单词 | over-and-under |
释义 | over-and-undern.adj. A. n. 1. A shotgun or pistol with barrels one above the other. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of turnabout1801 twelve1804 stanchion-gun1815 Joe Manton1816 Joe Manton1816 ducking-gun1823 punt gun1824 Purdey1830 shore-gun1841 woodcock gun1858 seven-bore1859 twelve-bore1859 twelve-gauge1859 choke1875 choke-bore1875 cripple-stopper1881 over-and-under1889 ten-gauge1894 ducker1896 tschinke1910 under-and-over1911 over-under1913 side by side1947 1889 Forest & Stream 28 Nov. 1/2 There were ‘Windsor’ rifles;..double rifles, rifle and shot, over and under,..and a two-grooved military rifle. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 44 Most of the over-and-unders have only one trigger, to be pulled once for each shot, the fastest two shots in the sport. 1976 Field 30 Dec. 1272 (advt.) These superb over-and-unders meet the growing demand from the modern sportsman for a genuine dual purpose gun, combining the advantage of the over-and-under for clay shooting with balance and handling qualities of the game gun. 1999 Shooting Gaz. Nov. 60/1 The Excalibur over and under has a slim, coin finished action, whether side plated or not. 2. North American. Gambling. = over-under n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet swoopstake1599 by-beta1627 levant1714 even money1732 play or pay bet1738 side bet1769 long shot1796 sweep1849 pay-or-play1853 sweepstake1861 pari-mutuel1868 to go a raker1869 flutter1874 skinner1874 by-wager1886 plunge1888 accumulator1889 saver1891 mutuel1893 quinella1902 parlay1904 Sydney or the bush1924 treble1924 daily double1930 all-up1933 round robin1944 double1951 twin double1960 perfecta1961 pool1963 lose bet1964 tiercé1964 Yankee bet1964 Yankee1967 nap1971 superfecta1971 tricast1972 triple1972 trixie1973 telebetting1974 trifecta1974 over-and-under1975 over-under1981 spread bet1981 1970 Los Angeles Times 11 Oct. (West Mag.) 24/3 At Madison Square Garden in New York, some dozen years ago..it became fashionable to bet basketball games not in terms of who won, but whether the total number of points scored by both teams was over or under a pre-set figure.] 1975 Handbk. Forensic Sci. (Federal Bureau Investig.) iii. vii. 106 Types of wagers:... Over-and-under—bets that total score will be over or under established line. 1990 Chicago Tribune (Electronic ed.) 12 Apr. 8 The board also voted to approve Maywood Park's request for an exotic new bet, the over-and-under, on an experimental basis. 1995 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Electronic ed.) 24 Sept. c18 What's the over and under on how many times the crowd chants: ‘Wayne Fontes must go’? 2006 R. L. Carneiro Diary Football Handicapper 322 I asked him if he always used the same figure for over-and-unders, and he said no. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of a shotgun or pistol: having barrels one above the other rather than side by side. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [adjective] > type of shot-gun choke-bored1875 under-and-over1881 ten-bore1892 ten-gauge1894 sawed-off1898 sawn-off1915 side by side1919 over-under1926 over-and-under1930 1930 G. Burrard In Gunroom 30 I have ordered a pair of Over and Under guns as I prefer the grip on this type of gun. 1961 C. Willock Death in Covert iv. 89 Under his arm he carried a beautiful Churchill over-and-under gun. 1994 G. Bowering Shoot! vi. 77 He was holding an over-and-under shotgun pointed at the rancher. It had at least one hammer thumbed back. 2. North American. Gambling. = over-under adj. 2. ΚΠ 1980 ABC News Transcripts: World News Tonight (Nexis) 18 Jan. You can bet the over and under total point score on game 35. 1992 K. B. Kinnee Pract. Gambling Investig. Techniques 189 Doe was offering over-and-under bets. 2001 W. N. Thompson Gambling in Amer. 362 The hockey games also offer over and under bets on total goals scored. 2010 G. Magnesen Straw Men vi. 138 Sometimes the bookies set an over and under line which predicts the total. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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