单词 | go-round |
释义 | go-roundn. Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. = merry-go-round n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round carousel1673 whimsic chair?c1684 whimsy1684 merry-go-round1729 roundabout1763 turnabout1789 whirligig1816 spin-'em-round1851 go-round1857 whirly-go-round1865 merry-go-around1873 giddy-go-round1879 go-around1888 razzle-dazzle1890 joy-wheel1911 chairoplane1922 whip1925 Noah's Ark1945 waltzer1961 swirl1962 1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 749/1 Numerous go-rounds and swinging-boats perform their evolutions, filled with beautiful and artistically-dressed children. 1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 29 In another place..was an enormous ‘go-round’ of wooden ponies. 1886 Harper's Mag. July 172/2 The rink and the go-round opposite the hotel were in full tilt. 1903 Railway Conductor June 510/2 [They] strolled near a mammoth merry-go-round..the power gave out and the go-round was out of business. 2007 T. L. Hines Dead whisper On ix. 71 She recalled rides on the go-round, cotton candy on her hands, [etc.]. 2. The action or an act of going round (with reference to physical motion); (the execution of) a circuit or revolution. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > a revolution or rotation tour1477 gyre1566 circumvolution1570 twista1577 revolution1648 roll1667 rollover1817 go-round1883 1883 J. M. Lang Life xiv. 189 It is the purpose of action which..raises it above what is merely mechanical or physical—the go-round of the wheel or the labour of the horse. 1885 All Year Round 19 Dec. 373/1 They were two railroad men having a bit of a go-round. 1892 Amer. Machinist 31 Mar. 6/1 This was at least 1,000 times the weight of the shaft, not including the old trap of a lathe that supplied the ‘go round’. 1994 P. D. James Original Sin (1995) xxiii. 153 ‘Do you vacuum the room?’ ‘Might give it a quick go round if it looked as if it needed it.’ 2014 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 3 Aug. 1 c Taylor Schwartz leads Yumit, her pet Tibetian terrier, on a go-round at the eighth annual Bismarck Kennel Club Dog Show. 3. An argument, a confrontation, a set-to; a tussle. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel controversy1448 tencion?1473 brulyie1531 pique1532 feudc1565 quarrel1566 jar1583 controverse1596 brack1600 outcast1620 rixation1623 controversarya1635 simultya1637 outfall1647 outfallingc1650 controversion1658 démêlé1661 embroilment1667 strut1677 risse1684 rubber1688 fray1702 brulyiement1718 fallout1725 tossa1732 embroil1742 ding-dong?1760 pilget1777 fratch1805 spar1836 splutter1838 bust-up1842 whid1847 chip1854 kass-kass1873 wap1887 run-in1894 go-round1898 blue1943 hassle1945 square-up?1949 ruck1958 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xvi. 142 Me an' him had a little go-round to-day. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxiii. 286 I had me a good go-round with them jessies. We cain't see it the same way about killin' 'em. 1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus i. v. 100 Chances are, he's having a go-round with some editor out there who's just shit-canned one of his articles. 1976 A. Rice Interview with Vampire (1977) i. 76 I think I have described to you with accuracy our sparring matches, our angry go-rounds. 2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xxiv. 201 ‘I know,’ I said,..bracing myself for yet another go-round with Mrs. Dietl. 4. A session or bout of some activity; an experience, an attempt. to be on one's last go-round: to be doing something for the last time; (chiefly in African-American usage) to be at one's last gasp, to be close to death. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > spell of some action whilec1175 stint1533 crash1549 fleech1589 spell1707 return1763 run1864 fling period1885 go-round1911 jag1913 brannigan1928 1911 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 24 277 I'm on my last go-round,..God knows Albirdie won't write to me. 1914 Times-Enterprise (Thomasville, Georgia) 17 Nov. At the last go round many of our voters voted the Moose ticket. 1925 B. Smith in W. C. Handy St. Louis Blues (MS transcript of song) (O.E.D. archive) I hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down..It makes me think I'm on my last go-round. 1951 Changing Times Aug. 24/2 You sneeze and weep and sniffle; you've got your first attack of hay fever. After the first go-round, you'll likely be a slave to the malady the rest of your life. 1988 Blues & Soul 2 Aug. 19/4 James may be on his last go round, as has been suggested by many, but he's going out funking the world. 2006 G. Freymann-Weyr Stay with Me xix. 177 Every serious go-round we had of kissing and everything else would start with his holding my hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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