单词 | bumbaste |
释义 | bumbastev. Now rare (chiefly English regional (eastern) in later use). 1. transitive. To give a beating to (a person or animal); to beat or thrash severely, especially as a punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat > soundly or severely anointa1500 peppera1550 bumbastea1566 dust1612 blue-beata1627 cullis1639 chafe1673 to tan (a person's) hide1679 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eijv I shall bumbast you, you mocking knaue. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 195 You must bumbast his buttockes with a good long sticke. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Hv We use..to smite and bombaste them [sc. vipers] with rods. 1682 ‘T. Rationalis’ New News from Bedlam 56 I am resolved to bumbast him as soon as you are gone. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Bumbaste, to beat or baste severely, particularly to inflict school discipline. 1896 Philistine 1 Aug. 92 Pollard..once received a red badge, by being bumbasted with a pie. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 44/2 Bumbaste, to give a good hiding to, with the buttocks as the main recipients of the punishment. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink up or drain quax1509 toom?a1513 quaff1534 to play off1598 upsy-friese1617 bumbaste1640 dust1673 fuddlec1680 whemmel1721 toota1774 buzz1785 kill1833 floor1837 lower1920 slam1982 1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable v. sig. Hiii Here let's canvas This quart, and then will bumbaste off another. DerivativesΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Rugione, a good drie bumbasting blow. 1645 J. Birkenhead Newes from Oxf. Iaylor 3 It brings to mind some newes I heard last night, which is the worst that ever came to Oxford, (unlesse the bumbasting news which came from Yorke, where we were beaten black and blew). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1566 |
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