单词 | gobby |
释义 | gobbyn. Nautical slang. Now rare (perhaps disused). A sailor, an ordinary seaman; spec. (British) one assigned to duties on the quarterdeck. Also (British): a coastguard. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive. Cf. gob n.5 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] water?1570 man-of-war1599 navy-man1679 man-of-war's-man1745 blue jacket1776 ocean-warrior1801 blue1806 web foot1846 gobby1883 nautic1909 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] shipmanc900 seamanOE buscarlOE shipperc1100 ship-gumec1275 marinerc1300 skipper1390 marinela1400 waterman1421 maryneller1470 seafarer1513 sea-fardingera1550 navigator1574 marinec1575 sailer1585 Triton1589 Neptunist1593 canvas-climber1609 sea-crab1609 tar-lubber1610 Neptunian1620 salt-rover1620 sailora1642 tarpaulin1647 otter1650 water dog1652 tarpauliana1656 Jack1659 tar1676 sea-animal1707 Jack tar1709 sailor-man1761 tarry-breeks1786 hearty1790 ocean-farera1806 tarry-jacket1822 Jacky1826 nautical1831 salt water1839 matelotc1847 knight of the tar-brush1866 main-yard man1867 gobby1883 tarry-John1888 blue jersey1889 lobscouser1889 flat-foot1897 handyman1899 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who guards the coast blockman1570 blockade man1821 coastguard-man1848 gobby1883 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > coastguard coastguard1833 coastguard-man1848 gobby1883 1883 Mid-Surrey Times 22 June 2/5 When some distance off in the same boat they called out, ‘Come on, you — old gobby crew’. 1890 Scotsman 4 Aug. in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1893) III. 168/1 When a meeting takes place the men indulge in a protracted yarn and a draw of the pipe. The session involves a considerable amount of expectoration all round, whereby our friends come to be known as gobbies. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 126 Think o' her Number One chasin' the mobilised gobbies round the lower deck flats. 1918 G. Fiennes Sea Power & Freedom xi. 271 The defence of home waters rested upon the Home Fleet, a collection of antique vessels, used for port- and coast-guard ships, generally known irreverently as the ‘gobby fleet’. 1944 Billboard 6 May 3/4 Praise of the navy and gobby songs also go over double-big. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobbyadj. colloquial (originally English regional (northern)). Overly talkative, loud-mouthed; impudent, rude. Cf. mouthy adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > specifically of persons unhendc1275 uncourteous1303 rudec1425 bardish1641 unpolite1693 gobby1843 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay & Other Poems Gloss. p. xxiii Gobby, chatty. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gobby, impudent. ‘A gobby brat.’ 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues vii. 238 It's all right for a couple of gobby yobs to get a punch around the earhole. 2010 H. Jacobson Finkler Question v. 120 They're a gobby bunch, used to the limelight and the sound of their own voices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883adj.1843 |
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