strafingn.

Brit.

/ˈstreɪfɪŋ/,

/ˈstrɑːfɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈstreɪfɪŋ/

Forms: see strafe v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: strafe v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < strafe v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The infliction of punishment or injury; fierce attack; an instance of this. Also: a severe reprimand.In later examples probably as a figurative use of sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking

assailing1340

offencec1395

overrunning?a1425

saulting1490

oppugnation1524

oppugning1535

offension1542

affronture1549

grassation1610

aggression1630

attacking1657

strafing1915

whoop-ass1974

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of

admonishingc1350

reproofc1400

fliting1435

rebuke?a1439

snibc1450

reprehensiona1500

redargution1514

remorda1529

piece of one's mind1536

check1541

snuba1556

rebuking1561

boba1566

sneap1600

snipping1601

reprimand1636

repriment1652

rubber1699

slap1736

twinkation1748

rap1777

throughgoing1817

dressing-down1823

downset1824

hazing1829

snubbing1841

downsetting1842

raking1852

calling1855

talking toc1875

rousting1900

strafe1915

strafing1915

raspberry1919

rousing1923

bottle1938

reaming1944

ticking-off1950

serve1967

1915 San Antonio (Texas) Light 18 Aug. 4/1 Roast duck may be a rare dish in the trenches, but nevertheless, if there be one to carve, the most dexterous manipulator of the carving weapons does the ‘strafing’.

1915 in Naval Rev. (1919) IV. 267 Not much straffing on either side.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 135 One would expect the same old field will get a strafing this afternoon.

1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 96 We got such a strafing it whitened our hair.

1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor vii. 70 The escape..was followed by a very severe ‘strafing’ of the whole camp.

1923 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 16 Mr. Bonar Law endured this moral strafing with dogged heroism.

1927 E. W. Springs Nocturne Militaire 75 I'm going to get a strafing when I get in.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. ii. 260 The South..was the most backward section of the United States..in some part precisely because of the Yankee's long strafing and exploitation of it.

2012 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 May 11 Greg is on the receiving end of a verbal strafing from his furious girlfriend.

2. spec. The action or an act of attacking repeatedly with bombs or (esp.) machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. (Now the usual sense.)See also ground-strafing n. at ground n. Compounds 1d(f)(i).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > other types of attack

gas attack1915

strafing1917

cloud-attack1918

pistolade2002

1917 Sat. Evening Post 14 July 26/1 He would go ‘Archie strafing’—that is, flying low over the anti-aircraft guns and attacking them with machine-gun fire.

1919 C. J. Biddle Way of Eagle 156 ‘Strafing’ is aviation slang for flying low and attacking enemy troops with bombs and machine-gun fire.

1939 Times 21 Apr. 18/1 Concentrated shelling, rifle fire, and strafing from the air.

1944 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 77 (caption) Carrying a battery of .50 cal. machine guns, this version has been ‘styled’ for the job of strafing.

1968 D. Leitch in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 500 Apart from the dive-bomber strafing, rockets and 105 millimetre recoil rifles fired by ground troops on both sides have started countless fires.

1992 N. Stephenson Snow Crash xxix. 206 She wonders if it has bombings and strafings and napalm drops.

2013 Express (Nexis) 15 June 20 He dodged torpedoes, shellfire and strafing by enemy aircraft.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 2), as strafing attack, strafing raid, strafing mission, etc.

ΚΠ

1915 Manch. Guardian 30 Sept. 5/3 It would be interesting to know how that signature has fared in these strafing times.

1917 Times 13 Mar. 5/1 The Central Empires are preparing another ‘strafing’ expedition against Italy.

1944 Sunday News & Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 10 Sept. 7/3 This P-38 group was citated for its participation in the first low-level strafing attack ever carried out.

1945 Finito! Po Valley Campaign (15th Army Group) 27 Spitfires and Mustangs weaved in strafing sorties over the enemy's positions.

1990 Skin Diver Mar. 96/1 This is an old military strafing site used by both the navy and the air force.

1997 AOPA Pilot Nov. 125/3 A mosquito raid was a bombing and/or strafing raid made by a single small airplane.

2004 J. C. McManus Americans at D-Day (2005) ii. 80 These strafing missions were very dangerous for the fighter pilots.

C2.

strafing run n. a short low-altitude flight for the purpose of strafing (sense 2).

ΚΠ

1942 N.Y. Times 13 June 2/3 Allied attack planes made seven strafing runs over the field at low level.

1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 60 Diving aircraft..swept close past us on their strafing runs.

2009 P. Grose Awkward Truth i. 4 A Japanese aircraft screamed low over the mission on a strafing run.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

strafingadj.

Brit.

/ˈstreɪfɪŋ/,

/ˈstrɑːfɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈstreɪfɪŋ/

Forms: 1900s– strafeing, 1900s– strafing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: strafe v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < strafe v. + -ing suffix².

That strafes someone or something; attacking; (now) spec. (of a low-flying aircraft or a pilot of such an aircraft) that attacks repeatedly with bombs or (esp.) machine-gun fire.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [adjective] > attacking from low level

strafing1919

low-level1941

1919 C. Kenamore From Vauquois Hill to Exermont iii. 35 The strafing Germans got a verbal strafing from the ground which they could not hear.

1945 E. Holles Unconditional Surrender vii. 261 Packed patches of screeching shells, fire-spouting tanks, strafing planes, sleepless nights, foodless days.

1979 R. Cox Auction ii. 41 Strafing fighters passed so low that they were often below the level of the hill.

2013 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 7 Hutch..was almost killed by a strafing pilot while hiding in a massive road rut.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strafing
释义	strafingn. Brit. /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/, /ˈstrɑːfɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/ Forms: see strafe v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: strafe v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < strafe v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The infliction of punishment or injury; fierce attack; an instance of this. Also: a severe reprimand.In later examples probably as a figurative use of sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking assailing1340 offencec1395 overrunning?a1425 saulting1490 oppugnation1524 oppugning1535 offension1542 affronture1549 grassation1610 aggression1630 attacking1657 strafing1915 whoop-ass1974 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of admonishingc1350 reproofc1400 fliting1435 rebuke?a1439 snibc1450 reprehensiona1500 redargution1514 remorda1529 piece of one's mind1536 check1541 snuba1556 rebuking1561 boba1566 sneap1600 snipping1601 reprimand1636 repriment1652 rubber1699 slap1736 twinkation1748 rap1777 throughgoing1817 dressing-down1823 downset1824 hazing1829 snubbing1841 downsetting1842 raking1852 calling1855 talking toc1875 rousting1900 strafe1915 strafing1915 raspberry1919 rousing1923 bottle1938 reaming1944 ticking-off1950 serve1967 1915 San Antonio (Texas) Light 18 Aug. 4/1 Roast duck may be a rare dish in the trenches, but nevertheless, if there be one to carve, the most dexterous manipulator of the carving weapons does the ‘strafing’. 1915 in Naval Rev. (1919) IV. 267 Not much straffing on either side. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 135 One would expect the same old field will get a strafing this afternoon. 1918 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator 96 We got such a strafing it whitened our hair. 1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor vii. 70 The escape..was followed by a very severe ‘strafing’ of the whole camp. 1923 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 16 Mr. Bonar Law endured this moral strafing with dogged heroism. 1927 E. W. Springs Nocturne Militaire 75 I'm going to get a strafing when I get in. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. ii. 260 The South..was the most backward section of the United States..in some part precisely because of the Yankee's long strafing and exploitation of it. 2012 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 May 11 Greg is on the receiving end of a verbal strafing from his furious girlfriend. 2. spec. The action or an act of attacking repeatedly with bombs or (esp.) machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. (Now the usual sense.)See also ground-strafing n. at ground n. Compounds 1d(f)(i). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > other types of attack gas attack1915 strafing1917 cloud-attack1918 pistolade2002 1917 Sat. Evening Post 14 July 26/1 He would go ‘Archie strafing’—that is, flying low over the anti-aircraft guns and attacking them with machine-gun fire. 1919 C. J. Biddle Way of Eagle 156 ‘Strafing’ is aviation slang for flying low and attacking enemy troops with bombs and machine-gun fire. 1939 Times 21 Apr. 18/1 Concentrated shelling, rifle fire, and strafing from the air. 1944 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 77 (caption) Carrying a battery of .50 cal. machine guns, this version has been ‘styled’ for the job of strafing. 1968 D. Leitch in J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents (2001) 500 Apart from the dive-bomber strafing, rockets and 105 millimetre recoil rifles fired by ground troops on both sides have started countless fires. 1992 N. Stephenson Snow Crash xxix. 206 She wonders if it has bombings and strafings and napalm drops. 2013 Express (Nexis) 15 June 20 He dodged torpedoes, shellfire and strafing by enemy aircraft. Compounds C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 2), as strafing attack, strafing raid, strafing mission, etc. ΚΠ 1915 Manch. Guardian 30 Sept. 5/3 It would be interesting to know how that signature has fared in these strafing times. 1917 Times 13 Mar. 5/1 The Central Empires are preparing another ‘strafing’ expedition against Italy. 1944 Sunday News & Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 10 Sept. 7/3 This P-38 group was citated for its participation in the first low-level strafing attack ever carried out. 1945 Finito! Po Valley Campaign (15th Army Group) 27 Spitfires and Mustangs weaved in strafing sorties over the enemy's positions. 1990 Skin Diver Mar. 96/1 This is an old military strafing site used by both the navy and the air force. 1997 AOPA Pilot Nov. 125/3 A mosquito raid was a bombing and/or strafing raid made by a single small airplane. 2004 J. C. McManus Americans at D-Day (2005) ii. 80 These strafing missions were very dangerous for the fighter pilots. C2. strafing run n. a short low-altitude flight for the purpose of strafing (sense 2). ΚΠ 1942 N.Y. Times 13 June 2/3 Allied attack planes made seven strafing runs over the field at low level. 1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 60 Diving aircraft..swept close past us on their strafing runs. 2009 P. Grose Awkward Truth i. 4 A Japanese aircraft screamed low over the mission on a strafing run. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). strafingadj. Brit. /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/, /ˈstrɑːfɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstreɪfɪŋ/ Forms: 1900s– strafeing, 1900s– strafing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: strafe v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < strafe v. + -ing suffix². That strafes someone or something; attacking; (now) spec. (of a low-flying aircraft or a pilot of such an aircraft) that attacks repeatedly with bombs or (esp.) machine-gun fire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [adjective] > attacking from low level strafing1919 low-level1941 1919 C. Kenamore From Vauquois Hill to Exermont iii. 35 The strafing Germans got a verbal strafing from the ground which they could not hear. 1945 E. Holles Unconditional Surrender vii. 261 Packed patches of screeching shells, fire-spouting tanks, strafing planes, sleepless nights, foodless days. 1979 R. Cox Auction ii. 41 Strafing fighters passed so low that they were often below the level of the hill. 2013 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 7 Hutch..was almost killed by a strafing pilot while hiding in a massive road rut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915adj.1919
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