scurrifungev.

Forms: Also scurryfunge.

Etymology: A word of jocular formation, used in various senses with little or no discoverable connection.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscurrifunge.

? dialect.

1. ? transitive. To scrub, scour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > scour, scrub, or rub [verb (transitive)]

ruokenc1275

scour?a1366

ruba1382

shorec1460

off-scour1578

scrubc1595

to rub up1605

hog1651

scummer1678

scurrifunge1789

1789 W. Cowper Let. 6 June (1982) III. 291 Half a dozen tooth-brushes... Two of the brushes above-said must be for inside scurryfunging, viz. they must be hooked.

2. intransitive. (See quot. 1777-8.)

ΚΠ

1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 385 [Devon] To Scurrifunge—probe flagellare—to lash tightly.

3. ? To wriggle about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle

wiggle?c1225

wriggle1495

wraggle?a1513

wrabble1513

sprinklea1522

wrig1599

squirm1691

scrigglea1701

wraxle1746

squiggle1816

wiggle-waggle1827

swiggle1837

scurrifunge1894

1894 Punch 1 Sept. 102/1 So he scurryfunged around with his stomach on the ground,..And he spied ‘a stag of ten’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scurrifunge
释义	scurrifungev. Forms: Also scurryfunge. Etymology: A word of jocular formation, used in various senses with little or no discoverable connection.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscurrifunge. ? dialect. 1. ? transitive. To scrub, scour. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > scour, scrub, or rub [verb (transitive)] ruokenc1275 scour?a1366 ruba1382 shorec1460 off-scour1578 scrubc1595 to rub up1605 hog1651 scummer1678 scurrifunge1789 1789 W. Cowper Let. 6 June (1982) III. 291 Half a dozen tooth-brushes... Two of the brushes above-said must be for inside scurryfunging, viz. they must be hooked. 2. intransitive. (See quot. 1777-8.) ΚΠ 1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 385 [Devon] To Scurrifunge—probe flagellare—to lash tightly. 3. ? To wriggle about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle wiggle?c1225 wriggle1495 wraggle?a1513 wrabble1513 sprinklea1522 wrig1599 squirm1691 scrigglea1701 wraxle1746 squiggle1816 wiggle-waggle1827 swiggle1837 scurrifunge1894 1894 Punch 1 Sept. 102/1 So he scurryfunged around with his stomach on the ground,..And he spied ‘a stag of ten’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1777
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