单词 | scrapping |
释义 | scrappingn.1 slang. Fighting; boxing. Also attributive. Also transferred in gen. use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] fightOE skirmingc1275 medleyc1330 mellinga1375 strugglingc1386 mellayc1400 meddlinga1450 skirmerya1500 stightlinga1500 debatea1533 camping?1549 scrambling1598 scuffling1599 duel1764 tussling1844 scrapping1891 bopping1958 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] defence1549 pugilation1656 fencing1692 boxing1693 the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724 noble art1749 bruising1750 ring1770 noble science1778 pugilism1788 sparring1797 the sweet science1810 the fancy1820 pugilistics1820 pugnastics1830 fista1839 scrapping1891 ring-work1899 no contest1922 1891 Pall Mall. Gaz. 28 May 7/3 Discussing the rival merits of a wrestling match, of a lottery, and of a scrapping match. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 387 I got to scrapping with a man,..and he left his marks on me. 1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 40/1 What do you want me for? Is it for a straight ‘scrapping’ with Boers? 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Jan. 4/3 One is apt to consider that the campaign ended, except for some hardly necessary ‘scrapping’, with the capture of Baghdad. 1977 D. Ramsay You can't call it Murder ii. 124 ‘She was a real scrapper, Judy was.’ O'Shea went on to give instances of her capacity for scrapping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). scrappingn.2 The action of ‘sending to the scrap-heap’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > discarding as useless scrap-heaping1905 scrapping1905 scrappage1949 1905 Daily Chron. 23 May 4/4 The scrapping or sale of ships that ought to have been retained. 1907 Morning Post 17 Jan. 2/3 The scrapping of ships. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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