单词 | to box a person's ears |
释义 | > as lemmasto box a person's ears 1. transitive. Originally: to beat, thrash (a person or animal). In later use chiefly: to strike (a person) with the fist, to punch, to cuff; (now usually) to strike (a person's ear, face, etc.) with the hand, esp. as a reprimand or punishment; frequently in to box a person's ears. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist boxc1390 punch1530 nevela1572 fist1600 transfisticate1600 fisticuff1653 nubble1673 befist1718 plug1847 to put a head on (also upon)1866 to stick one on1910 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the head > on the ear > strike (the ear or cheek) boxc1390 c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 690 Þe driuere wole him [sc. þe Oxe] boxe and Bral. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xii. f. 137 He was boxed out of the place: as he had ben a started hare. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2v To boxe a shadowe, and beate their knuckels against a bare wall. a1640 J. Ogle Parlie at Ostend in F. Vere Commentaries (1657) 150 He..must sit with his hands bound, whilest boyes and devils come and box him about the ears. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 20 Jan. (1972) VII. 19 I became angry and boxed my boy..that I do hurt my Thumb. 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 20 Lettice—I'll downright box you—Hold your Tongue, Gipsy. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 91 Attempting to box her son's ears. 1883 C. Grindrod King Edward II iii. i, in Plays from Eng. Hist. 246 In a rage he boxed me on the cheek. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) v. 48 He drew me out of my chair, dragged me before the class, and boxed my ears. 1996 D. Dabydeen Counting House (1997) 113 Just because Vidia talk soft and work hard don't mean he can't box you in the face. 2015 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 9 When I got married, if I'd announced I was going to leave my wife, mum would've come round and boxed my ears. < as lemmas |
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