| 单词 | to give a person the bumps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a person the bumps 12. Originally and chiefly British. In plural, usually with the. A custom in which a person is held horizontally by the arms and legs and lifted up and down, sometimes being bumped on the floor each time. Frequently in to give a person the bumps.Often carried out on a person celebrating a birthday, with one lift or bump on the floor given for each year of age. ΚΠ 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 199 Bumps. The 10-year-old Birmingham girl..says of ‘Bumps’: ‘This is..for someone who is unpopular. Two pretty hefty people get hold of the person's legs and arms and bump them on the ground.’ 1982 S. Townsend Secret Diary Adrian Mole 186 Boz, Baz, Daz, Maz, Kev and Melv came back from the canal and gave me the bumps. 2008 Independent 11 Mar. 14/6 Prescott's memoirs..will be published 29 May, two days before his 70th birthday. Best of British to comrades giving the bumps. < as lemmas |
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