cold snap en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) A short and sudden period of cold weather.
A recent cold snap damaged citrus crops.
On the day that RAIL meets Mick Whelan, it's during a particularly chilly cold snap. A story has broken in the national press about train drivers refusing to walk to their cabs at Edge Hill depot, because the paths to the trains have not been cleared of snow.
2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cold snaps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (17)
gl vaga de frío (period of cold weather) · fr coup de froid (period of cold weather) · es ola de frío (period of cold weather) · cmn 寒流 (period of cold weather) · de Kältewelle (period of cold weather) · ca ona de fred (period of cold weather) · sv köldknäpp (period of cold weather) · se buolaš (period of cold weather) · nl koudegolf (period of cold weather) · ru за́морозок (period of cold weather) · fr vague de froid (period of cold weather) · fi kylmäaalto (period of cold weather) · pl fala chłodnego powietrza (period of cold weather) · de Kälteeinbruch (period of cold weather) · fi pakkasjakso (period of cold weather) · ga tréimhse fhuar (period of cold weather) · fi takatalvi (period of cold weather)