purler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A headlong fall or tumble. UK,colloquial
    — He came a purler on the icy path.
  2. Something extremely good. Australia,colloquial
    — The greatest game ever played is the one marketed with that tag by Australian Football Video: the 1989 round 6 match at Prince's Park between Hawthorn and Geelong, an awesome display of the skills of the game. It is doubtful whether two such great sides had ever graced a single season as the Hawks and the Cats did in 1989. The return match in September was a bit of a purler too, as I recall.
  3. A knockdown blow; a blow that causes a person to fall headlong. UK,colloquial
    — [The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.

词形变化

purlers plural purlers plural pearler alternative

词汇关系

相关词
come a cropper

词源

词源 1
From purl (“a fall”).
词源 2
Uncertain.
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