stapn.

Brit.

/stap/, U.S.

/stæp/, Scottish English

/stap/

Forms: 1500s steppe, 1800s staup, stawp, step, stap.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Scottish and northern.

A stave of a tub or cask. Chiefly in figurative phrases: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > stave

stavea1398

staff1531

stap1587

bung-stave1860

1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 522/1 Þat þe steppis of þe said firlot be of þe auld proportione, in thiknes of bayth the burdis, ane insche and ane half.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Stap, Steppe, a stave. I'll tak a stap out of your coag, S. Prov., I'll put you on shorter allowance.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 But stoups are needed, tubs, and pails, and knaps, For all the old are ‘gisand’ into staps.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Fa' a' staps, to become extremely debilitated, q. to fall to pieces, like a vessel made of staves.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stap, the stave of a tub.

1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. vi. 170 Else I should take a staup out o' their punch cogs the night.

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. (at cited word) ‘To take a stap out of your bicker’ means to humble you.

1891 H. Johnston Kilmallie I. 96 It behoved me and the likes o' me to keep a calm sough, if we didna want a step taen oot o' our cog.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stapv.

Etymology: Representing an affected pronunciation of stop v.Probably the first quot. 1697 is the source of the phrase. Lord Foppington, the speaker, pronounces a for o throughout. Compare Gad n.², egad int., and the pronunciations ‘Laard’, ‘plaat’ (for Lord, plot) attributed to Titus Oates.

transitive. = stop v., in the phrase stap my vitals, used as an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc., or as an asseveration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection]

ahaa1400

ocha1522

heydaya1529

ah1538

ah me!a1547

fore me!a1547

o me!a1547

gossea1556

ay me!1591

o (also oh) rare!1596

law1598

strangec1670

lack-a-day1695

stap my vitals1697

alackaday1705

prodigious1707

my word1722

(by) golly1743

gosh1757

Dear me!1805

Madre de Dios1815

Great Jove!1819

I snum1825

crikey1826

my eye1826

crackey1830

snakes1839

Great Scott1852

holy mackerel!1855

whoops1870

this beats my grandmother1883

wow1892

great balls of fire1893

oo-er1909

zowiec1913

crimes1929

yowa1943

wowee1963

Madre mia!1964

yikes1971

whee1978

chingas1984

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations

woeOE

dahetc1290

confoundc1330

foul (also shame) fall ——c1330

sorrow on——c1330

in the wanianda1352

wildfirea1375

evil theedomc1386

a pestilence on (also upon)c1390

woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390

maldathaita1400

murrainc1400

out ona1415

in the wild waning worldc1485

vengeance?a1500

in a wanion1549

with a wanion1549

woe worth1553

a plague on——a1566

with a wanion to?c1570

with a wanyand1570

bot1584

maugre1590

poxa1592

death1593

rot1594

rot on1595

cancro1597

pax1604

pize on (also upon)1605

vild1605

peascod1606

cargo1607

confusion1608

perditiona1616

(a) pest upon1632

deuce1651

stap my vitals1697

strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697

stop my vitals1699

split me (or my windpipe)1700

rabbit1701

consume1756

capot me!1760

nick me!1760

weary set1788

rats1816

bad cess to1859

curse1885

hanged1887

buggeration1964

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 10 Well, 'tis Ten Thousand Pawnd well given—stap my Vitals.

1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 50 Thou art one of the most comical Dogs, stap my Vitals! that ever set Pen to Paper.

1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 34 My Life went out in a Hiss—Stap my Breath.

1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 46 And so all my Puns, and Quibbles, and Conundrums are quite forgetten, stap my Vitals.

1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i Stap my vitals, my dear, but there was a lady..who had a hoop as big as a tent.

1901 Graphic Christmas No. 24/2 'Tis a trick of theirs. Stap me, we shall have 'em yet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	stap
释义	stapn. Brit. /stap/, U.S. /stæp/, Scottish English /stap/ Forms: 1500s steppe, 1800s staup, stawp, step, stap. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Scottish and northern. A stave of a tub or cask. Chiefly in figurative phrases: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > stave stavea1398 staff1531 stap1587 bung-stave1860 1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 522/1 Þat þe steppis of þe said firlot be of þe auld proportione, in thiknes of bayth the burdis, ane insche and ane half. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Stap, Steppe, a stave. I'll tak a stap out of your coag, S. Prov., I'll put you on shorter allowance. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 But stoups are needed, tubs, and pails, and knaps, For all the old are ‘gisand’ into staps. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Fa' a' staps, to become extremely debilitated, q. to fall to pieces, like a vessel made of staves. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Stap, the stave of a tub. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. vi. 170 Else I should take a staup out o' their punch cogs the night. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) II. (at cited word) ‘To take a stap out of your bicker’ means to humble you. 1891 H. Johnston Kilmallie I. 96 It behoved me and the likes o' me to keep a calm sough, if we didna want a step taen oot o' our cog. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stapv. Etymology: Representing an affected pronunciation of stop v.Probably the first quot. 1697 is the source of the phrase. Lord Foppington, the speaker, pronounces a for o throughout. Compare Gad n.², egad int., and the pronunciations ‘Laard’, ‘plaat’ (for Lord, plot) attributed to Titus Oates. transitive. = stop v., in the phrase stap my vitals, used as an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc., or as an asseveration. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection] ahaa1400 ocha1522 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 gossea1556 ay me!1591 o (also oh) rare!1596 law1598 strangec1670 lack-a-day1695 stap my vitals1697 alackaday1705 prodigious1707 my word1722 (by) golly1743 gosh1757 Dear me!1805 Madre de Dios1815 Great Jove!1819 I snum1825 crikey1826 my eye1826 crackey1830 snakes1839 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 whoops1870 this beats my grandmother1883 wow1892 great balls of fire1893 oo-er1909 zowiec1913 crimes1929 yowa1943 wowee1963 Madre mia!1964 yikes1971 whee1978 chingas1984 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 10 Well, 'tis Ten Thousand Pawnd well given—stap my Vitals. 1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 50 Thou art one of the most comical Dogs, stap my Vitals! that ever set Pen to Paper. 1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 34 My Life went out in a Hiss—Stap my Breath. 1730 H. Fielding Pleasures of Town iii. i, in Author's Farce 46 And so all my Puns, and Quibbles, and Conundrums are quite forgetten, stap my Vitals. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i Stap my vitals, my dear, but there was a lady..who had a hoop as big as a tent. 1901 Graphic Christmas No. 24/2 'Tis a trick of theirs. Stap me, we shall have 'em yet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1587v.1697
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