whangern.¹

Brit.

/ˈwaŋə/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wæŋər/

Forms: pre-1700 quhanger, pre-1700 quhongar, pre-1700 quhanȝear, pre-1700 1700s– whanger.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whinger n.¹

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of whinger n.¹, after hanger n.³ In later use probably also influenced by whang v.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

Originally: a kind of short sword; = whinger n.¹ Later also: a knife used for cutting meat.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword

saxa800

knifec1175

whinyard1478

hanger1481

short-sword1508

whinger1540

whanger1541

half-sword1552

estocade1579

wacadash1613

acinaces1653

dourlach1825

estoc1830

dah1832

simi1860

malchus1890

kirpan1904

1541–2 in E. Bain Merchant & Craft Guilds (1887) 269 Item, ane swerde and quhanger.

1584 in D. Thomson Dunfermline Hammermen (1909) 18 [The cutler's assay was] a plain finished quhanȝear.

1641 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 235 He fell in some quarrelling with the young man, and with his whanger stroke him, whereof presentlie he died.

1779 E. Allen Narr. Captivity 11 The combatants were to discharge each a pocket pistol, and then to fall on with their iron-hilted muckle whangers.

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. 75 At length the prince, somewhat collecting himself, drew out his shabby whanger, and brandished it in a most unwarlike guise.

1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 277 The sheep, roasted, or rather broiled was subjected every now and then to an incision from the large whangers or knives.

1848 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 7 Aug. ‘He..commanded me to surrender this sword’—drawing out a great whanger, but as bright as a new dollar.

1852 Times 3 Dec. 8/6 [Reporting on a speech at Glasgow University] In those times ministers of religion were obliged to wear coats of mail and carried ‘whangers’ (a laugh) for the protection of their persons.

1886 Weekly Detroit Free Press 12 June 3/5 Here also in a glass case is a rusty, battered old sword... A modest old whanger that.

1930 Foundry 1 Oct. 113/3 Several swords and knives—vicious looking whangers—were of native manufacture and certainly were a credit to the men who made them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whangern.²

Brit.

/ˈwaŋə/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wæŋər/

Forms: see whang v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whang v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < whang v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 3 compare earlier whang n.¹ 2.

†1. A person who beats or strikes someone or something (see quot.). Obsolete. rare.

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1728 Post-man 4 May 2 Whangers, Are Bullies with Truncheons under their Coats to knock down and carry off the Booty, &c.

†2.

a. With preceding noun. A person who deals in, is concerned with, or has to do with what is signified by the first element. Cf. monger n.¹ 2. Obsolete.Earliest and most commonly in slangwhanger n.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > mode or manner of behaviour or conduct > one who behaves in a particular way

walker?a1425

whanger1807

artist1908

1807 Salmagundi 4 Apr. 128 These knights, denominated editors, or slang-whangers,..may be said to keep up a constant firing ‘in words’.

1843 Rover 1 196/1 ‘This same,’ putting forth his gigantic arm, ‘shall be the beetle of mortality; ay, ay,’ he added, ‘in spite of twenty such muscle-whangers as that young man.’

1875 Daily Graphic (N.Y.) 29 Mar. 210/2 A coarse, brawling word-whanger like Andrew Johnson keeps a whole nation in a state of disturbance for four years, and fills his State with the vaporings of his egotism a half-dozen years longer.

b. Newfoundland. Apparently: a person engaged in curing or otherwise processing fish on shore. Also cod-whanger. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > long or large sword

longswordc1275

slaugh-sword1548

slaughter sword1569

katana1613

bum-bladea1640

swinger1673

whanger1826

espadon1846

two-hander1888

1826 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 160 And when it's [sc. fish] on the fork, Ye whangers! judge how savory is the pork! [Note] Slang of the colony for the fish-curers.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Whangers, or Cod-whangers. Fish-curers of Newfoundland.

3. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). An exceptionally large or impressive example or specimen of something; = whopper n. 1. Sc. National Dict. (at Whang n., v.) records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland in the form whanker in 1974.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind

swinger1599

rapper1653

thumper1660

whisker1668

spanker1751

slapper1781

whopper1785

skelper1790

smasher1794

pelter1811

swapper1818

jumbo1823

sneezer1823

whacker1825

whanger1825

infant1832

bulger1835

three-decker1835

bouncer1842

snorter1859

whalera1860

plonker1862

bruiser1868

snapper1874

plumper1881

boomer1885

heavy1897

sollicker1898

sanakatowzer1903

Moby Dicka1974

stonker1987

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > something exceedingly great in degree

the utter1584

swinger1599

a devil of a ——1604

thumper1660

whisker1668

a (also the, one) hell of a ——c1680

swapperc1700

spanker1751

whopper1785

whacker1825

whanger1825

utmost1856

howler1872

hell1931

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Whanker, something larger than common.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 218/1 ‘That fish is a whanger,’ a huge one.

2005 K. Douglass Seal Team Seven: Under Siege xxix. 261 I'm fit and ready to go. Just a little headache. Okay, so it's a whanger of a headache. But I can play hurt. Let me get at 'em.

4. slang (originally U.S.). A penis; = whang n.¹ 3.

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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis

weapona1000

tarsec1000

pintleOE

cock?c1335

pillicock?c1335

yard1379

arrowa1382

looma1400

vergea1400

instrumentc1405

fidcocka1475

privya1500

virile member (or yard)?1541

prickc1555

tool1563

pillock1568

penis1578

codpiece1584

needle1592

bauble1593

dildo1597

nag1598

virility1598

ferret1599

rubigo?a1600

Jack1604

mentula1605

virge1608

prependent1610

flute1611

other thing1628

engine1634

manhood1640

cod1650

quillity1653

rammer1653

runnion1655

pego1663

sex1664

propagator1670

membrum virile1672

nervea1680

whore-pipe1684

Roger1689

pudding1693

handle?1731

machine1749

shaft1772

jock1790

poker1811

dickyc1815

Johnny?1833

organ1833

intromittent apparatus1836

root1846

Johnson1863

Peter1870

John Henry1874

dickc1890

dingusc1890

John Thomasc1890

old fellowc1890

Aaron's rod1891

dingle-dangle1893

middle leg1896

mole1896

pisser1896

micky1898

baby-maker1902

old man1902

pecker1902

pizzle1902

willy1905

ding-dong1906

mickey1909

pencil1916

dingbatc1920

plonkerc1920

Johna1922

whangera1922

knob1922

tube1922

ding1926

pee-pee1927

prong1927

pud1927

hose1928

whang1928

dong1930

putz1934

porkc1935

wiener1935

weenie1939

length1949

tadger1949

winkle1951

dinger1953

winky1954

dork1961

virilia1962

rig1964

wee-wee1964

Percy1965

meat tool1966

chopper1967

schlong1967

swipe1967

chode1968

trouser snake1968

ding-a-ling1969

dipstick1970

tonk1970

noonies1972

salami1977

monkey1978

langer1983

wanker1987

a1922 T. S. Eliot in C. Ricks Inventions of March Hare (1996) App. A. 314 With his whanger in his hand he walked through the hall ‘By God’ said the cook ‘he's a gona fuck us all.’

1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ii. 14 An' there we spied a nigger, with a trigger that was bigger than an elephant's proboscis or the whanger of a whale.

2006 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 14 Aug. 12 She takes great delight in remembering an encounter with the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence—‘He had the most enormous whanger’.

5. Originally and chiefly British. A person who throws something. Chiefly as welly-whanger.

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1975 Birmingham Post 12 May 12/3 As any wellie-wanger will tell you, every wellington meets its Waterloo. However experienced the wellie-wanger he can never predict the behaviour of his boot.

2009 Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. (T2 section) 10 Go on a welly-wanging walk with friends... Take along a few rewards for the wangers who produce the longest, highest and wonkiest throws.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whanger
释义	whangern.¹ Brit. /ˈwaŋə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wæŋər/ Forms: pre-1700 quhanger, pre-1700 quhongar, pre-1700 quhanȝear, pre-1700 1700s– whanger. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whinger n.¹ Etymology: Apparently an alteration of whinger n.¹, after hanger n.³ In later use probably also influenced by whang v. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. Originally: a kind of short sword; = whinger n.¹ Later also: a knife used for cutting meat. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword saxa800 knifec1175 whinyard1478 hanger1481 short-sword1508 whinger1540 whanger1541 half-sword1552 estocade1579 wacadash1613 acinaces1653 dourlach1825 estoc1830 dah1832 simi1860 malchus1890 kirpan1904 1541–2 in E. Bain Merchant & Craft Guilds (1887) 269 Item, ane swerde and quhanger. 1584 in D. Thomson Dunfermline Hammermen (1909) 18 [The cutler's assay was] a plain finished quhanȝear. 1641 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 235 He fell in some quarrelling with the young man, and with his whanger stroke him, whereof presentlie he died. 1779 E. Allen Narr. Captivity 11 The combatants were to discharge each a pocket pistol, and then to fall on with their iron-hilted muckle whangers. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man I. 75 At length the prince, somewhat collecting himself, drew out his shabby whanger, and brandished it in a most unwarlike guise. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 277 The sheep, roasted, or rather broiled was subjected every now and then to an incision from the large whangers or knives. 1848 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 7 Aug. ‘He..commanded me to surrender this sword’—drawing out a great whanger, but as bright as a new dollar. 1852 Times 3 Dec. 8/6 [Reporting on a speech at Glasgow University] In those times ministers of religion were obliged to wear coats of mail and carried ‘whangers’ (a laugh) for the protection of their persons. 1886 Weekly Detroit Free Press 12 June 3/5 Here also in a glass case is a rusty, battered old sword... A modest old whanger that. 1930 Foundry 1 Oct. 113/3 Several swords and knives—vicious looking whangers—were of native manufacture and certainly were a credit to the men who made them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whangern.² Brit. /ˈwaŋə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wæŋər/ Forms: see whang v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: whang v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < whang v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 3 compare earlier whang n.¹ 2. †1. A person who beats or strikes someone or something (see quot.). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1728 Post-man 4 May 2 Whangers, Are Bullies with Truncheons under their Coats to knock down and carry off the Booty, &c. †2. a. With preceding noun. A person who deals in, is concerned with, or has to do with what is signified by the first element. Cf. monger n.¹ 2. Obsolete.Earliest and most commonly in slangwhanger n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > mode or manner of behaviour or conduct > one who behaves in a particular way walker?a1425 whanger1807 artist1908 1807 Salmagundi 4 Apr. 128 These knights, denominated editors, or slang-whangers,..may be said to keep up a constant firing ‘in words’. 1843 Rover 1 196/1 ‘This same,’ putting forth his gigantic arm, ‘shall be the beetle of mortality; ay, ay,’ he added, ‘in spite of twenty such muscle-whangers as that young man.’ 1875 Daily Graphic (N.Y.) 29 Mar. 210/2 A coarse, brawling word-whanger like Andrew Johnson keeps a whole nation in a state of disturbance for four years, and fills his State with the vaporings of his egotism a half-dozen years longer. b. Newfoundland. Apparently: a person engaged in curing or otherwise processing fish on shore. Also cod-whanger. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > long or large sword longswordc1275 slaugh-sword1548 slaughter sword1569 katana1613 bum-bladea1640 swinger1673 whanger1826 espadon1846 two-hander1888 1826 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 160 And when it's [sc. fish] on the fork, Ye whangers! judge how savory is the pork! [Note] Slang of the colony for the fish-curers. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Whangers, or Cod-whangers. Fish-curers of Newfoundland. 3. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). An exceptionally large or impressive example or specimen of something; = whopper n. 1. Sc. National Dict. (at Whang n., v.) records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland in the form whanker in 1974. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > something exceedingly great in degree the utter1584 swinger1599 a devil of a ——1604 thumper1660 whisker1668 a (also the, one) hell of a ——c1680 swapperc1700 spanker1751 whopper1785 whacker1825 whanger1825 utmost1856 howler1872 hell1931 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Whanker, something larger than common. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 218/1 ‘That fish is a whanger,’ a huge one. 2005 K. Douglass Seal Team Seven: Under Siege xxix. 261 I'm fit and ready to go. Just a little headache. Okay, so it's a whanger of a headache. But I can play hurt. Let me get at 'em. 4. slang (originally U.S.). A penis; = whang n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis weapona1000 tarsec1000 pintleOE cock?c1335 pillicock?c1335 yard1379 arrowa1382 looma1400 vergea1400 instrumentc1405 fidcocka1475 privya1500 virile member (or yard)?1541 prickc1555 tool1563 pillock1568 penis1578 codpiece1584 needle1592 bauble1593 dildo1597 nag1598 virility1598 ferret1599 rubigo?a1600 Jack1604 mentula1605 virge1608 prependent1610 flute1611 other thing1628 engine1634 manhood1640 cod1650 quillity1653 rammer1653 runnion1655 pego1663 sex1664 propagator1670 membrum virile1672 nervea1680 whore-pipe1684 Roger1689 pudding1693 handle?1731 machine1749 shaft1772 jock1790 poker1811 dickyc1815 Johnny?1833 organ1833 intromittent apparatus1836 root1846 Johnson1863 Peter1870 John Henry1874 dickc1890 dingusc1890 John Thomasc1890 old fellowc1890 Aaron's rod1891 dingle-dangle1893 middle leg1896 mole1896 pisser1896 micky1898 baby-maker1902 old man1902 pecker1902 pizzle1902 willy1905 ding-dong1906 mickey1909 pencil1916 dingbatc1920 plonkerc1920 Johna1922 whangera1922 knob1922 tube1922 ding1926 pee-pee1927 prong1927 pud1927 hose1928 whang1928 dong1930 putz1934 porkc1935 wiener1935 weenie1939 length1949 tadger1949 winkle1951 dinger1953 winky1954 dork1961 virilia1962 rig1964 wee-wee1964 Percy1965 meat tool1966 chopper1967 schlong1967 swipe1967 chode1968 trouser snake1968 ding-a-ling1969 dipstick1970 tonk1970 noonies1972 salami1977 monkey1978 langer1983 wanker1987 a1922 T. S. Eliot in C. Ricks Inventions of March Hare (1996) App. A. 314 With his whanger in his hand he walked through the hall ‘By God’ said the cook ‘he's a gona fuck us all.’ 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ii. 14 An' there we spied a nigger, with a trigger that was bigger than an elephant's proboscis or the whanger of a whale. 2006 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 14 Aug. 12 She takes great delight in remembering an encounter with the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence—‘He had the most enormous whanger’. 5. Originally and chiefly British. A person who throws something. Chiefly as welly-whanger. ΚΠ 1975 Birmingham Post 12 May 12/3 As any wellie-wanger will tell you, every wellington meets its Waterloo. However experienced the wellie-wanger he can never predict the behaviour of his boot. 2009 Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. (T2 section) 10 Go on a welly-wanging walk with friends... Take along a few rewards for the wangers who produce the longest, highest and wonkiest throws. 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