单词 | gammock |
释义 | † gammockn.1 Obsolete. = restharrow n. Cf. cammock n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > rest-harrow cammockc1000 ironhardOE restelbowea1400 restharrow?1550 petty whin1551 gammock1578 ground furze1578 ground-furze1578 fin1649 cat whin1684 sitfast1808 thorny rest-harrow1822 land-whina1825 lady-whin1886 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. x. 669 Gammocke or ground Furze. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. sig. K The Salt of Gammock, otherwise called Rest-harrow, Petty whynne, or ground furze. 1744 D. Hillman in Tusser's Five Hundred Points Husb. 12 (note) If troubled with Roots or Gammock, a Servant is very well bestowed to be ready to clear the Plough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). gammockn.2 Chiefly English regional. Now rare. 1. A piece of fun; a game, a jest; a frolic. Frequently in plural: antics, ‘tricks’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 176 'Tis but a fash'nable gammock. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Gammocks, running up and down, as in a fair, rolling among the hay, or flaunting at Vauxhall. 1824 T. Gaspey Witch-finder I. x. 219 Somebody has been telling him of my gammocks, and the undutiful old fellow has come up to school me for them. 1877 Coll. Hist. & Archæol. Montgomeryshire X. 292 Gammocks, antics, tricks, foolery. ‘Stop thy gammocks.’ 1899 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 264 Our Tryphee ain't tried any more gammicks wi' that 'ere ‘'igh art cookery’ o' hern—chillies, indeed! 1904 C. M. Gaskell Old Shropshire Life 258 She has dared to come here... I tell thee I'll have naught to do with witches and their devil gammocks. 2. As mass noun: fun, sport; foolery. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Gamock, foolish sport, practical jokes. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) She's too much gammock about her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammockv. Chiefly English regional. Now rare. intransitive. To frolic, romp; to fool or ‘lark’ about; (also) to gossip, chatter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1832 A. M. Hall Buccaneer I. xiv. 315 Crisp comes gammocking up, wagging his tail, seeming in the best of good humours. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 265 Our John's always going gammocking about. 1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. viii. 225 I was gammocking in a hayfield with another lass. 1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier xiii. 536 ‘Poor Mr. Flynt—he's got a great admiration for you...’ ‘Oi guessed you and him been gammickin'.’ 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 52 Gammock, to frolic, show foolery. 1941 J. Still On Troublesome Creek 141 Uncle Mize took the fresh start like a sheep takes to March grass, gammicking o'er his farm, worrying a crap [= crop] in, [etc.]. Derivatives ˈgammocking n. ΚΠ 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 14 At gammickin' John's Mary oft Seem'd rayther ov a sinner. a1895 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 551/1 What a noise you are making. Stop your gammocking. 1948 S. L. Bensusan Salt of Marshes 208 ‘Good morning, Mrs. Patient,’ she began, ‘may I have a word with you?’ ‘I ain't much time f'r gammickin',’ declared Mrs. Patient ominously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11578n.21819v.1832 |
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