单词 | rough music |
释义 | rough musicn. Chiefly British regional (now historical). Extemporized music of a violent kind, made with any available tools, household utensils, etc., esp. to express public outrage at the behaviour of others. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > rough music rough music1700 charivari1735 shivaree1805 callithump1843 tin-kettling1856 jerry1888 1700 E. Ward Rambling Rakes 8 The Noisie Instruments play'd..was far more hideous than the ruff Musick at Ludgate, on the Conjunction of a Prisoner and his Wife. 1708 Brit. Apollo 20–25 Aug. Excuse the Rough Musick of Tongs and of Hammer. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Riding Skimmington They are accompanied by what is called the rough music, that is frying-pans, bull horns, marrow bones and cleavers, &c. 1821 Glasgow Herald 24 Sept. We suspect the new Minister will follow the example of his predecessor, without waiting for a concert of rough music. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 580 Rough Music, rolling shot about on the lower deck, and other discordant noises, when seamen are discontented, but without being mutinous. 1928 Observer 26 Feb. 17/2 Seventeen villagers of Lincolnshire have been fined for ‘rantanning’..the ‘rough music’ of kettle and pan, in which the rustic moralist conveys his sense of outraged propriety. 1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xi.118 The original Rough Music was a most effective way of ostracizing a person from the village community. 2001 F. G. Bailey Treasons, Stratagems, & Spoils xi. 167 The makers of rough music not only think themselves to be on high moral ground, but also are powerful enough not to face retaliation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rough musicv. Chiefly British regional (now historical). transitive. To subject (a person) to rough music as an expression of public outrage. See rough music n. ΘΚΠ 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 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air I. xiii. 284 Poor Nixon..had been more than once rough-musicked by his neighbours. 1890 A. C. Bickley Midst Surrey Hills III. viii. 97 Us bain't rough musicing Mother Grimby, her's done nothin'. Us is rough musicing maän Gray. 1958 Folklore 69 39 The villagers were determined to have their ‘pound of flesh’, and started ‘rough musicking’ the family. 2005 East Grinstead Courier (Nexis) 13 Oct. 17 The practice continued well into the 1900s... A man..was rough musicked for neglecting his horse, another for shooting an intruder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1700v.1847 |
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