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单词 nunchuck
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nunchuckn.

Brit. /ˈnʌntʃʌk/, U.S. /ˈnənˌtʃək/
Inflections: Plural nunchucks, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– numchak Brit. /ˈnʌmtʃak/, U.S. /ˈnəmˌtʃɑk/, 1900s– numchuck, 1900s– numchuk Brit. /ˈnʌmtʃʌk/, U.S. /ˈnəmˌtʃək/, 1900s– nunchak Brit. /ˈnʌntʃak/, U.S. /ˈnənˌtʃɑk/, 1900s– nunchuck, 1900s– nunchuk.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nunchaku n.
Etymology: Shortened < nunchaku n. (with loss of final vowel probably reflecting partial devoicing of -u in spoken Japanese). Forms with -chuck show alteration after chuck v.2
Martial Arts.
= nunchaku n.
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nunchuck1970
1970 Mattoon (Illinois) Jrnl. Gaz. 28 Feb. 3/2 Their weaponry consists of a motley collection of bats, two-handed flails [printed blails] called nunchucks and a varying mastery of karate.
1974 Black Belt Feb. 8 Police began complaining that nunchucks (colloquial) were contributing to violence in Los Angeles.
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Nov. a34 He carries numchucks, a lethal weapon consisting of a chain suspended from two wooden handles.
1995 Handguns June 96/3 Go ahead and practice with nunchucks in a martial arts school.
2004 Impact Aug. 53/1 One quick change later and he is clad in a familiar yellow and black tracksuit and using a pair of nunchucks as his weapon of choice.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nunchuckv.

Brit. /ˈnʌntʃʌk/, U.S. /ˈnənˌtʃək/
Forms: 1900s– numchuck Brit. /ˈnʌmtʃʌk/, U.S. /ˈnəmˌtʃək/, 1900s– nunchuck, 1900s– nunchuk.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nunchuck n.
Etymology: < nunchuck n.
transitive. To hit (a person or thing) with a nunchuck. Also (in extended use): to fell, defeat, browbeat.
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1990 InfoWorld 24 Dec. 25/1 A set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle play-action figures and a box full of bad guys for them to numchuck, karate chop, and toss daggers at.
1991 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 2 Sept. iii. 21 The stern legions of Operation Rescue have been..nunchucked in California.
1994 B. Sterling Globalhead 266 Remind me to wrap some pad on those goddamned metal uprights. I feel like I've been nunchucked.
2003 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 16 Apr. e2 The martial arts genre has been numchucked into submission in various titles on all the gaming consoles, with nothing exciting emerging lately.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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