| 单词 | to sound on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sound on d. Black English. = to play the dozens at dozen n. 5; to sound on (someone): to taunt, to criticize (someone). Cf. sense 13. ΚΠ 1962 R. D. Abrahams in Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 215 When men do ‘sound’..it provides a very different kind of release than when adolescents do. 1971 B. Malamud Tenants 73 I'm not soundin on you, Lesser, but how can you be so whiteass sure of what you sayin if my book turns out to be two different things than you thought? 1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City p. xxii Johnny..had a curious bald spot on the top of his head several months ago, since grown over, and he is still sounded on regularly by reference to this bald spot. 1973 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 107 Hey..baby..why you got to sound on me like that? 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens iv. 160 He knows how to ‘run a game’, to ‘signify’, to ‘woof’..and to ‘sound’. < as lemmas |
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