英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈlæ.ɹəp/
• (米国発音)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈlæɹ.əp/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈlɛɹ.əp/

動詞

larrup (third-person singular simple present larrups, present participle larruping or (rare) larrupping, simple past and past participle larruped or (rare) larrupped)

1. (transitive) To beat or thrash.
   • 1922 February 2, 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.’

派生語

名詞

larrup (countable and uncountable, plural 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 (informal), impertinence, impudence, rudeness