| 单词 | in a handclap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a handclap 2. Scottish. The brief space of time which it takes to clap the hands; an instant, a moment. Chiefly in in a handclap. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time swiftlya1400 at one fling1556 at one (a) chop1581 per saltum1602 at one (fell, etc.) swoop1612 popa1625 instantaneously1644 in the catching up of a garter1697 in the drawing of a trigger1706 in a handclap1744 at a slap1753 momentaneously1753 in a whiff1800 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 bolt1839 at a single jeta1856 overnight1912 jiffy-quick1927 in two ups1934 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1744 in Jemmy Carson's Coll. 90 The great hudderen Carlen was riden hockerty cockerty upo' my Shoulders in a Hand Clap. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. vii. 205 It is God speed, or spulzie wi' thee in three handclaps. 1864 J. H. Burton Cairngorm Mts. 77 In a hand-clap, in it swept..dashing everything before it. 1904 S. R. Crockett Loves of Miss Anne i. 4 He might jump on his pony and in a hand-clap be off down the hillside. 2007 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 Oct. 10 Whatever befell Mr Mennie and his boat had happened in a handclap, giving the experienced skipper no chance. < as lemmas |
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