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MEDDLE - MENSTRUATION
MEDDLE - verbs
• BUTT IN to intrude or interrupt; to meddle ...1899 Amer. sl.
• DABBLE † to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in ...1660
• DIP to display an inappropriate interest in another person's business ...1976 US sl.
• ELT to meddle with, to interfere ...1897 Sc.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• FASH to meddle with, to disturb ...1951 Sc.
• FEED OFF HIS RANGE to meddle in the affairs of another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-DEE-DEE AROUND to meddle, to fool around ...1963 Amer. dial.
• FISTICATE to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle ...1819 Amer. dial.
• GO ABOVE ONE'S LATCHET † to meddle with what does not concern one ...1580
• GO BETWEEN BARK AND TREE to meddle, especially in family matters ...1562
• GO BEYOND ONE'S LATCHET † to meddle with what does not concern one ...1603
• HAVE AN OAR IN EVERY MAN'S BARGE to have a hand in everyone's business or affairs ...1653
• HAVE AN OAR IN EVERY MAN'S BOAT to have a hand in everyone's business or affairs ...1653
• INTERMELL † to intermeddle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INTROMIT to meddle with, to interfere; to associate ....1818 Sc.
• MAKE to meddle, to interfere ...1815 Sc.
• MELL to meddle; to interfere; to join in battle ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to meddle with, to make a mess of, to make untidy or disorderly, to cause pain or trouble for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone ...1881 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY WITH THE BANDWAGON to meddle in a dangerous situation ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ SAW to meddle in a dangerous situation ...1895 Amer. sl.
• NIB to pry, to meddle, to interfere ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NIBSHIT to pry, to meddle, to interfere ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PARRY WITH to meddle or tamper with, to have dealings with, to occupy oneself with, to interfere with ...1815 Sc.
• PAUGE † to tamper, to meddle in a rash or injudicious manner ...1825 Sc.
• PAWGE † to tamper, to meddle in a rash or injudicious manner ...1825 Sc.
• PILFER AROUND to meddle, to snoop ...1953 Amer. dial.
• POKE ONE'S NOSE INTO SOMETHING to pry and meddle; to examine ...1860s Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S OAR IN to interfere, to meddle ...c1730 colloq.
• PUT THE HAND BETWEEN THE BARK AND THE TREE to interfere or meddle in matters which do not concern one, especially between husband and wife ...19C
• SCALD ONE'S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK'S KALE to meddle with other people's business ...1773 Sc.
• SHOVE ONE'S OAR IN to interfere, to meddle ...1870 colloq.
• TAVE to meddle ...1900 Sc.
• THRESH OTHER FOLK'S CORN to meddle in other people's affairs ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TIG to interfere; to meddle; to do have to do with ...1599 Sc.
• TIG WITH to meddle, to interfere ...1889 Sc.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
MEDDLE - phrases
• DON'T MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ-SAW don't meddle ...1907 Amer. dial.
MEDDLER, MEDDLING or MEDDLESOME - nouns, person
• ARDELIO † a busybody, meddler ...1621
• BUTINSKI a meddler ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERINSKY one who interferes; a meddler ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-IN a meddler ...1917 Amer. sl.
• BUTTINSKI one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BUTTINSKY one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• DANDY-PUFF an interfering, meddlesome young person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EYEBALLER a meddlesome or interfering person ...1920 Amer. dial.
• FACTOTUM † one who meddles with everything; a busybody ...1618
• FARELOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others ...1856 Eng. dial.
• FARLOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAMF † an idle, meddling person ...1824 Sc.
• GAMP an idle, meddling person, an interfering busybody; a buffoon, an empty-headed, noisy fellow ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HEN-HUSSY a meddlesome person; one who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1969 Amer. dial.
• IMPERTINENT a meddlesome, presumptuous, or insolent person; one who does or says that which he has no business to do or say, and which is considered a piece of presumption or insolence ...1635
• INTERLOPER a meddler, a busybody ...1690 sl.
• JACK-STICKLER † a meddlesome or interfering person; a busybody ...1579
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LONGNOSE a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MACO-MAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-WOMAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLE-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• METICHE a busybody, a meddler ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NANNY-CRATTY an inquisitive, meddlesome, foolish, weak-minded person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FODGER a meddlesome, prying person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FUDGER a meddlesome, prying person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBBER one who interferes or meddles; a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NOSE-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOSEY PARKER a person who continually pries; a meddler ...Aust. sl.
• NOSY PARKER a person who continually pries; a meddler ...Aust. sl.
• NOSY ROSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NUNNY-FUDGER a meddlesome, prying person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC a meddling person; a busybody ...1861
• PAULA PRY a meddlesome or interfering woman ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PAUL PRY a meddlesome or interfering person ...1840 Amer. dial.
• POKE-NOSE a prying, snoopy, or inquisitive person; a meddler ...1915 Amer. dial.
• POLYPRAGMATIC † a meddlesome person; a busybody ...1636
• POLYPRAGMON † one given to meddling; a busybody; an officious person ...1600
• QUIZCUSS a meddlesome, inquisitive person ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ROSY NOSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STARE-CAT a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour ...1859 US
MEDDLESOME - adjectives
• FAST interfering, meddlesome ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• INBEARING † officious, meddlesome, prone to seize every opportunity of ingratiating oneself ...1828 Sc.
• MACO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLEOUS †* meddlesome ...c1430
• METE meddlesome, interfering ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIBBING being nosy, meddling ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POLYPRAGMATIC busying oneself about many affairs; meddlesome, officious ...1616
MEDDLING - adjectives
• GYPSY interfering, meddling, nosy, officious, irritatingly inquisitive ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HANDERSOME handy; inclined to meddle, meddling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTING meddling ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC universally meddling or occupied with everything; officious ...1861
MEDDLING - nouns
• HAND-SHAKING an interference, intermeddling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• INTROMISSION intermeddling ...1822 Sc.
• PANTOPRAGMATICS the alleged 'science' of universal meddling ...1861
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
MEDIA - nouns
• MEEJA media ...1983 Brit. sl.
• MEEJAH media ...1983 Brit. sl.
• MEEJER media ...1983 Brit. sl.
MEDIATE - verbs
• BEMEAN †* to mediate, to intercede ...1459
MEDIATOR - nouns, person
• DAYSMAN an umpire or arbitrator; a mediator ...1489 arch.
• GANGER-BETWEEN † a mediator ...1483
• MID-MAN a mediator between contending parties ...1775 Sc.
• MIDS-MAN † a mediator ...1775 Sc.
MEDICAL - adjectives
• GALENIC medical ...1668 jocular
• IATRIC * relating to a physician or to medicine; medical ...1851
• IATRICAL medical ...1716
• MED medical ...1933 US sl.
MEDICAL - nouns
• ARMAMENTARIUM the equipment of medicines, instruments, and appliances used by a medical man ...1874
• FASCINOMA a medical case that is unusual and thus interesting ...1994 US sl.
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• LEECHING healing, medical treatment ...c1000
• MEDICAMENTING medical attendance ..1823 Sc.
• SILVER GOOSE a proctoscope ...1989 US sl.
• SNIP, THE any invasive medical procedure that sterilises a patient, as a vasectomy, etc. ...2001 UK sl.
MEDICAL - nouns, person
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• MEDICO a medical student ...1940s sl.
• PRICK-FARRIER a medical officer ...1961 Services' sl.
• REMETICAL-MAN a medical man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MEDICAL - verbs
• TILL † to take care of or attend to medically; to treat a patient or a disease ...a850
MEDICAL TREATMENT - nouns
• EARTH-BATH † a kind of medical treatment in which the patient was buried up to the shoulders in the ground ...1765
MEDICINAL - adjectives
• AESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• ESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
MEDICINE - adjectives
• COMFORTATIVE † strengthening, reviving, as medicine, food, etc. ...1398
• IATRIC * relating to a physician or to medicine; medical ...1851
• INDURANT of medicines: having the quality of hardening ...1678
• LAETIFICANT * of a medicine: cheering, stimulating ...1627
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698
• PANPHARMACAL †* pert. to a universal medicine ...1657
• SINGULAR † of remedies, medicines, etc.: excellent; highly efficacious or beneficial ...a1340
MEDICINE - nouns
• APPODELL-DOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• ATOMIC COCKTAIL a liquid oral medication containing a radioactive isotope ...1949 US medical sl.
• BROKEN DOSE a small quantity of medicine administered at intervals ...1806 Amer. dial.
• COMFORTATIVE † a strengthening or reviving medicine ...1398
• DILL-TEA a soothing medicine or syrup given to children to deaden pain ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-WATER a soothing medicine or syrup given to children to deaden pain ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DOCTOR STUFF medicine ...1831 Amer. dial. arch.
• FAKE stuff used in patent medicines; a patent medicine; a so-called cure ...c1870 showmen's usage
• FAKEMS quack medicines ...20C sl.
• GAMMY STUFF spurious soap or medicine ...1839 UK criminals' sl.
• IATROLOGY * the science of medicine ...1855
• JOLLOP a purgative ...1920s sl.
• LAVATIVE † a draught to wash down food or medicine ...1633
• LEECHCRAFT remedy, medicine ...c888 arch.
• LEECHDOM a medicine, remedy ...a900 arch.
• LENOCINY †* an enticing medicine ...1657
• MEDDICK medicine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEDIC medicine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPADILLDOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OPEDILDOC a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OPODELDOC a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1733
• OPYDILDOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
• PICK-ME-UP a tonic medicine ...1900 sl.
• PUNK a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SICK-BAY COCKTAIL a dose of medicine ...c1925 Royal Navy usage
• SLIBBER-SLABBER † a compound or concoction of a messy, repulsive, or nauseous nature, used especially for medicinal purposes ...1566
• STUFF a term of contempt for anything to be swallowed, esp. medicine ...1605 colloq.
• TRUCK medicine ...c1770 Amer. dial. arch.
MEDICINE - nouns, person
• PHARMACOPOLIST * one who sells drugs or medicines; a druggist; an apothecary ...1651
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
MEDICINE - verbs
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
MEDIOCRE - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY satisfactory; mediocre; so-so ...Amer. sl.
• AVERAGE mediocre; not the best, just plain dreadful ...1981 Aust. sl.
• BETWIXT AND BETWEEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COMMON OR GARDEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DECENTISH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIME A DOZEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR TO MIDDLING mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIRISH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIFTY-FIFTY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF AND HALF mediocre ...1958 Trinidad and Tobago
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HAMMY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN-AND-OUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MEDINARY mediocre ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLE BROW middle-class; average or mediocre
• MIDDLING mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEITHER HEAD NOR TAIL mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO BARGAIN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT CATCH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT SCRATCH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT SHAKES mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO PANIC mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO RAVE mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO SCREAM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO CABLE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...World War I Aust. soldiers' usage
• NOTHING TO MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT nothing to make a fuss about; nothing in the least important, mediocre ...L19
• NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO SHOUT HOME ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WIRE HOME ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...L19 colloq.
• NO THREE-ALARM FIRE mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO WOW mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOT mediocre ...1927 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOTSY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOTSY-TOTSY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO KOSHER mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO WARM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF A SORT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF SORTS mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OKAY decent, mediocre, satisfactory ...1839 US sl.
• ONLY GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUARE mediocre ...1983 UK sl.
• SO-SO mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPAMMY bland, mediocre ...M20
• TEPID mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WARM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WASHED OUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MEDIOCRE - phrases
• AMONG THE MIDDLINGS said of a mediocre person or thing, one that is not above the average in capacity or health; a moderate condition of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEDIOCRITY - nouns
• WACKNESS mediocrity ...2000s US Black sl.
MEDITATE - verbs
• BETHINK to consider, to reflect, to meditate, to think ...c1300 arch.
• CHEW THE CUD to meditate, reflect ...colloq.
• PANSE † to think; to meditate ...a1500
• SATA to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise ...1950s W. I. Rasta
• SATTA to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise ...1950s W. I. Rasta
• UMBECAST † to consider, to meditate ...1375
MEDITATING, MEDITATIVE - adjectives
• BROODY brooding, meditative; dejected ...1851
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• COGITABUNDOUS deep in thought, thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1627
• MEDITABUND †* absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681
• PENSEROSE * meditative, brooding, melancholy ...1831
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• STUDIENT †* meditative, thoughtful ...1387-8
MEDITERRANEAN - nouns
• MED, THE the Mediterranean Sea; the lands generally known as the Mediterranean ...1943 Brit. sl.
• TERRENE SEA † the Mediterranean Sea ...1586
MEDITERRANEAN - nouns, person
• CHOC (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1987 Aust. sl.
• CHOCOLATE FROG n. (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'wog'
• GREASE-BALL (derogatory) a person of Mediterranean origin ...1922 sl.
• GREASER (derogatory; usually considered offensive) a person of Mediterranean background ...1967 Amer. dial.
MEDLEY - adjectives
• MACARONIC † of the nature of a jumble or medley ...1611
MEDLEY - nouns
• FARRAGO. a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• GALIMATIAS a mixture, medley, hodge-podge ...1762
• GALLIMAUFRY a heterogeneous mixture, a confused jumble, a ridiculous medley ...1551-6
• HAGGERSNASH † a medley, conglomeration ...1808 Sc.
• MACARONIC † a jumble or medley ...1611
• MASLIN † a mixture, a medley ...1574
• MINGLE-MANGLE a medley; a confused mixture; a hotch-potch; a mess; confusion ...1549
• MIXMUX confusion; medley ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• OMNIGATHERUM † omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley ...a1400
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• RAFF a confused heap; a medley ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley ...1761 Sc.
MEDLEY - nouns, person
• GALLIMAUFRIER † one who makes a gallimaufry or medley of something ...1592
MEDLEY - verbs
• MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together ...1549
MEEK - adjectives
• BENIGN † gentle, meek, humble ...1377
• DAFT † mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
• DEBONAIR † of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable ...a1225
• EDMOD † gentle, humble, meek ...c1000
• EDMODED † meek, humble ...a1175
• EDMODI † gentle, humble, meek ...a1225
• LAMBLY lamb-like, meek as a lamb ...1868 nonce word
• MAIDEN-MEEK as meek as befits a maiden ...1847
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUPLE tractable, meek and docile ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• UNCAPTIOUS meek, mild ...1661
• UNCHOLERIC meek, mild ...1831
MEEK - nouns, person
• CALF a meek, harmless person ...1553 sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• LAMB one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb ...c1000
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1930s sl.
MEEKLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY † meekly, gently, humbly ...c1386
• BIDDABLY obediently, meekly ...1895 Sc.
• EDMODLICHE † humbly, meekly ...a1175
MEEKNESS - nouns
• DEBONAIRSHIP †* debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1240
• DEBONAIRTY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• DEBONARITY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• EDMODNESS † gentleness, humility, meekness ...c888
• MANSUETIE †* gentleness, meekness ...1592
• MANSUETUDE gentleness, meekness ...c1386 arch.
MEET - verbs
• ACCUR † to run to, to run together; to meet ...c1555
• ACCURRE † to run to, to run together; to meet ...c1555
• ACOUNTER † to encounter, to meet ...c1350
• BEMEET † to meet with ...1605
• BUCK to meet accidentally; to bump into ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BUNK AGAINST to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BUNK INTO to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BUNK UP AGAINST to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BUTT INTO to meet by chance ...1931 Amer. sl.
• FAKE to fail to meet someone ...1990s sl.
• FALL ABOARD OF to meet a person ...1887 nautical usage
• FALL ACROSS to meet a person unexpectedly ...c1885 colloq.
• FALL OVER to meet; to encounter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAIN † to meet, to encounter, to oppose ...a1500
• HAPPEN UP WITH to meet by accident ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HIT to find, to meet ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• KEP to meet, to intercept, to throw oneself in the way of a person or thing; to stop the course of; to receive the force of a blow ...c1420 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OBVIATE † to meet, to encounter; hence; to withstand, to oppose a person or thing ...1600-9
• OCCUR † to meet, to encounter; to oppose, to resist ...a1548
• PASS AND REPASS to meet casually and then part, after little or no conversation ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RAMCOUNTER to meet with, to encounter ...1899 Sc.
• TANGLE WITH to meet ...1910s sl.
• YAIN † to meet, to encounter, to oppose ...a1000
MEETING - adverbs
• AFTER THE FIRST BRUSH after the first encounter or meeting ...1857
MEETING - nouns
• ACCESS † a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body ...1587
• AIK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• ASSIG assignation, meeting, rendezvous ...1796 sl.
• CHEWING MATCH a meeting where there is a great deal of talking ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DAWNER a meeting that lasts all night ...1980s US sl.
• FACE TIME time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television ...1991 US sl.
• FACE-TO-FACE a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FEST an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest ...1910 Amer. dial.
• GABBERFEST a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAIN-RACE † a running against, meeting ...a1300
• GAMMON AND PATTER † a meeting; a conference ...1889 UK sl.
• HACK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAIKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering ...1820 Sc.
• HEN-CACKLE a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEN-CACKLING a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEET a meeting, esp. one convened to discuss illegal matters ...1865 UK sl.
• OCCURSATION †* an act of running against something; attack; encounter; meeting; collision ...1615
• OCCURSE † a meeting ...1621
• OCCURSION † an act of running against something; attack, encounter; meeting; collision ...1533
• PARLIAMENT a meeting for discussion by two or more persons ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PUKE-IN a meeting or public occasion at which participants express their strong, usually antagonistic feelings about a topic ...2000s sl.
• SAMING † a meeting, assembly ...c1400
• TEAR-OUT a boisterous or hilarious meeting ...1929 Amer. dial.
• TONGUEFEST a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1965 Amer. dial.
MEETING - verbs
• SCAT UP AND GO HOME to break up a meeting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A MEETING to attend a business meeting ...1977 US entertainment industry usage
MEETING PLACE - nouns
• M20 a meeting place ...1981 Citizens' band radio usage, orig. US
• RALLYIN'-SHOP a rendezvous; a meeting-place ...1881 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - adjectives
• ALLICHOLLY † melancholy ...1591
• BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUE AS A WHETSTONE depressed, melancholy, dejected ...1857 Amer. dial.
• BLUER THAN A WHETSTONE extremely dejected, depressed, melancholy ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BROW-SICK dejected; downcast; melancholy; hanging the head ...1709
• COLLI-MOLLY a jocular corruption of melancholy ...17C
• COLLYMOLLY melancholy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DARKSOME characterized by gloom, sadness, or cheerlessness; melancholy, dismal ...1649
• DECHEERFUL † void of cheerfulness, melancholy, dejected ...1607 nonce word
• DRAM-HEARTED depressed in spirit, melancholy, downcast ...1895 Sc.
• EARNFUL † causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful ...1773 Sc.
• EERIESOME dismal, dull, sad, melancholy ...1869 Sc.
• ELEGIOUS †* resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful ...1632
• ERNEFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERNFUL † sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FACED long-faced, solemn, melancholy or unhappy looking ...c1785
• FRIDAY-FACED † sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy ...c1600
• FUNEBRIOUS † pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful ...1653
• HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy ...c1400
• IREY † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• IRIE † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• MADANCHOLY melancholy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MALAGRUGROUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGROBOLOUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MEECHING poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLIAN † melancholy ...1340
• MELANCHOLIOUS * affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful ...c1384
• MELANCHOLY AS A GYB-CAT very melancholy (gyb-cat = male cat) ...1596
• MESTIVE † sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy ...1578
• OORIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• ORIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• OWRIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• PENSEROSE * meditative, brooding, melancholy ...1831
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAFFLING melancholy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SATURNIAN † sullen, melancholy ...1656
• SATURNICAL † melancholy ...1605
• SATURNINE sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy ...1433
• SATURNIOUS † gloomy, sullen, melancholy ...1591
• SOLEMNCHOLY excessively solemn or serious; melancholy ...1855
• SPOONY DRUNK intoxicated with melancholy ...19C sl.
• THOUGHT-SICK † sick from thinking; sick with anxiety; uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful, melancholy ...1598
• UNCOUS melancholy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad ...1660 Sc.
• WAFF of persons and places: forlorn, melancholy; solitary, said of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance ...1724 Sc.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - adverbs
melancholy adv. SATURNINELY in a melancholy manner ...1895
MELANCHOLY - nouns
• BLUE DEVILS melancholy, depression, low spirits, the blues ...1810 Amer. dial.
• BLUENESS a state of depression or melancholy ...1911
• CAFARD depression, melancholy, the blues ...E20
• DALLERS a fit of melancholy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISMALS a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits ...1777 Amer. dial.
• DUMPS, THE a fit of melancholy; depression ...16C
• EPIZOOTICS melancholy, the blues ...1908 Amer. dial.
• MARE, THE † the blues; melancholy ...a1529
• SATURNINITY the quality of being melancholy ...1903
• SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - nouns, person
• GLUM-POT a melancholy or ill-tempered person ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GRIZZLE-POT an ill-tempered or melancholy person ...B1900 sl.
• HEEPY † a melancholy or listless person ...1788 Sc.
• MELANCHOLIAN † one affected with melancholy or a gloomy state of mind ...1632
• PENSEROSE * a brooding or melancholy person or personality ...B1900
• SATURNIAN † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1591
• SATURNINE † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1631
• SATURNIST † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1569
MELANCHOLY - verbs
• BLUE DEVIL to make one melancholy or depressed ...1836 Amer. dial.
• CARRY A HEAVY LOAD to be fatigued; to be melancholy ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FUNERALIZE † to render sad or melancholy ...1654
• MAWK to crave for; to become melancholy; to mope ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLIZE † to be or become melancholy; to become gloomy in mind; to make melancholy ...1597 now rare or obs.
• MOAN AROUND to go about in a depressed or melancholy mood; to mope ...1932 Amer. dial.
MELLIFLUOUS - adjectives
• SUGRATIFE †* sweet, 'honeyed', mellifluous ...1509
• SUGURAT † sweet, 'honeyed', mellifluous ...1501 Sc.
MELLOW - adjectives
• MALM mellow, soft ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MELLY mellow; fig. pleasant, tender ...1863 Sc.
MELODIOUS - adjectives
• CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
• HARMONIC * melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding ...1815
• MODULAMINOUS †* melodious ...1637
• NUMBERY † poetical, metrical, melodious ...1598
• ORPHEAN of or relating to Orpheus, as musician and singer, who was said to move rocks and trees by the strains of his lyre; hence: melodious, musical, entrancing
• SIRENIC * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...a1704
• SIRENICAL * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...1599
• SUGARED † of sound, melody, harmony: melodious, harmonious ...c1430
• TUNY melodious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MELODRAMATIC - adjectives
• IKEY melodramatic; done for the effect ...L19 sl.
• QUEENY showy, melodramatic, affected ...1997 US sl.
• TALL of speech: intense, melodramatic ...M19 sl.
MELODY - nouns
• CANTILENE † a song, a melody ...1635
MELON - nouns
• MILLION melon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PERMILLION a melon ...1963 Amer. dial.
MELT - verbs
• GO OUT to melt ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ILLIQUEFACT † to liquefy; to melt ...1599
• LEACH † to soften, to melt ...1614
• MALTER to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAR to waste away; to melt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL to melt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TABEFY † to melt down ...1656
• TO-MELT † to melt away, to dissolve ...a1240
• UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw ...1889 Eng. dial.
MELTED - adjectives
• ILLIQUATED †* melted down ...1727
MELTING - nouns
• BREAKUP the late spring melting of ice and snow ...1868 Amer. dial.
• RAND a melting; as much as may be melted at one time ...Bk1905 Sc.
MEMENTO - nouns
• MEMORANDUM a memento, remembrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEMORABLE - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † memorable, worthy to be remembered ...1883 obs. or arch. rare
MEMORANDUM - nouns
• NOTANDUM an entry of something to be specially noted; a thing to be noticed or observed; a memorandum ...1685
• PAMPHIL †* a memorandum or note ...1571
MEMORIAL - nouns
• MARK † the stone or other monument set up or standing as a memorial, or as a guide ...c1000
• MEMORANDUM a memorial inscription ...1810 Sc.
MEMORIZE - verbs
• MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize ...1705 Sc.
MEMORY - adjectives
• LEAKY not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive ...1692
• MEMORIOUS † having a good memory; mindful of ...1599 obs. or arch. rare
• THOUGHT-RIFE having a ready memory ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNACCOUNTABLE irresponsible, failing in memory, esp. used of old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEMORY - adverbs
• OFF OF ONE'S TONGUE from memory ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PERQUIRE † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
MEMORY - nouns
• ACCIDENCE a slip of memory; an accident ...1826 Sc.
• ALZHEIMER'S AVENUE an area in a hospital or nursing home frequented by memory-impaired patients ...1987 Aust. sl.
• ATTIC the head; mind, memory ...1823 Amer. sl.
• HEART LESSON a lesson memorized or learned 'by heart' ...1932 Amer. dial.
• MADDLIN a bad memory ...Bk1905 Eng. dial
• MEMORY GEM a brief text, as a verse, proverb, etc. committed to memory ...1897 Amer. dial.
• RECOMMEMB'ANCE memory ...1899 Amer. dial.
• REMEMBER one's memory; a memory ...1945 Amer. dial.
• TOPOLOGY † the art of assisting the memory by associating the thing to be remembered with some place or building, the parts of which are well known ...1860
• VAPOUR LOCK a temporary loss of common sense or memory ...1996 US sl.
• VID a striking image or memory ...1990s sl.
MEMORY - verbs
• CHART to commit to memory, to comprehend ...1960s US sl.
• DAFF to falter in memory ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAFFLE to become confused, to become stupid; of old people: to dote, to betray loss of memory and of mental faculties ...1796 Eng. dial.
• ELAPSE † to lapse, to sink insensibly into; to slip away from memory ...1742
• HAVE A MEMORY LIKE A FROG-TAIL to have a very bad or no memory ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RAT-RHYME to repeat from memory without attaching any meaning to the words ...B1900 Sc.
• RECOLLECTS memory ..1875 Eng. dial.
MENACE - verbs
• PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to menace, threaten, or intimidate ...1958 Brit. police & criminals' sl.
MENACING - adjectives
• MINACIOUS menacing, threatening; full of threats or menaces ...1660
• TEN FEET TALL hugely impressive; menacing ...1962 Amer. sl.
MENACING - nouns
• IMPENDENCE menacing attitude; imminence ...1657
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
• MINACITY disposition to use threats; a threatening or menacing ...1656
MENACING - nouns, person
• UGLY CUSTOMER a person who is likely to cause trouble, or be difficult to deal with; an unpleasant, menacing person ...1811
MENACING - phrases
• THERE'S BLOOD ON THE MOON there's a menacing or suspicious situation or set of events ...1933 Amer. dial.
MEND - nouns, person
• DOCTOR a person who mends or repairs things ...colloq.
• SARCINATOR † a mender, a patcher ...1646
MEND - verbs
• ACCOMMODATE † to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend ...1624
• BACK to mend temporarily ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BATCH UP to mend hastily or unskilfully ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEET † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALL to knock, hammer, drive into its place, to mend; to overturn, to knock over ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOCTOR to repair or mend, esp. in a makeshift manner
• GOBBLE to mend or patch hastily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE TOGETHER to mend or patch hastily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE UP to mend or patch hastily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAYWIRE to mend or repair something; to do a hurried job of repairing something ...1928 Amer. dial.
• I-BETE † to make good; to amend, to mend ...971
• PADGEL to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGEL to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGLE to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH to patch, to mend; to patch clothes untidily ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PALSH to patch, to mend; to patch clothes untidily ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PALT to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PATCHEL to mend clothes, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTER to sew up a rent, or apply a patch with invisible stitches; to darn, to mend ...1673-88 Eng. dial.
• REVIVE to mend, to patch ...1865 sl.
• TACKLE UP to repair, to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial
• TINK to mend pots and pans, as a tinker ...a1400
• TINKER to work as a tinker; to mend metal utensils, esp. in a clumsy, bungling, or imperfect way ...1592
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
MENDED - adjectives
• BAMPED UP vamped up; mended so as to last for a time ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• VAMPED-UP mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new ...1729
MENDER - nouns, person
• TINKER a clumsy or inefficient mender; a botcher ...1644-7
• TINKERER one who tinkers or works at mending something in a clumsy or ineffective way ...1894
MENDING - nouns
• BEETING † the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
MENIAL - adjectives
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
MENIAL - nouns
• GRUNT WORK menial work, drudgery ...1970s US sl.
• SCUTZ WORK menial or unpleasant work ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SCUZZ WORK menial or unpleasant work ...1991 Amer. dial.
• VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials ...1606
MENIAL - nouns, person
• BEEFEATER an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial ...1610
• DOGSBODY a junior person, esp. one to whom a variety of menial tasks is given; a drudge ...1922 colloq., orig. nautical usage
• FLUNKEE a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• FLUNKEY a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• FLUNKY a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• HARLOT † a male servant or attendant; a menial ...a1300
• HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER menial drudges; labourers
• JACK-BOY † a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion ...1573
• LABBET a boy that waits on a mason, butcher, etc.; a menial of the lowest grade ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACKEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial ...E16
• LAD † a manservant, a menial; a farm-servant ...c1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUNCHKIN a menial employee or inconsequential person ...1980s US sl.
• SCODGE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCODGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCOGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SUBSIZAR † a menial, a lackey ...1602
• SWAMPER a general assistant or labourer; a menial
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETESS a female varlet ...1748
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
MENIAL - verbs
• CARRY THE SHIT BUCKET to perform the lowliest tasks ...1977 Aust. sl.
• GRUNT to do menial work; to work as a menial assistant ...1938 US sl.
MENNONITE - nouns, person
• BLACK-BUMPER a member of an Amish or Mennonite sect which allows the use of cars and other motor-driven vehicles ...1967 Amer. dial.
MENOPAUSE - nouns
• CHANGING LIFE menopause ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOT FLASH a sudden spell of sweating, dilation of the blood vessels in the skin of the head and chest area, and a suffocating feeling; experienced by woman during menopause ...colloq.
• MENO menopause ...1920s sl.
MENSTRUATING, MENSTRUATION - adjectives
• BACK IN THE SADDLE (AGAIN) menstruating ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CARRYING A FLAG menstruating ...20C US sl.
• ILL of a woman: menstruating ...1931 Amer. euphemism
• INDISPOSED having the menses ...20C colloq.
• IN THE SADDLE menstruating ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KNOCKED-UP experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• MINISTRATIONAL relating to menstruation ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• MINSTRESS menstrual ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE ROOF of a woman: menstruating ...1954 Amer. dial.
• OFF-FLOOR of a woman: menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1971 UK
• ON A STREAK menstruating ...1990s US sl.
• ON THE RAG menstruating ...1930s sl.
• O.T.R. expecting the menses (On The Rag) ...20C US sl.
• OUT OF ORDER experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• OUT OF THIS WORLD experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• RAGGING having the menstrual period ...M20 US sl.
• RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE having the menstrual period ...20C sl.
• RIDING THE RAG having the menstrual period ...20C US sl.
• RIDING THE SADDLE menstruating ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDING THE WHITE HORSE having the menstrual period ...20C US sl.
• SICK menstruating ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SO menstruating ...M19 sl.
• SO-SO menstruating ...19C Brit. euphemism
• UNDER THE WEATHER pert. to a woman who is menstruating ...20C US sl.
• UNWELL menstruating ...1827 Amer. euphemism
• UP ON BLOCKS menstruating ...1990s sl.
MENSTRUATION - nouns
• AB (also A.B.) the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1980s NZ sl.
• AUNT FLO the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• AUNT FLO FROM RED RIVER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 Can. sl.
• AUNTIE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1992 Norfolk Island sl.
• AUNT ROSE menstruation ...1990s US sl.
• AUNT RUBY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2002 US sl.
• AUNT TILLIE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• AUNT TILLY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• AUNTY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1992 Norfolk Island sl.
• BAD DAY menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD-FEELING DAYS menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD TIME menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BAD TIME OF THE MONTH menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD WEEK menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAKER FLYING menstruation ...20C sl.
• BLITZ, THE menstruation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLOODY MONTHLIES a woman's menstrual period ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CALENDAR DAYS the bleed period of a women's menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• CALENDAR FEAR menstruation ...1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
• CALENDAR TIME the bleed period of a women's menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• CAN'T-HELP-IT menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CHANGES menstruation ...1930 Amer. dial. euphemism
• CHARLIE menstruation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• COME-AROUND menstruation ...1960s US sl.
• COUNTRY COUSIN the bleed period of the menstrual period ...1908 US sl.
• CURE-THE-PLAGUE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• CURSE, THE menstruation ...1930 euphemism
• D.A. 'domestic affliction,' the menses; usually in the plural ...L19 Brit. euphemism
• D.A.s the 'domestic afflictions'; the menses ...M19 Brit. colloq.
• DOG DAYS a woman's menstrual period ...1960 US sl.
• FLOODS menstruation ...20C US sl.
• FLOWERS menstruation ...15C sl.
• GRANDMOTHER TROUBLES menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNIES menstruation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY CHILLS menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY GRUNTS menstruation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY'S COMING menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• HOLY WEEK the time of menstruation ...1960s US sl.
• HUMMER DAYS from a male perspective: the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• JAM AND BREAD the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• LADY'S MONTHLY JOURNAL menstruation ...1966 Amer. dial. • LITTLE FRIEND. menstruation ...1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
• LITTLE SISTER menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• LITTLE WILLIE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• MARY JANE a woman's menstruation ...1970 Amer. euphemism
• MINISTRATION menstruation ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• MINNIE menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial. euphemism
• MISERIES, THE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MONKEYS menstrual cycle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MONTHLIES the menses ...L19 Brit. & US colloq.
• MONTHLY the menstrual period ...L19 sl.
• MONTHLY BILL menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY DUES menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY FLOWERS the menses ...19C euphemism
• MONTHLY PAIN menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY TERMS the menses ...E17
• MONTHS menstrual discharge ...1694
• MOON-TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• MOTHER NATURE menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER NATURE'S GIFT the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• MY FRIEND menstruation ...20C
• MY OTHERS menstruation ...20C
• NATURE the menses ...14C
• NUISANCE, THE the menses ...20C colloq.
• OLD FAITHFUL the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• PACKAGE OF TROUBLE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• PIP, THE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIPS menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PLAGUE, THE a woman's menstruation ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAG a menstrual period ...1971 sl.
• RAGAMUFFIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 Aust. sl.
• RAGGING TIME menstruation ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RAG TIME menstruation ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RAG WEEK the week of the month when a woman has a menstrual bleed ...1980s UK sl.
• RED CREEK menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED DEVIL, THE menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RED KING menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ROAD-MAKING menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROSES the menses ...19C Brit. euphemism
• RED RAG, THE the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• REDS menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET the menses ...20C jocular euphemism
• RED TUMMY-ACHE the menses ...20C US sl.
• SHOW the appearance of blood at the onset of the menses ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• SICKNESS menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SICKNESS, THE menstruation ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• SICK PERIOD a menstrual period ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SICK TIME a menstrual period ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH BOX DECORATED WITH RED ROSES the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• THOSE DAYS OF THE MONTH the menses ...Bk1982
• THOSE DIFFICULT DAYS the menses ...M20 US advertising usage
• TIME the menstrual period ...1564-78
• UNCLE BLOODY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• UNDER-STAIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1980 UK euphemism
• VAPORS the menses ...20C US colloq.
• VISITOR(S) a woman's menstrual period ...1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLFLOWER WEEK those days during which a woman is menstruating, and is, traditionally, sexually inactive ...20C sl.
• WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION the menses ...20C US sl.
• WRONG TIME a woman's menstrual period ...1954 US sl.
MENSTRUATION, PRODUCTS - nouns
• AMMUNITION a tampon or sanitary towel; tampons or sanitary towels ...1984 UK sl.
• BANDAGE the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BEACH WHISTLE a tampon tube washed up on the beach ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CLOUT a sanitary napkin ...19C Brit. colloq.
• DAM a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons) ...2001 US sl.
• DANGER-SIGNAL a menstrual cloth ...19C Brit. sl.
• DIAPER the 'menstrual cloth' ...19C sl.
• DOUBLE CLOUT the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• FANNY RAG a sanitary towel ...1985 Aust. sl.
• FLAG the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAM a tampon, a sanitary towel ...2000s Aust. sl.
• GENTLEMAN'S PLEASURE GARDEN PADLOCK the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GRANNY RAGS homemade sanitary napkins ...1957 Amer. dial.
• G-STRING any device - a tampon, towel, etc., used to staunch the flow of menstrual blood ...1970s US Black sl.
• JAM-RAG a sanitary towel ...a1966 sl.
• MANHOLE COVER a sanitary napkin ...a1948 Amer. sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE MATTRESS a sanitary napkin ...M20 US sl.
• MONTHLY RAG a menstrual cloth ...20C US colloq.
• PERIODICITY RAG the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• RAG a sanitary towel ...1920s euphemism
• RED RAG a sanitary napkin ...L19 Brit. sl.
• SADDLE a sanitary napkin ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BLANKET a sanitary towel ...1990s US sl.
• SANDBAG a sanitary towel or tampon ...2001 US sl.
• SANNY a sanitary towel ...1940s sl.
• SARK a sanitary towel ...1980s NZ sl.
• SHOE a sanitary napkin ...M20 Aust. euphemism
• SICK PAD a sanitary towel ...1966 US sl.
• SNATCH-PLUG a tampon ...1972 US sl.
• TAMMY a tampon ...2001 UK sl.
• VAMPIRE BAG a sanitary napkin ...1990s US Black sl.
• VAMPIRE'S TEABAG a sanitary napkin ...1990s US Black sl.
• WINDOW-CURTAIN the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
MENSTRUATION - nouns, person
• BLOODY MARY a menstruating woman ...1948 Amer. dial.
MENSTRUATION - verbs
• BE AT NUMBER ONE, LONDON the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BE IN A STATE OF 'NO THOROUGHFARE' the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BE ROAD-MAKING the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• COME AROUND to menstruate ...1910s US sl.
• COME ROUND to begin to menstruate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to begin a menstrual period ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• FALL OFF THE ROOF to begin a menstrual period ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• FLASH THE RED FLAG to have one's courses ...Bk1903 sl.
• FLYING BAKER to be experiencing the menses ...sl.
• FLY THE FLAG to have the monthly flux ...c1850 sl.
• HAVE A FRIEND VISITING to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1889 UK sl.
• HAVE ALICE to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1968 US sl.
• HAVE DOMESTIC AFFLICTIONS the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE IT ON to be experiencing the menses; to have a sanitary napkin on ...19C Brit. colloq.
• HAVE ONE'S AUNTIE IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S AUNTIE WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S FRIEND IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S GRANDMOTHER IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S GRANDMOTHER WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S LITTLE FRIEND WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE THE FLOWERS to experience the menses ...16C Brit. euphemism
• HAVE THE GATE LOCKED AND THE KEY LOST to experience the menses ...19C Brit. colloq.
• HAVE THE PAINTERS IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1961 euphemism
• HAVE THE RAG ON to be experiencing the menses ...20C US colloq.
• HAVE THE RAGS ON to be having one's period ...c1860 colloq.
• HAVE THE RED RAG ON the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE THE STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• LOSE to menstruate ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MINISTRATE to menstruate ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• PACK THE PILLOW to menstruate ...2000s US sl.
• RAG to menstruate ...1960s sl.
• RAG IT to menstruate ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RIDE A COTTON BICYCLE to menstruate ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RIDE THE RAG to be menstruating ...1920s sl.
• SEE ROSES to menstruate ...1990 Amer. dial.
• WEAR RAGS to be having one's period ...19C sl.
• WEAR THE RAG to menstruate ...1965 Amer. sl.
MENSTRUATION - phrases
• ALL'S NOT QUIET ON THE WATERFRONT a catchphrase pert. to a woman's state when menstruating ...sl.
• AT NUMBER ONE LONDON experiencing the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• AUNT EMMA FROM READING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• AUNT FLO HAS COME menstruation has started ...1948 Amer. dial.
• AUNT FLO IS VISITING menstruation ...20C sl.
• AUNT JODY'S COME WITH HER SUITCASE menstrual period ...1971 Amer. dial.
• AUNT MINNIE IS VISITING menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• AUNT SUZIE'S VISITING menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOOD AND SAND refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN IS AT HOME, THE used to indicate that a woman is menstruating ...L18 Brit. colloq.
• CAPTAIN IS COME, THE menstruation proceeds ...L18 sl.
• DANGER-SIGNAL IS UP, THE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• ENTERTAINING THE GENERAL menstruating ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• FLAG IS UP, THE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAL'S AT THE STOCKYARDS a woman is menstruating ...20C US sl.
• GRANDMA IS HERE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMAMMA IS HERE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA'S HERE FROM RED CREEK refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRANNYS' VISITING menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAMMOCK IS SWINGING indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• HER REDHEADED AUNT IS VISITING HER menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• I HAVE FRIENDS TO STAY announcement of the menstrual flux ...19C
• LADY IN THE RED DRESS the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• LITTLE OLD LADY WITH THE RED SHAWL refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SISTER'S HERE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• LOOKS LIKE A WET WEEK-END used by girls menstruating at the weekend; then by males (mostly teens) to a girls carrying a parcel that, judging by its size, may well contain a box or carton of sanitary pads ...1930s Aust. sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE IS KAPUT indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• MONKEY'S GOT A HEMORRHAGE one is menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MY FRIEND HAS COME announcement of the menstrual flux ...19C
• MY LITTLE FRIEND menstruation ...20C
• MY LITTLE FRIEND HAS COME I am menstruating ...1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
• MY RED-HEADED AUNT FROM RED BANK refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• MY RED-HEADED AUNT HAS ARRIVED menstruation ...20C sl.
• MY UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation ...2001 US sl.
• ON THE RAG experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1974 sl.
• PAINTERS ARE IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1961 euphemism
• PAINT THE BARN RED refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT'S HOPPING, THE experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• RED-LETTER DAYS refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS FLOWING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS RISING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS RUNNING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS UP refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED SEA'S OUT, THE refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RED WAGON IS DOWN refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ROAD UP FOR REPAIRS menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• SHE'S GOT THE BLOODY MONTHLIES refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SHE'S GOT THE MONKEY she is menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation ...2001 US sl.
• WHEN THE BOARD'S RED refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTT IN to intrude or interrupt; to meddle ...1899 Amer. sl.
• DABBLE † to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in ...1660
• DIP to display an inappropriate interest in another person's business ...1976 US sl.
• ELT to meddle with, to interfere ...1897 Sc.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• FASH to meddle with, to disturb ...1951 Sc.
• FEED OFF HIS RANGE to meddle in the affairs of another ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-DEE-DEE AROUND to meddle, to fool around ...1963 Amer. dial.
• FISTICATE to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle ...1819 Amer. dial.
• GO ABOVE ONE'S LATCHET † to meddle with what does not concern one ...1580
• GO BETWEEN BARK AND TREE to meddle, especially in family matters ...1562
• GO BEYOND ONE'S LATCHET † to meddle with what does not concern one ...1603
• HAVE AN OAR IN EVERY MAN'S BARGE to have a hand in everyone's business or affairs ...1653
• HAVE AN OAR IN EVERY MAN'S BOAT to have a hand in everyone's business or affairs ...1653
• INTERMELL † to intermeddle ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• INTROMIT to meddle with, to interfere; to associate ....1818 Sc.
• MAKE to meddle, to interfere ...1815 Sc.
• MELL to meddle; to interfere; to join in battle ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to meddle with, to make a mess of, to make untidy or disorderly, to cause pain or trouble for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone ...1881 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY WITH THE BANDWAGON to meddle in a dangerous situation ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ SAW to meddle in a dangerous situation ...1895 Amer. sl.
• NIB to pry, to meddle, to interfere ...1942 Amer. dial.
• NIBSHIT to pry, to meddle, to interfere ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PARRY WITH to meddle or tamper with, to have dealings with, to occupy oneself with, to interfere with ...1815 Sc.
• PAUGE † to tamper, to meddle in a rash or injudicious manner ...1825 Sc.
• PAWGE † to tamper, to meddle in a rash or injudicious manner ...1825 Sc.
• PILFER AROUND to meddle, to snoop ...1953 Amer. dial.
• POKE ONE'S NOSE INTO SOMETHING to pry and meddle; to examine ...1860s Amer. sl.
• PUT ONE'S OAR IN to interfere, to meddle ...c1730 colloq.
• PUT THE HAND BETWEEN THE BARK AND THE TREE to interfere or meddle in matters which do not concern one, especially between husband and wife ...19C
• SCALD ONE'S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK'S KALE to meddle with other people's business ...1773 Sc.
• SHOVE ONE'S OAR IN to interfere, to meddle ...1870 colloq.
• TAVE to meddle ...1900 Sc.
• THRESH OTHER FOLK'S CORN to meddle in other people's affairs ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TIG to interfere; to meddle; to do have to do with ...1599 Sc.
• TIG WITH to meddle, to interfere ...1889 Sc.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
MEDDLE - phrases
• DON'T MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ-SAW don't meddle ...1907 Amer. dial.
MEDDLER, MEDDLING or MEDDLESOME - nouns, person
• ARDELIO † a busybody, meddler ...1621
• BUTINSKI a meddler ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERINSKY one who interferes; a meddler ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-IN a meddler ...1917 Amer. sl.
• BUTTINSKI one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
• BUTTINSKY one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...19C Eng. dial.
• DANDY-PUFF an interfering, meddlesome young person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EYEBALLER a meddlesome or interfering person ...1920 Amer. dial.
• FACTOTUM † one who meddles with everything; a busybody ...1618
• FARELOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others ...1856 Eng. dial.
• FARLOOPER an interloper, one who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GAMF † an idle, meddling person ...1824 Sc.
• GAMP an idle, meddling person, an interfering busybody; a buffoon, an empty-headed, noisy fellow ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HEN-HUSSY a meddlesome person; one who is always poking into other people's affairs ...1969 Amer. dial.
• IMPERTINENT a meddlesome, presumptuous, or insolent person; one who does or says that which he has no business to do or say, and which is considered a piece of presumption or insolence ...1635
• INTERLOPER a meddler, a busybody ...1690 sl.
• JACK-STICKLER † a meddlesome or interfering person; a busybody ...1579
• KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LONGNOSE a busybody or meddler ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MACO-MAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MACO-WOMAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLE-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEDDLESOME-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• METICHE a busybody, a meddler ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NANNY-CRATTY an inquisitive, meddlesome, foolish, weak-minded person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FODGER a meddlesome, prying person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNY-FUDGER a meddlesome, prying person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NIBBER one who interferes or meddles; a busybody ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NOSE-BOX one who is always poking into other's affairs; a meddlesome person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NOSEY PARKER a person who continually pries; a meddler ...Aust. sl.
• NOSY PARKER a person who continually pries; a meddler ...Aust. sl.
• NOSY ROSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NUNNY-FUDGER a meddlesome, prying person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC a meddling person; a busybody ...1861
• PAULA PRY a meddlesome or interfering woman ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PAUL PRY a meddlesome or interfering person ...1840 Amer. dial.
• POKE-NOSE a prying, snoopy, or inquisitive person; a meddler ...1915 Amer. dial.
• POLYPRAGMATIC † a meddlesome person; a busybody ...1636
• POLYPRAGMON † one given to meddling; a busybody; an officious person ...1600
• QUIZCUSS a meddlesome, inquisitive person ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ROSY NOSY one who is always poking into other people's affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• STARE-CAT a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour ...1859 US
MEDDLESOME - adjectives
• FAST interfering, meddlesome ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• INBEARING † officious, meddlesome, prone to seize every opportunity of ingratiating oneself ...1828 Sc.
• MACO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MAKO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MEDDLEOUS †* meddlesome ...c1430
• METE meddlesome, interfering ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIBBING being nosy, meddling ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POLYPRAGMATIC busying oneself about many affairs; meddlesome, officious ...1616
MEDDLING - adjectives
• GYPSY interfering, meddling, nosy, officious, irritatingly inquisitive ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HANDERSOME handy; inclined to meddle, meddling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAGGOTTING meddling ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PANTOPRAGMATIC universally meddling or occupied with everything; officious ...1861
MEDDLING - nouns
• HAND-SHAKING an interference, intermeddling ...Bk1905 Sc.
• INTROMISSION intermeddling ...1822 Sc.
• PANTOPRAGMATICS the alleged 'science' of universal meddling ...1861
• PANURGY †* craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters ...1656
MEDIA - nouns
• MEEJA media ...1983 Brit. sl.
• MEEJAH media ...1983 Brit. sl.
• MEEJER media ...1983 Brit. sl.
MEDIATE - verbs
• BEMEAN †* to mediate, to intercede ...1459
MEDIATOR - nouns, person
• DAYSMAN an umpire or arbitrator; a mediator ...1489 arch.
• GANGER-BETWEEN † a mediator ...1483
• MID-MAN a mediator between contending parties ...1775 Sc.
• MIDS-MAN † a mediator ...1775 Sc.
MEDICAL - adjectives
• GALENIC medical ...1668 jocular
• IATRIC * relating to a physician or to medicine; medical ...1851
• IATRICAL medical ...1716
• MED medical ...1933 US sl.
MEDICAL - nouns
• ARMAMENTARIUM the equipment of medicines, instruments, and appliances used by a medical man ...1874
• FASCINOMA a medical case that is unusual and thus interesting ...1994 US sl.
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• LEECHING healing, medical treatment ...c1000
• MEDICAMENTING medical attendance ..1823 Sc.
• SILVER GOOSE a proctoscope ...1989 US sl.
• SNIP, THE any invasive medical procedure that sterilises a patient, as a vasectomy, etc. ...2001 UK sl.
MEDICAL - nouns, person
• HORRENDEROMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...a1991 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDIOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1980 Amer. medical usage
• HORRENDOMA an especially dangerous medical condition, usually cancer; hence, a patient having such a condition ...1977 Amer. medical usage
• MEDICO a medical student ...1940s sl.
• PRICK-FARRIER a medical officer ...1961 Services' sl.
• REMETICAL-MAN a medical man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MEDICAL - verbs
• TILL † to take care of or attend to medically; to treat a patient or a disease ...a850
MEDICAL TREATMENT - nouns
• EARTH-BATH † a kind of medical treatment in which the patient was buried up to the shoulders in the ground ...1765
MEDICINAL - adjectives
• AESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
• ESCULAPIAN belonging to Aesculapius (the god of medicine), or to the healing art; medicinal ...1622
MEDICINE - adjectives
• COMFORTATIVE † strengthening, reviving, as medicine, food, etc. ...1398
• IATRIC * relating to a physician or to medicine; medical ...1851
• INDURANT of medicines: having the quality of hardening ...1678
• LAETIFICANT * of a medicine: cheering, stimulating ...1627
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698
• PANPHARMACAL †* pert. to a universal medicine ...1657
• SINGULAR † of remedies, medicines, etc.: excellent; highly efficacious or beneficial ...a1340
MEDICINE - nouns
• APPODELL-DOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• ATOMIC COCKTAIL a liquid oral medication containing a radioactive isotope ...1949 US medical sl.
• BROKEN DOSE a small quantity of medicine administered at intervals ...1806 Amer. dial.
• COMFORTATIVE † a strengthening or reviving medicine ...1398
• DILL-TEA a soothing medicine or syrup given to children to deaden pain ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-WATER a soothing medicine or syrup given to children to deaden pain ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DOCTOR STUFF medicine ...1831 Amer. dial. arch.
• FAKE stuff used in patent medicines; a patent medicine; a so-called cure ...c1870 showmen's usage
• FAKEMS quack medicines ...20C sl.
• GAMMY STUFF spurious soap or medicine ...1839 UK criminals' sl.
• IATROLOGY * the science of medicine ...1855
• JOLLOP a purgative ...1920s sl.
• LAVATIVE † a draught to wash down food or medicine ...1633
• LEECHCRAFT remedy, medicine ...c888 arch.
• LEECHDOM a medicine, remedy ...a900 arch.
• LENOCINY †* an enticing medicine ...1657
• MEDDICK medicine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEDIC medicine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPADILLDOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OPEDILDOC a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OPODELDOC a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1733
• OPYDILDOCK a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol ...1830 Amer. dial.
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
• PICK-ME-UP a tonic medicine ...1900 sl.
• PUNK a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SICK-BAY COCKTAIL a dose of medicine ...c1925 Royal Navy usage
• SLIBBER-SLABBER † a compound or concoction of a messy, repulsive, or nauseous nature, used especially for medicinal purposes ...1566
• STUFF a term of contempt for anything to be swallowed, esp. medicine ...1605 colloq.
• TRUCK medicine ...c1770 Amer. dial. arch.
MEDICINE - nouns, person
• PHARMACOPOLIST * one who sells drugs or medicines; a druggist; an apothecary ...1651
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
MEDICINE - verbs
• LECHNE † to cure, to heal; to administer medicine ...c900
MEDIOCRE - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY satisfactory; mediocre; so-so ...Amer. sl.
• AVERAGE mediocre; not the best, just plain dreadful ...1981 Aust. sl.
• BETWIXT AND BETWEEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COMMON OR GARDEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DECENTISH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIME A DOZEN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR TO MIDDLING mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIRISH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIFTY-FIFTY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF AND HALF mediocre ...1958 Trinidad and Tobago
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HAMMY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN-AND-OUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MEDINARY mediocre ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MIDDLE BROW middle-class; average or mediocre
• MIDDLING mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NEITHER HEAD NOR TAIL mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO BARGAIN mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT CATCH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT SCRATCH mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO GREAT SHAKES mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO PANIC mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO RAVE mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO SCREAM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO CABLE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...World War I Aust. soldiers' usage
• NOTHING TO MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT nothing to make a fuss about; nothing in the least important, mediocre ...L19
• NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO SHOUT HOME ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WIRE HOME ABOUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...L19 colloq.
• NO THREE-ALARM FIRE mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO WOW mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOT mediocre ...1927 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOTSY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO HOTSY-TOTSY mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO KOSHER mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOT SO WARM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF A SORT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF SORTS mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OKAY decent, mediocre, satisfactory ...1839 US sl.
• ONLY GOOD mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUARE mediocre ...1983 UK sl.
• SO-SO mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPAMMY bland, mediocre ...M20
• TEPID mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WARM mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WASHED OUT mediocre ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MEDIOCRE - phrases
• AMONG THE MIDDLINGS said of a mediocre person or thing, one that is not above the average in capacity or health; a moderate condition of health ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEDIOCRITY - nouns
• WACKNESS mediocrity ...2000s US Black sl.
MEDITATE - verbs
• BETHINK to consider, to reflect, to meditate, to think ...c1300 arch.
• CHEW THE CUD to meditate, reflect ...colloq.
• PANSE † to think; to meditate ...a1500
• SATA to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise ...1950s W. I. Rasta
• SATTA to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise ...1950s W. I. Rasta
• UMBECAST † to consider, to meditate ...1375
MEDITATING, MEDITATIVE - adjectives
• BROODY brooding, meditative; dejected ...1851
• COGITABUND * deep in thought; thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1649
• COGITABUNDOUS deep in thought, thoughtful, meditating, musing ...1627
• MEDITABUND †* absorbed in meditation; pensive, thoughtful ...1681
• PENSEROSE * meditative, brooding, melancholy ...1831
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• STUDIENT †* meditative, thoughtful ...1387-8
MEDITERRANEAN - nouns
• MED, THE the Mediterranean Sea; the lands generally known as the Mediterranean ...1943 Brit. sl.
• TERRENE SEA † the Mediterranean Sea ...1586
MEDITERRANEAN - nouns, person
• CHOC (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1987 Aust. sl.
• CHOCOLATE FROG n. (offensive) a person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'wog'
• GREASE-BALL (derogatory) a person of Mediterranean origin ...1922 sl.
• GREASER (derogatory; usually considered offensive) a person of Mediterranean background ...1967 Amer. dial.
MEDLEY - adjectives
• MACARONIC † of the nature of a jumble or medley ...1611
MEDLEY - nouns
• FARRAGO. a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch ...1632
• GALIMATIAS a mixture, medley, hodge-podge ...1762
• GALLIMAUFRY a heterogeneous mixture, a confused jumble, a ridiculous medley ...1551-6
• HAGGERSNASH † a medley, conglomeration ...1808 Sc.
• MACARONIC † a jumble or medley ...1611
• MASLIN † a mixture, a medley ...1574
• MINGLE-MANGLE a medley; a confused mixture; a hotch-potch; a mess; confusion ...1549
• MIXMUX confusion; medley ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley ...1648
• OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages ...1804
• OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages ...a1634
• OMNIGATHERUM † omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley ...a1400
• OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder ...1530
• RAFF a confused heap; a medley ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley ...1761 Sc.
MEDLEY - nouns, person
• GALLIMAUFRIER † one who makes a gallimaufry or medley of something ...1592
MEDLEY - verbs
• MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together ...1549
MEEK - adjectives
• BENIGN † gentle, meek, humble ...1377
• DAFT † mild, gentle, meek, humble ...c1000
• DEBONAIR † of gentle disposition, mild, meek; gracious, kindly; courteous, affable ...a1225
• EDMOD † gentle, humble, meek ...c1000
• EDMODED † meek, humble ...a1175
• EDMODI † gentle, humble, meek ...a1225
• LAMBLY lamb-like, meek as a lamb ...1868 nonce word
• MAIDEN-MEEK as meek as befits a maiden ...1847
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SOUPLE tractable, meek and docile ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• UNCAPTIOUS meek, mild ...1661
• UNCHOLERIC meek, mild ...1831
MEEK - nouns, person
• CALF a meek, harmless person ...1553 sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• LAMB one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb ...c1000
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1930s sl.
MEEKLY - adverbs
• BENIGNLY † meekly, gently, humbly ...c1386
• BIDDABLY obediently, meekly ...1895 Sc.
• EDMODLICHE † humbly, meekly ...a1175
MEEKNESS - nouns
• DEBONAIRSHIP †* debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1240
• DEBONAIRTY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• DEBONARITY † debonair character; mildness, gentleness, meekness; graciousness, kindness; courtesy, affability ...a1225
• EDMODNESS † gentleness, humility, meekness ...c888
• MANSUETIE †* gentleness, meekness ...1592
• MANSUETUDE gentleness, meekness ...c1386 arch.
MEET - verbs
• ACCUR † to run to, to run together; to meet ...c1555
• ACCURRE † to run to, to run together; to meet ...c1555
• ACOUNTER † to encounter, to meet ...c1350
• BEMEET † to meet with ...1605
• BUCK to meet accidentally; to bump into ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BUNK AGAINST to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BUNK INTO to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1890 Amer. dial.
• BUNK UP AGAINST to bump into; to meet someone accidentally ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BUTT INTO to meet by chance ...1931 Amer. sl.
• FAKE to fail to meet someone ...1990s sl.
• FALL ABOARD OF to meet a person ...1887 nautical usage
• FALL ACROSS to meet a person unexpectedly ...c1885 colloq.
• FALL OVER to meet; to encounter ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAIN † to meet, to encounter, to oppose ...a1500
• HAPPEN UP WITH to meet by accident ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HIT to find, to meet ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• KEP to meet, to intercept, to throw oneself in the way of a person or thing; to stop the course of; to receive the force of a blow ...c1420 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• OBVIATE † to meet, to encounter; hence; to withstand, to oppose a person or thing ...1600-9
• OCCUR † to meet, to encounter; to oppose, to resist ...a1548
• PASS AND REPASS to meet casually and then part, after little or no conversation ...1937 Amer. dial.
• RAMCOUNTER to meet with, to encounter ...1899 Sc.
• TANGLE WITH to meet ...1910s sl.
• YAIN † to meet, to encounter, to oppose ...a1000
MEETING - adverbs
• AFTER THE FIRST BRUSH after the first encounter or meeting ...1857
MEETING - nouns
• ACCESS † a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body ...1587
• AIK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• ASSIG assignation, meeting, rendezvous ...1796 sl.
• CHEWING MATCH a meeting where there is a great deal of talking ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DAWNER a meeting that lasts all night ...1980s US sl.
• FACE TIME time spent in a meeting or conversation with an important or influential person; time spent on television ...1991 US sl.
• FACE-TO-FACE a face-to-face meeting, esp. a frank private conversation between two persons ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FEST an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest ...1910 Amer. dial.
• GABBERFEST a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAIN-RACE † a running against, meeting ...a1300
• GAMMON AND PATTER † a meeting; a conference ...1889 UK sl.
• HACK a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAIKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAKE a merry meeting; a rustic dance or gathering ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering ...1820 Sc.
• HEN-CACKLE a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEN-CACKLING a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MEET a meeting, esp. one convened to discuss illegal matters ...1865 UK sl.
• OCCURSATION †* an act of running against something; attack; encounter; meeting; collision ...1615
• OCCURSE † a meeting ...1621
• OCCURSION † an act of running against something; attack, encounter; meeting; collision ...1533
• PARLIAMENT a meeting for discussion by two or more persons ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PUKE-IN a meeting or public occasion at which participants express their strong, usually antagonistic feelings about a topic ...2000s sl.
• SAMING † a meeting, assembly ...c1400
• TEAR-OUT a boisterous or hilarious meeting ...1929 Amer. dial.
• TONGUEFEST a meeting where there's a lot of talking ...1965 Amer. dial.
MEETING - verbs
• SCAT UP AND GO HOME to break up a meeting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A MEETING to attend a business meeting ...1977 US entertainment industry usage
MEETING PLACE - nouns
• M20 a meeting place ...1981 Citizens' band radio usage, orig. US
• RALLYIN'-SHOP a rendezvous; a meeting-place ...1881 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - adjectives
• ALLICHOLLY † melancholy ...1591
• BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUE AS A WHETSTONE depressed, melancholy, dejected ...1857 Amer. dial.
• BLUER THAN A WHETSTONE extremely dejected, depressed, melancholy ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BROW-SICK dejected; downcast; melancholy; hanging the head ...1709
• COLLI-MOLLY a jocular corruption of melancholy ...17C
• COLLYMOLLY melancholy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DARKSOME characterized by gloom, sadness, or cheerlessness; melancholy, dismal ...1649
• DECHEERFUL † void of cheerfulness, melancholy, dejected ...1607 nonce word
• DRAM-HEARTED depressed in spirit, melancholy, downcast ...1895 Sc.
• EARNFUL † causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful ...1773 Sc.
• EERIESOME dismal, dull, sad, melancholy ...1869 Sc.
• ELEGIOUS †* resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful ...1632
• ERNEFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERNFUL † sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy ...1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FACED long-faced, solemn, melancholy or unhappy looking ...c1785
• FRIDAY-FACED † sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy ...c1600
• FUNEBRIOUS † pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful ...1653
• HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy ...c1400
• IREY † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• IRIE † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• MADANCHOLY melancholy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MALAGRUGROUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MALEGROBOLOUS † grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy ...1819 Sc.
• MEECHING poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining ...1836 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLIAN † melancholy ...1340
• MELANCHOLIOUS * affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful ...c1384
• MELANCHOLY AS A GYB-CAT very melancholy (gyb-cat = male cat) ...1596
• MESTIVE † sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy ...1578
• OORIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• ORIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• OWRIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing ...1788 Sc.
• PENSEROSE * meditative, brooding, melancholy ...1831
• PENSIFUL † thoughtful, meditative, pensive; anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful ...a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAFFLING melancholy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SATURNIAN † sullen, melancholy ...1656
• SATURNICAL † melancholy ...1605
• SATURNINE sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy ...1433
• SATURNIOUS † gloomy, sullen, melancholy ...1591
• SOLEMNCHOLY excessively solemn or serious; melancholy ...1855
• SPOONY DRUNK intoxicated with melancholy ...19C sl.
• THOUGHT-SICK † sick from thinking; sick with anxiety; uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful, melancholy ...1598
• UNCOUS melancholy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad ...1660 Sc.
• WAFF of persons and places: forlorn, melancholy; solitary, said of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance ...1724 Sc.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - adverbs
melancholy adv. SATURNINELY in a melancholy manner ...1895
MELANCHOLY - nouns
• BLUE DEVILS melancholy, depression, low spirits, the blues ...1810 Amer. dial.
• BLUENESS a state of depression or melancholy ...1911
• CAFARD depression, melancholy, the blues ...E20
• DALLERS a fit of melancholy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISMALS a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits ...1777 Amer. dial.
• DUMPS, THE a fit of melancholy; depression ...16C
• EPIZOOTICS melancholy, the blues ...1908 Amer. dial.
• MARE, THE † the blues; melancholy ...a1529
• SATURNINITY the quality of being melancholy ...1903
• SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
MELANCHOLY - nouns, person
• GLUM-POT a melancholy or ill-tempered person ...1917 Amer. dial.
• GRIZZLE-POT an ill-tempered or melancholy person ...B1900 sl.
• HEEPY † a melancholy or listless person ...1788 Sc.
• MELANCHOLIAN † one affected with melancholy or a gloomy state of mind ...1632
• PENSEROSE * a brooding or melancholy person or personality ...B1900
• SATURNIAN † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1591
• SATURNINE † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1631
• SATURNIST † a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person ...1569
MELANCHOLY - verbs
• BLUE DEVIL to make one melancholy or depressed ...1836 Amer. dial.
• CARRY A HEAVY LOAD to be fatigued; to be melancholy ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FUNERALIZE † to render sad or melancholy ...1654
• MAWK to crave for; to become melancholy; to mope ...1876 Eng. dial.
• MELANCHOLIZE † to be or become melancholy; to become gloomy in mind; to make melancholy ...1597 now rare or obs.
• MOAN AROUND to go about in a depressed or melancholy mood; to mope ...1932 Amer. dial.
MELLIFLUOUS - adjectives
• SUGRATIFE †* sweet, 'honeyed', mellifluous ...1509
• SUGURAT † sweet, 'honeyed', mellifluous ...1501 Sc.
MELLOW - adjectives
• MALM mellow, soft ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MELLY mellow; fig. pleasant, tender ...1863 Sc.
MELODIOUS - adjectives
• CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
• HARMONIC * melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding ...1815
• MODULAMINOUS †* melodious ...1637
• NUMBERY † poetical, metrical, melodious ...1598
• ORPHEAN of or relating to Orpheus, as musician and singer, who was said to move rocks and trees by the strains of his lyre; hence: melodious, musical, entrancing
• SIRENIC * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...a1704
• SIRENICAL * melodious; charming, fascinating, alluring ...1599
• SUGARED † of sound, melody, harmony: melodious, harmonious ...c1430
• TUNY melodious ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
MELODRAMATIC - adjectives
• IKEY melodramatic; done for the effect ...L19 sl.
• QUEENY showy, melodramatic, affected ...1997 US sl.
• TALL of speech: intense, melodramatic ...M19 sl.
MELODY - nouns
• CANTILENE † a song, a melody ...1635
MELON - nouns
• MILLION melon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PERMILLION a melon ...1963 Amer. dial.
MELT - verbs
• GO OUT to melt ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ILLIQUEFACT † to liquefy; to melt ...1599
• LEACH † to soften, to melt ...1614
• MALTER to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAR to waste away; to melt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILL to melt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TABEFY † to melt down ...1656
• TO-MELT † to melt away, to dissolve ...a1240
• UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw ...1889 Eng. dial.
MELTED - adjectives
• ILLIQUATED †* melted down ...1727
MELTING - nouns
• BREAKUP the late spring melting of ice and snow ...1868 Amer. dial.
• RAND a melting; as much as may be melted at one time ...Bk1905 Sc.
MEMENTO - nouns
• MEMORANDUM a memento, remembrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEMORABLE - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † memorable, worthy to be remembered ...1883 obs. or arch. rare
MEMORANDUM - nouns
• NOTANDUM an entry of something to be specially noted; a thing to be noticed or observed; a memorandum ...1685
• PAMPHIL †* a memorandum or note ...1571
MEMORIAL - nouns
• MARK † the stone or other monument set up or standing as a memorial, or as a guide ...c1000
• MEMORANDUM a memorial inscription ...1810 Sc.
MEMORIZE - verbs
• MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize ...1705 Sc.
MEMORY - adjectives
• LEAKY not reticent; blabbing; of memory: not retentive ...1692
• MEMORIOUS † having a good memory; mindful of ...1599 obs. or arch. rare
• THOUGHT-RIFE having a ready memory ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNACCOUNTABLE irresponsible, failing in memory, esp. used of old people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
MEMORY - adverbs
• OFF OF ONE'S TONGUE from memory ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PERQUIRE † by heart, by memory; hence, perfectly, accurately, exactly ...1775 Sc.
MEMORY - nouns
• ACCIDENCE a slip of memory; an accident ...1826 Sc.
• ALZHEIMER'S AVENUE an area in a hospital or nursing home frequented by memory-impaired patients ...1987 Aust. sl.
• ATTIC the head; mind, memory ...1823 Amer. sl.
• HEART LESSON a lesson memorized or learned 'by heart' ...1932 Amer. dial.
• MADDLIN a bad memory ...Bk1905 Eng. dial
• MEMORY GEM a brief text, as a verse, proverb, etc. committed to memory ...1897 Amer. dial.
• RECOMMEMB'ANCE memory ...1899 Amer. dial.
• REMEMBER one's memory; a memory ...1945 Amer. dial.
• TOPOLOGY † the art of assisting the memory by associating the thing to be remembered with some place or building, the parts of which are well known ...1860
• VAPOUR LOCK a temporary loss of common sense or memory ...1996 US sl.
• VID a striking image or memory ...1990s sl.
MEMORY - verbs
• CHART to commit to memory, to comprehend ...1960s US sl.
• DAFF to falter in memory ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAFFLE to become confused, to become stupid; of old people: to dote, to betray loss of memory and of mental faculties ...1796 Eng. dial.
• ELAPSE † to lapse, to sink insensibly into; to slip away from memory ...1742
• HAVE A MEMORY LIKE A FROG-TAIL to have a very bad or no memory ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RAT-RHYME to repeat from memory without attaching any meaning to the words ...B1900 Sc.
• RECOLLECTS memory ..1875 Eng. dial.
MENACE - verbs
• PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to menace, threaten, or intimidate ...1958 Brit. police & criminals' sl.
MENACING - adjectives
• MINACIOUS menacing, threatening; full of threats or menaces ...1660
• TEN FEET TALL hugely impressive; menacing ...1962 Amer. sl.
MENACING - nouns
• IMPENDENCE menacing attitude; imminence ...1657
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
• MINACITY disposition to use threats; a threatening or menacing ...1656
MENACING - nouns, person
• UGLY CUSTOMER a person who is likely to cause trouble, or be difficult to deal with; an unpleasant, menacing person ...1811
MENACING - phrases
• THERE'S BLOOD ON THE MOON there's a menacing or suspicious situation or set of events ...1933 Amer. dial.
MEND - nouns, person
• DOCTOR a person who mends or repairs things ...colloq.
• SARCINATOR † a mender, a patcher ...1646
MEND - verbs
• ACCOMMODATE † to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend ...1624
• BACK to mend temporarily ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BATCH UP to mend hastily or unskilfully ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEET † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALL to knock, hammer, drive into its place, to mend; to overturn, to knock over ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOCTOR to repair or mend, esp. in a makeshift manner
• GOBBLE to mend or patch hastily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE TOGETHER to mend or patch hastily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLE UP to mend or patch hastily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAYWIRE to mend or repair something; to do a hurried job of repairing something ...1928 Amer. dial.
• I-BETE † to make good; to amend, to mend ...971
• PADGEL to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGEL to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAGGLE to mend, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALCH to patch, to mend; to patch clothes untidily ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PALSH to patch, to mend; to patch clothes untidily ...1790 Eng. dial.
• PALT to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PATCHEL to mend clothes, to patch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTER to sew up a rent, or apply a patch with invisible stitches; to darn, to mend ...1673-88 Eng. dial.
• REVIVE to mend, to patch ...1865 sl.
• TACKLE UP to repair, to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial
• TINK to mend pots and pans, as a tinker ...a1400
• TINKER to work as a tinker; to mend metal utensils, esp. in a clumsy, bungling, or imperfect way ...1592
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
MENDED - adjectives
• BAMPED UP vamped up; mended so as to last for a time ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• VAMPED-UP mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new ...1729
MENDER - nouns, person
• TINKER a clumsy or inefficient mender; a botcher ...1644-7
• TINKERER one who tinkers or works at mending something in a clumsy or ineffective way ...1894
MENDING - nouns
• BEETING † the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
MENIAL - adjectives
• HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched ...1581 arch.
MENIAL - nouns
• GRUNT WORK menial work, drudgery ...1970s US sl.
• SCUTZ WORK menial or unpleasant work ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SCUZZ WORK menial or unpleasant work ...1991 Amer. dial.
• VARLETRY varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials ...1606
MENIAL - nouns, person
• BEEFEATER an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial ...1610
• DOGSBODY a junior person, esp. one to whom a variety of menial tasks is given; a drudge ...1922 colloq., orig. nautical usage
• FLUNKEE a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• FLUNKEY a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• FLUNKY a menial, a stooge ...20C sl.
• HARLOT † a male servant or attendant; a menial ...a1300
• HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER menial drudges; labourers
• JACK-BOY † a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion ...1573
• LABBET a boy that waits on a mason, butcher, etc.; a menial of the lowest grade ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACKEY a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial ...E16
• LAD † a manservant, a menial; a farm-servant ...c1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUNCHKIN a menial employee or inconsequential person ...1980s US sl.
• SCODGE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCODGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCOGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm ...1782 Sc.
• SUBSIZAR † a menial, a lackey ...1602
• SWAMPER a general assistant or labourer; a menial
• VARLET a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1456 now arch.
• VARLETESS a female varlet ...1748
• VARLETTO † a man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom ...1598
MENIAL - verbs
• CARRY THE SHIT BUCKET to perform the lowliest tasks ...1977 Aust. sl.
• GRUNT to do menial work; to work as a menial assistant ...1938 US sl.
MENNONITE - nouns, person
• BLACK-BUMPER a member of an Amish or Mennonite sect which allows the use of cars and other motor-driven vehicles ...1967 Amer. dial.
MENOPAUSE - nouns
• CHANGING LIFE menopause ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HOT FLASH a sudden spell of sweating, dilation of the blood vessels in the skin of the head and chest area, and a suffocating feeling; experienced by woman during menopause ...colloq.
• MENO menopause ...1920s sl.
MENSTRUATING, MENSTRUATION - adjectives
• BACK IN THE SADDLE (AGAIN) menstruating ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CARRYING A FLAG menstruating ...20C US sl.
• ILL of a woman: menstruating ...1931 Amer. euphemism
• INDISPOSED having the menses ...20C colloq.
• IN THE SADDLE menstruating ...1966 Amer. dial.
• KNOCKED-UP experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• MINISTRATIONAL relating to menstruation ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• MINSTRESS menstrual ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE ROOF of a woman: menstruating ...1954 Amer. dial.
• OFF-FLOOR of a woman: menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1971 UK
• ON A STREAK menstruating ...1990s US sl.
• ON THE RAG menstruating ...1930s sl.
• O.T.R. expecting the menses (On The Rag) ...20C US sl.
• OUT OF ORDER experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• OUT OF THIS WORLD experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• RAGGING having the menstrual period ...M20 US sl.
• RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE having the menstrual period ...20C sl.
• RIDING THE RAG having the menstrual period ...20C US sl.
• RIDING THE SADDLE menstruating ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RIDING THE WHITE HORSE having the menstrual period ...20C US sl.
• SICK menstruating ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SO menstruating ...M19 sl.
• SO-SO menstruating ...19C Brit. euphemism
• UNDER THE WEATHER pert. to a woman who is menstruating ...20C US sl.
• UNWELL menstruating ...1827 Amer. euphemism
• UP ON BLOCKS menstruating ...1990s sl.
MENSTRUATION - nouns
• AB (also A.B.) the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1980s NZ sl.
• AUNT FLO the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• AUNT FLO FROM RED RIVER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 Can. sl.
• AUNTIE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1992 Norfolk Island sl.
• AUNT ROSE menstruation ...1990s US sl.
• AUNT RUBY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2002 US sl.
• AUNT TILLIE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• AUNT TILLY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• AUNTY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1992 Norfolk Island sl.
• BAD DAY menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD-FEELING DAYS menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD TIME menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BAD TIME OF THE MONTH menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAD WEEK menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAKER FLYING menstruation ...20C sl.
• BLITZ, THE menstruation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLOODY MONTHLIES a woman's menstrual period ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CALENDAR DAYS the bleed period of a women's menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• CALENDAR FEAR menstruation ...1968 Amer. dial. euphemism
• CALENDAR TIME the bleed period of a women's menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• CAN'T-HELP-IT menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CHANGES menstruation ...1930 Amer. dial. euphemism
• CHARLIE menstruation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CHOCOLATE TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• COME-AROUND menstruation ...1960s US sl.
• COUNTRY COUSIN the bleed period of the menstrual period ...1908 US sl.
• CURE-THE-PLAGUE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• CURSE, THE menstruation ...1930 euphemism
• D.A. 'domestic affliction,' the menses; usually in the plural ...L19 Brit. euphemism
• D.A.s the 'domestic afflictions'; the menses ...M19 Brit. colloq.
• DOG DAYS a woman's menstrual period ...1960 US sl.
• FLOODS menstruation ...20C US sl.
• FLOWERS menstruation ...15C sl.
• GRANDMOTHER TROUBLES menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNIES menstruation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY CHILLS menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY GRUNTS menstruation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• GRANNY'S COMING menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• HOLY WEEK the time of menstruation ...1960s US sl.
• HUMMER DAYS from a male perspective: the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• JAM AND BREAD the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• LADY'S MONTHLY JOURNAL menstruation ...1966 Amer. dial. • LITTLE FRIEND. menstruation ...1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
• LITTLE SISTER menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• LITTLE WILLIE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• MARY JANE a woman's menstruation ...1970 Amer. euphemism
• MINISTRATION menstruation ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• MINNIE menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial. euphemism
• MISERIES, THE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MONKEYS menstrual cycle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MONTHLIES the menses ...L19 Brit. & US colloq.
• MONTHLY the menstrual period ...L19 sl.
• MONTHLY BILL menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY DUES menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY FLOWERS the menses ...19C euphemism
• MONTHLY PAIN menstruation ...20C US sl.
• MONTHLY TERMS the menses ...E17
• MONTHS menstrual discharge ...1694
• MOON-TIME the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2000 US sl.
• MOTHER NATURE menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• MOTHER NATURE'S GIFT the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• MY FRIEND menstruation ...20C
• MY OTHERS menstruation ...20C
• NATURE the menses ...14C
• NUISANCE, THE the menses ...20C colloq.
• OLD FAITHFUL the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1954 US sl.
• PACKAGE OF TROUBLE the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• PIP, THE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PIPS menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PLAGUE, THE a woman's menstruation ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAG a menstrual period ...1971 sl.
• RAGAMUFFIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 Aust. sl.
• RAGGING TIME menstruation ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RAG TIME menstruation ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RAG WEEK the week of the month when a woman has a menstrual bleed ...1980s UK sl.
• RED CREEK menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED DEVIL, THE menstruation ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RED KING menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ROAD-MAKING menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROSES the menses ...19C Brit. euphemism
• RED RAG, THE the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• REDS menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET the menses ...20C jocular euphemism
• RED TUMMY-ACHE the menses ...20C US sl.
• SHOW the appearance of blood at the onset of the menses ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• SICKNESS menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SICKNESS, THE menstruation ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• SICK PERIOD a menstrual period ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SICK TIME a menstrual period ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH BOX DECORATED WITH RED ROSES the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• THOSE DAYS OF THE MONTH the menses ...Bk1982
• THOSE DIFFICULT DAYS the menses ...M20 US advertising usage
• TIME the menstrual period ...1564-78
• UNCLE BLOODY the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• UNDER-STAIN the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1980 UK euphemism
• VAPORS the menses ...20C US colloq.
• VISITOR(S) a woman's menstrual period ...1942 Amer. sl.
• WALLFLOWER WEEK those days during which a woman is menstruating, and is, traditionally, sexually inactive ...20C sl.
• WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION the menses ...20C US sl.
• WRONG TIME a woman's menstrual period ...1954 US sl.
MENSTRUATION, PRODUCTS - nouns
• AMMUNITION a tampon or sanitary towel; tampons or sanitary towels ...1984 UK sl.
• BANDAGE the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BEACH WHISTLE a tampon tube washed up on the beach ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CLOUT a sanitary napkin ...19C Brit. colloq.
• DAM a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons) ...2001 US sl.
• DANGER-SIGNAL a menstrual cloth ...19C Brit. sl.
• DIAPER the 'menstrual cloth' ...19C sl.
• DOUBLE CLOUT the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• FANNY RAG a sanitary towel ...1985 Aust. sl.
• FLAG the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAM a tampon, a sanitary towel ...2000s Aust. sl.
• GENTLEMAN'S PLEASURE GARDEN PADLOCK the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GRANNY RAGS homemade sanitary napkins ...1957 Amer. dial.
• G-STRING any device - a tampon, towel, etc., used to staunch the flow of menstrual blood ...1970s US Black sl.
• JAM-RAG a sanitary towel ...a1966 sl.
• MANHOLE COVER a sanitary napkin ...a1948 Amer. sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE MATTRESS a sanitary napkin ...M20 US sl.
• MONTHLY RAG a menstrual cloth ...20C US colloq.
• PERIODICITY RAG the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
• RAG a sanitary towel ...1920s euphemism
• RED RAG a sanitary napkin ...L19 Brit. sl.
• SADDLE a sanitary napkin ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SADDLE BLANKET a sanitary towel ...1990s US sl.
• SANDBAG a sanitary towel or tampon ...2001 US sl.
• SANNY a sanitary towel ...1940s sl.
• SARK a sanitary towel ...1980s NZ sl.
• SHOE a sanitary napkin ...M20 Aust. euphemism
• SICK PAD a sanitary towel ...1966 US sl.
• SNATCH-PLUG a tampon ...1972 US sl.
• TAMMY a tampon ...2001 UK sl.
• VAMPIRE BAG a sanitary napkin ...1990s US Black sl.
• VAMPIRE'S TEABAG a sanitary napkin ...1990s US Black sl.
• WINDOW-CURTAIN the 'menstrual cloth' ...Bk1893 sl.
MENSTRUATION - nouns, person
• BLOODY MARY a menstruating woman ...1948 Amer. dial.
MENSTRUATION - verbs
• BE AT NUMBER ONE, LONDON the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BE IN A STATE OF 'NO THOROUGHFARE' the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• BE ROAD-MAKING the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• COME AROUND to menstruate ...1910s US sl.
• COME ROUND to begin to menstruate ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to begin a menstrual period ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• FALL OFF THE ROOF to begin a menstrual period ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• FLASH THE RED FLAG to have one's courses ...Bk1903 sl.
• FLYING BAKER to be experiencing the menses ...sl.
• FLY THE FLAG to have the monthly flux ...c1850 sl.
• HAVE A FRIEND VISITING to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1889 UK sl.
• HAVE ALICE to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1968 US sl.
• HAVE DOMESTIC AFFLICTIONS the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE IT ON to be experiencing the menses; to have a sanitary napkin on ...19C Brit. colloq.
• HAVE ONE'S AUNTIE IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S AUNTIE WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S FRIEND IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S GRANDMOTHER IN to experience the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAVE ONE'S GRANDMOTHER WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S LITTLE FRIEND WITH ONE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE THE FLOWERS to experience the menses ...16C Brit. euphemism
• HAVE THE GATE LOCKED AND THE KEY LOST to experience the menses ...19C Brit. colloq.
• HAVE THE PAINTERS IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1961 euphemism
• HAVE THE RAG ON to be experiencing the menses ...20C US colloq.
• HAVE THE RAGS ON to be having one's period ...c1860 colloq.
• HAVE THE RED RAG ON the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• HAVE THE STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• LOSE to menstruate ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• MINISTRATE to menstruate ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• PACK THE PILLOW to menstruate ...2000s US sl.
• RAG to menstruate ...1960s sl.
• RAG IT to menstruate ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RIDE A COTTON BICYCLE to menstruate ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RIDE THE RAG to be menstruating ...1920s sl.
• SEE ROSES to menstruate ...1990 Amer. dial.
• WEAR RAGS to be having one's period ...19C sl.
• WEAR THE RAG to menstruate ...1965 Amer. sl.
MENSTRUATION - phrases
• ALL'S NOT QUIET ON THE WATERFRONT a catchphrase pert. to a woman's state when menstruating ...sl.
• AT NUMBER ONE LONDON experiencing the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• AUNT EMMA FROM READING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• AUNT FLO HAS COME menstruation has started ...1948 Amer. dial.
• AUNT FLO IS VISITING menstruation ...20C sl.
• AUNT JODY'S COME WITH HER SUITCASE menstrual period ...1971 Amer. dial.
• AUNT MINNIE IS VISITING menstruation ...1978 Amer. dial.
• AUNT SUZIE'S VISITING menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOOD AND SAND refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN IS AT HOME, THE used to indicate that a woman is menstruating ...L18 Brit. colloq.
• CAPTAIN IS COME, THE menstruation proceeds ...L18 sl.
• DANGER-SIGNAL IS UP, THE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• ENTERTAINING THE GENERAL menstruating ...1948 Amer. dial. euphemism
• FLAG IS UP, THE the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAL'S AT THE STOCKYARDS a woman is menstruating ...20C US sl.
• GRANDMA IS HERE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMAMMA IS HERE menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA'S HERE FROM RED CREEK refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRANNYS' VISITING menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HAMMOCK IS SWINGING indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• HER REDHEADED AUNT IS VISITING HER menstruation ...1967 Amer. dial.
• I HAVE FRIENDS TO STAY announcement of the menstrual flux ...19C
• LADY IN THE RED DRESS the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1999 US sl.
• LITTLE OLD LADY WITH THE RED SHAWL refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE SISTER'S HERE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• LOOKS LIKE A WET WEEK-END used by girls menstruating at the weekend; then by males (mostly teens) to a girls carrying a parcel that, judging by its size, may well contain a box or carton of sanitary pads ...1930s Aust. sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE IS KAPUT indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses ...20C US sl.
• MONKEY'S GOT A HEMORRHAGE one is menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MY FRIEND HAS COME announcement of the menstrual flux ...19C
• MY LITTLE FRIEND menstruation ...20C
• MY LITTLE FRIEND HAS COME I am menstruating ...1920s sl., orig. Aust. & Can.
• MY RED-HEADED AUNT FROM RED BANK refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• MY RED-HEADED AUNT HAS ARRIVED menstruation ...20C sl.
• MY UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation ...2001 US sl.
• ON THE RAG experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1974 sl.
• PAINTERS ARE IN to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...1961 euphemism
• PAINT THE BARN RED refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT'S HOPPING, THE experiencing the bleed period of the menstrual cycle ...2001 US sl.
• RED-LETTER DAYS refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS FLOWING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS RISING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS RUNNING refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED RIVER IS UP refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RED SEA'S OUT, THE refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• RED WAGON IS DOWN refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RIDING THE COTTON BICYCLE menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• ROAD UP FOR REPAIRS menstruation ...Bk1903 sl.
• SHE'S GOT THE BLOODY MONTHLIES refers to a woman's menstruation ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SHE'S GOT THE MONKEY she is menstruating ...1967 Amer. dial.
• STREET UP FOR REPAIRS the menses ...19C Brit. sl.
• UNCLE CHARLIE IS VISITING I am experiencing menstruation ...2001 US sl.
• WHEN THE BOARD'S RED refers to a woman's menstruation ...1965 Amer. dial.