Talk:swallow
IPA here looks very wrong. I've never heard the word with the /{/ vowel but always with the /Q/ vowel. /ow/ is not an English combination at all, it should be /@U/ or /oU/ depending on dialect and transcriptions system. — Hippietrail 01:07, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Question
[edit]What is to "swallow one's pride"?
- It means to "suppress your pride", to be humble, and to ask for help or charity or to make an apology even though it is humiliating for you. —Stephen 13:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Interestingly
[edit]In Chinese, swallow (bird) = 燕 (yàn, Old Chinese *qeːns), whereas to swallow (food) = 嚥 (yàn, Old Chinese *qeːns). 60.240.101.246 08:52, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
Spycraft
[edit]A swallow is also a term for a female agent who marries a person of interest. Like sparrow. This definition is missing from both "birds".
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rfv-sense: The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves. MooreDoor (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- There are lots of modern websites, such as [1], that use the term. Should be easily cited from things such as [2]. This, that and the other (talk) 04:02, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- On an unrelated note, OED places this sense under its equivalent of our Etymology 1. I wonder if we should move it. This, that and the other (talk) 04:22, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
cited Kiwima (talk) 04:45, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
RFV-pass Kiwima (talk) 19:57, 29 November 2021 (UTC)