单词 | blue streak |
释义 | > as lemmasblue streak blue streak n. colloquial (originally U.S.) †(a) something resembling a flash of lightning in speed, vividness, etc. (obsolete); (b) a constant stream of words; esp. in to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak: to talk, lie, swear, etc., quickly or vigorously (cf. sense A. 10b). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly > that which moves very swiftly blue streak1830 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 1830 Kentuckian 14 May 2/5 To pass..with such rapidity as not even to leave a ‘blue streak’ behind him. 1847 Knickerbocker 30 178 Interspersing his vehement comments with a ‘blue streak’ of oaths. 1895 Century Sept. 676/1 He calmly lied to me a blue streak, and he knew that I knew he was lying. 1895 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 289 I..drove in her sort of..carryall..talking a blue streak two miles to her house. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie ix. 288 He talked a blue streak about the money. 1937 D. Runyon More than Somewhat iii. 64 She hears..a guy cussing a blue streak. 1949 Landfall 3 236 Sid was talking a blue streak to Jean. 1968 ‘R. Raine’ Night of Hawk xxii. 109 I was talking a blue streak, my expression like thunder. 2002 Weekly World News 19 Feb. 3/1 The 8-year-old parrot swore a blue streak in a public park where a large number of children were playing. < as lemmas |
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