单词 | jiffle |
释义 | jifflev. Now dialect. intransitive. To shuffle, to fidget. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (intransitive)] fikec1220 walka1225 shrugc1460 friga1500 fridgea1550 toss1560 fidge1575 trifle1618 figglea1652 jiffle1674 nestle1699 fidget1753 rummage1755 fissle1786 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 134 Jogging on in a jiffling way, they lag behind at every bearing, as they come up more or less at every jetting. 1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 7 139 You limp'd and jiffled for a long while after. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To jiffle, to shuffle. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Jiffle, to fidget. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Jiffling, fidgety. 1963 S. Marshall Exper. in Educ. iii. 93 I have usually been aware of a discreet rustling (and jiffling) among my audience, and..little note-books and pencils have appeared. 1968 G. J. Barrett Guilty, be Damned! ix. 104 Fenton's stomach squirmed, and he jiffled in his seat. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 13 Ann was working our gramophone,..and Sylvia was standing beside her, jiffling to the tunes. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 13 I prowled round the perimeter of the little conversations, attracted by Sylvia's jiffle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1674 |
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