| 单词 | flannel-mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflannel-mouth flannel-mouth n. (a) a large species of catfish common in North American rivers, esp. the Mississippi and the Great Lakes; (b) any of various grunts of the genus Hæmulon or Bathystoma found off the south Atlantic coast of North America and having the inside of the mouth red, esp. the tomtate ( B. aurolineatum); (c) U.S. figurative, used contemptuously of a person; in later quots. spec. a braggart or empty talker, a flatterer (cf. 1f and flannel v. 4) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster yelper1340 avaunterc1374 braggerc1390 fare-makerc1440 seggerc1440 shakerc1440 vaunter1484 roosera1500 praterc1500 cracker1509 vouster?a1513 boaster1574 Thrasoa1576 braggarta1577 braver1589 glorioser1589 bragout1592 rodomont1592 braggadocio1594 gloriosoc1599 puckfist1600 burgullian1601 puff1601 forthputtera1610 rodomontado1609 ostentator1611 fanfaron1622 potgun1623 thrasonist1626 cracka1640 vapourer1653 braggadocian1654 rodomontadist1655 charlatan1670 brag1671 rodomontade1683 gasconader1709 rodomontader1730 Gascon1757 spread eagle1809 bag of wind1816 penny trumpeter1828 spraga1838 gasser1855 blow-hard1857 blower1863 crower1864 gabber1869 flannel-mouth1882 punk-fist1890 skiter1898 Tartarin1903 blow1904 skite1906 poofter1916 trombenik1922 shooter of lines1941 fat-mouth1942 wide-mouth1959 Wheneye1982 trash talker1986 braggarist- the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Ictaluridae bullhead1674 horn-pout1798 horned pout1837 minister1839 channel cat1847 flannel-mouth1882 stone-cat1882 madtom1896 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer fickler?c1225 losenger1303 glothererc1325 flatterera1340 blander1340 flatter1340 glozera1420 fleecherc1425 fager1435 soother1553 smooth-boots1599 sleekstonea1610 blandisher1611 cogger1611 over-prizer1611 smoother1611 colloguer1631 dauber1642 pargetera1656 flattercap1681 whillywhaa1682 sweetener1728 proneur1809 carney1818 soft-soaper1839 soft-solderer1851 smooth-sayer1872 incenser1873 soft-mouth1881 blarneyer1882 flannel-mouth1882 oiler1883 jollier1896 smoodger1898 plámáser1919 sweet-talker1946 smarmy1957 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Pomadysidae (grunts) > member of genus Haemulon grunta1705 red-mouth1704 porgy1725 margate1735 Margareta1757 redthroat1840 flannel-mouth1882 redgullet1890 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert in Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 16. 108 I. lacustris (Walbaum)..Cat-fish of the Lakes; Great Fork-tailed Cat; Mississippi Cat; Florida Cat; Flannel-mouth Cat... Abundant in all large bodies of water. One of the largest of the cat-fishes, reaching a weight of 100 pounds. 1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert in Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 16. 882 On page 108, instead of Ictalurus lacustris, read:..I. nigricans (Le S.).] 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I §133. 398 Several species of small fish, belonging to the genus Diabasis..are distinguished by the brilliant red color of the inside of the mouth and throat, from which they have sometimes been called Red Mouths, or Flannel Mouths. 1912 T. Dreiser Financier 8 You do, and I'll kick your head off, you flannel mouth. 1929 A. Ellis Life 202 George starts to complain that it was run by a bunch of ‘flannel mouths’. 1933 Amer. Speech 8 iv. 51/1 [In Nebraska] a flannel mouth was one who talked much with little sense or who was a braggart. 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 42 39 Chaw-mouth..refers to the Irishman's talkativeness and parallels the more common flannel-mouth. < as lemmas |
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