grasshopperingn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒp(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɡrasˌhɒp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡræsˌhɑpərɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s grashoppering (nonstandard), 1800s– grasshoppering.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grasshopper n., grasshopper v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < grasshopper n. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < grasshopper v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. With allusion to the fable of the ant and the grasshopper: the practice of living in a frivolous manner, without planning or preparing for the future; the improvident passing or wasting of time. rare.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

fool-largessec1405

fool-largec1450

improvidencec1450

wastry1645

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

thriftlessness1817

hand-to-mouth1835

spendthriftism1862

imprevision1883

banging1897

spendthriftiness1950

grasshoppering1956

1803 M. G. Lewis Let. 9 Nov. in Ld. J. Russell Mem. T. Moore (1856) VIII. 46 I thought it high time that your grashoppering system should be at an end, and that you should begin to collect a provision of corn against the winter.

1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ Riddle of Lady i. 12 [We] enjoy ourselves..by working. We shouldn't get any fun out of grasshoppering.

1967 Arizona Republic 25 July 39/4 (advt.) Summer is traditional vacation time, and for most, it's two weeks of grasshoppering.

2. Angling. The action or practice of fishing using a grasshopper (grasshopper n. 2b). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait

maggot-fishing1804

worming1842

grasshoppering1872

squidding1894

prawning1909

shrimping1931

mooching1947

1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vi. 199 In former days, when ‘grasshoppering’ was allowed there, I have taken many a basketful [of grayling] from the gravelly Teme.

1873 H. St. J. Dick Flies & Fly Fishing vi. 72 Use a light rod... It should always be made ferruled, not spliced; and this also applies to all rods for trolling from a boat, or grasshoppering, or in fact any fishing, except fly.

1941 Pennsylvania Angler Jan. 19/3 Ordinary bass fly tackle can be used in ‘grasshoppering’.

3. U.S. The action or process of moving a riverboat over an obstruction such as a sandbar or through shallow waters with the aid of poles or spars, esp. by raising it at the bow on a pair of spars mounted on either side and then driving it forwards. Cf. grasshopper v. 2. historical.

ΚΠ

1909 J. M. Hanson Conquest of Missouri xi. 87 From the grotesque resemblance to a grasshopper which the craft bore when her spars were set..the practice came to be called ‘grasshoppering’.

1952 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 10 Nov. (Last ed.) 12/1 The obstruction..was a knifelike rock, and once on that, there would be no getting the Astrid off again. Even if grasshoppering was possible, the bottom would be sliced out.

2010 N. Philbrick Last Stand i. 3 A Missouri riverboat looked so much like a giant, smoke-belching insect as it lurched over the mud on two spindly legs that this technique..became known as ‘grasshoppering’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grasshoppering
释义	grasshopperingn. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒp(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɡrasˌhɒp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡræsˌhɑpərɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s grashoppering (nonstandard), 1800s– grasshoppering. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grasshopper n., grasshopper v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < grasshopper n. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < grasshopper v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. With allusion to the fable of the ant and the grasshopper: the practice of living in a frivolous manner, without planning or preparing for the future; the improvident passing or wasting of time. rare.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] overflowingnessOE fool-largessec1405 fool-largec1450 improvidencec1450 wastry1645 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 thriftlessness1817 hand-to-mouth1835 spendthriftism1862 imprevision1883 banging1897 spendthriftiness1950 grasshoppering1956 1803 M. G. Lewis Let. 9 Nov. in Ld. J. Russell Mem. T. Moore (1856) VIII. 46 I thought it high time that your grashoppering system should be at an end, and that you should begin to collect a provision of corn against the winter. 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ Riddle of Lady i. 12 [We] enjoy ourselves..by working. We shouldn't get any fun out of grasshoppering. 1967 Arizona Republic 25 July 39/4 (advt.) Summer is traditional vacation time, and for most, it's two weeks of grasshoppering. 2. Angling. The action or practice of fishing using a grasshopper (grasshopper n. 2b). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > using specific bait maggot-fishing1804 worming1842 grasshoppering1872 squidding1894 prawning1909 shrimping1931 mooching1947 1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks vi. 199 In former days, when ‘grasshoppering’ was allowed there, I have taken many a basketful [of grayling] from the gravelly Teme. 1873 H. St. J. Dick Flies & Fly Fishing vi. 72 Use a light rod... It should always be made ferruled, not spliced; and this also applies to all rods for trolling from a boat, or grasshoppering, or in fact any fishing, except fly. 1941 Pennsylvania Angler Jan. 19/3 Ordinary bass fly tackle can be used in ‘grasshoppering’. 3. U.S. The action or process of moving a riverboat over an obstruction such as a sandbar or through shallow waters with the aid of poles or spars, esp. by raising it at the bow on a pair of spars mounted on either side and then driving it forwards. Cf. grasshopper v. 2. historical. ΚΠ 1909 J. M. Hanson Conquest of Missouri xi. 87 From the grotesque resemblance to a grasshopper which the craft bore when her spars were set..the practice came to be called ‘grasshoppering’. 1952 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 10 Nov. (Last ed.) 12/1 The obstruction..was a knifelike rock, and once on that, there would be no getting the Astrid off again. Even if grasshoppering was possible, the bottom would be sliced out. 2010 N. Philbrick Last Stand i. 3 A Missouri riverboat looked so much like a giant, smoke-belching insect as it lurched over the mud on two spindly legs that this technique..became known as ‘grasshoppering’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1803
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