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Meaning of "shoeshine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOESHINE

shoeshine  [ˈʃuːˌʃaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOESHINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shoeshine 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 SHOESHINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shoeshine

Shoeshine may refer to: ▪ Shoeshine, a 1946 film directed by Vittorio De Sica ▪ Shoe polish ▪ Shoeshiner ▪ Shoeshine Boy, the alter ego of the starring character in the animated TV series, Underdog ▪ In boxing, shoeshining is the term often given to a rapid series of uppercuts ▪ "Shoeshine", an episode of the television series Teletubbies...

Definition of shoeshine in the English dictionary

The definition of shoeshine in the dictionary is the act or an instance of polishing a pair of shoes. Other definition of shoeshine is the appearance or shiny surface of polished shoes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOESHINE


ashine
əˈʃaɪn
beshine
bɪˈʃaɪn
chine
tʃaɪn
earthshine
ˈɜːθˌʃaɪn
eyeshine
ˈaɪˌʃaɪn
gegenschein
ˈɡeɪɡənˌʃaɪn
moonshine
ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn
outshine
ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn
overshine
ˌəʊvəˈʃaɪn
reshine
riːˈʃaɪn
shine
ʃaɪn
sinh
ʃaɪn
starshine
ˈstɑːˌʃaɪn
sunshine
ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOESHINE

shoe repairs
shoe shop
shoe size
shoebill
shoeblack
shoebrush
shoehorn
shoelace
shoeless
shoemaker
Shoemaker-Levy 9
shoemaker´s shop
shoemaking
shoepac
shoepack
shoer
shoeshine boy
shoestring
shoestring budget
shoetree

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOESHINE

Alekhine
arshine
coffee machine
dauphine
fax machine
Josephine
life-support machine
machine
morphine
ornithine
rain or shine
Rhine
sewing machine
slot machine
thine
time machine
vending machine
voting machine
washing machine
whine

Synonyms and antonyms of shoeshine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shoeshine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOESHINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

擦皮鞋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

limpiabotas
570 millions of speakers

English

shoeshine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जूते पालिश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلميع الأحذية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чистка обуви
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

engraxate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জুতা উজ্জ্বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cireur de chaussures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shoeshine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schuhputzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

靴磨き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구두
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shoeshine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh giầy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிற்றல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉएशिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ayakkabı Parlatıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lustrascarpe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czyszczenia butów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистка взуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curatarea incaltamintei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στιλβωτήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poetsbeurt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sciuscia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skopusser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoeshine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOESHINE»

The term «shoeshine» is regularly used and occupies the 96.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOESHINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shoeshine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shoeshine» 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 shoeshine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOESHINE»

Discover the use of shoeshine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoeshine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shoeshine Girl
Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl?
Clyde Robert Bulla, 2013
2
Shoeshine Girl Level 6: Houghton Mifflin Soar to Success
Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes.
Read (COR), 1999
3
The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
Poet 4 Hire Review.
Al Rivera, 2008
4
The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats
The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats is about Jewish gangsters in 1960s New York City.
Hesh Kestin, 2013
5
Shoeshine Whittaker
Shoeshine Whittaker manages to meet the challenge of plying his trade in the aptly named town of Mudville. Mudville is a dream come true for Shoeshine Whittaker.
Helen Ketteman, 1999
6
Spell of the Andes: Rhymes of a Shoeshine Boy
"In great poets we often find calmness and undisturbed beauty, a serenity and clarity." says acclaimed international poet Robert Bly, whom the author has had some correspondence with, and has met, and respects ... says Mr. Siluk, "Some ...
Dennis Siluk, 2005
7
The Shoeshine Man's Regrets
Each of these ingenious tales is a gem—sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, always filled with delightfully unanticipated twists and reversals.
Laura Lippman, 2009
8
Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy: A Novel
Brazilian-born Gil is trying to find the American Dream.
Doug Stumpf, 2008
9
The Shoeshine Boy
Harrison O. Akingbade. ♢ ♢♢ I ll I II I [ II i I I IN llll ♢ ♢♢ Welcome to America ISBN Ъ553ЬЧЬЗЧ-Ч 9 l781553"6963A6 217 The Shoeshine Boy.
Harrison O. Akingbade, 2003
10
Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives
Shoeshine PAULINE KAEL Throughout her career as a popular movie critic Pauline Kael has been unapologetically subjective, and, as in this 1961 essay on Shoeshine, she often takes a bluntly autobiographical approach to the movie- going ...
Stephen Snyder, Howard Curle, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOESHINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoeshine is used in the context of the following news items.
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St. Paul's Hamm Building misses its beloved shoeshine man
Shining shoes is his business, but it's the way Gene "Geno" Wiley shines as a person that has so many people who work in and around downtown St. Paul's ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jun 15»
2
How to Spot Crowded Trades That the Shoeshine Boy Missed
The way that the famous yarn is usually told, Joe Kennedy got out of the market before the 1929 crash because a shoe-shine boy was offering him stock tips, and ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
3
Mumbai: Despite space crunch, MP wants more shoeshine boys at …
A Member of Parliament (MP) from the BJP wants more shoeshine boys at the city's railway stations. Though this might seem like a laudable demand, officials ... «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
4
Shoeshine clothing manufacturer apologise for 'Give it to your mum …
Ms Mazzoni, 28, has now lodged a formal complaint with Italy's advertising council the IAP - although the company that distributes Shoeshine clothing, ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
5
Meet the Spanish shoeshine guy who secretly guards Twitter's …
Officially, Javier Castaño is a 50-year-old shoeshine guy at a cafe in Malaga, Spain. But in his off hours, he serves as the secret guardian of some of Twitter's ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
6
Shoeshine man gives valuable Rio de Janeiro Twitter handle back …
But not Javier Castano, 50, a humble shoeshine man living in Malaga, southern Spain, who earns about €30 a day shining shoes in the street. Castano, who ... «International Business Times UK, Feb 15»
7
VIDEO: Istanbul's shoeshine boys filmed conducting trick on tourists
27 the trick by shoeshine boys around the iconic Taksim Square, deliberately letting their brushes fall to the ground. When tourists pick up the brush to return it to ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jan 15»
8
Jeff Jardine: Shoeshine stand at Peer Recovery starts “conversation”
A shoeshine stand outside Peer Recovery Art Project has brought a rare service back to Modesto's downtown and aims to help break down the stigma involving ... «Modesto Bee, Sep 14»
9
'Breathtaking' Images Discovered Of A 1950s Shoeshine
This is the first time that these images, of the 1952 Wilson NC Shoeshine Contest, have been made public. John G. Zimmerman John G. Zimmerman Archive. «WUNC, Apr 14»
10
Why the new shoeshine boy trade is shorting volatility
The problem when many “shoeshine boys” are shorting volatility is that the volatility of VIX futures dramatically outpaces the volatility of the VIX during the last 15 ... «FT Alphaville, Mar 14»

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