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vic·to·ry
(vĭk′tə-rē)
n.
pl.
vic·to·ries
1.
A defeat of an enemy or opponent: Napolean had many victories in battle.
2.
A success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle: a victory over his greatest fear.
3.
a.
The state or fact of having defeated an opponent or of having achieved success: soldiers entering the city invictory.
b.
Exultation or celebration at defeating an opponent or accomplishing something: raised her hands in victory asshe crossed the finish line.
[Middle English, from Old French victorie, from Latin victōria, from victor,
victor
; see
victor
.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
victory
(ˈvɪktərɪ)
n
,
pl
-ries
1.
(Military) final and complete superiority in a war
2.
(Military) a successful military engagement
3.
a success attained in a contest or struggle or over an opponent, obstacle, or problem
4.
the act of triumphing or state of having triumphed[C14: from Old French
victorie,
from Latin
victōria,
from
vincere
to subdue]
Victory
(ˈvɪktərɪ)
n
1.
(Classical Myth & Legend) another name (in English) for
Victoria
3
2.
(Classical Myth & Legend) another name (in English) for
Nike
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
vic•to•ry
(ˈvɪk tə ri, ˈvɪk tri)
n.,
pl.
-ries.
1.
a triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
2.
a success or superior position achieved against any opponent, opposition, difficulty, etc.: a moral victory.[1275–1325;
victorie
< Latin
victōria
=
victōr-,
s. of
victor
victor
+
-ia
-y
3
]Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Victory
See also
conflict
.
debellation
Obsolete,
the process of conquering or defeating; achieving victory.
paeanism
celebration of victory with songs and clamor.-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Victory
(see also SUCCESS.)
bear away the bell To be the winner; to carry off the palm; to be preeminent. The old custom of presenting a golden or silverbell to the winner of a race or other contest is the source of hear away the hell. It can be used interchangeably with hear thebell (EXCELLENCE) when the emphasis is on the sense of being best, rather than first or victorious. Lose the bell, theopposite of bear away the bell, means to ‘be soundly defeated.’
bear the palm To be the best; to win, to come out on top. The allusion is to the practice at the Roman Games of presenting avictorious gladiator or winner of one of the games with a palm branch as a symbol of victory. George Chapman used thephrase in his famous translation of Homer’s Iliad (1611).
bring home the bacon To succeed, to win the prize; to earn the money, to be the breadwinner. Country fairs often hadcontests in which a greased pig was awarded to whoever could catch it. The phrase probably stems from the custom.
carry the day To win out in a struggle or competition, usually one of some duration, such as a political campaign orlegislative tug of war. The phrase carry it ‘to win the battle, bear the palm’ appeared earlier than carry the day, which too wasused first in this more literal fighting sense. The expression implies a series of skirmishes of undecided outcome, aseesawing of ascendancy before a definitive result is ascertained.
Garrison finish A spectacular victory against all odds, a finish in any kind of race or contest in which the winner comes frombehind at the last possible moment. This expression, in use since 1892, takes its name from Snapper Garrison, a 19th-century American jockey who was known for winning in this manner. Although first applied only to horse racing, the term nowdenotes an impressive come-from-behind victory in any sport.
get the whetstone To be proclaimed the paramount liar; to receive a prize for telling the greatest falsehood. This expressionis derived from medieval lying contests in which the greatest liar was awarded a whetstone to hang around his neck. ThomasLupton discusses the lying sessions in Too Good to Be True (1580):
Lying with us is so loved and allowed, that there are many times gamings and prizes therefore purposely, to encourageone to outlie the other. And what shall he gain that gets the victory in lying? He shall have a silver whetstone for hislabour.
Apparently the whetstone, a rock used to sharpen tools, emerged as the prize for this unusual competition because of itsfigurative association with sharpness.
By the reading of witty arts (which be as the whetstones of wit).
(Robert Recorde, The Pathway of Knowledge, 1551)
Although get the whetstone is now an obsolete expression, whetstone retains its figurative sense despite its infrequent use inliterature since the early 1800s.
Let them read Shakespeare’s sonnets, taking thence a whetstone for their dull intelligence. (Percy Shelley, Epipsychidian,1821)
take the cake See OUTDOING.
whitewash To prevent the opponents from scoring any points. The idea of “no score” in this informal Americanism isconveyed by the image of a whitewashed ‘clean, having no marks’ scoreboard.
Gene Costello pitched a three-hitter in whitewashing Beaumont with only two men getting as far as third base. (DailyArdmoreite, May 5, 1948)
Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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