to vote plump: to vote for one option or candidate without any qualification. Obsolete.
单词 | θ170128 |
释义 | society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > vote in specific way (5) to vote plump1742 to vote plump: to vote for one option or candidate without any qualification. Obsolete. plump1806 intransitive. Originally: to vote at an election for only one candidate (even though entitled to vote for two or more). Now: to opt for one of two or… to split one's (or the) ticket or ballot1842 In various phrases. to split one's (or the) ticketor ballot: to vote for candidates of more than one party in an election. Also elliptical. U.S. to vote the straight ticket1856 Originally U.S. Unmixed, undiluted; of spirits, ‘neat’. Also qualifying a designation of a political party: Strict, rigid, extreme. to vote the strai… repeat1876 intransitive. U.S. To vote illegally more than once at the same election. Cf. repeater, n. 5a. Obsolete. rare. |
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