单词 | hotter |
释义 | hottern.1 Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. 1. a. A shaking, a jolting; the rattling sound produced by this. Also: a start, a palpitation. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Aberdeen and Roxburghshire in 1957. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > shaking > vertical shaking hotter1871 1804 W. Tarras Poems 55 My blessing on the cantie Cottar, For many a time, wi' hyte an' hotter, He's hail'd me in a simmer mornin. 1836 J. Struthers Dychmont ii. 448 Ah me! a perfect hotter. 1869 W. Knight Auld Yule 80 His heart gied twa're royit hotters. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliii. 301 I've stan't mony a roch hotter afore noo i' the wye o' duty, as ye ken brawly, Meg. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 175 Hotter, a jolt or jog, as by a cart passing over a stone. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 18 Aw min' on ae aul' wife 'at we cairriet on a han' barra. Gin ye gya a vrang hotter wi' 'er she curs't an' swore. b. The bubbling made by a boiling liquid. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Fife and Dumfries in 1957. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] boilingc1384 fervence14.. bubblinga1500 burbling1528 bullitiona1626 ebullition1646 fermentationa1661 intumescence1661 effervescence1685 struggle1741 struggling1764 bubblement1842 bubble1870 creaming1888 hotter1923 1923 Banffshire Jrnl. 15 May 3 Get a biler o' water, umman, an' get it tull the hotter as quick's ye can. 2. A seething mass, a crowd; a swarm (of vermin). Also: a rash, a skin eruption. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Aberdeen, Berwick, Kirkcudbright and parts of southern Scotland in 1957. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection rabblea1398 hotchpotc1405 hotchpotchc1410 mishmashc1475 gaggle?1478 chaos?1550 humble-jumble1550 huddle1587 wilderness1594 lurry1607 hatterc1626 farragoa1637 bumble1648 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 clutter1666 hugger-mugger1674 litter1730 imbroglio1753 confusion1791 cludder1801 hurrah's nest1829 hotter1834 welter1857 muddle1863 splatter1895 shamble1926 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. June 373 It's in one hotter and crawl wi' asques, snails, and a' slimy, creeping, venomous things. 1835 R. Chambers Poems 10 Its roof's just a hotter o' divots and thack. 1925 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Antiq. Soc. 29 The wean's face cam oot in a regular hotter. The mauks were in a hotter on that ewe. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 20 A' roon the neuks o' Lei'ster Square An' 'bune the hotter o' the Strand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hottern.2 British slang. A (young) person who participates in ‘hotting’; a joyrider. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft > one who steals vehicles carnapper1945 carjacker1974 hotter1991 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > joy-rider joyrider1906 hotter1991 1991 Independent 3 Sept. 3/1 The ‘hotters’ of Blackbird Leys prepared for another night of violence yesterday as they boasted of their terrifying exploits behind the wheels of stolen high-performance cars. 1992 Today 2 Mar. 13/3 If lucky and given enough wellie (acceleration), the hotter (he who is doing the hotting) will dust or dazzle (leave behind) the filth (police). 2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 202/1 Sitting in the Recarro raven leather driver's seat, the speaker was one of the ‘hotters’ who brought illicit thrills and spills to the Blackbird Leys estate, Oxford, in the summer of 1991. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hotterv. Now Scottish and English regional (northern) 1. intransitive. Scottish and English regional (northern). To move unsteadily, to totter; to move in an uneven, jerky manner; to jolt about, as a vehicle on a rough road. Now rare. Cf. hotch v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with vibration whirra1400 hotterc1650 tremble1730 vibrate1756 flick1853 quaver1943 c1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS: Loose & Humorous Songs (1867) 51 He hottered & totered, & there was a line that drew him on forward. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 326 Hotter, to shake, as a carriage on a rough stoney road. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 73 (Jam.) Tho' age now gars me hotter. 1838 W. Welsh Poems 11 Like streamers some their feet spread out, Some hottert thro' like cripples. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 271 Hotter, to shake, or even jolt..; to move with an uneven pace, limpingly or lamely. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 148 The primitive mill hottered away at the rate of six bolls of meal ground in a week. 1918 W. B. Morren Hert's Aye 8 The hurley hotter't ow'r the steens. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 176 Hotter, of a cart. etc.: To jolt, as in going over a rough road. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 63/2 Ah can't bide ridin' i' t'cart on yon rawd, it hotters fit ti shak yan's heead aff. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick iv. 34 Canny noo meer, fat are ye hotterin aboot 'at gait for? 2. intransitive. Scottish. Of liquid, etc.: to seethe, bubble, boil steadily (also figurative). Of a person: to tremble with impatience, excitement, anger, etc.; to shiver with cold or fear; to shake with laughter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > shake > vertically hotter1801 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 5 Twa pots soss'd in the chimney nook, Forby ane hott'rin in the crook. ?1857 J. Scholes Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt vi. 28 Hoo wur fayr hottering wi vexashun. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 26 He glower'd an' leuch, an' glower'd an' leuch, An' hotter'd an' glower'd again. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 6 He was whistlin' to the porridge that were hott'rin' on the fire. 1921 Swatches o' Hamespun 11 Sit in-bye, Jeems. Ye'll be hotterin' wi' caul'. 1930 D. Campbell Kirsty's Surprise 32 Hotter awa', Angus lad, it's gweed for baith man an' kettle tae lat aff steam fyllies. 1953 Mearns Leader 9 Oct. The crood hodgin' an' hotterin' wi' the excitement o't. 2003 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 24 May 14 When I met him at Loch Lomond, he chatted away about the car and its attributes, but it was obvious that his trainer feet were hottering to be off. 3. a. intransitive. Scottish and English regional (northern). To cluster in a confused mass, to crowd together; to swarm. Also transitive: to jumble up, throw together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner felterc1400 shroud1530 huddle1600 pig1637 jug1653 hotter1805 1805 J. Nicol Poems II. 102 (Jam.) 'Twas a muir~hen, an' monie a pout Was rinnin, hotterin round about. 1891 L. B. Walford Mischief of Monica xxxii If we had been..huttering over the fire in that wretched little Albion Street on this Christmas Eve! 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 189 They'r hotterin in a' the big toons in Scotland. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 63/2 Sike a thrang o' fawks all hotter'd oop iv a compartyment. 1933 W. Soutar Seeds in Wind 20 Then Jenny Wren an' a' the burds Gaed hotterin', owre knock an' knowe. b. intransitive. To be crowded or thronged with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > abound [verb (intransitive)] flowc1000 flower1340 abounda1350 redounda1382 swarm1399 walm1399 bound1568 pour1574 gush1577 exuberate1623 pullulate1641 hotter1860 resonate1955 1860 W. G. Stewart Lect. on Mountains I. 270 There is a loch, which under moderately favorable circumstances, is to be seen ‘hottering’ with well sized trouts. 1999 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 12 Caledonia is rife with seers and the fluence. We're positively hottering with them. 4. intransitive. English regional (northern). To mutter; to stammer. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hutter, to speak confusedly. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 42 Cuttering, talking low. ‘They sat hottering and cuttering over the fire.’ 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 63/2 He hotters fit ti lossen his teeath. Derivatives ˈhottering adj. clattering, bumping; swarming; bubbling, boiling. ΚΠ a1823 Baronne o' Gairtly vii, in A. Laing Thistle Scotl. (1823) 13 Athwart the lyft the thun'er rair'd, Wi' awfu' hottrin din. 1919 Kelso Chron. 14 Mar. 4 Hovering steadily in the wake of the hottering vehicle. 1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 77 He him leen Gey seen wad sattle a' the hotterin' thrang. 2009 R. Adam Rhymes of Weary Roadman 10 Wi' a firry reet tae kittle his fire An' a hotterin' pan for his tea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11804n.21991v.c1650 |
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