单词 | whoop-ass |
释义 | whoop-assn. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). The action or process of assaulting someone; (the delivery of) a sound beating or thrashing, or an overwhelming defeat. Often figurative.Earliest as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun] fallOE confusionc1290 discomfiturea1400 castc1400 overthrowc1440 confoundinga1450 jeofail1546 prostitution1567 lurch1584 worsting1607 unhorsing1608 supplantation1617 defeat1676 overset1789 punishment1811 overthrowal1862 beating1883 unhorsement1884 whoop-ass1974 society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking assailing1340 offencec1395 overrunning?a1425 saulting1490 oppugnation1524 oppugning1535 offension1542 affronture1549 grassation1610 aggression1630 attacking1657 strafing1915 whoop-ass1974 1974 G. V. Higgins Cogan's Trade iv. 50 He makes this whip-ass flying jump at me and knocks me on my ass. 1998 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 6 Nov. These guys [sc. a country-rock band] say they're the ‘masters of truckabilly, roots rawk & whup ass.’ 2005 D. Simon Wire (HBO TV script) 4th Ser. Episode 1. 35 Give 'em a whupass they ain't gonna forget. 2020 @Vicki34F 24 July in twitter.com (accessed 29 July 2020) Cuomo just served up some whoopass. Phrases to open a can of whoop-ass and variants: to assault someone; to deliver a sound beating or thrashing; (figurative) to humiliate or defeat a person thoroughly.Often used as a threat or warning that a (literal or figurative) beating is about to be delivered. ΚΠ 1983 J. Gayton Uncommon Valor (film script, rev. 3rd draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 45 Sailor Man, you just bought the whole can of whip-ass. 1990 Deadly Texan (Austin, Texas) 1 Apr. 1/4 [They were] informed that any further attempt to contact Lemmy would result in him ‘opening a can of whup-ass bigger than UT itself.’ 1998 Newsweek 23 Nov. 62/3 He threatened to open a can of whoop-ass on his [wrestling] rivals, to serve them a cup of shut-the-hell-up. 2020 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 26 May In Kentucky, Tea Party Republican, Rand Paul, opened a can of whoop-ass on Republican party favorite, Trey Grayson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1974 |
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