| 单词 | to huff and ding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto huff and ding b. intransitive. figurative. To behave in an exaggerated or overly assertive manner so as to draw attention to oneself; to swagger; to flounce. Chiefly in to huff and ding: to speak and act in a pompous, arrogant, or bombastic way; to bluster (cf. huff v. 4). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 1679 T. Oates King's Evid. Justifi'd 19 I expected from the Epitomizer, when he came to Annihilate this Murther, that he should have huff't and ding'd, and fum'd and foam'd, and curs'd and swore, and bann'd, and sunk, and damm'd Himself. 1682 A. Radcliffe Ramble 95 You trail'd a Pike, or some such thing, In Holland, here you huff and ding: And all the Town (forsooth) must ring Of you, Sir. 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 31 I dare not speak in the House, while that Jade Gipsey dings about like a Fury. 1792 ‘C. Chantor’ Mod. Independent Whig iv. 108 Since men in regal confidence, To honesty may lay pretence; Equal to those who huff and ding, Because discarded by the King. < as lemmas |
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