double-thongv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adv., thong v.

Etymology: < double adv. + thong v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: double-ˈthong.

transitive. To strike with the doubled thong of a whip.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on

streeka1500

push1590

put1590

whigc1667

cramc1830

to call upon ——1842

double-thong1856

giddap1938

1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xix Double-thonging the off wheeler most unmercifully.

Derivatives

double-ˈthonger n. a stroke thus given (colloquial).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > specific blow with whip

eye-opener1830

double-thonger1890

back-hander1958

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 187 With a shout, a double-thonger, half a dozen wild plunges..the team settled down..to something like racing speed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	double-thong
释义	double-thongv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adv., thong v. Etymology: < double adv. + thong v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: double-ˈthong. transitive. To strike with the doubled thong of a whip. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on streeka1500 push1590 put1590 whigc1667 cramc1830 to call upon ——1842 double-thong1856 giddap1938 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xix Double-thonging the off wheeler most unmercifully. Derivatives double-ˈthonger n. a stroke thus given (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > specific blow with whip eye-opener1830 double-thonger1890 back-hander1958 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 187 With a shout, a double-thonger, half a dozen wild plunges..the team settled down..to something like racing speed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1856
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