nippety-tuckadv.

Brit.

/ˌnɪpᵻtɪˈtʌk/, U.S.

/ˈˌnɪpᵻdiˈtək/

Forms: 1800s– nipity-tuck, 1900s– nipety-tuck, 1900s– nippety-tuck, 1900s– nippity-tuck.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nip and tuck adj.

Etymology: Alteration of nip and tuck adj., probably after lickety-split n. at lickety adv. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. nippity-tuck adv. also records a form nickety-tuck, with the same sense.

U.S. regional (Midland).

= nip and tuck adj. (and adv.)

ΚΠ

1869 Wisconsin State Reg. 12 June The fight will doubtless be ‘nipity tuck’, as Reid, they say, has the most votes, but Julian the most of the jury.

1912 Dial. Notes 3 584 They went nippity-tuck clear around the track.

1937 R. D. Hyatt Marthy Lou's Kiverlid 64 An' thar they had it nippety-tuck.

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

单词	nippety-tuck
释义	nippety-tuckadv. Brit. /ˌnɪpᵻtɪˈtʌk/, U.S. /ˈˌnɪpᵻdiˈtək/ Forms: 1800s– nipity-tuck, 1900s– nipety-tuck, 1900s– nippety-tuck, 1900s– nippity-tuck. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nip and tuck adj. Etymology: Alteration of nip and tuck adj., probably after lickety-split n. at lickety adv. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. nippity-tuck adv. also records a form nickety-tuck, with the same sense. U.S. regional (Midland). = nip and tuck adj. (and adv.) ΚΠ 1869 Wisconsin State Reg. 12 June The fight will doubtless be ‘nipity tuck’, as Reid, they say, has the most votes, but Julian the most of the jury. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 584 They went nippity-tuck clear around the track. 1937 R. D. Hyatt Marthy Lou's Kiverlid 64 An' thar they had it nippety-tuck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1869
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