argentine

IPA: ˈɑrdʒʌntin

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
White metal coated with silver.
A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
(archaic, with "the") Argentina.
A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
(obsolete) Strasbourg (city in France).
(dance) Short for Argentine tango. [A dance on which the ballroom tango is based, with slow intricate footwork.]

Examples of "argentine" in Sentences

The argentine Mausers are prized they were not many made.
Is there a significant difference between an argentine and a Guatemalan?
I guess we know how Sanford will spend the fourth of July - by himself, lighting off "argentine firecrackers" (in his memory).
A visibly ailing Bogart plays Eddie Willis, a down and out sportswriter hired by mobster Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to promote an argentine contender.
Would be quite funny. at the time it was said that it was bottled up in port as the argentine navy was afaird it would be sunk as soon as it left port.
All Replies from matt wasson wrote 5 weeks 4 days ago we went yesterday ... 3 inches at lobdell lake in argentine, mi cought 2 fish and a great time eatng in the shanty!
Yes | No | Report from matt wasson wrote 5 weeks 4 days ago we went yesterday ... 3 inches at lobdell lake in argentine, mi cought 2 fish and a great time eatng in the shanty!
Finely scaly varieties with a pearly lustre are known as argentine and aphrite (German _Schaumspath_); soft, earthy and dull white varieties as agaric mineral, rock-milk, rock-meal, &c. -- these form a transition to marls, chalk, &c.
It begins in sufficiently startling fashion; a single gentleman of easy fortune and amiable disposition, putting his latchkey in the door of his chambers one night, is touched and accosted by an interesting young person with an "argentine" voice.