单词 | mudder |
释义 | muddern.1 Chiefly U.S. 1. Horse Racing. A horse which runs well in wet or muddy conditions. Cf. mudlark n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > with particular qualities or faults sticker1779 rogue1796 first string1865 coward1880 mudder1892 goat1894 morning-glory1898 mud runner1905 mudlark1906 squib1908 1892 N.Y. Tribune 30 Mar. 12/4 Bettors should not forget that Longstreet is not what Pittsburg Phil would call a ‘mudder’, and should the weather be stormy and the track muddy, Longstreet’s chance will be materially lessened. 1903 Outing 43 266/2 ‘He's a mudder,’ he growled, ‘and the track today will be like lightning.’ 1935 Amer. Speech 10 315/2 Grand Slam,..winner of the Arlington futurity.., is a good mudder. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1961) 29 Will-o'-the-Wisp in the fifth at Hialeah... He's a mudder... It rained all last night in Hialeah. 1975 New Yorker 24 Mar. 64/1 Stardust Mel is the best mudder in California. Early last month Mrs. Marjorie Lindheimer Everett's rangy gray gelding splattered through the rain and murk to win. 2006 Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide Betting Thoroughbreds 73 Only those [horses] with high win or in-the-money percentages on wet tracks, or those that always display form reversals on wet tracks, are considered true ‘mudders’. 2. Sport. An athlete or player who copes well with wet or muddy conditions; (more generally) a hard-working player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 1912 Summary (Elmira, N.Y.) 4 May 8/3 Runners and jumpers of the East proved great mudders to-day and effectually squelched the Western division 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §683/1 Football player,..mudder, mudlark, a player for whom a wet field is no great handicap. 1948 Time 1 Nov. 44/3 Halfback Jack Swaner, a superior mudder, had a big day scoring all three touchdowns. 1952 Time 5 May 71/1 Gehrmann and Druetzler proved no mudders and..Purdue's Denis Johansson..splashed past the leaders on the last lap. 1995 Denver Post 16 Jan. d2/2 The 49ers were the mudders, the Cowboys fodder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). MUDdern.2 Computing. A person who participates in MUD computer games. ΚΠ 1989 First Posting! in alt.mud (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Dec. Just wanted to wish all mud'ers in hell & puddle a merry christmas. 1990 Mud down... in alt.mud (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Jan. As the most ardent MUDders have noticed, the MUD at sil.mu.jyu.fi (128.214.7.13) has been down for some time. 1994 K. Kelly Out of Control xiii. 253 Ultimately every MUDer dreams of achieving local god or wizard status. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) vii. 221 For old school MUDders, the distinction between being IC (in character) and OOC (out of character) was also vital, if not always crystal clear. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11892n.21989 |
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