What is the meaning of PEARL. Phrases containing PEARL
See meanings and uses of PEARL!Slangs & AI meanings
Pearly gate is London Cockney rhyming slang for a dinner plate.
Pearlies is British slang for teeth.
Ocean pearl was th century London Cockney rhyming slang for a girl.
Pearly whites is British slang for teeth.
Adj. Cold weather. A pun on 'there being a nasty nip in the air'... from nip(py) (cold) and nip (Japanese). E.g."Put on your scarf and hat, it's pearl harbour out there." [1990s]
To leave. "I'll catch you later. I’m about to pearl."Â
Black pearl is slang for heroin.
Pearly gates is slang for teeth.
Pearl Harbour is slang for cold weather.
Ivory pearl is London Cockney rhyming slang for girl.
Brilliant, e.g. "That was a pearler of a goal by Giggs!".
LSD
Pearl−diver is slang for a washer−up.
cocaine
Pearly king is London Cockney rhyming slang for the anus (ring).
Noun. Ejaculated semen that has landed around the vicinity of the neck and upper chest, imitative of a pearl necklace.
Pearls is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug).
amyl nitrite
morning glory seeds
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL
n.
Alt. of Pearlstone
v. i.
To resemble pearl or pearls.
v. t.
To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
n.
One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
n.
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
n. pl.
Alt. of Pearlings
a.
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
n.
A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
n.
A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.
v. i.
To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
n.
Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
a.
Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
a.
Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
n.
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
n.
A large, fine pearl.
n.
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
a.
Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
a.
Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
v. t.
To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
n.
Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
PEARL
PEARL
PEARL