tearern.

Brit.

/ˈtɛːrə/, U.S.

/ˈtɛrər/

Etymology: < tear v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. One who or that which tears or rends.In quot. 1828 applied to a (? canine) tooth; in quot. 1862, to a mechanical device for tearing something; in quot. 1886 to a ‘tearing’ cold; also applied (U.S.) to things (esp. a storm) of violent action or effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun] > one who or that which tears

rentera1540

render?1575

ripper1611

tearer1633

abscissor1647

1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts v. i. sig. L3 I know you are a tearer But I'le haue first your fangs par'd off, and then Come nearer to you.

1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 4 The Tearers of the Church have made at me,..but..have hurt their Nails and Fingers.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 81 To Wearers and Tearers Of Manteau and Gown.

1828 Fleming Brit. Zool. 9 In the lower jaw [of the badger], the bruiser is small, the chewer large, and there is an additional tearer.

1835 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 357 Oh, no..a real tearer—a regular turnout—been preparing a fortnight.

1862 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 329/2 The doughy mass is put into an iron box, or tearer, in which an iron cylinder, with iron teeth, rapidly revolves, tearing it into shreds.

1886 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xi. 359 I suppose I've been boasting of my immunity from colds, for I've just had a tearer, so hoarse that I couldn't sound a note.

1892 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 275 The storm increased as day went on, and by noon was a regular tearer.

†b. tearer of God, a blasphemer or profane swearer (see tear v.¹ 3b). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrilege > blasphemy > [noun] > one who blasphemes

curser1303

blaspheme1382

blasphemerc1386

blasphematour1483

profanea1529

tearer of Goda1550

a1550 Hye Way to Spyttel H. 851 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 61 These blasphemers and these God terers.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2303/1 Blasphemous and abominable swearers or rather tearers of God.

c. tearer-downer n. U.S. one who tears down, a carping critic (cf. tear v.¹ 3h).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious

plucker-atc1500

pick-fault1544

pick mote1549

trip-taker1556

mome1563

Momus1563

Zoilus1565

find-fault1567

caviller1574

carper1579

sheep-biter?1589

Zoilist1594

momist1597

word-catcher1659

knocker1898

crabber1909

kvetch1936

tearer-downer1942

nitpicker1951

kvetcher1968

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §421/1 Critic; opposer..tearer-downer.

1944 D. Wecter When Johnny comes marching Home iv. ii. 493 A strength ‘that cannot be pooh-poohed even by the most agile tearer-downers nor cheapened by the most blatant builder-uppers’.

1955 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 29 Jan. 28/1 I'm just so sick of pedants and conceited little tearer-downers I could scream.

2. A person who tears or rushes along or about; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, bully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person

tyrant1377

routera1500

termagant1508

ruffy?a1513

ruffiana1525

pander1593

thunderbolt1593

bully1604

ruffiano1611

tearer1633

violentoa1661

boy1662

violent1667

hardhead1774

Arab1788

ring-tailed roarer1828

blood-tub1853

tornado1863

stormer1886

hooligan1898

Apache1902

ned1910

rough-up1911

radge1923

goonda1926

pretty-boy1931

tough baby1932

bad-john1935

hoon1938

shit-kicker1954

tough boy1958

oafo1959

ass-kicker1962

droog1962

trog1983

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person

jettera1400

flirdom?a1500

facerc1500

termagant1508

rutterkina1529

bellomy1535

bystour1535

roister1549

swash1549

rush-buckler1551

roisterkin1553

swashbuckler1560

dash-buckler1567

swinge-buckler?1577

whiffler1581

huff-snuff1582

swish-swash1582

fixnet1583

swag1588

swasher?1589

kill-cow1590

roister-doister1592

dagger1597

flaunting Fabian1598

tisty-tosty1598

huff-cap1600

swaggerer1600

burgullian1601

huff-muff1602

tear-cat1606

blusterer1609

wag-feather1611

wind-cutter1611

bilbo-lorda1625

tearer1633

cacafuegoa1640

bravado1643

Hector1655

scaramouch1662

swashado1663

huffer1664

bluster-mastera1670

Drawcansir1672

bully huff1673

huff1674

belswagger1680

valienton1681

blunderbuss1685

Draw can bully1698

bouncer1764

Bobadil1771

bounce1819

pistol1828

sacripant1829

hufty1847

bucko1883

1633 [see sense 1a].

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 A huffing Jack, a plund'ring Tearer.

1682 [see sense 1a].

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 36 Hist, hist, Bully, dost thou see those Tearers [Araminta and Belinda masked]?

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tearer,..one that rages or raves with violence.

1862 A. McGilvray Poems (ed. 2) 56 (E.D.D.) For faith she is a tearer, She frights the very swine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tearer
释义	tearern. Brit. /ˈtɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈtɛrər/ Etymology: < tear v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who or that which tears or rends.In quot. 1828 applied to a (? canine) tooth; in quot. 1862, to a mechanical device for tearing something; in quot. 1886 to a ‘tearing’ cold; also applied (U.S.) to things (esp. a storm) of violent action or effect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun] > one who or that which tears rentera1540 render?1575 ripper1611 tearer1633 abscissor1647 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts v. i. sig. L3 I know you are a tearer But I'le haue first your fangs par'd off, and then Come nearer to you. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 4 The Tearers of the Church have made at me,..but..have hurt their Nails and Fingers. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 81 To Wearers and Tearers Of Manteau and Gown. 1828 Fleming Brit. Zool. 9 In the lower jaw [of the badger], the bruiser is small, the chewer large, and there is an additional tearer. 1835 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 357 Oh, no..a real tearer—a regular turnout—been preparing a fortnight. 1862 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 329/2 The doughy mass is put into an iron box, or tearer, in which an iron cylinder, with iron teeth, rapidly revolves, tearing it into shreds. 1886 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene (1892) xi. 359 I suppose I've been boasting of my immunity from colds, for I've just had a tearer, so hoarse that I couldn't sound a note. 1892 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 275 The storm increased as day went on, and by noon was a regular tearer. †b. tearer of God, a blasphemer or profane swearer (see tear v.¹ 3b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > blasphemy > [noun] > one who blasphemes curser1303 blaspheme1382 blasphemerc1386 blasphematour1483 profanea1529 tearer of Goda1550 a1550 Hye Way to Spyttel H. 851 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 61 These blasphemers and these God terers. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2303/1 Blasphemous and abominable swearers or rather tearers of God. c. tearer-downer n. U.S. one who tears down, a carping critic (cf. tear v.¹ 3h). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious plucker-atc1500 pick-fault1544 pick mote1549 trip-taker1556 mome1563 Momus1563 Zoilus1565 find-fault1567 caviller1574 carper1579 sheep-biter?1589 Zoilist1594 momist1597 word-catcher1659 knocker1898 crabber1909 kvetch1936 tearer-downer1942 nitpicker1951 kvetcher1968 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §421/1 Critic; opposer..tearer-downer. 1944 D. Wecter When Johnny comes marching Home iv. ii. 493 A strength ‘that cannot be pooh-poohed even by the most agile tearer-downers nor cheapened by the most blatant builder-uppers’. 1955 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 29 Jan. 28/1 I'm just so sick of pedants and conceited little tearer-downers I could scream. 2. A person who tears or rushes along or about; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, bully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person tyrant1377 routera1500 termagant1508 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 pander1593 thunderbolt1593 bully1604 ruffiano1611 tearer1633 violentoa1661 boy1662 violent1667 hardhead1774 Arab1788 ring-tailed roarer1828 blood-tub1853 tornado1863 stormer1886 hooligan1898 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 radge1923 goonda1926 pretty-boy1931 tough baby1932 bad-john1935 hoon1938 shit-kicker1954 tough boy1958 oafo1959 ass-kicker1962 droog1962 trog1983 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 1633 [see sense 1a]. 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 A huffing Jack, a plund'ring Tearer. 1682 [see sense 1a]. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 36 Hist, hist, Bully, dost thou see those Tearers [Araminta and Belinda masked]? 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tearer,..one that rages or raves with violence. 1862 A. McGilvray Poems (ed. 2) 56 (E.D.D.) For faith she is a tearer, She frights the very swine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1550
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