R.A.F.n.

Brit.

/ˌɑːreɪˈɛf/, U.S.

/ˌɑˌreɪˈɛf/

Forms:

α. 1900s– R.A.F., 1900s– RAF.

β. 1900s– Raf, 1900s– Raff Brit. /raf/, U.S. /ræf/.

Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: English Royal Air Force.

Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of Royal Air Force.

= Royal Air Force n. at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1. colloquial in form Raf(f). Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun]

maritime power1711

fourth arm1901

arm1908

air force1911

RFC1913

R.A.F.1918

Royal Air Force1918

U.S.A.A.F.1943

U.S.A.F.1947

α.

1918 Times 7 Dec. 5/5 Lieutenant Sidney Hume, of the R.A.F...was arrested in relation to the shooting.

1924 G. Bell Let. 2 July (1927) II. xxiv. 701 The most interesting thing which happened during this week was a performance by the R.A.F., a bombing demonstration.

1941 W. S. Churchill Into Battle 310 Operating from new Greek bases, the R.A.F. attack Bari and Brindisi, and bomb military objectives in Naples.

1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana iv. 76 He was a big man, in his late twenties, with an R.A.F. moustache, wearing a bush-hat and a bush-shirt whose breast pockets bulged with papers.

1974 S. Milligan Rommel 186 I never dreamed, one day he, I, and a lone RAF erk called Sellers..would make a sort of comic history.

2005 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 22 Apr. 23/3 R.A.F. man Jamie MacRaild flew in from the wing, raced through the ‘Glen's’ defence to rifle the ball past the helpless keeper.

β. 1946 ‘Tackline’ You met such Nice Girls vii. 73 It is a peculiar thing, but the Raff and the Wavy Navy do not mix at parties, and in fact the only place the Wavy Navy like the Raff to be is in the air.1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils ii. 227 They're Raf bods, escaped prisoners.1965 J. Porter Dover Two v. 60 ‘A decent lad like our Rex..in the Raf.’ ‘R.A.F., Dad... I've told you before not to call it Raf!’1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. i. 11 For a Raff bloke, that's good going. You're not trained to make full use of ground cover, are you?1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xiii. 99 I met plenty of Free-Staters in the Raff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

R.A.F.v.

Brit.

/ˌɑːreɪˈɛf/,

/raf/, U.S.

/ˌɑˌreɪˈɛf/,

/ræf/

Forms: 1900s– R.A.F., 1900s– raff.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: R.A.F. n.

Etymology: < R.A.F. n.

rare.

1. intransitive. To participate as a member in the routine activities of the R.A.F.

ΚΠ

1930 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 Jan. (1938) v. 675 I spend innocent days R.A.F.ing.

2. transitive. To subject to an R.A.F. attack.

ΚΠ

1940 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 3/1 Yesterday I heard: ‘He'll get R.A.F.'d if he doesn't mind.’ There's surely a rousing neologism in this—to ‘raff’ the Nazis instead of the old ‘strafing Fritz’. Why not say ‘Berlin has been raffed to blazes?’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

RAF n. [ < German RAF, initialism < Rote Armee Fraktion] now historical Red Army Faction (in Germany).

ΚΠ

1972 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 29 May 7/2 The RAF wants to demonstrate that it can strike when and where it wants.

1980 C. Moorehead Fortune's Hostages viii. 155 The freeing of six jailed ‘RAF’ prisoners.

2002 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 31 Oct. 7 While the RAF dissolved itself in 1996, former activists are still serving prison sentences for the bombing campaigns and assassinations.

单词	raf
释义	R.A.F.n. Brit. /ˌɑːreɪˈɛf/, U.S. /ˌɑˌreɪˈɛf/ Forms: α. 1900s– R.A.F., 1900s– RAF. β. 1900s– Raf, 1900s– Raff Brit. /raf/, U.S. /ræf/. Origin: Formed within English, as an initialism. Etymon: English Royal Air Force. Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of Royal Air Force. = Royal Air Force n. at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1. colloquial in form Raf(f). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] maritime power1711 fourth arm1901 arm1908 air force1911 RFC1913 R.A.F.1918 Royal Air Force1918 U.S.A.A.F.1943 U.S.A.F.1947 α. 1918 Times 7 Dec. 5/5 Lieutenant Sidney Hume, of the R.A.F...was arrested in relation to the shooting. 1924 G. Bell Let. 2 July (1927) II. xxiv. 701 The most interesting thing which happened during this week was a performance by the R.A.F., a bombing demonstration. 1941 W. S. Churchill Into Battle 310 Operating from new Greek bases, the R.A.F. attack Bari and Brindisi, and bomb military objectives in Naples. 1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana iv. 76 He was a big man, in his late twenties, with an R.A.F. moustache, wearing a bush-hat and a bush-shirt whose breast pockets bulged with papers. 1974 S. Milligan Rommel 186 I never dreamed, one day he, I, and a lone RAF erk called Sellers..would make a sort of comic history. 2005 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 22 Apr. 23/3 R.A.F. man Jamie MacRaild flew in from the wing, raced through the ‘Glen's’ defence to rifle the ball past the helpless keeper. β. 1946 ‘Tackline’ You met such Nice Girls vii. 73 It is a peculiar thing, but the Raff and the Wavy Navy do not mix at parties, and in fact the only place the Wavy Navy like the Raff to be is in the air.1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils ii. 227 They're Raf bods, escaped prisoners.1965 J. Porter Dover Two v. 60 ‘A decent lad like our Rex..in the Raf.’ ‘R.A.F., Dad... I've told you before not to call it Raf!’1980 J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. i. 11 For a Raff bloke, that's good going. You're not trained to make full use of ground cover, are you?1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xiii. 99 I met plenty of Free-Staters in the Raff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). R.A.F.v. Brit. /ˌɑːreɪˈɛf/, /raf/, U.S. /ˌɑˌreɪˈɛf/, /ræf/ Forms: 1900s– R.A.F., 1900s– raff. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: R.A.F. n. Etymology: < R.A.F. n. rare. 1. intransitive. To participate as a member in the routine activities of the R.A.F. ΚΠ 1930 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 Jan. (1938) v. 675 I spend innocent days R.A.F.ing. 2. transitive. To subject to an R.A.F. attack. ΚΠ 1940 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 3/1 Yesterday I heard: ‘He'll get R.A.F.'d if he doesn't mind.’ There's surely a rousing neologism in this—to ‘raff’ the Nazis instead of the old ‘strafing Fritz’. Why not say ‘Berlin has been raffed to blazes?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas RAF RAF n. [ < German RAF, initialism < Rote Armee Fraktion] now historical Red Army Faction (in Germany). ΚΠ 1972 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 29 May 7/2 The RAF wants to demonstrate that it can strike when and where it wants. 1980 C. Moorehead Fortune's Hostages viii. 155 The freeing of six jailed ‘RAF’ prisoners. 2002 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 31 Oct. 7 While the RAF dissolved itself in 1996, former activists are still serving prison sentences for the bombing campaigns and assassinations. extracted from Rn. < n.1918v.1930 as lemmas
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