kiwi
To polish with black shoe polishTo polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
» Pass me the small kiwi and a knife, please.
Передайте, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Передай, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Luornu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(Singapore, slang)To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
Examples
29 sentencesPass me the small kiwi and a knife, please.
Передайте, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Have you never eaten a kiwi?
ruТы никогда не ел киви? — shanghainese
deHast du noch nie eine Kiwi gegessen? — Yorwba
Have you never eaten a kiwi fruit?
ruТы никогда не ел киви? — shanghainese
deHast du noch nie eine Kiwi gegessen? — Yorwba
John is going to eat some kiwi.
Can you eat the skin of a kiwi?
ruМожно ли есть кожуру киви? — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Māori kGenericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Māori kiwi.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
kiwis, kiwiing, kiwied, kiwiedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.