pea-shootingn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌʃudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pea n.², shooting n.

Etymology: < pea n.² + shooting n., after earlier pea-shooter n. Compare slightly later pea-shoot v.

The action of using a pea-shooter; an instance of this. Also figurative.

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1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 92 Tell us something more about the pea-shooting.

1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 332 Two girls within pea-shooting..distance.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxix. 233 While this polite pea-shooting was going on, Gwendolen trifled with her jelly.

1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 374/1 On the day of the pea-shooting they flogged him so that I cried out at the sight, and turned to the wall, sick at heart.

1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time v. 58 She was..the driving force behind the marble games and the pea-shooting fights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pea-shooting
释义	pea-shootingn. Brit. /ˈpiːˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpiˌʃudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pea n.², shooting n. Etymology: < pea n.² + shooting n., after earlier pea-shooter n. Compare slightly later pea-shoot v. The action of using a pea-shooter; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 92 Tell us something more about the pea-shooting. 1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 332 Two girls within pea-shooting..distance. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxix. 233 While this polite pea-shooting was going on, Gwendolen trifled with her jelly. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 374/1 On the day of the pea-shooting they flogged him so that I cried out at the sight, and turned to the wall, sick at heart. 1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time v. 58 She was..the driving force behind the marble games and the pea-shooting fights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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