| 释义 |
rannygazoo Chiefly U.S. dial. or slang.|ˌrænɪgəˈzuː|
Also ranikaboo, reinikaboo, renicky-boo.
[Origin unknown.]
A prank, trick; horseplay, ‘nonsense’. (See also quots. 1901, 1940.)
1901Dialect Notes II. 146 Reinikaboo.., a newspaper story which is midway between a fake and a statement of fact; a statement of news out of all proportion and almost out of relation to the facts, yet having a certain origin and shadowy foundation. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights iii. 255 ‘You—bluffer!’ shouted a voice, ‘don't you think you can run any such ranikaboo here!’ 1917Dialect Notes IV. 328 Renicky..or renicky-boo. ‘He wants to run some sort of bluff or renicky on us.’ 1924Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xi. 204 I'll hang around for a while just in case friend Pilbeam starts any rannygazoo. 1940Time 14 Oct. 28 Wilkie went to N.Y.C. to tour Democratic Brooklyn... Still he refused to make a..speech, stil turned down..pleas..to let loose with a ring-tailed, rabble-rousing rannygazoo. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 20 Jan. 1/2 A ranikaboo in Arizona would be known as a prank in other states. 1974Wodehouse Aunts aren't Gentlemen vii. 59 Her lips were tightly glued together, her chin protruding, her whole lay-out that of a girl who intended to stand no rannygazoo. |