Definizione monolingua

tonsils

tonsils pl.

1. Plural form of tonsil.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XX:

     “So now everythings fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”

2. (nonstandard, plurale tantum) The uvula.

Definizione dizionario tonsils

tonsille

Altri significati:

(Should we delete <sup>(+)</sup> this sense?) (figuratively, informal) Top or brim, denoting fullness or completeness as the phrase to the tonsils.

(nonstandard, plurale tantum) The uvula.

Plural form of tonsil.