| 单词 | blanket toss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblanket toss blanket toss n. the action or an act of throwing a person into the air repeatedly from a blanket or similar item held slackly at the corners or edges (cf. to toss in a blanket); spec. (among the Inupiaq people of northern Alaska) such an action performed as a customary celebration of the end of the whaling season (see Nalukataq n.). [In use with reference to Alaska after Inupiaq nalukataq Nalukataq n.] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > tossing about > tossing in a blanket blanketing1577 blanket-tossing1881 1877 Detroit Free Press 29 July 1/4 The grand bounce, or blanket toss, does not stop with dogs, for there is scarcely an hour that some unfortunate civilian does not pass through the ordeal. 1898 N.Y. Times 19 Aug. 2/6 A number of the Forty-seventh Regiment were out for a little lark, and went to the tent of Private Doran, with the intention of giving him a blanket toss. 1966 N. A. Chance Eskimo N. Alaska iv. 54 Of all the Eskimo ceremonial customs, the nalukatak or ‘blanket toss’ is perhaps most well known. 2014 T. N. Brown Charlie & Blanket Toss (front matter) Charlie loves to watch his relatives and friends get thrown high in the air during the traditional Ihupiat blanket toss. < as lemmas |
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