| 单词 | on the bash |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the bash 2. In various slang uses: (a) an attempt, esp. in to have a bash (at); (b) a good time; a spree; a party (see quot. 19481, Amer. Speech) U.S.; on the bash, on a drinking bout (apparently Scottish and New Zealand); also (examples are U.K.), soliciting as a prostitute (quots. 1936, 1959 at sense 1); (c) in Jazz, a ‘jam session’ (only U.S.?). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous revela1375 riotc1440 revel-rout1587 wassail1603 randan1640 rant1650 high-go1774 splore?a1786 gilravagea1796 spree1804 lark1811 spray1813 shindy1821 randy1825 randy-dandy1835 batter1839 flare-up1844 barney1850 jamboree1868 tear1869 whoop-up1876 beano1888 razzle1892 razzle-dazzle1893 bash1901 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adverb] > on a drinking bout on (also upon) the spree1847 on a spree1847 on the booze1850 on the scoop1871 on the beer1887 on the bash1901 on a whizzer1910 on the piss1929 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > engaged in prostitution [phrase] upon the town1712 on (or upon) the loose1749 on the turf1860 on the game1898 on the bash1936 on the knock1969 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session session1927 jam1929 jam session1929 clambake1937 skiffle1946 bash1949 blow1962 open mike1978 the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] fanda1225 procurea1325 assay1370 workc1384 to put oneself in pressc1390 purchasec1400 buskc1450 study1483 fend15.. try1534 enterprise1547 to make an attempt?c1550 to give the venture1589 prove1612 nixuriate1623 to lay out1659 essay1715 to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771 to have (or take or give) a crack1836 to make an out1843 to go to market1870 to give it a burl1917 to have a bash (at)1950 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xxi. 222 Let us go out and do a bash! 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast viii. 167 Ye ken what a man's like when he's been on the bash. 1924 Kelso Chron. 12 Sept. 2/8 The village tailor..had an unfortunate weakness for getting terribly ‘on the bash’ perhaps twice a year. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 23 Most of the time she's on the bash round the flash bars. 1948 Amer. Speech 23 219 One could store or stash food for a big bash. This involved eating two or three days' rations at one time. 1948 D. Ballantyne in Landfall II. 111 He figured what he spent on beer weeknights would total no more than what most jokers spent on their Saturday bashes. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 11 Have a bash at, to make an attempt. 1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop vi. 42 One jazz concert promoter, who in previous years had presented nothing but Dixieland bashes. 1950 Home (U.S.) 2 Apr. 8 (Wentworth & Flexner) Some of these bashes were impromptu at 4 in the morning by trumpet players. 1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils I. 135 He's decided to have a bash at tightening up the discipline. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxiii. 192 I'll have a bash just the same. 1957 I. Murdoch Sandcastle iii. 38 Come on..have a bash. You can translate the first word anyway. 1959 Streetwalker iii. 58 From the hours you keep..I'd say you were on the bash. 1959 M. Shadbolt New Zealanders 156 Jack and I went on the bash every Saturday... Drink all day and pay a visit to the local house at night. 1959 Times 26 May 12/6 Tried some anti-rust oil? Worth a bash. 1961 A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 7 Bash, a ball; party. < as lemmas |
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