单词 | puckeroo |
释义 | puckerooadj. New Zealand slang. Useless, broken, out of order; destroyed, finished. Cf. puckeroo v., puckerooed adj. ΚΠ 1911 Auckland Star 21 June 5/8 His final leave-taking before leaving his cell this morning... ‘Good-bye, I'm pukaru now, I will meet you in the next world’. 1943 Amer. Speech 18 93 Pukkaroo, adjective.., (to make) worthless, useless—it could be used..of an engine that had broken down—..is perhaps from the Maori pakaru, to destroy. 1952 J. H. Lyon Faring South 76 Bob related how a row of Maoris would..tell him to go to Taranaki, where they said he would be pukaru or finished. 2005 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Nov. 6 He [sc. a horse] was scoped and there was nothing to suggest that he was puckeroo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). puckeroov. New Zealand slang. transitive. To break, destroy, ruin; to kill. Cf. puckeroo adj., puckerooed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] mareOE shendOE hinderc1000 amarOE awemc1275 noyc1300 touchc1300 bleche1340 blemisha1375 spill1377 misdoa1387 grieve1390 damagea1400 despoil?a1400 matea1400 snapea1400 mankc1400 overthrowa1425 tamec1430 undermine1430 blunder1440 depaira1460 adommage?1473 endamage1477 prejudicec1487 fulyie1488 martyra1500 dyscrase?1504 corrupt1526 mangle1534 danger1538 destroy1542 spoil1563 ruinate1564 ruin1567 wrake1570 injury1579 bane1587 massacre1589 ravish1594 wrong1595 rifle1604 tainta1616 mutilea1618 to do violence toa1625 flaw1665 stun1676 quail1682 maul1694 moil1698 damnify1712 margullie1721 maul1782 buga1790 mux1806 queer1818 batter1840 puckeroo1840 rim-rack1841 pretty1868 garbage1899 savage1899 to do in1905 strafe1915 mash1924 blow1943 nuke1967 mung1969 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally atterc885 hurtc1200 marc1225 appair1297 impair1297 spilla1300 emblemishc1384 endull1395 blemishc1430 depaira1460 depravea1533 deform1533 envenom1533 vitiate1534 quail1551 impeach1563 subvert1565 craze1573 taint1573 spoil1578 endamage1579 qualify1584 stain1584 crack1590 ravish1594 interess1598 invitiate1598 corrupt1602 venom1621 depauperate1623 detriment1623 flaw1623 embase1625 ungold1637 murder1644 refract1646 depress1647 addle1652 sweal1655 butcher1659 shade1813 mess1823 puckeroo1840 untone1861 blue1880 queer1884 dick1972 forgar- 1840 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 13 Dec. (1966) 267 The Mauries swore that we should all be Puckarooed as well as the gun and away they scuttled. 1885 Short Sk. Life T. Hancock ii. 19 [Maoris said] ‘We will pukeru you!’ ‘Very well’, I said, ‘pukeru me’. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang v. 42 [By the 1890s] we had begun to pukaroo things, when we broke something, confused an issue, or ruined some plan of action. This is derived with extraordinary simplicity from the Maori pakaru, broken. 1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek vii. 179 The surest way to buckeroo an axe. 1960 M. R. Muir Word for Word 174 I don't know. His old man was pretty strict, of course... Probably pukarooed any romances. 1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 12/1 Bad show, fighting. I puckerooed things properly last night. 1997 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 June 9 What if Oliver gets on the field and has a blinder?..Hewitt's test career could be puckerooed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1911v.1840 |
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