单词 | clapped |
释义 | clappedadj.1 Farriery. Affected with clap. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > other disorders of horses incorded1566 crest-sunk1618 crestfallen1696 chest-foundered1703 clapped1760 eastern1933 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. x. 43 His horse was either clapp'd, or spavin'd, or greaz'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). clappedadj.2 slang. Usually with out: worn out, exhausted. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out perusedc1475 withered1488 laboured1535 outworn1597 worn-out1612 effete1662 frazzled1872 jacked-up1874 crocky1906 bummed1907 rim-racked1916 shot1933 beaten-up1941 beat-up1946 clapped1946 1946 B. Sutton Jungle Pilot xiii. 66 The American aircraft..had become ‘clapped out’ by the exceptional number of hours they had been flown since a complete overhaul. 1960 Daily Express 18 July 6/5 The clapped-out car handed in for replacement. 1961 R. B. Amos Wasp in Web vii. 65 A clapped-out Fascist movement with a power-crazy brass-hat in control. 1961 I. Jefferies It wasn't Me! iii. 33 Bertie's cracking up..he's sort of clapped. 1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy vi. 56 Have you got this memory trick where all I have to do is speak and your clapped out brain registers every word? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.11760adj.21946 |
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