sconce
During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some deed such that anyone…During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink (similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University).
Meaning
3 sensesDuring a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink (similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University).
Near-synonym: (Cambridge University slang) fine
I sconce anyone who has ever…
(obsolete)To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
(obsolete)To shut within a sconce; to imprison.
Origin
Unclear. Perhaps a use of sconce (“light fixture”) or sconce (“fortification”), but seeminUnclear. Perhaps a use of sconce (“light fixture”) or sconce (“fortification”), but seemingly older than the latter
Borrowed from Middle Dutch schans, cognate with German Schanze.
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Forms
sconces, sconcing, sconced, sconcedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle