| 单词 | to yock it up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto yock it up Phrases to yock it up. a. To laugh loudly or uproariously, esp. in an exaggerated or contrived fashion. ΚΠ 1948 Billboard 2 Oct. 28/4 Youngman throws the corn at them, and they yock it up like mad. 1954 G. Marx Let. 16 Aug. in G. Marx et al. Groucho Lett. (1967) 93 Boy, did they yuck it up! The tiniest wheeze was received with gales of laughter. 2007 Copley News Service (Nexis) 6 May Two guys with bows and arrows killing folks for sport and yuking it up over every kill. b. To act in a manner intended to elicit laughter; to play for laughs; to play the fool. ΚΠ 1950 Billboard 4 Mar. 24/4 The good-natured way they yock it up for the acts. 1967 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 1 Apr. (TV Mag.) 9/2 Russ Tamblyn and Sidney Poitier yuk it up as the lightly clad barbarians; Rosanna Schiaffino and Beba Loncar play it cool as the lightly clad camp followers. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. 12 Mud yocked it up on Top of the Pops with ludicrous flares and..the biker's dance, shoulder to shoulder. < as lemmas |
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