单词 | pull one's etc |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.) 6. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S. Military). to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.): to employ one's superior status to obtain obedience, cooperation, or privilege; to make (unfair) use of one's seniority. Frequently with on. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [verb (transitive)] > employ superior status to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.)1892 1892 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 752/1 The Colonel was an aggressive martinet, and would not hesitate to pull his rank on a subordinate when that would strengthen his position. 1923 Amer. Legion Weekly 23 Feb. 18 Don't pull your rank on him, K.P. You were only a private yourself, once. 1926 Amer. Speech 2 62/2 Give him..officers who do not ‘pull rank’, and he is well content. 1949 Washington Post 1 May iii. 2 (headline) Navy varsity pulls rank on frosh crew. 1958 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More xiii. 242 Don't you pull your stripes on me, sarge. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 228 Teddy pulled seniority and they gave him his way. 1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xiv. 148 ‘What if he refuses to go with them?’ ‘They'll be senior men, they'll pull rank.’ 2001 National Rev. (U.S.) (Nexis) 3 May For those who have [experience of combat], it's awfully tempting to pull status and say: ‘You've no right to judge these things. You can't imagine what it's like.’ to pull one's (or the) pud (also pudding, wire, etc.) P13. coarse slang. to pull one's (or the) pud (also pudding, wire, etc.): (of a man) to masturbate. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > masturbate [verb (intransitive)] frig1598 mastuprate1623 masturbate1839 to jerk off1865 rub1902 to rub up1902 wank1905 to jack off1916 to pull one's (or the) pud (also pudding, wire, etc.)1927 to toss off1927 to play pocket billiards1940 to beat one's meat1948 to wank off1951 whack1969 to choke the chicken1975 fap2001 1927 Immortalia 45 His greatest sport Was pulling his royal pud. 1928 in A. W. Read Lexical Evid. from Folk Epigraphy (1935) 71 Some come here to shit and stink But I come here to pull my pud for Waterloo women are no good. c1930 G. de Montalk in A. R. D. Fairburn Let. 1 Feb. (1981) 31 He says..that all non-fucking England..are pulling their duffs. a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) 96 You should leave off pulling your plonk. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 666/2 Pull one's wire. 1951 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1056/1 Pull one's pudding,..may have originated pull one's wire. 1970 J. Osborne Right Prospectus 30 Remember what I said about sex. Keep away from the maids and pretty boys. As for pulling your wire, that's no occupation for a gentleman. 1987 Melody Maker 15 Aug. 27/4 We pulled the pud until the sun came up. Yes, we are not ashamed..we beat the meat, we played on Percy The Piccolo. 2002 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 4 Apr. 96 My completely unscientific study found that women wank more when they're getting laid regularly; men pull the pud slightly less. < as lemmas |
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