单词 | freeload |
释义 | freeloadn. slang (originally U.S.). A party or other event at which food and drink are free; an act of freeloading. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties play-party1796 tail1837 surprise-party1840 street party1845 costume party1850 pound party1869 all-nighter1870 neighbourhood party1870 simcha1874 ceilidh1875 studio party1875 pounding1883 house party1885 private function1888 shower1893 kitchen shower1896 kitchen evening1902 bottle party1903 pyjama party1910 block party1919 house party1923 after-party1943 slumber party1949 office party1950 freeload1952 hukilau1954 BYOB1959 pot party1959 bush party1962 BYO1965 wrap party1978 bop1982 warehouse party1988 rave1989 1952 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 22 Aug. 10 (cartoon caption) ‘The joint's practically empty—that must have been some office picnic yesterday.’.. Counting the wounded the morning after the office freeload. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1966) ii. 23 People go pub crawling from room to room, having a good old freeload. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels xxviii. 389 A lavish, liquor-laced freeload which would be the last of its kind. 1995 Guardian 8 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 47/3 A tour round the Häagen Dazs factory..might sound like the freeload from heaven. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). freeloadv. colloquial (originally U.S.). intransitive. To behave as a freeloader; to partake of the free food, drink, benefits, etc., on offer. Also transitive with the food, etc., as object. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > eat in specific conditions [verb (intransitive)] > eat at another's expense freeload1940 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] > be a parasite or sponger hang1535 lick1602 parasite1609 shirk1633 sponge1673 scunge1846 coat-tail1852 leech1937 freeload1940 lig1960 1940 D. Runyon in Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 9 Apr. 10/5 We ran into an old time free-loader from out there not long ago... He has traveled much and free-loaded in many different places. 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 19 C'mon, we'll go out and free load..some scat. 1967 B. Norman Matter of Mandrake viii. 56 Free-load, Neddy Masters had said. Get a little drunk. 1977 Zigzag Mar. 23/1 I freeload their beer to the accompaniment of Santana. 1994 I. Welsh Acid House 254 We installed ourselves in the kitchen and freeloaded as much drink as possible. 2006 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 23 Dec. a1 [He] said the Sunday ban wouldn't affect his holiday at all, as he is planning to freeload. ‘I'm hoping not to pay for my own booze,’ he said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952v.1940 |
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