opener-uppern.

Brit.

/ˌəʊp(ə)nəˈrʌpə/,

/ˌəʊpn̩əˈrʌpə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊp(ə)nəˈrəpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: opener n., -upper comb. form.

Etymology: < opener n. + -upper comb. form, after to open up at open v. Phrasal verbs. Compare earlier opener-up n.

U.S. colloquial.

A person who or thing that opens. Cf. opener-up n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series > first of series of events

opener1883

opener-upper1941

1941 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 368/2 A patriotic opener-upper, ‘Under the Double Eagle’.

1951 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. 33/3 By 1952 the benevolent Josef Stalin may be Finland's ‘Chief of State’ and the official Olympic opener-upper.

1992 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 2 (headline) Tutoring a real ‘opener-upper’; she learns while helping.

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

单词	opener-upper
释义	opener-uppern. Brit. /ˌəʊp(ə)nəˈrʌpə/, /ˌəʊpn̩əˈrʌpə/, U.S. /ˌoʊp(ə)nəˈrəpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: opener n., -upper comb. form. Etymology: < opener n. + -upper comb. form, after to open up at open v. Phrasal verbs. Compare earlier opener-up n. U.S. colloquial. A person who or thing that opens. Cf. opener-up n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series > first of series of events opener1883 opener-upper1941 1941 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 368/2 A patriotic opener-upper, ‘Under the Double Eagle’. 1951 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. 33/3 By 1952 the benevolent Josef Stalin may be Finland's ‘Chief of State’ and the official Olympic opener-upper. 1992 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 2 (headline) Tutoring a real ‘opener-upper’; she learns while helping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941
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