单词 | oner |
释义 | onern. 1. slang. a. A person or thing of a unique or remarkable kind; esp. a person who is particularly keen on or expert at something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person nonpareilc1500 transcendent1591 Arabian birda1616 imparallel1658 original1675 incomparable1704 unique1769 sui generis1787 oner1841 unicum1885 the only pebble on the beach1896 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lviii. 121 Miss Sally's such a one-er for that. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip (1869) II. xvi. 240 You should see her eat; she is such a oner at eating. 1884 G. Allen Philistia III. 279 You always were a one-er you know. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum 131 Oner, an amusing or eccentric person. 1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang (1987) 304/2 That was a great joke, a oner. b. spec. A heavy blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter I. x. 230 ‘What's the matter?’ ‘Oh, I've got it at last—such a onener—clean off my legs—first blood—first knock down—everything.’ 1885 G. Allen Babylon I. iii. 53 And then paternal feeling overcame him, and he caught Hiram such a oner on his ears as he flattered himself that boy wouldn't be likely to forgit. 1915 J. P. Bourke Drunk's Rubáiyát in Off the Bluebush 148 But when He cops a Oner on the Beak, He knows about it all—He Knows—He knows! 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 366/1 Oner, a heavy blow with the fist. 2. a. colloquial. A thing denoted or in some way characterized by the number one or by singleness; spec. one shilling; one pound; one hundred pounds. Cf. oncer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > fund amount characterized by the number one oner1889 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [noun] oneeOE one sole1450 one only ——c1475 a or one several1543 only1609 oner1889 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Oct. 6/1 His figures..run to anything between a fiver and two or three hundred oners. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 123 In South Notts this game was called ‘Snobs’. It was played with small stones or marbles. There were nine sets of tricks. First One-ers (of which there were five in the set), then Two-ers (two in set) [etc.]. 1962 T. Parker & R. Allerton Courage of his Convictions iv. i. 154 A one-er for the Guv'nor, and fifty each for me and George here, that's cut price. Two hundred all told, how's that? 1990 A. Maidment I remember, I remember (BNC) 97 The conker bashing went on until one split. The winner's conker was then a oner, when it had disposed of two it became a twoer, but if it should then beat a threeer it then became a fiver. b. Scottish. in a oner: in one go; all at once. ΚΠ 1985 J. Kelman Chancer (1987) 96 Tammas sipped at the tea but it was lukewarm only; he drank it all in a oner. 1999 L. Hird Born Free (2000) xiv. 110 I've three clues left by the end of my break. It pisses me off when I don't do it in a oner. I actually prefer the Scotsman crossword. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 27 May 22/1 The equivalent of Man U signing Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Romário in a oner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † onerv. Obsolete. transitive. To oppress or burden; to charge; spec. to levy a charge on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden charka1300 chargec1308 cark1330 liea1400 labour1437 onerate1453 endossa1500 onera1500 laden1514 load1526 aggravate1530 lay1530 honorate1533 ladea1538 burden1541 ballast1566 loaden1568 degravate1574 aburden1620 pregravate1654 comble1672 a1500 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Caius) 400 in Anglia (1911) 34 520 (MED) Full sore schulde thy enmyes be desesyd, And thou myȝthtyst oner [c1450 Lamb. 853 ouer] them, as i onyr [c1450 Lamb. 853 ouer] the may. 1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 409 Who be extreme in takinge of gressoms, and oneringe of rentes. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (viii.) f. 145 Beholde withe how fewe single pure and easye institucions cryste orned & not onered his chirche. 1581 Protocol Bk. J. Scott (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 112 The landis of Ower Carinbie..is onerit and burdanit with ane ȝeirlie annuell rent [etc.]. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) iv. iii. f.129 [The Romans] had neuer onerit thame with sic chargis as victouris mycht of resoun put to pepill vincust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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