umpteen
Relatively large but unspecified in numberRelatively large but unspecified in number.
» I have told you children umpteen times, no TV before you do your homework!
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значень: 1(розмовне)Relatively large but unspecified in number.
She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.
zig
надцатьnadcatʹ, бесчисленноbesčislenno
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речень: 4I have told you children umpteen times, no TV before you do your homework!
I went there umpteen times.
deIch bin zigmal dagewesen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This was a matter of whether spending umpteen million dollars on a program like this was a smart thing to do.
It won't work. I've already tried it umpteen times.
deDas geht nicht. Ich habe es schon x-mal versucht. — Alois
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мов: 5Походження
From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump asFrom ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.
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