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Bent note — A bent note is a musical note that is varied in pitch. With unfretted strings or other continuous pitch instruments such as the trombone, or with the human voice, such variation is more properly described in terms of intonation. Bent notes are… … Wikipedia
bent note — /ˈbɛnt ˌnoʊt/ (say bent .noht) noun Music a tone which is slightly altered from the pitch of the diatonic scale by the stretching of strings or by other pitch altering techniques …
bent — I. /bɛnt / (say bent) adjective 1. curved; crooked: a bent stick; a bent finger. 2. Colloquial dishonest; corrupt: *We d done it all before; the security guard paid off, out the back having a smoke, the bent coppers taking their cut, but this… …
Note bleue — Dans le jazz ou le blues, la note bleue (en anglais blue note) est une note jouée ou chantée avec un léger abaissement, d un demi ton au maximum , et qui donne sa couleur musicale au blues, note reprise plus tard par le jazz[1]. Sommaire 1… … Wikipédia en Français
bent as a nine bob note — (UK) A person who is as bent as a nine bob note is dishonest. The reference comes from pre decimalisation in UK (1971), when a ten shilling (bob) note was valid currency but no such note as nine shillings existed … The small dictionary of idiomes
Bent Creek — Bent Creek, NC U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina Population (2000): 1389 Housing Units (2000): 583 Land area (2000): 2.213235 sq. miles (5.732252 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007019 sq. miles (0.018180 sq. km) Total area (2000):… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bent Creek, NC — U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina Population (2000): 1389 Housing Units (2000): 583 Land area (2000): 2.213235 sq. miles (5.732252 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.007019 sq. miles (0.018180 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.220254 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
bent as a nine bob note — Phrs. 1. Homosexual. See bent . 2. Crooked, dishonest. A catch phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of bent referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a… … English slang and colloquialisms
bent — adj 1a. criminal, crooked, dishonest. This usage has been widespread in Britain at least since the beginning of the 20th cen tury. It is still used by the police to refer to anyone who is not straight, and by crimi nals and others to refer to… … Contemporary slang
bent as a nine* pound/bob note — • (* denomination varies widely) a term to describe someone thought to be gay. eg (H)e s bent as a nine bob note mate and also used to describe something that is illegal/crooked, ie. stolen goods … Londonisms dictionary
