louse

louse  (lous)

n.

1. pl. lice (ls) Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the orders Mallophaga or Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including humans.

2. pl. lous·es (lousz) Slang A mean or despicable person.

tr.v. loused, lous·ing, lous·es Slang

To bungle: loused the project; louse up a deal.

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[Middle English, from Old English ls; see ls- in Indo-European roots.]

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louse

Noun

1. pl lice a wingless blood-sucking insect which feeds off man and some animals

2. pl louses Slang an unpleasant or dishonourable person [Old English lūs]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals sucking louse insect - small air-breathing arthropod Anoplura, order Anoplura - sucking lice common louse, Pediculus humanus - head or body louse head louse, Pediculus capitis - infests the head and body of humans body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis - a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse, crab - a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
	2.	louse - a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect dirt ball, insect, worm disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	3.	louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants plant louse homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings aphid - any of various small plant-sucking insects adelgid - any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae - destructive to various grape plants jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid - small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices oak blight - a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods
	4.	louse - wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds bird louse, biting louse insect - small air-breathing arthropod Mallophaga, order Mallophaga - biting lice chicken louse, Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, shaft louse - a louse parasitic on poultry

Translations

louse [pl lice] [laus, laɪs] n → piojo

louse up vt (col) → echar a perder

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louse [lice , pl ] [laus, laɪs] n → pou m

louse up [lauz-] vt (inf) → gâcher

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louse [laus] [lice , pl ] n → Laus f

louse up louse (inf) vt → vermasseln

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louse [laus] n [pl lice] → pidocchio

louse up vt (col) → rovinare

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louse¹

n louse [laus]

a type of wingless, blood-sucking insect, sometimes found on the bodies of animals and people. luis قَمْلَه въшка veš lus die Laus ψείρα piojo täi شته؛ شپش täi poux כִּינָה जू uš tetű kutu lús pidocchio しらみ 이 utėlė uts kutu luis lus wesz piolho pă­­­du­che вошь voš uš vaška lus แมลงเล็ก ๆ ที่อยู่บนคนและสัตว์ bit 虱子 воша سر کے بالوں اور جلد میں پڑنے والی جوں rận; chấy 虱子

adj lousy [ˈlauzi]

1 having lice. vol luise مُقَمِّل въшлив zavšivený have lus verlaust ψειριασμένος piojoso täitanud شپش زده täinen pouilleux בַּעַל כִּינִים बहुत खराब ušljiv tetves berkutu lúsugur pidocchioso しらみがたかった 이가 들끓는 utėlėtas utains berkutu vol luizen luset zawszony piolhoso pădu­chios вшивый zavšivavený ušiv vašljiv lusig, full med löss มีเหา bitli 多虱的 вошивий جوئیں پڑنا có rận 多虱的

2 really terrible I'm a lousy cook. beroerd سَيِّئ، فَظيع отвратителен mizerný elendig miserabel φρικτός, άθλιος horrible vilets خیلی بد surkea minable גָרוּע यूकापूर्ण loš pocsék buruk sekali hræðilegur, lélegur pessimo ひどい 천한, 비참한 prastas, netikęs, pasigailėtinas draņķīgs; nožēlojams teruk beroerd elendig nędzny, okropny, marny horrível groaznic отвратительный mizerný grozen užasan urdå- แย่ berbat 糟糕的 паршивий بہت برا rất kinh khủng 糟糕的

n lousiness

gemeenheid, luisigheid سوء، تَقْميل отврат zavšivenost elendighed die Lausigkeit αθλιότητα ruindad viletsus, närusus شپش زدگی täisyys, surkeus état pouilleux כִּנֶמֶת जूं से भरा होन कि स्थिति या दशा, घिनौनापन, घृणास्पदता u piszkosság, tetvesség, ocsmányság keburukan að vera lúsugur l'essere pidocchioso 不潔さ 이가 들끓음, 천함 bjaurumas, šlykštumas draņķīgums keterukan het vol luizen zitten, beroerdheid elendighet zawszenie, nędza ruindade caracter groaznic вшивость; гнусность zavšivavenosť ušivost užasnost lusighet, uruselhet ความแย่ bitlilik; berbatlık 糟糕 вошивість پھوہڑپن sự có rận 糟糕