Idioms for book
Origin of book
before 900; Middle English, Old English
bōc; cognate with Dutch
boek, Old Norse
bōk, German
Buch; akin to Gothic
boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to
beech, as is often assumed
SYNONYMS FOR book
OTHER WORDS FROM book
Words nearby book
boogie-woogie,
boogieman,
boohai,
boohoo,
boojum tree,
book,
book bag,
book burning,
book club,
book end,
book gill
British Dictionary definitions for one for the books
book
/ (bʊk) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for book
Old English
bōc; related to Old Norse
bōk, Old High German
buoh book, Gothic
bōka letter; see
beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)
Idioms and Phrases with one for the books (1 of 2)
one for the books
Also, one for the book. An outstanding or unusual achievement or event, as in All of the main awards went to one picture—that's one for the books. This expression originally alluded to record books kept for sports but soon was applied to other endeavors. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
Idioms and Phrases with one for the books (2 of 2)
book
see balance the books; black book; bring to book; by the book; closed book; close the books; cook the books; crack a book; hit the books; in one's book; in someone's bad graces (books); judge a book by its cover; know like a book; make book; nose in a book; one for the books; open book; take a leaf out of someone's book; throw the book at; wrote the book on.