单词 | pumphandle |
释义 | pumphandlev. colloquial. Now rare. transitive. To shake in greeting (a person's hand, or a person by the hand) as if working a pump-handle; to move (an arm, etc.) in such a manner. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] work1617 reciprocate1653 pump1803 gig1815 dodge1820 pumphandle1851 trombone1879 yo-yo1973 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > shake hands with or a person's hand strain1518 wringa1535 to shake (a person's) hand1540 pumphandle1851 duke1865 pump1912 handshake1920 1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art & Sci. 1 Jan. 243/2 After having pump-handled Benson's arm for some time, he made an attack on Le Roi. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxxii In an instant the four were..pump-handling each other's arms as if they were going into ecstasies. 1877 J. D. Hooker in L. Huxley Life & Lett. J. D. Hooker (1918) II. 142 [I get home] with a crick in my shoulder..from pump-handling some 500 people. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines xx He and Sir Henry were pump-handling away at each other. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxvi. 318 The old stalwarts were pumphandling everybody at the door and calling 'em ‘Brother’ and ‘Sister’. 1946 ‘H. Green’ Back 10 He pumphandled Charley who had said not a word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : pump-handlen. < see also |
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