单词 | snubby |
释义 | snubbyn. U.S. slang. A small, cheap, short-barrelled handgun; a snub-nosed revolver. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of dag1587 key gun1607 pocket pistol1612 key pistol1663 holster-pistol1679 troop pistol1688 horse pistol1704 screw-barrel1744 saddle pistol1764 air pistol1780 Wogdon1786 belt pistol1833 dueller1835 Colt1838 tickler1844 Derringer1853 cocking pistol1858 belt size1866 bulldozer1880 saloon pistol1899 Luger1904 Police Positive1905 Steyr1920 Saturday-night pistol1929 muff pistol1938 PPK1946 Makarov1958 Saturday-night special1959 puffer1963 snub nose1979 snubby1981 1981 Washington Post 22 Nov. c1/3 (heading) Ban ‘snubbies’ and solve the great handgun debate. 1983 E. Leonard LaBrava (1985) xv. 158 You want a snubbie. This one, .38 Special, two-inch barrel. 1984 New Yorker 12 Nov. 133/1 That arsenal is made up chiefly of snub-nosed handguns—or snubbies, as they're called. The snubbies are more dangerous than bigger handguns for the obvious reason that they are so easily concealable. 1986 Target Gun Aug. 17/1 They are hardly concealable—an essential element of the snubby concept—and they carry adjustable sights. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). snubbyadj.1 rare. Knotty. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of or having knots knarryc1405 knottedc1440 crabbed?1518 knubbed1567 warried1567 warry1567 scraggy1574 crab-knob1582 knurly1602 gnarleda1616 thwarterous1625 nodous1646 snubbya1758 snarly1770 swirly1786 gnarly1846 knarred1849 a1758 M. Mendez Seasons, Summer 1 in Coll. Poems (1770) II. 233 Beneath yon snubby oak's extended shade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). snubbyadj.2 Somewhat snub; short, stumpy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose cammed?c1350 camoisc1380 snatteda1387 camoisedc1515 flat1560 hawked1577 rising1606 simous1634 aquiline1646 Roman1665 snoutya1685 suspense1697 rhinocerical1710 rhinocerotic1755 Bardolphian1756 cock-up1763 bridgeless1772 retroussé1802 snubbed1802 snubbish1828 snubby1828 snipish1834 snub1843 pugged1847 puggisha1849 tip-tilted1872 saddleback1897 beak-sharp1933 spitzy1968 (a) (b)1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 262 What a snubby point you've got to your pencil.1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys iv The snubby end of her little freckled nose.1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 494 What a snout he turns up to the morning air,..pimpled, snubby, and snorty. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. vii. 108 Her little straight nose, not at all snubby. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 69 If Cleopatra's nose had been..a little more snubby or a little more aquiline. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snubbyadj.3 Inclined to snub; repressing with snubs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] > humiliating dismounting1562 abasing1615 humiliating1757 humiliative1821 snubbish1840 humiliant1844 snubby1867 humiliatory1872 snubbing1887 lowering1899 deflating1933 1867 E. V. B. in Cornhill Mag. (1907) Feb. 196 She would not understand. She was just a little snubby, I thought. 1889 ‘F. Anstey’ Pariah i. iii You were so very snubby to that poor Mr. Chadwick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1981adj.1a1758adj.21828adj.31867 |
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