claw-backn.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: claw v., back n.¹; to claw back at claw v. 2a.

Etymology: In sense 1 < claw v. (compare sense 4 at that entry) + back n.¹ In sense 2 < to claw back at claw v. 2a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclaw-back.

a. One who claws another's back (see claw v. 4); a flatterer, sycophant, parasite, ‘toady’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer

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suck-fist1611

courtiera1616

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wriggler1631

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limberham1689

toad-eater1742

tuft-hunter1755

arse-kisser1766

sleeve-creeper1809

lick-spit1822

lickspittle1825

shoe-licker1826

toady1826

toad1831

toader1842

bootlicker1846

bootlick1849

favour-currier1855

lubricator1872

bum-sucker1877

handshaker1884

suck1900

mbongo1911

sucker-up1911

apple-polisher1918

snurge1933

ass-licker1939

brown-nose1939

brown-noser1942

arse-licker1951

ass-kisser1951

greaser1959

suck-hole1966

suck-up1970

bumboy1984

fly-

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Cvi These flattering clawbackes are originall rotes of all mischyue.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 112 [It] doth make thy Foes to smile, Thy friends to weepe, and Clawbackes thee with Soothings to begile.

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 403 By the persuasion of some Claw-backs of the Court.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. 38 These are my Flatterers,..my Clawbacks, my Saluters.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Claw-back, a flatterer; parasite; ‘toad-eater’.

a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) x. 93 The puffers and earwigs and clawbacks and parasites surrounding her.

b. attributive or adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

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tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1734/1 More regarding plaine meaning men, than claw back flatterers.

1655 J. Trapp Marrow Good Authors (1868) 830/2 His claw-back canonists tell him (and he believes it).

2. [Substantival use of verbal phrase to claw back (claw v. 2a).] Retrieval, recovery (of an allowance by additional taxation, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > tax allowances and deductions > recovery of allowance

claw-back1969

1969 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 24/4 It is..necessary to adjust the claw-back for 1969–70 so as to reflect the fact that the 3s extra on family allowances..will be paid for a full year in 1969–70.

1970 Sunday Times 31 May 12 Labour's latest big increase in family allowances was accompanied by what is nastily called ‘claw-back’, which means that those rich enough to pay income tax at the standard rate or above have the amount of the increase clawed back from them by taxation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	claw-back
释义	claw-backn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: claw v., back n.¹; to claw back at claw v. 2a. Etymology: In sense 1 < claw v. (compare sense 4 at that entry) + back n.¹ In sense 2 < to claw back at claw v. 2a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclaw-back. 1. a. One who claws another's back (see claw v. 4); a flatterer, sycophant, parasite, ‘toady’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Cvi These flattering clawbackes are originall rotes of all mischyue. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 112 [It] doth make thy Foes to smile, Thy friends to weepe, and Clawbackes thee with Soothings to begile. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 403 By the persuasion of some Claw-backs of the Court. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. 38 These are my Flatterers,..my Clawbacks, my Saluters. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Claw-back, a flatterer; parasite; ‘toad-eater’. a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) x. 93 The puffers and earwigs and clawbacks and parasites surrounding her. b. attributive or adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1734/1 More regarding plaine meaning men, than claw back flatterers. 1655 J. Trapp Marrow Good Authors (1868) 830/2 His claw-back canonists tell him (and he believes it). 2. [Substantival use of verbal phrase to claw back (claw v. 2a).] Retrieval, recovery (of an allowance by additional taxation, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > tax allowances and deductions > recovery of allowance claw-back1969 1969 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 24/4 It is..necessary to adjust the claw-back for 1969–70 so as to reflect the fact that the 3s extra on family allowances..will be paid for a full year in 1969–70. 1970 Sunday Times 31 May 12 Labour's latest big increase in family allowances was accompanied by what is nastily called ‘claw-back’, which means that those rich enough to pay income tax at the standard rate or above have the amount of the increase clawed back from them by taxation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). claw-backv. imagined by Richardson, from a misquotation of Warner (see claw-back n. 1a, quot. 1589, where R. has clawback as a verb), and uncritically copied by subsequent compilers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1549v.
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claw-backn.

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