fly-flapn.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪflap/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪˌflæp/

Forms: Also 1600s -flop.

Etymology: < fly n.¹ + flap n.¶The alleged sense = flip-flap n. 3a (see quot. 1676 there) is based on a mistake of Strutt ( Sports & Past. iii. v. 175).

1. An instrument for driving away flies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies

werela1390

flapc1440

fly-flapc1440

flapper1570

flip-flap1600

cow-tail1672

fly-flapper1749

chauri1777

fly-brush1838

fly-whisk1838

fly-duster1860

scare-fly1862

fly-whipper1872

fly-fan1891

fly-flick1914

fly-swatter1917

swatter1917

fly-swish1922

swatting1925

fly-swat1937

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/1 Fly flappe..muscarium.

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.iv Thy tonge is a fly flap.

1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. iii. 22 I said..that you had a brow Hung o're your eyes like flie-flaps.

1779 D. Samwell Jrnl. 4 Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 1180 The fly flap, Bracelets &..ornaments compleat the Dress of an Owhyee Lady.

1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 297 Erect Holding his leather fly-flap.

figurative.1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. H4 Ah the fly-flop of vengeance beate 'em to peeces.1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 55 How Fly-Flap of Church-Censure, Houses rid Of Insects.

†2. A stroke with a fly-flap; (in quot. 1726) figurative, an adroit manœuvre, a cunning prank. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device

wrenchc888

craftOE

turnc1225

ginc1275

play?a1300

enginec1300

wrenkc1325

forsetc1330

sleightc1340

knackc1369

cautel138.

subtletya1393

wilea1400

tramc1400

wrinkle1402

artc1405

policy?1406

subtilityc1410

subtiltyc1440

jeopardy1487

jouk1513

pawka1522

frask1524

false point?1528

conveyance1534

compass1540

fineness1546

far-fetch?a1562

stratagem1561

finesse1562

entrapping1564

convoyance1578

lift1592

imagine1594

agitation1600

subtleship1614

artifice1620

navation1628

wimple1638

rig1640

lapwing stratagem1676

feint1679

undercraft1691

fly-flap1726

management1736

fakement1811

old tricka1822

fake1829

trickeration1940

swiftie1945

shrewdie1961

1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 16 Not to forget the Quibbles and Fly-flaps he play'd against his Adversaries.

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

fly-flapv.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪflap/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪˌflæp/

Etymology: < fly-flap n.

1. transitive. To strike with a fly-flap; to beat, whip.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat

threshOE

beatc1000

to lay on?c1225

chastise1362

rapa1400

dressc1405

lack?c1475

paya1500

currya1529

coil1530

cuff1530

baste1533

thwack1533

lick1535

firka1566

trounce1568

fight1570

course1585

bumfeage1589

feague1589

lamback1589

lambskin1589

tickle1592

thrash1593

lam1595

bumfeagle1598

comb1600

fer1600

linge1600

taw1600

tew1600

thrum1604

feeze1612

verberate1614

fly-flap1620

tabor1624

lambaste1637

feak1652

flog1676

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slipper1682

liquora1689

curry-comb1708

whack1721

rump1735

screenge1787

whale1790

lather1797

tat1819

tease1819

larrup1823

warm1824

haze1825

to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839

flake1841

swish1856

hide1875

triangle1879

to give (a person or thing) gyp1887

soak1892

to loosen (a person's) hide1902

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote lx. 405 I giue you my word to beat my selfe and fly-flappe mee when I haue a disposition to it.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times vii. 123 I must call my husband to fly-flap you.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 209 I was Fly-flap'd.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Flyflapped, whipt in the stocks, or at the cart's tail.

2. intransitive. To drive away flies with a fly-flap.

ΚΠ

1797 [see fly-flapping n. and adj. at Derivatives].

Derivatives

ˈfly-flapping n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [adjective] > driving away flies

fly-flapping1797

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies > driving away flies with

fly-flapping1797

1797 Edinb. Mag. May 344 Beelzebub, or the Lord of Flies..whom I must renounce with all his works, even that of fly flapping.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. 204 There seemed to be nobody about save the fly-flapping boys.

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

单词	fly-flap
释义	fly-flapn. Brit. /ˈflʌɪflap/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌflæp/ Forms: Also 1600s -flop. Etymology: < fly n.¹ + flap n.¶The alleged sense = flip-flap n. 3a (see quot. 1676 there) is based on a mistake of Strutt ( Sports & Past. iii. v. 175). 1. An instrument for driving away flies. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies werela1390 flapc1440 fly-flapc1440 flapper1570 flip-flap1600 cow-tail1672 fly-flapper1749 chauri1777 fly-brush1838 fly-whisk1838 fly-duster1860 scare-fly1862 fly-whipper1872 fly-fan1891 fly-flick1914 fly-swatter1917 swatter1917 fly-swish1922 swatting1925 fly-swat1937 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/1 Fly flappe..muscarium. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.iv Thy tonge is a fly flap. 1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. iii. 22 I said..that you had a brow Hung o're your eyes like flie-flaps. 1779 D. Samwell Jrnl. 4 Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 1180 The fly flap, Bracelets &..ornaments compleat the Dress of an Owhyee Lady. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 297 Erect Holding his leather fly-flap. figurative.1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. H4 Ah the fly-flop of vengeance beate 'em to peeces.1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 55 How Fly-Flap of Church-Censure, Houses rid Of Insects. †2. A stroke with a fly-flap; (in quot. 1726) figurative, an adroit manœuvre, a cunning prank. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 16 Not to forget the Quibbles and Fly-flaps he play'd against his Adversaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fly-flapv. Brit. /ˈflʌɪflap/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌflæp/ Etymology: < fly-flap n. 1. transitive. To strike with a fly-flap; to beat, whip. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote lx. 405 I giue you my word to beat my selfe and fly-flappe mee when I haue a disposition to it. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times vii. 123 I must call my husband to fly-flap you. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 209 I was Fly-flap'd. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Flyflapped, whipt in the stocks, or at the cart's tail. 2. intransitive. To drive away flies with a fly-flap. ΚΠ 1797 [see fly-flapping n. and adj. at Derivatives]. Derivatives ˈfly-flapping n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [adjective] > driving away flies fly-flapping1797 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies > driving away flies with fly-flapping1797 1797 Edinb. Mag. May 344 Beelzebub, or the Lord of Flies..whom I must renounce with all his works, even that of fly flapping. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. 204 There seemed to be nobody about save the fly-flapping boys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440v.1620
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