reakn.

Brit.

/riːk/, U.S.

/rik/, Scottish English

/rik/,

/rek/

Forms:

α. 1500s– reak, 1600s reek; Scottish 1800s reak, 1800s reik, 1800s– reek.

β. 1500s–1600s wreak, 1600s wreek.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain, as is the earliest form of the word. Apparently related to rex n.²: see discussion at that entry. Perhaps compare also freak n.¹

Now historical and Scottish.

A prank; a playful or capricious trick, a riotous practice. Chiefly in plural. Cf. rex n.²Usually in to keep (also play) reaks.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)]

floxec1200

ragea1275

to dance antics1545

rig1570

to keep (also play) reaks1573

wanton1582

wantonize1592

frolic1593

wantonize1611

hoit1613

mird?c1625

to play about1638

freak1663

romp1665

rump1680

ramp1735

jinket1742

skylark1771

to cut up1775

rollick1786

hoity-toity1790

fun1802

lark1813

gammock1832

haze1848

marlock1863

train1877

horse1901

mollock1932

spadger1939

grab-ass1957

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic

oliprancec1390

ragerya1393

vague1523

rex1566

friskin1570

gambol1573

reak1573

prank1576

vagary1588

whirligig1589

caper1592

prinkum-prankum1596

firk1611

frolica1635

carryings-on1663

ramp1696

romp1713

freak1724

scheme1758

rig1782

lark1811

escapade1814

gammock1819

gambade1821

enfantillage1827

game1828

shines1830

rollick1834

rusty1835

high jinksa1845

escapado1849

shenanigan1855

rum-tum1876

panta1901

gas1914

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 304 Such reakes the rage of loue in thee had wrought.

1586 D. Rowland tr. H. de Mendoza Pleasant Hist. Lazarillo (1672) ii. U i The owner of the House, where these Reaks were Played.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. N1 The olde reakes hee kept with the wenches in Queenes Colledge Lane.

1606 Last E.-Indian Voy. sig. B4^v Their fortune was to strike a young one [sc. a whale], which plaied like reakes.

1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. ii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 25 They may be rather called Reakes then Reuells.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. vi. 125 A very perfidious Master, who playes wreaks..on purpose to betray them.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 475 Throwing books at one another's heads and playing such Reaks as if Hell were broke loose.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. vi. 65 Otherwise, the Reaks which Phancy plays now and then; would be continually acted.

1749 B. Martin Lingua Britannica Reformata Reaks, as to play at reaks, to hector, or domineer.

1795 J. F. Tocquot Royal Pocket Dict. at Reaks To play reaks, faire l'entendu.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 289 Mony a daft reik he has played.

1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 106 To play Reaks, to domineer, to show mad pranks.

1986 R. Thompson Sex in Middlesex i. v. 90 The Gibson brothers of Cambridge plagued the town with their pranks, or ‘reaks’ as Danforth described them, for over eight years.

Compounds

† reaks-player n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ribleur, a disorderlie roauer,..outragious reakes-player.

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

单词	reak
释义	reakn. Brit. /riːk/, U.S. /rik/, Scottish English /rik/, /rek/ Forms: α. 1500s– reak, 1600s reek; Scottish 1800s reak, 1800s reik, 1800s– reek. β. 1500s–1600s wreak, 1600s wreek. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain, as is the earliest form of the word. Apparently related to rex n.²: see discussion at that entry. Perhaps compare also freak n.¹ Now historical and Scottish. A prank; a playful or capricious trick, a riotous practice. Chiefly in plural. Cf. rex n.²Usually in to keep (also play) reaks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 304 Such reakes the rage of loue in thee had wrought. 1586 D. Rowland tr. H. de Mendoza Pleasant Hist. Lazarillo (1672) ii. U i The owner of the House, where these Reaks were Played. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. N1 The olde reakes hee kept with the wenches in Queenes Colledge Lane. 1606 Last E.-Indian Voy. sig. B4^v Their fortune was to strike a young one [sc. a whale], which plaied like reakes. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. ii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 25 They may be rather called Reakes then Reuells. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. vi. 125 A very perfidious Master, who playes wreaks..on purpose to betray them. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 475 Throwing books at one another's heads and playing such Reaks as if Hell were broke loose. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. vi. 65 Otherwise, the Reaks which Phancy plays now and then; would be continually acted. 1749 B. Martin Lingua Britannica Reformata Reaks, as to play at reaks, to hector, or domineer. 1795 J. F. Tocquot Royal Pocket Dict. at Reaks To play reaks, faire l'entendu. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 289 Mony a daft reik he has played. 1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 106 To play Reaks, to domineer, to show mad pranks. 1986 R. Thompson Sex in Middlesex i. v. 90 The Gibson brothers of Cambridge plagued the town with their pranks, or ‘reaks’ as Danforth described them, for over eight years. Compounds † reaks-player n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ribleur, a disorderlie roauer,..outragious reakes-player. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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