单词 | to scoop the kitty |
释义 | > as lemmasto scoop the kitty (or pool) a. To take or take up in large quantities; to appropriate (something) in advance of or to the exclusion of other competitors. Chiefly to scoop in (or up). Also in various extended uses; esp. to defeat, destroy, get the better of. to scoop the kitty (or pool), in Gambling, to win all the money that is staked; also transferred, to gain everything, to be completely successful. In some uses difficult to distinguish from sense 6. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] overcomeeOE forecomec1000 overwieldlOE masterc1225 overmaistrie1340 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 surmount1390 to have the fairer (of)c1400 maistriec1400 overmasterc1425 winc1440 overc1485 bestride1526 rixlec1540 overreach1555 control1567 overmate1567 govern1593 to give (a person) the lurch1598 get1600 to gain cope of1614 top1633 to fetch overa1640 down1641 to have the whip hand (of)1680 carberry1692 to cut down1713 to be more than a match for1762 outflank1773 outmaster1799 outgeneral1831 weather1834 best1839 fore-reach1845 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 scoop1850 euchrec1866 bemaster1871 negotiate1888 to do down1900 to get (someone) wetc1926 lick1946 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > (as) with a shovel or scoop skim1665 shovel1685 bale1692 scoop1850 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > in large quantities gobble1825 scoop1850 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > all to sweep the board1882 to scoop the kitty (or pool)1916 1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. xxxiii. 440 A faith that could scoop up whole tribes of savages,..impressing them with the conviction that submission to the padres was obedience to God. 1866 Harper's Mag. Oct. 680/1 Tell him he'll have to send this other fellow some more beans, for I've got him scooped [at draw-poker]. 1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi xi. 134 ‘Scooped’ was an importation from Wall Street. ‘I am badly scooped’ meant [in Kansas]: ‘I am used up’ or ‘defeated’. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 333 ‘It ain't no use. They've scooped him.’ ‘Scooped him?’ ‘Yes—death has.’ 1882 J. D. McCabe New York 160 (Farmer) He runs seventy 'busses on this line, and scoops in three 'r four hundred a day. 1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xi. 118 The Irish are spreading out into the country and scooping in the farms that are not picturesque enough for the summer folks. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 11 They felt it..a..personal defeat that he..should scoop every chance that was going. 1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 194 Milly had shown a straight flush and scooped the kitty. 1903 R. Kipling Stellenbosh in Five Nations 195 The Boojers scooped the crowd, To the last survivin' bandolier an' boot. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xxii. 297 We have won any way; and if Peter has had a slice of luck, we've scooped the pool. 1929 H. Maclaren Private Opinions of Brit. Blue-Jacket 100 I haves everey intentuons to make a short spich, as scoops in the old man also a fairly wheard tipe of two passingers. 1929 H. Maclaren Private Opinions of Brit. Blue-Jacket 101 This phrase from ‘scoops in the old man’ is plainly to be interpreted, by any one familiar with the ways of the fo'c'sle, as ‘we have persuaded the captain to come, also two weird passengers’. 1937 H. C. Bailey Clunk's Claimant xlvi. 315 A million to one some side-line of a next of kin would bob up and pinch their share. Josh wouldn't scoop the pool. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime v. 70 There was a bit of unpleasantness at the Ball, and they scooped me in. 1944 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 48 363 De Havilland engines—the Gipsy, Gipsy Six and Gipsy Twelve..—together with the Cirrus, have almost completely ‘scooped the pool’ for light aircraft. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned viii. 69 There wasn't a girl..to touch her. She could walk right in and scoop the pool. 1959 Encounter Aug. 37/2 The rest of them were struggling..with razors and stakes... And soon I got scooped into the thing. 1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin ii. 27 You will give your consent to my scooping in the girl I love. 1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xxv. 164 You've scooped the pool. If you watch your step, you shouldn't have any more worries. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 23/9 Radford Swimming Club ended the 1976 season in fine style by scooping all but one award at the Notts. ASA Medley Team Swimming League. 1978 G. Mitchell Mingled with Venom iii. 23 Unless we all take care, that black boy the other lot adopted is going to scoop the pool. < as lemmas |
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