bum-clockn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmklɒk/, U.S.

/ˈbəmˌklɑk/, Scottish English

/ˈbʌmklɔk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bum v.², clock n.³

Etymology: < bum v.² + clock n.³

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Now historical and rare.

A large beetle that flies with a loud humming or buzzing noise, perhaps Geotrupes stercorarius (family Geotrupidae). Also called dor-beetle, drone-beetle: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > unspecified type

frog-clock1620

steel beetle?1711

bum-clock1786

turnip-flower beetle1882

mopane beetle1972

1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xxxv, in Poems 21 The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) Gloss. 348/1 Bum-clock, a humming beetle that flies in the summer evening.

1811 S. McSkimin Hist. & Antiq. Carrickfergus iii. 87 The dor-beetle, or as it is commonly called bum-clock, flying abroad in the evenings is supposed to indicate good weather.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Bumclock, the humming beetle.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xx. 176 ‘Crack!’ went a musket, and something whistled like a bum-clock past me.

1925 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Sangschaw 31 Ootside!..Ootside! There's dooks that try tae fly An' bum-clocks bizzin' by.

2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 July (Weekend Mag.) 16 Large moths buzzing loudly around the lamp were known as ‘buzzards’ and beetles as ‘buzzard-clocks’ or ‘bum-clocks’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bum-clock
释义	bum-clockn. Brit. /ˈbʌmklɒk/, U.S. /ˈbəmˌklɑk/, Scottish English /ˈbʌmklɔk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bum v.², clock n.³ Etymology: < bum v.² + clock n.³ Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Now historical and rare. A large beetle that flies with a loud humming or buzzing noise, perhaps Geotrupes stercorarius (family Geotrupidae). Also called dor-beetle, drone-beetle: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > unspecified type frog-clock1620 steel beetle?1711 bum-clock1786 turnip-flower beetle1882 mopane beetle1972 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xxxv, in Poems 21 The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) Gloss. 348/1 Bum-clock, a humming beetle that flies in the summer evening. 1811 S. McSkimin Hist. & Antiq. Carrickfergus iii. 87 The dor-beetle, or as it is commonly called bum-clock, flying abroad in the evenings is supposed to indicate good weather. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Bumclock, the humming beetle. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xx. 176 ‘Crack!’ went a musket, and something whistled like a bum-clock past me. 1925 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Sangschaw 31 Ootside!..Ootside! There's dooks that try tae fly An' bum-clocks bizzin' by. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 July (Weekend Mag.) 16 Large moths buzzing loudly around the lamp were known as ‘buzzards’ and beetles as ‘buzzard-clocks’ or ‘bum-clocks’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1786
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