† pikingn.¹

Forms: Old English picung, Middle English pykyng.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < pike n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later pick v.¹ (compare especially β forms at that entry).

Obsolete. rare.

1. A prick, a mark produced by pricking.

ΚΠ

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 111/1 Stigmata, picung.

2. The action of providing a staff with a spike or point. Cf. pick v.¹ 17.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > making pointed

piking1440

acumination1794

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 397 Pykynge, of a staffe, or oþer lyke, Cuspidacio.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

pikingn.²

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.³, -ing suffix¹; pike n.⁴, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Either < pike v.³ + -ing suffix¹, or < pike n.⁴ + -ing suffix¹.In quot. 1926 perhaps after Spanish picar to prick, pierce (see pick v.¹) or pica lance (see pike n.⁴); compare Spanish picador picador n.

The action of wounding, impaling, or killing with a pike.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wound by sharp weapon > action of

stabbingc1425

goringa1513

foining1523

stab1530

stob1653

spearing1784

piking1798

1798 C. Jackson Wexford Cruelties (ed. 3) 45 The manner of piking was by two of the rebels pushing their pikes into the front of the victim, while two others pushed pikes into his back.

1892 Dict. National Biogr. at Keugh, Matthew He was powerless to prevent the piking..of the 260 prisoners.

1926 Times 7 Dec. 16/6 The ‘piking’ of the bull by the mounted picador is regarded as necessary to tire the bull.

1998 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. This was followed by the piking of Protestant prisoners on Wexford Bridge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pikingn.³

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

The action of making small or cautious financial speculations or bets; (more generally) acting cautiously or meanly; backing out, shirking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1884 Jrnl. 16 July in Western Pennsylvania Hist. Mag. (1918) Apr. 97 After considerable deliberation I concluded to try a little ‘piking’, and had Leslie sell five thousand barrels ‘short’ at 64.

1911 Washington Post 27 Aug. 1/6 If I ever decide to take up forgery, there will be no piking. I shall make out a check for $1,000,000, and realize something by it.

1938 B. Still Millwaukee xiii. 327 ‘Piking’ and ‘pounding the market’, dealing on margin, and attempts to ‘corner’ were a few of the speculative maneuvers.

1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 159 ‘Piking’ was to place small bets all over the board, and a practitioner was known as a piker.

2000 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 95 The invitation says ‘from 9pm onwards’. No chance of piking—it also says ‘breakfast will be served’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pikingn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pike n.³ + -ing suffix¹.

Pike-fishing.

ΚΠ

1906 Daily Chron. 6 Oct. 8/1 I have never been able to reconcile my love of ease..with my passion for piking.

1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 5 Dec. 29/2 Our rainy weather piking expedition.

2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 34 Stillwater piking can become a bit too static.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pikingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix². In some later examples (compare quot. 1972) perhaps influenced by pikey n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

Of a person: that acts in a cautious, mean, or underhand manner, esp. with regard to money; (also of bets, etc.) cheap, petty. Hence in extended use: shirking, cowardly.In quot. 1972 perhaps = pikey n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling

coney-catching1594

mountebanking1602

skeldering1602

sharping1691

victimizing1834

piking1893

1893 Chicago Tribune 10 Oct. 7/2 Pool-selling tonight was strictly a piking game, each first choice being $5, with no selling on the third and fourth races.

1900 Nebraska State Jrnl. 25 Dec. 7/3 He continued his piking tactics until Nealy was wild with rage.

1916 M. Marcin Cheaters 99 Who raised her from a piking shoplifter to going after the big swag?

1929 A. Rothstein in D. H. Clarke In Reign of Rothstein vi. 104 That's only a piking bet. I'll win that back in the next race.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. v. 490 The Father of His Country was crumpled, folded, and offered in the most piking and meretricious traffic millions of times a day.

1972 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 2/6 An East End publican who referred in his bar to the Tibbs family as ‘dirty piking bastards’ was attacked in the street by four men with knives and an axe.

1989 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 14 Apr. 4 You're not dumb enough to sell your vote for a piking $550.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹eOE

n.²1798

n.³1884

n.⁴1906

adj.1893

单词	piking
释义	† pikingn.¹ Forms: Old English picung, Middle English pykyng. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < pike n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later pick v.¹ (compare especially β forms at that entry). Obsolete. rare. 1. A prick, a mark produced by pricking. ΚΠ eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 111/1 Stigmata, picung. 2. The action of providing a staff with a spike or point. Cf. pick v.¹ 17. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > making pointed piking1440 acumination1794 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 397 Pykynge, of a staffe, or oþer lyke, Cuspidacio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pikingn.² Brit. /ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.³, -ing suffix¹; pike n.⁴, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Either < pike v.³ + -ing suffix¹, or < pike n.⁴ + -ing suffix¹.In quot. 1926 perhaps after Spanish picar to prick, pierce (see pick v.¹) or pica lance (see pike n.⁴); compare Spanish picador picador n. The action of wounding, impaling, or killing with a pike. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wound by sharp weapon > action of stabbingc1425 goringa1513 foining1523 stab1530 stob1653 spearing1784 piking1798 1798 C. Jackson Wexford Cruelties (ed. 3) 45 The manner of piking was by two of the rebels pushing their pikes into the front of the victim, while two others pushed pikes into his back. 1892 Dict. National Biogr. at Keugh, Matthew He was powerless to prevent the piking..of the 260 prisoners. 1926 Times 7 Dec. 16/6 The ‘piking’ of the bull by the mounted picador is regarded as necessary to tire the bull. 1998 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. This was followed by the piking of Protestant prisoners on Wexford Bridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikingn.³ Brit. /ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹. colloquial (originally U.S.). The action of making small or cautious financial speculations or bets; (more generally) acting cautiously or meanly; backing out, shirking. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1884 Jrnl. 16 July in Western Pennsylvania Hist. Mag. (1918) Apr. 97 After considerable deliberation I concluded to try a little ‘piking’, and had Leslie sell five thousand barrels ‘short’ at 64. 1911 Washington Post 27 Aug. 1/6 If I ever decide to take up forgery, there will be no piking. I shall make out a check for $1,000,000, and realize something by it. 1938 B. Still Millwaukee xiii. 327 ‘Piking’ and ‘pounding the market’, dealing on margin, and attempts to ‘corner’ were a few of the speculative maneuvers. 1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 159 ‘Piking’ was to place small bets all over the board, and a practitioner was known as a piker. 2000 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 95 The invitation says ‘from 9pm onwards’. No chance of piking—it also says ‘breakfast will be served’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikingn.⁴ Brit. /ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pike n.³ + -ing suffix¹. Pike-fishing. ΚΠ 1906 Daily Chron. 6 Oct. 8/1 I have never been able to reconcile my love of ease..with my passion for piking. 1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 5 Dec. 29/2 Our rainy weather piking expedition. 2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 34 Stillwater piking can become a bit too static. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikingadj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix². In some later examples (compare quot. 1972) perhaps influenced by pikey n. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a person: that acts in a cautious, mean, or underhand manner, esp. with regard to money; (also of bets, etc.) cheap, petty. Hence in extended use: shirking, cowardly.In quot. 1972 perhaps = pikey n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling coney-catching1594 mountebanking1602 skeldering1602 sharping1691 victimizing1834 piking1893 1893 Chicago Tribune 10 Oct. 7/2 Pool-selling tonight was strictly a piking game, each first choice being $5, with no selling on the third and fourth races. 1900 Nebraska State Jrnl. 25 Dec. 7/3 He continued his piking tactics until Nealy was wild with rage. 1916 M. Marcin Cheaters 99 Who raised her from a piking shoplifter to going after the big swag? 1929 A. Rothstein in D. H. Clarke In Reign of Rothstein vi. 104 That's only a piking bet. I'll win that back in the next race. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. v. 490 The Father of His Country was crumpled, folded, and offered in the most piking and meretricious traffic millions of times a day. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 2/6 An East End publican who referred in his bar to the Tibbs family as ‘dirty piking bastards’ was attacked in the street by four men with knives and an axe. 1989 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 14 Apr. 4 You're not dumb enough to sell your vote for a piking $550. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹eOEn.²1798n.³1884n.⁴1906adj.1893
随便看	have a good time of formerly on it have a good time of it have a good war have a great loss in have a great loss of have a great mind have a great miss of have a green bonnet have a green thumb have a grey head and a green tail have a grudge against have a grudge against at have a grudge against to have a gust of have a hand at have a hand for have a hand in have a hand in the dish have a hand in the pie have a hank on or over any one have a hard-on for have a hardon for have a hatch before the door have a hate against have a hate on

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