Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
encore (Fr) Again (i.e. perform the relevant passage or an entire song or tune once more) engineer. In a live sound context, this refers to the audio engineer who controls the soundboard or leads the crew of audio technicians; in a recording context, this refers to the audio engineer who sets up and runs the technical aspects of a recording ...
The New Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from fencing. In French, le fort d'une épée is the third of a blade nearer the hilt, the strongest part of the sword used for parrying. hors d'oeuvres term used for the snacks served with drinks before a meal. Literally "outside of the work".
A fuzzy concept is an idea of which the boundaries of application can vary considerably according to context or conditions, instead of being fixed once and for all. [1] This means the idea is somewhat vague or imprecise. [2]
Warm Fuzz Records is a British independent record label focussing on alternative rock founded by producer Ian Shaw. [1] Artists released on Warm Fuzz
Site-to-site backup. backup, over the internet, to an offsite location under the user's control. Similar to remote backup except that the owner of the data maintains control of the storage location. Synthetic backup. a restorable backup image that is synthesized on the backup server from a previous full backup and all the incremental backups ...
Fuzz (electric guitar), distortion effects to create "warm" and "dirty" sounds; Fuzz (band), a garage rock band featuring Ty Segall, Charles Moothart and Chad Ubovich Fuzz, their 2013 debut studio album; The Fuzz (band), a 1970s American female vocal trio The Fuzz, their 1970 debut album; Fuzz (Alice Donut album), 2006 punk album
Fuzz, the Slang term for the police, possibly deriving from a mispronunciation or corruption of the phrase "the police force" or "the force". It may also refer to police radio static. The term was used in the title Hot Fuzz, a 2007 police-comedy film and Peter Peachfuzz from The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Even when not imported several times in different forms, loanwords from French generally have a more restrictive or specialised meaning than in French: e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").