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bill Ⅰ noun 1 a dollar US, 1915. 2 one hundred dollars US, 1929. 3 the nose US, 1952⇨ See: BILLY WHIZZ.► do a billto spend one hundred dollars US, 1974.► the billthe police. Abbreviated from OLD BILL; can also be used of a single police-officer in the sense of representing the whole organisation. Widespread usage popularised since 1985 by UK television police drama The Bill UK, 1969⇨ See: OLD BILL Ⅱ ⇨ Bill Wyman; bill; wyman noun the hymen. Rhyming slang, based on the name of Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman (b.1936) UK, 2002 Ⅲ ⇨ Billy Whizz; Billy Whiz; billy; bill noun an amphetamine. WHIZZ (amphetamine) disguised as cartoon strip character Billy Whizz, whose adventures started in the Beano in 1964 UK, 1985
idiombillbill and cooold-fashioned if two people bill and coo, they spend a lot of time kissing and talking softly:Sara and Andy sat in the corner billing and cooing, ignoring everyone else.fit/fill the billto be exactly what you need:If you're looking for a good collection of bedtime stories, 'A Child's Book of Favorite Tales' fits the bill.Paula was looking for a more challenging role, and Pinter's play filled the bill.foot the billto pay for something, especially something expensive that you do not want to pay for:Taxpayers had to foot the bill for street and safety improvements in the area.If there are any problems during construction, our company will foot the bill, but we will not be passing these costs on to our clients.give sb a clean bill of healthif a doctor gives someone a clean bill of health, he or she tells them they are completely healthy:Parkins died from stomach cancer, just two months after being given a clean bill of health.The doctors said they wouldn't give him a clean bill of health until he quit drinking.get a clean bill of health: If Balanger gets a clean bill of health, she has said she will run for office in the May 16th election.sb has been sold a bill of goods especially AmEespecially AmEused in order to say that someone has been given an untrue description of a situation, by someone who is trying to gain an advantage:The weapon looks good, but it doesn't work - Congress has been sold an expensive bill of goods.Independent politicians like Ross Perot have tried in the past to convince the American people that they have been sold a bill of goods by the government.sell sb a bill of goods: He is not an objective witness - he's trying to see the jury a bill of goods! phrasebill[billed, billed, billing]
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bill sb/sth as sth usually passive to publicly describe someone or something in a particular way in order to advertise them: The festival is being billed as the biggest of its kind in Europe.bill itself as Disneyland bills itself as the happiest place on earth.
See:- (as) gay as a three-dollar bill
- (as) phony as a three-dollar bill
- (as) queer as a three-dollar bill
- a clean bill of health
- a whale of a
- as phony as a three-dollar bill
- as queer as a three-dollar bill
- be sold a bill of goods
- bill
- bill (one) for (something)
- bill and coo
- Bill Cosby sweater
- bill for
- bill of goods
- bill of health
- billie
- bulk bill
- Check, please
- Christmas tree bill
- clean bill of health
- clean bill of health, to have a/be given a
- double bill
- double feature
- fill the bill
- fill the bill, to
- fit the bill
- foot the bill
- friend of Bill W.
- head the bill
- head/top the bill
- on (one's) bill
- pad the bill
- pay the bills
- pay the water bill
- phonier than a three-dollar bill
- phony as a three-dollar bill
- pick up
- pick up the bill
- queer as a three-dollar bill
- queerer than a three-dollar bill
- sell (one) a bill of goods
- sell a bill of goods
- sell someone a bill of goods
- sell someone a bill of goods, to
- the Old Bill
- top the bill
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