单词 | no-neck |
释义 | no-neckadj.n. Originally U.S. A. adj. (attributive). Of a person: having a particularly short neck, and (usually) a stocky build; (of a stance) resulting from a shortness of neck. Also: of, characteristic of, or characterized by such people (see sense B.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > types of neck > having neckeda1398 bull necked?a1400 well-necked?1548 thick-necked1591 lean-necked1608 swan-necked1703 crane-necked1822 pencil-neck1868 no-neck1955 pencil-necked1956 1955 T. Williams Cat on Hot Tin Roof i. 1 One of those no-neck monsters [sc. a child] hit me with a hot buttered biscuit. 1979 18th-cent. Stud. 12 488 The no-neck forward thrust of the Summoner's head. 1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) vii. 208 To make arrangements to get out of this no-neck town and back where she belonged. 1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) iii. 113 Leila with the bouffant hair and discreet diamonds, married to no-neck Asif. B. n. An ill-mannered or unrefined person (usually a man); a boor. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > person popinjay1528 peasant1581 clown1583 indelicate1741 no-neck1961 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-mannered person wild beastc1325 tyke?a1400 rudesby1566 boor1598 bosthoon1833 flash Harry1960 no-neck1961 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person bearc1395 carter1509 kensy?a1513 clumpertonc1534 club1542 lout1548 clinchpoop1555 clout-shoe1563 loose-breech1575 clown1583 hoyden1593 boor1598 kill-courtesy1600 rustic1600 clunch1602 loblolly1604 camel1609 clusterfist1611 loon1619 Grobian1621 rough diamonda1625 hoyde1636 clodhopper1699 roughhead1726 indelicate1741 vulgarian1809 snob1838 vulgarist1847 yahoo1861 cave-dweller1865 polisson1866 mucker1884 caveman1907 wampus1912 yobbo1922 yenta1923 yob1927 rude1946 cafone1949 no-neck1961 ocker1971 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant chuffc1440 mobarda1450 lob1533 lobcocka1556 clown1565 hick1565 bumpkin1570 swad1572 peasant1576 hob-clunch1578 hoblob1582 clubhutchen1584 bacon1598 boor1598 hobbinol1600 homespun1600 loblolly lamb1600 lob-coat1604 loblolly1604 hobnail1645 champkina1652 bacon-slicer1653 jobson1660 hob-thrush1682 country put1688 put1688 country cousin1692 clodhopper1699 hawbuck1787 Johnny Raw1803 joskin1811 yokel1819 whopstraw1821 chaw-bacon1822 lobeline1844 country jake1845 Hoosier1846 hayseed1851 Reuben1855 scissorbill1876 agricole1882 country jay1888 rube1891 jasper1896 farmer1903 stump jumper1936 woop woop1936 potato head1948 no-neck1961 1961 H. Ellison Memos from Purgatory (1975) 119 You program them to be no-necks; to be nerds. 1993 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact May 118/2 At first he'd hooted at the sour-faced no neck who led the exercises. 2000 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 28/4 The assorted thugs and no-necks who fester and multiply in today's rural Britain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1955 |
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