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Definition of tenterhooks in English Turkish dictionary
- be on tenterhooks
- diken üstünde oturmak
- be on tenterhooks
- dokuz doğurmak
- keep sb on tenterhooks
- dokuz doğurtmak
- tenterhook
- germe makinesi kancası
- tenterhook
- gergef çengeli
- tenterhook
- çerçeve kancası
- be on tenterhooks
- sabırsızlıkla ve endişe ile beklemek
- be on tenterhooks
- endişe içinde olmak
- be on tenterhooks
- diken üstünde olmak
- be on tenterhooks
- gergin olmak
- keep smb. on tenterhooks
- diken üstünde tutmak
- keep someone on tenterhooks
- (deyim) dokuz doğurtmak
- on tenterhooks
- (deyim) endise icinde,sabirsizlikla
- on tenterhooks
- diken üstünde
- on tenterhooks
- endişeli ve sabırsız
- tenterhook
- sabırsızlıkla bekleyen
- tenterhook
- {i} gergef çivisi
- tenterhook
- on ten terhooks endişe içinde
- tenterhook
- kumaşı çerçeveye germeye mahsus kancalardan biri
- tenterhook
- {i} gergi kancası
- tenterhook
- kanca
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Definition of tenterhooks in English English dictionary
- plural of tenterhook
- If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous and excited because you are wondering what is going to happen in a particular situation. He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job. be on tenterhooks to feel nervous and excited because you are waiting to find out something or for something to happen (tenterhook (15-20 centuries), from tenter (13-20 centuries) (from tentura, from tendere; TEND) + hook)
- on tenterhooks
- In a state of suspense or apprehension
Why do you keep me on tenterhooks like this, putting me off and off?.
- tenterhook
- one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter
- on tenterhooks
- tense, "on pins and needles", nervous
- tenterhook
- one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
- tenterhook
- {i} hook used to hold cloth onto a frame