ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To balk at sth., loiceadh ó rud.
Com: Default in paying, loiceadh díolaíochta.
To fail s.o., loiceadh ar dhuine.
To show the white feather, loiceadh.
To funk s.o., sth., to funk doing sth., loiceadh roimh dhuine, roimh rud, roimh rud a dhéanamh.
Going back on a friend, cliseadh, loiceadh, ar chara.
(Of horse) To refuse to leave the post, loiceadh ag an tosach.
To rat on a pal, loiceadh ar do chomrádaí.
He saw it through without wincing, d'fhulaing sé go deireadh é gan loiceadh.
To shrink (back) from (doing) sth., loiceadh ó rud a dhéanamh.
To throw up the sponge, stríocadh, loiceadh.
To stick at doing sth., loiceadh roimh rud.
To walk out on s.o., loiceadh ar dhuine; duine a fhágáil ansin.