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单词 pingling
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pinglingn.

Brit. /ˈpɪŋɡlɪŋ/, /ˈpɪŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡlɪŋ/
Forms: see pingle v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pingle v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pingle v. + -ing suffix1.
Now regional and archaic.
1. Scottish.
a. Probably: rivalry, contention. Cf. pingle v. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
struta1300
barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]
rivality1528
strife1530
envy1541
emulation1552
contention1576
pinglinga1578
countermatch1581
paragon1590
competency1594
corrivality1598
rivalry1598
concurrence1603
contestation1603
competitiona1608
rivalling1607
concurrency1609
strift1612
corrivalry1614
rivalty1631
contest1648
corrivalty1649
coping1678
co-rivalry1835
rivalism1850
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 159 They were all Borderers and could ryde and prick well, and held the Scottishmen in pingling [so two MSS.] be their pricking and skirmishing.
b. Exertion, laborious work; struggle. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > under difficulties > action of
wrestling?c1225
strugglingc1386
pingling1768
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 43 Wi' my teeth I gnew the raips in twa, And wi' sair pingling wan at last awa'.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 126 Pingling, the act of labouring with little success.
c. A thrashing, a drubbing. rare.
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1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 129/1 Vbl. n. pinglin, a thrashing, drubbing (Rxb. 1965).
2. Poor appetite; half-hearted eating or drinking; the action of picking at one's food. Cf. pingle v. 5a. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating small amounts
pingling1602
pick1688
1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 17 Nay fill your Cup, Wee'le haue no pingling now we are alone.
1684 Tongue Combatants 12 Wif. Wee'l have no flinching Bess; round let it pass. Wid. I, I, no pingling now,—come toss it up.
1968 N. Lofts Lost Queen iv. 140 If you ask me, pingling at your food is why your legs swell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pinglingadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪŋɡlɪŋ/, /ˈpɪŋɡl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡlɪŋ/
Forms: see pingle v. and -ing suffix2 also 1800s pingln' (Scottish).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pingle v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pingle v. + -ing suffix2.
Now British regional (rare).
1. Of poor appetite; feeble, lacking in energy.
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1594 [see pinglingly adv. at Derivatives].
1683 R. Dixon Canidia i. 195 Scriveners are but Pingling Rats, These are the greedy devouring Cats.
1776 Coll. Most Remarkable & Interesting Trials II. 441/2 She invited her brother to live in the same street near to her, seeing he had but a pingling stomach.
1903 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 512/1 She's very pingling in her eating.
1948 ‘A. Hepple’ House of Gow ii. 20 There was, he had heard, only a weakling of a grand-nephew left..and ‘a pinglin' bit of a lassie’, the granddaughter.
2. Scottish. Painstaking, meticulous; tedious, demanding.
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1827 C. I. Johnstone Elizabeth De Bruce III. ix. 215 This is no pinglin, pains-taking generation.
1862 D. Wingate Poems 117 Her pinglin' trade she plied.
1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. vi. 108 ‘The lassies!’ he said, ‘a pingling set aye wanting something!’

Derivatives

pinglingly adv. Obsolete in a pingling way, with little appetite.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating small amounts
pinglingly1594
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. N As long as they haue either oyle or wine, this plague feedes but pinglingly vpon them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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