telling-offn.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪŋˈɒf/, U.S.

/ˌtɛlɪŋˈɔf/,

/ˌtɛlɪŋˈɑf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: telling n., off adv.

Etymology: < telling n. + off adv., after to tell off at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1.

1. Military. The action or an act of to tell off 1 at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1; division of a group of troops into two or more smaller groups by numbering off; detachment of one or more soldiers from a larger group for a particular purpose. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > distribution to several locations

telling-off1727

dislocation1808

1727 H. Bland Treat. Mil. Discipline viii. 131 The Centre Platoon of each of those Grand-Divisions would be cut in two, and thereby occasion a new Telling off of the Right and Left Faces as soon as they were form'd.

1799 Brit. Volunteer 33 Where it [sc. the squadron] consists of an odd number, there must be a broken file in the telling off.

1851 A. W. Torrens Six Familiar Lect. ii. 17 The arrangements for encamping, and the telling-off of fatigue parties for provisions, hutting, cutting fuel, &c.

1887 Hampshire Advertiser 28 May 8/5 The senior troop-sergeant major told off the squadron and handed it over to the squadron leader, who proved the tellings off.

1914 Times Bk. Navy viii. 118 There are..the telling off of the boats' crews, the apportionment of small arms, and other subsidiary affairs to which to attend.

1953 J. H. Giles Kentuckians v. 52 The orders to build no fires, the telling off of guards to keep watch..made the new men pretty nervy.

2. Originally chiefly Military. An act of reprimanding or rebuking someone; a scolding. Cf. to tell off 5 at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of

Kyrie15..

Kyrie eleison1528

chide1538

wormwood lecture1640

rant1663

scold1726

trimming1763

blowing up1772

set-to1774

set-down1780

ragging1788

scouting1794

hurl?a1800

hearing1816

heckling1832

twisting1834

downsetting1842

going-over1843

shrewing1847

call1862

tongue-lashing1881

tongue-walking1888

telling-off1893

rousting1900

lumps1935

fourpenny one1936

rucking1958

1893 T. Craven Royal Dict. ii. 71/2 Beṉḍí sunáná,..to give one a telling off.

1907 New Asiatic Rev. Oct. 480 He..said he would ‘break’ the Non-commissioned Officers if it went on and as a natural result the cheating stopped. His reward was a telling-off from his Colonel.

1912 E. G. D. Lardner Soldiering & Sport in Uganda x. 123 I..did not hesitate to give my headman a ‘telling off’.

1957 S. B. Prunier Prunier's: Story of Restaurant xiv. 110 Unless the waiter replied instantly that veal jelly must be used, he was given a telling-off that he was not likely to forget.

1974 W. Foley Child in Forest ii. 231 Still smarting from my ‘telling-off’..and in militant mood.

2000 C. Firth in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 62 I got quite a long and very boring telling off..for being late.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	telling-off
释义	telling-offn. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪŋˈɒf/, U.S. /ˌtɛlɪŋˈɔf/, /ˌtɛlɪŋˈɑf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: telling n., off adv. Etymology: < telling n. + off adv., after to tell off at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1. 1. Military. The action or an act of to tell off 1 at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1; division of a group of troops into two or more smaller groups by numbering off; detachment of one or more soldiers from a larger group for a particular purpose. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > distribution to several locations telling-off1727 dislocation1808 1727 H. Bland Treat. Mil. Discipline viii. 131 The Centre Platoon of each of those Grand-Divisions would be cut in two, and thereby occasion a new Telling off of the Right and Left Faces as soon as they were form'd. 1799 Brit. Volunteer 33 Where it [sc. the squadron] consists of an odd number, there must be a broken file in the telling off. 1851 A. W. Torrens Six Familiar Lect. ii. 17 The arrangements for encamping, and the telling-off of fatigue parties for provisions, hutting, cutting fuel, &c. 1887 Hampshire Advertiser 28 May 8/5 The senior troop-sergeant major told off the squadron and handed it over to the squadron leader, who proved the tellings off. 1914 Times Bk. Navy viii. 118 There are..the telling off of the boats' crews, the apportionment of small arms, and other subsidiary affairs to which to attend. 1953 J. H. Giles Kentuckians v. 52 The orders to build no fires, the telling off of guards to keep watch..made the new men pretty nervy. 2. Originally chiefly Military. An act of reprimanding or rebuking someone; a scolding. Cf. to tell off 5 at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of Kyrie15.. Kyrie eleison1528 chide1538 wormwood lecture1640 rant1663 scold1726 trimming1763 blowing up1772 set-to1774 set-down1780 ragging1788 scouting1794 hurl?a1800 hearing1816 heckling1832 twisting1834 downsetting1842 going-over1843 shrewing1847 call1862 tongue-lashing1881 tongue-walking1888 telling-off1893 rousting1900 lumps1935 fourpenny one1936 rucking1958 1893 T. Craven Royal Dict. ii. 71/2 Beṉḍí sunáná,..to give one a telling off. 1907 New Asiatic Rev. Oct. 480 He..said he would ‘break’ the Non-commissioned Officers if it went on and as a natural result the cheating stopped. His reward was a telling-off from his Colonel. 1912 E. G. D. Lardner Soldiering & Sport in Uganda x. 123 I..did not hesitate to give my headman a ‘telling off’. 1957 S. B. Prunier Prunier's: Story of Restaurant xiv. 110 Unless the waiter replied instantly that veal jelly must be used, he was given a telling-off that he was not likely to forget. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest ii. 231 Still smarting from my ‘telling-off’..and in militant mood. 2000 C. Firth in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 62 I got quite a long and very boring telling off..for being late. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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