brickbattingn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪkbatɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪkˌbædɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brickbat n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < brickbat n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later brickbat v.

Now chiefly South Asian.

1. The action or an act of throwing a brickbat at someone or something. See brickbat n. 1.

ΚΠ

1819 Morning Post 1 Sept. An inevitable storm of hissing, hooting, perhaps of brick-batting.

a1892 G. Campbell Mem. Indian Career (1893) I. i. 23 After two days' brickbatting, the Hindoos had shut up the shops, so that the Mussulmans could not get their food and necessary offerings.

1953 Times 6 July 6/6 Police arrested more than 200 people to-day for ‘picketing, throwing bombs and crackers, brick-batting, and non-payment of tram fares’.

2013 Times of India (Nexis) 21 Aug. Mobs ran amok and indulged in brickbatting for more than an hour before additional forces reached the spot.

2. figurative. A demonstration of vehement opposition, such as verbal condemnation, antagonistic dispute, or the deployment of retaliatory measures.

ΚΠ

1869 Birmingham Daily Post 9 Feb. 4/2 Mr. Lowe, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer,..had received a ‘brick-batting’ from the constituency.

1921 A. C. Laut Canada at Cross Roads xv. 232 It would only be a ducking of one's head to escape a brick-batting of facts to deny that every city in Western Canada has anticipated its future growth in municipal debts, municipal improvements, municipal taxes.

1956 19th-cent. Fiction 11 34 One might comment that the article has no more to do with truth or literary criticism than one expects in political brickbatting.

2010 A. Sattar Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947–2009 (ed. 2) xxii. 313 Pakistan responded with restraint and reason, refraining from diplomatic brick batting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brickbatting
释义	brickbattingn. Brit. /ˈbrɪkbatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌbædɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brickbat n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < brickbat n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later brickbat v. Now chiefly South Asian. 1. The action or an act of throwing a brickbat at someone or something. See brickbat n. 1. ΚΠ 1819 Morning Post 1 Sept. An inevitable storm of hissing, hooting, perhaps of brick-batting. a1892 G. Campbell Mem. Indian Career (1893) I. i. 23 After two days' brickbatting, the Hindoos had shut up the shops, so that the Mussulmans could not get their food and necessary offerings. 1953 Times 6 July 6/6 Police arrested more than 200 people to-day for ‘picketing, throwing bombs and crackers, brick-batting, and non-payment of tram fares’. 2013 Times of India (Nexis) 21 Aug. Mobs ran amok and indulged in brickbatting for more than an hour before additional forces reached the spot. 2. figurative. A demonstration of vehement opposition, such as verbal condemnation, antagonistic dispute, or the deployment of retaliatory measures. ΚΠ 1869 Birmingham Daily Post 9 Feb. 4/2 Mr. Lowe, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer,..had received a ‘brick-batting’ from the constituency. 1921 A. C. Laut Canada at Cross Roads xv. 232 It would only be a ducking of one's head to escape a brick-batting of facts to deny that every city in Western Canada has anticipated its future growth in municipal debts, municipal improvements, municipal taxes. 1956 19th-cent. Fiction 11 34 One might comment that the article has no more to do with truth or literary criticism than one expects in political brickbatting. 2010 A. Sattar Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947–2009 (ed. 2) xxii. 313 Pakistan responded with restraint and reason, refraining from diplomatic brick batting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1819
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