单词 | to weigh off |
释义 | > as lemmasto weigh off e. to weigh off: to punish; to convict or sentence. slang (originally Military). Now chiefly Criminals'. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] threac897 tighta1000 beswinkc1175 punisha1325 chastise1362 paina1375 justifya1393 wage1412 reformc1450 chasten1526 thwart over thumba1529 chastifyc1540 amerce?1577 follow1579 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 finea1616 mulcta1620 fita1625 vindicate1632 trounce1657 reward1714 tawse1790 sort1815 to let (a person) have it1823 visit1836 to catch or get Jesse1839 to give, get goss1840 to have ita1848 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 to give (one) snuff1890 soak1892 give1906 to weigh off1925 to tear down1938 zap1961 slap1968 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (intransitive)] imputec1540 to weigh off1925 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 301 Weighed off, to be, to be brought up before an officer and punished. 1945 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 5 54 P.O. Prune will have to investigate and deal with a charge..and possibly weigh off the first delinquent of his service career. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 22 You just got weighed off yesterday? 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ii. 20 One young man..commented that he had been ‘weighed off at X Assizes by some old geezer togged up like Father Christmas’. 1978 B. Norman To nick Good Body x. 81 Another was in custody..waiting to be weighed off. < as lemmas |
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