| 单词 | to smack it about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto smack it about c. to smack it about (see quot. 1962). Nautical slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions i. 5 Better man your boat from the boom and shove straight off. Smack it about! 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 71 It's three o'clock now, so I advise you to smack it about and clean if you're going ashore. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 108/2 Smack it about!, naval exhortation to the hands to ‘get a move on’;..from the smacking of paint brushes about the ship's hull by the side party. < as lemmas |
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