单词 | hellzapoppin |
释义 | hellzapoppin'adj. colloquial (originally U.S.). Hectic, chaotic; extremely eventful, action-packed, exciting; ostentatious, flashy. Cf. pop v.1 3e. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > active as opposed to contemplative > full of action or deeds deedful1834 action-packed1924 hellzapoppin'1945 deedy1959 1945 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 27 Dec. 5/8 The Detroits floundered hilariously into the world championship in seven hellzapoppin' games. 1982 K. A. Marling Wall-to-wall Amer. ii. 120 Their fields fairly crackle with the hell's-a-poppin' energy of great machines that reap and grind. 1994 Sight & Sound Oct. 49/2 As dull-witted and straitjacketed by cliché as it is visually hellzapoppin, the film may be a watershed moment. 1998 Time 23 Feb. 94/1 Bratby, the Kitchen Sink school leader of the 1950s, had a hellzapoppin love affair with a much younger Diane Hills, to whom he wrote letters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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