gammern.

Brit.

/ˈɡamə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmər/

Forms: 1500s gandmer, 1500s (1800s English regional) ganmer, 1500s–1800s gammar, 1500s– gammer, 1600s gamar.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: godmother n., grandmother n.

Etymology: Shortened < either godmother n. or grandmother n.: compare gaffer n. and see discussion at that entry. Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by gammerstang n.

Chiefly English regional in later use. Now somewhat archaic.

An old woman; (in later use frequently) spec. a grandmother, or (less commonly) other old female close relative. Also as a form of address, and as a title preceding a name. (The female counterpart of gaffer n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > old

gammer1575

1575 (title) A ryght pithy, pleasaunt an[d] merie comedie: Intytuled Gammer gurtons nedle.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiii^v My Gammer is so out of course, and frantyke all at ones.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B Now gandmer are not these your examples moralized?

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre v. vi. 87 in Wks. II Hee has stolne gammar Vrsla's panne.

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. sig. E^v But gammer are not you a Witch?

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 18 Our honest old Gammer is laid in the Clay.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xv. 296 The pedlar..listened with the utmost Attention to Gammer Andrews's Story.

1818 Sunday School Repository Dec. 199 He was asked, Why he wished to go to heaven: he replied, ‘That he might see his Gaffer and his Gammer (meaning his parents) whom he was sure were gone there’.

1837 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 281 Our present ninnyhammers..mumble rhymes that seem to've been concocted by their Gammars.

1838 R. F. Williams Shakespeare & his Friends xi. 136 I heard from my gammer..and my gammer got it from her gossip, and her gossip had it from a cousin of hers..that this Sir Walter Raleigh hath fallen out with the great Earl of Essex.

1881 T. Hardy Laodicean III. vi. iv. 247 Why can't 'em hire a travelling chap to touch up the picters into her own gaffers and gammers?

1914 J. Helston Thracian Sea iii. 23 Gammer Polgrean..was of great and unknown age, but of extraordinary vitality.

1937 J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit x. 201 Some of the younger people in the town..laughed at the greybeards and gammers who said that they had seen him [sc. the dragon] flying in the sky in their young days.

1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) iii. 20 Melinda..called everyone, even ancient gaffers and gammers, by their Christian names.

2007 A. Elyot Too Great a Lady xvi. 121 It would have been a slap in the face of my dear gammer as raised me, to admit that [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gammerv.

Brit.

/ˈɡamə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmər/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammer n.

Etymology: < gammer n. With the likely semantic motivation compare gossip v., gossip n., cummer n.

English regional (chiefly northern). Now rare.

intransitive. To idle, trifle, gossip; to lounge about; to fritter away (time).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)]

emptyeOE

to tell the clock1527

idle1668

to kick one's heels1703

twirl1777

gammer1788

to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846

to make (also do) kef1852

goof1932

doss1937

to sit on one's hands1939

to bugger about ——1946

to spin one's wheels1960

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip

talea1225

talk1461

twittle1551

tattle1581

clasha1689

fetch-and-carry1770

gammer1788

chit-chat1821

rumour1832

nipper1840

coffee-house1861

cooze1870

chopse1879

skinder1942

scuttlebutt1945

to talk trash1947

gyaff1976

gist1992

tongue-wag-

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 331 To Gammer, to idle.

1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 48/1 Gammer, to idle, or trifle... ‘What is thou (are you) gammering away thy (your) time there for?’

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 75/1 ‘Gying gammering about’, sauntering and tattling all over.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Gammer, to idle, waste time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gammer
释义	gammern. Brit. /ˈɡamə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmər/ Forms: 1500s gandmer, 1500s (1800s English regional) ganmer, 1500s–1800s gammar, 1500s– gammer, 1600s gamar. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: godmother n., grandmother n. Etymology: Shortened < either godmother n. or grandmother n.: compare gaffer n. and see discussion at that entry. Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by gammerstang n. Chiefly English regional in later use. Now somewhat archaic. An old woman; (in later use frequently) spec. a grandmother, or (less commonly) other old female close relative. Also as a form of address, and as a title preceding a name. (The female counterpart of gaffer n.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > old gammer1575 1575 (title) A ryght pithy, pleasaunt an[d] merie comedie: Intytuled Gammer gurtons nedle. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiii^v My Gammer is so out of course, and frantyke all at ones. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B Now gandmer are not these your examples moralized? 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre v. vi. 87 in Wks. II Hee has stolne gammar Vrsla's panne. 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches ii. sig. E^v But gammer are not you a Witch? 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 18 Our honest old Gammer is laid in the Clay. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xv. 296 The pedlar..listened with the utmost Attention to Gammer Andrews's Story. View more context for this quotation 1818 Sunday School Repository Dec. 199 He was asked, Why he wished to go to heaven: he replied, ‘That he might see his Gaffer and his Gammer (meaning his parents) whom he was sure were gone there’. 1837 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 281 Our present ninnyhammers..mumble rhymes that seem to've been concocted by their Gammars. 1838 R. F. Williams Shakespeare & his Friends xi. 136 I heard from my gammer..and my gammer got it from her gossip, and her gossip had it from a cousin of hers..that this Sir Walter Raleigh hath fallen out with the great Earl of Essex. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean III. vi. iv. 247 Why can't 'em hire a travelling chap to touch up the picters into her own gaffers and gammers? 1914 J. Helston Thracian Sea iii. 23 Gammer Polgrean..was of great and unknown age, but of extraordinary vitality. 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit x. 201 Some of the younger people in the town..laughed at the greybeards and gammers who said that they had seen him [sc. the dragon] flying in the sky in their young days. 1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) iii. 20 Melinda..called everyone, even ancient gaffers and gammers, by their Christian names. 2007 A. Elyot Too Great a Lady xvi. 121 It would have been a slap in the face of my dear gammer as raised me, to admit that [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammerv. Brit. /ˈɡamə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammer n. Etymology: < gammer n. With the likely semantic motivation compare gossip v., gossip n., cummer n. English regional (chiefly northern). Now rare. intransitive. To idle, trifle, gossip; to lounge about; to fritter away (time). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 331 To Gammer, to idle. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 48/1 Gammer, to idle, or trifle... ‘What is thou (are you) gammering away thy (your) time there for?’ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 75/1 ‘Gying gammering about’, sauntering and tattling all over. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Gammer, to idle, waste time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575v.1788
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