单词 | grab-ass |
释义 | grab-assn. North American slang (originally U.S. Military). Foolish or disruptive behaviour; horseplay. Frequently in to play grab ass: to engage in horseplay, to fool around. In later use sometimes with sexual connotations (in allusion to literal sense). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] rampinga1425 daffing1535 May game1571 horseplay1590 hoiting1594 wantonizing1598 roguery1611 romperinga1625 hoity-toity1668 frolicking1676 frolic1677 romping1694 wantoning1701 vagary1791 skylarking1809 larking1813 rollicking1823 high-jinking1891 shenaniganning1924 grab-ass1948 mollocking1959 bants2008 1948 T. Heggen & J. Logan Mister Roberts i. iii. 58 You've been getting pretty smart playing grab-ass with Roberts here. 1965 H. Rhodes Chosen Few 37 No noise, no laughing, no grab ass. 1995 Sporting News 27 Feb. 40/1 They were all drinking water, playing grab-ass... By the third practice, I laid down my rules. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Jan. He was playing grab-ass in the Oval Office with interns. 2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 20 Siek doesn't like our grab-ass, and he yells at us to resume the game. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). grab-assv. North American slang (originally Military). intransitive. To engage in horseplay; to fool around. Also with around. 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 1957 A. Myrer Big War viii. 108 They didn't know what they were getting into, any of them;..throwing knives at pin-up girls, squabbling, grab-assing around. 1977 J. Langone Life at Bottom ixx. 179 Well, man, we had guys grab-assing around with that one, I'll tell you. 1981 D. D. Stewart & T. Hackford Officer & Gentleman in M. Mehring Screenplay (1990) x. 236 You grab-ass and joke around but you don't make friends. 2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. xv. 244 The three grab-ass, swing incompetently from lampposts, talk in private tongues. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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