单词 | panic party |
释义 | > as lemmaspanic party panic party n. Navy (now historical) a group of crew members assigned to feign a departure in panic from a ship in order to lure or mislead an enemy; also in extended use (slang) (see quots. 1942, 1943). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm > feigned demonstration of alarm on decoy ship panic party1918 1918 Times 13 Nov. 6/2 Two dazed prisoners were rescued by the exultant ‘panic party’ in the boats. 1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road vii. 144 They shelled the panic party in the boats. 1942 Sun (Sydney) 26 Aug. 4/7 A route march is an organised shemozzle, while any rush move is a panic party. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 50 Panic party, the Naval version of a flap-on. 1964 Times 5 Oct. 12/7 The practice of putting a ‘panic party’ into the boats as soon as the enemy had opened fire. < as lemmas |
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