单词 | cross-hackle |
释义 | cross-hacklev. transitive. To cross-question vexatiously or persistently: cf. hackle v.2 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > cross-examine cross-examine1664 cross-question1760 targea1796 back-speir1796 cross-hackle1826 1826 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 2nd Ser. II. 278 We can cross-hackle her on the head of it. Derivatives ˈcross-ˈhackling n. ΚΠ 1869 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero II. vii. 67 The good-humoured way in which I have borne all this cross-hackling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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