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单词 pumphandle
释义

pumphandlev.

Brit. /ˈpʌmpˌhandl/, U.S. /ˈpəmpˌ(h)ænd(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pump-handle n.
Etymology: < pump-handle n. Compare earlier pump-handler n.
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.
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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).

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