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Sheila vs Ready - What's the difference?

sheila | ready |

As nouns the difference between sheila and ready

is that sheila is a woman while ready is ready money; cash.

As a proper noun Sheila

is {{given name|female|from=Irish}}.

As an adjective ready is

prepared for immediate action or use.

As a verb ready is

to make prepared for action.

sheila

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A woman.
  • * 2009 , Rosemary Van Den Berg, Clogs and Bare Feet , page 208,
    • He was a real gentleman and although he never asked any personal questions as to why ‘a couple of sheilas ’ was hitch hiking to Perth, he said he was glad of the company.
  • * 2010 , Deke Rivers, The Singer and His Songs , page 22,
    • “You know I counted no less than fifty-five sheilas out on the street today, all screaming when you guys played.”
  • * 2011 , Kate Shayler, Burnished: Burnside Life Stories , page 8,
    • I definitely didn?t think about getting married. I was real scared of sheilas back then.

    Coordinate terms

    * bloke, bruce (Australian)

    Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * See

    Anagrams

    * Australian slang

    ready

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Prepared for immediate action or use.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:If need be, I am ready to forego / And quit.
  • *(Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
  • *:Dinner was ready .
  • Inclined; apt to happen.
  • Liable at any moment.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:My heart is ready to crack.
  • Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
  • :
  • *Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
  • *:whose temper was ready , through surly
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:ready in devising expedients
  • *
  • *:Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
    • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
  • Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:the readiest way
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, / The readiest weapon that his fury found.

    • Synonyms

    * good to go

    Verb

  • To make prepared for action.

    • Derived terms

    * at the ready * cable ready * camera-ready * make-ready * on the ready * oven-ready * * readiness * ready-made * ready money * ready or not * ready reckoner * ready room * * * ready to hand * ready-to-wear * * rough and ready

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Noun

  • (slang) ready money; cash
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Lord Strut was not flush in ready , either to go to law, or to clear old debts.

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