单词 | gangling |
释义 | ganglingn. Now rare (archaic in later use). Harsh or excessive noise or talking, chattering; discordant altercation or din; = jangling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering chaveling?c1225 janglingc1330 jangleryc1374 tatteringc1380 ganglinga1387 clatteringc1400 babbling?c1430 languetingc1450 pratinga1470 cackling1530 prattling1530 tattling1547 gaggling1548 clicketing1575 twattling1577 clacking1594 gabbling1599 blattering1604 snuttering1693 futileness1727 rattling1753 gabbering1798 magginga1800 yaffing1815 deblateration1817 tattlement1837 nattering1859 spieling1859 yattering1859 chatteration1862 quiddling1870 windjamming1886 waffling1958 motormouthing1981 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of ganglinga1387 altercation1410 brawla1500 heat1549 wranglea1555 brabble1566 paroxysm1578 wrangling1580 brangle1600 branglement1617 rixation1623 row1746 skimmington1753 mêlée1765 breeze1785 squeal1788 hash1789 rook1808 blow-up1809 blowout1825 scena1826 reerie1832 catfight1854 barney1855 wigs on the green1856 bull and cow1859 scrap1890 slanging match1896 snap1897 up-and-downer1927 brannigan1941 rhubarb1941 bitch fight1949 punch-up1958 shout-up1965 shouting match1970 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound ganglinga1387 noise?a1425 jarring1555 jangling1581 discord1589 caterwauling1594 latration1623 tingle-tanglea1635 jar1669 crank1786 jangle1795 discordancy1796 inharmony1799 discordance1801 parrot-house1850 soundclash1925 ear-bender1940 a1387 J. Trevisa Dialogue on Transl. (Tiber.) f. 1 Neyþer of ham vnderstondeþ oþere speche no moore þan ganglyng of g[es]. 1577 W. Fulke Overthrow & Confut. Doctr. Purgatory i. vi. 97 in Two Treat. against Papistes O horrible blasphemer,..shal thy vayne gangling..obscure the glory of our Lord. 1630 Will 1 Oct. in J. B. Bright Brights of Suffolk (1858) 107 Theire be not doale given..[at] the church, neither will I have anie gangling of bells. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. (1656) I. ix. 30 Tinkling of brasse,..the gangling of chains: These words..expresse the things which are signified by them. 1711 Earl of Shaftesbury Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times II. 297 This is not of that kind which depends on..ministers Questions and vain gangling. 1880 tr. Maximus of Tyre in A. Walker Christian Found. 411 In such a quarreling and tumult and gangling, you may see this one thing by common consent. 1970 J. Okai in Atlantic Feb. 60/1 Why not leave me to sing: Of the stillness of the stone And the gangling of the gourd. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ganglingadj.1 Now rare (archaic in later use). That talks excessively or noisily, or makes a harsh discordant sound; = jangling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound hoarsec1369 ganglinga1398 roughlyc1400 rauk?a1425 rustyc1430 hask?1440 savagea1450 raw1474 hoar?a1505 harsh1530 untunable1545 jarring1552 jarry1582 barking1589 absonant1600 wrangling1608 raucous1615 asper1626 streperous1637 scrannel1638 caterwaulinga1652 unmelodious1665 jangling1667 latrant1702 untuneful1709 raucid1730 unharmonious1742 unmelodized1771 unmelodic1823 raucal1826 rauque1845 raspish1847 serratic1859 jangled1874 jangly1891 amelodic1937 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. x. 620 [The crowe] is a gangelinge bridde and vnmilde and greuous to men. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 97 Thy will Fals gyglot gangland gill, thow poysonit spewand spout. 1868 Chromolithograph 4 July 199/1 No sound..except the monotonous gangling bells of the camels as they traversed the burning plain. 1998 J. E. Jost in A. Classen Book & Magic of Reading in Middle Ages 171 The..word-devil Tutivillus, a gargoyle lurking in stone above gangling, gossiping women. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ganglingadj.2 1. Very tall and thin, and loose-jointed or awkward in gait or bearing; = gangly adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin maypolea1635 gangrel1650 gangling1764 tanglec1817 lanky1818 langrel1847 weedy1849 spindled1855 tangly1855 rangy1857 lanikin1862 gangly1871 orming1903 spiderish1935 leptosomic1936 leptosomatic1937 1764 T. A. Arne Guardian Out-witted i. vi. 15 Let me see what the gangling creature says. 1846 A. Smith Physiol. Evening Parties (new ed.) iv. 19 Her two brothers——tall, gangling, awkward young men..——are invariably most happy to come. 1893 Harper's Mag. June 155/1 The long-legged, gangling sheriff retired. 1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor v. 63 Tall and gangling, Fay had a long-jawed horse face. 1955 Times 18 Dec. 3/2 The massive gangling figure of Mr —— hurtled out of his room. 1991 Texas Monthly July 131/3 His goofy face and gangling limbs. 2002 Nature Conservancy Fall 78/1 Between the gangling silhouettes of wading birds strolling the shallow pools in search of minnows. 2. Of a plant: long and straggling. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > spindly or straggling spindly1655 straggling1674 spindling1750 gangling1818 speary1821 spindled1855 gangly1886 1818 Abercrombie's Every Man his Own Gardener (red. 21) 544 To prune the extremities of sound roots, and especially to shorten the gangling top-roots of a plant. 1847 Horticulturist Mar. 437/1 This..soon results in a vegetable Falstaff's regiment—some plants being long, sprawling, gangling, some dormant and dumpy. 1936 A. H. Wood Grow them Indoors 15 Utilitarian objects that serve to fill in dark corners or cover a damaged table top. A dejected Aspidistra, perhaps, or a gangling rubber plant. 1967 Gardeners Chron. 22 Nov. 12/2 It is an awkward, gangling plant, common to the Tibesti oases and growing up to 8 ft. high. 2005 S. H. Yafa Big Cotton 1 For a scrawny, gangling plant that produces hairs about as insubstantial as milkweed, cotton has exerted a mighty hold over human events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387adj.1a1398adj.21764 |
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