单词 | rib-roasting |
释义 | rib-roastingn. slang. Now rare. An act of rib-roasting a person or animal; a beating, a cudgelling. Cf. rib-roast n.1 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 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xvii. 203 The woman gaue mee of the Tree (to wit a sound rib-rosting) and I did eate. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 19 He..Departs not meanly proud, and boasting, Of his magnificent Rib-roasting. 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) III. 37 Among my Master's Rib-roastings he has not forgot mine. 1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 88 I gave the worthy Gentleman who I first laid hold on, such a thorough Rib-roasting, that he was glad to cry Quarter. 1818 W. Cobbett Let. 10 Dec. in Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 368 There are..the slashings and the rib-roastings to undergo. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. v. 68 This sturdy ribroasting calmed the fury of the Crows. 1851 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour lxvii, in New Monthly Mag. Mar. 316 George took his Screw by the head, and, giving him a hearty rib-roasting with his whip, run him full tilt at the palings. 1913 J. M. Durham & R. J. Richardson Melton & Homespun 134 Both..will remember the ratings and ‘rib-roastings’ which, in puppyhood days, were meted out to them for chasing hares and rabbits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613 |
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