单词 | hoppy |
释义 | hoppyn.1 colloquial. A lame man. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person cripplec950 lameOE maimed1340 halterc1440 maima1500 maim?a1500 Vulcan1600 lamester1639 limpard1653 vulcanist1656 lameter1823 gammy1893 hoppy1904 crip1918 gimp1925 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing xiii. 249/2 Hoppy, a cripple. 1909 S. Watson Wops the Waif iii. 5 Who-ay, Cully, here's Hoppy with the Rozin. 1962 J. Franklyn Dict. Nicknames 49 Hoppy, the nickname of anyone who walks with a limp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). hoppyn.2 U.S. slang. An opium addict. (Cf. hop n.1 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to opium pipe1779 pipe-fiend1889 opiumate1894 hop fiend1898 hophead1911 hoppy1922 1922 E. F. Murphy Black Candle ii. i. 114 The Chinese here still furnish a large percentage of the ‘hoppies’. 1924 G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom xxiv. 301 Even the ‘hoppies’ themselves look down on a user of cocaine. 1941 B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in N.Y. 129 A lush, a prosty, a hoppy, and a pain in the neck, say the police. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). hoppyadj.1 1. Tasting or smelling of hops; beery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [adjective] > flavoured with hops hopped1669 hoppy1893 1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 458 Jest so it don't tas'e hoppy, I ain't pertic'lar; but from hoppy bread deliver me! 1964 Listener 26 Mar. 534/3 Over cool dinner, the sour hoppy breath. 2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by drugs or drug-taking. U.S. slang. (Cf. hop n.1 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [adjective] druggy1919 hoppy1942 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [adjective] > to opium hoppy1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §509/30 Hoppy, smelling of drugs. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues vii. 98 Detroit is really a hoppy town—people must order their opium along with their groceries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). hoppyadj.2 colloquial. Characterized by, or predisposed to, hopping; lively, full of movement; limping, lame. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with short swaying steps waddling1662 hoppy1902 waddly1934 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > hopping > of the nature of or characterized by hop, step, and jump1783 hoppity1888 hoppy1902 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly lightOE quiverOE wight1390 yerna1400 sharpc1440 fisking?1523 skeetc1540 nimblea1547 flit1590 brisk1599 brisky1600 smart1602 whipping1602 running1662 nimble-movinga1676 snack1710 brushing1792 adance1828 slippy1847 nippy1849 smartish1921 hoppy1934 1860 [see hoppiness n. at Derivatives]. 1902 in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 232 ‘To go hoppy’ is to walk rather lame. Among the working classes, lame persons are often nicknamed ‘Oppy’, as ‘Oppy Smith’, which denotes a certain Smith who is somewhat lame. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 166 He had a game leg and for this his friends called him Hoppy Holohan. 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns (1936) 42 Juventino Rosas..who once wrote a pleasant and rather hoppy waltz. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §53/15 Rapid; quick, hoppy. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §131/11 Crippled; lame, hoppy. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 119 It's a damned good thing these hoppy bastards [sc. kangaroos] can't understand me. Derivatives ˈhoppiness n. hopping manner or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > hopping > quality hoppiness1860 1860 J. White Hist. France (ed. 2) 3 Animals [frogs]..the exact image of himself in hoppiness of motion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11904n.21922adj.11893adj.21860 |
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