larrupとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæɹəp/

動詞

larrup (三人称単数 現在形 larrups, 現在分詞 larruping または larrupping, 過去形および過去分詞形 larruped または larrupped)

1. (transitive) To beat or thrash.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     ZOE-FANNY: I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it.

   • 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock

     ‘A kid like that oughtn’t to be mixed up with things,’ Ida said. ‘If he was mine I’d just larrup it out of him.’

名詞

larrup (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 larrups)

1. (countable) A blow or smack.
   • 2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead:

     That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.

2. (uncountable) backchat or rudeness

   Oi, less of your larrup!

同意語

• (rudeness): backchat, cheek (くだけた用法), impertinence, impudence, rudeness