† pot-wallopingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, walloping n.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + walloping n.

Obsolete.

The sound produced by the boiler of a steam engine.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > of boiler

pot-walloping1849

1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 492/1 The trumpet that once announced from afar the laurelled mail..has now given way for ever to the pot-wallopings of the boiler.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

pot-wallopingadj.

Brit.

/pɒtˈwɒləpɪŋ/, U.S.

/pɑtˈwɑləpɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s pot-wallopping, 1800s pot-walluping, 1800s– pot-walloping.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot n.¹, wallop v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + wallop v. + -ing suffix², after potwalloper n. In sense 2 punningly after walloping adj. (compare sense 2 at that entry); compare slightly earlier potwalloper n. 3.

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of potwallopers (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > by specific qualification

pot-walloping1783

1783 Let. to Henry Flood 7 No potwallopping town.

1791–3 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 95 Has he any close and pot-wallopping boroughs, where no property is the qualification?

1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 28 A special bargain..that his bill for garden stuff..should be paid off as the price of his pot-walluping vote.

1840 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VIII. lx. 57 ‘England's pride and Westminster's glory’, as he [sc. Sir F. Burdett] was termed by his potwalloping constituents in that borough.

1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. i. 7 Hunt managed to get elected..for the pot-walloping borough of Preston.

1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 208/2 When a business-administration Senior can express through appreciation of his ‘pot-walloping’ job because he has turned it into a motion-economy study, one realizes that the test was not in the character of the work but in the manner of its performance.

1995 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Mar. t3 The assembly began to exhibit signs of impatience and at length became as turbulent as the free and independent burgesses of any potwalloping borough in the United Kingdom.

2. humorous. Vigorous but unwieldy, clumsy. Cf. walloping adj. 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adjective] > heavily or clumsily

unwieldlya1513

unwieldy1530

wieldy1588

ponderous1808

lumping1884

pot-walloping1899

1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 161 Royal lumbered through the shallows like a great pot-walloping elephant.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. 6 [She] was an overweight pot-walloping Hausfrau grinding through married life in a Denver trailer court.

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

单词	pot-walloping
释义	† pot-wallopingn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, walloping n. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + walloping n. Obsolete. The sound produced by the boiler of a steam engine.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > of boiler pot-walloping1849 1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 492/1 The trumpet that once announced from afar the laurelled mail..has now given way for ever to the pot-wallopings of the boiler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019). pot-wallopingadj. Brit. /pɒtˈwɒləpɪŋ/, U.S. /pɑtˈwɑləpɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s pot-wallopping, 1800s pot-walluping, 1800s– pot-walloping. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot n.¹, wallop v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < pot n.¹ + wallop v. + -ing suffix², after potwalloper n. In sense 2 punningly after walloping adj. (compare sense 2 at that entry); compare slightly earlier potwalloper n. 3. 1. Of, relating to, or consisting of potwallopers (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > by specific qualification pot-walloping1783 1783 Let. to Henry Flood 7 No potwallopping town. 1791–3 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 95 Has he any close and pot-wallopping boroughs, where no property is the qualification? 1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 28 A special bargain..that his bill for garden stuff..should be paid off as the price of his pot-walluping vote. 1840 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VIII. lx. 57 ‘England's pride and Westminster's glory’, as he [sc. Sir F. Burdett] was termed by his potwalloping constituents in that borough. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. i. 7 Hunt managed to get elected..for the pot-walloping borough of Preston. 1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 208/2 When a business-administration Senior can express through appreciation of his ‘pot-walloping’ job because he has turned it into a motion-economy study, one realizes that the test was not in the character of the work but in the manner of its performance. 1995 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Mar. t3 The assembly began to exhibit signs of impatience and at length became as turbulent as the free and independent burgesses of any potwalloping borough in the United Kingdom. 2. humorous. Vigorous but unwieldy, clumsy. Cf. walloping adj. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adjective] > heavily or clumsily unwieldlya1513 unwieldy1530 wieldy1588 ponderous1808 lumping1884 pot-walloping1899 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 161 Royal lumbered through the shallows like a great pot-walloping elephant. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. 6 [She] was an overweight pot-walloping Hausfrau grinding through married life in a Denver trailer court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849adj.1783
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