mountain boomern.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈbuːmə/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌbumər/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., boom v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < mountain n. + boom v.¹ + -er suffix¹, apparently arising from the folk belief that the animals so named are capable of making a booming noise.

U.S.

1. The American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus sciurus (tree squirrel) > sciurus hudsonicus (chickaree)

red squirrel1682

chickaree1804

mountain boomer1858

1858 D. K. Bennett Chronol. N. Carolina 94 The only inhabitants we saw on these high points were pheasants, cross bills,..and mountain boomers, a sort of squirrel.

1883 W. G. Zeigler & B. S. Grosscup Heart of Alleghanies 62 Over all broods a slumberous silence, unbroken but for..the singing of the mountain boomer, or the howl of wolves.

1922 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders (new ed.) 87 Out of a tree overhead hopped a mountain ‘boomer’.

1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0011/059 Mountain boomer—not many around here [i.e. in Tennessee]; found in the Smokies and in the knobs.

2. In extended use: a person who lives in a mountainous area; a hillbilly.Applied esp. to inhabitants of the Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. Occasionally derogatory, though sometimes also a self-designation (see quot. 1913).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of

New Englander1637

bayman1641

New English1647

Novangle1650

Novanglian1752

Yankee1765

cracker1766

Yank?1778

bushwhacker1809

tuckahoe1816

southerner1817

Yengees1819

muskrat1823

blue belly1827

half horse and half alligator1828

Southron1828

northerner1831

westerner1835

Northman1836

Easterner1838

Far-Wester1843

southwesterner1845

western1846

sand-hiller1848

Vineyarder1851

mountain boomer1859

Far Westerner1862

blue-nosed Yankee1866

Appalachian1888

sloper1892

Ozarkian1893

rebel1895

reb1897

Middle Westerner1899

hillbilly1900

Midwesterner1916

Ozarker1920

Geechee1926

Middle American1944

upstater1944

Mid-American1959

1859 H. E. Taliaferro Fisher's River 33 A mountain ‘Boomer’ dressed in a linsey hunting-shirt down to his knees.

1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby 310 Colonel Shanks surprised and captured seventy mountain ‘boomers,’ a peculiar Arkansas organization, which, acting ostensibly with the Federals, yet used this cloak to commit under its covering crimes the most enormous and outrageous.

1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders 207 They call themselves mountain people, or citizens; sometimes humorously ‘mountain boomers’.

1958 Amer. Speech 33 265 (table) Pejorative designations of rural dwellers in the Upper Midwest..mountain boomer.

1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0015/069 Mountain boomer—used ‘right much’ [in Tennessee] for a hermit.

3. The mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Aplodontidae (mountain beaver)

sewellel1806

mountain beaver1877

mountain boomer1877

boomer1890

1877 Amer. Naturalist 11 434 The Mountain Boomer, or Showt'l.—This name is applied in Oregon to the Aplodontia leporina, or ‘Sewellel’... It..makes a kind of booming noise.

1913 Dial. Notes 4 27 Mountain boomer, a beaver-like animal living at the head of mountain streams in small holes that always lead to water.

1940 Mt. Hood Guide 21 The sewellel or mountain beaver, sometimes colloquially called ‘mountain boomer’..resembles the porcupine and marmot rather than the beaver.

4. The collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris.

ΚΠ

1909 in J. A. Lomax Adventures of Ballad Hunter (1947) 52 This is a peculiar country... Prairie dogs, badgers, rattle snakes, lizards, mountain boomers, owels [sic] and coyotes all live in one hole.

1947 G. B. Pickwell Amphibians & Reptiles Pacific States iii. 27 Crotaphytus collaris collaris, the Collared Lizard, or Mountain Boomer, is the type form, the range of which occupies the South Central States.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 74 Most prominent of the American lizards are the iguanas and their relatives, such as the collared lizard or ‘mountain boomer’ of the Southwest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain boomer
释义	mountain boomern. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈbuːmə/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌbumər/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., boom v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < mountain n. + boom v.¹ + -er suffix¹, apparently arising from the folk belief that the animals so named are capable of making a booming noise. U.S. 1. The American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus sciurus (tree squirrel) > sciurus hudsonicus (chickaree) red squirrel1682 chickaree1804 mountain boomer1858 1858 D. K. Bennett Chronol. N. Carolina 94 The only inhabitants we saw on these high points were pheasants, cross bills,..and mountain boomers, a sort of squirrel. 1883 W. G. Zeigler & B. S. Grosscup Heart of Alleghanies 62 Over all broods a slumberous silence, unbroken but for..the singing of the mountain boomer, or the howl of wolves. 1922 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders (new ed.) 87 Out of a tree overhead hopped a mountain ‘boomer’. 1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0011/059 Mountain boomer—not many around here [i.e. in Tennessee]; found in the Smokies and in the knobs. 2. In extended use: a person who lives in a mountainous area; a hillbilly.Applied esp. to inhabitants of the Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. Occasionally derogatory, though sometimes also a self-designation (see quot. 1913). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of New Englander1637 bayman1641 New English1647 Novangle1650 Novanglian1752 Yankee1765 cracker1766 Yank?1778 bushwhacker1809 tuckahoe1816 southerner1817 Yengees1819 muskrat1823 blue belly1827 half horse and half alligator1828 Southron1828 northerner1831 westerner1835 Northman1836 Easterner1838 Far-Wester1843 southwesterner1845 western1846 sand-hiller1848 Vineyarder1851 mountain boomer1859 Far Westerner1862 blue-nosed Yankee1866 Appalachian1888 sloper1892 Ozarkian1893 rebel1895 reb1897 Middle Westerner1899 hillbilly1900 Midwesterner1916 Ozarker1920 Geechee1926 Middle American1944 upstater1944 Mid-American1959 1859 H. E. Taliaferro Fisher's River 33 A mountain ‘Boomer’ dressed in a linsey hunting-shirt down to his knees. 1867 J. N. Edwards Shelby 310 Colonel Shanks surprised and captured seventy mountain ‘boomers,’ a peculiar Arkansas organization, which, acting ostensibly with the Federals, yet used this cloak to commit under its covering crimes the most enormous and outrageous. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders 207 They call themselves mountain people, or citizens; sometimes humorously ‘mountain boomers’. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 265 (table) Pejorative designations of rural dwellers in the Upper Midwest..mountain boomer. 1981 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States 0015/069 Mountain boomer—used ‘right much’ [in Tennessee] for a hermit. 3. The mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Aplodontidae (mountain beaver) sewellel1806 mountain beaver1877 mountain boomer1877 boomer1890 1877 Amer. Naturalist 11 434 The Mountain Boomer, or Showt'l.—This name is applied in Oregon to the Aplodontia leporina, or ‘Sewellel’... It..makes a kind of booming noise. 1913 Dial. Notes 4 27 Mountain boomer, a beaver-like animal living at the head of mountain streams in small holes that always lead to water. 1940 Mt. Hood Guide 21 The sewellel or mountain beaver, sometimes colloquially called ‘mountain boomer’..resembles the porcupine and marmot rather than the beaver. 4. The collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris. ΚΠ 1909 in J. A. Lomax Adventures of Ballad Hunter (1947) 52 This is a peculiar country... Prairie dogs, badgers, rattle snakes, lizards, mountain boomers, owels [sic] and coyotes all live in one hole. 1947 G. B. Pickwell Amphibians & Reptiles Pacific States iii. 27 Crotaphytus collaris collaris, the Collared Lizard, or Mountain Boomer, is the type form, the range of which occupies the South Central States. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 74 Most prominent of the American lizards are the iguanas and their relatives, such as the collared lizard or ‘mountain boomer’ of the Southwest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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