单词 | twank |
释义 | twankv. dialect. 1. intransitive. To twang with short and sharp effect. ΚΠ 1821 [see twanking n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 2. transitive. To strike with the open palm, to spank. ΚΠ 1711 [see twanking n. and adj. at Derivatives]. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Twank, v...2. To give a smart slap with the flat of the hand, on the breech, or other fleshy part. Derivatives ˈtwanker n. = twanger n. 2. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Twanker, a large bulky person; any thing large. ˈtwanking n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking twanking1711 paddling1851 smack-bottom1970 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clank clank1656 twanking1711 clanking1766 clankety-clank1895 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 251. ¶4 Disturbing a whole Street for an hour together, with the twancking of a Brass Kettle or a Frying-Pan. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 90 While distant thresher's swingle drops With sharp and hollow-twanking raps. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 June 6/5 When she tried to escape Mrs. Lewthwaite gave her a ‘twanking’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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