cockshy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
  2. An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
    — He had seen Tom Ricketts, of the fourth form, who used to wear a jacket and trousers so ludicrously tight, that the elder boys could not forbear using him in the quality of a butt or ‘cockshy’ […]
动词 v.
  1. To pelt; to throw things at. ambitransitive

词形变化

cockshies plural cockshies present,singular,third-person cockshying participle,present cockshied participle,past cockshied past

词源

词源 1
From cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
词源 2
From cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
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