单词 | mouther |
释义 | mouthern.1 A person who speaks in a boastful, verbose, declamatory, or foolish way. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > in specific ways speakera1340 breatherc1384 boasterc1400 rattlerc1449 brawler1581 shredder1592 venter1611 speak-truth1614 ranter1649 bawler1656 yelper1673 mouther1746 spouter1759 oralist1867 mushmouth1868 loudmouth1870 megaphonist1906 1746 A. Hill Art of Acting i. 9 No dull, cold, Mouther shares the Actor's Plea, Rightly to seem, is transiently, to be. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. ii. 41 Courtiers..whose only merit to their masters is to repeat their own words after them—a pack of mouthers, and flatterers, and ear-wigs. 1882 G. M. Hopkins Let. 21 Oct. (1955) 158 I believe it [sc. a letter] was stern and a bit of a mouther. 1886 American 12 175 Were there less loafing about bars by windy mouthers and less frothy talk. 1970 O. S. Abrams Guyana Metegee 24 Moutar an guitar a two differen ting. 1992 Economist 21 Nov. 156/3 The worst barbarians at the gates are..the mercenaries already inside, the mouthers of gobbledygook led by men like George Bush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mouthern.2 Boxing slang. Obsolete. rare. A blow on the mouth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 1814 Sporting Mag. 43 68 B. gave a mouther which told. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11746n.21814 |
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