单词 | go-around |
释义 | go-aroundn. Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round carousel1673 whimsic chair?c1684 whimsy1684 merry-go-round1729 roundabout1763 turnabout1789 whirligig1816 spin-'em-round1851 go-round1857 whirly-go-round1865 merry-go-around1873 giddy-go-round1879 go-around1888 razzle-dazzle1890 joy-wheel1911 chairoplane1922 whip1925 Noah's Ark1945 waltzer1961 swirl1962 1888 Iowa Postal Card 22 Sept. He hopes to hear the saws and other go-arounds purr by steam in a shop of his own. 1889 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 28 Aug. Coney Island..is one vast area of about four miles of ‘Spinning Jennies’, switch backs, ten cent circus tents and bathing pavilions. There is one place where four of these ‘go arounds’ run side by side. 2. An argument, a confrontation; = go-round n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter encounter1297 counterc1330 brusha1400 recountering1410 recountera1470 encountering1482 re-encounter1525 re-encountry1569 passage1608 congression?1611 confronta1626 traverse1640 clash1646 congress1646 conjunction1648 head-to-head1899 go-around1912 mano a mano1950 face-off1956 bitchfest1985 1912 Jrnl. Switchmen's Union N. Amer. July 457/1 They claim we were not the cause of getting it, and we have some awful ‘go arounds’ about it. 1956 Sat. Evening Post 11 Feb. 43/1 Tried to tell them that this was a lousy way to treat a member of the family, and after a real go-around he had won. 1972 O. Fredrickson & B. East Silence of North xxi. 194 I had a real go-around with a big grizzly this last spring. 1988 ‘Batman’ Death in Family (1989) iii. 22 One go-around with you was plenty for me, Shiva. 2008 E. Canin America (2009) i. i. 7 Trieste and I have had our share of go-arounds since her arrival at the paper. 3. to give (a person) the go-around: to treat in an evasive or temporizing manner; to evade, avoid; to stall. Cf. go-by n.1 Phrases, runaround n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off pop1530 to put off1569 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 to shift offc1592 foist1598 to fob off1600 fub1600 to shuffle off1604 doffa1616 jig1633 to trump upa1640 whiffle1654 to fool off1664 sham1682 drill1752 to set off1768 to put by1779 jilt1782 palm1822 stall1829 job1872 to give (a person) the go-around1925 1925 Technol. Rev. Dec. 119/1 The nations have been giving him the go-around on how many rupees and annas he should get for five hundred and twenty-eight kilos of kerosene. 1929 Amer. Speech 5 152 To give the go-around, to avoid a person. ‘He gave me the go-around.’ 1975 New Pittsburgh Courier 27 Dec. 7/2 They have been giving me the go-around since 1971 when I first applied. 2004 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 6 Apr. 3 b I have spent hours upon hours talking to the company's tech lines trying to get my computer back..but all representatives do is give me the go-around. 4. A round or bout of a competition; (also) a (sporting) contest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] match1531 bonspiel1560 prize1565 main1589 traverse1599 seta1626 tournament1762 fixture1825 tourney1890 roundup1912 rodeo1927 go-around1933 start1949 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > specific one of series heata1663 rubber game1793 round1837 rubber match1843 tie-match1864 final1880 postseason1882 semi-final1884 preliminary1886 cup-tie1895 play-off1895 tie1895 leg1899 repechage1899 qualifier1908 quarter-final1916 playdown1918 rounder1918 go-around1933 quick death1938 semi1942 pretrial1946 quarter1950 barrage1955 tie-breaker1961 semi-main1968 tie-break1970 breaker1979 1933 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 2 July 4/1 The state's outstanding linksmen [will] appear in the state municipal and junior go-arounds scheduled for Mr. Murray Brooks' elegant site for golf tournaments. 1937 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 17 Dec. 6/4 Others to meet in first go-arounds in that bracket are Crews and Hobbs; [etc.]. 1998 Cycle World Oct. 74 Haga, who had himself crashed out in the first go-around, rode with wild brilliance in the second leg. 2010 Reporter (Vacaville, Calif.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. Will C. Wood leads the Monticello Empire League race after the first of three go-arounds. 5. Aeronautics. An act of flying in a circuit or loop in order to return to a former position, esp. after an aborted landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > circling back to former position go-around1946 1946 Civil Aeronaut. Jrnl. 15 Oct. 130 His [sc. the pilot's] technique was faulty in attempting a go-around, and the plane settled into a lake adjoining the field. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 118 When the runway was blocked by a plane on the ground, I had to make a go-around. 1999 Airforces Monthly Oct. 73/2 Because they both still had large quantities of fuel on board they made several approaches and go-arounds to burn it off. 2005 M. MacPherson Roberts Ridge iv. 144 He was going through a decision process—whether to attempt a go-around or make the landing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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