postal

  • 31postal — [[t]po͟ʊst(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Postal is used to describe things or people connected with the public service of carrying letters and packages from one place to another. Compensation for lost or damaged mail will be handled by the postal… …

    English dictionary

  • 32Postal — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Postal est une commune italienne. Postal et ses suites Postal² et Postal III sont des jeux vidéo. Postal est un film adapté de la série de jeux vidéo… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 33postal — postally, adv. /pohs tl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees. 2. go postal, Slang. to lose control or go crazy. n. 3. Informal. See postal card. [1835 45; POST3 + AL1; def. 2 in… …

    Universalium

  • 34postal — adjective 1》 relating to the post. 2》 chiefly Brit. carried out by post: a postal vote. noun (also postal card) US a postcard. Phrases go postal US informal go mad, especially from stress. [with ref. to cases in which postal employees have run… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35postal — {{#}}{{LM P31211}}{{〓}} {{SynP31963}} {{[}}postal{{]}} ‹pos·tal› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Del servicio de correos o relacionado con él: • un paquete postal.{{○}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}2{{>}} → {{↑}}tarjeta postal{{↓}}.… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 36postal — adj American uncontrollable, irrational, disoriented. This vogue term among Californian ado lescents was popularised by the 1994 US film Clueless. It often occurs in the form go postal. The term is derived from the image of deranged postal… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 37postal — post•al [[t]ˈpoʊs tl[/t]] adj. phi of or pertaining to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees[/ex] • go postal Etymology: 1835–45 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38postal — /ˈpoʊstl/ (say pohstl) adjective 1. of or relating to the post office or the carriage of mails. –noun 2. US Colloquial a postal card. –phrase 3. go postal, Chiefly US Colloquial to become violent or enraged, especially as a result of extreme… …

  • 39postal — Relating to the mails; pertaining to the postoffice @ postal currency During a brief period following soon after the commencement of the civil war in the United States, when specie change was scarce, postage stamps were popularly used as a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 40postal — adjective Date: 1843 1. of or relating to the mails or the post office 2. conducted by mail < postal chess > 3. insanely or murderously violent usually used in the phrase go postal …

    New Collegiate Dictionary