[Ads-l] rimshots, etc.

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

Inspired by Jesse's recent tweet:
https://twitter.com/jessesheidlower/status/848913813785247744

sting (musical note or notes for emphasis; not in OED):
_Sponsor_ 30 Jul 1951, p. 49 col 2
"Sting or Stinger -- a sharp and emphatic music accent or cue to emphasize the visual action."

_Business Screen Magazine_  v 21 n 7, Nov 30, 1960, p. 36 col 3
"A roof, doors, bumpers head lights, etc., followed and as each took its place in the assemblage a musical "sting" accentuated the action."


_Wilmington [OH] News-Journal_ 14 Jun 1961 p 17 col 5
"The old radio pattern was to play musical 'stings' -- sharp high notes for danger, low notes for threats and sugary sounds for love scenes."

Rimshot (sports sense -- not in OED):

Golf:

_New York Sun_ 16 Dec 1899 p 9 col 3
"Hamilton taking a stroke more to reach the green.  The next two holes were halved.  Hamilton had a full rim shot dead at the thirteenth, and consequently won in 5 to 6."

_St Louis Star and Times_ 27 Nov 1935 p 9 col 6
"When His Nibs is a bit off on his putting, instead of digging a hole in the living room carpet, he can set this gadget on the floor and put to his heart's content.  The fringe keeps the ball in the cup if it actually goes in.  Even with this portable fellow, it's possible to get those devastating rim-shots."

_Albuquerque Journal_ 29 Aug 1926 2nd sec p 2 col 2
"She drove her way to a 3 and 3 victory over Mrs. O. S. Hill of Meadow Lake, Kansas City, in the 36-hole final round at Olympia fields Saturday with a superior long game,  which gave her the advantage whe the Missouri valley champion suffered six hoodoo breaks on the greens for as many hop outs, or rim shots."

Basketball:
[Rochester NY] _Democrat and Chronicle_ 11 Mar 1917 p 39 col 2
"If Rochester had counted all its rim shots, the going would have been easy for the Yellow."

_Sheboygan [WI] Press_ 24 Feb 1919 p 8 col 1
"The locals, on the other hand, state that the variety of back board in the Fondy hall made it difficult for anything but a rim shot, at which the Fondy team was proficient."

_Cincinnati Enquirer_ 8 Mar 1947, p 12 col 7
"Half a game of basketball -- an unprecedented spectacle borne of tragedy 11 days ago -- will decide the hectic Big Nine race tomorrow night, with Wisconsin's rim-shot stylists fighting for the flag against the fast-break spoilers of Purdue."

[Franklin PA] _News-Herald_ 12 Jan 1957 p 9 col 3 [photo caption]
"Warren's Larry Hoffman seems to be pleading with this rim-shot to fall in."

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