irish

/ˈaɪɹɪʃ/

name 4noun 3adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

dead, english, favorite, gaelic, many, most, old, popular

My favorite Irish whiskey comes from a small distillery in County Cork.

VERB + IRISH

called, doesn't, gets, got, hear, imitating, like, piles

My grandfather got Irish after a few drinks and started telling stories about Dublin.

IRISH + NOUN

bagpipes, barack, bunch, clancy, coffee, congolese, folklore, jig

My grandfather played the Irish bagpipes every Sunday morning in the kitchen.

PREP.

in, on, up, with

He got up in Irish class to give his presentation about Celtic history.

ADV.

actually, highly

My grandmother was actually Irish, though she spent most of her life in Boston.

Definitions

name

The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.

The Irish people.

Many Irish are actually darkhaired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.

America used to love dams... Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish.

A surname originating as an ethnonym.

A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.

noun

A board game of the tables family.

Temper; anger, passion.

But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.

Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.

Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.

Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.

adj

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.

A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean? B.W. Wooster: My dear old Gussie, that is how people think Irish people talk.

Pertaining to the Irish language.

nonsensical, daft or complex.

The slur continued with Irish confetti, a popular term for paving stones or Belgian bricks that were laid in New York streets beginning about 1832.

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Idioms & Phrases

Irish hint

A very clear and unsubtle indication.

I gave the salesman an Irish hint that he wasn't welcome by slamming the door in his face.

weep Irish

To cry insincerely or in an exaggerated manner.

I have here omitted the pathetic description of Billy Flannagan, touching the doleful parting of Cathleen with her people, "who wept Irish," hullaghlued, ahahoned, with all the mov

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Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.

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Many Irish are actually darkhaired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.

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America used to love dams... Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish.

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But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.

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Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.

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The Priest is as fierce a fighter as I am when he gets his Irish up.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, irish is marked as obsolete, derogatory, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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