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DECEMBER - DEFY
DECEMBER - adjectives
• DECEMBERLY † resembling December in dreariness and darkness ...1765
DECEMBER - nouns
• Xr † abbreviation of December ...1614
DECENCY - nouns
• DECENCE † decency ...1678
• DECENTNESS † decency, propriety ...1561
• EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency ...1929 Sc.
• HANDSOMENESS † skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency ...1555
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECENT - adjectives
• FARRAND well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRINKLY comely, good-looking; decent, clean, orderly ...1860 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• GANELIE † proper, becoming, decent ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• O.K. esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKAY esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKEY of a person: good, decent ...L19 sl.
• TALL † meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent ...c1400
DECENTLY - adverbs
• FARRANTLY decently, pleasantly ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY † in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly ...a1300.
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECEPTION - adjectives
• ON THE FIDDLE engaged in swindling or deception ...1874 sl.
DECEPTION - nouns
• ABETMENT † deception ...1586
• ABUSION † perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception ...c1386
• ANGLE a scheme; a workable method of deception or exploitation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
• BARRAT † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
• BEGINK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception ...1725 Sc.
• BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment ...1637 Sc.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESWIKING † cheating, deception ...1340
• BITE † an imposition, a deception ...1711 sl.
• BLADRY foolishness, deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLETHERIE foolishness; deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFF deception ...L19
• BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution ...1935 Brit. sl.
• COD deception, deceit; a lie ...20C sl., orig. Irish
• CON deception, swindling, fraud ...1901 sl., orig. US
• CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
• DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment ...1866 Amer. sl.
• DEAD GIVEAWAY a swindle, a deception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• DECEIVANCE † deceit, deception ...c1330
• DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent informations ...B1900 Sc.
• DIPLOMACY deception ...1938 Trinidad and Tobago
• FACRERE † the art of 'make-believe', deception ...1393
• FAITERY † fraud, deception, hypocrisy ...1377
• FAKE-OUT a feint or bluff; deception; broadly, an unpleasant surprise ...1959 Amer. sl.
• FALLACE † deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness ...a1300
• FALLAX † deception; guile, trickery; fallacy ...1530
• FALLAXITY † deception, guile, trickery; fallacy ...c1640
• FALSEHOOD † deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit ...1340 obs. or arch.
• FALSERY † deception, falsification, falsehood ...1594
• FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud ...1874 sl., orig. US
• FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUBBERY †* the act of cheating; deception, deceit ...1604
• GAB † mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit ...a1300
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GAGGERY a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAGGING a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAME any form of negative activity, as deception, fooling around ...19C sl.
• GAME, THE deception, trickery ...1950s US Black sl.
• GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GYP an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action ...1914 Amer. sl.
• HAVE-ON a playful deception ...1931 sl.
• HOAX a deception, a fraud ...L18 sl.
• HOSING a cheating; a deception ...20C US sl.
• HUSTLE flattery, deception ...1970s US sl.
• INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle ...1865 Sc.
• JAPE †* something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud ...c1400
• JAPERY † trickery, deception ...1496
• JOLLY a deception or hoax ...L19 US
• LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• LEGERDEMAIN trickery, deception, hocus-pocus ...1532
• LEG-PULL the act of deceiving or fooling someone ...1915 Amer. sl.
• NICKEL PLATE a fraud, a deception ...L19 US sl.
• OKEY-DOKE a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick ...1967 sl., esp. Black usage
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any form of trickery, deception, or evasion ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PELLICULATION a deceiving with fair words; deception ...B1900
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• RACKET a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action ...1812 sl.
• RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud ...1970 sl.
• SANDY a bluff, a deception, a trick, a joke ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL a deception that leaves the victim feeling disappointed ...1838 sl.
• SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act ...1864
• SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1868 US sl.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
• SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result ...1856 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TAKE-DOWN a swindle; a deception ...L19 sl.
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
DECEPTION - nouns, person
• GAGGER one who practices a hoax or deception ...Bk1900 Sc.
DECEPTION - verbs
• ACE to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception ...1920s US sl.
• CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...sl.
• HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1933 Amer. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
• PUT ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1913-15 Amer. sl.
• RACKETEER to practise any form of criminal deception, trickery, extortion, etc. ...1920s sl.
• SKANK to use deception to get one's way ...1980s US campus sl.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TOSS ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1912 Amer. sl.
DECEPTIVE - adjectives
• BEGUILEFUL guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1530
• BEGUILOUS †* guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1483
• CATCHING entrapping; deceptive, 'catchy' ...1603
• CATCHY that catches or entraps; deceptive ...1885 colloq.
• DECEIVABLE † deceitful, deceptive ...1303
• DECEIVANT †* deceiving, deceitful, deceptive ...1393
• DECEPTIONAL * deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1830
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• DECEPTITIOUS * of a deceptive kind or character; deluding, illusory ...1827
• DECEPTORY † apt to deceive, deceptive, deluding, illusory ...c1430
• FALLACE †* fallacious; deceitful; deceptive, misleading ...1393
• FALLACIOUS of things: deceptive, misleading ...1651
• FALSELY †* false, deceptive ...a1310
• ILLUDENT †* deceiving, deceptive ...?a1550
• PRESTIGIATORY † practising 'prestigiation'; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive ...1588
• SLEEK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SMOOLY † sly and demure; smooth-spoken but deceptive ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKE-IN deceptive, swindling ...1819
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DECEPTIVE, DECEPTIVENESS - nouns
• DECEIVABLENESS † deceitfulness, deceit; deceptiveness ...1526
• DECEPTIVITY deceptiveness; a thing of deceptive character ...1843
• FANTASTRY † visionary delusion; illusory character; deceptiveness ...a1677
• FAST SHUFFLE a swindle; a deceptive act ...1930 US sl.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• MADAME DE LUCE deceptive talk ...20C rhyming sl. for 'spruce' vb.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SUBREPTION a fallacious or deceptive representation ...1865
DECEPTIVE - nouns, person
• EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PAIK a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1825 Sc.
• PAKE a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1899 Sc.
• SLIPPERY EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person ...1966 Amer. dial.
DECEPTIVE - verbs
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIMULATE †* to put forward deceptively ...1652
DECIDE - nouns, person
• DECISOR † one who decides causes or controversies; a decider, an arbitrator ...1563
DECIDE - verbs
• DECERN † to decide, to determine a matter disputed or doubtful ...c1425
• DECISE † to decide ...1538
• DECREE † to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something ...1526 obs. or arch.
• DECREET † to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something ...1582-8
• LAY BY to intend, to decide ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SET UP ONE'S EBENEZER to firmly make up one's mind ...c1840 Amer. dial.
• SET ONE'S BUDGET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SET THE BUCKET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject; to take a stand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE DOWN to decide, to conclude ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TAIL † to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter ...c1315
• TAKE ADVISEMENT † to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve ...1375
DECIDED - adjectives
• ILL-KESSEN badly decided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DECIDEDLY - adverbs
• CERTAIN AND DECLARE most certainly; decidedly ...1970 Amer. dial.
DECIDUOUS - adjectives
• DECIDUARY * deciduous ...1871
DECIDUOUSNESS - nouns
• DECIDUITY * deciduousness ...1846
DECIPHER - nouns, person
• DECIPHERESS * a female who deciphers ...a1763
DECIPER - verbs
• UNCIPHER † to decipher ...1598
DECIPHERING - nouns
• DECIPHERAGE deciphering ...1851 nonce word
• DECIPHERATION deciphering ...1838 nonce word
DECISION - nouns
• CALL a decision ...1980s Amer. sl.
• DECERNMENT † decision; discernment, discrimination ...1586
• DECIDEMENT †* decision ...a1625
• DECREET †* a decision, determination ...c1400
• HASTY-PUDDING a quick or unwise decision ...1984 Amer. dial.
• LAUD † decision, judgement ...c1465
• LICKING POST. the moment of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a point of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SAY-SO the power of decision, permission ...M18 sl.
• SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
DECISION - verbs
• BAFFLE AROUND to take too long about coming to a decision ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BITE ONE'S BAIT to hold off on a decision to see what develops, not to push a point too fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COME TO THE LICK-LOG to face facts, to make a difficult decision ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN to make a firm decision, usually against something ...colloq.
• SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT take action or make a decision one way or another, or else give another the opportunity to do so ...sl.
DECISION - phrases
• SEE WHICH WAY THE CAT JUMPS see what direction events are taking before making a decision ...1827
DECISIVE - adjectives
• CONCLUDENT † that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
• DECISIONAL * of the nature of a decision; decisive, conclusive ...1883
• DECISORY †* decisive ...1611
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
• DECRETORIAN † decisive, conclusive ...1679
• DECRETORY † such as to decide the question; decisive, determinative ...1674
DECISIVE - nouns
• SOCKDOLAGER a decisive reply, argument, etc. ...Amer. sl.
DECISIVE - verbs
• STAND TO ONE'S LICK-LOG, SALT OR NO SALT to stand firm, to act decisively ...1834 Amer. dial.
DECISIVELY - adverbs
• DECRETORILY † positively, decisively ...1660
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
DECK, DECK OUT - verbs
• ADIGHT † to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck ...c1400
• BEAUTY to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck ...1398 arch.
• BEGO † to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn ...a1225
• BETRAP † to deck, to adorn ...1509
• BRANK to deck, to dress up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DICK to deck, to adorn; to cover ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT to dress, to clothe; to adorn, to deck oneself ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINK to adorn, to deck, to dress out ...1808 Sc.
• GAUDY * to deck out; to make smart or gaudy ...1805
• ONORN † to deck, to adorn ...1432-50
• TOG UP to dress, to deck out; to dress oneself up ...1887 Amer. dial.
• UMTIFF † to deck out, to adorn ...a1300
DECKED - adjectives
• DINKIT decked out, dressed ...1813 Sc.
DECLAIM - verbs
• RAME to repeat, to recite, to declaim ...1703 Sc.
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
DECLARATION - nouns
• DECLARATURE †* declaration ...1729
• DECLAREMENT † declaration, express or formal statement; the act of declaring against anything ...1633
DECLARE - verbs
• BEKEN † to make known; to declare, to show ...a1300
• BENAME † to declare or utter solemnly or on oath; to promise with an oath ...c1000
• BESAY † to declare, to speak about ...c1200
• BETELL † to speak of, to declare, to narrate ...c1205
• COME OUT to declare oneself; to take a position ...1840s Amer. sl.
• DEEM † to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter ...a1000
• KEN † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
• OPEN † 1. to lay bare or make manifest to the view; to reveal, to disclose, to declare, to make known ...c900
† 2. to announce, to declare; to make public, to promulgate ...1433
• PATEFY † to reveal, show, declare, disclose; to make open or manifest ...1533
• QUETHE † to speak, say, declare, tell, call ...c825
• RAP TO to own up to, to declare ...L19 US sl.
• VER † to aver, to declare ...c1400
• VUM to declare, to swear ...1785 Amer. dial.
DECLARED - adjectives
• NARRABLE * that which may be declared ...1623
DECLARING - nouns
• DECLAREMENT † the act of showing or setting forth; exposition, explanation, manifestation, declaring ...1646
DECLINE - adjectives
• DECLINATORY that declines; expressing refusal ...1673
DECLINE (decrease) - nouns
• BACK-GAIN a decline, consumption ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DECIDENCE † falling off in strength, vigour, etc.; decline, a becoming worse ...1684
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• DECLINATION † the gradual falling off from a condition of prosperity or vigour; decline; decay ...1533
• FAIL decline ...1898 Sc.
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN a stage in one's decline ...E19 sl.
• OFF-FALLING a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration ...1825 Sc.
DECLINE - nouns, person
• DECLINATOR † one who declines or refuses; a dissentient ...1606
DECLINE (refuse) - verbs
• FAN ON to decline an offer ...1997 US sl.
• KECKEN to decline with loathing, aversion, or disgust, as offered food; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON ONE SIDE to decline, to reject; to throw over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A BYE to refuse or decline to act or participate in something ...20C US sl.
DECLINE (decrease) - verbs
• FADE † to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink ...1388
• FAG † to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from ...1530
• FAINT † to become faint; to grow weak or feeble, to decline ...c1400 obs. exc. poetic
• GO THE BACKWAY to decline, to fall off after coming to perfection ...1873 Eng. dial.
DECLINED - adjectives
• DECLINAL †* capable of being declined ...1509
DECLINING - adjectives
• DECIDUOUS †* sinking, declining ...1791
• DECLINANT declining ...1893 nonce use
• DECLIVATE descending; declining; inclining downward ...1881
• ON THE DOWNBEAT in decline; losing popularity ...1943 Amer. sl.
DECLINING (refusal) - nouns
• DECLENSION * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1817
• DECLINAL * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1837
• DECLINATURE the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1842
• DECLINEMENT †* the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1680
DECLIVITY - nouns
• BEVEL a slope, a declivity ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HANG a declivity, a slope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DECOCTION - nouns
• DECOCT †* a decoction ...1551
DECOMPOSE - verbs
• OPEN † to dissolve, to decompose ...1727
• UNALCHEMY † to decompose chemically ...1661
DECOMPOSED - adjectives
• DOZEY partly decomposed; of wood, poorly seasoned ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
DECOMPOSING - adjectives
• SAPROPHAGOUS living on decomposing matter ...1819
DECOR - nouns
• EARLY BATTERSEA vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY ECLECTIC vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HALLOWEEN vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HOMOSEXUAL vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
DECORATE - verbs
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DECKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.
• DECORE † to decorate, to adorn, to embellish ...1490 obs. or arch.
• DICKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.
• GUSSY UP 1. to decorate or elaborate on a plain design ...20C Amer. sl.
2. to decorate; to make fancy ...L1940s Amer. sl.
• IMPALE † to surround for adornment; to encircle, as with a crown or garland; to border, to edge with decoration ...1553 obs. or arch.
• MENSE to grace, to decorate, to adorn; to do honour to; to behave respectfully or courteously to ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to touch up; to improve or decorate with light touches ...1845
• VALIORM to ornament, to decorate ...1970 Sc.
DECORATED - adjectives
• DECORATE † adorned, decorated; ornate ...1460 obs. or arch.
• UNBEPRANKED not decorated or ornamented ...1594
DECORATING - nouns
• EARLY ELECTRIC a humorous description of a mix of design or decorating styles ...1980 US sl.
DECORATION - adjectives
• SAVAGE † of decoration: rustic, imitating natural vegetation ...a1548
DECORATION, DECORATIVE - nouns
• ADORNATION † the act of adorning; also, that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament ...1597
• ADUBMENT † adornment, decoration ...c1325
• DECORAMENT * decoration, ornament, an adorning ...1727
• DECOREMENT † decoration, ornamentation; an ornament, an embellishment ...1587
• DECRIMENT decoration, ornament ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• FOOFOO something that is purely decorative without adding functional value ...1986 US sl.
• GARNISHRY adornment, decoration ...1835 nonce word
• GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery ...1597-8
• PARAMENT † an ornament, a decoration ...c1385
• QUAINTISING † adornment, decoration ...c1430
• VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage ...1864 Sc.
DECORATIVE - adjectives
• DECORATORY * pert. to decoration; decorative ...1889
• ORNATIVE †* tending or serving to adorn, decorative, ornamental ...1660
• WALLIE decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
• WALLY decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
DECORATOR - nouns, person
• DECORATIONIST a professional decorator ...1828
DECORUM - nouns
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECORUM - nouns, person
• FANCY DOO-DAD WOMAN a woman who is overly prim or conscious of decorum ...1968 Amer. dial.
DECOY - nouns
• IDOL a duck or goose decoy ...1937 Amer. dial.
• NEST-EGG something displayed or serving as an inducement or decoy ...1678
DECOY - nouns, person
• CHICKIE a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
DECOY - verbs
• GAMMON ON A NOSE † to decoy a person into a quiet corner ...1827 UK sl.
• HANKLE to entangle in some pursuit or proceeding; to associate with, be connected with; to instigate, entice, decoy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• ROPE IN to decoy ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TOLE to lure, to decoy; to lead or bring along; to induce ...Bk1913 US & Eng. dial.
• TOLL † to attract, to entice, to allure, to decoy; to incite, to instigate ...c1220
• TOLLER to induce one to come or follow; to lure, to entice, to decoy ...1974 Amer. dial.
DECREASE - nouns
• CASTRATION † decrease or reduction in quantity or amount; curtailment ...1728
• DECAY † falling off in quantity, volume, etc.; dwindling, decrease ...1636
• DECESS * decrease, diminution ...1854
• DECESSION * departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution ...1606
• DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss ...1621
• DECRETION † decrease, diminution ...1635
• IMMINUTION † diminution, lessening, decrease ...1590
• WANE † decrease in size ...a1300
DECREASE - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DECAY † to fall off or decrease in number, volume, etc.; to dwindle away ...1489
• DECREW †* to decrease, to wane ...1596
• LESS † to become less, to decrease ...a1225
• IMMINISH † to become less; to decrease ...a1400
• SWAN-DIVE to decrease suddenly and decisively; to plummet
• TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease ...1776
• WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane ...c1200
DECREASING - adjectives
• DECRESCENT decreasing, growing gradually less ...1811
DECREE - nouns
• ORDINATION † an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance ...1526
DECREPIT - adjectives
• BEDRID worn out, decrepit, impotent ...1621
• OAFF decrepit, worn down with disease ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON ONE'S LAST PEGS near death; worn out; decrepit ...1966 Amer. dial.
DECREPIT - nouns
• CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• MUSEUM PIECE a thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
DECREPIT - nouns, person
• CROCK a person who is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• DECRIPPIT a cripple, a lame person; one who is decrepit ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HUDDLE-DUDDLE †* a decrepit old person ...1599
• MUSEUM PIECE a person regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a person who is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags ...1910s sl.
DEDICATE - verbs
• DEDEFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• DEDIE † to dedicate ...c1430
• DEDIFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• NUNCUPATE † to dedicate a work to someone ...1550 obs.
DEDICATED - adjectives
• BEHIND committed, dedicated ...1968 US sl.
• DEDICATE † dedicated ...c1386
• GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something...1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
DEDUCE - verbs
• DEDUCT † to derive by reasoning; to infer, to deduce ...1563
• DOPE OUT to deduce or infer from available information ...sl.
• TAKE † to infer, to deduce; to obtain as a result ...c1380
• TAKE UP † to infer, to deduce, to conclude ...1662
DEDUCT - verbs
• DEDUCE † to deduct, to subtract ...1563-7
• DEFALCATE † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1540-1
• DEFALCE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...1651
• DEFALK † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1536
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• REDUCT to deduct, to subtract ...1896 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBSTRACT to take away, to deduct, to subtract ...1613
• TAKE OUT * to subtract or deduct from ...1593
DEDUCTED - adjectives
• DEDUCIBLE †* that may be or is to be deducted ...1613
• DEDUCT † deducted ...1439
• DEDUCTILE * easy to be deducted ...1727
• DEFALCABLE †* liable to be deducted ...1622
DEDUCTED - nouns
• BATE † that which is deducted or remains over ...1798
DEDUCTING - adjectives
• DEDUCIVE * performing the act of deduction ...1755
DEDUCTION - adjectives
• DEDUCTIONAL * pert. to deduction or inference ...1683
DEDUCTION - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DEDUCEMENT † a deduction, inference, conclusion ...1605
• DEDUCING † deduction ...1530
• DEDUCTIVE † deductive reasoning; a deduction ...1677
• DEFALCATION the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction ...1624 arch.
• ILLATION the act of inferring or drawing a conclusion from premises; hence, that which is inferred; and inference, deduction or conclusion ...1533
• OFFTAKE that which is taken off; a deduction ...1892
• SUBDUCTION * subtraction, deduction ...1579
• SUBSTRACTION subtraction, deduction ...1596
DEED - nouns
• DIRDUM a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DEEM - verbs
• I-DEME † to deem, to judge ...a900
• RECK to reckon, to deem, to think ...1791 Sc.
DEEP - adjectives
• ASS-DEEP TO A MAN IN A JEEP exceptionally deep ...1960 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN exceptionally deep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL MOOSE exceptionally deep ..1974 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE-DEEP very deep; of a depth sufficient to reach one's rump ...1963 Amer. sl.
• DEEPSOME * having deepness or depth; more or less deep ...1615 poetic
• FATHOM-DEEP excessively deep ...1835
• HALF-LEG DEEP approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1752 Amer. dial.
• HALF-LEG HIGH approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1852 Amer. dial.
• NEAL † of water: deep ...1574
• QUEEM deep ...1879 Sc.
• SHOE-MOUTH DEEP ankle deep ...1890 Amer. dial.
DEEP - nouns
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DEEPNESS † a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc. ...a1000
DEEPEN - verbs
• DEEP † to make deep, to deepen ...c930
DEEPEST - adjectives
• DEEPMOST * deepest ...1810
DEEPLY - adverbs
• ADEEP deeply, deep ...1850
• DEARLY † deeply, keenly ...1590
• FATHOMLESSLY very deeply ...1822
• HEAD OVER EARS deeply, completely ...1822 Amer. dial.
DEEPNESS - nouns
• DEEP †* depth, deepness ...c1000
DEEP-SEATED - adjectives
• RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established ...1656
DEER - adjectives
• FULL SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...1576
• SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...c1410
DEER - nouns
• ADVANCER a second branch of a buck's horn ...1496
• BELL the cry of a stag or buck at rutting time ...1510
• BELLING the cry of deer in the rutting season; hence, the season itself ...1513
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CALF a deer, male or female, under one year old ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEAT deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN IN A JAR any deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DAGGER † the horn of a young stag ...1616
• DECIDENCE † falling off, a shedding, as of deer antlers ...1646
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• DEERLET a little or tiny deer ...1878
• DEPRESSION MEAT deer shot illegally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DOUCETS the testicles of a deer ...M16 hunting usage
• EARNING † the act of uttering the prolonged cry of hounds or deer ...1575
• ELENDE †* an elk ...1697
• FARMER'S BEAST an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GARGILON †* the gullet or oesophagus of a deer ...c1320
• GATE † in hunting: the length of stride of a deer as shown by his footmarks ...1677
• GOAT MEAT the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1937 Amer. dial.
• GOAT MUTTON the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1953 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT COW deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT MEAT an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT YEARLING deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat, venison ...1982 Amer. dial.
• HARSH a deer ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HAVIER a castrated stag ...1784 Eng. dial.
• HEAD the antlers of a deer, roe-buck, etc. ...c1420 hunting usage
• HEARSE in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEARST in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEMLOCK STEAK any illegally shot deer or its meat ...1969 Amer. dial.
• JACK DEER a deer shot, illegally, by one who hunts a night using a light to stun the prey ...L18 US sl.
• LIGHTFOOT † the deer ...a1600
• MACCARIB † caribou ...1672
• MAUD a mule deer ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• NANCY JULIA doe deer ...1921 Amer. dial.
• NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season ...1979 Amer. dial.
• OFFER a knob or bud showing on a stag's antler ...1884
• OLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• OLLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• PANTER a hart or male deer ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• RACK a set of antlers ...1945 US sl.
• RACKWAY a path made by deer in a forest ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RANGALE † the common herd of deer ...1513
• RASCAL † the young, lean, or inferior deer of a herd, distinguished from the full-grown antlered bucks or stags ...1399 exc. Sc.
• RIDGE RUNNER a deer ranging the beech ridges in the fall; hence, somebody well versed in the woods ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• SINGLE in hunting: the tail of a deer ...1576
• SUBULON † a young hart (with straight unbranched horns) ...1607
• SUET † in hunting: the fat of deer ...a1400
• TANG a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
• TINE each of the pointed branches of a deer's horn ...c1375
• UMBLES the edible inward parts of an animal, usually of a deer ...a1400
• UNCLE SAM'S SHEEP illegally killed deer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• VALE † one of the grooves in the beam of a hart's antler ...c1410
• VELLET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
• VELVET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
DEER - nouns, person
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• KILLBUCK †* the keeper of a deer-park ...1826 nonce use
DEER - verbs
• CABBAGE to cut off a deer's head close behind the horns; to cut off the head of a deer ...LME
• CABOCHE † to cut the head of a deer close behind the horns ...a1425
• GRALLOCH to gut a deer ...1897 Amer. dial.
• JACK to hunt deer at night, illegally, with the aid of a light...M19 US sl.
• MAGGOT of deer: to damage the bark of young trees by nibbling at them here and there ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOP THE BRUSH to leap or run through undergrowth, as a deer does ...1953 Amer. dial.
DEFACE - verbs
• MANK to spoil, to mutilate, to deface, to cut too short ...1710 Sc.
• TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear ...a1700 Sc.
DEFACEMENT - nouns
• DEFACE † defacement ...1556
• FACING † the act of defacing or disfiguring; defacement, disfigurement ...c1400
• IMBLEMISHMENT † defacement, injury ...1529
DEFAMATION - nouns
• BACKCAP act of ruining by defamation ...1872 Amer. sl.
• DEFAME † defamation, slander, calumny ...a1450
• DEFAMY † defamation ...1490
• FAMATION † defamation ...c1325
• SUGGILLATION †* defamation ...1654
• SUGILLATION †* defamation ...1654
DEFAMATORILY - adverbs
• DEFAMOUSLY † defamatorily ...1557
DEFAMATORY - adjectives
• BADMOUTH malicious, defamatory ...1970s sl.
• CALUMNIOUS slanderous, defamatory ...1490
• DEFAMATIVE † defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1502
• DEFAMOUS † of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1557
• DETRACTORY tending to detract; defamatory by denial of desert; depreciatory, disparaging, derogatory, calumnious ...1585
• INFAMATORY † defamatory; having the property of defaming ...1612
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory ...1611
DEFAME - verbs
• AFAME †* to defame ...1375
• BACKCAP to attempt to thwart or ruin by defaming someone; to depreciate, disparage, or criticize meanly ...1887 Amer. sl.
• BESQUIRT † to slander, to calumniate, to defame ...1682
• BLAD to abuse, to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALUMNIATE to slander, to defame; to make false charges against ...M16
• CALUMNIZE † to slander; to defame ...E17
• CALUMNY to slander; to defame ...E19
• CATAMIDIATE † to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame ...1656
• DEFACE † to destroy the reputation or credit of; to discredit, to defame ...1529
• DEFAMATE * to defame, to slander ...Bk1897
• EENIL † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• EINDLE † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• FORGAB † to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride ...c1394
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• PAN to defame ...1914 US sl.
• SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule ...1844
• SCATHE to injure, to damage, to destroy; to defame ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SUGGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• SUGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• TRADUCE to speak maliciously and falsely of; to slander, to defame ...1525
DEFAMED - adjectives
• DEFAMABLE * liable to be defamed ...1570
DEFAMER - nouns, person
• DEFAMATOR †* one who defames; a slanderer ...1704
• TAR-BRUSHER one who 'blackens' a reputation; a defamer ...1884
DEFAULT - nouns
• FAILLZENCY † default, failure ...1710 Sc.
• WANING † default, shortcoming ...c1320
DEFAULTER - nouns, person
• DEFAULTRESS * a female defaulter ...1736
DEFAULTING - nouns
• DEFAULTURE †* the act of defaulting; failure to fulfil an engagement ...1632
DEFEAT - adjectives
• FRUSTRATORY † tending to frustrate, balk, defeat, or make void ...1529
• MARPLOT that mars a plot or defeats a plot or design ...1850
• ON THE CARPET near or at the point of defeat, bankruptcy, or the like ...1897 Amer. sl.
DEFEAT - nouns
• ASS-KICKING a beating; defeat ...1943 Amer. sl.
• AX a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. ...1883 Amer. sl.
• AXE a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. ...1883 Amer. sl.
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BANG †* a drubbing, defeat ...1644
• BANGING a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE defeat, failure, betrayal ...1990s US Black sl.
• HACK a state of embarrassment, confusion or defeat ...1835 Amer. dial.
• JEOFAIL † defeat, overthrow ...1546.
• KAFFERPAK a thorough beating, a thrashing; a comprehensive defeat ...1930s S. Africa sl.
• LAMPIN' a beating, a defeat ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LICKING a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback ... c1800 colloq.
• MALVADERING a beating, defeat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SHELLACKING an utter defeat ...1880 sl.
• SMACKDOWN a decisive or humiliating defeat or setback ...US colloq.
• WHOPPING a severe beating or thrashing; defeat ...19C colloq.
DEFEAT - nouns, person
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
DEFEAT - verbs
• ACE-OUT to defeat; to take something away ...1950s sl.
• ARSE to balk, to defeat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1984 Amer. sl.
• BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1863 Amer. sl.
• BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
• BLAST to defeat soundly in a game or contest ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BOWL OVER to defeat ...M19 sl.
• CABBAGE to destroy; to defeat ...19C sl.
• CALL THE GAME IN to abandon one's efforts; to admit defeat ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• CARVE to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1884 US sl.
• CAST † to defeat in competition ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHOP TO PIECES in fisticuffs or boxing: to defeat severely ...L19 Aust. sporting jargon
• CHUCK IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• CHUCK ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1924 Aust.
• CHUMP OFF to defeat in a verbal battle ...1970s US Black sl.
• CLOBBER to defeat utterly ...20C sl.
• CREAM to beat the opposite team in a sporting event ...M20 US sl.
• CRY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• DAZZLE WITH SCIENCE to defeat by sheer brains ...20C colloq.
• DEFAIL † to overcome, to defeat ...1608
• DIRT ONE'S BACK to throw one on one's back in wrestling; to defeat one ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DONKEY-LICK to defeat decisively ...Aust. sl.
• DUST THE SIDEWALK WITH to beat up thoroughly; to defeat comprehensively ...L19 sl.
• EAT to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1803 US sl.
• EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAT ALIVE to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1914 US sl.
• EAT RAW to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT RAW WITHOUT SALT to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT SOMEONE'S COOKIES to defeat someone ...1970s US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S LUNCH to defeat, to drub, to outdo, to injure, to beat physically; to make short work of ...1959 US sl.
• EAT THE COOKIE to be vanquished; to endure defeat ...1978 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP to administer a decisive or ruinous defeat to; to make short work of ...1830 US sl.
• EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow ...1894 Amer. sl.
• FAN OUT to defeat or overcome in a fight ...1879 Amer. dial.
• FIND THE BEAN IN THE CAKE gain an unexpected prize; to come to some unexpected good fortune; to succeed in defeating one's adversaries ...1874
• FIX SOMEONE'S CLOCK to finish someone; to do for; to thoroughly defeat someone ...1904 Amer. sl.
• GET ONE'S BACON to discomfit; to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO SOUTH to be baffled or beaten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE PACK to give up; to admit defeat ...Aust. sl.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill ...1889 Amer. dial.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• HOLLER CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle; to give in, to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games ...1859 US sl.
• HOLLER UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• KNOCK OUT OF THE BOX to defeat and eliminate; hence, to kill ...1891 Amer. sl.
• LAM to defeat decisively, esp. in a fistfight; to drub ...1848 US sl.
• LAMP to trounce, to defeat, to vanquish, to conquer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LAY OUT to defeat, to overcome ...E19 sl.
• LAY OUT COLD to knock out, to defeat ...E19 sl., orig. US
• LICK to overcome, to defeat, as in a fight, game, or contest ...colloq.
• LOSE to be much superior to; to overcome; to defeat easily ...20C colloq.
• MAKE SOMEONE PISS to beat up; to defeat ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MALLET to smash; to defeat ...1982 Brit. sl.
• MASTER to defeat, to overcome, to best ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• MULLER to roundly beat the opposition in a physical fight ...1997 Brit. sl.
• MURDERATE to murder; to defeat ...sl.
• NAIL to defeat an opponent; to place in a finishing or inextricable position ...1888 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S BOLLOCKS TO THE DOOR to physically beat up; to figuratively neuter and mentally defeat ...1998 Brit. sl.
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NOBBLE to sabotage, esp. to hinder or defeat a rival ...1856 Brit. sl.
• NUKE to thoroughly beat, to trounce ...Brit. sl.
• PACK to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than ...c1920 Aust sl.
• PAN to utterly defeat someone in a fight; to thrash someone ...2002 UK sl.
• PASS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1933 Aust.
• PIN SOMEONE'S EARS BACK to give a person a sound beating; to defeat a person utterly; to chastise soundly ...1941 Amer. sl.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to confuse; to confound; to defeat; to take advantage of; to overcome easily ...1900 US sl.
• PUT BESIDE THE SADDLE † to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80
• QUICHE OUT to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner ...2006 UK sl.
• RAMSCOOTRIFY to defeat verbally ...20C Irish sl.
• RAPE to defeat ...1990s sl.
• RETURN BY WEEPING CROSS to regret deeply some undertaking, and repent of it; to be in a state of lamentation; to fail; to suffer defeat ...1659
• ROLL ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1919 Aust.
• ROT THE SOCKS OFF to defeat comprehensively ...1950s sl.
• SACK to defeat in a contest, esp. in a game ...c1820
• SAY CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to give in; to surrender; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
• SAY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SCRAUNCH to defeat in a game; to overcome an opponent, esp. in basketball ...1934 Amer. Black student sl.
• SCRUMPLICATE to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• SET BESIDE THE SADDLE to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80 obs.
• SET DOWN to embarrass, to humble, to rebuke, to defeat ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SHELLAC to defeat; to trounce ...sl.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SHUT DOWN to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT OFF to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKIN to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1862 Amer. sl.
• SKUNK to utterly defeat; to outdo decisively; to vanquish completely; to overcome ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• SWALLOW to accept defeat, i.e. in a game ...20C
• STAND SOMEONE ON ONE'S EAR to knock down; hence, to defeat or overwhelm ...1918 Amer. sl.
• STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone ...1947 Amer. sl.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• TAIL to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAKE to overcome, to defeat, to kill ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humble by defeating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE APART to defeat convincingly ...colloq.
• TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer a severe failure; to undergo complete defeat or frustration ...20C Amer. colloq.
• TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat ...sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1920s sl.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• THROW ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1903 Aust.
• TONK to defeat ...colloq.
• TOSS IN ONE'S AGATE to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1906 Aust.
• TOSS IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• TOSS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1916 Aust.
• TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TRIM UP to defeat in a game ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WALK ALL OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK AROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALK INTO to defeat in a game of chance; to win money from ...M19 sl.
• WALK OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK ROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• WAR to 'worse', to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel ...1483 Sc.
• WHUP to whip; to beat or defeat decisively ...1890 Amer. dial.
• YELL CALF-ROPE to give up; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games; to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
DEFEATED - adjectives
• ALL UP bankrupt, defeated, doomed to die ...1818 UK sl.
• ASSED OUT defeated, out of luck, impoverished ...1980s US Black sl.
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS defeated ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-END UP defeated ...1960s sl.
• CHEWED angry, mad; defeated, beaten ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD BEAT thoroughly defeated ...1820 sl.
• DEFAITE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DEFATE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DONE LIKE A DINNER utterly defeated ...Aust. sl.
• DONE LIKE A DOG'S DINNER utterly defeated ...NZ sl.
• KIPPERED utterly defeated or outwitted ...sl.
• LICKED defeated ...1976 UK sl.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
• SCAMBLED † defeated in an intent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SHUT-DOWN defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT-OFF defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKUNKED utterly defeated ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TAZZED overmatched; defeated; unable to accomplish one's purpose ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DEFEATED - nouns
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
DEFEATED - nouns, person
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
• SITTING DUCK one who is easily duped or defeated ...Aust. sl.
DEFEATED - verbs
• BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP to be completely demolished, utterly defeated ...1852 sl.
• GO SOUTH to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT IN THE EAR to be severely victimized or defeated; to be treated unfairly ...1965 Amer. sl., esp. students' usage
• TEAR ONE'S ASS to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1750 sl.
• TEAR ONE'S ASSHOLE to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1961 sl.
• TINE to fail to gain, attain or win; to lose the battle, to be defeated ...c1250 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DEFEATING - nouns
• DEBELLATION † a vanquishing or reducing by force of arms; a conquering, defeating, conquest ...1526
DEFECATE - nouns, person
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
DEFECATE - verbs
• ABORT to defecate immediately after anal intercourse ...1970s US gay sl.
• ANDY CAPP to defecate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• ANSWER NATURE'S CALL to retire to the W.C.; to defecate or urinate ...20C euphemism
• BAKE IT to refrain from visiting the lavatory, however desperate the need to defecate ...L19 sl.
• BE CAUGHT SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BE TAKEN SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BOG to defecate; to exonerate the bowels; also, to defile with excrement ...colloq.
• BULBITATE †* to befoul one's breeches ...1623
• CACA to defecate ...20C sl.
• CACK to void excrement, to defecate ...1436 UK
• CACK YOUR DACKS to lose control of your bowels ...1992 Aust. sl.
• CAK to defecate ...15C UK
• CAPOOP to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CAST † to void excrement ...1704
• CHOKE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHUCK A TURD to defecate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLART to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CRAP to defecate ...1846 sl.
• CUCK to defecate ...E15
• DISPATCH ONE'S CARGO to defecate ...E20 Brit. sl.
• DO A JOB to defecate ...19C colloq.
• DO-DO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DO IT to urinate or defecate ...1922 sl., euphemism
• DOO-DOO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOOK to defecate ...1990s sl.
• DO ONE'S BUSINESS to defecate ...1645 euphemism
• DO ONE'S DIRTY to defecate ...1970s US sl.
• DO ONE'S DUTY to urinate, to defecate; to go to the lavatory ...20C euphemism
• DO ONE'S EASE † to relieve the bowels ...c1645
• DO ONE'S EASEMENT † to relieve the bowels ...1634
• DO ONE'S NEEDS to void excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• DO ONE'S NO-MANNERS to defecate ...1980s sl.
• DO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• DROP A DARKIE to defecate ...20C Aust. sl.
• DROP THE KIDS OFF to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• DUMP to defecate ...1929 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• DUMP ON to defecate on ...M20 US sl.
• EASE to relieve the bowels ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASE NATURE † to relieve the bowels; to defecate ...c1440
• EASE ONESELF to defecate or urinate ...17C euphemism
• GO to urinate or defecate ...1926 sl., euphemism
• GO FOR A HARD HIT to defecate ...1978 UK sl.
• GO GRUNTS to defecate ...1968 sl.
• GO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• GO TO CA-CA to defecate ...L19 sl.
• GO TO QUAT to defecate ...19C colloq.
• GO TO SIEGE † to go to stool, to ease oneself; to defecate ...c1400
• GRUNT to defecate ...1967 sl.
• HANG A BOG to defecate ...18C Brit. sl.
• IRISH SHAVE to defecate ...E20 US colloq.
• JOE to urinate or defecate ...20C US sl.
• JOHNNY TAPP to defecate ...1980s Aust. prison rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• KACK to defecate ...15C UK
• KAK to defecate ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• KANGAROO IT to defecate in a squatting position, usually with one's feet on the seat ...1950s Aust. sl.
• KEECH to void excrement, used esp. of children ...Bk1901 Sc.
• LAY A LOG to defecate ...1973 US sl.
• MACARONI to defecate ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'pony'
• MAKE A MESS to defecate ...c1972 Amer. dial.
• MAKE CACA to defecate ...1980s sl.
• MAKE POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• MISBEHAVE of children: to urinate or defecate in an improper place or at an improper time ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NASTY to soil or make dirty; to defecate ...1863 Amer. dial.
• NEST to defecate ...1670 sl.
• PARK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• PASS A STOOL to defecate ...20C colloq.
• PISS BACKWARDS to defecate ...L19 sl.
• POO to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOH to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOP to defecate ...1903 sl.
• POST A LETTER to retire to defecate ...L19 sl., chiefly Brit.
• REAR to void excrement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † of a dog or fox: to evacuate the faeces, to defecate; also said of a person ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUMMER to defecate; orig. said of a dog or fox ...15C
• SHIT to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SHITE to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SIEGE to defecate ...M15
• SINK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• SKIT * to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...1805
• SKITE to void excrement ...1449 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKITTER to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...a1300 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SMELL THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STINK THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STRAIN to apply force in an attempt to defecate ...M17
• STRANGLE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• TAKE A BOX to defecate ...1990s Irish sl.
• TAKE A CRAP to defecate ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A DUMP to defecate, usually in the sense of incontinence ...1940s sl., orig US
• TAKE A SHIT to defecate ...E17 sl.
• TAKE A SQUAT to defecate ...1970s sl.
• TAKE THE KIDS TO THE POOL to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• TOM-TIT to defecate ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• UNFEED to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• UNLOAD to defecate ...1940s sl.
• WALK ONE'S DOG to urinate or to defecate ...1960s US sl.
• WIPE to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C colloq.
• WIPE OUT to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C US sl.
DEFECATE - phrases
• MUSTAFA CRAP refers to the need to defecate ...1930s Brit., chiefly services' usage
• MUSTAPHA CRAP refers to the need to defecate ...1930s Brit., chiefly services' usage
DEFECATION - nouns
• ACCIDENT an unintentional act of urinating or defecating ...1899 euphemism
• AH-AHS defecation ...Brit. sl.
• ANDY CAPP defecation ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• BENDING DRILL an act of defecation in the open-air ...1945 UK military sl.
• BIGGIES defecation ...1953 Brit. sl., a children's word or euphemism
• BOG an act of defecation ...Aust. sl.
• CACA defecation ...20C sl.
• CRAP defecation ...1926 sl.
• CUZ a defecation ...19C Brit. sl.
• DANNY LA RUE an act of defecation ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'poo'
• DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl.
• DUKER a massive bowel movement ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DUMP defecation ...1942 sl.
• EARTHA an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Eartha Kitt)
• EARTHA KITT an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EASEMENT † the relieving of the body by evacuation of excrement ....c1430
• EDGAR an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Edgar Britt)
• EDGAR BRITT an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EGESTION † evacuation of the bowels, defecation ...1547
• GAME OF NAP an act of defecation; excrement ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• GRUNT a bowel movement ...1960s US Black sl.
• HA-HA a defecation ...L19 nursery usage
• HARD HIT an act of defecation ...1978 UK rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• KANGAROO SHIT defecation in a squatting position ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MACARONI a piece of human excrement; hence, the act of defecation ...1970s sl.
• NATURE'S CALL the feeling of a need to eliminate wastes; defecation or urination ...20C US colloq.
• NEEDS † defecation, urination ...1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NUMBER TWO defecation ...1902 sl., a child's word or euphemism
• NUMBER TWOS defecation ...1936 US sl.
• OCCASIONS † the requirements of nature; urination, defecation ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ONE IN THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE an urgent desire to defecate ...2000s sl.
• ORDURING † the voiding of ordure; defecation ...1654
• SHIT an act of defecation ...1928 sl.
• SHITE defecation ...1928 sl.
• SIT-DOWN JOB the act of defecation, esp. for a man ...Brit. sl.
• TOM-TIT defecation ...1943 rhyming sl. for 'shit'
DEFECT - nouns
• BAUCHNESS want, defect of any kind, indifference ...1727 Sc.
• BUG a defect in a machine ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DEFAULT † physical defect or blemish ...1340
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• HALT a defect ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ILL-SIDE a defect, a blemish ...1883 Sc.
• IMPEDIMENT † something that impedes the functions or health of the body; a physical defect; an affection or malady ...1542
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• MAR † a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• SCOTCH MARK some defect, physical or moral, which serves to distinguish some particular individual ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARE a moral defect ...1630
• WANE †* lack, fault, defect ...a1000
• WANT † a defect, failing, fault; a shortcoming ...1592
• WRINKLE a defect or problem, esp. a minor one ...1643
DEFECT - verbs
• BODGIE to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BODGIE UP to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
DEFECTION - nouns
• DEFALCATION falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure, delinquency ...1750
DEFECTIVE - adjectives
• ABORTIVATE †* imperfect, defective ...c1630
• DEFAULTED † having defaults or defects, defective ...1580
• DEFAULTY † faulty, defective; in fault ...c1440
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LEFT-HANDED † crippled, lame, defective ...1629
• MANK † maimed, mutilated, defective ...1513 chiefly Sc.
• MANKIT defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled ...1928 Sc.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
DEFECTIVE - nouns
• LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory ...1934 Amer. sl.
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
DEFECTIVE - nouns, person
• SLIMSLACK † a person who is mentally or physically defective ...1600
DEFECTIVE - verbs
• MANK † to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc.
DEFEND - verbs
• BACK ONE'S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BESAY † to defend ...c1000
• BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support ...1580
• DEBATE † to fight for, to defend, to protect ...1500-20 Sc.
• FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures ...1592 now chiefly Amer.
• GET SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• KEEP † to defend oneself; to be on one's guard ...c1175
• PART-TAKE to defend; to take one's part, to side with, to support, to champion ...1861 Sc.
• PROPUGN † to contend or fight for; to defend, vindicate (an opinion, doctrine or the like) ...c1555
• SKERE † to defend or save oneself ...1390
• STAND IN THE GAP † to act as defender ...1535
• TAKE IN FOR to defend, to stand up for ...1897 Sc.
• WACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
• WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect ...a1035 arch.
• WARN †* to fortify; to protect, to defend ...c1330
• WHACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
DEFENDER - nouns, person
• MAINTAINER † one who gives aid, countenance, or support to another; a defender and helper ...c1330
• RAMPIRE † a defender, a warrior ...1555
• WARDEN † one who guards, protects, or defends ...a1225
• ZELATOR * a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of ...1460
DEFENSE - adjectives
• GARNISHED † prepared for defense ...c1440
DEFENSE - adverbs
• FAST † of defense or concealment: securely ...1481
DEFENSE - nouns
• ADVOCATION † the act of calling to one's aid; an appeal for aid or defense ...1598
• AEGIS a protection, or impregnable defense ...1793
• GARNISON † 1. a body of men stationed in a fortress or other place for purposes of defense ...c1386
† 2. defense; means of defense ...c1386
• GARRISON † defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense ...c1320
• PALE a limit, boundary; a restriction; a defense, safeguard ...c1400
• PALLADIUM anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend; a safeguard, protecting institution; means of protection or defense ...1600
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
• WARD † defense, protection, shelter ...1582
• WARE † watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection ...c893
DEFENSE - verbs
• GARNISH † to furnish a place with means of defense; to garrison; to supply with men, arms, and provisions ...a1400
DEFENSELESS - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• NAKED † unarmed; defenseless ...1709-31 Sc.
DEFENSIVE - adjective
• ON THE BACK FOOT in a defensive position; at a disadvantage ...colloq.
DEFENSIVE - verbs
• GET ON THE PECK to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET ON THE PROD to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
DEFER - verbs
• DALLY OFF † to put off or defer by trifling ...1574
• DRIVE TO THE LAST MINUTE to protract or defer as late as possible ...c1880 colloq.
• ELD † to put off to a later time, to defer, to delay ...c897
• OFF † to put off, to defer ...1642
• PERENDINATE * to put off till the day after tomorrow; to defer from day to day ...1656
• PROROGUE † to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
• REFARD to defer, to put off ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A RAIN CHECK to defer something until a later, unspecified time, e.g. parole ...1930s sl., chiefly US
• TARRY † to delay, to retard, to defer, to put off a thing or action; to protract, to prolong ...c1320
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DEFERENCE - nouns, person
• OBSERVICER †* one who shows respect, deference or dutiful attention; an obsequious follower ...1625
DEFERENTIAL - adjectives
• ASSENTANEOUS * inclined to assent, ready to agree, deferential ...1834
DEFERENTIAL - verbs
• BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ... 1935 sl.
• BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1968 Amer. dial.
DEFERRED - adjectives
• COMPERENDINOUS † postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
DEFIANCE - nouns
• BEARDING open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance ...1577
• FACING † the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance ...1523
DEFIANCE - interjections
• EAT MY SHORTS! go to hell! drop dead!; an exclamation of dismissal or defiance ...1979 US sl.
• HAKE! an expression of defiance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOCKERS! exclamation of defiance, more usually in an attempt to put off or jinx an opponent in sports or games ...Brit. sl.
• RASPBERRIES! used to express disbelief or defiance; nonsense! ...1910s US sl.
• YAIL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALE! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTOCO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAR! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or malicious defiance ...1812
• YELL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
DEFIANT - adjectives
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• DAREFUL †* full of daring or defiance; adventurous ...1605
• DEFIATORY †* bearing defiance or a challenge; defiant ...1635
• IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DEFIANT - nouns
• ATTITUDE truculent or aggressively defiant temperament or demeanour ...1962 sl., orig. US
DEFIANT - verbs
• BRACE to assume a defiant attitude towards ...1922 US
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster; to domineer; to be defiant ...16C colloq.
• FLING ONE'S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention ...1839
DEFIANTLY - adverbs
• ACOCK defiantly ...1611 sl.
• ACOCK-HORSE defiantly ...1611 sl.
DEFICIENCY - nouns
• DEFAILING † deficiency, lack, shortage ...1502
• FAULT † deficiency, lack, scarcity, want of; want of food or necessaries ...a1300
• INGANG lack, deficiency ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INLACKING † want, deficiency ...1775 Sc.
• INLAKE † a deficiency, lack ...1650 Sc.
• MAKE-WEIGHT a person or thing of insignificant value thrown in to make up a deficiency or fill a gap ...1776
• MANK † a deficiency, a want, a lack ...1718 Sc.
• NAUGHTINESS † deficiency, faultiness ...1641 Eng. dial.
• WANTAGE deficiency, shortage ...1828 US
DEFICIENT - adjectives
• CARRION-LEAN † meagre, very deficient ...1581
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• DEFICIOUS †* deficient, lacking ...1540-1
• LACK † deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality ...1790 Sc.
• MANK † deficient, defective, incomplete ...1700 Sc.
• WANE † lacking, absent, deficient ...c825
DEFICIENT - verbs
• BATE † to be deficient in ...1633
• FAULT † 1. to stand in need of; to lack, to want; to be deficient in ...1377
† 2. to be deficient in; to be lacking in ...1504
• INLAKE † to be deficient, to lack ...1610 Sc.
• SCANTISH deficient; limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANTLY deficient, limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DEFICIT - nouns
• IRISH DIVIDEND a non-existent or fictitious profit, a deficit, a stock assessment ...M19 US sl.
DEFICIT - nouns
• BEHINDMENTS outstanding liabilities, arrears, a deficit ...1886 Amer.
DEFICIT - phrases
• TO THE BAD with a deficit ...B1816 UK sl.
DEFILE, DEFILED - adjectives
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
• MACULATORY †* apt to spot or defile ...1614
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
DEFILE - nouns, person
• BERAYER † one who defiles or pollutes ...1699
DEFILE - verbs
• ADULTERATE † to defile by adultery; to debauch ...1613
• AGGL to soil, to defile ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AGGLE to soil or defile; to make a mess ...1866 Sc.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BEDIRT † to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify ...1622
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BEFYLE to soil, to defile ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERAY † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• COINQUINATE † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
• COLLUTULATE †* to defile ...1623
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• CONSTUPRATE to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman ...M16
• DECOLOUR † to pollute, to defile ...1630
• DERSE to defile, to dirty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DETURPATE † to defile, to disfigure, to pollute, to contaminate; to debase ...1623
• DIVICIATE †* to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity ...c1470
• FULYIE to defile, to pollute ...E16 Sc.
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• IMPIATE †* to pollute, to defile ...1623
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung ...1828 Eng. dial.
• SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SULP † to defile, to pollute ...a1350
• TACHE † to stain or taint, esp. with moral defilement, or with the imputation of guilt or shameful conduct; to stigmatize ...1390 obs. exc. Sc.
• VARG to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VARGLE to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VERG to soil, to defile ...Bk1905 Sc.
DEFILED - adjectives
• CONSPURCATE † defiled, polluted ...1563-87
• DETURPATE † defiled ...c1532
• RAYED defiled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DEFILED - nouns
• MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled ...a1450
DEFILED - verbs
• SULE † to be defiled ...a1250
DEFILEMENT - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• BAWDRY † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
• IMPIATION † defilement ...1658
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
• OFFSCOURINGS filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish ...1674
• SULLAGE † filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution ...1641
• SULLIEDNESS † defilement ...1571
• SULPING † defilement ...a1350
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
DEFINITE - adjectives
• MORAL certain, definite ...1900s sl.
• SOLID definite ...L19
DEFINITELY - adverbs
• BY A LONG WAYS by far; far and away ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
• DEAD-SET definitely, certainly ...1970s Aust. sl.
• JUST absolutely, definitely, very ...L19 sl.
• MARKLY † definitely ...1533 Sc.
• SIGNANTER * expressly, distinctly, definitely ...1614
DEFINITIVE - adjectives
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
DEFLATE - verbs
• EXTRACT THE URINE FROM to take the piss out of someone; to deflate someone, to make someone perform with less boasting and bravado ...E20 Brit. military sl.
• LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
DEFLATE - phrases
• CHEERS ARE RUNNING UP MY LEGS!, THE a sarcastic remark used to deflate (esp. senior to junior) importance of local 'buzz' (rumour, commendatory report in newspaper, etc.) ...c1930
DEFLOWER - verbs
• COP A CHERRY to take a woman's virginity; occasionally a man's ...1920s sl.
• CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar ...c1725 Amer. sl.
• CRACK A JUDY'S TEACUP to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• CRACK A PITCHER to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• DEVIRGINATE to deflower ...15C
• EASE to deflower a woman ...M19 Brit. sl.
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• PUNCH to deflower ...sl.
• PUNCTURE to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
• SCUTTLE to deflower a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
DEFLOWERED - adjectives
• BROKEN HER TEACUP to have been deflowered ...19C Brit. euphemism
• CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
• CRACKED deflowered ...18C sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1613 sl.
• DEVIRGINATE pert. to a woman who has been deflowered ...15C
• FLAWED deflowered ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
• WOUNDED IN THE THIGH deflowered ...16C literary euphemism
DEFLOWERED - verbs
• HAVE GIVEN PUSSY A TASTE OF CREAM of a woman: to have been deflowered; to have been copulated with ...19C Brit.
sl.
DEFORM - verbs
• DEVENUSTATE †* to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform ...1653
DEFORMED - adjectives
• BOOLIE crooked, bent, deformed ...19C Sc.
• CROOKED AS AN IZZARD deformed in person; perverse in disposition ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HACKLE UP of people: physically deformed ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAGER ugly, deformed, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
• PANTAMORPHIC generally deformed ...1857
• RAMSHACKLED deformed ...1825 Sc.
• SIEBEGODLIN deformed, crooked, one-sided ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNMACKLY ill-shapen, deformed; clumsy in appearance ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANSHAPEN † misshapen, deformed ...a1300
DEFORMED - nouns
• SCRAWMAX anything badly formed or out of shape ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DEFORMED - nouns, person
• CAITIFF † a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
• DEFORM a deformed person ...1812 Sc.
• HAUCHAL a deformed or crippled person ...1891 Sc.
• LAMITER a lame person; a cripple; a deformed person ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUOZ a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• QUOZZIE a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl.
DEFORMITY - nouns
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• GALBE an aggressive and frightening profile; any physical deformity occurring above the knee ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAIDURE † ugliness, deformity ...1483
DEFRAUD - nouns
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
DEFRAUD - nouns, person
• SKINNER one who defrauds another of their money ...1856
• VERNEUKER a defrauder, a swindler ...1905 S. Afr. sl.
DEFRAUD - verbs
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1808 sl.
• CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1858 Amer. sl.
• COD to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
• DEADBEAT to loaf, to sponge, to malinger; to avoid doing a thing; to defraud ...1881 US sl.
• DECEIVE † to cheat, to overreach; to defraud ...c1330
• GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle ...1811 sl.
• GIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• LOO to cheat; to defraud ...E19 US sl.
• MACE to swindle; to defraud; to cheat ...1790 UK sl.
• OZARK to cheat, to defraud ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PAPER to defraud someone by passing a forged cheque ...1925 sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to deceive or defraud ...1933 US sl.
• PULL AN ACT to put on a show with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone ...1930s sl.
• PUT SOMEONE IN THE HOLE to defraud someone ...1812 sl.
• RAMP to defraud or swindle; to rob; to force one to pay a pretended bet ...1812 sl.
• RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RUN A HOOLIGAN ON to play tricks on, to defraud ...1920s US sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAM to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCAM OUT to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCHLENTER to pretend (for criminal purposes) to defraud ...L19 sl.
• SCOONIE to cheat, to defraud ...1950 Sc.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SKELDER † to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SKIN to deprive of money or property unfairly or fraudulently; to fleece, to swindle, to cheat, to defraud ...1819 Amer. dial.
• STIFF to cheat or defraud someone, esp. by failing to pay them ...1950 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defraud, to outwit and otherwise remove all of a victim's assets in a wager, by extortion, or by similar legal or illegal means ...1920s sl.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
• WALK INTO to cheat, to defraud ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• WIPE ANOTHER'S NOSE † to cheat or defraud one ...1614
DEFRAUDING - nouns
• DEAD SET a scheme aimed at defrauding a victim through crooked gambling ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• VERNEUKERY defrauding, swindling ...1896 S. Afr. sl.
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• DEAD AS A DODO absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless; defunct or out of date ...1904 sl.
DEFT - adjectives
• GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous ...1485
• NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious ...1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY deft, expert ...1825 Sc.
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
DEFTLY - adverbs
• FEATLY cleverly, deftly, skilfully ...1436 arch.
DEFTNESS - nouns
• HABILITY * the quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity ...1840
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• LETHED †* dead, defunct ...1623
DEFY - verbs
• BEDARE † to defy ...1599
• BUCKLE UP to stand up to, to defy, to rebel ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUCK UP TO to stand up to, to defy ...1846 Amer. dial.
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally ...16C sl.
• HOLD ONE WAG † to keep at bay, to defy ...c1540
• STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound ...1837 sl.
DEFY - phrases
• YOU AND WHAT ARMY? I defy you to do as you threaten; you can't do this without the help of others ...1932 Amer. sl.
• DECEMBERLY † resembling December in dreariness and darkness ...1765
DECEMBER - nouns
• Xr † abbreviation of December ...1614
DECENCY - nouns
• DECENCE † decency ...1678
• DECENTNESS † decency, propriety ...1561
• EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency ...1929 Sc.
• HANDSOMENESS † skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency ...1555
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECENT - adjectives
• FARRAND well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs.
• FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FARRINKLY comely, good-looking; decent, clean, orderly ...1860 Eng. dial.
• FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable ...1820 Sc.
• GANELIE † proper, becoming, decent ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME † proper, fitting, seemly, becoming, decent ...1597
• MANNERLY † seemly, decent, respectable, modest ...a1300
• MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat ...1879 Eng. dial.
• MENSEFUL becoming, proper, seemly, modest, discreet; creditable to a man, decent, respectable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• O.K. esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKAY esp. of persons: of good or estimable character; decent ...1839 colloq.
• OKEY of a person: good, decent ...L19 sl.
• TALL † meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent ...c1400
DECENTLY - adverbs
• FARRANTLY decently, pleasantly ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MANNERLY † in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly ...a1300.
• MENSEFULLY becomingly, suitably, decently, fittingly ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECEPTION - adjectives
• ON THE FIDDLE engaged in swindling or deception ...1874 sl.
DECEPTION - nouns
• ABETMENT † deception ...1586
• ABUSION † perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception ...c1386
• ANGLE a scheme; a workable method of deception or exploitation ...1920 Amer. sl.
• BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception ...1865 sl.
• BARRAT † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing ...1340
• BEGINK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception ...1725 Sc.
• BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment ...1637 Sc.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BESWIKING † cheating, deception ...1340
• BITE † an imposition, a deception ...1711 sl.
• BLADRY foolishness, deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLETHERIE foolishness; deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFF deception ...L19
• BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion ...1896 US sl.
• BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception ...1914 sl., orig. US
• BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud ...1904 US sl.
• BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution ...1935 Brit. sl.
• COD deception, deceit; a lie ...20C sl., orig. Irish
• CON deception, swindling, fraud ...1901 sl., orig. US
• CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1899 sl., orig. US
• CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud ...1942 sl., orig. US
• DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment ...1866 Amer. sl.
• DEAD GIVEAWAY a swindle, a deception ...L19 sl., orig. US
• DECEIVANCE † deceit, deception ...c1330
• DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent informations ...B1900 Sc.
• DIPLOMACY deception ...1938 Trinidad and Tobago
• FACRERE † the art of 'make-believe', deception ...1393
• FAITERY † fraud, deception, hypocrisy ...1377
• FAKE-OUT a feint or bluff; deception; broadly, an unpleasant surprise ...1959 Amer. sl.
• FALLACE † deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness ...a1300
• FALLAX † deception; guile, trickery; fallacy ...1530
• FALLAXITY † deception, guile, trickery; fallacy ...c1640
• FALSEHOOD † deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit ...1340 obs. or arch.
• FALSERY † deception, falsification, falsehood ...1594
• FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud ...1874 sl., orig. US
• FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham ...chiefly Eng. dial.
• FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUBBERY †* the act of cheating; deception, deceit ...1604
• GAB † mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit ...a1300
• GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax ...1805 sl.
• GAGGERY a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAGGING a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing ...1819 Sc.
• GAME any form of negative activity, as deception, fooling around ...19C sl.
• GAME, THE deception, trickery ...1950s US Black sl.
• GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud ...1932 Brit. sl.
• GYP an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action ...1914 Amer. sl.
• HAVE-ON a playful deception ...1931 sl.
• HOAX a deception, a fraud ...L18 sl.
• HOSING a cheating; a deception ...20C US sl.
• HUSTLE flattery, deception ...1970s US sl.
• INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle ...1865 Sc.
• JAPE †* something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud ...c1400
• JAPERY † trickery, deception ...1496
• JOLLY a deception or hoax ...L19 US
• LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
• LEGERDEMAIN trickery, deception, hocus-pocus ...1532
• LEG-PULL the act of deceiving or fooling someone ...1915 Amer. sl.
• NICKEL PLATE a fraud, a deception ...L19 US sl.
• OKEY-DOKE a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick ...1967 sl., esp. Black usage
• OLD ARMY GAME, THE any form of trickery, deception, or evasion ...1910 Amer. sl.
• PELLICULATION a deceiving with fair words; deception ...B1900
• PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat ...sl.
• RACKET a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action ...1812 sl.
• RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud ...1970 sl.
• SANDY a bluff, a deception, a trick, a joke ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SELL a deception that leaves the victim feeling disappointed ...1838 sl.
• SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act ...1864
• SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud ...1868 US sl.
• SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause ...1940s US sl.
• SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result ...1856 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TAKE-DOWN a swindle; a deception ...L19 sl.
• TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud ...1778 colloq.
DECEPTION - nouns, person
• GAGGER one who practices a hoax or deception ...Bk1900 Sc.
DECEPTION - verbs
• ACE to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception ...1920s US sl.
• CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating ...sl.
• HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud ...c1730 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception ...1713 military sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1933 Amer. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle ...1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
• PUT ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1913-15 Amer. sl.
• RACKETEER to practise any form of criminal deception, trickery, extortion, etc. ...1920s sl.
• SKANK to use deception to get one's way ...1980s US campus sl.
• THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery ...1887 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TOSS ACROSS to perpetrate a deception ...1912 Amer. sl.
DECEPTIVE - adjectives
• BEGUILEFUL guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1530
• BEGUILOUS †* guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1483
• CATCHING entrapping; deceptive, 'catchy' ...1603
• CATCHY that catches or entraps; deceptive ...1885 colloq.
• DECEIVABLE † deceitful, deceptive ...1303
• DECEIVANT †* deceiving, deceitful, deceptive ...1393
• DECEPTIONAL * deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1830
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• DECEPTITIOUS * of a deceptive kind or character; deluding, illusory ...1827
• DECEPTORY † apt to deceive, deceptive, deluding, illusory ...c1430
• FALLACE †* fallacious; deceitful; deceptive, misleading ...1393
• FALLACIOUS of things: deceptive, misleading ...1651
• FALSELY †* false, deceptive ...a1310
• ILLUDENT †* deceiving, deceptive ...?a1550
• PRESTIGIATORY † practising 'prestigiation'; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive ...1588
• SLEEK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SLICK AS AN EEL deceptive, shrewd, elusive ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SMOOLY † sly and demure; smooth-spoken but deceptive ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAKE-IN deceptive, swindling ...1819
• UNDERMINDED sly, deceptive, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous ...1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
DECEPTIVE, DECEPTIVENESS - nouns
• DECEIVABLENESS † deceitfulness, deceit; deceptiveness ...1526
• DECEPTIVITY deceptiveness; a thing of deceptive character ...1843
• FANTASTRY † visionary delusion; illusory character; deceptiveness ...a1677
• FAST SHUFFLE a swindle; a deceptive act ...1930 US sl.
• GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour ...c1935 Aust. sl.
• MADAME DE LUCE deceptive talk ...20C rhyming sl. for 'spruce' vb.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; 'monkeyshine'; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity ...L19 Amer. sl.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SUBREPTION a fallacious or deceptive representation ...1865
DECEPTIVE - nouns, person
• EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PAIK a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1825 Sc.
• PAKE a low character; a deceptive fellow ...1899 Sc.
• SLIPPERY EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person ...1966 Amer. dial.
DECEPTIVE - verbs
• MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way ...1975 US Black sl.
• SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIMULATE †* to put forward deceptively ...1652
DECIDE - nouns, person
• DECISOR † one who decides causes or controversies; a decider, an arbitrator ...1563
DECIDE - verbs
• DECERN † to decide, to determine a matter disputed or doubtful ...c1425
• DECISE † to decide ...1538
• DECREE † to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something ...1526 obs. or arch.
• DECREET † to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something ...1582-8
• LAY BY to intend, to decide ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SET UP ONE'S EBENEZER to firmly make up one's mind ...c1840 Amer. dial.
• SET ONE'S BUDGET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SET THE BUCKET DOWN to come to a decision; to take a firm or positive position on any subject; to take a stand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SETTLE DOWN to decide, to conclude ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TAIL † to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter ...c1315
• TAKE ADVISEMENT † to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve ...1375
DECIDED - adjectives
• ILL-KESSEN badly decided ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DECIDEDLY - adverbs
• CERTAIN AND DECLARE most certainly; decidedly ...1970 Amer. dial.
DECIDUOUS - adjectives
• DECIDUARY * deciduous ...1871
DECIDUOUSNESS - nouns
• DECIDUITY * deciduousness ...1846
DECIPHER - nouns, person
• DECIPHERESS * a female who deciphers ...a1763
DECIPER - verbs
• UNCIPHER † to decipher ...1598
DECIPHERING - nouns
• DECIPHERAGE deciphering ...1851 nonce word
• DECIPHERATION deciphering ...1838 nonce word
DECISION - nouns
• CALL a decision ...1980s Amer. sl.
• DECERNMENT † decision; discernment, discrimination ...1586
• DECIDEMENT †* decision ...a1625
• DECREET †* a decision, determination ...c1400
• HASTY-PUDDING a quick or unwise decision ...1984 Amer. dial.
• LAUD † decision, judgement ...c1465
• LICKING POST. the moment of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...M19 US sl.
• LICK-LOG a point of contention or decision; a decision, a pledge ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SAY-SO the power of decision, permission ...M18 sl.
• SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line ...colloq.
DECISION - verbs
• BAFFLE AROUND to take too long about coming to a decision ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BITE ONE'S BAIT to hold off on a decision to see what develops, not to push a point too fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
• COME TO THE LICK-LOG to face facts, to make a difficult decision ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT DOWN to make a firm decision, usually against something ...colloq.
• SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT take action or make a decision one way or another, or else give another the opportunity to do so ...sl.
DECISION - phrases
• SEE WHICH WAY THE CAT JUMPS see what direction events are taking before making a decision ...1827
DECISIVE - adjectives
• CONCLUDENT † that 'concludes' a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain ...1571
• DECISIONAL * of the nature of a decision; decisive, conclusive ...1883
• DECISORY †* decisive ...1611
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
• DECRETORIAN † decisive, conclusive ...1679
• DECRETORY † such as to decide the question; decisive, determinative ...1674
DECISIVE - nouns
• SOCKDOLAGER a decisive reply, argument, etc. ...Amer. sl.
DECISIVE - verbs
• STAND TO ONE'S LICK-LOG, SALT OR NO SALT to stand firm, to act decisively ...1834 Amer. dial.
DECISIVELY - adverbs
• DECRETORILY † positively, decisively ...1660
• FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently ...1928 Amer. dial.
DECK, DECK OUT - verbs
• ADIGHT † to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck ...c1400
• BEAUTY to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck ...1398 arch.
• BEGO † to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn ...a1225
• BETRAP † to deck, to adorn ...1509
• BRANK to deck, to dress up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DICK to deck, to adorn; to cover ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIGHT to dress, to clothe; to adorn, to deck oneself ...1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINK to adorn, to deck, to dress out ...1808 Sc.
• GAUDY * to deck out; to make smart or gaudy ...1805
• ONORN † to deck, to adorn ...1432-50
• TOG UP to dress, to deck out; to dress oneself up ...1887 Amer. dial.
• UMTIFF † to deck out, to adorn ...a1300
DECKED - adjectives
• DINKIT decked out, dressed ...1813 Sc.
DECLAIM - verbs
• RAME to repeat, to recite, to declaim ...1703 Sc.
• SPOUT to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner ...colloq.
DECLARATION - nouns
• DECLARATURE †* declaration ...1729
• DECLAREMENT † declaration, express or formal statement; the act of declaring against anything ...1633
DECLARE - verbs
• BEKEN † to make known; to declare, to show ...a1300
• BENAME † to declare or utter solemnly or on oath; to promise with an oath ...c1000
• BESAY † to declare, to speak about ...c1200
• BETELL † to speak of, to declare, to narrate ...c1205
• COME OUT to declare oneself; to take a position ...1840s Amer. sl.
• DEEM † to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter ...a1000
• KEN † to make known, to declare, to confess, to acknowledge ...c975
• OPEN † 1. to lay bare or make manifest to the view; to reveal, to disclose, to declare, to make known ...c900
† 2. to announce, to declare; to make public, to promulgate ...1433
• PATEFY † to reveal, show, declare, disclose; to make open or manifest ...1533
• QUETHE † to speak, say, declare, tell, call ...c825
• RAP TO to own up to, to declare ...L19 US sl.
• VER † to aver, to declare ...c1400
• VUM to declare, to swear ...1785 Amer. dial.
DECLARED - adjectives
• NARRABLE * that which may be declared ...1623
DECLARING - nouns
• DECLAREMENT † the act of showing or setting forth; exposition, explanation, manifestation, declaring ...1646
DECLINE - adjectives
• DECLINATORY that declines; expressing refusal ...1673
DECLINE (decrease) - nouns
• BACK-GAIN a decline, consumption ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DECIDENCE † falling off in strength, vigour, etc.; decline, a becoming worse ...1684
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• DECLINATION † the gradual falling off from a condition of prosperity or vigour; decline; decay ...1533
• FAIL decline ...1898 Sc.
• LAST OF PEA-TIME the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN a stage in one's decline ...E19 sl.
• OFF-FALLING a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration ...1825 Sc.
DECLINE - nouns, person
• DECLINATOR † one who declines or refuses; a dissentient ...1606
DECLINE (refuse) - verbs
• FAN ON to decline an offer ...1997 US sl.
• KECKEN to decline with loathing, aversion, or disgust, as offered food; to be fastidious ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON ONE SIDE to decline, to reject; to throw over ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A BYE to refuse or decline to act or participate in something ...20C US sl.
DECLINE (decrease) - verbs
• FADE † to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink ...1388
• FAG † to flag, to droop, to decline; to fall off, to swerve from ...1530
• FAINT † to become faint; to grow weak or feeble, to decline ...c1400 obs. exc. poetic
• GO THE BACKWAY to decline, to fall off after coming to perfection ...1873 Eng. dial.
DECLINED - adjectives
• DECLINAL †* capable of being declined ...1509
DECLINING - adjectives
• DECIDUOUS †* sinking, declining ...1791
• DECLINANT declining ...1893 nonce use
• DECLIVATE descending; declining; inclining downward ...1881
• ON THE DOWNBEAT in decline; losing popularity ...1943 Amer. sl.
DECLINING (refusal) - nouns
• DECLENSION * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1817
• DECLINAL * the act of declining; courteous refusal ...1837
• DECLINATURE the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1842
• DECLINEMENT †* the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal ...1680
DECLIVITY - nouns
• BEVEL a slope, a declivity ...1869 Eng. dial.
• HANG a declivity, a slope ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEALD a slope, incline, declivity; a hill ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DECOCTION - nouns
• DECOCT †* a decoction ...1551
DECOMPOSE - verbs
• OPEN † to dissolve, to decompose ...1727
• UNALCHEMY † to decompose chemically ...1661
DECOMPOSED - adjectives
• DOZEY partly decomposed; of wood, poorly seasoned ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
DECOMPOSING - adjectives
• SAPROPHAGOUS living on decomposing matter ...1819
DECOR - nouns
• EARLY BATTERSEA vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY ECLECTIC vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HALLOWEEN vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
• EARLY HOMOSEXUAL vulgar, tasteless decor ...1970s sl.
DECORATE - verbs
• DAIKER to deck out, to decorate ...1900 Sc.
• DECKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.
• DECORE † to decorate, to adorn, to embellish ...1490 obs. or arch.
• DICKER to decorate, to bedeck with spangles ...1883 Eng. dial.
• GUSSY UP 1. to decorate or elaborate on a plain design ...20C Amer. sl.
2. to decorate; to make fancy ...L1940s Amer. sl.
• IMPALE † to surround for adornment; to encircle, as with a crown or garland; to border, to edge with decoration ...1553 obs. or arch.
• MENSE to grace, to decorate, to adorn; to do honour to; to behave respectfully or courteously to ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKLE to touch up; to improve or decorate with light touches ...1845
• VALIORM to ornament, to decorate ...1970 Sc.
DECORATED - adjectives
• DECORATE † adorned, decorated; ornate ...1460 obs. or arch.
• UNBEPRANKED not decorated or ornamented ...1594
DECORATING - nouns
• EARLY ELECTRIC a humorous description of a mix of design or decorating styles ...1980 US sl.
DECORATION - adjectives
• SAVAGE † of decoration: rustic, imitating natural vegetation ...a1548
DECORATION, DECORATIVE - nouns
• ADORNATION † the act of adorning; also, that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament ...1597
• ADUBMENT † adornment, decoration ...c1325
• DECORAMENT * decoration, ornament, an adorning ...1727
• DECOREMENT † decoration, ornamentation; an ornament, an embellishment ...1587
• DECRIMENT decoration, ornament ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• FOOFOO something that is purely decorative without adding functional value ...1986 US sl.
• GARNISHRY adornment, decoration ...1835 nonce word
• GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery ...1597-8
• PARAMENT † an ornament, a decoration ...c1385
• QUAINTISING † adornment, decoration ...c1430
• VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage ...1864 Sc.
DECORATIVE - adjectives
• DECORATORY * pert. to decoration; decorative ...1889
• ORNATIVE †* tending or serving to adorn, decorative, ornamental ...1660
• WALLIE decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
• WALLY decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards ...1904 Sc.
DECORATOR - nouns, person
• DECORATIONIST a professional decorator ...1828
DECORUM - nouns
• MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DECORUM - nouns, person
• FANCY DOO-DAD WOMAN a woman who is overly prim or conscious of decorum ...1968 Amer. dial.
DECOY - nouns
• IDOL a duck or goose decoy ...1937 Amer. dial.
• NEST-EGG something displayed or serving as an inducement or decoy ...1678
DECOY - nouns, person
• CHICKIE a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
DECOY - verbs
• GAMMON ON A NOSE † to decoy a person into a quiet corner ...1827 UK sl.
• HANKLE to entangle in some pursuit or proceeding; to associate with, be connected with; to instigate, entice, decoy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• ROPE IN to decoy ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TOLE to lure, to decoy; to lead or bring along; to induce ...Bk1913 US & Eng. dial.
• TOLL † to attract, to entice, to allure, to decoy; to incite, to instigate ...c1220
• TOLLER to induce one to come or follow; to lure, to entice, to decoy ...1974 Amer. dial.
DECREASE - nouns
• CASTRATION † decrease or reduction in quantity or amount; curtailment ...1728
• DECAY † falling off in quantity, volume, etc.; dwindling, decrease ...1636
• DECESS * decrease, diminution ...1854
• DECESSION * departure, withdrawal; secession; deviation from a given standard; decrease, diminution ...1606
• DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss ...1621
• DECRETION † decrease, diminution ...1635
• IMMINUTION † diminution, lessening, decrease ...1590
• WANE † decrease in size ...a1300
DECREASE - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DECAY † to fall off or decrease in number, volume, etc.; to dwindle away ...1489
• DECREW †* to decrease, to wane ...1596
• LESS † to become less, to decrease ...a1225
• IMMINISH † to become less; to decrease ...a1400
• SWAN-DIVE to decrease suddenly and decisively; to plummet
• TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease ...1776
• WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane ...c1200
DECREASING - adjectives
• DECRESCENT decreasing, growing gradually less ...1811
DECREE - nouns
• ORDINATION † an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance ...1526
DECREPIT - adjectives
• BEDRID worn out, decrepit, impotent ...1621
• OAFF decrepit, worn down with disease ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON ONE'S LAST PEGS near death; worn out; decrepit ...1966 Amer. dial.
DECREPIT - nouns
• CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• MUSEUM PIECE a thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
DECREPIT - nouns, person
• CROCK a person who is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• DECRIPPIT a cripple, a lame person; one who is decrepit ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HUDDLE-DUDDLE †* a decrepit old person ...1599
• MUSEUM PIECE a person regarded as antiquated or decrepit ...colloq.
• OLD CROCK a person who is old or decrepit ...sl. chiefly Brit.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags ...1910s sl.
DEDICATE - verbs
• DEDEFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• DEDIE † to dedicate ...c1430
• DEDIFY † to dedicate a building ...1482
• NUNCUPATE † to dedicate a work to someone ...1550 obs.
DEDICATED - adjectives
• BEHIND committed, dedicated ...1968 US sl.
• DEDICATE † dedicated ...c1386
• GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something...1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
DEDUCE - verbs
• DEDUCT † to derive by reasoning; to infer, to deduce ...1563
• DOPE OUT to deduce or infer from available information ...sl.
• TAKE † to infer, to deduce; to obtain as a result ...c1380
• TAKE UP † to infer, to deduce, to conclude ...1662
DEDUCT - verbs
• DEDUCE † to deduct, to subtract ...1563-7
• DEFALCATE † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1540-1
• DEFALCE † to take or deduct a part from; to curtail, to reduce ...1651
• DEFALK † to cut or lop off; to deduct, to subtract, to abate ...1536
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• REDUCT to deduct, to subtract ...1896 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBSTRACT to take away, to deduct, to subtract ...1613
• TAKE OUT * to subtract or deduct from ...1593
DEDUCTED - adjectives
• DEDUCIBLE †* that may be or is to be deducted ...1613
• DEDUCT † deducted ...1439
• DEDUCTILE * easy to be deducted ...1727
• DEFALCABLE †* liable to be deducted ...1622
DEDUCTED - nouns
• BATE † that which is deducted or remains over ...1798
DEDUCTING - adjectives
• DEDUCIVE * performing the act of deduction ...1755
DEDUCTION - adjectives
• DEDUCTIONAL * pert. to deduction or inference ...1683
DEDUCTION - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DEDUCEMENT † a deduction, inference, conclusion ...1605
• DEDUCING † deduction ...1530
• DEDUCTIVE † deductive reasoning; a deduction ...1677
• DEFALCATION the act of cutting or lopping off or taking away; deduction ...1624 arch.
• ILLATION the act of inferring or drawing a conclusion from premises; hence, that which is inferred; and inference, deduction or conclusion ...1533
• OFFTAKE that which is taken off; a deduction ...1892
• SUBDUCTION * subtraction, deduction ...1579
• SUBSTRACTION subtraction, deduction ...1596
DEED - nouns
• DIRDUM a great deed, achievement ...Bk1900 Sc.
DEEM - verbs
• I-DEME † to deem, to judge ...a900
• RECK to reckon, to deem, to think ...1791 Sc.
DEEP - adjectives
• ASS-DEEP TO A MAN IN A JEEP exceptionally deep ...1960 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL INDIAN exceptionally deep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-DEEP TO A TALL MOOSE exceptionally deep ..1974 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE-DEEP very deep; of a depth sufficient to reach one's rump ...1963 Amer. sl.
• DEEPSOME * having deepness or depth; more or less deep ...1615 poetic
• FATHOM-DEEP excessively deep ...1835
• HALF-LEG DEEP approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1752 Amer. dial.
• HALF-LEG HIGH approximately knee-deep or knee-high ...1852 Amer. dial.
• NEAL † of water: deep ...1574
• QUEEM deep ...1879 Sc.
• SHOE-MOUTH DEEP ankle deep ...1890 Amer. dial.
DEEP - nouns
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• DEEPNESS † a deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc. ...a1000
DEEPEN - verbs
• DEEP † to make deep, to deepen ...c930
DEEPEST - adjectives
• DEEPMOST * deepest ...1810
DEEPLY - adverbs
• ADEEP deeply, deep ...1850
• DEARLY † deeply, keenly ...1590
• FATHOMLESSLY very deeply ...1822
• HEAD OVER EARS deeply, completely ...1822 Amer. dial.
DEEPNESS - nouns
• DEEP †* depth, deepness ...c1000
DEEP-SEATED - adjectives
• RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established ...1656
DEER - adjectives
• FULL SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...1576
• SUMMED of a stag: having a complement of antlers; also said of the antlers ...c1410
DEER - nouns
• ADVANCER a second branch of a buck's horn ...1496
• BELL the cry of a stag or buck at rutting time ...1510
• BELLING the cry of deer in the rutting season; hence, the season itself ...1513
• BUTTHEAD a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CALF a deer, male or female, under one year old ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP MEAT deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN IN A JAR any deer shot illegally ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DAGGER † the horn of a young stag ...1616
• DECIDENCE † falling off, a shedding, as of deer antlers ...1646
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• DEERLET a little or tiny deer ...1878
• DEPRESSION MEAT deer shot illegally ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DOUCETS the testicles of a deer ...M16 hunting usage
• EARNING † the act of uttering the prolonged cry of hounds or deer ...1575
• ELENDE †* an elk ...1697
• FARMER'S BEAST an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FARMER'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GARGILON †* the gullet or oesophagus of a deer ...c1320
• GATE † in hunting: the length of stride of a deer as shown by his footmarks ...1677
• GOAT MEAT the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1937 Amer. dial.
• GOAT MUTTON the flesh of a deer killed out of season ...1953 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT COW deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT MEAT an illegally shot deer or its meat ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNMENT YEARLING deer ...1933 Amer. dial.
• GOVERNOR'S BEEF an illegally shot deer or its meat, venison ...1982 Amer. dial.
• HARSH a deer ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HAVIER a castrated stag ...1784 Eng. dial.
• HEAD the antlers of a deer, roe-buck, etc. ...c1420 hunting usage
• HEARSE in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEARST in hunting: a hind of the second or third year ...1674
• HEMLOCK STEAK any illegally shot deer or its meat ...1969 Amer. dial.
• JACK DEER a deer shot, illegally, by one who hunts a night using a light to stun the prey ...L18 US sl.
• LIGHTFOOT † the deer ...a1600
• MACCARIB † caribou ...1672
• MAUD a mule deer ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• NANCY JULIA doe deer ...1921 Amer. dial.
• NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season ...1979 Amer. dial.
• OFFER a knob or bud showing on a stag's antler ...1884
• OLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• OLLEN † a red deer, a stag ...1591
• PANTER a hart or male deer ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• RACK a set of antlers ...1945 US sl.
• RACKWAY a path made by deer in a forest ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RANGALE † the common herd of deer ...1513
• RASCAL † the young, lean, or inferior deer of a herd, distinguished from the full-grown antlered bucks or stags ...1399 exc. Sc.
• RIDGE RUNNER a deer ranging the beech ridges in the fall; hence, somebody well versed in the woods ...1975 Amer. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• SINGLE in hunting: the tail of a deer ...1576
• SUBULON † a young hart (with straight unbranched horns) ...1607
• SUET † in hunting: the fat of deer ...a1400
• TANG a prong or tine of a stag's horn ...1688 Eng. dial.
• TINE each of the pointed branches of a deer's horn ...c1375
• UMBLES the edible inward parts of an animal, usually of a deer ...a1400
• UNCLE SAM'S SHEEP illegally killed deer ...1968 Amer. dial.
• VALE † one of the grooves in the beam of a hart's antler ...c1410
• VELLET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
• VELVET HEAD † the head of a deer while the horns are still covered with velvet ...1576
DEER - nouns, person
• DEERICIDE the killing or killer of a deer ...1832 nonce word
• KILLBUCK †* the keeper of a deer-park ...1826 nonce use
DEER - verbs
• CABBAGE to cut off a deer's head close behind the horns; to cut off the head of a deer ...LME
• CABOCHE † to cut the head of a deer close behind the horns ...a1425
• GRALLOCH to gut a deer ...1897 Amer. dial.
• JACK to hunt deer at night, illegally, with the aid of a light...M19 US sl.
• MAGGOT of deer: to damage the bark of young trees by nibbling at them here and there ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOP THE BRUSH to leap or run through undergrowth, as a deer does ...1953 Amer. dial.
DEFACE - verbs
• MANK to spoil, to mutilate, to deface, to cut too short ...1710 Sc.
• TACHE to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear ...a1700 Sc.
DEFACEMENT - nouns
• DEFACE † defacement ...1556
• FACING † the act of defacing or disfiguring; defacement, disfigurement ...c1400
• IMBLEMISHMENT † defacement, injury ...1529
DEFAMATION - nouns
• BACKCAP act of ruining by defamation ...1872 Amer. sl.
• DEFAME † defamation, slander, calumny ...a1450
• DEFAMY † defamation ...1490
• FAMATION † defamation ...c1325
• SUGGILLATION †* defamation ...1654
• SUGILLATION †* defamation ...1654
DEFAMATORILY - adverbs
• DEFAMOUSLY † defamatorily ...1557
DEFAMATORY - adjectives
• BADMOUTH malicious, defamatory ...1970s sl.
• CALUMNIOUS slanderous, defamatory ...1490
• DEFAMATIVE † defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1502
• DEFAMOUS † of speech or writing: defamatory, slanderous, calumnious ...1557
• DETRACTORY tending to detract; defamatory by denial of desert; depreciatory, disparaging, derogatory, calumnious ...1585
• INFAMATORY † defamatory; having the property of defaming ...1612
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing disgrace or reproach; defamatory ...1611
DEFAME - verbs
• AFAME †* to defame ...1375
• BACKCAP to attempt to thwart or ruin by defaming someone; to depreciate, disparage, or criticize meanly ...1887 Amer. sl.
• BESQUIRT † to slander, to calumniate, to defame ...1682
• BLAD to abuse, to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLECK to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEEZE to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALUMNIATE to slander, to defame; to make false charges against ...M16
• CALUMNIZE † to slander; to defame ...E17
• CALUMNY to slander; to defame ...E19
• CATAMIDIATE † to put one to open shame and punishment for some notorious offense; to scorn, to defame ...1656
• DEFACE † to destroy the reputation or credit of; to discredit, to defame ...1529
• DEFAMATE * to defame, to slander ...Bk1897
• EENIL † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• EINDLE † to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander ...1825 Sc.
• FORGAB † to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride ...c1394
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• PAN to defame ...1914 US sl.
• SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule ...1844
• SCATHE to injure, to damage, to destroy; to defame ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SUGGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• SUGIL †* to defame, to revile ...1539
• SUGILLATE † to defame, to revile ...1647
• TRADUCE to speak maliciously and falsely of; to slander, to defame ...1525
DEFAMED - adjectives
• DEFAMABLE * liable to be defamed ...1570
DEFAMER - nouns, person
• DEFAMATOR †* one who defames; a slanderer ...1704
• TAR-BRUSHER one who 'blackens' a reputation; a defamer ...1884
DEFAULT - nouns
• FAILLZENCY † default, failure ...1710 Sc.
• WANING † default, shortcoming ...c1320
DEFAULTER - nouns, person
• DEFAULTRESS * a female defaulter ...1736
DEFAULTING - nouns
• DEFAULTURE †* the act of defaulting; failure to fulfil an engagement ...1632
DEFEAT - adjectives
• FRUSTRATORY † tending to frustrate, balk, defeat, or make void ...1529
• MARPLOT that mars a plot or defeats a plot or design ...1850
• ON THE CARPET near or at the point of defeat, bankruptcy, or the like ...1897 Amer. sl.
DEFEAT - nouns
• ASS-KICKING a beating; defeat ...1943 Amer. sl.
• AX a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. ...1883 Amer. sl.
• AXE a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. ...1883 Amer. sl.
• BALK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• BANG †* a drubbing, defeat ...1644
• BANGING a beating, a thrashing; a defeat ...1789 Eng. dial.
• BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat ...1660
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GAFFLE defeat, failure, betrayal ...1990s US Black sl.
• HACK a state of embarrassment, confusion or defeat ...1835 Amer. dial.
• JEOFAIL † defeat, overthrow ...1546.
• KAFFERPAK a thorough beating, a thrashing; a comprehensive defeat ...1930s S. Africa sl.
• LAMPIN' a beating, a defeat ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LICKING a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback ... c1800 colloq.
• MALVADERING a beating, defeat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SHELLACKING an utter defeat ...1880 sl.
• SMACKDOWN a decisive or humiliating defeat or setback ...US colloq.
• WHOPPING a severe beating or thrashing; defeat ...19C colloq.
DEFEAT - nouns, person
• CAPPER a person or thing who beats all others ...1790 Eng. dial.
DEFEAT - verbs
• ACE-OUT to defeat; to take something away ...1950s sl.
• ARSE to balk, to defeat ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAG ONE'S FACE to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1984 Amer. sl.
• BAG ONE'S HEAD to cover one's head with bag, hence, to give in, to back off, to admit defeat ...1863 Amer. sl.
• BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm...1604
• BLAST to defeat soundly in a game or contest ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BOWL OVER to defeat ...M19 sl.
• CABBAGE to destroy; to defeat ...19C sl.
• CALL THE GAME IN to abandon one's efforts; to admit defeat ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• CARVE to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1884 US sl.
• CAST † to defeat in competition ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHOP TO PIECES in fisticuffs or boxing: to defeat severely ...L19 Aust. sporting jargon
• CHUCK IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• CHUCK ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1924 Aust.
• CHUMP OFF to defeat in a verbal battle ...1970s US Black sl.
• CLOBBER to defeat utterly ...20C sl.
• CREAM to beat the opposite team in a sporting event ...M20 US sl.
• CRY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• DAZZLE WITH SCIENCE to defeat by sheer brains ...20C colloq.
• DEFAIL † to overcome, to defeat ...1608
• DIRT ONE'S BACK to throw one on one's back in wrestling; to defeat one ...1959 Amer. dial.
• DONKEY-LICK to defeat decisively ...Aust. sl.
• DUST THE SIDEWALK WITH to beat up thoroughly; to defeat comprehensively ...L19 sl.
• EAT to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1803 US sl.
• EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat ...1930s US Black sl.
• EAT ALIVE to defeat decisively; to trounce; to destroy ...1914 US sl.
• EAT RAW to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT RAW WITHOUT SALT to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT SOMEONE'S COOKIES to defeat someone ...1970s US sl.
• EAT SOMEONE'S LUNCH to defeat, to drub, to outdo, to injure, to beat physically; to make short work of ...1959 US sl.
• EAT THE COOKIE to be vanquished; to endure defeat ...1978 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP to administer a decisive or ruinous defeat to; to make short work of ...1830 US sl.
• EUCHRE to defeat; to outwit; to swindle; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• EUCHRE OUT to defeat; to outwit; to cheat, to trick ...1853 Amer. dial.
• FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow ...1894 Amer. sl.
• FAN OUT to defeat or overcome in a fight ...1879 Amer. dial.
• FIND THE BEAN IN THE CAKE gain an unexpected prize; to come to some unexpected good fortune; to succeed in defeating one's adversaries ...1874
• FIX SOMEONE'S CLOCK to finish someone; to do for; to thoroughly defeat someone ...1904 Amer. sl.
• GET ONE'S BACON to discomfit; to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO SOUTH to be baffled or beaten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE PACK to give up; to admit defeat ...Aust. sl.
• GRAB BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1918 US sl.
• GRASS to throw to the ground; to bring down, to defeat, to kill ...1889 Amer. dial.
• HANG SOMEONE'S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1961 Amer. sl.
• HOLLER CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle; to give in, to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games ...1859 US sl.
• HOLLER UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• JERK BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1886 US sl.
• KNOCK OUT OF THE BOX to defeat and eliminate; hence, to kill ...1891 Amer. sl.
• LAM to defeat decisively, esp. in a fistfight; to drub ...1848 US sl.
• LAMP to trounce, to defeat, to vanquish, to conquer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S FACE to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1946 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1843 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER CORNER OF ONE'S MOUTH to cry; to experience unexpected failure, defeat, or regret ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LAY OUT to defeat, to overcome ...E19 sl.
• LAY OUT COLD to knock out, to defeat ...E19 sl., orig. US
• LICK to overcome, to defeat, as in a fight, game, or contest ...colloq.
• LOSE to be much superior to; to overcome; to defeat easily ...20C colloq.
• MAKE SOMEONE PISS to beat up; to defeat ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MALLET to smash; to defeat ...1982 Brit. sl.
• MASTER to defeat, to overcome, to best ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• MULLER to roundly beat the opposition in a physical fight ...1997 Brit. sl.
• MURDERATE to murder; to defeat ...sl.
• NAIL to defeat an opponent; to place in a finishing or inextricable position ...1888 Amer. sl.
• NAIL ONE'S BOLLOCKS TO THE DOOR to physically beat up; to figuratively neuter and mentally defeat ...1998 Brit. sl.
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate ...L19 sl., orig. US
• NOBBLE to sabotage, esp. to hinder or defeat a rival ...1856 Brit. sl.
• NUKE to thoroughly beat, to trounce ...Brit. sl.
• PACK to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than ...c1920 Aust sl.
• PAN to utterly defeat someone in a fight; to thrash someone ...2002 UK sl.
• PASS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1933 Aust.
• PIN SOMEONE'S EARS BACK to give a person a sound beating; to defeat a person utterly; to chastise soundly ...1941 Amer. sl.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to confuse; to confound; to defeat; to take advantage of; to overcome easily ...1900 US sl.
• PUT BESIDE THE SADDLE † to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80
• QUICHE OUT to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner ...2006 UK sl.
• RAMSCOOTRIFY to defeat verbally ...20C Irish sl.
• RAPE to defeat ...1990s sl.
• RETURN BY WEEPING CROSS to regret deeply some undertaking, and repent of it; to be in a state of lamentation; to fail; to suffer defeat ...1659
• ROLL ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1919 Aust.
• ROT THE SOCKS OFF to defeat comprehensively ...1950s sl.
• SACK to defeat in a contest, esp. in a game ...c1820
• SAY CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to give in; to surrender; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
• SAY UNCLE to admit defeat, to beg for mercy ...1918 US sl.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SCRAUNCH to defeat in a game; to overcome an opponent, esp. in basketball ...1934 Amer. Black student sl.
• SCRUMPLICATE to beat up, to thrash, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• SET BESIDE THE SADDLE to defeat the plans or ruin the career of ...1579-80 obs.
• SET DOWN to embarrass, to humble, to rebuke, to defeat ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SHELLAC to defeat; to trounce ...sl.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SHUT DOWN to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT OFF to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKIN to defeat decisively; to trounce ...1862 Amer. sl.
• SKUNK to utterly defeat; to outdo decisively; to vanquish completely; to overcome ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH BALD to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1962 US sl.
• SNATCH BALDHEADED to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze ...1866 US sl.
• SWALLOW to accept defeat, i.e. in a game ...20C
• STAND SOMEONE ON ONE'S EAR to knock down; hence, to defeat or overwhelm ...1918 Amer. sl.
• STOP SOMEONE'S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone ...1947 Amer. sl.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• TAIL to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAILOR to beat someone in a game by an overwhelming margin ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TAKE to overcome, to defeat, to kill ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humble by defeating ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE APART to defeat convincingly ...colloq.
• TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer a severe failure; to undergo complete defeat or frustration ...20C Amer. colloq.
• TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat ...sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defeat thoroughly, to trounce ...1920s sl.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROW IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• THROW ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1903 Aust.
• TONK to defeat ...colloq.
• TOSS IN ONE'S AGATE to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1906 Aust.
• TOSS IN THE TOWEL to admit or concede defeat ...1915 sl., orig. boxing usage
• TOSS ONE'S ALLEY (IN) to die; to acknowledge defeat ...1916 Aust.
• TRIM to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TRIM UP to defeat in a game ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WALK ALL OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK AROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALK INTO to defeat in a game of chance; to win money from ...M19 sl.
• WALK OVER to defeat someone comprehensively ...M19 sl.
• WALK ROUND to defeat easily ...1900s sl.
• WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat ...L19 sl.
• WAR to 'worse', to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel ...1483 Sc.
• WHUP to whip; to beat or defeat decisively ...1890 Amer. dial.
• YELL CALF-ROPE to give up; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children's games; to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle ...1859 US sl.
DEFEATED - adjectives
• ALL UP bankrupt, defeated, doomed to die ...1818 UK sl.
• ASSED OUT defeated, out of luck, impoverished ...1980s US Black sl.
• ASS-END-BACKWARDS defeated ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ASS-END UP defeated ...1960s sl.
• CHEWED angry, mad; defeated, beaten ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded ...1843 Amer. dial.
• CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD BEAT thoroughly defeated ...1820 sl.
• DEFAITE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DEFATE defeated, vanquished ...1597 Sc.
• DONE LIKE A DINNER utterly defeated ...Aust. sl.
• DONE LIKE A DOG'S DINNER utterly defeated ...NZ sl.
• KIPPERED utterly defeated or outwitted ...sl.
• LICKED defeated ...1976 UK sl.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
• SCAMBLED † defeated in an intent ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SHUT-DOWN defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUT-OFF defeated ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SKUNKED utterly defeated ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TAZZED overmatched; defeated; unable to accomplish one's purpose ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DEFEATED - nouns
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
DEFEATED - nouns, person
• EASYBEATS a team or opponent which is easily defeated ...1990 Aust. sl.
• SITTING DUCK one who is easily duped or defeated ...Aust. sl.
DEFEATED - verbs
• BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP to be completely demolished, utterly defeated ...1852 sl.
• GO SOUTH to lose, to be defeated or incapacitated; to be beaten ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TAKE IT IN THE EAR to be severely victimized or defeated; to be treated unfairly ...1965 Amer. sl., esp. students' usage
• TEAR ONE'S ASS to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1750 sl.
• TEAR ONE'S ASSHOLE to injure oneself; to get into trouble; to be overwhelmed and defeated ...1961 sl.
• TINE to fail to gain, attain or win; to lose the battle, to be defeated ...c1250 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DEFEATING - nouns
• DEBELLATION † a vanquishing or reducing by force of arms; a conquering, defeating, conquest ...1526
DEFECATE - nouns, person
• SKITTERBROOK †* one who befouls his breeches; a coward ...1632
DEFECATE - verbs
• ABORT to defecate immediately after anal intercourse ...1970s US gay sl.
• ANDY CAPP to defecate ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• ANSWER NATURE'S CALL to retire to the W.C.; to defecate or urinate ...20C euphemism
• BAKE IT to refrain from visiting the lavatory, however desperate the need to defecate ...L19 sl.
• BE CAUGHT SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BE TAKEN SHORT to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
• BOG to defecate; to exonerate the bowels; also, to defile with excrement ...colloq.
• BULBITATE †* to befoul one's breeches ...1623
• CACA to defecate ...20C sl.
• CACK to void excrement, to defecate ...1436 UK
• CACK YOUR DACKS to lose control of your bowels ...1992 Aust. sl.
• CAK to defecate ...15C UK
• CAPOOP to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CAST † to void excrement ...1704
• CHOKE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CHUCK A TURD to defecate ...19C Brit. sl.
• CLART to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• CRAP to defecate ...1846 sl.
• CUCK to defecate ...E15
• DISPATCH ONE'S CARGO to defecate ...E20 Brit. sl.
• DO A JOB to defecate ...19C colloq.
• DO-DO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DO IT to urinate or defecate ...1922 sl., euphemism
• DOO-DOO to defecate ...19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
• DOOK to defecate ...1990s sl.
• DO ONE'S BUSINESS to defecate ...1645 euphemism
• DO ONE'S DIRTY to defecate ...1970s US sl.
• DO ONE'S DUTY to urinate, to defecate; to go to the lavatory ...20C euphemism
• DO ONE'S EASE † to relieve the bowels ...c1645
• DO ONE'S EASEMENT † to relieve the bowels ...1634
• DO ONE'S NEEDS to void excrement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• DO ONE'S NO-MANNERS to defecate ...1980s sl.
• DO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• DROP A DARKIE to defecate ...20C Aust. sl.
• DROP THE KIDS OFF to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• DUMP to defecate ...1929 sl., orig. and chiefly US
• DUMP ON to defecate on ...M20 US sl.
• EASE to relieve the bowels ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EASE NATURE † to relieve the bowels; to defecate ...c1440
• EASE ONESELF to defecate or urinate ...17C euphemism
• GO to urinate or defecate ...1926 sl., euphemism
• GO FOR A HARD HIT to defecate ...1978 UK sl.
• GO GRUNTS to defecate ...1968 sl.
• GO POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• GO TO CA-CA to defecate ...L19 sl.
• GO TO QUAT to defecate ...19C colloq.
• GO TO SIEGE † to go to stool, to ease oneself; to defecate ...c1400
• GRUNT to defecate ...1967 sl.
• HANG A BOG to defecate ...18C Brit. sl.
• IRISH SHAVE to defecate ...E20 US colloq.
• JOE to urinate or defecate ...20C US sl.
• JOHNNY TAPP to defecate ...1980s Aust. prison rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• KACK to defecate ...15C UK
• KAK to defecate ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• KANGAROO IT to defecate in a squatting position, usually with one's feet on the seat ...1950s Aust. sl.
• KEECH to void excrement, used esp. of children ...Bk1901 Sc.
• LAY A LOG to defecate ...1973 US sl.
• MACARONI to defecate ...1974 UK rhyming sl. for 'pony'
• MAKE A MESS to defecate ...c1972 Amer. dial.
• MAKE CACA to defecate ...1980s sl.
• MAKE POO-POO(S) to defecate ...1976 sl., chiefly a children's term
• MISBEHAVE of children: to urinate or defecate in an improper place or at an improper time ...1952 Amer. dial.
• NASTY to soil or make dirty; to defecate ...1863 Amer. dial.
• NEST to defecate ...1670 sl.
• PARK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• PASS A STOOL to defecate ...20C colloq.
• PISS BACKWARDS to defecate ...L19 sl.
• POO to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOH to defecate ...1980 euphemism, orig. a children's word
• POOP to defecate ...1903 sl.
• POST A LETTER to retire to defecate ...L19 sl., chiefly Brit.
• REAR to void excrement ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUMBER † of a dog or fox: to evacuate the faeces, to defecate; also said of a person ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCUMMER to defecate; orig. said of a dog or fox ...15C
• SHIT to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SHITE to defecate ...c1308 sl.
• SIEGE to defecate ...M15
• SINK A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• SKIT * to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...1805
• SKITE to void excrement ...1449 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKITTER to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea ...a1300 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SMELL THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STINK THE PLACE UP to defecate; to use the bathroom ...M20 US sl.
• STRAIN to apply force in an attempt to defecate ...M17
• STRANGLE A DARKIE to defecate ...1960s Aust. sl.
• TAKE A BOX to defecate ...1990s Irish sl.
• TAKE A CRAP to defecate ...1920s sl.
• TAKE A DUMP to defecate, usually in the sense of incontinence ...1940s sl., orig US
• TAKE A SHIT to defecate ...E17 sl.
• TAKE A SQUAT to defecate ...1970s sl.
• TAKE THE KIDS TO THE POOL to defecate ...1990s euphemism
• TOM-TIT to defecate ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• UNFEED to defecate ...20C Amer. dial.
• UNLOAD to defecate ...1940s sl.
• WALK ONE'S DOG to urinate or to defecate ...1960s US sl.
• WIPE to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C colloq.
• WIPE OUT to cleanse oneself after excreting ...20C US sl.
DEFECATE - phrases
• MUSTAFA CRAP refers to the need to defecate ...1930s Brit., chiefly services' usage
• MUSTAPHA CRAP refers to the need to defecate ...1930s Brit., chiefly services' usage
DEFECATION - nouns
• ACCIDENT an unintentional act of urinating or defecating ...1899 euphemism
• AH-AHS defecation ...Brit. sl.
• ANDY CAPP defecation ...Brit. rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• BENDING DRILL an act of defecation in the open-air ...1945 UK military sl.
• BIGGIES defecation ...1953 Brit. sl., a children's word or euphemism
• BOG an act of defecation ...Aust. sl.
• CACA defecation ...20C sl.
• CRAP defecation ...1926 sl.
• CUZ a defecation ...19C Brit. sl.
• DANNY LA RUE an act of defecation ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'poo'
• DEPOSIT an act of defecation; dung; faeces ...20C US sl.
• DUKER a massive bowel movement ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DUMP defecation ...1942 sl.
• EARTHA an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Eartha Kitt)
• EARTHA KITT an act of defecation ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EASEMENT † the relieving of the body by evacuation of excrement ....c1430
• EDGAR an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit' (Edgar Britt)
• EDGAR BRITT an act of defecation ...1969 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• EGESTION † evacuation of the bowels, defecation ...1547
• GAME OF NAP an act of defecation; excrement ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'crap'
• GRUNT a bowel movement ...1960s US Black sl.
• HA-HA a defecation ...L19 nursery usage
• HARD HIT an act of defecation ...1978 UK rhyming sl. for 'shit'
• KANGAROO SHIT defecation in a squatting position ...1940s Aust. sl.
• MACARONI a piece of human excrement; hence, the act of defecation ...1970s sl.
• NATURE'S CALL the feeling of a need to eliminate wastes; defecation or urination ...20C US colloq.
• NEEDS † defecation, urination ...1297 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NUMBER TWO defecation ...1902 sl., a child's word or euphemism
• NUMBER TWOS defecation ...1936 US sl.
• OCCASIONS † the requirements of nature; urination, defecation ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ONE IN THE DEPARTURE LOUNGE an urgent desire to defecate ...2000s sl.
• ORDURING † the voiding of ordure; defecation ...1654
• SHIT an act of defecation ...1928 sl.
• SHITE defecation ...1928 sl.
• SIT-DOWN JOB the act of defecation, esp. for a man ...Brit. sl.
• TOM-TIT defecation ...1943 rhyming sl. for 'shit'
DEFECT - nouns
• BAUCHNESS want, defect of any kind, indifference ...1727 Sc.
• BUG a defect in a machine ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DEFAULT † physical defect or blemish ...1340
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• HALT a defect ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ILL-SIDE a defect, a blemish ...1883 Sc.
• IMPEDIMENT † something that impedes the functions or health of the body; a physical defect; an affection or malady ...1542
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• MAR † a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• SCOTCH MARK some defect, physical or moral, which serves to distinguish some particular individual ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TARE a moral defect ...1630
• WANE †* lack, fault, defect ...a1000
• WANT † a defect, failing, fault; a shortcoming ...1592
• WRINKLE a defect or problem, esp. a minor one ...1643
DEFECT - verbs
• BODGIE to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BODGIE UP to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
DEFECTION - nouns
• DEFALCATION falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure, delinquency ...1750
DEFECTIVE - adjectives
• ABORTIVATE †* imperfect, defective ...c1630
• DEFAULTED † having defaults or defects, defective ...1580
• DEFAULTY † faulty, defective; in fault ...c1440
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LEFT-HANDED † crippled, lame, defective ...1629
• MANK † maimed, mutilated, defective ...1513 chiefly Sc.
• MANKIT defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled ...1928 Sc.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
DEFECTIVE - nouns
• LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory ...1934 Amer. sl.
• NAUGHTINESS † the state or condition of being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect ...1550
DEFECTIVE - nouns, person
• SLIMSLACK † a person who is mentally or physically defective ...1600
DEFECTIVE - verbs
• MANK † to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc.
DEFEND - verbs
• BACK ONE'S PLAY to support or defend a person or statement ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BESAY † to defend ...c1000
• BESTRIDE to stand over a fallen man in order to defend him; to defend, to protect, to support ...1580
• DEBATE † to fight for, to defend, to protect ...1500-20 Sc.
• FORFEND to secure, defend, or protect by precautionary measures ...1592 now chiefly Amer.
• GET SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S BACK to defend or protect someone ...1990 US sl.
• KEEP † to defend oneself; to be on one's guard ...c1175
• PART-TAKE to defend; to take one's part, to side with, to support, to champion ...1861 Sc.
• PROPUGN † to contend or fight for; to defend, vindicate (an opinion, doctrine or the like) ...c1555
• SKERE † to defend or save oneself ...1390
• STAND IN THE GAP † to act as defender ...1535
• TAKE IN FOR to defend, to stand up for ...1897 Sc.
• WACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
• WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of; to defend, to protect ...a1035 arch.
• WARN †* to fortify; to protect, to defend ...c1330
• WHACK IT OUT to defend or support successfully ...1910s sl.
DEFENDER - nouns, person
• MAINTAINER † one who gives aid, countenance, or support to another; a defender and helper ...c1330
• RAMPIRE † a defender, a warrior ...1555
• WARDEN † one who guards, protects, or defends ...a1225
• ZELATOR * a zealous defender or supporter; one who zealously furthers the cause of ...1460
DEFENSE - adjectives
• GARNISHED † prepared for defense ...c1440
DEFENSE - adverbs
• FAST † of defense or concealment: securely ...1481
DEFENSE - nouns
• ADVOCATION † the act of calling to one's aid; an appeal for aid or defense ...1598
• AEGIS a protection, or impregnable defense ...1793
• GARNISON † 1. a body of men stationed in a fortress or other place for purposes of defense ...c1386
† 2. defense; means of defense ...c1386
• GARRISON † defense, protection; deliverance, safety; means of defense ...c1320
• PALE a limit, boundary; a restriction; a defense, safeguard ...c1400
• PALLADIUM anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend; a safeguard, protecting institution; means of protection or defense ...1600
• VALLATION * a ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defense or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature ...1664
• WARD † defense, protection, shelter ...1582
• WARE † watchful care, heed; safe-keeping, defense, protection ...c893
DEFENSE - verbs
• GARNISH † to furnish a place with means of defense; to garrison; to supply with men, arms, and provisions ...a1400
DEFENSELESS - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• NAKED † unarmed; defenseless ...1709-31 Sc.
DEFENSIVE - adjective
• ON THE BACK FOOT in a defensive position; at a disadvantage ...colloq.
DEFENSIVE - verbs
• GET ON THE PECK to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET ON THE PROD to assume the defensive ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive ...1968 Amer. dial.
DEFER - verbs
• DALLY OFF † to put off or defer by trifling ...1574
• DRIVE TO THE LAST MINUTE to protract or defer as late as possible ...c1880 colloq.
• ELD † to put off to a later time, to defer, to delay ...c897
• OFF † to put off, to defer ...1642
• PERENDINATE * to put off till the day after tomorrow; to defer from day to day ...1656
• PROROGUE † to put off for a time; to defer, to postpone ...1453
• REFARD to defer, to put off ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A RAIN CHECK to defer something until a later, unspecified time, e.g. parole ...1930s sl., chiefly US
• TARRY † to delay, to retard, to defer, to put off a thing or action; to protract, to prolong ...c1320
• THOLE to wait, to stay, to hold out; to defer or deny oneself of a requirement ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DEFERENCE - nouns, person
• OBSERVICER †* one who shows respect, deference or dutiful attention; an obsequious follower ...1625
DEFERENTIAL - adjectives
• ASSENTANEOUS * inclined to assent, ready to agree, deferential ...1834
DEFERENTIAL - verbs
• BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ... 1935 sl.
• BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating ...1968 Amer. dial.
DEFERRED - adjectives
• COMPERENDINOUS † postponed, prolonged, deferred, delayed ...1730
DEFIANCE - nouns
• BEARDING open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance ...1577
• FACING † the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance ...1523
DEFIANCE - interjections
• EAT MY SHORTS! go to hell! drop dead!; an exclamation of dismissal or defiance ...1979 US sl.
• HAKE! an expression of defiance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOCKERS! exclamation of defiance, more usually in an attempt to put off or jinx an opponent in sports or games ...Brit. sl.
• RASPBERRIES! used to express disbelief or defiance; nonsense! ...1910s US sl.
• YAIL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALE! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YALTOCO! used to denote surprise or defiance ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YAR! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or malicious defiance ...1812
• YELL! an expression of defiance and contempt ...Bk1905 Sc.
DEFIANT - adjectives
• BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant ...1822 Sc.
• DAREFUL †* full of daring or defiance; adventurous ...1605
• DEFIATORY †* bearing defiance or a challenge; defiant ...1635
• IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed ...1978 Amer. sl.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
DEFIANT - nouns
• ATTITUDE truculent or aggressively defiant temperament or demeanour ...1962 sl., orig. US
DEFIANT - verbs
• BRACE to assume a defiant attitude towards ...1922 US
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster; to domineer; to be defiant ...16C colloq.
• FLING ONE'S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention ...1839
DEFIANTLY - adverbs
• ACOCK defiantly ...1611 sl.
• ACOCK-HORSE defiantly ...1611 sl.
DEFICIENCY - nouns
• DEFAILING † deficiency, lack, shortage ...1502
• FAULT † deficiency, lack, scarcity, want of; want of food or necessaries ...a1300
• INGANG lack, deficiency ...Bk1902 Sc.
• INLACKING † want, deficiency ...1775 Sc.
• INLAKE † a deficiency, lack ...1650 Sc.
• MAKE-WEIGHT a person or thing of insignificant value thrown in to make up a deficiency or fill a gap ...1776
• MANK † a deficiency, a want, a lack ...1718 Sc.
• NAUGHTINESS † deficiency, faultiness ...1641 Eng. dial.
• WANTAGE deficiency, shortage ...1828 US
DEFICIENT - adjectives
• CARRION-LEAN † meagre, very deficient ...1581
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• DEFICIOUS †* deficient, lacking ...1540-1
• LACK † deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality ...1790 Sc.
• MANK † deficient, defective, incomplete ...1700 Sc.
• WANE † lacking, absent, deficient ...c825
DEFICIENT - verbs
• BATE † to be deficient in ...1633
• FAULT † 1. to stand in need of; to lack, to want; to be deficient in ...1377
† 2. to be deficient in; to be lacking in ...1504
• INLAKE † to be deficient, to lack ...1610 Sc.
• SCANTISH deficient; limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANTLY deficient, limited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DEFICIT - nouns
• IRISH DIVIDEND a non-existent or fictitious profit, a deficit, a stock assessment ...M19 US sl.
DEFICIT - nouns
• BEHINDMENTS outstanding liabilities, arrears, a deficit ...1886 Amer.
DEFICIT - phrases
• TO THE BAD with a deficit ...B1816 UK sl.
DEFILE, DEFILED - adjectives
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
• MACULATORY †* apt to spot or defile ...1614
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
DEFILE - nouns, person
• BERAYER † one who defiles or pollutes ...1699
DEFILE - verbs
• ADULTERATE † to defile by adultery; to debauch ...1613
• AGGL to soil, to defile ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AGGLE to soil or defile; to make a mess ...1866 Sc.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BEDIRT † to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify ...1622
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BEFYLE to soil, to defile ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERAY † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
• BESMEAR to sully, to defile, to pollute ...1579
• BEWRAY to defile with ordure, to dirty ...1678 Eng. dial.
• COINQUINATE † to soil all over, to pollute, to defile ...a1528
• COLLUTULATE †* to defile ...1623
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• CONSTUPRATE to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman ...M16
• DECOLOUR † to pollute, to defile ...1630
• DERSE to defile, to dirty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DETURPATE † to defile, to disfigure, to pollute, to contaminate; to debase ...1623
• DIVICIATE †* to corrupt, to defile; to deprive a woman of chastity ...c1470
• FULYIE to defile, to pollute ...E16 Sc.
• IMBRATE †* to defile, to sully, to pollute ...1542
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• IMPIATE †* to pollute, to defile ...1623
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung ...1828 Eng. dial.
• SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SULP † to defile, to pollute ...a1350
• TACHE † to stain or taint, esp. with moral defilement, or with the imputation of guilt or shameful conduct; to stigmatize ...1390 obs. exc. Sc.
• VARG to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VARGLE to soil, to defile ...1866 Sc.
• VERG to soil, to defile ...Bk1905 Sc.
DEFILED - adjectives
• CONSPURCATE † defiled, polluted ...1563-87
• DETURPATE † defiled ...c1532
• RAYED defiled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
DEFILED - nouns
• MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled ...a1450
DEFILED - verbs
• SULE † to be defiled ...a1250
DEFILEMENT - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• BAWDRY † material filth; dirt, defilement ...1648
• IMPIATION † defilement ...1658
• MYSOPHOBIA morbid dread of dirt or defilement; an abnormal fear of uncleanliness or contamination, as of soiling one's hands by touching anything ...1879
• OFFSCOURINGS filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish ...1674
• SULLAGE † filth, filthiness, defilement, pollution ...1641
• SULLIEDNESS † defilement ...1571
• SULPING † defilement ...a1350
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
DEFINITE - adjectives
• MORAL certain, definite ...1900s sl.
• SOLID definite ...L19
DEFINITELY - adverbs
• BY A LONG WAYS by far; far and away ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DAMN WELL certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much ...L19
• DEAD-SET definitely, certainly ...1970s Aust. sl.
• JUST absolutely, definitely, very ...L19 sl.
• MARKLY † definitely ...1533 Sc.
• SIGNANTER * expressly, distinctly, definitely ...1614
DEFINITIVE - adjectives
• DECRETAL †* decisive, definitive ...1608
DEFLATE - verbs
• EXTRACT THE URINE FROM to take the piss out of someone; to deflate someone, to make someone perform with less boasting and bravado ...E20 Brit. military sl.
• LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone ...L16 sl.
DEFLATE - phrases
• CHEERS ARE RUNNING UP MY LEGS!, THE a sarcastic remark used to deflate (esp. senior to junior) importance of local 'buzz' (rumour, commendatory report in newspaper, etc.) ...c1930
DEFLOWER - verbs
• COP A CHERRY to take a woman's virginity; occasionally a man's ...1920s sl.
• CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar ...c1725 Amer. sl.
• CRACK A JUDY'S TEACUP to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• CRACK A PITCHER to deflower a girl ...19C Brit. sl.
• DEVIRGINATE to deflower ...15C
• EASE to deflower a woman ...M19 Brit. sl.
• POLLUTE to defile or deflower a woman ...17C sl.
• PUNCH to deflower ...sl.
• PUNCTURE to deflower ...19C Brit. sl.
• SCUTTLE to deflower a woman ...19C Brit. sl.
DEFLOWERED - adjectives
• BROKEN HER TEACUP to have been deflowered ...19C Brit. euphemism
• CLIPPED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1597 sl.
• CRACKED deflowered ...18C sl.
• CRACKED IN THE RING seduced, deflowered ...1613 sl.
• DEVIRGINATE pert. to a woman who has been deflowered ...15C
• FLAWED deflowered ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNCHASTE defiled; having been deflowered involuntarily ...14C sl.
• WOUNDED IN THE THIGH deflowered ...16C literary euphemism
DEFLOWERED - verbs
• HAVE GIVEN PUSSY A TASTE OF CREAM of a woman: to have been deflowered; to have been copulated with ...19C Brit.
sl.
DEFORM - verbs
• DEVENUSTATE †* to deprive of beauty or grace; to disfigure, to deform ...1653
DEFORMED - adjectives
• BOOLIE crooked, bent, deformed ...19C Sc.
• CROOKED AS AN IZZARD deformed in person; perverse in disposition ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HACKLE UP of people: physically deformed ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAGER ugly, deformed, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALIE defective, deformed, lame ...1825 Sc.
• PANTAMORPHIC generally deformed ...1857
• RAMSHACKLED deformed ...1825 Sc.
• SIEBEGODLIN deformed, crooked, one-sided ...1896 Amer. dial.
• UNMACKLY ill-shapen, deformed; clumsy in appearance ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANSHAPEN † misshapen, deformed ...a1300
DEFORMED - nouns
• SCRAWMAX anything badly formed or out of shape ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DEFORMED - nouns, person
• CAITIFF † a cripple, one who is deformed and helpless ...1775 Eng. dial.
• DEFORM a deformed person ...1812 Sc.
• HAUCHAL a deformed or crippled person ...1891 Sc.
• LAMITER a lame person; a cripple; a deformed person ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUOZ a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• QUOZZIE a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person ...1725 sl.
DEFORMITY - nouns
• EELIST † a flaw, deformity, defect ...1768 Sc.
• GALBE an aggressive and frightening profile; any physical deformity occurring above the knee ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• LAIDURE † ugliness, deformity ...1483
DEFRAUD - nouns
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
DEFRAUD - nouns, person
• SKINNER one who defrauds another of their money ...1856
• VERNEUKER a defrauder, a swindler ...1905 S. Afr. sl.
DEFRAUD - verbs
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CHISEL to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1808 sl.
• CHIZZLE to cheat, to act deceitfully, to defraud, to swindle ...1858 Amer. sl.
• COD to cheat, to defraud ...18C sl.
• DEADBEAT to loaf, to sponge, to malinger; to avoid doing a thing; to defraud ...1881 US sl.
• DECEIVE † to cheat, to overreach; to defraud ...c1330
• GAFF to cheat or defraud; to swindle ...1811 sl.
• GIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• GYPSY to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIP to cheat; to defraud; to deceive; to charge exorbitantly; to swindle; to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• LOO to cheat; to defraud ...E19 US sl.
• MACE to swindle; to defraud; to cheat ...1790 UK sl.
• OZARK to cheat, to defraud ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PAPER to defraud someone by passing a forged cheque ...1925 sl.
• PULL A FAST ONE to deceive or defraud ...1933 US sl.
• PULL AN ACT to put on a show with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone ...1930s sl.
• PUT SOMEONE IN THE HOLE to defraud someone ...1812 sl.
• RAMP to defraud or swindle; to rob; to force one to pay a pretended bet ...1812 sl.
• RIM to cheat, to swindle, to defraud; to treat dishonestly ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RUN A HOOLIGAN ON to play tricks on, to defraud ...1920s US sl.
• SCALE to steal, to rob a person, to defraud ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAM to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCAM OUT to defraud, to trick ...1950s sl.
• SCHLENTER to pretend (for criminal purposes) to defraud ...L19 sl.
• SCOONIE to cheat, to defraud ...1950 Sc.
• SHAFT to defeat, to defraud, to harm, to treat unfairly ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SKELDER † to swindle, to cheat, to defraud a person; also, to obtain money by cheating ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SKIN to deprive of money or property unfairly or fraudulently; to fleece, to swindle, to cheat, to defraud ...1819 Amer. dial.
• STIFF to cheat or defraud someone, esp. by failing to pay them ...1950 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to defraud, to outwit and otherwise remove all of a victim's assets in a wager, by extortion, or by similar legal or illegal means ...1920s sl.
• VERSE † to impose upon; to cozen, to cheat, to defraud ...1591 cant
• WALK INTO to cheat, to defraud ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• WIPE ANOTHER'S NOSE † to cheat or defraud one ...1614
DEFRAUDING - nouns
• DEAD SET a scheme aimed at defrauding a victim through crooked gambling ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud ...1830
• VERNEUKERY defrauding, swindling ...1896 S. Afr. sl.
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• DEAD AS A DODO absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless; defunct or out of date ...1904 sl.
DEFT - adjectives
• GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous ...1485
• NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious ...1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NACKETY deft, expert ...1825 Sc.
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
DEFTLY - adverbs
• FEATLY cleverly, deftly, skilfully ...1436 arch.
DEFTNESS - nouns
• HABILITY * the quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity ...1840
DEFUNCT - adjectives
• LETHED †* dead, defunct ...1623
DEFY - verbs
• BEDARE † to defy ...1599
• BUCKLE UP to stand up to, to defy, to rebel ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUCK UP TO to stand up to, to defy ...1846 Amer. dial.
• FACE AND BRACE to bluster, to defy, to bully verbally ...16C sl.
• HOLD ONE WAG † to keep at bay, to defy ...c1540
• STUMP to challenge, to defy, to puzzle, or confound ...1837 sl.
DEFY - phrases
• YOU AND WHAT ARMY? I defy you to do as you threaten; you can't do this without the help of others ...1932 Amer. sl.