Meaning

3 senses
  1. A sarcastic remark.

    насме́шкаnasméška

  2. A stroke with a rod or switch.

  3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. They were girding for the exam.

  2. She girded her waist with a belt.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. The company is girding for an initial public offering to raise funds.

  4. I'll put on a white shirt and gird myself with a silk sash.

    ruНадену белую рубаху и подпояшусь шёлковым кушаком. — Erviy

  5. Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sarcastic remark:

Origin

From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.

From Middle English girden (“to strike”), from Old English *gyrdan.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: girds
Singulargird
Pluralgirds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gird — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto