Artist

  • 21artist — n. a combining form meaning specialist. See also booze artist; bullshit artist; burn artist; castor oil artist; con artist; flimflam artist; hype artist; make out artist; off artist; (rip )off artist; takeoff artist …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 22artist — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tɪst[/t]] ♦♦ artists 1) N COUNT An artist is someone who draws or paints pictures or creates sculptures as a job or a hobby. ...the studio of a great artist... Each poster is signed by the artist... I m not a good artist. 2) N COUNT An… …

    English dictionary

  • 23artist — /ahr tist/, n. 1. a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria. 2. a person who practices one of the fine arts, esp. a painter or sculptor. 3. a person whose trade or profession requires a… …

    Universalium

  • 24artist — n. 1) a dramatic; gifted, talented; struggling artist 2) a pavement (BE), sidewalk (AE) artist 3) a con; escape; make up; quick change; trapeze artist * * * [ ɑːtɪst] escape gifted make up quick change sidewalk (AE) artist struggling artist …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25artist */*/*/ — UK [ˈɑː(r)tɪst] / US [ˈɑrtɪst] noun [countable] Word forms artist : singular artist plural artists 1) someone who makes paintings, sculptures etc He had his portrait painted by the Spanish artist Daniel Quintero. 2) a professional performer in… …

    English dictionary

  • 26Artist — n habitue , fanatical supporter ( bullshit artist ); someone who does (action) with a certain flair, e.g. dob artist , fart artist ; person noted or notorious for a reprehensible aspect of their behaviour ( booze artist ) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 27artist — I Australian Slang n habitue , fanatical supporter ( bullshit artist ); someone who does (action) with a certain flair, e.g. dob artist , fart artist ; person noted or notorious for a reprehensible aspect of their behaviour ( booze artist ) II… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 28artist — art|ist [ artıst ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who makes paintings, SCULPTURES, etc.: He had his portrait painted by the Spanish artist Daniel Quintero. 2. ) a professional performer in music, dance, or the theater: Their lead singer has left to… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29artíst — a m (ȋ) 1. kdor nastopa v varieteju, kabaretu, cirkusu: bil je artist in akrobat; nastop potujoče skupine artistov; življenje cirkuških artistov 2. ekspr. kdor do največje popolnosti obvlada kaj: ni bil samo telovadec, ampak artist; artist,… …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 30artist —    This word never stands alone as a vocative, but is an element in expressions like ‘bullshit artist’, ‘crap artist’. Portnoy’s Complaint, by Philip Roth, has the hero calling himself ‘you jerk off artist’, referring to his skill at masturbation …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address