| 单词 | give a person gyp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person or thing) gyp 1. to give (a person or thing) gyp: (of a person) to punish or admonish (a person); to assault or beat (a person or thing); (hence in later use) to mock or tease; to criticize. Also similarly to get gyp. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 1887 Leeds Mercury 10 Nov. 3/5 He replied that she must understand that his club was not for people who drank; it was for sick persons. Mrs. Laister had made herself ill, and he would give her ‘gip’ when she did come to him. 1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 369/1 Ah'll gi'e tha jip... ‘Ah gav' it jip Ah can tell tha,’ said of beating a carpet soundly with a stick in each hand. 1915 ‘B. Cable’ Between Lines 19 We'll give 'em gyp if they try it. My guns are laid on their front trench and I can sweep the whole of this front with shrapnel. 1999 Select Feb. 49/3 The [record] sleeve's going to be a picture of Rasputin... I think we might get a bit of gyp for it, but I think he was just a bit misunderstood. 2018 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 8 Dec. The Mrs's family are all Boro fans from Normanby so they've been giving me a bit of gyp all week. to give (a person) gyp 2. to give (a person) gyp: (of a part of the body, a situation, a condition, etc.) to hurt (a person), to cause pain for; (hence) to cause trouble for, to irritate or distress. ΚΠ 1894 White Lead Comm.: Minutes Evid. Departmental Comm. Various Lead Industries 143/2 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7239-I) XVII. 743 It gave me ‘gip’;..we could not get rid of the steam which used to smother us. You do not take any ill effects from it when it is dry; it was the vapour coming off when you boiled it. 1917 P. MacGill Brown Brethren xii. 170 A cramp in my guts!..Gawd, it isn't 'arf giving me gyp! 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 46 If you knew what gyp those shoes were giving me that night. 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year lxv. 417 His knees had been giving him gip lately. < as lemmas |
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