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bumbaste
† bumbaste, v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 6–7 bumbast, bombast(e. [app. f. bum n.1 + baste v.3: but bum might be a meaningless intensive or reduplicative prefix; cf. next.] trans. To beat on the posteriors; hence, to flog, beat soundly, thrash.1571 R. Edwards Damon & P. in Dodsley IV. 60, I shall bombast ...
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bumfeg
† bumˈfeage, bumˈfeg, v. Obs. [cf. bum v.3] Humorous synonym for to flog, thrash. (Nashe apparently regarded the word as a coinage of ‘Martin Marprelate’.) Also bumfeagle v.1589 Hay any Work 6 Ise so bumfeg the Cooper. 1589 Nashe Almond for Parrat 7 b, You..neuer knewe what his Bumfeging ment. 1589 ...
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bombaste
▪ I. bombast, n. (ˈbɒm-, ˈbʌmbəst, -bæst) Forms: 6 bom-, bumbaste, 6–8 bumbast, 6– bombast. [A variant of bombace, bombase (F. bombace), in 16th c. pronounced (bɔmˈbaːs), the t being either simply phonetic (the converse of bass, bast) or perhaps influenced by the pa. pple. bombast of bombase v. Orig...
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bum
▪ I. bum, n.1 Not in polite use. (bʌm) Forms: 4 bom, 6 bumbe, 6–7 bumme, bomm(e, 7–8 bumb, 6– bum. [Origin uncertain. Probably onomatopœic, to be compared with other words of similar sound and with the general sense of ‘protuberance, swelling’, e.g. bump n., bumb a pimple, mod.Icel. bumba belly of a...
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