:52 Mr' 74 SMOKE BUSH see Rhus SMOKE ...

South Australiana

The Barcoo salute. [Adel.], Rigby, [1973]. 180 p. ill. 22 cm. Smith, Patsy Adam. Romance of Australian railways. [Adel.], Rigby, [1973]. 247 p. ill. part col. 26 cm. South Australia. Board of Advanced Education. Annual report. Adel., the Board. No.

Who's who of Australian writers

... Launceston Sketchbook (1973), Port Arthur Sketchbook (1971), Barcoo Salute (1973), Desert Railway (1974), Romance of the Australian Railways (1973), Neon Signs to the Mutes (ed with M Dugan, J S Hamilton 1976), Anzacs (1978), ...

D.W. Thorpe Pty, National Centre for Research and Development in Australian Studies, 1995