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loose adjective

  /luːs/ , /ˈlʉs/
  • Not compact.
  • (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
 scaoilte
  • Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
 scaoilte, scaoilteach
  • Indiscreet.
 scaoilteach

loose verb

  /luːs/ , /ˈlʉs/
  • (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
  • (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
  • (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
  • (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
 scaoil
  • (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
 scaoil, scaoil amach

looseness noun

  /ˈluːsnəs/
  • The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
 liobairne
have a screw loose
seachrán a bheith ort
loose-tongued
béalach, scaoilteach
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