FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A repair or corrective action.

n A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.

n (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

n A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

n A determination of location.

n (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

v (obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

v To attach; to affix; to hold in place.

v To mend, to repair.

v (informal) To prepare (food).

v To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortionSutherland, Edwin H. (ed) (1937): The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Reprinted by various publishers in subsequent decades.]

v (US|informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

v (mathematics|transitive) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

v (informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.