skirpv.
rare. Now Scottish.† 1.
a. intransitive. To behave with contempt. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)]
skirpc1175
to make it quainta1393
flout1575
to wipe a person's nose1577
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7389 Biforenn þatt unnfæle follc Þatt skirrpeþþ þær onnȝæness.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7393 Ȝiff þeȝȝ herenn ohht off godd. & skirrpenn þær onnȝæness.
b. transitive. To mock, deride. (Cf. scrip v.2) Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]
teleeOE
laughOE
bismerc1000
heascenc1000
hethec1175
scornc1175
hokera1225
betell?c1225
scorn?c1225
forhushc1275
to make scorn at, toc1320
boba1382
bemow1388
lakea1400
bobby14..
triflea1450
japec1450
mock?c1450
mowc1485
to make (a) mock at?a1500
to make mocks at?a1500
scrip?a1513
illude1516
delude1526
deride1530
louta1547
to toy with ——1549–62
flout1551
skirp1568
knack1570
to fart against1574
frump1577
bourd1593
geck?a1600
scout1605
subsannate1606
railly1612
explode1618
subsannea1620
dor1655
monkeya1658
to make an ass of (someone)1680
ridicule1680
banter1682
to run one's rig upon1735
fun1811
to get the run upon1843
play1891
to poke mullock at1901
razz1918
flaunt1923
to get (or give) the razoo1926
to bust (a person's) chops1953
wolf1966
pimp1968
1568 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 67 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 130 Sum bird will..skirp [a1525 Asloan skripe] me wt scorne.
2. transitive. To splash up on; to bespatter.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > bespatter > over or on
sparkle1787
skirp1871
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii. 20 The boat rising up and down on its very ends, and leaning over till the spray actually ‘skirpit’ her face.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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