noonern.

Brit.

/ˈnuːnə/, U.S.

/ˈnunər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noon n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < noon n. + -er suffix¹.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

1. An alcoholic drink taken in the middle of the day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught

shenchc950

drinkc1000

draughtc1200

beveragec1390

napa1450

potation1479–81

potionc1484

slaker?1518

glut1541

pocill1572

adipson1601

go-down1614

slash1614

gulf1674

libation1751

meridian1771

sinda1774

sling1788

mahogany1791

a shove in the mouth1821

nooner1836

quencher1841

refresh1851

slackener1861

squencher1871

refreshener1888

refresher1922

maiden's blush1941

maiden's water1975

1836 Let. 1 May in G. A. McCall Lett. fr. Frontiers (1868) 313 I took up the black bottle from which we had taken our noon-er, still half full of whisky.

1949 W. Granville Sea Slang 20th Cent. 165 Nooner, a midday drink in the wardroom.

1980 W. P. Mack & R. W. Connell Naval Ceremonies, Customs, & Trad. (ed. 5) 291 The first drink, a ‘nooner’.

2001 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 July vi. 24 Dresser's family..used such terms as ‘elevenzies’ and ‘nooners’ as ‘a refined WASP way of talking about having a drink in the morning’.

2. An instance of sexual activity taking place during the day, esp. at lunchtime. Cf. matinee n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1964 H. G. Brown Sex & Office ix. 122 This institution of the two-hour ‘little affair’..is as old as anyone can remember... In the South it's called a ‘nooner’.

1973 F. I. Gwaltney Destiny's Chickens 59 He liked to come home..and..pull off a nooner.

1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good xxiii. 200 I see what looks like it started to be an afternoon roll in the hay. Maybe even a nooner.

1990 B. Raskin Current Affairs vii. 127 He looks like the kind of man who prefers nooners to nocturnal sex.

2001 Redbook (Electronic ed.) 1 June When we were first together, the spontaneous ‘nooner’ would make me smile for days, and the unplanned encounter with my wife is still the best kind of sex.

3. gen. Any event that occurs in the middle of the day; any activity engaged in at (or around) midday.

ΚΠ

1946 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 47/6 Radio Today... 12:00—..WOR—The Nooners Club.]

1980 J. Ciardi Browser's Dict. 274 Nooner labels any midday habit.

1992 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 16 Oct. After a nooner from the Fairfax Symphony Brass Quintet, Mack Bailey..will perform on an hourly basis.

2001 Insight on News (Electronic ed.) 28 May Bill ‘Napman’ Anthony..tells employees to grab ‘nooners’, a 15-minute power nap at work between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. when a natural dip in the circadian rhythm lowers the body temperature.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nooner
释义	noonern. Brit. /ˈnuːnə/, U.S. /ˈnunər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noon n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < noon n. + -er suffix¹. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. An alcoholic drink taken in the middle of the day. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught shenchc950 drinkc1000 draughtc1200 beveragec1390 napa1450 potation1479–81 potionc1484 slaker?1518 glut1541 pocill1572 adipson1601 go-down1614 slash1614 gulf1674 libation1751 meridian1771 sinda1774 sling1788 mahogany1791 a shove in the mouth1821 nooner1836 quencher1841 refresh1851 slackener1861 squencher1871 refreshener1888 refresher1922 maiden's blush1941 maiden's water1975 1836 Let. 1 May in G. A. McCall Lett. fr. Frontiers (1868) 313 I took up the black bottle from which we had taken our noon-er, still half full of whisky. 1949 W. Granville Sea Slang 20th Cent. 165 Nooner, a midday drink in the wardroom. 1980 W. P. Mack & R. W. Connell Naval Ceremonies, Customs, & Trad. (ed. 5) 291 The first drink, a ‘nooner’. 2001 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 July vi. 24 Dresser's family..used such terms as ‘elevenzies’ and ‘nooners’ as ‘a refined WASP way of talking about having a drink in the morning’. 2. An instance of sexual activity taking place during the day, esp. at lunchtime. Cf. matinee n. 1b. ΚΠ 1964 H. G. Brown Sex & Office ix. 122 This institution of the two-hour ‘little affair’..is as old as anyone can remember... In the South it's called a ‘nooner’. 1973 F. I. Gwaltney Destiny's Chickens 59 He liked to come home..and..pull off a nooner. 1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good xxiii. 200 I see what looks like it started to be an afternoon roll in the hay. Maybe even a nooner. 1990 B. Raskin Current Affairs vii. 127 He looks like the kind of man who prefers nooners to nocturnal sex. 2001 Redbook (Electronic ed.) 1 June When we were first together, the spontaneous ‘nooner’ would make me smile for days, and the unplanned encounter with my wife is still the best kind of sex. 3. gen. Any event that occurs in the middle of the day; any activity engaged in at (or around) midday. ΚΠ 1946 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 47/6 Radio Today... 12:00—..WOR—The Nooners Club.] 1980 J. Ciardi Browser's Dict. 274 Nooner labels any midday habit. 1992 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 16 Oct. After a nooner from the Fairfax Symphony Brass Quintet, Mack Bailey..will perform on an hourly basis. 2001 Insight on News (Electronic ed.) 28 May Bill ‘Napman’ Anthony..tells employees to grab ‘nooners’, a 15-minute power nap at work between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. when a natural dip in the circadian rhythm lowers the body temperature. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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