单词 | pissant |
释义 | pissantn.adj. Chiefly slang and regional. A. n. 1. An ant. Also figurative. Chiefly U.S. regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant anteOE emmeteOE mirea1300 maur1366 pismirec1395 formice1484 merpyss1527 calicrat?1590 pissant1649 formica1865 muryan1865 macraner1907 1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 259 Some countries cal them Ants, some Pismires, and some Pisants, we in Sussex Emments. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 14 A multitude of Pissants, and Vermins of his own constitution. 1770 C. Carroll Let. 22 May in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1917) 12 362 It seems the Pissants eat a great deal of Corn in the ground. 1804 J. Ordway Jrnl. 25 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1995) IX. i. 44 We Saw Several holes in the ground. Some Stone piss ants & C. 1847 W. T. Porter Quarter Race Kentucky 84 Pourin out of the woods like pissants out of an old log when tother end's afire. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Piss-aint, 'Er screws 'er waist up till 'er looks like a piss-aint. 1934 J. Stuart Man with Bull-tongue Plow 215 We want the hungry hounds to bury him. We want piss-ants to come and eat their share. 1987 Sojourner (Nexis) 30 Apr. 29 I had set fire to ten piss-ants with the aid of a magnifying glass. 2000 Dallas Observer (Nexis) 12 Oct. [He] couldn't get a crowd to watch a piss ant eat a bale of hay. 2. Chiefly Australian. In similative and comparative phrases. drunk as a pissant: extremely drunk. game as a pissant: very brave or courageous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adjective] > exceedingly brave oultrepreu1477 over-brave1620 (as) game as a pebble1829 game as a pissant1930 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 77 I'm drunk as a pissant still. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iv. 87 Game as a piss ant or drunk as a piss ant. 1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 185 Why, goddam it to Jesus Christ and back, they're thicker than piss ants. 1961 P. White Riders in Chariot xiii. 448 ‘And on such a day!’ she shrieked, looking at the clock. ‘I bet that nephew of yours will be full as a piss-ant by eleven!’ 1993 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Nov. (News & Features section) 3 I was game as a pissant and said, ‘right, we'll give it a go’. 3. depreciative. An insignificant, contemptible, or irritating person. ΘΚΠ 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 1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xvi. 278 Anybody who called owning horses disorderly conduct was a liar and a pissant. 1972 F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 169 You stole my skelp, you no-'count piss-ant. 1993 Advertising Age (Nexis) 12 Apr. 20 Now I was getting mad. Here was this 17-year-old piss-ant trying to tell me about punk rock's relevance. 2001 New Yorker 24 Dec. 62/1 These are pissants who can't get the President's ear and have to blame someone else. B. adj. depreciative. (In attributive use.) Insignificant, worthless, petty; contemptible. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible unworthc893 unwrastc893 littleOE narrow-hearteda1200 wretcha1200 unworthya1240 wretchedc1250 un-i-wrastc1275 bad1276 lechera1300 feeblea1325 despisablea1340 villain1340 contemptiblec1384 lousyc1386 caitiff1393 brothelyc1400 roinousa1425 poor1425 sevenpennyc1475 nasty1477 peakish1519 filthy1533 despectuous1541 beggary1542 scald1542 shitten?1545 disdainfula1547 contemptuous1549 despicable1553 skit-brained?1553 contemniblea1555 vile1560 sluttish1561 queer1567 scornful1570 scallardc1575 tinkerly?1576 worthless1576 beggarly?1577 paltry1578 halfpenny1579 dog bolt1580 pitiful1582 sneaking1582 triobolar1585 wormisha1586 baddy1586 dudgeon1592 measled1596 packstaff1598 roguey1598 roguish1601 contemptful1608 grovelling1608 lightly1608 disdainable1611 purulent1611 snotty-nose1622 vilipendious1630 cittern-headed1638 wormy1640 pissabed1643 triobolary1644 disparageable1648 blue-bellied1652 unestimable1656 scullion1658 piteous1667 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 snotty1681 snotty-nosed1682 mucky1683 bollocky1694 scoundrel1700 scaldeda1704 sneaking1703 ficulnean1716 unsolid1731 pitiable1753 scrubby1754 inimitable1798 scrubbish1798 worm-likea1807 small1824 lowlife1827 ketty1828 skunkish1831 yellow-bellied1833 scaly1843 cockroachya1845 wutless1853 nigger1859 trashy1862 low-down1872 cruddy1877 shitty1879 tinhorn1886 blithering1889 motherfucking1890 snidey1890 pilgarlicky1894 shitass1895 shoddy1918 yah boo1921 bitching1929 shit-faced1932 turdish1936 fricking1937 jerk-off1937 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 snot-nosed1941 jerky1944 mother-loving1948 scroungy1948 fecking1952 pissant1952 shit-kicking1953 shit-eating1956 bumboclaat1957 rassclaat1957 shit-headed1959 farkakte1960 shithouse1966 daggy1967 dipshit1968 scuzzy1969 bloodclaat1971 bitch ass1972 wanky1972 streelish1974 twatty1975 twattish1976 dweeby1988 douchey1991 wank1991 cockish1996 1952 K. Burke Let. 6 Sept. in Sel. Corr. K. Burke & M. Cowley (1988) 308 I always said, proudly, that I could do myself so much more damage than my pissant enemies could do. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. x. 237 All you do now is let off some pissant fire~crackers, then laze around here for a goddam month's vacation. 2005 Houston Press (Nexis) 10 Feb. When your pissant town is called up to the huge-event big time, you can send me a thank-you note. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pissantv. Australian slang. intransitive. With around or round: to mess about; to loiter, wander aimlessly. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander wharvec890 woreOE wandera1000 rengec1230 wagc1325 roamc1330 errc1374 raikc1390 ravec1390 rumblec1400 rollc1405 railc1425 roit1440 waverc1440 rangea1450 rove1481 to-waver1487 vaguea1525 evague1533 rangle1567 to go a-strayinga1586 vagary1598 divagate1599 obambulate1614 vagitate1614 ramble1615 divage1623 pererrate1623 squander1630 peramble1632 rink1710 ratch1801 browse1803 vagrate1807 bum1857 piroot1858 scamander1864 truck1864 bat1867 vagrant1886 float1901 vagulate1918 pissant1945 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iv. 87 Someone is pissanting around when he is messing about. 1951 D. Cusack & F. James Come in Spinner 307 I been pissantin' round the Northern Territory most of the time. 1959 G. Hamilton Summer Glare 138 Struth, you pissant around like a rooster that's too old. 1986 H. Jacobson Redback viii. 78 So what's he pissanting around here for? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1649v.1945 |
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