oscarn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɒskə/, U.S.

/ˈɑskər/, Australian English

/ˈɔskə/, New Zealand English

/ˈɒskə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Oscar Asche n.

Etymology: Short for Oscar Asche n.

Australian and New Zealand slang (originally Military).

Cash, money.

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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]

silverc825

feec870

pennieseOE

wortheOE

mintOE

scata1122

spense?c1225

spendinga1290

sumc1300

gooda1325

moneya1325

cattlec1330

muckc1330

reasona1382

pecunyc1400

gilt1497

argentc1500

gelta1529

Mammon1539

ale silver1541

scruff1559

the sinews of war1560

sterling1565

lour1567

will-do-all1583

shell1591

trasha1592

quinyie1596

brass1597

pecuniary1604

dust1607

nomisma1614

countera1616

cross and pilea1625

gingerbreada1625

rhinoa1628

cash1646

grig1657

spanker1663

cole1673

goree1699

mopus1699

quid1699

ribbin1699

bustle1763

necessary1772

stuff1775

needfula1777

iron1785

(the) Spanish1788

pecuniar1793

kelter1807

dibs1812

steven1812

pewter1814

brad1819

pogue1819

rent1823

stumpy1828

posh1830

L. S. D.1835

rivetc1835

tin1836

mint sauce1839

nobbins1846

ochre1846

dingbat1848

dough1848

cheese1850

California1851

mali1851

ducat1853

pay dirt1853

boodle?1856

dinero1856

scad1856

the shiny1856

spondulicks1857

rust1858

soap1860

sugar1862

coin1874

filthy1876

wampum1876

ooftish1877

shekel1883

oil1885

oof1885

mon1888

Jack1890

sploshc1890

bees and honey1892

spending-brass1896

stiff1897

mazuma1900

mazoom1901

cabbage1903

lettuce1903

Oscar Asche1905

jingle1906

doubloons1908

kale1912

scratch1914

green1917

oscar1917

snow1925

poke1926

oodle1930

potatos1931

bread1935

moolah1936

acker1939

moo1941

lolly1943

loot1943

poppy1943

mazoola1944

dosh1953

bickies1966

lovely jubbly1990

scrilla1994

1917 Ca ne fait Rien: 6th Battalion A.I.F. Oct. 1 So readers may rest assured they will git value for their oscar.

1929 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Jan. 20/1 A bloke should be as easy as 'is oscar will permit.

1931 ‘W. Hatfield’ Sheepmates xix. 161 Sit in, some o' yous that aint flyblown—.., an' their IOU's is good, if there's no real Oscar about the joint.

1942 L. Mann Go-getter ii. 16 Get the oscar off Tom soon's I see him. He's honest.

1959 D. Niland Big Smoke i. 21 If you'd been fighting all those blokes in the ring you'd have more oscar in your kick now than the Prime Minister himself.

1971 B. Humphries Bazza pulls it Off (1972) I can do with the oscar, but I don't know if I can draw any more photos.

2011 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 22 May 32 People are throwing away money. Not just valuable things, but actual oscar/moola/cash money.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Oscarn.²

Brit.

/ˈɒskə/, U.S.

/ˈɑskər/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < the male forename Oscar.

U.S. slang. Now rare.

A fellow, guy (esp. one held in contempt by the speaker); a foolish or ignorant man.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person

unwiteOE

buzzard1377

idiotc1384

ignorantc1450

unscholar1545

idiota1566

borowe1579

simple1600

ignoramus1616

ignoramo1623

ignaro1634

ingram1638

know-little1651

lack-latina1657

idiotist1715

know-nothing1812

Oscar1918

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > male

cock robin1633

Oscar1918

dildock1935

bimbo1977

himbo1988

knob-end1989

bell end1992

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person

wormc825

wretchOE

thingOE

hinderlingc1175

harlot?c1225

mixa1300

villain1303

whelpc1330

wonnera1340

bismera1400

vilec1400

beasta1425

creaturec1450

dog bolt1465

fouling?a1475

drivel1478

shit1508

marmoset1523

mammeta1529

pilgarlica1529

pode1528

slave1537

slim1548

skit-brains?1553

grasshopper1556

scavenger1563

old boss1566

rag1566

shrub1566

ketterela1572

shake-rag1571

skybala1572

mumpsimus1573

smatchetc1582

squib1586

scabship1589

vassal1589

baboon1592

Gibraltar1593

polecat1593

mushroom1594

nodc1595

cittern-head1598

nit1598

stockfish1598

cum-twang1599

dish-wash1599

pettitoe1599

mustard-token1600

viliaco1600

cargo1602

stump1602

snotty-nose1604

sprat1605

wormling1605

brock1607

dogfly?1611

shag-rag1611

shack-rag1612

thrum1612

rabbita1616

fitchock1616

unworthy1616

baseling1618

shag1620

glow-worm1624

snip1633

the son of a worm1633

grousea1637

shab1637

wormship1648

muckworm1649

whiffler1659

prig1679

rotten egg1686

prigster1688

begged fool1693

hang-dog1693

bugger1694

reptile1697

squinny1716

snool1718

ramscallion1734

footer1748

jackass1756

hallion1789

skite1790

rattlesnake1791

snot1809

mudworm1814

skunk1816

stirrah1816

spalpeen1817

nyaff1825

skin1825

weed1825

tiger1827

beggar1834

despicability1837

squirt1844

prawn1845

shake1846

white mouse1846

scurf1851

sweep1853

cockroach1856

bummer1857

medlar1859

cunt1860

shuck1862

missing link1863

schweinhund1871

creepa1876

bum1882

trashbag1886

tinhorn1887

snot-rag1888

rodent1889

whelpling1889

pie eatera1891

mess1891

schmuck1892

fucker1893

cheapskate1894

cocksucker1894

gutter-bird1896

perisher1896

skate1896

schmendrick1897

nyamps1900

ullage1901

fink1903

onion1904

punk1904

shitepoke1905

tinhorn sport1906

streeler1907

zob1911

stink1916

motherfucker1918

Oscar1918

shitass1918

shit-face1923

tripe-hound1923

gimp1924

garbage can1925

twerp1925

jughead1926

mong1926

fuck?1927

arsehole1928

dirty dog1928

gazook1928

muzzler1928

roach1929

shite1929

mook1930

lug1931

slug1931

woodchuck1931

crud1932

dip1932

bohunkus1933

lint-head1933

Nimrod1933

warb1933

fuck-piga1935

owl-hoot1934

pissant1935

poot1935

shmegegge1937

motheree1938

motorcycle1938

squiff1939

pendejo1940

snotnose1941

jerkface1942

slag1943

yuck1943

fuckface?1945

fuckhead?1945

shit-head1945

shite-hawk1948

schlub1950

asswipe1953

mother1955

weenie1956

hard-on1958

rass hole1959

schmucko1959

bitch ass1961

effer1961

lamer1961

arsewipe1962

asshole1962

butthole1962

cock1962

dipshit1963

motherfuck1964

dork1965

bumhole1967

mofo1967

tosspot1967

crudball1968

dipstick1968

douche1968

frickface1968

schlong1968

fuckwit1969

rassclaat1969

ass1970

wank1970

fecker1971

wanker1971

butt-fucker1972

slimeball1972

bloodclaat1973

fuckwad1974

mutha1974

suck1974

cocksuck1977

tosser1977

plank1981

sleazebag1981

spastic1981

dweeb1982

bumboclaat1983

dickwad1983

scuzzbag1983

sleazeball1983

butt-face1984

dickweed1984

saddie1985

butt plug1986

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

microcephalic1989

wankstain1990

sadster1992

buttmunch1993

fanny1995

jackhole1996

fassyhole1997

fannybaws2000

fassy2002

1918 ‘M. Brand’ in All-story Weekly 31 Aug. 37/1 He asks her to show off her skill, but she says, ‘Nothing stirring, Oscar’.

1929 T. Gordon Born to Be 220 I could have killed that dumb Oscar.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 43 They were a tough lot of oscars in the Bridewell.

1957 ‘E. Lacy’ Room to Swing 35 He's a rough Oscar.

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Oscarn.³

Brit.

/ˈɒskə/, U.S.

/ˈɑskər/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < the name of Oscar Pierce, 20th-cent. U.S. wheat and fruit grower (see note).In 1931 Margaret Herrick, librarian (and later executive director) of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is said to have remarked that the statuette reminded her of her ‘Uncle Oscar’, the name by which she called her cousin Oscar Pierce. The name was first used officially by the Academy in 1939.

1. Any of the statuettes awarded annually since 1928 in Hollywood, United States, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in film acting, directing, and other aspects of filmmaking; = Academy Award n. at academy n. Compounds 2. the Oscars: the ceremony at which these awards are presented.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award

Academy Award1930

Oscar1934

Emmy1949

Palme d'Or1967

Etrog1968

BAFTA1976

genie1980

1934 Daily News (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 32/3 Although Katharine Hepburn wasn't present to receive her Oscar, her constant companion and the gal she resides with in Hollywood, Laura Harding, was there [etc.].

1936 Time 16 Mar. 56/2 Neither Director Ford nor Screenwriter Nichols appeared to claim their prizes—small gold statuettes which Hollywood calls ‘Oscars’.

1949 Life 28 Mar. 95/2 Grant-Realm Television Productions..won television's equivalent of an Oscar—the first Emmy.

1958 Punch 25 June 838/3 A quiet scene, with the camera in close-up, every word counting, and the actors playing for an Oscar.

1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 6 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 5/1 Ed Begley (he got an Oscar) as a vicious town boss whose daughter (Shirley Knight) gets ruined by Newman.

2002 GQ Mar. 254/2 It's there in..[his] broody scowling at the Oscars. People wanted to bitch slap him into a cheesy grin.

2. In extended use. Any award for outstanding performance or achievement.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > any award for outstanding achievement

Oscar1939

1939 Fortune Oct. 39/3 Our unanimous choice for this month's Oscar is not a Major, or a corporation head, or a statesman, or even a man. It's a charming, sixteen-year-old girl, Hollywood's Deanna Durbin.

1941 Time 2 June 82/2 That these trials..did not keep Producer Gabriel Pascal from turning out a polished and distinguished product is a transcendent Oscar in the one-time cavalryman's lap.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 662/3 Once a year it publishes an annual which is in effect a kind of collection of Oscars for design in these fields.

1963 Guardian 8 Feb. 8/2 An ensemble for spring..which won an export Oscar last year.

1996 Premiere Feb. 41 He scooped last year's French Oscar for Most Promising Actor, and takes this year's prize for top Eurocrumpet in The Horseman On The Roof.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as Oscar nomination, Oscar winner, etc.; Oscar-winning adj.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award > winner

Oscar winner1944

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema > award-winning

Oscar-winning1944

1944 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. p. xl/5 Among the musicals will be..‘Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston’, by Geza Herceg, Oscar-winner with his ‘Life of Zola’.

1959 T. Williams Let. 8 July in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 162 Maureen..is turning in an almost sure-fire Oscar-winning performance.

1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. i. 45 The Oscar statuette is..gold-plated.

1974 Times 1 Mar. 13/4 Luis Buñuel's eminence as..1973 Oscar-winner.

1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 21 Feb. 19/1 The sweeping and voluptuous film saga..which..picked up nine Oscar nominations was turned down by every..major..studio.

1992 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. c22/1 What's new and in also happens to be an Oscar nominee.

2001 S. Strum Barcelona: Guide Archit. i. 28 Bar Royale hosted the launch party for Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-winning film Everything about my Mother.

C2.

Oscar bait n. (in later use often depreciative) a film or film performance which appears specifically intended to earn awards or critical acclaim.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award > film or performance intended for

Oscar bait1942

1942 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 25 Apr. 3/6 The week's cargo of celluloid included no Oscar bait.

1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 May d12/2 What a performance! Real Oscar-bait, I think.

2016 M. Shulman Her Again 2 Her performance has the trappings of Oscar bait—historical figure, age prosthetics, accent work.

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oscarn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈɒskə/, U.S.

/ˈɑskər/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar.

Etymology: Apparently < the male forename Oscar.Perhaps given first as a familiar name for its alliteration with ocellatus.

A cichlid fish, Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America and popular in larger aquaria, the young of which are velvety brown and the adults multicoloured, typically with a conspicuous eyespot at the base of the caudal fin. Also Oscar cichlid, Oscar's cichlid. Also called velvet cichlid.

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1955 H. R. Axelrod & L. P. Schultz Handbk. Trop. Aquarium Fishes 613 Oscar's or Velvet Cichlid.

1956 Aquarium Nov. 17 a/2 (advt.) Carol City Fisheries... Large Variety of Tropical Fishes... Oscars, Angels, Bettas, Rams.

1972 G. Vevers tr. A. Schiotz Aquarium Fishes & Plants 104/1 Astronotus ocellatus. Oscar or Velvet Cichlid. Widespread throughout South America.

1991 L. M. Page & B. M. Burr Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes 327 Oscar Astronotus ocellatus... Identification: White edge on large, rounded (fanlike) 2d dorsal, caudal and anal fins.

2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 21/2 A landlord is raising charity cash with a gruesome betting game—guessing which pet guppy will be eaten first by Prince, the foot-long Oscar fish.

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Oscarv.

Brit.

/ˈɒskə/, U.S.

/ˈɑskər/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle Oscared, Oscarred;

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Oscar n.³

Etymology: < Oscar n.³ Compare earlier Oscared adj.

transitive. To award an Oscar to (a person or film). Cf. Oscar n.³ Usually in passive.

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1958 Mus. Rev. May 150 (caption) Malcolm Arnold Oscarred.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Mar. b1 The 48-year-old British actress, once divorced and twice Oscared, is currently starring as the mercurial Nina Leeds in..Eugene O'Neill's ‘Strange Interlude’.

2000 Variety (Electronic ed.) 4 Jan. Among other TV stars who successfully entered Oscar's arena was ex-‘Honeymooner’ Art Carney, Oscared over formidable competition..for 1974's ‘Harry and Tonto’.

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n.¹1917

n.²1918

n.³1934

n.⁴1955

v.1958

单词	oscar
释义	oscarn.¹ Brit. /ˈɒskə/, U.S. /ˈɑskər/, Australian English /ˈɔskə/, New Zealand English /ˈɒskə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Oscar Asche n. Etymology: Short for Oscar Asche n. Australian and New Zealand slang (originally Military). Cash, money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 1917 Ca ne fait Rien: 6th Battalion A.I.F. Oct. 1 So readers may rest assured they will git value for their oscar. 1929 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Jan. 20/1 A bloke should be as easy as 'is oscar will permit. 1931 ‘W. Hatfield’ Sheepmates xix. 161 Sit in, some o' yous that aint flyblown—.., an' their IOU's is good, if there's no real Oscar about the joint. 1942 L. Mann Go-getter ii. 16 Get the oscar off Tom soon's I see him. He's honest. 1959 D. Niland Big Smoke i. 21 If you'd been fighting all those blokes in the ring you'd have more oscar in your kick now than the Prime Minister himself. 1971 B. Humphries Bazza pulls it Off (1972) I can do with the oscar, but I don't know if I can draw any more photos. 2011 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 22 May 32 People are throwing away money. Not just valuable things, but actual oscar/moola/cash money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Oscarn.² Brit. /ˈɒskə/, U.S. /ˈɑskər/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < the male forename Oscar. U.S. slang. Now rare. A fellow, guy (esp. one held in contempt by the speaker); a foolish or ignorant man. 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Brand’ in All-story Weekly 31 Aug. 37/1 He asks her to show off her skill, but she says, ‘Nothing stirring, Oscar’. 1929 T. Gordon Born to Be 220 I could have killed that dumb Oscar. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 43 They were a tough lot of oscars in the Bridewell. 1957 ‘E. Lacy’ Room to Swing 35 He's a rough Oscar. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Oscarn.³ Brit. /ˈɒskə/, U.S. /ˈɑskər/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < the name of Oscar Pierce, 20th-cent. U.S. wheat and fruit grower (see note).In 1931 Margaret Herrick, librarian (and later executive director) of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is said to have remarked that the statuette reminded her of her ‘Uncle Oscar’, the name by which she called her cousin Oscar Pierce. The name was first used officially by the Academy in 1939. 1. Any of the statuettes awarded annually since 1928 in Hollywood, United States, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in film acting, directing, and other aspects of filmmaking; = Academy Award n. at academy n. Compounds 2. the Oscars: the ceremony at which these awards are presented. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award Academy Award1930 Oscar1934 Emmy1949 Palme d'Or1967 Etrog1968 BAFTA1976 genie1980 1934 Daily News (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 32/3 Although Katharine Hepburn wasn't present to receive her Oscar, her constant companion and the gal she resides with in Hollywood, Laura Harding, was there [etc.]. 1936 Time 16 Mar. 56/2 Neither Director Ford nor Screenwriter Nichols appeared to claim their prizes—small gold statuettes which Hollywood calls ‘Oscars’. 1949 Life 28 Mar. 95/2 Grant-Realm Television Productions..won television's equivalent of an Oscar—the first Emmy. 1958 Punch 25 June 838/3 A quiet scene, with the camera in close-up, every word counting, and the actors playing for an Oscar. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 6 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 5/1 Ed Begley (he got an Oscar) as a vicious town boss whose daughter (Shirley Knight) gets ruined by Newman. 2002 GQ Mar. 254/2 It's there in..[his] broody scowling at the Oscars. People wanted to bitch slap him into a cheesy grin. 2. In extended use. Any award for outstanding performance or achievement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > any award for outstanding achievement Oscar1939 1939 Fortune Oct. 39/3 Our unanimous choice for this month's Oscar is not a Major, or a corporation head, or a statesman, or even a man. It's a charming, sixteen-year-old girl, Hollywood's Deanna Durbin. 1941 Time 2 June 82/2 That these trials..did not keep Producer Gabriel Pascal from turning out a polished and distinguished product is a transcendent Oscar in the one-time cavalryman's lap. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 662/3 Once a year it publishes an annual which is in effect a kind of collection of Oscars for design in these fields. 1963 Guardian 8 Feb. 8/2 An ensemble for spring..which won an export Oscar last year. 1996 Premiere Feb. 41 He scooped last year's French Oscar for Most Promising Actor, and takes this year's prize for top Eurocrumpet in The Horseman On The Roof. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as Oscar nomination, Oscar winner, etc.; Oscar-winning adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award > winner Oscar winner1944 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema > award-winning Oscar-winning1944 1944 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. p. xl/5 Among the musicals will be..‘Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston’, by Geza Herceg, Oscar-winner with his ‘Life of Zola’. 1959 T. Williams Let. 8 July in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 162 Maureen..is turning in an almost sure-fire Oscar-winning performance. 1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. i. 45 The Oscar statuette is..gold-plated. 1974 Times 1 Mar. 13/4 Luis Buñuel's eminence as..1973 Oscar-winner. 1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 21 Feb. 19/1 The sweeping and voluptuous film saga..which..picked up nine Oscar nominations was turned down by every..major..studio. 1992 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. c22/1 What's new and in also happens to be an Oscar nominee. 2001 S. Strum Barcelona: Guide Archit. i. 28 Bar Royale hosted the launch party for Pedro Almodovar's Oscar-winning film Everything about my Mother. C2. Oscar bait n. (in later use often depreciative) a film or film performance which appears specifically intended to earn awards or critical acclaim. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > award > film or performance intended for Oscar bait1942 1942 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 25 Apr. 3/6 The week's cargo of celluloid included no Oscar bait. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 May d12/2 What a performance! Real Oscar-bait, I think. 2016 M. Shulman Her Again 2 Her performance has the trappings of Oscar bait—historical figure, age prosthetics, accent work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oscarn.⁴ Brit. /ˈɒskə/, U.S. /ˈɑskər/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oscar. Etymology: Apparently < the male forename Oscar.Perhaps given first as a familiar name for its alliteration with ocellatus. A cichlid fish, Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America and popular in larger aquaria, the young of which are velvety brown and the adults multicoloured, typically with a conspicuous eyespot at the base of the caudal fin. Also Oscar cichlid, Oscar's cichlid. Also called velvet cichlid. ΚΠ 1955 H. R. Axelrod & L. P. Schultz Handbk. Trop. Aquarium Fishes 613 Oscar's or Velvet Cichlid. 1956 Aquarium Nov. 17 a/2 (advt.) Carol City Fisheries... Large Variety of Tropical Fishes... Oscars, Angels, Bettas, Rams. 1972 G. Vevers tr. A. Schiotz Aquarium Fishes & Plants 104/1 Astronotus ocellatus. Oscar or Velvet Cichlid. Widespread throughout South America. 1991 L. M. Page & B. M. Burr Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes 327 Oscar Astronotus ocellatus... Identification: White edge on large, rounded (fanlike) 2d dorsal, caudal and anal fins. 2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 21/2 A landlord is raising charity cash with a gruesome betting game—guessing which pet guppy will be eaten first by Prince, the foot-long Oscar fish. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Oscarv. Brit. /ˈɒskə/, U.S. /ˈɑskər/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle Oscared, Oscarred; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Oscar n.³ Etymology: < Oscar n.³ Compare earlier Oscared adj. transitive. To award an Oscar to (a person or film). Cf. Oscar n.³ Usually in passive. ΚΠ 1958 Mus. Rev. May 150 (caption) Malcolm Arnold Oscarred. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Mar. b1 The 48-year-old British actress, once divorced and twice Oscared, is currently starring as the mercurial Nina Leeds in..Eugene O'Neill's ‘Strange Interlude’. 2000 Variety (Electronic ed.) 4 Jan. Among other TV stars who successfully entered Oscar's arena was ex-‘Honeymooner’ Art Carney, Oscared over formidable competition..for 1974's ‘Harry and Tonto’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1917n.²1918n.³1934n.⁴1955v.1958
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