单词 | blooter |
释义 | blootern. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now colloquial. 1. A fool; an oaf, a blunderer; a noisy or babbling person (cf. blatter n.). Also as a general term of abuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun] lubber1362 looby1377 howfing?a1513 slouch?1518 bowberta1522 knuckylbonyarda1529 lob1533 lout1548 patch1549 hoballa1556 lilburnea1556 lobcocka1556 chub1558 hick1565 lourd1579 peasant1581 clown1583 lubbard1586 lumberer1593 lump1597 blooterc1600 boobyc1600 lob-coat1604 hoy1607 bacon-brainsa1635 alcatote1638 oaf1638 kelf1665 brute1670 dowf1722 gawky1724 chuckle1731 chuckle-head1731 John Trott1753 stega1823 lummoxa1825 gawk1837 country jakea1854 guffin1862 galoot1866 stot1877 lobster1896 mutt1900 palooka1920 schlub1950 c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 135 A bluiter buskit lyk a belly blind. 1621 P. Hume Flytting betwixt Montgomerie & Polwart (Hart) sig. A3v I laugh to see thee bluiter [a1585 Tullibardine bleitter], Gloir in thy ragments. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Bluiter.., a coarse, clumsy, blundering fellow. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Blootther,..a clumsy blundering rustic. 1890 J. Service Thir Notandums i. 3 The great bluiter hauds her wi' his clavers. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xiii. 109 ‘Oh, to the devil wi' ye!’ said Wanton Wully, sweating with vexation. ‘Of all the senseless bells! A big, boss bluiter! I canna compel nor coax ye!’ 1914 in Sc. National Dict. (1941) II. (at cited word) The auld bluiter has made a gey mess o't. 1925 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 18 He's sic a bluiter o' a speaker I canna make him oot. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 30/2 Blooter.., a big, stupid, clumsy person..; a silly, foolish person..; a noisy person. 1999 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 July 13 Women go into pubs..to enjoy a quiet drink with friends. And any halitosis-ridden, hand-wandering blooter who thinks otherwise could find himself stuck up his own optic. 2. A hard and (usually) wild kick of a ball; a ball kicked in this way. Cf. blooter v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres ball1483 through-pass1673 intercept1821 fielding1823 outfielding1851 wrist stroke1851 goalkeeping1856 shot1868 scrimmage1872 passing1882 save1883 touchback1884 angle shot1885 shooting1885 pass1887 line1891 tackling1893 feeding1897 centre1898 chip shot1899 glovework1906 back-lift1912 push pass1919 aerial1921 screen1921 ball-hawking1925 fast break1929 tackle1930 chip1939 screenshot1940 snapshot1961 hang time1969 one-two1969 blooter1976 passback1976 sidefoot1979 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres holding1866 hand-balling1867 left-footer1874 header1875 handball1879 goal kick1881 corner1882 spot kick1884 middle1899 clearance1920 cross-kick1927 cross-pass1929 body swerve1933 open goal1934 headball1936 chip1939 through-ball1956 wall pass1958 outswinger1959 cross1961 overlap1969 blooter1976 hospital pass1978 route one1978 sidefoot1979 top bin1999 ankle-biting2001 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Blootther, a severe blow.] 1976 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 35/2 The equaliser, was the goal of the game, for me. A Reid lob, a half-clearance by Fallon and a mighty blooter from the edge of the box from Stark. 1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 6 Oct. 27 The ball was lumped forward relentlessly and after a hectic 23 minutes the score was 2–3. Duarte had been introduced to the subtleties of the big blooter. 2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 23 Dec. 52 He of the fabulous long-range shot or the useless blooter professes to love everything about Rangers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). blooterv. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now colloquial. ΚΠ 1817 Carlop Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 125 The whawp, frae the south, that bluiters In the bogs, like a soo. 2. intransitive. To act or work in a bungling manner, to blunder; to talk foolishly, to babble, to chatter. Also transitive: to do (a job) in bungling way, to botch; (with direct speech as object) to blurt out. ΚΠ a1859 [see blootering adj. at Derivatives]. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 13 Bluiter, to do work in a bungling manner. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell ii Jamie..at last bluitered oot—‘I-I-I was up the water, sir, fellin' a deid dowg!’ 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 54 To bluiter like a bogle aneth a six-foot wa'. 1996 M. Munro Compl. Patter 19 There's no way that hoose could be painted right in wan day; they must've blootered it. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 30/2 Blooter.., work in a bungling, clumsy way..; stumble along..; talk in a silly way. 3. a. transitive. To kick (a ball) hard and usually wildly. ΚΠ 1985 M. Munro Patter 11 The big defender just blootered it up the park. 1994 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 Oct. 27 It's important to me how the ball gets from end to end. I want it played, not blootered. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 19 Aug. (Sport section) 16/7 We'd blooter the ball into the terracing. b. transitive. To hit with force; to smash. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike heavily > so as to crush or damage stun1470 to bash up1790 cave1857 blooter1990 1990 J. Byrne Your Cheatin' Heart vi. 159/2 A hauf-inch closer an' that wis me..brains blootered aw err the tarmac. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 85 There was a bus coming fast on the inside lane and the fucking wing mirror fucking blootered him man right on the fucking skull, blood belching out. 2003 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 14 Dec. 12 ‘You can run at someone and blooter them,’ enthuses Scotland's most capped winger, Kenny Logan. ‘You can smash them out of the road.’ Derivatives ˈblootering adj. (in forms blootrin, bluit'rin') clumsy. ΚΠ a1859 W. Watt Poems & Songs (1860) 248 Bauldy bann'd the blootrin fool, That did him sae bespatter This merry nicht. 1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 37 The clumsy cuddy heist his hoof, A' worn an' glaur't, the bluit'rin' coof, An' clapp't wi' it his Maister's chin. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1600v.1817 |
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