单词 | bust-up |
释义 | bust-upn. colloquial and slang (originally U.S.). 1. An accident or disaster; a failure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > a mishap or unlucky accident mistideOE unhapc1230 chancea1300 mischancec1325 mishapa1387 accident?1490 casualtya1513 shrewd turn1565 casuality1574 misaccident1620 mishanter1754 contretemps1809 bust-up1841 pratfall1941 snafu1943 1841 Sporting Rev. Nov. 336 No certificate of a safe biler from the appointed authority—it's a bust-up sure. 1915 Spectator (N.Y.) 4 Mar. 17/1 Had a life policy—one thing left in the bust-up. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xii. 55 The bust-up of Brazilian securities. 2010 Cairns Post (Austral.) (Nexis) 31 July 20 John..was confident his car could be saved in the wake of his 100km/h barrier collision. He also spoke of the fear following Kain's bust-up, which he watched on television after the race. 2. A flare-up; an altercation; an argument, a strong disagreement. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel controversy1448 tencion?1473 brulyie1531 pique1532 feudc1565 quarrel1566 jar1583 controverse1596 brack1600 outcast1620 rixation1623 controversarya1635 simultya1637 outfall1647 outfallingc1650 controversion1658 démêlé1661 embroilment1667 strut1677 risse1684 rubber1688 fray1702 brulyiement1718 fallout1725 tossa1732 embroil1742 ding-dong?1760 pilget1777 fratch1805 spar1836 splutter1838 bust-up1842 whid1847 chip1854 kass-kass1873 wap1887 run-in1894 go-round1898 blue1943 hassle1945 square-up?1949 ruck1958 1842 J. H. Hammond Diary 8 July in C. Bleser Secret & Sacred (1997) iii. 98 I fear..that there will be another bust up. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 133 Then there's a big bust-up and a row that gets into the papers. 1914 Eng. Rev. Sept. 250 It [sc. this war] is the ‘bust-up’ of materialism. 1945 A. L. Rowse West-Country Stories 148 They were having a tremendous bust-up with the railway porters about their belongings. 1981 G. Clare Last Waltz in Vienna (1982) ii. 149 The big bust-up between Father and me finally came. 2002 R. Lewis Anthony Burgess (2004) 196 Wherever he went there were ructions. Marriage bust-ups, suicide attempts, bankruptcies, nervous breakdowns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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