单词 | rumption |
释义 | rumptionn. colloquial. Chiefly U.S. regional, English regional (northern), and Scottish. A rumpus, an uproar. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension tirpeilc1330 to-doc1330 affraya1393 frayc1420 tuilyiea1500 fraction1502 broil1525 ruffle1534 hurly-burly1548 embroilment1609 roil1690 fracas1727 row1746 the devil among the tailors1756 noration1773 splorea1791 kick-upa1793 rumption1802 ruction1809 squall1813 tulyie-mulyie1827 shindy1829 shine1832 donnybrook1852 shiveau1862 roughhouse1882 ruckus1885 shemozzle1885 turn-up1891 rookus1892 funk1900 incident1913 potin1922 shivoo1924 furore1946 shindig1961 1802 Sporting Mag. 20 312 We had like to have had another rumption. 1836 ‘Old Sailor’ Land & Sea Tales II. 304 There had been talks of a rumption atwixt the colonies and the mother-country. a1864 J. Clare Midsummer Cushion (1990) 67 He..Cursed all the redcoats rougish rigs & rumptions 'gan kick up. 1901 J. Otis When We Destroyed Gaspee iii. 51 When yer come ter gettin' all dis yere rumption in yer head 'bout capturin' ships, you counts on him fur ter do de work. 1938 ‘M. Innes’ Lament for Maker 32 The Hardcastle wife heard the rumption..there had been no such uproar in a Scottish keep since. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Theer were a reight rumption beout last neight. 2001 D. Gabaldon Fiery Cross 953 He'll have to wake to piss every half-hour, and can't get started wi' the sort of rumption that shakes the shingles loose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。