单词 | paddywhack |
释义 | paddywhackn. colloquial. 1. a. Chiefly derogatory. An Irishman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland IrishmanOE Ireis1297 hooded mana1464 Mac1518 Irish1553 Teague?1661 bog-trotter1682 Milesian1682 dear joy1688 Teaguelander1689 paddy1714 bog-lander1736 bog-stalkera1758 brogueneer1758 paddywhack1773 Pat1796 West Briton1805 Irisher1807 Patlander1820 Greek1823 Mick1850 redneck1852 Grecian1853 mickeyc1854 Mike1859 harp1904 1773 R. Morris Diary 10 Nov. in Radical Adventurer (1971) 95 One fine Paddy-whack, fit for the plough & about 35 years of age, with whom we drank Chocolate at a fine Convent. 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Poems II. 163 Like a Jew or Bramin with Father O'Leary..Tis a wonderful mixture of whiskey and sack, One half's Rubinelli, the rest—Paddy Whack. 1795 J. Murdock Triumphs of Love iii. 61 And, shir Dick, if you call me Paddy-Whack again, I'll make you fale the weight of an Irish fist upon your English pate. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Whack A paddywhack; a stout brawney Irishman. 1856 W. M. Thackeray Let. 15 Mar. (1946) III. 585 Only a malignant blundering Paddywhack could write in this way. 1886 Notes & Queries 15 May 388 In my early days every Irishman was known as ‘Paddywhack’. 1999 UNIX Rev. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 9 Jock (another ethnic slur to the supersensitive?) might well have used ‘Paddy’ without offending his friend. But in other contexts, ‘mick’, ‘paddy’, ‘paddywack’, ‘jock’, and so on do need care. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars Gregorian Calendarc1275 Julian Calendarc1275 fastia1387 almanacc1392 prognostication1486 shepherd's calendar1506 ephemeris1559 perpetual almanac?1566 perpetual calendar1577 ephemeris1647 primstaff1662 rim-stock1662 parapegma1671 Poor Robin1708 menologium1709 menologion1727 rune-staff1753 Liberian Calendar1754 parapegm1755 timetable1758 prognosticator1779 Hindu calendar1795 Moore's Almanac1806 Moorea1821 numeral1853 Advent calendar1867 paddywhack almanac1875 paddy1876 Islamic calendar1912 1875 R. E. Leader Reminisc. Old Sheffield viii. 186 Over the fireplace is a paddywhack almanack. 2. U.S. colloquial = paddy n.2 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds xxxi. 113 In the neighborhood of Morehead, N.C., Paddy-whack. 1917 Birds of Amer. I. 152 Other names [of the ruddy duck are]..Paddy-whack; Stub-and-twist;..Dinky; Dinkey; Paddy. 1960 Amer. Speech 35 299 The paddywhack is the ruddy duck, common to Illinois. 3. A severe beating; a violent blow. Now chiefly nursery.Sometimes with allusion to the chorus of the folk song This Old Man (see quot. a1928). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 111 Ah gev yon beggar paddy-whack fer his sauce, an' he'll nut fergit it in a hurry. a1928 in T. Wood Oxf. Song Bk. II. 100 This old man, he plays one, He plays nickernacks on an old bone. Nickernacks, Paddywhacks, give a dog a bone, This old man came toddling home. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 75 ‘Of course Michael is not going to be unsociable,’ she announced. ‘I'll have to give him a paddy-whack if he is.’ 2000 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 28 Oct. 29 I have given the odd spontaneous paddywhack myself. I muse later what a waste of time that was. Smacks don't work. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 25 He's a libellous old rip, an' he'll be in a ravin' paddy-wack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773 |
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