sort-outn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to sort out: see sort v.¹ 11.

1. The action or an instance of sorting out (of things or situations that are in disarray).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > restoring to order

resettlementa1639

sort-out1961

1961 John o' London's 25 May 591/2 An enlightened attempt at a black-and-white sort-out.

1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game vii. 65 You folk finish the first sort-out downstairs.

2. A fight or dispute.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight

bicker1297

fightc1300

tirpeilc1330

ragea1393

stradec1400

intermell1489

cockfighta1513

skirm1534

bustle1579

pell-mellc1586

brabble1587

jostle1607

scufflea1616

counterbuff1632

mêléea1648

roil1690

tussle1749

scrimmage1780

turn-up1810

scrape1812

pounding match1815

mellay1819

struggle1840

mix-up1841

scrap1846

rough-up1891

turn-to1893

push and shove1895

bagarre1897

stoush1908

dogfight1910

bundle1936

sort-out1937

yike1940

bassa-bassa1956

punch-up1958

thump-up1967

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 802/1 Sort-out, a fight, a mellay.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo i. 14 Beaton himself had a sort-out with a buffalo bull that tried to overturn his Land-Rover.

1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 May 18/4 He was the most cantankerous character I have met. I had only been here two days when we had our first sort-out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	sort-out
释义	sort-outn. Etymology: < verbal phrase to sort out: see sort v.¹ 11. 1. The action or an instance of sorting out (of things or situations that are in disarray). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > restoring to order resettlementa1639 sort-out1961 1961 John o' London's 25 May 591/2 An enlightened attempt at a black-and-white sort-out. 1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game vii. 65 You folk finish the first sort-out downstairs. 2. A fight or dispute. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight bicker1297 fightc1300 tirpeilc1330 ragea1393 stradec1400 intermell1489 cockfighta1513 skirm1534 bustle1579 pell-mellc1586 brabble1587 jostle1607 scufflea1616 counterbuff1632 mêléea1648 roil1690 tussle1749 scrimmage1780 turn-up1810 scrape1812 pounding match1815 mellay1819 struggle1840 mix-up1841 scrap1846 rough-up1891 turn-to1893 push and shove1895 bagarre1897 stoush1908 dogfight1910 bundle1936 sort-out1937 yike1940 bassa-bassa1956 punch-up1958 thump-up1967 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 802/1 Sort-out, a fight, a mellay. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo i. 14 Beaton himself had a sort-out with a buffalo bull that tried to overturn his Land-Rover. 1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 May 18/4 He was the most cantankerous character I have met. I had only been here two days when we had our first sort-out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1937
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