maxn.¹

Brit.

/maks/, U.S.

/mæks/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: maximum n.

Etymology: Probably shortened < maximum n.; compare slightly later maxim n.²Compare:1828 W. Hone Table Bk. II. 855 Max, gin. Evidently from the Latin maximus, in reference to the strength and goodness of the liquor.

British slang. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

Gin.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun]

bottled lightning1713

gin1713

royal bob1722

diddle1725

strike-fire1725

tittery1725

max1728

maxim1739

strip-me-naked1751

eye-water1755

sky blue1755

lightning1781

Jacky1800

ribbon1811

Daffy's elixir1821

sweet-stuff1835

tiger's milk1850

juniper1857

cream of the wilderness1858

satin1864

Twankay1900

panther1931

mother's ruin1933

needle and pin1937

1728 J. Dalton Narr. Street Robberies 28 Three half Pence for a Quartern of Max.

1800 Oracle & Daily Advertiser 13 Dec. 3/1 Tossed off three flashes of lightning and two noggins of max. [Note] Gin and Brandy.

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 138 At a public house where Sam had been copiously sipping Deady's max.

1840 R. H. Barham Mr. Peter's Story in Bentley's Misc. Mar. 277 Who, doffing their coronets, collars, and ermines, treat Boxers to ‘Max’, at the One Tun in Jermyn Street.

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 105/1 After ordering our ‘max’ to be brought to the balcony we sat down.

1894 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 24 Dec. 1 I nivvir seed th' tyme yet az I cudn't ‘graft’ 'ithout tu taike in a stock o' ‘max’ afoar I cud begin.

1931 S. Kaye-Smith Hist. Susan Spray iv. 308 ‘Port and brandy's my favourite, but I enjoy a drop of max.’ ‘What's max?’ ‘Gin—the best London gin.’

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

maxn.²adj.adv.

Brit.

/maks/, U.S.

/mæks/

Forms: 1800s– max, 1800s– max. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: maximum n.

Etymology: Shortened < maximum n. (frequently as a graphic abbreviation).

Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.²

1. U.S. A maximum score or achievement, esp. in an examination; a student who has attained or is likely to attain such a score. Now rare.

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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > specific marks

accessit1753

honour1774

credit1802

second class1810

firsta1830

first class1830

third class1844

Hons.1850

max1851

second1852

special mention1886

distinction?1890

A1892

E1892

pass mark1894

two-two1895

alpha1898

alpha plus1898

gamma1898

beta1902

delta1911

alpha minus1914

fourth1914

straight A1926

two-one1937

lower second1960

honourable mention2011

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > honours student > student achieving maximum score

max1851

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 197 At Union College, he who receives the highest possible number of marks..is said to take Max (or maximum); to be a Max scholar.

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 197 On the Merit Roll all the Maxs are clustered at the top.

1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 64 [He was] working out an unmistakable ‘max’ in the mathematical section-room.

1937 K. Banning West Point Today 296 Cadet Lingo... Max, n., a complete success in recitation; a maximum mark of 3.0.

2. gen. The maximum amount. Frequently in to the max: to the highest degree possible; to the limit; totally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to or beyond the maximum

to the max1911

up to eleven1987

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum

maximity1651

maximum1663

outside1699

max1911

upper bound1917

ceiling1934

roof1939

1911 Chem. Abstr. 4 402 This [fact] and the occurrence of the max. are indications of the existence of genuine complexes in solu.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §24/4 Max and min, maximum and minimum.

1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake iv. 32 The car continued to increase speed... I held it at max..then dropped it back to eighty.

1971 Playboy Aug. 207/3 We're lucky to have this captain... He's cool to the max.

1972 B. Jackson In Life 115 She gave me the max, which was five years with no clemency.

1988 New Yorker 18 Jan. 65/1 By about 1973, when we were at our max, the one plant in Ozone Park had four hundred and fifty people.

1997 GQ Sept. 270/1 The trend is towards extreme sports. Perform in difficult conditions and take it to the max.

3. U.S. A maximum security prison; the maximum security wing of a prison.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > maximum security

max1961

1961 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July vi. 16/2 These girls in ‘max’ (maximum security) must show improvement within three months, or they are referred back to court.

1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 1 Max aint no different than here. They both prison aint they? Just more quiet up there.

1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 272 He had learned to live in an eight-by-ten cell in the new max.

B. adj.

Maximum (esp. as a written abbreviation). Also (more generally): very big, enormous.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum

uppermost1579

maxim1686

maximum1825

maximal1882

max1886

peak1903

maxed1978

1886 Dict. Abbrevs. 63 Max...highest.

1911 Chem. Abstr. 4 402 The temp. coeff. of viscosity..increases progressively up to the max. point.

1951 W. J. Sheldon Troubling of Star (1954) 214 I think we're probably going to make a max effort somewhere.

1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 192 It was hot in the cabin even with the heater to max cold.

1985 Dirt Bike Mar. 7/1 (advt.) The ultimate four-stroke exhaust system featuring our exclusive straight-through aluminum silencer for max power throughout the rpm range.

1996 E. Regis Virus Ground Zero 169 Their unpredictability..gave public health officials max headaches.

C. adv.

At the maximum, at the most. (Often used parenthetically.)

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > at, in, or to maximum amount or degree

maximally1884

all out1919

maximumly1949

max1962

maximum1983

1962 P. Anderson in Amazing Stories Oct. 15/1 Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 86/2 Another two hundred metres out from that L.P., max.

1985 T. O'Brien Nucl. Age viii. 147 In a week or two I'd get the hang of it. A month, max.

1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 250 Fifteen minutes max, my friend had said, and you'll be zooming, but nothing happened.

Compounds

max q n. (also Max Q) Aeronautics the maximum dynamic pressure exerted on an aircraft or spacecraft in the course of its flight; (also) the part of a flight during which this pressure is sustained.

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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > maximum pressure on aircraft in flight

max q1962

1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 190 At T+1 minute 16 seconds, Al confirmed that I had passed through ‘Max. Q’.

1979 T. Wolfe Right Stuff xii. 318 He was entering the area of ‘max q’, maximum aerodynamic pressure.

1998 Aviation Week (Nexis) 14 Dec. 38 Hughes..helped China improve sophisticated mathematical models needed to predict the effects of the flight region of greatest aerodynamic pressure—Max Q—on the fairing.

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

maxv.

Brit.

/maks/, U.S.

/mæks/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: max n.²

Etymology: < max n.²

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

a. transitive. To achieve the maximum score in (an examination). Hence: to cause to reach a maximum limit; to stretch or exert to capacity; to maximize.

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society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > pass an examination > achieve particular mark

max1871

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > achieve high marks in

max1930

ace1959

1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 339 To max it, to make a perfect recitation.

1930 Our Army Feb. 43/2 If the instructor can find no fault with your answers to an examination or with your solution of a tactical problem, you are said to ‘max’ the examination or to ‘max’ the problem, or perhaps to ‘max it cold’.

1982 Washington Post 3 Oct. f9/6 Scott has just finished maxing the push-up test at 68, where he was ordered to stop.

1990 Annapolitan July 95/1 The message here is that George and Maureen are maxing their sailing season.

1998 Independent 25 Apr. (Your Money section) 9/1 I recently test drove a Porsche Boxster at Brands hatch. The only bummer was they wouldn't let me max it.

b. intransitive. To achieve complete success in something, esp. a test of ability or skill; to reach the limit of performance, endurance, capacity, etc. Now usually with out (also transitive).

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > score great success or high marks

max1930

society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > pass examination > achieve particular mark

max1930

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > reach infinite or maximum capacity

to infinite it1656

max1930

1930 E. Colby in Our Army Feb. 43/2 Max, to secure the highest possible grade, or to do a thing perfectly.

1937 K. Banning West Point Today 296 Max, v., to make a 3.0 in recitation; to do a thing perfectly.

1980 Washington Post 27 Feb. b11/2 In '76 I gave $2,000—I maxed out—and didn't worry about it.

1981 N.Y. Times 31 May (Westchester Weekly section) 2/4 ‘I squat 195 to 200,’ Miss Mayers proudly proclaimed of the number of pounds she could lift. ‘But I never really maxed on it.’

1994 Denver Post 10 Jan. c4/3 Job growth in high technology will ‘max out’.

1998 London (Ont.) Free Press 5 Dec. G3 Next thing I knew, I had maxed out my Visa card, packed up my camera gear and hopped a plane for Laos.

2. intransitive. With out. To serve the full length of a prison sentence.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > serve sentence

serve1830

to do (one's) time1865

max1971

1971 Black Scholar June 53/2 Most of the other brothers here will be maxing out and home before this year is out, or being shipped to other prisons.

1977 New Yorker 68/3 Men are paroled from Green Haven, or get out on C.R., or max out.

1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 6 July c9 ‘He maxed out,’ said Genson, meaning that Kelley had served his entire sentence minus time off for good behavior in prison.

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

> see also

also refers to : -maxcomb. form

n.¹1728

n.²adj.adv.1851

v.1871

单词	max
释义	maxn.¹ Brit. /maks/, U.S. /mæks/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: maximum n. Etymology: Probably shortened < maximum n.; compare slightly later maxim n.²Compare:1828 W. Hone Table Bk. II. 855 Max, gin. Evidently from the Latin maximus, in reference to the strength and goodness of the liquor. British slang. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. Gin. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] bottled lightning1713 gin1713 royal bob1722 diddle1725 strike-fire1725 tittery1725 max1728 maxim1739 strip-me-naked1751 eye-water1755 sky blue1755 lightning1781 Jacky1800 ribbon1811 Daffy's elixir1821 sweet-stuff1835 tiger's milk1850 juniper1857 cream of the wilderness1858 satin1864 Twankay1900 panther1931 mother's ruin1933 needle and pin1937 1728 J. Dalton Narr. Street Robberies 28 Three half Pence for a Quartern of Max. 1800 Oracle & Daily Advertiser 13 Dec. 3/1 Tossed off three flashes of lightning and two noggins of max. [Note] Gin and Brandy. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 138 At a public house where Sam had been copiously sipping Deady's max. 1840 R. H. Barham Mr. Peter's Story in Bentley's Misc. Mar. 277 Who, doffing their coronets, collars, and ermines, treat Boxers to ‘Max’, at the One Tun in Jermyn Street. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 105/1 After ordering our ‘max’ to be brought to the balcony we sat down. 1894 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 24 Dec. 1 I nivvir seed th' tyme yet az I cudn't ‘graft’ 'ithout tu taike in a stock o' ‘max’ afoar I cud begin. 1931 S. Kaye-Smith Hist. Susan Spray iv. 308 ‘Port and brandy's my favourite, but I enjoy a drop of max.’ ‘What's max?’ ‘Gin—the best London gin.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maxn.²adj.adv. Brit. /maks/, U.S. /mæks/ Forms: 1800s– max, 1800s– max. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: maximum n. Etymology: Shortened < maximum n. (frequently as a graphic abbreviation). Chiefly colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n.² 1. U.S. A maximum score or achievement, esp. in an examination; a student who has attained or is likely to attain such a score. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > specific marks accessit1753 honour1774 credit1802 second class1810 firsta1830 first class1830 third class1844 Hons.1850 max1851 second1852 special mention1886 distinction?1890 A1892 E1892 pass mark1894 two-two1895 alpha1898 alpha plus1898 gamma1898 beta1902 delta1911 alpha minus1914 fourth1914 straight A1926 two-one1937 lower second1960 honourable mention2011 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > honours student > student achieving maximum score max1851 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 197 At Union College, he who receives the highest possible number of marks..is said to take Max (or maximum); to be a Max scholar. 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 197 On the Merit Roll all the Maxs are clustered at the top. 1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 64 [He was] working out an unmistakable ‘max’ in the mathematical section-room. 1937 K. Banning West Point Today 296 Cadet Lingo... Max, n., a complete success in recitation; a maximum mark of 3.0. 2. gen. The maximum amount. Frequently in to the max: to the highest degree possible; to the limit; totally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to or beyond the maximum to the max1911 up to eleven1987 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum maximity1651 maximum1663 outside1699 max1911 upper bound1917 ceiling1934 roof1939 1911 Chem. Abstr. 4 402 This [fact] and the occurrence of the max. are indications of the existence of genuine complexes in solu. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §24/4 Max and min, maximum and minimum. 1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake iv. 32 The car continued to increase speed... I held it at max..then dropped it back to eighty. 1971 Playboy Aug. 207/3 We're lucky to have this captain... He's cool to the max. 1972 B. Jackson In Life 115 She gave me the max, which was five years with no clemency. 1988 New Yorker 18 Jan. 65/1 By about 1973, when we were at our max, the one plant in Ozone Park had four hundred and fifty people. 1997 GQ Sept. 270/1 The trend is towards extreme sports. Perform in difficult conditions and take it to the max. 3. U.S. A maximum security prison; the maximum security wing of a prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > maximum security max1961 1961 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July vi. 16/2 These girls in ‘max’ (maximum security) must show improvement within three months, or they are referred back to court. 1984 A. F. Loewenstein This Place 1 Max aint no different than here. They both prison aint they? Just more quiet up there. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 272 He had learned to live in an eight-by-ten cell in the new max. B. adj. Maximum (esp. as a written abbreviation). Also (more generally): very big, enormous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum uppermost1579 maxim1686 maximum1825 maximal1882 max1886 peak1903 maxed1978 1886 Dict. Abbrevs. 63 Max...highest. 1911 Chem. Abstr. 4 402 The temp. coeff. of viscosity..increases progressively up to the max. point. 1951 W. J. Sheldon Troubling of Star (1954) 214 I think we're probably going to make a max effort somewhere. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 192 It was hot in the cabin even with the heater to max cold. 1985 Dirt Bike Mar. 7/1 (advt.) The ultimate four-stroke exhaust system featuring our exclusive straight-through aluminum silencer for max power throughout the rpm range. 1996 E. Regis Virus Ground Zero 169 Their unpredictability..gave public health officials max headaches. C. adv. At the maximum, at the most. (Often used parenthetically.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > at, in, or to maximum amount or degree maximally1884 all out1919 maximumly1949 max1962 maximum1983 1962 P. Anderson in Amazing Stories Oct. 15/1 Four days max, then, to get them to safety. 1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 86/2 Another two hundred metres out from that L.P., max. 1985 T. O'Brien Nucl. Age viii. 147 In a week or two I'd get the hang of it. A month, max. 1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 250 Fifteen minutes max, my friend had said, and you'll be zooming, but nothing happened. Compounds max q n. (also Max Q) Aeronautics the maximum dynamic pressure exerted on an aircraft or spacecraft in the course of its flight; (also) the part of a flight during which this pressure is sustained. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > maximum pressure on aircraft in flight max q1962 1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 190 At T+1 minute 16 seconds, Al confirmed that I had passed through ‘Max. Q’. 1979 T. Wolfe Right Stuff xii. 318 He was entering the area of ‘max q’, maximum aerodynamic pressure. 1998 Aviation Week (Nexis) 14 Dec. 38 Hughes..helped China improve sophisticated mathematical models needed to predict the effects of the flight region of greatest aerodynamic pressure—Max Q—on the fairing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maxv. Brit. /maks/, U.S. /mæks/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: max n.² Etymology: < max n.² colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. a. transitive. To achieve the maximum score in (an examination). Hence: to cause to reach a maximum limit; to stretch or exert to capacity; to maximize. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > pass an examination > achieve particular mark max1871 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > achieve high marks in max1930 ace1959 1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 339 To max it, to make a perfect recitation. 1930 Our Army Feb. 43/2 If the instructor can find no fault with your answers to an examination or with your solution of a tactical problem, you are said to ‘max’ the examination or to ‘max’ the problem, or perhaps to ‘max it cold’. 1982 Washington Post 3 Oct. f9/6 Scott has just finished maxing the push-up test at 68, where he was ordered to stop. 1990 Annapolitan July 95/1 The message here is that George and Maureen are maxing their sailing season. 1998 Independent 25 Apr. (Your Money section) 9/1 I recently test drove a Porsche Boxster at Brands hatch. The only bummer was they wouldn't let me max it. b. intransitive. To achieve complete success in something, esp. a test of ability or skill; to reach the limit of performance, endurance, capacity, etc. Now usually with out (also transitive). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > score great success or high marks max1930 society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > pass examination > achieve particular mark max1930 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > reach infinite or maximum capacity to infinite it1656 max1930 1930 E. Colby in Our Army Feb. 43/2 Max, to secure the highest possible grade, or to do a thing perfectly. 1937 K. Banning West Point Today 296 Max, v., to make a 3.0 in recitation; to do a thing perfectly. 1980 Washington Post 27 Feb. b11/2 In '76 I gave $2,000—I maxed out—and didn't worry about it. 1981 N.Y. Times 31 May (Westchester Weekly section) 2/4 ‘I squat 195 to 200,’ Miss Mayers proudly proclaimed of the number of pounds she could lift. ‘But I never really maxed on it.’ 1994 Denver Post 10 Jan. c4/3 Job growth in high technology will ‘max out’. 1998 London (Ont.) Free Press 5 Dec. G3 Next thing I knew, I had maxed out my Visa card, packed up my camera gear and hopped a plane for Laos. 2. intransitive. With out. To serve the full length of a prison sentence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > serve sentence serve1830 to do (one's) time1865 max1971 1971 Black Scholar June 53/2 Most of the other brothers here will be maxing out and home before this year is out, or being shipped to other prisons. 1977 New Yorker 68/3 Men are paroled from Green Haven, or get out on C.R., or max out. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 6 July c9 ‘He maxed out,’ said Genson, meaning that Kelley had served his entire sentence minus time off for good behavior in prison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -maxcomb. form < n.¹1728n.²adj.adv.1851v.1871 see also
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maxn.1

maxn.2adj.adv.

Compounds

maxv.

> see also

maxn.¹

maxn.²adj.adv.