HinKhoj Dictionary

English Hindi Dictionary | अंग्रेज़ी हिन्दी शब्दकोश

Animals and their babies


Frog - tadpole
Butterfly - caterpillar
Swan - Cygnet
Spider - spiderling
Pig - piglet
Owl - owlet
Kangaroo - joey
Goat - kid
Rabbit - kit
Deer - fawn

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Portmanteau words


dumbfounded (dumb + confounded) - surprised into silence

electrocute (electricity + execute) - to kill with electricity

flare (flair + glare) - a burst of light

fortnight (fourteen + night) - period of fourteen nights, or two week

motel (motor + hotel) - lodging designed for motorists

shepherd (sheep + herder) - person who minds a flock of sheep

stash (store + cache) - hidden collection of valuables

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Slang phrases in English


KNACKERED: थकान होना/ थक जाना
GUTTED: निराश होना
NARKY: चिड़चिड़ा
FLUKE: अचानक/ भाग्य से मिली सफलता
CHUFFED: अत्यधिक प्रसन्न

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Quote of the week


When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
आप किसी व्यक्ति को धोखा देते हैं तो आप अपने आपको भी धोखा देते हैं।

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Smart vocabulary - 2


TOILSOME (टॉइल्सम) - involving hard or tedious work.
Meaning: कष्टमय/ कठिन

QUINTESSENTIAL (क्विन्टिसेन्शल) - being the perfect example of something
Meaning: सर्वोत्कृष्ट

EXORBITANT (इग्ज़ॉर्-बिटंट) - (used about the cost of something) much more expensive than it should be
Meaning: अत्यधिक

DEMURE (डिम्यूर) - (used especially about a girl or young woman) shy, quiet and polite
Meaning: संकोची/ शर्मीला

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