单词 | slather |
释义 | slathern. 1. U.S. colloquial. Usually plural. A large amount, lots, lashings. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount felec825 muchc1230 good wone1297 plentyc1300 bushelc1374 sight1390 mickle-whata1393 forcea1400 manynessa1400 multitudea1400 packc1400 a good dealc1430 greata1450 sackful1484 power1489 horseloadc1500 mile1508 lump1523 a deal?1532 peckc1535 heapa1547 mass1566 mass1569 gallon1575 armful1579 cart-load1587 mickle1599 bushelful1600–12 a load1609 wreck1612 parisha1616 herd1618 fair share1650 heapa1661 muchness1674 reams1681 hantle1693 mort1694 doll?1719 lift1755 acre1759 beaucoup1760 ton1770 boxload1795 boatload1807 lot1811 dollop1819 swag1819 faggald1824 screed1826 Niagara1828 wad1828 lashings1829 butt1831 slew1839 ocean1840 any amount (of)1848 rake1851 slather1857 horde1860 torrent1864 sheaf1865 oodlesa1867 dead load1869 scad1869 stack1870 jorum1872 a heap sight1874 firlot1883 oodlings1886 chunka1889 whips1888 God's quantity1895 streetful1901 bag1917 fid1920 fleetful1923 mob1927 bucketload1930 pisspot1944 shitload1954 megaton1957 mob-o-ton1975 gazillion1978 buttload1988 shit ton1991 1857 M. D. Sanford Jrnl. 30 Mar. in D. F. Danker Mollie (1959) 6 I believe there are 500 passengers, lots and ‘slathers’ of young men. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer vii. 75 They get slathers of money—most a dollar a day. 1891 Fur, Fin & Feather 169 A good many straggling bears and slathers of black-tailed deer. 1906 N.Y. Globe 20 Aug. 6 There is the same slather of indefinite charges. 1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara x. 172 It's going to be slathers of fun. 1966 ‘E. Lindall’ Time too Soon (1967) vii. 69 What he's giving her I don't want anyway. A whole slather of animal passion. 1970 ‘E. Lindall’ Gathering of Eagles vi. 63 They..ate the damper with slathers of sweet, brown treacle. 2. northern and Scottish dialect. Thin mud; a sloppy mass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun] > thin or soft addleOE slougha1225 mirec1390 slurc1440 slurryc1440 sludge1702 slush1772 slop1796 slosh1808 stabble1821 sposh1836 sleck1840 flop1844 squad1847 slather1876 the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass sklucec1430 pap1435 slurryc1440 cream1540 batter1601 slabbermenta1620 swill1665 soss1691 porridge1700 cremor1701 sludge1702 semifluid1731 sludder1796 sloppery1832 slob1885 slabber1887 slather1928 gunk1949 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 126/1 Slather, puddle, in a thin state. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 118/2 Slather.., mud and mess. 1939 A. Borthwick Always Little Further vi. 126 Two big slabs o' breed wi' a slather o' jam in atween. 1980 J. Gardam Sidmouth Lett. 134 Wear yer wellies or you'll get in a slather int yard. 3. open slather (Australian and New Zealand colloquial), freedom to operate without interference, a free-for-all. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity roomeOE leisure1303 libertyc1425 free chase1467 scope1534 roomtha1540 swinge1542 swing1584 blank charter1593 freedom1623 field1639 play1641 free agencya1646 range1793 expatiationa1848 leaveway1890 open slather1919 headroom1932 1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 71 They say she's an open slather up there. Not a demon [sc. a policeman] in the burg. 1949 J. Morrison Creeping City xxviii. 227 You're asking to be allowed an open slather at an essential public service without being challenged. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xiii. 180 It's worth a go. Come round, she said, it'll be open slather. 1974 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 1 Sept. 5/1 The beef was marked and butcher shop customers had the opportunity to check the grading... Now it's open slather. 1979 Financial Rev. (Austral.) 9 May 5 A problem..was how to prevent an ‘open slather’ in the sale of tickets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slatherv. Chiefly dialect and U.S. 1. intransitive. To slip or slide; to move in a sliding or trailing manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide slidderc897 slidea950 slitherc1200 slep?a1400 slithec1450 slivec1450 rutsel1481 slip1530 slipper1585 glibber1598 slur1617 glide1674 slather1809 scoot1838 sluther1854 slade1895 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide > move in slipping or sliding manner slather1809 slither1869 1809 Glouc. Gloss. (at cited word) The plank slathered away. 1818 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire Slather,..to slip or slide. 1909 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions 115 I hate slathering through fluff. 2. a. transitive. To spill or slop; to scatter. Also, to use in large quantities; to squander; to paste, spread, or smear liberally. Usually with adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] > smear or spread with a substance > smear (a substance) cleamc1000 smeara1400 spread?a1425 strike1525 splet1530 dab1592 stroke1594 sponge1607 daub1647 wipe1738 plaster1799 teerc1850 slather1866 cake1944 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 1866 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 25 Aug. 9 You have slathered too many frivolous sentimental tales into your paper. 1875 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 26 Jan. (1917) I. 247 The partialities of Providence do seem to be slathered around (as one may say). 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 126/1 Slather.., to spill. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 128/2 Leeak at him! he's slatherin pig-meeat all across hoose fleear. 1895 J. T. Clegg Stories, Sketches, & Rhymes in Rochdale Dial. 43 Some carless chilt had bin a buyin peawdher blue an' slatthert it. 1904 G. Ade True Bills 131 A very Rich Man who wishes to be Respected must fill his Clothes with Currency and go out and slather it around. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 118/2 ‘Eh bud things is slather'd aboot i' that hoos!’ ‘T'hay an' strae war blawn clean oot o' t'stagarth an' slather'd aboot t'field ayont.’ 1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget v. 82 You can get a good make-shift facial by slathering cream on your face after a shampoo. 1954 Columbia (S. Carolina) Record 27 Nov. (Sat. Comic Suppl.) 6 I got some American toast here, an' I'll gladly slather some jam on to sweeten it up. 1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic iii. 24 Slather it [sc. mosquito repellent] on where common sense indicates, and have confidence. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xvii. 363 Perfume, which he remembered Roberta slathering over him. b. To besmear; to spread or splash liberally on. Usually with with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] > smear or spread with a substance smear971 dechea1000 cleamc1000 besmearc1050 clamc1380 glue1382 pargeta1398 overslame?1440 plaster?1440 beslab1481 strike1525 bestrike1527 streak1540 bedaub1558 spread1574 daub1598 paste1609 beplaster1611 circumlite1657 oblite1657 fata1661 gaum?1825 treacle1839 butter1882 slap1902 slather1941 nap1961 1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee xvi. 184 Another rest-camp, half completed, leaking the ample French rain, slathered with mud, awaited us. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Slathering the cars with paint. 1977 Time 25 Apr. 17/1 His top chef offers such specialties as veal tongue slathered with foie gras. 1979 R. Gillespie Crossword Myst. iii. 53 She burned painfully. Rocky slathered her externally with Solarcaine. 3. slang. To thrash, defeat thoroughly, castigate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 1910 O. Johnson Varmint viii. 112 He turned on the Coffee-colored Angel and slathered him, drove him hither and thither with terrific blows. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 36 And all their Simon Puritans Are infused with great delight When an officer is slathered As chair-warmer, parasite. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 27/1 Canadians can get slathered in Olympic hockey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857v.1809 |
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