单词 | ki-yi |
释义 | ki-yiv. U.S. colloquial. intransitive. To howl or yelp as a dog, or utter a sound compared to this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp galec1275 yawpc1400 baffc1440 yelp1553 bawl1556 waff1570 bewh1581 yap1668 yamph1718 nyaff1808 yaff1808 yaffle1847 yappet1868 ki-yi1869 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks 332 Hang him [a dog] we did, and he ki-hied with a vigor that strikingly increased the moral effect. Derivatives ki-yi n. (a) the howl or yelp of a dog; a whoop; a shout of exultation; (b) a dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine pime?a1500 whinge?a1513 yowl?a1513 whrine1513 howla1616 whine1633 whimper1810 whinner1840 wow1862 ki-yi1884 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] houndc897 dogOE cur?c1225 cur-dog?c1225 barker1393 tykec1400 bawtiec1536 bufe1567 cute1622 bow-wow1785 buffer1819 growler1822 purp1861 canine1863 ki-yi1884 dawg1898 wonk1900 mong1903 pooch1908 poochie1934 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by yowl?a1513 ki-yi1884 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp yelp?a1513 yaff1609 yap1826 yamph1832 yaffle1836 ki-yi1884 1884 Breadwinners 210 You ought to have heard the ki-yi's that followed. 1886 Detroit Free Press 4 Aug. (Farmer) Now and then you will hear a joyous ki-yi come from the direction of a woolly-headed worker. 1895 Harper's Mag. Nov. 962/1 I'm not really a ki-yi, and while I don't like bicyclists,..I won't bite you. 1904 Buffalo (N.Y.) Express 20 June 4 A butcher in Brussels made sausage of the carcass of a zoo elephant which had been killed. Doubtless the Brussels kiyis yelped for joy. 1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xi. 129 Yo're the snortingest ki-yi that ever stuck its tail atween its laigs, yu are. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xiii. 162 Don't hurt Humble's ki-yi and he'll be plumb nice to you. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon i. x But them sickenin', sap-headed stiffs, with the grit of rabbits and the silk of mangy ki-yi's, a-cheerin' me—me! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1869 |
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