单词 | thwacking |
释义 | thwackingn. The action of thwack v. in various senses. Also attributive: thwacking-frame n. a stand on which pantiles are beaten into shape. thwacking-horse n., thwacking-stool n. a bench on which the thwacking-frame is placed. thwacking-knife n. a knife for trimming the edges of pantiles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > crowded condition or crowding > crowding things or people together serring1626 thwacking1736 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > vigorous thwack1587 thwacking1736 society > occupation and work > equipment > tile-making equipment > [noun] tile-machine1844 thwacker1867 thwacking-frame1867 criss?1881 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A thwacking, verberatio, fustuarium, fustigatio. 1763 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. (ed. 2) 372 Stipatio,..a cramming or thwacking of things together. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 107 We heard a distant thwacking sound,..the rolling pin, struck upon the dresser by the cook. 1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) III. 902 When half-dry the tiles are taken out one by one, placed on the thwacking frame, and beaten with the thwacker to produce the required shape. 1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. ix The thwacking of the dancers' feet in the barn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). thwackingadj. That thwacks; that is a thwacker; big, strong, forcible; thumping, whacking. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind gurta1400 swappingc1440 swappit?a1513 strongc1540 thwacking1567 thumping1576 bouncing1579 swingeinga1592 whoppinga1625 rapping1657 spankinga1666 whisking1673 swagging1731 skelping?a1786 whacking1797 slapping1825 plumping1832 walloping1847 slashing1854 smacking1888 plonking1896 sollicking1946 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiijv Put out no puffes, nor thwackyng words Words of to large assyce. a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) v. 67 Seru. A Bon-fier Sir? S. Ol. A thwacking one I charge you. a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) ii. i. 47 After all these thwacking Arguments. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 191 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. In vertue of which thwacking expressions he has fancied himself able to play at Scholastick or Philosophick Quarter-Staff. 1890 Daily News 17 Dec. 5/7 Then..came a thwacking blow from Dr. Tanner's blackthorn. Derivatives ˈthwackingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] hardlyeOE strongeOE hardOE fastOE starklyOE stalworthlyc1175 starkc1225 mainlyc1300 fellc1330 snellc1330 stout1338 wightlya1340 sadlya1375 sharplyc1380 tough1398 stoutly1399 throa1400 wighta1400 lustilyc1400 sorec1400 vigourslyc1400 stiff1422 vigoriouslya1450 vigorouslya1450 actuallya1470 stourlyc1480 forcely?a1500 lustly1529 fricklyc1540 dingilya1555 livelily?1565 crankly1566 forcibly1578 crank1579 wightily?a1600 proudly1600 energetically1609 stiffly1623 ding-dong1628 greenly1633 hard and fast1646 slashingly1659 thwackingly1660 warmlya1684 robustly1709 sonsily1729 forcefullya1774 vim1843 zippily1924 vibrantly1926 punchily1934 zingily1951 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. xvii. 270 In riveting the Godhead into his own person so thwackingly and substantially, as that he may give the World to understand that he was as much God as that Christ that died at Jerusalem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1736adj.1567 |
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