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thick

adjective
adverb
phrases
adjective
1 adjective of layer, slice, materialtiubh adj  c m uyou need thicker paper tá páipéar níos tibhe uaitthick socks stocaí tiubhacut the bread in thick slices gearr an t-arán ina shliseanna tiubha 2 adjective when measuring thicknessar tiúsit's a metre thick tá sé méadar ar tiúshow thick is that wall? cé chomh tiubh agus atá an balla sin?, cén tiús atá an balla sin?
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3 adjective of liquidramhar adj  c m utiubh adj  c m uthick cream uachtar ramharthick oil ola thiubh 4 adjective of hair, furtiubh adj  c m udlúth adj1  c m uhe has a thick beard tá féasóg thiubh airtheir fur is very thick tá a bhfionnadh an-dlúth 5 adjective HORT of vegetationtiubh adj  c m udlúth adj1  c m umuch of Ireland was covered in thick forests bhí go leor d'Éirinn cumhdaithe le foraoisí dlútha 6 adjective of cloud, smoke, etcdlúth adj1  c m utiubh adj  c m utrom adj  c m uthere was thick fog bhí ceo dlúth ann, bhí ceo trom ann 7 adjective full of sthtiubh adj  c m uramhar adj  c m ulán adj1  c m uthe air was thick with smoke bhí an t-aer ramhar le deatach, bhí sé plúchtach le toitthe area is thick with wild flowers tá an ceantar lán le bláthanna fiáine, tá bláthanna fiáine ag fás go fras sa cheantarthe room was thick with people bhí an seomra plódaithe le daoine, bhí an seomra lán ó chúl go doras 8 adjective having strong smelllán adj1  c m uar maos  c m uramhar adj  c m uthe air was thick with the scent of flowers bhí an t-aer ar maos le cumhracht bláthanna 9 adjective of accent: strongláidir adj  c m utréan adj1  c m ushe has a thick Scottish accent tá blas láidir Albanach ar a cuid cainte 10 adjective (of voice) showing emotionplúchta adj3  c m utochtmhar adj1  c m uher voice was thick with emotion bhí tocht ina glórhis voice was thick with fear bhí scéin le mothú ina ghlór 11 adjective informal stupiddúr adj1  c m ubómánta adj3  c m utiubh adj  c m uare you thick or what? nach dtuigeann tú dada?, an bhfuil ciall ar bith agat?, an amadán ar fad thú?get that into your thick head tuig é sin anois, a amadáin; lig isteach i do phastae é sin 12 adjective informal close, friendlythey're very thick with her tá siad an-mhór léi, tá siad an-chairdiúil léi 13 adjective informal angryfeargach adj1  c m ucolgach adj1  c m utiubh adj  c m uhe got thick tháinig olc air, tháinig straidhn air, d'éirigh sé tiubhdon't get thick with me ná bí colgach liomsa, ná bí ag éirí chugamsa
adverb
14 adverb thicklytiubh  c m uspread the jam on thick smear an tsubh mhilis go tiubh air
phrases

as thick as thieves

informal chomh mór le seanbhó agus coca féirchomh mór le dhá cheann capaill

as thick as two short planks

(also

as thick as two planks

) informal chomh dúr le seanasalchomh dúr le slischomh tiubh le bonn mo bhróige

to get a thick ear

informal smitín a fháil i mbun na cluaiseclabhta a fháil i bpoll na cluaisecnagaide a fháil sa chluas

to give sb a thick ear

informal smitín i mbun na cluaise a thabhairt do dhuineclabhta i bpoll na cluaise a thabhairt do dhuinecnagaide sa chluas a thabhairt do dhuine

to have a thick head

informal póit a bheith ortceann ramhar a bheith ortI had a thick head the next day bhí mo cheann á scoilteadh an lá dár gcionn

to have a thick skin

seithe righin a bheith ortcraiceann tiubh a bheith ort

in the thick of sth

i lár rudai gceartlár rudahe was in the thick of the action bhí sé i gceartlár an aicsin

thick and fast

go tiubh  c m utiubh tego tiubh te tapathe requests are coming in thick and fast tá na hiarratais ag teacht isteach go frasthe runners came in thick and fast tháinig na reathaithe isteach sna sála ar a chéilehis tears fell thick and fast tháinig na deora leis ina slaodanna

to be thick on the ground

bheith ar fud an bhaillbheith ar fud na háitetourists are thick on the ground tá an áit lán le turasóirí, tá turasóirí go flúirseach ann

through thick and thin

mín agus garbholc agus maithI struggled on through thick and thin choinnigh mé orm olc agus maith, choinnigh mé orm mín agus garbh

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