单词 | skitch |
释义 | skitchv. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). transitive and intransitive. To obtain (a ride) by holding on to the back of a moving vehicle so as to be pulled along while sliding over ice or snow or (in later use) while riding on a skateboard, bicycle, etc. Also: to obtain a ride from (a moving vehicle) in this way. ΚΠ 1953 S. Bellow Adventures of Augie March xi. 222 I remember you..skitching rides on the ice wagons. 1972 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. 3/1 (heading) Don't let kids ‘skitch’, Conlisk warns. 1980 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 3 Mar. 1/4 Two city policemen reported being barraged by snowballs yesterday and youths were ‘skitching’ behind cars on Forest Drive. 2001 T. H. Culley Immortal Class (2002) i. 21 I'd skitched a tow truck up the Fairbanks incline. 2015 Cairns (Queensland) Post (Nexis) 3 June 19 Our road toll is high enough without cyclists illegally ‘skitching’ free rides off motorists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1953 |
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