| 单词 | wind-up artist |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-up artist 4. A deliberate attempt to ‘wind up’ or provoke someone by misleading or hoaxing; a trick or practical joke. Also attributive, as wind-up artist, etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation teenOE dretchinga1050 taryingnessa1300 annoyc1300 dretch?13.. noyc1330 unquertc1390 noyinga1398 nuisancec1400 unsoundc1400 noisance1421 annuisancec1440 discumbrancea1500 noymentc1503 cumber?a1513 molesting1523 tary1528 irk1570 pester1581 incommodation1664 fasha1796 all-overs1893 buggeration1962 wind-up1984 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner japer1362 practiser1545 practitioner1560 amuser1583 fopper1659 hummer1763 prankster1811 hoaxer1814 puck1823 practical joker1830 pranking1852 card1853 leg-puller1887 kidder1888 pranker1890 codologist1897 spoofer1914 wind-up artist1984 1984 Times 10 May 1/3 My recollection of this is quite clear. I thought it was a wind-up to be honest with you. 1986 Times 18 Aug. 10/1 After being inundated with bogus small ads from constables trying to sell off their superiors' cars, Muil once said to me: ‘Policemen are the biggest wind-up artists of all time.’ < as lemmas |
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