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单词 fullock
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fullockv.

Brit. /ˈfʊlək/, U.S. /ˈfʊlək/
Forms:

α. Chiefly English regional (south-western) 1700s sulch (transmission error), 1700s–1800s vulch, 1800s fulch, 1800s fulsh.

β. Chiefly English regional (south-western) 1700s fulck, 1700s vulck, 1700s– fulk; Welsh English 1900s– fulk.

γ. Chiefly English regional (north midlands and northern) 1800s fullack, 1800s fulluck, 1800s–1900s fullek, 1800s–1900s fullick, 1800s– fullock; Welsh English 1900s– fullock.

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier fulkat v., which is probably related, although the exact nature of the relationship is unclear.
English regional and Welsh English and colloquial. Now rare.
intransitive. To push, nudge, shove; esp. to jerk the hand and arm unlawfully when shooting a marble; to push the hand slyly forward to be nearer the mark. Also (in later use): to shoot a marble from the hand by jerking the bent thumb (with no implication of cheating). Now rare.
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1727 Exmoor Scholding i, in Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 2 June 1/2 Chill pull tha Poll o' tha; chill plim tha, chill sulch [read fulch; 1746 vulch] tha, looks zee.
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 165 To Fulck & Vulck, a phrase made use of by Boys playing at Taw when they slily push the hand forward to be nearer the Mark.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Fulk, to use an unfair motion of the hand in plumping at taw. School boys term.
a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 15 O Jaykle ! this was but a vlee-bite; iv you did but zee how he will fulsh and thump en.
1848 A. B. Evans Leics. Words 35 To fullock at marbles, is to push the hand unfairly forward and too near the adversary's marble in shooting.
1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Fulch, a boy's term at marbles, to edge on unfairly.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Fullock, to jerk the hand and arm unlawfully at marbles, instead of shooting from the thumb-joint with the hand perfectly steady.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Fullock, to fire a marble..from the hand by a jerk of the bent thumb. ‘That was well fullock'd.’
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Vulch, to nudge or shove; something less than an actual blow is implied. Keep quiet there. Well, what did 'er vulch I vor then?
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 307 Fullock, to jerk or advance the hand beyond the ‘past’, or boundary line, in playing at marbles.
1950 I. Waters Chepstow Talk 13 Fullock, to jerk a marble forward to get extra force.

Derivatives

ˈfullocking n.
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1832 Citizen 24 Apr. 60/3 The music of the game is also gone—the fine chorusses, the bar burrs, fine toe, toe if I want, fine slips, three inch clinch, fat em', nockeltie, bar fullicking, &c. &c. are no more.
1843 Peter Parley's Ann. 311 Come, down with your taw—no fulking... I like to see boys manly, even in their boyhood.
1898 W. Donisthorpe Down Stream of Civilization ii. 30 Even Socrates was a little boy once, playing at marbles. ‘Now, Socks,’ his schoolfellows would cry, ‘no fullocking.’
1955 F. L. Buxton in W. Pickles My North Countrie 194 To jerk the hand forward when flirting was called ‘fullocking’ and a player prone to that offence would be warned ‘No fullocks’.
1998 J. Cole & S. Calmenson Marbles 20 There are several ways to shoot your marbles, and certain games will require you to shoot different ways. The easiest way is called fulking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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