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Meaning of "shillelagh" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHILLELAGH

From Irish Gaelic sail cudgel + éille leash, thong.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHILLELAGH

shillelagh  [ʃəˈleɪlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHILLELAGH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shillelagh 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 SHILLELAGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shillelagh in the English dictionary

The definition of shillelagh in the dictionary is a stout club or cudgel, esp one made of oak or blackthorn.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHILLELAGH


ala
ˈeɪlə
alar
ˈeɪlə
favela
fɑːˈveɪlə
hailer
ˈheɪlə
inhaler
ɪnˈheɪlə
mailer
ˈmeɪlə
retailer
ˈriːteɪlə
sailor
ˈseɪlə
scalar
ˈskeɪlə
scaler
ˈskeɪlə
shillala
ʃəˈleɪlə
tailor
ˈteɪlə
talar
ˈteɪlə
Taylor
ˈteɪlə
tractor-trailer
ˌtræktəˈtreɪlə
trailer
ˈtreɪlə
Venezuela
ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlə
whaler
ˈweɪlə
wholesaler
ˈhəʊlseɪlə
zarzuela
zɑːˈzweɪlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHILLELAGH

shiksa
shikse
shikseh
shilingi
shill
shill bidding
shillaber
shillala
shilling
shilling mark
shillingless
shillingsworth
Shillong
shilly-shallier
shilly-shallies
shilly-shallying
shillyshally
Shiloh
shilpit
shily

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHILLELAGH

Ala Dagh
Armagh
bagh
Branagh
Castlereagh
creagh
curagh
curragh
Danelagh
Fermanagh
Lough Neagh
Lynagh
murragh
Neagh
oanshagh
Omagh
Ranelagh
spreagh

Synonyms and antonyms of shillelagh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shillelagh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHILLELAGH

Find out the translation of shillelagh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shillelagh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shillelagh» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

橡木棍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shillelagh
570 millions of speakers

English

shillelagh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाठी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيلل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Shillelagh
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shillelagh
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shillelagh
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shillelagh
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shillelagh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shillelagh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Shillelaghの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shillelagh
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shillelagh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shillelagh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shillelagh
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेललाघ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sopa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shillelagh
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Shillelagh
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Shillelagh
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shillelagh
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Shillelagh
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knuppek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

shillelagh
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shillelagh
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shillelagh

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHILLELAGH»

The term «shillelagh» is regularly used and occupies the 63.680 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHILLELAGH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shillelagh» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shillelagh» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shillelagh

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHILLELAGH»

Discover the use of shillelagh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shillelagh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick
John Hurley's illuminating study forever alters our view of this much maligned and misunderstood cultural icon by revealing the true martial arts culture of the Irish people, its history, evolution and decline and the resulting effects on ...
John W. Hurley, 2007
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The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh
Janet Nolan. Garrett was not a man who easily cried, but on the day his son Ryan graduated from college, tears of pride welled in his eyes. And so the shillelagh was passed down through the generations. From Fergus to Declan, Declan to ...
Janet Nolan, 2014
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The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New ...
Wexford, but chiefly in that of Shillelagh, co. Wicklow, Leinster. The Shillelagh section contains the villages of Carnew and Shillelach : which see. The outline of the parish is nearly a circle of 7 miles in diameter. Area of the Scarewalsh section , ...
‎1846
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Da's Shillelagh: A Tale of the Irish on the Niagara Frontier
Danny Dailey, an Irish Catholic immigrant, settles with his family along the banks of the Buffalo Creek.
Timothy M. Shannon, 2012
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Mgm-51 Shillelagh
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ford MGM-51 Shillelagh was an American anti-tank guided missile designed to be launched from a conventional gun (cannon).
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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M551 Sheridan: US Airmobile Tanks 1941-2001
ammunition including high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) and high-explosive/ fragmentation (HE-Frag) projectiles. The Shillelagh missile used semi-automatic command line-of-sight (SACLOS) guidance based on an infrared command link.
Steven J Zaloga, 2011
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Fracture Toughness of D6ac Steel Shillelagh Rocket Motor Case
Fracture toughness measurements were made on cases containing machined and fatigue-cracked through-the-thickness notches, at room temperature and -65 F. The results of these measurements were in good agreement with previously obtained flat ...
Robert N. KATZ, ARMY MATERIALS RESEARCH AGENCY WATERTOWN MA., 1964
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Pre-famine Ireland: A Study in Historical Geography
The villages were well-built and had some industries : Tinahealy (640), entirely destroyed in the 1798 rebellion but rebuilt ' in an improved style ',16 had a flour mill, a tanyard and soap works ; Shillelagh (186) had flour mills and a bleach ...
Thomas Walter Freeman, 1957
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Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Shillelagh Trip Director I continued making trips with the travel club. With the Shillelagh's, after you had visited a location several times and were familiar with the area you could request being appointed as a trip director, and the reward was a ...
Albert Rayl, 2006
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Hearings on Military Posture and Legislation to Authorize ...
FIRST PRODUCTION AND FULLY DEPLOYED DATES Shillelagh TOW 1st production item Wlttiwll Fully deployed Muweteai 5. OTHER FACTORS Item 1. — The first major milestone of a Shillelagh HAW Engineering Development program  ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, 1970

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHILLELAGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shillelagh is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chesapeake council says no to Shillelagh Road condos
The City Council called a plan to bring 196 condos to Shillelagh Road premature before saying no to the western Chesapeake project Tuesday night. «The Virginian-Pilot, Jun 15»
2
Port Polson Players present 'Shillelagh'
The Port Polson Players, along with the Mission Valley Friends of the Arts, have brought more than 20 local actors together for the Irish musical, “Shillelagh. «Daily Inter Lake, May 15»
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Padres 5, Diamondbacks 1: Snakes get the shillelagh
Padres 5, Diamondbacks 1: Snakes get the shillelagh. By Darklighter @gdarklighter on Apr 14, 2015, 10:47p 71. Justin Upton 1, Petco Park 0. - Denis ... «Gaslamp Ball, Apr 15»
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2 men sue Detroit bar, bouncers over alleged assault
Two men who claim they were violently thrown out of Detroit's Old Shillelagh bar last spring have filed a lawsuit. According to the lawsuit filed by Kevin Khami ... «WDIV Detroit, Apr 15»
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The Old Shillelagh
With a bar on each floor, Old Shillelagh offers Irish beer, including Guiness, Harp, Smithwick's, and Killian's Irish Red, and Michigan-made beer from Atwater ... «Michigan Journal, Mar 15»
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Dunmore man crafts shillelaghs that connect walkers with nature
JAKE DANNA STEVENS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Edwin Doherty turns downed, dead wood into hand-crafted shillelaghs that he sells from the Wonderstone ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Mar 15»
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Annual Shillelagh Passing Kicks Off Parade Week in Utica
Every year at the event the previous grand marshal passes the Shillelagh on to the new one. It's a traditional wooden Irish stick the marshal will carry with him ... «TWC News, Mar 15»
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Old Shillelagh is Detroit's three-story Celtic funhouse
Everyone has a story about Old Shillelagh. The towering, three-story edifice on Monroe Avenue in Greektown is unfamiliar to hardly a single metro Detroiter. «Detroit Metro Times, Mar 15»
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Thrillist Names Detroit's Old Shillelagh One of 21 Top Irish Pubs in US
Opened in the mid-'70s by a Dublin-raised retired Detroit police officer, The Old Shillelagh has remained a Motor City staple ever since. Now under a third ... «Deadline Detroit, Mar 15»
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'Best Irish Pub in the World' competition entry: Auld Shillelagh, London
The Irish Times' Generation Emigration project is on the hunt for the best Irish pub in the world outside Ireland. The following is one of the entries we've received ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Shillelagh [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shillelagh>. Apr 2024 ».
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