单词 | ride man |
释义 | ride mann.2 slang. 1. North American. A person who operates a ride (ride n.2 4b) at an amusement park or the like. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fun fair > worker ride man1926 carny1931 1926 Amer. Mercury Dec. 464/2 Every reader along Broadway knows that ‘Lemon Stands Don't Interest Ride Men’ means that poor-paying amusement parks fail to attract operators of roller-coasters, chute-the-chutes and carousels. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §524/9 Ride man, a roller-coaster operator. 1985 G. Sorrows All about Carnivals 25 Most ride men make below standard wages, sleep in trucks, and seldom have facilities to bathe, but still hold a reputation for being a ladies man. 2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 25 Aug. c4 The oldest ride man at the Ex—he's worked carnivals for 55 years—makes sure his customers are safely seated..and insists he doesn't do interviews. 2. Jazz. A musician who improvises solos; esp. the main soloist of an ensemble. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > jazz musician > types of faker1903 swing man1903 honky-tonker1910 Chicagoan1924 stomper1925 Dixielander1927 modernist1932 swinger1934 ride man1935 all-star1937 swingster1937 hamfat1938 mouldy fig1945 traditionalist1949 trad1951 West Coaster1954 mainstreamer1961 soulster1961 New Thinger1964 1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 38/2 Ride-men is the term applied to the improvisers of these licks. 1937 New Yorker 17 Apr. 28 He's considered the champion ride-man of the country in the agony-pipe [sc. clarinet] division of the profession. 1947 N.Y. Amsterdam News 1 Feb. 21/5 Buck Clayton, former Count Basie ‘ride man’ on trumpet. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 97 Ride man,..in jazz, the leading soloist, who establishes the pace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21926 |
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