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▪ I. strafe, v. slang.|strɑːf, streɪf|
Also straff.
[From the Ger. phrase Gott strafe England, ‘God punish England’, a common salutation in Germany in 1914 and the following years.]
trans. Used (originally by British soldiers in the war against Germany) in various senses suggested by its origin: To punish; to do damage to; to attack fiercely; to heap imprecations on; also absol.In later Mil. usage, to attack from low-flying aircraft with bombs or machine-gun fire, etc.; also transf. and fig.
1915A. D. Gillespie Lett. from Flanders (1916) 240, I never saw a billet like this for flies... We are trying poison too, but however we may ‘strafe’ there are just as many left. Ibid. 251 They only sent a few shells, and the first seemed to burst in their own trench..and I expect someone will be ‘strafed’ for it. 1916Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Feb. 62/1 The Germans are called the Gott-strafers, and strafe is becoming a comic English word. 1916MS. Let. fr. Front (Feb. or Mar.) There is not much Hun artillery fire, but as our guns strafe them well every day, I expect they will wake up and return the compliment. 1916Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 The word strafe is now almost universally used. Not only is an effective bombardment of the enemy's lines or a successful trench raid described by Tommy as ‘strafing the Fritzes,’ but there are occasions when certain ‘brass hats’..are strafed by imprecation. And quite recently the present writer heard a working-class woman..shout to one of her offspring ‘Wait till I git 'old of yer, I'll strarfe yer, I will!’ 1916‘Boyd Cable’ Action Front 45 Straff the Germans and all their works, particularly their mine works! 1917J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 33 A regular army West Point major came over from Paris to look us over Sunday and straffed hell out of us in front of the British colonel and his staff. 1918Galsworthy Five Tales 273 If I did my duty as a special, I should ‘strafe’ her for that. 1925Atlantic Monthly Nov. 657 They're going to strafe us when we start out. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 36 Within ten minutes, enemy aircraft were straffing the ship. 1944Sun (Baltimore) 12 Dec. 20/1 Most of the fighter escort of the 1,600 bombers..dropped to telephone-pole level to strafe trucks and trains heading from Frankfurt to the Saarbrucken battle zone. 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 42 They started to strafe the beach and the trenches. 1965Listener 16 Dec. 1012/1 At least the latter straffed right and left with an energetic disregard for anything but her own sense of superiority. 1979B. Parvin Deadly Dyke xv. 81 The Stone Cottages were..in need of repair, their paintwork peeling and strafed by the Fenland winds. 1982Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 4/8 Filipino officials have denied a claim by Tokyo that their air force strafed the Japanese oil tanker.
Hence ˈstrafer; ˈstrafing ppl. a.
1916O. Seaman Made in England 31 Is it the absent strafer's kiss On whose account this plaint they utter? 1930C. R. Samson Fights & Flights 98 We left a car to attend to the Zeppelin strafers and take their mechanics away. 1979M. Page Pilate Plot iv. 50 Some illusory protection from any Turkish Air Force strafer that appeared overhead. 1979R. Cox Auction ii. 41 Strafing fighters passed so low that they were often below the level of the hill.
▪ II. strafe, n. slang.|strɑːf, streɪf|
Also straff.
[f. the vb.]
A fierce assault; an attack from low-flying aircraft. Also fig., a reprimand.
1915in Naval Rev. (1916) IV. 267 The usual daily straff. 1916Blackw. Mag. Feb. 284/1 Intermittent strafes we are used to. 1918J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 73 The C.O. and Capt. Horn, our new flight commander, were all set for a big straff because we were supposed to be back at nine. 1935D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 372 We was expectin' a bit of a strafe. 1939War Illustr. 11 Nov. 288/1 (heading) German officer called Polish campaign a ‘strafe’ expedition, not a war. 1944R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 262 Jerry is up to his nightly strafe. 1979Guardian 24 July 19/1 The people who organize dinners..for foreign panjandrums have..received a rocket... The subject of the strafe was the standard of food. 1980J. L. Carr Month in Country 69 I'd prayed eloquently enough in my signal-pit during big strafes.
▪ III. strafe
obs. Sc. pa. tense of strive v.; var. straif. |