運うん動どうの後あと、ふくらはぎに突つっ張ぱりを感かんじた。
After exercise, I felt tightness in my calf.
肩かたの突つっ張ぱりがひどくて、首くびが回まわらない。
The stiffness in my shoulders is so bad I can't turn my neck.

noun

thrust; slapping attacks

sumo›

Sumo term for pushing or thrusting attacks with open hands, as opposed to grappling.

その力りき士しは激はげしい突つっ張ぱりで相あい手てを土ど俵ひょうの外そとへ押おし出だした。
The wrestler pushed his opponent out of the ring with fierce thrusts.

noun

juvenile delinquency; juvenile delinquent; punk

Slang term for a rebellious or delinquent youth, often associated with a tough-guy attitude and specific fashion; usually written in katakana as ツッパリ.

あのツッパリたちはいつも夜よる遅おそくまでたむろしている。
Those punks always hang around until late at night.
彼かれは高こう校こう時じ代だい、有ゆう名めいなツッパリだったらしい。
Apparently he was a well-known delinquent in high school.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉〉に突つっ張ぱりを入いれるto put a prop/brace against something
ドアが開あかないように突つっ張ぱりを入いれた。
I put in a prop so the door wouldn't open.
〈場所ばしょ〉〉に突つっ張ぱりを感かんじるto feel tightness/stiffness in (a body part)
朝あさ起おきたら肩かたに突つっ張ぱりを感かんじた。
When I woke up in the morning, I felt stiffness in my shoulder.
突つっ張ぱりで〈相手あいて〉〉を攻せめるto attack (an opponent) with thrusting slaps
力りき士しは突つっ張ぱりで相あい手てを圧あっ倒とうした。
The sumo wrestler overwhelmed his opponent with thrusting attacks.
〈人ひと〉〉が突つっ張ぱりになるfor someone to become a delinquent/tough kid
彼かれは高こう校こう生せいの頃ころ、突つっ張ぱりになっていた。
He became a delinquent back in high school.

Expressions

屁への突つっ張ぱりにもならないcompletely useless; good for nothing

Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Related words

支し柱ちゅう sense 1
支柱 is a general term for a pillar or supporting post, while 突っ張り refers specifically to a temporary prop or brace wedged in to hold something rigid.
張はりN1sense 2
張り describes tension or tautness in general (e.g. skin, fabric), while 突っ張り emphasizes a stiff, pulled sensation such as a cramped or sore muscle.
突つきN1sense 3
突き is the general sumo term for a thrusting attack, while 突っ張り specifically means repeated open-hand pushing thrusts.
不ふ良りょうN1sense 4
不良 is a neutral, general word for a delinquent youth, while 突っ張り (ツッパリ) refers specifically to the 1970s–80s tough-guy delinquent subculture and its fashion.
ヤンキー sense 4
ヤンキー is a broader, later term for rebellious youth often tied to flashy style and motorcycles, while 突っ張り is the older, more specific term for the same lineage of delinquents.

Counted with

本ほんN5
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

Word family

突つっ張ぱり棒ぼう
tension rod; spring tension rod

Written forms

突つっ張ぱりUsage28%
Standard kanji spelling for most senses; high-frequency news form.
ツッパリUsage40%
search-only kana form
Common katakana spelling for the juvenile delinquency sense.
つっぱりUsage31%
突つっ張ぱりUsage1%

Etymology

Derived from the verb 突っ張る (つっぱる, 'to push against, to become stiff'). The delinquency sense likely comes from the image of a youth 'pushing back' against authority or 'stiffening' with attitude.

search-only kanji form

Search-only kanji form; not commonly used.