51吃瓜 of the Day
hotch
[ hoch ]
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verb
to fidget or shift one's weight from one foot to the other
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- First recorded between 1350鈥�1400.
- From French hocher, meaning “to shake;” related to German hotzen, meaning “to tremble or move up and down.”
EXAMPLES OF HOTCH
- The actors would hotch just offstage, waiting for their cue.
- After the therapeutic massage, pins and needles made her hotch restlessly at the bus stop.
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- From Old English (450鈥�1150) 蝉艒镁蹿忙蝉迟, meaning “true, honest.”
- Combines sooth, meaning “true, real,” + fast, meaning “firm, secure.”
EXAMPLES OF SOOTHFAST
- The jury recognized the witness’s soothfast account in their verdict.
- The documentary told a soothfast story about a high school robotics team from Detroit.
jujitsu
[ joo-jit-soo ]
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noun
the use of an opponent's strengths or one's own weaknesses to accomplish a goal
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- First recorded in 1870鈥�75.
- From the Japanese 箩奴箩颈迟蝉耻, a Japanese martial art of unarmed self-defense.
- Ultimately from two Middle Chinese words meaning “soft, pliant” and “art.”
EXAMPLES OF JUJITSU
- They practiced political jujitsu, letting the attack ads boost their own name recognition.
- He used social jujitsu to turn his chronic lateness into a grand entrance, arriving with a sheepish grin and cracking a joke to make it feel intentional.
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