| 释义 |
ˈwampish, v. Sc.
[Cf. wamfle v.]
a. intr. To wave to and fro.
b. trans. To wave or toss (one's arms) about.
c. intr. To make waving movements (with the arms).
a.1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xlix, Put by the siller, and dinna keep the notes wampishing in your hand that gate.
b.1816Scott Antiq. xxxix, It's fearsome baith to see and hear her when she wampishes about her arms, and gets to her English, and speaks as if she were a prent book.
c.1895MacEwen Life Cairns 214 ‘Oor John’, said his anxious mother, ‘wull aye be wampishin' wi' his airms.’ |