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单词 rough-up
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rough-upn.

Brit. /ˈrʌfʌp/, U.S. /ˈrəfˌəp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough v.2, up adv.1
Etymology: < rough v.2 + up adv.1
slang.
1. Sport. Now rare.
a. A trial run for a racehorse.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > informal
rough-up1864
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race
quarter-mile1611
dead1635
diaulos1706
quarter1779
dead heat1796
match race1804
dash1836
sprint race1836
mile1851
road race1852
time trial1857
decider1858
all-ages1864
rough-up1864
hippodrome1867
distance running1868
team race1869
run-off1873
relay race1878
walk-away1879
title race1905
tortoise race1913
procession1937
stage1943
pace1968
prologue1973
1864 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 23 May 4/6 He beat General Peel in a ‘rough-up’ at home last year.
1902 Times 26 Nov. 4/4 A rough-up gallop gave only a rough estimate of the form of a horse... There was no comparison between a trial and a rough-up.
1951 E. Rickman Come Racing with Me x. 85 This one may be fit enough in a week or two to be given a ‘rough-up’ (a good gallop with companions but not a formal trial).
b. An informal encounter or contest.
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1877 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 349 Mr. I. D. Walker took a [cricket] team, under the title of ‘The Gentlemen of England’, to give both Oxford and Cambridge the final rough-up, preparatory to their appearance in metropolitan inclosures.
1891 Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 28 Apr. 195/1 Among the youngsters who were indulged with a rough-up on this occasion to show what they were made of, was Jack Johnson, the well-known Paddington carrier.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Dec. 24/4 [Bridge] The council, while signifying approval, wants to make it clear that in future all inter-State rough-ups will be its pigeon.
2. Originally and chiefly Australian. A fight; a brawl. Cf. later punch-up n.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight
bicker1297
fightc1300
tirpeilc1330
ragea1393
stradec1400
intermell1489
cockfighta1513
skirm1534
bustle1579
pell-mellc1586
brabble1587
jostle1607
scufflea1616
counterbuff1632
mêléea1648
roil1690
tussle1749
scrimmage1780
turn-up1810
scrape1812
pounding match1815
mellay1819
struggle1840
mix-up1841
scrap1846
rough-up1891
turn-to1893
push and shove1895
bagarre1897
stoush1908
dogfight1910
bundle1936
sort-out1937
yike1940
bassa-bassa1956
punch-up1958
thump-up1967
1891 Truth (Sydney) 1 Feb. 6/5 Mr Sydney Broomfield is one of the hardest sort of men in a rough-up.
1896 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court 22 June There was a little rough up, and I found myself stabbed in my arm.
1922 A. Wright Colt from Country 86 There was a rough-up in a pub; he got a knock, had a fit, and went real ratty, and that was the end of him.
1950 K. S. Prichard Winged Seeds 26 There'd 've been a rough-up in no time, and only half a dozen of us with Paddy against forty or fifty men.
1995 M. R. Mauldon tr. E. Zola L'Assommoir i. 28 You've given me quite a turn, I declare! I've never in me born days seen such a rough-up.
3. Australian. A thug, a ruffian. Now rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun]
routerc1300
tyrant1377
ruffy?a1513
ruffiana1525
kempy1525
cut-throat1535
slasher1559
cutter1569
hackster1574
hacker1576
cuttle1600
ruffiano1611
bully rook1673
thug1838
Apache1902
ned1910
rough-up1911
goonda1926
hoon1938
messer1942
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person
tyrant1377
routera1500
termagant1508
ruffy?a1513
ruffiana1525
pander1593
thunderbolt1593
bully1604
ruffiano1611
tearer1633
violentoa1661
boy1662
violent1667
hardhead1774
Arab1788
ring-tailed roarer1828
blood-tub1853
tornado1863
stormer1886
hooligan1898
Apache1902
ned1910
rough-up1911
radge1923
goonda1926
pretty-boy1931
tough baby1932
bad-john1935
hoon1938
shit-kicker1954
tough boy1958
oafo1959
ass-kicker1962
droog1962
trog1983
1911 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Nov. 13/4 Micko, from Collingwood, may be a ‘tug’ or a ‘crook’ or a ‘rough-up’.
1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 The ‘donkey-dipper’ is another kind of pick-pocket. He works alone, and his methods are to grip, to rip, and to run. ‘A dead rough-up’—thus the more scientific of the fraternity designate him.
1920 G. Sargant Winding Track 43 He had no time for me, anyway; he thought me too much of a rough-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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