单词 | ran-tan |
释义 | ran-tanadj. Now rare. That makes a loud banging sound; noisy. In later use also: riotous, rowdy. ΘΚΠ 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.α. 1600s– ran-dan (now English regional (north midlands)). β. 1700s– ran-tan, 1800s– rang-tang (English regional (Nottinghamshire)). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.α. 1600s– ran-tan. β. 1700s– ran-dan, 1800s– ran-a-dan. Also with final element reduplicated. 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 158 ‘Ran-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). < adj.1630v.1660int.1607 |
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