EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
pléasc1, f. (gs. -éisce, pl. ~anna). Explosion; bang, crash, report. ~ mhianaigh, mine explosion. ~ ghunna, report of gun. ~ thoirní, crash of thunder. ~ ghaoithe, sudden gust of wind. ~ a bhaint as lasc, to crack a whip. ~ a bhualadh ar rud, to bang sth. De phléasc, like a shot, suddenly.
pléasc2, v.t. & i. (pp. ~tha). 1. Explode; burst, shatter. (a) Buama a phléascadh, to explode a bomb. Carraigeacha a phléascadh, to blast rocks. Gloine a phléascadh, to shatter glass. Phléascfainn do bhlaosc, I’d crack your skull. (b) Púdar ag ~adh, powder exploding. Phléasc an coire, the boiler blew up. Phléasc sé orm, he blazed out at me. Phléasc an gol air, he burst into tears. Phléasc sé amach ag gáire fúm, he burst out laughing at me. 2. Bang, thump. Ag ~adh an bhoird, banging the table. Bhí siad ag ~adh a chéile, they were hammering one another.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
D’imigh sé de phléasc, it went off with a bang.
I riocht pléascadh, ready to explode.
~ (pléasctha), blasting charge, blast.
~ a chur, a phléascadh, to lay, explode, a mine.
I ~ pléascadh, ready to explode.