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单词 ran-tan
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ran-tanadj.

Brit. /ˈrantan/, U.S. /ˈrænˌtæn/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ran-tan int.
Etymology: Apparently < ran-tan int. Compare slightly later randan n.1 and later ran-tan v.
Now rare.
That makes a loud banging sound; noisy. In later use also: riotous, rowdy.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy
fervent1465
brawlinga1568
baw-waw1570
rouncing?1576
ruff-raff1582
reirding1591
wrangling1608
perstreperous1629
ran-tan1630
streperous1637
clamant1639
chiding1648
loudmouth1668
noisy1675
noise-making1678
strepitous1681
dinsome1724
strepent1750
dinny1768
loud-mouthing1788
dinning1813
blatant1816
noisome1825
strepitant1855
polyphloisboisterousa1875
noisesome1925
1630 J. Taylor Wks. 110 There is ran tan Tom Tinker and his Tib.
1786 R. Burns Poems 16 As bleak-fac'd Hallowmass returns, They get the jovial, rantan Kirns.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 86 Though ye be set on rantan fun, An' social recreation; Yet, O! Be careful aye to shun The haunts o' dissipation.
1896 Times 28 Dec. 8/2 The heterogeneous mass of ran-tan music supplied by the manager himself in quite an excessive proportion.
1929 Folk-lore 40 83 A ran-tan wedding or rough music was given to people of whom their neighbours disapproved. They were serenaded with tin cans, whistles, fire-irons, etc., after dark.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ran-tanv.

Brit. /ˈrantan/, U.S. /ˈrænˌtæn/
Forms:

α. 1600s– ran-dan (now English regional (north midlands)).

β. 1700s– ran-tan, 1800s– rang-tang (English regional (Nottinghamshire)).

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Ultimately imitative. Compare earlier ran-tan int., ran-tan adj., randan n.1 With sense 2 compare also ran-tanning n. (attested earlier in the relevant sense).
1. intransitive and transitive. To vituperate, rail against, or upbraid a person. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > utter invective or abuse [verb (intransitive)]
railc1475
envy1477
inveigh1529
blaspheme1584
invect1614
invectivate1624
to cast, throw, or fling dirt1642
ran-tan1660
philippicize1799
to fire a broadside1827
tirade1871
diatribe1893
rort1931
foul-mouth1960
1660 J. Tatham Rump iv. i. 41 By good fortune I espy'd a very fine fellow, some Officer no doubt, he did Ran Dan so.
1762 T. Bridges Homer Travestie I. i. 81 Atrides he did so randan, He call'd him all but gentleman.
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 356 [Gloucestershire] To Rantan (I'll ran tan you) sæ vis verbis increpare, et interdum flagris—To Rattle Soundly.
2. transitive. English regional (northern and midlands). To condemn and humiliate (a husband) publicly for beating his wife, typically by causing a disturbance outside his house by beating pots and kettles, singing and chanting loudly, etc., and sometimes also by beating him, chasing him from the town, or compelling him to ‘ride the stang’ (see stang n.1 1b). Also occasionally intransitive. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout
cups1406
drinking?1518
banquet1535
Bacchanal1536
pot-revel1577
compotation1593
rouse1604
Bacchanalia1633
potmealc1639
bout1670
drinking-bout1673
carouse1690
carousal1765
drunk1779
bouse1786
toot1790
set-to1808
spree1811
fuddlea1813
screed1815
bust1834
lush1841
bender1846
bat1848
buster1848
burst1849
soak1851
binge1854
bumming1860
bust-out1861
bum1863
booze1864
drink1865
ran-tan1866
cupping1868
crawl1877
hellbender1877
break-away1885
periodical1886
jag1894
booze-up1897
slopping-up1899
souse1903
pub crawl1915
blind1917
beer-up1919
periodic1920
scoot1924
brannigan1927
rumba1934
boozeroo1943
sesh1943
session1943
piss-up1950
pink-eye1958
binge drinking1964
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > be ridiculed by procession
to ride (the) skimmington1697
to ride the stang1718
ran-tan1866
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule by beating pots and pans
tinkle1562
shivaree1805
lowbell1845
rough music1847
ran-tan1866
tin-kettle1881
tin pan1882
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music
serenade1671
prelude1680
fugue1783
pastoralize1828
preludize1829
symphonize1833
ran-tan1866
counterpoint1875
rag1896
ragtime1908
jazz1916
rock1931
jivec1938
bop1947
blow1949
rock-and-roll1956
skiffle1957
hip-hop1983
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music
jig1598
serenade1672
prelude1795
shivaree1805
dirge1826
ran-tan1866
overture1870
threnody1893
ragtime1908
rag1914
blow1949
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 163 Ran-dan, to ride the stang (or pole) connected with agricultural lynch-law, usually applied to husbands who have beaten their wives.
1883 Lincs. Chron. 13 Apr. 6/7 A great disturbance was caused..by a mob who were indulging in ‘rantanning’ a young man... The front windows of his house were smashed, and all kinds of old tins, kettles, &c., were beaten to make a great noise.
1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 262 He'd ought to be ran-dan'd out o' the town.
1891 Lincs. Notes & Queries 2 vi. 186 As the news spreads, ‘So-and-so threshed his wife yisterday mornin',’ it is accompanied by the comment, ‘We must “ran-tan” him to-night.’
1933 Folk-lore 44 292 If a man was known to be a wife-beater, then he was warned that he was going to be ran-tanned.
1992 Folklore 103 15 Not all wife-beaters were ran-tanned or burned in effigy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ran-tanint.

Brit. /ˈrantan/, U.S. /ˈrænˌtæn/
Forms:

α. 1600s– ran-tan.

β. 1700s– ran-dan, 1800s– ran-a-dan.

Also with final element reduplicated.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Ultimately imitative. Compare slightly earlier rantantingly adv. and later randan n.1, ran-tan v., ran-tan adj.
Representing a loud and repetitive banging noise, esp. that made by knocking or drumming.In later use English regional, as part of a chant accompanying the ‘rantanning’ of a husband who has beaten his wife; see ran-tan v. (now historical).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun]
peal1535
thud1535
bouncing1598
ran-tan1607
sulphur?1611
bursta1616
stound1627
randana1661
break1751
flare1815
slam-banging1823
bang1854
spang1883
whoomph1891
ka-boom1965
zap1984
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C4 O that the welch Captaine were here againe, and a drum with him, I could march now, ran, tan, tan, tara, ran, tan, tan.
1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i sig. B4 My legs are marching streight when I but heare it. Ran, tan, tan: Oh I could lead a drumme.
c1640 Capt. Underwit iii. iii, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 366 Ran tan: enough,—you must not waste your lunges Too much at once.
1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iv. ii. 34 Ran, tan, tan. A Pistol-bullet from Ear to Ear.
1778 C. Dibdin Poor Vulcan i. ii. 10 Sound, sound, tan ran, ran, tan.
1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar v. 311 Ran, dan, randaridan: tink of a kettle, tank of a pan.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 426 Beating sharp, ran-tan, To arms, To arms.
1865 Reliquary 5 14 The spokesman..delivered himself of certain words, commencing with the following—Ran , Tan, Tan—Ran, Tan, Tan, A. B. has beaten her good man, Or C. D. has beaten his woman.
1924 J. H. Wilkinson Leeds Dial. Gloss. & Lore 158Ran-tan-tan to my owd tin can’ is the commencement of a famous nomony in ‘Riding the Stang’.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 241 Ran, Dan, Dan, the Sign of the owd Tin Can, Taylor Wood has been beatin' 'is good Woman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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