| 单词 | duffing-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasduffing-up Chiefly as duffing-up. An act of hitting or thumping something or someone; a beating; a drubbing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1967 Listener 31 Aug. 261/3 He may have been taught—either through a fine he couldn't pay or a duffing-up he couldn't sustain—that this age has rid itself of some semantic taboos only to enthrone others. 1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Sept. 1052/3 He can expect a good duffing if he ever goes back. 1997 Empire Sept. 138/2 This 206 minute epic got a duffing by critics back in 1972. 2004 H. Small in G. Cantor & S. Shuttleworth Science Serialized x. 241 [He] bullishly concluded a duffing up of W. G. Ward in the December 1874 issue of the Contemporary Review with a statement that [etc.]. 2016 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 7 Feb. 35 He received a duffing-up from her father at Paddington Station. < as lemmas |
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