butterbumpn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtəˌbʌmp/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌbəmp/

Forms: 1600s– butterbump, 1700s–1800s bitter bump, 1800s–1900s bottle bump, 1900s bouther-bump.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English butter , bittern n.¹, bump v.², bump n.¹

Etymology: < butter, bitter, variants of bittern n.¹ (see forms at that entry) + either bump v.² or bump n.¹

British regional (now rare).

The Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris.So called from the booming call of the male; cf. bump n.¹In early quots. said to be a pelican or a buzzard, but apparently in error.

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bitternc1330

mire-druma1398

butterbump1671

bog-bumper1804

bumble1813

bog-blitter1815

bull-of-the-bog1815

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Butter-bump, Onocrotalus avis.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Butter-bump, a sort of Bird which some call Onocrotalus..Others think this bird rather than the Bittern (which they call Ardea Stellaris) to be that which is called in Latin Buteo.

1678 H. More Let. 25 May 30 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) And does she not..put her Neb also into it sometimes, as into a Reed..and cry like a Butterbump?

1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lincs. Dial. (ed. 6) To Rdr. p. vi Thoose ot connaw tell a Bitter bump fro a Gillhooter.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Northern Farmer: Old Style viii. in Enoch Arden, etc. 132 Moäst loike a butter-bump, for I 'eerd un aboot an' aboot.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 111 We got ten couple..besides two butter-bumps and a heronsew.

1932 Sci. News Let. 23 Jan. 63/1 Other names that his [sc. the bittern's] vocalizing have brought upon him are ‘butter-bump’, ‘marsh drum’, ‘thunder pumper’ and ‘bog bull’.

2011 Guardian 2 Sept. 17/1 Most [bitterns] were found in its marshy East Anglian heartland (where the birds are still sometimes known as butterbumps).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	butterbump
释义	butterbumpn. Brit. /ˈbʌtəˌbʌmp/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌbəmp/ Forms: 1600s– butterbump, 1700s–1800s bitter bump, 1800s–1900s bottle bump, 1900s bouther-bump. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English butter , bittern n.¹, bump v.², bump n.¹ Etymology: < butter, bitter, variants of bittern n.¹ (see forms at that entry) + either bump v.² or bump n.¹ British regional (now rare). The Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris.So called from the booming call of the male; cf. bump n.¹In early quots. said to be a pelican or a buzzard, but apparently in error. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Botaurus (bittern) bitternc1330 mire-druma1398 butterbump1671 bog-bumper1804 bumble1813 bog-blitter1815 bull-of-the-bog1815 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Butter-bump, Onocrotalus avis. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Butter-bump, a sort of Bird which some call Onocrotalus..Others think this bird rather than the Bittern (which they call Ardea Stellaris) to be that which is called in Latin Buteo. 1678 H. More Let. 25 May 30 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) And does she not..put her Neb also into it sometimes, as into a Reed..and cry like a Butterbump? 1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lincs. Dial. (ed. 6) To Rdr. p. vi Thoose ot connaw tell a Bitter bump fro a Gillhooter. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Northern Farmer: Old Style viii. in Enoch Arden, etc. 132 Moäst loike a butter-bump, for I 'eerd un aboot an' aboot. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 111 We got ten couple..besides two butter-bumps and a heronsew. 1932 Sci. News Let. 23 Jan. 63/1 Other names that his [sc. the bittern's] vocalizing have brought upon him are ‘butter-bump’, ‘marsh drum’, ‘thunder pumper’ and ‘bog bull’. 2011 Guardian 2 Sept. 17/1 Most [bitterns] were found in its marshy East Anglian heartland (where the birds are still sometimes known as butterbumps). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1671
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