单词 | the kick |
释义 | > as lemmasthe kick f. the kick (in to get or give the kick): Discharge, dismissal, ‘the bag’, ‘the sack’. slang. ΚΠ 1844 W. Jamie Muse of Mearns 100 She was soon to get the kick. 1885 G. Fraser Poems 50 (E.D.D.) Should a brither be sick, They'll no gie him the kick. the kick 4. the kick: the fashion, the newest style. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A high Kick, the top of the Fashion. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 56 About the latter end of Queen Anne's reign, a rev. gentleman wrote a Treatise call'd A farewell to French Kicks... The author of it dissuades his countrymen from the use of French fashions. 1787 G. Colman Inkle & Yarico iii. i. 56 I march'd the lobby, twirl'd my stick..The girls all cry'd, ‘He's quite the kick!’ 1804 European Mag. & London Rev. June 413/2 This [head-dress] obtained the name of Nancy Dawson's new kick. 1894 E. Lynn Linton One too Many I. viii. 190 Mrs. West naturally wanted ‘the last new kick’. < as lemmas |
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