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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 [laʊs]

n pl lice [laɪs]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any wingless bloodsucking insect of the order Anoplura: includes Pediculus capitis (head louse), Pediculus corporis (body louse), and the crab louse, all of which infest man Related adj pedicular

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

biting or bird louse any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar but unrelated insects, such as the plant louse and book louse

4. pl louses Slang an unpleasant or mean person

vb (tr)

1. to remove lice from

2. (foll by up) Slang to ruin or spoil

[Old English lūs; related to Old High German, Old Norse 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

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louse noun

Related words
adjective pedicular

Translations

louse [laʊs] N (lice (pl))

1. (= insect) → piojo m

2. (= person) → canalla mf, sinvergüenza mf

louse up VT + ADV → fastidiar, echar a perder

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louse [ˈlaʊs] [lice] (pl) n (= body louse) → pou m

louse up

vt sep (= mess up) → gâcher

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louse

n pl <lice>

(Zool) → Laus f

(inf) → fieser Kerl (inf); he behaved like a real louse to her → er war richtig fies zu ihr (inf), → er hat sich richtig fies benommen (inf)

vt (sl) to louse something up → etw vermasseln (inf); friendship → etw kaputt machen (inf)

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louse [laʊs] n (lice (pl)) → pidocchio (pej, fam) (person) → verme m

louse up vt + adv (Am) (fam) → rovinare

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louse [laʊs] n (lice (pl)) → pidocchio (pej, fam) (person) → verme m

louse up vt + adv (Am) (fam) → 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 진딧물 utėlė uts kutu luis lus wesz piolho pă­­­du­che вошь voš uš vaška lus แมลงเล็ก ๆ ที่อยู่บนคนและสัตว์ bit 蝨子 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 이투성이의 utėlėtas utains berkutu vol luizen luset zawszony piolhoso pădu­chios вшивый zavšivavený ušiv vašljiv lusig, full med löss มีเหา bitli 多蝨的 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 kurja minable גָרוּע यूकापूर्ण loš pocsék buruk sekali hræðilegur, lélegur pessimo ひどい 불결한 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

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louse²

v louse [laus]

(withup) (slang) to spoil or waste something; to make a mess of thing It's your last chance; don't louse it up; He loused up again. opmors يُتْلِف، يُفْسِد развалям promarnit, zmrvit forkludre versauen τα κάνω μούσκεμα fastidiar ära rikkuma, vussi ajama خراب کردن pilata rater, gâcher לְקַלקֵל, לְהָשחִית, לְסַבֵּך ušljivost elront, elszúr membuat berantakan rovinare, sciupare だめにする 엉망으로 만들다 sužlug(dy)ti, sugadinti saputrot; sacūkot merosakkan de boel totaal bederven forkludre, rote til испортить premrhať, pokaziť zašuštrati zabrljati fördärva คนที่น่ารังเกียจ (คำสแลง) berbat etmek 弄糟，搞亂 завалити کام بگاڑنا làm hỏng 弄糟，搞乱