单词 | to make a pot at |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a pot at A grimace. Also in to make a pot at: to pull a face at. In quot. 1553: a popping sound made by removing a finger rapidly from the corner of the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)] > pop to make a pot at1532 pop1576 pap1791 plock1931 blip1946 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [verb (transitive)] > grimace with to make a pot at1532 wavel1654 mouth1827 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 638/2 They call it but a parable, and almoste make a pot at it. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xxii. f. cclviiiv Mayster Maskar..mocketh and moweth in that glasse, and maketh as many straunge faces and as many pretye pottes therein, as yt were an olde ryeueled ape. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 68v/1 A potte made in the mouth, with one fynger, as children vse to doo, scloppus, vel stlopus. < as lemmas |
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