单词 | swiggle |
释义 | swigglev. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle warpc1000 sprengeOE strenkc1175 springa1387 bespring1387 sprinkc1390 sprinklea1400 strinklec1400 springle?a1425 sprinkle?a1425 sprainc1440 bespreng1496 oversprinkle?1548 overstrew1570 besprent1573 insperse1587 insperge1599 asperse1607 besprink1609 disparple?1615 spark1637 swiggle1683 twirl1763 sparkle1787 bespatter1813 spray1829 1683 J. Pettus Fleta Minor (1686) i. 73 Put ground Bone-Ashes in it, and swigle or strew it over the test. 2. intransitive (or transitive with cognate object.) To wriggle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle wiggle?c1225 wriggle1495 wraggle?a1513 wrabble1513 sprinklea1522 wrig1599 squirm1691 scrigglea1701 wraxle1746 squiggle1816 wiggle-waggle1827 swiggle1837 scurrifunge1894 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (way) by writhing or wriggling worm1822 to writhe one's way1836 swiggle1837 slime1842 wriggle1863 snake1879 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xxii. 230 When he was in full rig a swigglin away at the top of his gait. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1848) 3rd Ser. xi. 86 With that he swiggled his way thro' the crowd, to the counter. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World 39 To think of you swaying and swiggling at the butt of a rope. 3. transitive. To shake about (liquid in a vessel, or something in a liquid). Also with vessel (spec. a beer glass) as object dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > shake together or up > a liquid > in a vessel swill1580 swiggle1943 1943 Pub & People (Mass Observation) vi. 185 Some people have a habit of what may be called ‘swiggling’ their glasses, which consists in moving them round and round in circles, either on the bar counter or table top, or up in the air. Derivatives ˈswiggling n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > agitation of liquid in a vessel swiggling1948 1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xiii. 229 There was a wild splashing; Trevannion, craning forward, saw the gleam of a silver belly, and heard a madly energised swiggling and slithering. 1971 Weekly Guardian 2 Jan. 19/3 Such categories of pub behaviour as ‘Swiggling’—the habit of moving a beer glass round and round between sips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1683 |
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