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Definition: A BONE TO PICK |
A BONE TO PICK1. Something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discord | Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with. |
Revenge | Have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: A BONE TO PICK |
| Specialty definitions using "A BONE TO PICK": Bone to pick. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ladies, I have a bone to pick with you. (She Spies; writing credit: Ron Osborn; Josh Appelbaum) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Or you will have a bone to pick with Cosette. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "A BONE TO PICK": have a bone to pick ♦ have a bone to pick with ♦ have a bone to pick with smb.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "A BONE TO PICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | mít otevřené úèty s (have a bone to pick with). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elszámolnivalója van vkivel (have a bone to pick with sy), elintéznivalója van vkivel (have a bone to pick with sy, have business with sy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay onebay otay ickpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ter um motivo para discutir. (various references) | |
Romanian | avea ceva de împãrţit cu cineva (have a bone to pick with smb.). (various references) | |
Russian | сводить счеты (have a bone to pick). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | raspraviti (discuss, have a bone to pick, settle). (various references) | |
Spanish | un motivo para discutir. (various references) | |
Thai | มีเรื่องโต้แย้งกับบางคน (have a bone to pick with someone). (various references) | |
Turkish | paylaşacak kozu olmak (have a bone to pick with smb., have a crow to pluck, have a rod in pickle for smb.). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-n-o-o-p-t" | |
-4 letters: aconite, apnoeic, beatnik, bepaint, biotope, botanic, cabinet, caption, coontie, ectopia, entopic, eobiont, iceboat, kenotic, ketonic, nepotic, niobate, paction, picante, tieback. | |
-5 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, antick, apneic, atonic, atopic, beacon, beckon, beknot, betook, binate, bipack, bonaci, bonita, bonito, bookie, bootie, capote, cation, catkin, catnip, centai, cookie, cootie, enatic, incept, inkpot, intake, kation, noetic, notice, obtain, octane, octopi, opiate, option, packet, pantie, patine, pectin, picket, pineta, pocket, poetic, pointe, potion, teopan, toecap. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 4F 4E 45 54 4F 50 49 43 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00100000 01000010 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010000 01001001 01000011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A   B O N E   T O   P I C K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 004F 004E 0045 0054 004F 0050 0049 0043 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3523649483925449250433745 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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