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loid

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See also: loíd

English

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Etymology

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Short for celluloid.

Noun

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loid (plural loids)

  1. A tool made from a piece of celluloid, used for bypassing locks.

Verb

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loid (third-person singular simple present loids, present participle loiding, simple past and past participle loided)

  1. (transitive) To force (a door) open by slipping a credit card or similar thin object between the door and the frame.
    • 1983, Ronald L. Cruit, Intruder in your home, page 42:
      A deadbolt can't be loided because it doesn't have a curved, self-latching bolt.
    • 2012, Lawrence Fennelly, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, page 346:
      The loiding of windows is accomplished by inserting a thin stiff object between the meeting rails or stiles to move the latch to the open position, or by inserting a thin stiff wire through openings between the stile or rail and the frame []

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *loita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈloi̯d̥/, [ˈloi̯d̥]
  • Rhymes: -oid
  • Hyphenation: loid

Adjective

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loid (genitive loiu, partitive loidu, comparative loium or loiem, superlative kõige loium or kõige loiem)

  1. lethargic, listless
    Naine kaebas, et mees on muutunud loiuks.
    The wife complained that her husband had become lethargic.
  2. slow, sluggish

Declension

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Declension of loid (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative loid loiud
accusative nom.
gen. loiu
genitive loidude
partitive loidu loide
loidusid
illative loidu
loiusse
loidudesse
inessive loius loidudes
elative loiust loidudest
allative loiule loidudele
adessive loiul loidudel
ablative loiult loidudelt
translative loiuks loidudeks
terminative loiuni loidudeni
essive loiuna loidudena
abessive loiuta loidudeta
comitative loiuga loidudega

Derived terms

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adverbs

References

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  • loid in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • loid”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • loid”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–