thripn.
/θrɪp/ slang.
= threepence n. Also: (U.S.) a coin between a nickel and a dime in value.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of 3d
quarter-shilling1561
threepence1589
trip1600
threepenny piece1691
thrip1699
thrums1699
thruppence1895
trey-bit1898
trey1907
tray1910
trizzie1920
Joey1936
trey-point-
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Thysanoptera > genus Thrips > member(s) of
blackfly1652
thrip1699
thunder-fly1854
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Threpps, Three-pence.
1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers II. ix. 108 Whom he rewarded with a thrip (the smallest silver coin known in the southern currency—the five cent issue excepted).
1848 J. Jones Sketches of Trav. 79 The manager charged a thrip extra for admittin people when they was feedin the annimals.
1887 J. C. Harris Free Joe (1888) 60 A little boy who wanted to buy a thrip's worth of candy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
thripv.
/θrɪp/ dialect.† 1. intransitive. To make a noise with thumb and finger which resembles the whispering of ‘thrip’ or ‘flip’; transitive to snap (the fingers). Obsolete.† 3. [Probably the same word.] To spin. Obsolete dialect.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > crack or snap > of fingers
thrip1594
lirp1598
knick1887
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > crack or snap > the fingers
thrip1594
knick1731
snap1742
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F2v He with clapping his handes and thripping his fingers seemed to dance an antike.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F3 A fifth..thript with his finger & his thumbe.
2. transitive. To jerk with a slight movement.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > jerk
braida1000
hitch1440
spang1513
jog1548
jert1566
jerk1582
gag1587
to toss up1588
tossa1618
thrip1674
shrug1678
flip1712
hotch1823
switch1842
slirt1870
hoick1898
quirk1978
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 125 A Watch or a Jack, by being only wown up without thripping the balance or flyer.
1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 190 Her zot under the big fig tree, thripping her lace-bobbins in and out.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (intransitive)] > spin
spinc725
twisterc1605
thripa1652
a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iv. v. 69 in Five New Playes (1659) Yes, he has learn'd to thrip among the Mothers.
Derivatives
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning
spinningc1290
twisting1552
spinstry1611
lanifice1626
thrippinga1652
a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. i. 39 in Five New Playes (1659) Qui. But where about in Norfolk wert thou bred? Phi. At Thripperstown, Sir, near the City of Norwich. Q. Where they live much by spinning with the Rocks? P. Thripping they call it, Sir.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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