单词 | rumping |
释义 | rumpingn. The action of rump v., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > actions of rumping1735 1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 114 Forgive the wrongs thy Bed I offer'd, Thou askt no sooner than 'twas proffer'd... Friendless and Pennyless, with Rumping I clear'd the ground, and went a mumping To Foreign Countreys. 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 36 Neither shou'd they set up the Feathers on their Rump when they play, which is call'd rumping. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 96 Setting the feathers upon the rump, (which is called rumping). 1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons lxxvi. 303 It is considered graceful in form, and walks well, without rumping or jumping. 1922 Stone Cutter's Jrnl. July 13/1 The whiskey cheered the rumper on, The rumping nursed the crave, And soon they finished up their job And put Mike in his grave. 1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 260 What with his giving his old lady such a rumping. 2005 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Sept. 16 I braced myself for a fair old rumping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Rumpingadj. Obsolete. Belonging to or supporting the Rump Parliament. Cf. Rumpish adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [adjective] > relating to specific parliament Rumping1660 Rumpish1660 reformed1740 1660 Englands Object (single sheet) He had quoted a noble Rumping Text, For which he should be Uoted at Tyburn to preach next. 1683 Excellent New Song, or Loyal Tory's Delight (single sheet) Breeman, an Old Rumping Round-Head. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1680adj.1660 |
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