| 单词 | crying jag |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrying jag d. transferred and figurative. A period of indulgence in a particular pastime, emotion, interest, etc.; = fit n.2 4a; frequently with defining word prefixed, as crying jag; spec. (see quot. 1946). colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > spell of some action whilec1175 stint1533 crash1549 fleech1589 spell1707 return1763 run1864 fling period1885 go-round1911 jag1913 brannigan1928 1913 J. London Valley of Moon (1914) i. xv. 119 ‘Aw, it's only one of his cryin' jags,’ Mary said. 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xix. 213 One had a ‘crying jag’. 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xxii. 254 A girl got a ‘laughing jag’ and shrieked with idiotic laughter. 1933 S. Howard Alien Corn iii. 97 Isn't seventy-one fifty cheap for the jag I've got tonight? 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xlix. 347 Now you're beginning to get over your love-jag, maybe you can see that Jinny is as..tricky and grabbing as a monkey. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 375 Jag, a state of extreme stimulation, produced by marihuana or some other stimulant. 1958 Spectator 4 July 15/2 The British public are on an enormous clean-clothes jag. 1972 New Yorker 26 Aug. 38/3 A neurotic habit..may be overt, like a temper tantrum or a crying jag. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 June 631/3 The Kennedy years..launched the Americans on a jag of hope and fear. < as lemmas |
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