off-breakn.

Brit.

/ˈɒfˌbreɪk/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˌbreɪk/,

/ˈɑfˌbreɪk/

Forms: see off- prefix and break n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, break n.¹, off adj.

Etymology: In sense 1 < off- prefix + break n.¹; in sense 2 < off adj. + break n.¹

1. The act or result of breaking off; a schism. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body

scattering1382

segregation1617

singling1625

dismemberment1838

off-break1866

split-off1935

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire in Trans. Philol. Soc. 18 124 The Free-kirk's an aff-brack fae the Aul' Kirk.

1892 G. M. Rae Syrian Church in India 195 Her ranks had been greatly thinned by the off-break of Protestantism.

1934 Discovery Mar. 60/1 The line offering the most advantageous terrain must be carefully observed, glacier off-breaks noted, where and how often breaks occur.

2. Cricket. A slow delivery bowled in such a way that, on pitching, it changes direction and spins towards the leg side; a change of a ball's direction towards the leg side.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1883 Sportsman 7 Mar. 4/5 Giffen faced Macdonnell, who drove Barlow straight to the bowler's screen and saw Macdonnell fairly beaten by Bates, who, with an off break, bowled his middle stump.

1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 117 The next spin or twist on the ball..is the rotary motion from left to right. This, in cricket phraseology, is termed the ‘off’ break.

1903 G. L. Jessop in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket v. 134 On a bad wicket and with an off-break bowler the position of short leg is indispensable.

1927 G. A. Terrill Out in Glare iv. 74 If the spin meant the usual off-break, the ball was straighter than Verlenden had intended. It would break right away to leg.

1955 K. R. Miller & R. S. Whitington Cricket Typhoon i. ii. 32 In..Yorkshire, the ‘Chinaman’ is regarded as the lefthand bowler's off-break.

1987 Cricket World Aug. 54/2 Barry Lloyd's offbreaks accounted for four students at a cost of 20 runs.

2001 Indiaweekly 16 Mar. 55/3 A victory target of 161 on a turning track, with Murali Muralitheran bowling vicious off-breaks, was no easy task.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† off-breakv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, break v.

Etymology: < off- prefix + break v.Compare Old English ofbrecan in the same sense ( < of- prefix + break v.):lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 675 Ic amansumie ealle þa þær aniþing ofbreke.

Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

transitive. To break or rescind (a contract, etc.); to break off.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) viii. cxciii. 135 But Satan, though his spightful heart did leap For joy to see how in his fallen cheeks Hunger had writ her cruel conquest deep; With fained princely pitty yet off breaks His course.

1872 M. MacLennan Peasant Life 2nd Ser. 47 She winna be ony speckillation tae the pairish by offbraikin' the banns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	off-break
释义	off-breakn. Brit. /ˈɒfˌbreɪk/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌbreɪk/, /ˈɑfˌbreɪk/ Forms: see off- prefix and break n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, break n.¹, off adj. Etymology: In sense 1 < off- prefix + break n.¹; in sense 2 < off adj. + break n.¹ 1. The act or result of breaking off; a schism. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body scattering1382 segregation1617 singling1625 dismemberment1838 off-break1866 split-off1935 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire in Trans. Philol. Soc. 18 124 The Free-kirk's an aff-brack fae the Aul' Kirk. 1892 G. M. Rae Syrian Church in India 195 Her ranks had been greatly thinned by the off-break of Protestantism. 1934 Discovery Mar. 60/1 The line offering the most advantageous terrain must be carefully observed, glacier off-breaks noted, where and how often breaks occur. 2. Cricket. A slow delivery bowled in such a way that, on pitching, it changes direction and spins towards the leg side; a change of a ball's direction towards the leg side. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1883 Sportsman 7 Mar. 4/5 Giffen faced Macdonnell, who drove Barlow straight to the bowler's screen and saw Macdonnell fairly beaten by Bates, who, with an off break, bowled his middle stump. 1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 117 The next spin or twist on the ball..is the rotary motion from left to right. This, in cricket phraseology, is termed the ‘off’ break. 1903 G. L. Jessop in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket v. 134 On a bad wicket and with an off-break bowler the position of short leg is indispensable. 1927 G. A. Terrill Out in Glare iv. 74 If the spin meant the usual off-break, the ball was straighter than Verlenden had intended. It would break right away to leg. 1955 K. R. Miller & R. S. Whitington Cricket Typhoon i. ii. 32 In..Yorkshire, the ‘Chinaman’ is regarded as the lefthand bowler's off-break. 1987 Cricket World Aug. 54/2 Barry Lloyd's offbreaks accounted for four students at a cost of 20 runs. 2001 Indiaweekly 16 Mar. 55/3 A victory target of 161 on a turning track, with Murali Muralitheran bowling vicious off-breaks, was no easy task. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † off-breakv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, break v. Etymology: < off- prefix + break v.Compare Old English ofbrecan in the same sense ( < of- prefix + break v.):lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 675 Ic amansumie ealle þa þær aniþing ofbreke. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). transitive. To break or rescind (a contract, etc.); to break off. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) viii. cxciii. 135 But Satan, though his spightful heart did leap For joy to see how in his fallen cheeks Hunger had writ her cruel conquest deep; With fained princely pitty yet off breaks His course. 1872 M. MacLennan Peasant Life 2nd Ser. 47 She winna be ony speckillation tae the pairish by offbraikin' the banns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1866v.1702
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