单词 | shirt-pulling |
释义 | > as lemmasshirt-pulling shirt-pulling n. the action of pulling at another person's shirt; spec. (Sport, chiefly Association Football) this as a form of unlawful, rough, or foul play, aimed at slowing or unbalancing an opponent.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΚΠ 1908 Boston Sunday Post 9 Feb. Among the customary contests..none is more amusing than what is known as the shirt-pulling contest... The one who comes behind seeks to pull the shirt of the nearest man ahead. 1950 Daily Mail 22 May 8/3 Play grew rough in the second half... The Portuguese did some ankle-tapping and shirt-pulling. 2019 Sun (National ed.) (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Features section) 43 The more I see shirt-pulling in football, the more it sickens me. It's blatant cheating. < as lemmas |
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