booked English
Verb
(head)
(book)
book Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
(cognates)Cognate with (etyl) (m), .
The sense development of beech'' to ''book'' is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.[J.P. Mallory, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture ], s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.
Noun
( en noun)
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
- He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book .
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
- I have three copies of his first book .
A major division of a long work.
- Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
- Many readers find the first book of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' to be confusing.
A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- a book of stamps
- a book of raffle tickets
The script of a musical.
(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
(legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
(poker slang) four of a kind[Weisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523]
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
(sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=March 2
, author=Andy Campbell
, title=Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers
, work=BBC
, url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9409758.stm
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, passage=Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.}}
Synonyms
* (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) tome (especially a large book)
* booklet
* tome, volume
* (script of a musical) libretto
* (records of the accounts of a business) accounts, records
Derived terms
* address book
* audiobook
* book account
* book agent
* book-answerer
* book award
* book-bearer
* bookbinder
* book-board
* book-bosomed
* book-bound
* book-boy
* book-burning
* book canvasser
* bookcase
* book-cloth
* book club
* book concern
* book-crab
* book-credit
* book-debt
* book-edge gilder
* book-edge marbler
* book end, bookend
* bookery
* booketeria
* book-farmer
* book-folder
* book-form
* bookful
* book-ghoul
* book-gill
* book hand
* book-holder
* bookhood
* book-house
* book-hunt
* bookie
* bookish
* bookism
* bookjacket
* bookkeeper
* bookkeeping
* book-label
* book-lare
* book-law
* book-lear
* book-learned
* book-learning
* book-length
* bookless
* booklet
* booklike
* bookling
* booklore
* booklouse
* book lung
* bookly
* bookmaker
* bookmaking
* bookman
* bookmark, bookmarker
* book match
* book-mate
* book-mindedness
* book mite
* bookmobile
* book-muslin
* book name
* book-number
* book-oath
* book of first entry
* book of original entry
* Book of the Dead
* book of the film
* Book of God
* book of lading
* book of life
* book of rates
* book of reference
* book of the living
* book of words
* book-packet
* book piles
* bookplate
* book pocket
* book-post
* book-postage
* book-press
* book price
* book prop
* book-rate
* book-read
* bookrest
* book-scorpion
* bookseller
* bookselling
* bookshelf
* bookshop
* book-shy
* booksie, booksy
* book-slide
* book-society
* book-stack
* bookstall
* book-stamp
* bookstand
* bookstore
* book support
* booksy
* book-table
* book token
* book trade
* book-tray
* book-trough
* book type
* book value
* bookwards
* book-ways
* bookwise
* bookwork
* book-world
* bookworm
* book-wright
* booky
* bring to book
* burn book
* by the book
* casebook
* closed book
* close the books
* coffee-table book
* comic book
* cookbook
* cookery book
* cook the books
* copybook
* coursebook
* e-book
* exercise book
* the Good Book
* guidebook
* handbook
* hymn book
* in anyone's book
* in my book
* in someone's bad books
* in someone's good books
* in the books
* know like a book
* logbook
* make book
* matchbook
* notebook
* off the books
* on the books
* open book
* passbook
* pension book
* phrasebook
* pocket-book, pocketbook
* prayer book
* ration book
* reading book
* read like a book
* reference book
* rough book
* scrapbook
* sketch book
* songbook
* storybook
* suit one's book
* take a leaf out of someone's book
* talk like a book
* textbook
* throw the book at
* without book
* wordbook
* workbook
* yearbook
See also
* incunable
* scroll
* tome
* volume
Verb
( en verb)
To reserve (something) for future use.
- I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
- I can book tickets for the concert next week.
To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- They booked that message from the hill
(law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- The police booked him for driving too fast.
(sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
(slang) To travel very fast.
- He was really booking , until he passed the speed trap.
To record bets as bookmaker.
(law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
(slang) To leave.
- He was here earlier, but he booked .
Synonyms
* (to reserve) reserve
* (to write down) make a note of, note down, record, write down
* (to travel very fast) bomb (slang), hurtle, rocket (informal), speed, shoot, whiz (informal)
Derived terms
* bookable
* double-book
* overbook
* rebook
* unbook
* underbook
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
(head)
(bake)
Statistics
*
Anagrams
* (l)
* (l)
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billed English
Verb
(head)
(bill)
Adjective
(-)
Having a specified kind of bill (beak or beak-like projection).
Derived terms
* duckbilled
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