单词 | plounce |
释义 | plouncev. Now rare (English regional in later use). 1. transitive. To plunge or submerge in water; (in early use esp.) to plunge into water as a punishment, to duck. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid > deeply or with force divec900 ayetOE souse1470 douse1566 implunge1590 overplunge1595 sourcec1616 plounce1631 1631 Min. Bks. Borough Court Dorchester (Bodl. Libr.) 6 May Mary Tuxderry, for scoulding at the sergeants..is ordered to be plounced when the wether is warmer. 1634 Min. Bks. Borough Court Dorchester (Bodl. Libr.) 23 May [Three scolds] to be plounced thrice apiece under the water this present afternoone. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Farcin Exercise him [sc. a horse] pretty much; plounce him and wash him often. 1954 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 58 Plounce, to plunge a thing into water. 1963 R. M. Nance Gloss. Cornish Sea-words 127 ‘Plounce’ is also used as meaning to lift clothes up and down in a tub. 2. intransitive. To plunge in or into water, mud, etc.; to flounder or wallow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > plunge > plunge in or under water or mud launch13.. sousec1400 douse1603 plounce1654 delve1697 immerge1706 immerse1739 inswamp1775 plout1814 blob1875 1654 [see plouncing n. at Derivatives]. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 200 Our observation must not launch now into the whirl-pool, or rather plounce into the mudd and quagmire of the people's power and right pretended. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Plounce, to plunge with a loud noise. 1840 J. H. Frere Knights 61 Why do ye plounce and flounce in vain? Splashing and dashing and splashing again. 1883 M. E. Mann Parish of Hilby ii. 27 Wading in after the little rebellious imp, plouncing defiantly a yard or so out of reach. 1931 A. Bell Silver Ley xii. 149 He'll find out if he goes plouncing about there with them in wet weather. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 229/2 Plounce, to plunge splashily about; used both for squelchily paddling through mud to the back door or for deliberately playing in deeper water. Derivatives ˈplouncing n. rare (now historical). ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 219 Aftir halfe an houres plounsing in this Bathing-tub, you will be eas'd of your paine. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 1 July 21 (headline) Puritans, puppeteers and a good plouncing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1631 |
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