单词 | scrouge |
释义 | scrougen. colloquial or vulgar. 1. A crush, squeeze, or crowd. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > densely packed together threatc950 press?c1225 thring?c1225 threngc1275 throngc1330 shockc1430 crowd1567 frequency1570 gregation1621 frequence1671 push1718 munga1728 mampus?c1730 squeezer1756 squeeze1779 crush1806 cram1810 parrock1811 mass1814 scrouge1839 squash1884 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 24 Agin these shows, oh, what a scrowge! 1887 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xii. 383 I went to the Academy ‘Swarry’ last night—the usual scrouge. 2. U.S. (See quot. 1851.) ΚΠ 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words Scrouge, an exaction. A very long lesson, or any hard and unpleasant task, is usually among students denominated a scrouge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). scrougev. colloquial or vulgar. Now chiefly U.S. 1. a. transitive. To incommode by pressing against (a person); to encroach on (a person's) space in sitting or standing; to crowd. Also, to push or squeeze (a thing). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush breakc900 to-bruisec1000 swatchea1300 to-gnidea1300 defoulc1300 to-crushc1300 thring13.. squatcha1325 to-squatc1325 oppressa1382 crush?a1400 thronga1400 dequassc1400 birzec1425 crazec1430 frayc1460 defroysse1480 to-quashc1480 croose1567 pletter1598 becrush1609 mortify1609 winder1610 crackle1611 quest1647 scrouge1755 grush1827 jam1832 roll1886 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > crowd upon thringc1000 pressc1450 throng1534 flock1609 crowd1614 scrouge1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Scruze This word..is still preserved, at least in its corruption, to scrouge, in the London jargon. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 198 I assure you, that I am not used to be skrowdged by any man, not even my husband; therefore, pray sit farther from me. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet III. 131 I hope, Miss, I don't scrouge you? 1830 Constellation (N.Y.) 11 Sept. 2/5 The room was so completely crowded, that one could not have scrouged the little end of nothing, sharpened, between them. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xxxix. 10 Kit had hit a man on the head with the handkerchief of apples for ‘scrowdging’ his parent with unnecessary violence. 1868 F. J. Furnivall in Babees Bk. (2002) Forewords p. xxxvi By Harrison's time, a.d. 1577, rich men's sons had not only pressed into the Universities, but were scrooging poor men's sons out of the endowments meant only for the poor. 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxxiii. 348 You know what I am—a good, stiddy-going, hard-working farmer, shore to get my sheer of what's to be had in the world without scrouging anybody else. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 24 July 7/2 A barrister applied at Westminster Police-court to-day for a summons against a solicitor's clerk, alleged to have ‘scrooged’ applicant when..he tried to obtain a seat at the Drummond Castle inquiry the other day. 1944 L. E. Smith Strange Fruit xxix. 362 There'll be lynchings as long as white folks and black folks scrouge each other—everybody scrambling for the same penny. b. intransitive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency shovec888 thringc893 thresta1225 wina1300 thrustc1330 pressa1375 throngc1440 wrestc1450 thrimp1513 to put forward1529 intrude1562 breast1581 shoulder1581 haggle1582 strivea1586 wrestle1591 to push on (also along)1602 elabour1606 contend1609 to put on?1611 struggle1686 worry1702 crush1755 squeege1783 battle1797 scrouge1798 sweat1856 flounder1861 pull?1863 tank1939 bulldozer1952 terrier1959 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together thickc1000 pressa1350 empressc1400 shock1548 serry1581 pester1610 serr1683 thicken1726 crush1755 scrouge1798 pack1828 to close up1835 to be packed (in) like sardines1911 scrum1913 1798 Aurora (Philadelphia) 13 Dec. 2/1 Upstairs I scrouged to the front. 1821 P. Egan Life in London (1870) viii. 194 Who's that that scroudges?—you shan't shove my wife. 1873 Punch 14 June 247/1 He, like the rest, scrooged and elbowed and leaned forward to see. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows i. 2 So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged, and then he scrooged again and scrabbled and scratched and scraped, working busily with his little paws. 1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley xxviii. 377 He was in the top of a tree that scrouged against the sky, and they were cutting the tree down and he was falling with the tree. c. To draw oneself into a compact shape. Cf. scrooch v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (intransitive)] shrinkc1000 forcrempa1250 squinch1843 scrinch1870 scrunch1884 square1897 scrouge1905 curl1910 1905 Dial. Notes 3 64 There I was, all scrooged up in a corner. a1930 ‘H. Stone’ in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 118 Derned if this ben't an errand... Don't see how I be a-goin' to scrooge through, 'tall, 'tall. 1937 S. V. Benét in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 685/2 So he sort of scrooged back in a corner and waited his chance. 1948 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing x. 144 Since there was seldom a sidewalk, one scrooged against their chalky walls to allow the old victoria carriages to pass. 1979 G. Swarthout Skeletons 230 I scrooged down in my chair, laid my head back, stretched out my legs. d. transitive. To draw tight; to squeeze or screw up (the eyes, etc.). Cf. scrooch v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > by size, shape, etc. sparkle1601 stain1831 wrinkle1841 bug1865 scrouge1909 scrooch1929 1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 162 The old man looked at me with his little shiny eyes all scrouged up. 2. U.S. (See quot. 1851.) ΚΠ 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words Scrouge,..said of an instructor who imposes difficult tasks on his pupils. Derivatives ˈscrouging n. ΚΠ 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase II. xl. 59 After hard ‘scrouging’ each way some hundred yards,..we came together and held a council. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iv. xvi. 263 Such pushing and scrooging, you never seen the like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839v.1755 |
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