Looking for a verb formed from a plural noun
Almost any singular noun can be verbed, transformed into a verb means to remove (skin), apply (paint), use (bus), or otherwise interact with the noun.
I'm looking for a plural noun that can be verbed. I have only two, frankly terrible, examples:
- times, which has a very childish sound to my ears
- mules, which refers to a surgical procedure performed on sheep, and is named for a Dr. Mules, and not the sturdy equine, although I assume the name of the eponymous vet originally derives from that animal.
Is there a true example? Tell me that to cats someone is a thing.
Solution 1:
Yes, there are a few words that are like this, even more if both slang and obscure/obsolete words are included (that's actually most of the list). I found these with an advanced search on OED:
- balls/bollocks (slang)
- (de-)pants (slang)
- discommons (historical & rare)
- guts (colloquial)
- quicksticks (slang, rare, & possibly formed from adj not noun)
- sessions (slang)
- suds
- times (there is another, non-colloquial meaning in Building & Surveying)
- twos (colloquial)
If you include irregular plurals, there is:
- dice
- people