meechv.

Brit.

/miːtʃ/, U.S.

/mitʃ/

Forms: 1600s– meach, 1600s– meech, 1800s– meechy (English regional (Somerset)), 1800s– meesh, 1800s– meich.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mitch v.

Etymology: Variant of mitch v. Compare mooch v. and earlier meecher n., meeching adj.For the Somerset form meechy see -y suffix².

Now regional.

1. intransitive. To play truant. Now English regional (western).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > be absent without leave

mitch1580

truant1580

mooch1622

meech1624

to play truant1887

1624–5 Exeter City Munim. in Notes & Gleanings (Exeter) 2 187/1 Some of o^r children pretendinge that they went to schoole went a meechinge half a yeare or more together.

1749 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 110/1 To mooch, to play truant. Otherwise mich, or meech.

1834 G. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis 252 Provincial words, some frequently, others occasionally heard... Meech, to play truant.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Meechy His father've a-leather'd 'n manies o' times, but he..meeches 'long way Thorne's boy.

?1889 J. M. Oxley Bert Lloyd's Boyhood 98 Bert lifted his head, and looking straight into Mr. Garrison's face.., said, clearly: ‘No, sir. I meeched.’

1891 F. T. Elworthy 12th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 132 He used to persuade us to go meeching from school.

2. intransitive. To loiter, loaf; to slink off; to skulk around. Now regional (chiefly New England).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf

luskc1330

lubber1530

to play the truant, -s1560

lazea1592

lazy1612

meecha1625

lounge1671

saunter1672

sloungea1682

slive1707

soss1711

lolpoop1722

muzz1758

shack1787

hulkc1793

creolize1802

maroon1808

shackle1809

sidle1828

slinge1834

sossle1837

loaf1838

mike1838

to sit around1844

hawm1847

wanton1847

sozzle1848

mooch1851

slosh1854

bum1857

flane1876

slummock1877

dead-beat1881

to lop about1881

scow1901

scowbank1901

stall1916

doss1937

plotz1941

lig1960

loon1969

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)]

loutc825

atlutienc1000

darec1000

lotea1200

skulk?c1225

lurkc1300

luskc1330

tapisc1330

lurchc1420

filsnec1440

lour?c1450

slink?c1550

mitch1558

jouk1575

scout1577

scult1622

meecha1625

tappy1706

slive1707

slinge1747

snake1818

cavern1860

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Xxxxx2^v Say we should all meach here, and stay the feast.

1746 Exmoor Courtship 26 Ha murt take pip o' and meach off.

1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing l. 176 The old man hauled in his horns and meeched off looking shamed enough.

1857 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Patent Serm. 1st Ser. 203 When you fall short of the object for which you jump, you go meechin off, like a cat that has missed her mouse.

1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xxxi. 366 I'd hate to have you come meachin' around after that stock has kited.

1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 46 I seed a fellow meechin' round up the cove like he might 'a' been a revenuer.

2000 ‘J. Churchill’ Mulch Ado about Nothing xix. 144 ‘You're having such grim thoughts this evening. What's really wrong?’.. ‘I'm meeching. I'm just sick of everything I do being so much more difficult.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meech
释义	meechv. Brit. /miːtʃ/, U.S. /mitʃ/ Forms: 1600s– meach, 1600s– meech, 1800s– meechy (English regional (Somerset)), 1800s– meesh, 1800s– meich. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mitch v. Etymology: Variant of mitch v. Compare mooch v. and earlier meecher n., meeching adj.For the Somerset form meechy see -y suffix². Now regional. 1. intransitive. To play truant. Now English regional (western). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > be absent without leave mitch1580 truant1580 mooch1622 meech1624 to play truant1887 1624–5 Exeter City Munim. in Notes & Gleanings (Exeter) 2 187/1 Some of o^r children pretendinge that they went to schoole went a meechinge half a yeare or more together. 1749 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 110/1 To mooch, to play truant. Otherwise mich, or meech. 1834 G. Roberts Hist. Lyme Regis 252 Provincial words, some frequently, others occasionally heard... Meech, to play truant. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Meechy His father've a-leather'd 'n manies o' times, but he..meeches 'long way Thorne's boy. ?1889 J. M. Oxley Bert Lloyd's Boyhood 98 Bert lifted his head, and looking straight into Mr. Garrison's face.., said, clearly: ‘No, sir. I meeched.’ 1891 F. T. Elworthy 12th Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 132 He used to persuade us to go meeching from school. 2. intransitive. To loiter, loaf; to slink off; to skulk around. Now regional (chiefly New England). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf luskc1330 lubber1530 to play the truant, -s1560 lazea1592 lazy1612 meecha1625 lounge1671 saunter1672 sloungea1682 slive1707 soss1711 lolpoop1722 muzz1758 shack1787 hulkc1793 creolize1802 maroon1808 shackle1809 sidle1828 slinge1834 sossle1837 loaf1838 mike1838 to sit around1844 hawm1847 wanton1847 sozzle1848 mooch1851 slosh1854 bum1857 flane1876 slummock1877 dead-beat1881 to lop about1881 scow1901 scowbank1901 stall1916 doss1937 plotz1941 lig1960 loon1969 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)] loutc825 atlutienc1000 darec1000 lotea1200 skulk?c1225 lurkc1300 luskc1330 tapisc1330 lurchc1420 filsnec1440 lour?c1450 slink?c1550 mitch1558 jouk1575 scout1577 scult1622 meecha1625 tappy1706 slive1707 slinge1747 snake1818 cavern1860 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Xxxxx2^v Say we should all meach here, and stay the feast. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 26 Ha murt take pip o' and meach off. 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing l. 176 The old man hauled in his horns and meeched off looking shamed enough. 1857 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Patent Serm. 1st Ser. 203 When you fall short of the object for which you jump, you go meechin off, like a cat that has missed her mouse. 1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xxxi. 366 I'd hate to have you come meachin' around after that stock has kited. 1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 46 I seed a fellow meechin' round up the cove like he might 'a' been a revenuer. 2000 ‘J. Churchill’ Mulch Ado about Nothing xix. 144 ‘You're having such grim thoughts this evening. What's really wrong?’.. ‘I'm meeching. I'm just sick of everything I do being so much more difficult.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1624
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