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QUACK - QUELL
QUACK - nouns
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEEPLE the quack of a duckling ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUACK - nouns, person
• ANDREW a clown, a mountebank ...1839 Eng. dial.
• BALADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BALLADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• MED-MAN a quack or a patent medicine seller ...1930s US sl.
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
• QUACKSTER †* a quack, a quacksalver ...1709
• SALTIMBANCO a mountebank; a quack ...1646
• SANGRADO a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge ...1820
• SANGRADOR a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge ...1832
• SAPIENT a travelling quack ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
QUACK (as a duck) - verbs
• QUACKLE to quack, as a duck ...1564
• QUECK † to quack, as a duck ...c1325
• QUEEPLE to peep, to quack in a squeaking, high-pitched tone, as ducklings do ...1880 Sc.
• SQUACKETT to quack like a duck; to make any disagreeable noise with the mouth ...1901 Eng. dial.
QUADRIPLEGIC - nouns, person
• QUAD a quadriplegic ...1980 US sl.
QUADRUPLE - adjectives
• QUATREBLE † quadruple ...1398
QUADRUPLE - nouns
• QUATREBLE † a fourfold amount ...a1400
QUADRUPLE - verbs
• QUATREBLE † to quadruple ...1398
QUAGMIRE - nouns
• BABANQUA a quaking bog, a quagmire ...1837 Sc.
• FEATHER-BOG a quagmire ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• LACHE a swamp; a quagmire; a wet mass ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAIR a quagmire; a muddy place; mud; quicksand, or any soft and yielding surface ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUABMIRE † a quagmire ...1597 obs. exc. dial.
• QUACK-MIRE † a quagmire ...1577
• QUADMIRE †* a quagmire ...1609
• QUAG a quagmire, a bog; soft, muddy ground ...1589
• QUAKE a quagmire ...1880 Sc.
• QUAKE-MIRE † a quagmire ...1577
• QUAKING-BOG a quagmire ...1866 Sc.
• QUAKING MOSS a quagmire ...1878 Sc.
• QUAKING-QUAW a moving quagmire ...1824 Sc.
• QUALLMIRE †* a quagmire ...1553
• QUAMIRE † a quagmire, a bog ...1555
• QUAVEMIRE † a quagmire ...1530
• QUAVING-GOG a quagmire ...1825 Eng. dial.
• QUAW a quagmire ...1535 Sc.
• QUAWMIRE a quagmire ...1535 Sc.
• QUICK †* a quick-mire, a quagmire ...1648
• QUICK-MIRE † a quagmire ...c1394
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUOBMIRE † a quagmire ...1597 obs. exc. dial.
• SANCOME a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground ...1841 Eng. dial.
• WAGMIRE † a quagmire ...1777 Eng. dial.
• WAGMOIRE † a quagmire ...1579
QUAIL - nouns
• EDDISH-HEN † a quail ...a1300
QUAIL - verbs
• QUELL to quail ...1894 Sc.
QUAINT - adjectives
• FANTASTICAL † having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment ...1599
QUAINT - nouns, person
• ANCIENT an old man; a quaint, old-fashioned person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
QUAKE - adjectives
• QUOOK † did quake, quaked ...a1400
QUAKE - verbs
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAUK to quake ...1785 Sc.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STARKLE † to shudder with fear, to quake, to be afraid ...1527
• TO-QUAKE † to quake violently ...c1275
• TO-RESE † to shake, to quake; to be shaken to pieces ...c1205
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...B1900 Eng. dial.
QUAKED - adjectives
• QUOKE quaked ...1899 Amer. dial.
QUAKER - nouns
• AUTEM QUAVER TUB a Quaker meeting house ...E18 sl.
• MEETING a local congregation of Quakers ...1713 Amer. dial.
QUAKER - nouns, person
• AMINIDAB a Quaker ...18C Eng. sl.
• AUTEM QUAVER a Quaker ...E18 sl.
• BROAD-BRIM one who wears a hat with a broad brim; a Quaker ...1797 colloq.
• OBADIAH a Quaker ...M17 sl.
• THWAKER a Quaker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEA AND NAY MAN a Quaker ...L17 sl.
QUAKER - verbs
• MARRY OUT OF MEETING. to marry one who is not a Quaker ...1898 Amer. dial.
QUAKING - adjectives
• BIBBERING quaking, trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOGGLIE quaking like a bog ...Bk1911 Sc.
• PAVID * fearful, timid, shy, quaking ...1656
QUAKING - adverbs
• AQUAKE quaking ...1876 poetic
QUALIFICATION - nouns
• HABILITATION the act of enabling or endowing with ability or fitness; capacitation, qualification ...1612
QUALIFIED - adjectives
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
• QUALIFICATE † qualified, conditional, under certain limitations ...1723 Sc.
QUALIFY - verbs
• HABILITATE to qualify oneself for office; to qualify as a teacher in a German University ...1881
• HABILLE † to make or pronounce competent; to enable, to qualify ...1530
QUALITY - adjectives
• ACES wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior ...20C US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY of mixed quality; having both good and bad, high and low ...Amer. sl.
• ALL-PRO of first quality; the best ...Amer. sl.
• ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BARE † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
• BOBBERY poor, of indifferent quality ...1901 Anglo-Indian
• BUM of poor, wretched, or miserable quality ...1888 US colloq.
• BUMP'N of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUMP'N LIKE A MUG of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUMSKY of poor quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE poor-quality ...1990 NZ sl.
• CHEAPIE cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl.
• CHICKEN-CRAP insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHICKENSHIT insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHINCY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1970 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1959 Amer. sl.
• COARSE AS NECK-BEEF very coarse; of the poorest quality ...Bk1902 sl.
• CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CRUMBY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• DENTY-CURIOUS of superlative quality or manufacture ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific ...1953 Aust. sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• EL CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl., orig. US
• GAMMY inferior, of low quality ...1979 UK sl.
• GASH useless, of poor quality ...1997 UK sl.
• GRADE of a domestic animal, as a dog: not purebred; hence, of uncertain or low quality ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ARSED of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASS of low quality; bad; inferior ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASSED of low quality; bad; inferior ...1932 sl., orig. US
• ILL poor in quality; of little worth or substance, scanty, famine-stricken ...1712 Sc.
• ILL-FAURED poor in quality, unattractive, scruffy ...1806 Sc.
• JACK-LEG poor in quality ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LACK † deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality ...1790 Sc.
• LARRY among pitchmen: of unsatisfactory quality; poor ...1939 Amer. sl.
• MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MEAN of people and things: poor in quality or condition; comparatively worthless ...E19 US sl.
• MECKLEKECKLE poor in quality or fibre ...1894 Eng. dial.
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• NAUGHT bad in condition or quality; not good for eating or drinking ...1588
• NAUGHTY † bad, inferior; not up to the proper or usual standard or quality ...1526
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• ORNARY inferior, of poor quality ...1861 Eng. dial.
• PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1946 sl.
• PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1950 sl.
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• Q-ISH possessing quality ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE of poor quality ...2002 UK sl.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RIBBY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to something shabby ...1936 sl.
• ROPEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1880
• RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1824
• SAD of very bad quality ...L19 sl.
• SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SHAG-BAG shabby and worthless; poor in quality ...1888 colloq.
• SHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SHY doubtful in amount or quality ...M19 sl.
• SICK of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre ...M19 US campus sl.
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDEY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SWELL elegant, stylish, first-rate, excellent, of the best quality ...1897 orig. & chiefly US
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TINKERLY of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• TIPTOP of the highest or best quality; excellent; first-rate ...1755
• TIP-TOP-GALLANT adj. of superlatively high rank or quality ...1730 nonce word
• TIP-TOPPING of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1827
• TIPTOPPISH of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1855
• TIPTOPSOME of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1819
• TOP-FLIGHT excellent, superior, of the highest class or quality
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WAFF shabby, poor in quality ...1824 Sc.
• WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• WOJUS inferior; of poor quality ...2004 Ireland
QUALITY (trait, feature) - adjectives
• QUALITATED †* qualitied, furnished with a quality or qualities ...1662
QUALITY - nouns
• ABORTION something of very poor quality; a messy failure; a misfortune; an ugly person or thing ...1943 US sl.
• ACE something or someone of high quality or held in high esteem ...M19 sl., orig. US
• BAG OF SHIT anything of poor quality ...1995 UK sl.
• CHEAPIE something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1972 sl.
• CHEAPY something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CLINKER something of poor quality, such as a film ...sl., chiefly US
• DAINTY † delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
• EL CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1977 sl., orig. US
• HILL OF SHIT anybody or anything unpleasant, disgusting, of poor quality etc.; a disliked person; a piece of gross hypocrisy ...1940s sl., orig. US
• HONEY something of high quality, degree of excellence, etc. ...colloq.
• NAILER a marvellously good thing, animal, or person; an exceptionally good hand at something; anything of superior or surprising quality; a surprising lie ...a1818 colloq.
• NO-ACCOUNT something of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
• QUALE the quality of a thing; a thing having certain qualities ...1675
• TARAGE † quality, character, nature ...1429
• TARRAGE † quality, character, nature ...1429
QUALITY - nouns, person
• QUALITY the better class of people, a person of quality ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TIP-TOP people of the highest quality or social class ...1753
• TIP-TOPS people of the highest quality or rank ...1753
QUALITY - phrases
• GOOD WINE NEEDS NO BUSH a good thing requires no advertisement, it commends itself; there is no need to boast about something of good quality as people will discover its merits ...1821
• NOT WHAT IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE applied to something of lower quality than it is said to be ...1836
QUANDARY - adjectives/adverbs
• ILL-OFF perplexed, at a loss; in a quandary for want of something ...1818 Sc.
• IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...M19 sl.
QUANDARY - nouns
• BARBULYE confusion, perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc. arch.
• BARBULYIE perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUANDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• QUONDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TIFTER a quandary; a difficult or disagreeable position ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUANTITY - adjectives/adverbs
• BY THE BOXCAR in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BY THE CARLOAD in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BY THE TRUCKFUL in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• DEAD ample; great in number or quantity ...1866 Amer. sl.
• FEARFUL enormous in quantity ...1877 Eng. dial.
• GAY of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GEY of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GIGANTINE † very great in quantity or amount ...1605
• HEAP-MEAL † in heaps; in large quantities or numbers...c897
• MAIN † of quantity or amount: large ...1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MICKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIGHTY large in quantity or size, great, exceeding, considerable ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OVERLY of an amount or quantity: large ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SUBSTANTIOUS † considerable in amount or number ...1569 chiefly Sc.
• SUBSTANTIVE of considerable amount or quantity ...1821
• TALL large, esp. in quantity, as of money ...M19 sl., orig. US
• THICK AND THREEFOLD in great numbers or quantity ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THICKER AND FASTER in great numbers or quantity ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UP THE SHIT in large quantities ...1980s US college sl.
QUANTITY - nouns
• ADVANTAGE † greater quantity or number; 'more-ness'; amount or quantity over, additional amount, overplus, excess ...1340
• BAFT a quantity or large number of something ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BAIT a sufficient or excessive quantity or amount ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN an indefinite number or quantity of anything ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• DAFFER a quantity of things ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DEAL a quantity, a number; a great deal ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVENT amount, quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FACK a quantity, a load ...Bk1900 Ireland
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FARDEL a quantity, a lot ...1847 Sc.
• FECK amount, quantity ...c1470 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAG a portion or quantity; a 'lot' ...1834 US
• MASK a quantity, a mass ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MATTER a number, quantity; a quantity of food ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLE a quantity of anything ...1927 Sc.
• RATE † the total computed or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of anything, usually as forming a basis for calculating other quantities or sums ...1472-3
• SANK a quantity; a collection of things, as of potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOPOLOT † quantity ...1818 Eng. dial.
• TANTUM a fixed quantity; a due proportion; a stint of work, etc. ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEW a quantity or crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TURN the quantity of anything that can be carried or brought in a single trip ...1800 Amer. dial.
• UMBLEMENT average quantity; a quantity only just sufficient ...1887 Eng. dial.
• VIEW a quantity, number ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLET a mass; a quantity ...1816 Eng. dial.
YINK an indefinite quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• XYZ an unknown quantity; something or somebody unknown or undetermined ...1808
• YADDER an indefinite quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUANTITY, LARGE - nouns
• ABUNDATION abundance, plenty, a large quantity ...19C Eng. dial.
• ACRES large quantities, a wide expanse ...1830
• BARM a large quantity ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BATCH a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BENJEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENZEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BINDER a large quantity, esp. of food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARTLOAD many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity ...L16
• CARTLOADS many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity ...L16
• DAFFY a large number or quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD LOAD(S) a great quantity of anything ...1869 Amer. sl.
• DEAD OODLES a great quantity ...1869 Amer. sl.
• DEAD OODLINS a very great quantity ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DEAD OOGENS a great quantity ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DEMPTION a great quantity ...1887 Sc.
• EARTH, THE everything; a large amount or quantity ...L19 sl.
• GAD-GIN a large quantity or number ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOODLES a large amount or quantity ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRIST a large number or quantity ...1832 Amer. dial.
• HANKLE a handful, a great deal, a considerable quantity or amount ...1694 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANTLE a considerable amount or quantity; a good many, a good deal ...1692 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HATFUL a considerable quantity ...1686
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• HAUL a large quantity or amount ...1896 Sc.
• HEIGHT the greater quantity ...1952 Amer. dial.
• INDER a great number or quantity of persons or things, esp. of money ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAC a large number of quantity; very many ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LACK a large number of quantity; very many; often in the plural ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LAIGISHIN a large, cumbersome quantity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIR a considerable quantity ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LAKH a large number of quantity ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LAMMOCK a large quantity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASHINGS AND LAVINS a great quantity; plenty ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LOB a lump, a large quantity ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MAIN a large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASH a large quantity; a considerable number ...1846 Eng. dial.
• MELDER a heap; a large quantity ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS an indefinite quantity, amount or number, usually a large one; a crowd ...1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MICKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDEN a heap or large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING a moderate quantity, a good deal, a good many ...1886 Eng. dial.
• MIGHT a considerable amount or quantity ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEDDY a good deal, a considerable amount; a large quantity; plenty ...M19 Irish sl.
• OCEAN a very great or indefinite quantity; a large amount ...1590
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• OODLINS a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1886 Amer. dial.
• OOGENS a large quantity; plenty, many ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OOGLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OOZLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PASSEL a group of people, animal, or things; an indefinite, usually large, number or quantity ...1835 Amer. dial.
• PUCK large quantity, ample sufficiency ...1965 Irish sl.
• QUEER LOT a large amount, a considerable quantity ...1921 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAFT a large number or quantity ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE a load, as much as can be carried on one journey; a large quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REGIMENT a large number or quantity ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCADOODLES great quantities; a very large number or amount ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SCADS a great number or quantity ...19C Amer. colloq.
• SIGHT a large quantity; a great many; a multitude ...1390 UK
• SKADOODLES great quantities; a very large number or amount ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKADS large quantities ...M19 sl.
• SLUMP a large quantity or number ...L17 Sc.
• TEAR a great quantity, a large amount; generally used with adj. of bigness, as 'a big tear' ...1921 Sc.
• TEEM a large quantity; abundant supply ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TEESICKER an overpowering quantity ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TEEZICKER an overpowering quantity ...1879 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRONG a large quantity ...1901 Sc.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
• VAST a large number; a quantity or amount, a great deal ...a1779 Sc.
• VASTING a large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLUM a large quantity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• VERMIN a large quantity or number; a swarm, a crowd, multitude ...1745 Sc.
• VERY DEAL, A n. a considerable quantity ...1865 Eng. dial.
• VOLUME a large quantity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WAD a large quantity; a mass, heap ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALLAGE an untidy bundle; a mass; a large quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WOUNDED DEAL, A a considerable quantity ...1740 Eng. dial.
QUANTITY, SMALL - nouns
• ACKER a small quantity ...1929 Sc.
• AIR a small quantity of anything; a taste ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALMOUS a small portion; a definite quantity ...1882 Eng. dial.
• AUMLACH a small quantity ...Bk1898 Ireland
• BEGGING a very small quantity ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BONNY a small quantity of anything ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB a small quantity, either liquid or solid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DABBIT a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMICK a small quantity, esp. of food ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMICKING a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINYAN anything very small; a little corner; a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE a shapeless lump; a hunk; a small quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• EACHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• ECHNIE a small quantity; a small piece ...1911 Sc.
• ERC a small quantity ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EYCHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• GAGE a small quantity ...M19 sl.
• HAIR a very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle; the smallest possible amount ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALFPENNY-WORTH a very small quantity ...1864 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a small quantity of anything; anything obtained with difficulty and on rare occasions ...1821 Sc.
• HEN'S-NOSE-FULL a very small quantity of anything ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota ...1596
• KENNING a recognizable portion; just enough to be perceived; a little; a small amount or quantity ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LITTLE-WHAT † a small portion or quantity of ...c1380
• NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity ...1908 Sc.
• NEFFOW a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• NEIVEFUL a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• NICKET a small amount or quantity ...1946 Amer. dial.
• NIVVIL a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• OFFERING a small quantity ...1903 Sc.
• PARCEL † a small or moderate quantity or amount; a lot ...1413
• PENNYWORTH a small quantity
• POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop ...1868 Sc.
• PUCKLE a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few ...B1900 Sc.
• SACRACH a small quantity ...1921 Sc.
• SARNICK a small quantity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANTLING a small quantity or amount
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a small portion ...1848 Sc.
• SCENT a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little ...1839 Sc.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHADE a minute quantity ...M19 sl.
• SKETCH a very small quantity; a single drop ...1894 sl.
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SPOT a small quantity of anything ...colloq., chiefly Brit.
• TADDICK a small quantity or amount of anything; a measure, etc., partly filled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TADDLE a small quantity, a dab ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TAIT a small amount or portion of anything ...1824 Sc.
• TAT a small quantity ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEETHFUL a toothful, a small quantity of any liquid ...B1900 Sc.
• THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKET a minute quantity or part ...1634 Eng. dial.
• TODDICK a small quantity; a small measure or measuring vessel ...1913 Amer. dial.
• UMIK a very small quantity of something; a handful ...a1838 Sc.
• YALE † a small quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARANTINE - adjectives
• QUARANTINABLE * subject or liable to quarantine ...1894
• SICK of a ship: in quarantine on suspicion of infectious disease ...20C nautical colloq.
QUARANTINE - nouns
• LAZARET a building, sometimes a ship, set apart for the performance of quarantine ...1721
• LAZARETTO a building, sometimes a ship, set apart for the performance of quarantine ...1605
• QUARANTAIN † a period (orig. of forty days) during which persons who night serve to spread a contagious disease are kept isolated from the rest of the community; quarantine ...1669
• QUARTER-TIME quarantine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - adjectives
• ALL HAIR BY THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• ALL HAIR IN THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• ARGOL-BARGOLOUS quarrelsome, contentious about trifles ...1822 Sc.
• BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANGSOME quarrelsome ...1805 Sc.
• BARRATOUS † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLESOME * given to fighting, quarrelsome ...1877
• BENSOME quarrelsome ...1809 Sc.
• BRABAGIOUS said of a quarrelsome woman; cantankerous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLESOME quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• BRAFFLESOME quarrelsome ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † chattering, garrulous; quarrelling ...1665
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CADDLING quarrelsome, disputing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING quarrelsome ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGGY ill-tempered, ready to quarrel, splenetic ...1855 Eng. dial.
• CALLETING scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETY scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACKLE angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
• CAMSTAIRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CARNAPTIOUS irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, fault-finding ...1890 Sc. & Irish
• CAT-AND-DOGGISH characterized by quarrelling ...1878
• CONCERTATIVE † quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
• DABBERIN' quarrelsome ...1866 Sc.
• DEBATEFUL † of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
• DEBATOUS †* quarrelsome, contentious ...1483
• DISCORDFUL * full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious ...1596
• DISCORDOUS † full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome ...1597-8
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
• FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FRATCH quarrelsome, easily offended, touchy ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY quarrelsome ...B1900 sl.
• ILL-FASHIONED ill-mannered, quarrelsome ...1871 Sc.
• ILL-GREEIN' quarrelsome ...1903 Sc.
• IMBROGLID †* embroiled; involved in a quarrel ...1670
• JANGLESOME boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
• NAGGLY touchy, fretful, sarcastic, quarrelsome; ill-natured ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAGGY AS A THORN-STICK said of a quarrelsome or ill-natured person ...B1900 Sc.
• NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NETTLESOME ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NETTLIE ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUGNACIOUS inclined to quarrel or fight; readily quarrelsome; belligerent ...1635
• QUAARTISH contradictious and quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUARDLING quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUARRELLOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding ...1556
• RACKLESOME quarrelsome, disputative ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RALLY noisy, quarrelsome, disputatious, as one in drink ...1708 Sc.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGENOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• RIXABUND quarrelsome, contentious ...B1900
• RIXY quarrelsome, carping, scolding ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ROWTY quarrelsome ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPPY quarrelsome ...1895 orig. US
• TANKERSOME fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial. obs.
• TEUKIN † quarrelsome, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRAWN-GABBIT peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory ...1897 Sc.
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• UDDERSOME queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNPEACEABLE irritable, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - nouns
• AGGRAVATION violence, quarrels, unpleasantness in general ...1960s sl.
• ALLEGATION a dispute, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGIE-BARGIE a contention, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARGLE-BARGLE a disputatious argument; a bandying of words, a wrangling; a quarrel ...a1881 chiefly Eng. dialect and Sc.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGY-BARGY an argument; quarrelling ...1887 UK
• BARGLE a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BITCH an argument or fight; a disagreement or quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-OUT an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1826 Eng. dial. & US
• BLOW-UP an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1809 chiefly US
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BONES-BREAKING a fight; a bloody quarrel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRABBLE a paltry altercation, a noisy quarrel, a wrangle ...1566
• BREEZE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a row ...1785 sl.
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † vain chatter or wrangling; quarrelling ...?1868
• BULLIRAGGLE n. a noisy quarrel, one in which opprobrious epithets are bandied ...1825 Sc.
• BUSTIFICATION an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CALLETING-BOUT a wordy quarrel; mutual recrimination ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMING altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
• CHEW an argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHEWFEST an argument, a quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHEWING MATCH a heated argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DABBER wrangling, quarreling ...1866 Sc.
• DAMNED GOOD SWINE UP a loud quarrel; a fierce argument, possibly leading to blows ...L19 sl.
• DEBATE 1. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
2. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DIFFER difference of opinion, argument, quarrel ...1873 Amer. dial.
• DIFFERENCE a wordy quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIFFERING wrangling, quarrelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIFFERING-BOUT a wordy dispute or quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DIFFICULTY a quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLOW a noisy quarrel ...19C Sc.
• DING-DONG a heated quarrel ...1922 UK sl.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FACTION † a factious quarrel or intrigue ...1593
• FALL-OUT a quarrel, a misunderstanding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAUCHENTULIE † an argument or quarrel ...1825 Sc.
• FLAMER a stiff criticism; a row; a quarrel ...c1805
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• GANDIEGOW an uproar, a noisy quarrel; a nonsensical prank; blustering talk; loud complaint ...1907 Sc.
• HABBLE a quarrel, a squabble, a fight ...1818 Sc.
• HASSLE trouble or annoyance caused by having to do something difficult; a problem, a difficulty; a quarrel, an argument; a fuss, a bother ...1945
• HAZY a scolding; a quarrel; abusive language ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAT † a quarrel, an angry dispute ...1570
• HEEKACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HEEKYAK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HICK-HACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• JAR 1. discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
2. a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• JARL a quarrel, a dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• KAS-KAS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KASS KASS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE an altercation, especially as carried on by a number of persons speaking at one time; a wrangling, a quarrelling ...1794 Sc.
• MAKEBATE † the breeding of quarrels, mischief-making ...1626
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISAGREEMENT a disagreement, a quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NABBLE an argument, quarrel, wrangle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING a quarrel among women, a scolding-match ...1820 Sc.
• NIFF a quarrel, grudge, or spite; also dislike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OUTFALLING † a falling out; a quarrel; contention ...a1670 Sc.
• PICK-QUARREL † an occasion of quarrel; a cause of dispute ...1611
• PRABBLE † a quarrel, a squabble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUGNACITY the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness ...E17
• QUARDLE a quarrel ...1867 Eng. dial.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKET a quarrel, fight, altercation; a disturbance ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RALLIE a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• RALLY a quarrel, a row ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLEMENT † a babble of angry words, confused discourse; a violent quarrel ...1825 Sc.
• RAM-SAMMY a family quarrel; a noisy gathering ...1891 Eng. dial.
• RAP a tiff, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RARE PIECE OF WORK, A a disturbance, a quarrel ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RAWLEY a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• REARDIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REARIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REEKIM a smart blow; a riot, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REERIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REVALLY a disturbance, quarrelling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIXATION † the act of scolding or brawling; a quarrel, a brawl ...1623
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• SCASH a quarrel, a dispute, a brawl ...1768 Sc.
• SCAT-TO a fight, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOG a quarrel, a dispute ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE a disturbance, a quarrel, an affray ..1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP a fight; a quarrel ...1846 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWL a quarrel, a brawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a quarrel, a squabble ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK quarrelsome talk ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SIMULTATION †* quarrelling ...1605
• SIMULTY †* a quarrel or contention ...a1637
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• SNAPPING AND GALCHING the quarrelsome conversation of two irritated persons ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a conflict, quarrel, or disagreement ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TEARDOWN a violent quarrel or disagreement ...1941 Amer. dial.
• THRATCH a quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THREAP an argument, a discussion; a dispute; a quarrel ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1824 Sc.
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
• TICKSIE a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIFF a slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement ...1754
• TIFT a slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement ...1751 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTER a fit of bad temper or ill-humour; a quarrel; a fight ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTING a scolding or quarrelling bout; a scolding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TONGUE FIGHT a quarrel ...1877 Amer. dial.
• UNCOIFING quarrelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-AND-A-DOWNER a violent quarrel ...1927 sl.
• UP-AND-DOWNER a violent quarrel; a fight ...1927 UK sl.
• UPPER AND DOWNER a violent quarrel ...1927 sl.
• UPSCUDDLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UPSCUTTLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1904 Amer. dial.
• UPSET a misunderstanding; a quarrel ...1879 Eng. dial.
• UPSETTING a disagreement; a quarrel, a row; a scolding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP a row, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP a pugilistic fight; also, a quarrel ...1887 Sc.
• WARBLING †* an altercation; a quarrel, quarrelling ...1600
• YAGGAZ a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE a quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YANK a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOKE a dispute; a quarrel ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUARREL, QUARRELSOME PERSON - nouns, person
• BARGAINER † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARRATOR † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
• BIDDY a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 sl.
• BRANGLER a quarrelsome, wrangling person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• CAGMAG a quarrelsome person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALLET a scold, a virago, a constant fault-finder; a quarrelsome person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman ...1785 sl.
• CLIP-WIT a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
• DEBATER † one who contends or strives; a quarrelsome or contentious person ...1388
• EG-BATTLE a person who urges on others to quarrel and fight ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FEISTY BRITCHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FICETY BREECHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH a rude, quarrelsome person; a playful or frolicsome child ...19C Eng. dial.
• HABBLER one who causes or delights in a squabble; a quarrelsome person ...1880 Sc.
• HALLION an overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-FRAY † a raiser of quarrels ...1598
• NIGNAY a quarrelsome hypercritical person; one who picks faults ...1920 Sc.
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• OLD CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman ...1785 sl.
• PICK-QUARREL † one ready to pick quarrels; a quarrelsome person; a cantankerous person ...1530
• QUARREL-BREEDER † one who causes quarrels and contention ...1611
• QUARREL-PICKER † one who picks quarrels; a quarrelsome person ...1547
• QUERELER † a quarreller, an objector ...1542
• RAFFLER †* a quarrelsome person ...c1750
• RAMPADGEON a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGER a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person ...1879 Sc.
• RANDY-DANDY a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIXATRIX † a scolding or quarrelsome woman ...1745 orig. Old English law
• RIXY † a quarrelsome hussy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH NECK a quarrelsome or uncultivated person ...1836 sl., orig. US
• SCORRIE an avaricious, quarrelsome person ...1961 Sc.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
• TADGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant ...1888 Sc.
• TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman ...1822 Sc.
• THREAP a contentious or quarrelsome person ...1898 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - verbs
• AGREE NOT TO DISAGREE to cease quarrelling and determine to make amends ...1967 Amer. dial.
• AGREE TO AGREE to cease quarrelling and determine to make amends ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• ARR to egg on; to incite to quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG IT OUT to fight, to quarrel ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BARRAT †* to quarrel, strive, brawl ...1600
• BATE † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BE HEARD UPON THE MIDDEN-HEAD to quarrel openly ...1768 Sc.
• BEQUARREL † to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse ...1624
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BREAK A STRAW (WITH) to quarrel, to fall out with ...1564 sl.
• CABAL to quarrel, to dispute, to find fault with ...1866 Sc.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• CADDLE to quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to cavil, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG to quarrel, to speak abusively ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAM to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAST OUT to disagree, to quarrel, to fall out ...1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CHIP AT to quarrel with; to criticize adversely ...1880 sl.
• DABBER to quarrel, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DAUBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DEBATE † 1. to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340
2. to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• DEEM † to decide a quarrel ...1494
• DIFFER to quarrel, to wrangle; to disagree ...1849 Eng. dial.
• DIGLADIATE † to 'cross swords'; to fight, to contend, to quarrel; to dispute violently ...a1656
• DISACCORD to disagree, to quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EGGLE to incite, to instigate, to egg on, to stir up, to quarrel ...1880 Sc.
• FALL ABOARD OF † to come to words, to quarrel; to attack, to fall upon ...1604
• FALL AT JAR † to fall out, to quarrel ...1586
• FALL FORTH † to quarrel, to fight ...1607
• FALL FOUL OF to quarrel with ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS † said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel ...1539
• FAUCHENTULIE † to argue, to quarrel, to contend ...1825 Sc.
• FISTICATE to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle ...1819 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABAL † to quarrel, to dispute ...a1843 Sc.
• HABBLE to quarrel, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• HAG(G) to excite to quarrel; to provoke, to irritate; to annoy, to incite; to complain, to find fault ...1806 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGLE to chatter; to quarrel, to bicker ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to quarrel or wrangle over something ...M20 colloq.
• HOLD WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to remain on good terms with both sides in a quarrel, etc.
• JAGGLE to quarrel, to jangle ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JARL † to snarl, to quarrel, to dispute; to jeer, to jest ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KEBBIE to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE to altercate, to wrangle; to quarrel ...18C Sc.
• KEBBY to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KICK UP A SHINDY to make a fuss or disturbance; to quarrel ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LALL to sing or shout loudly; to cry out; to quarrel ...1884 Eng. dial.
• LET FALL to take notice of, to make a ground of quarrel ...1810 Sc.
• LOCK HORNS to come into conflict, to disagree, to fight; to engage in an argument or quarrel with another ...1836 Amer. dial.
• MAKE BUZZARD TALK to quarrel ...1912 Amer. sl.
• MARDLE to quarrel; to interfere ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAGGLE to gnaw; to nag, to quarrel, to haggle ...1869
• PARLEY to quarrel, to bandy words, to argue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PART BRASS-RAGS to quarrel ...1904
• PART DOLL RAGS to argue, to quarrel, to part on bad terms ...20C sl.
• PASS WORDS to exchange hostile words; to quarrel ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT to quarrel with; to find fault; to complain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
• QUARDLE to quarrel ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUARLY to quarrel ...1867 Eng. dial.
• QUART to quarrel, to disagree, to fall out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUERELE † to quarrel ...1548
• RAFFLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1750
• RAISE CAIN to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE HELL to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE HELL AND TOMMY to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE NED to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAWL to quarrel, to grumble, to be quarrelsome ...1811 Eng. dial.
• RUN WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to remain on good terms with both sides in a quarrel, etc.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to quarrel, to squabble; to have a heated argument or disagreement ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRABBLE to disagree; to quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP to fight, to quarrel ...1895
• SCRAWL to quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMAGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMIDGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPLIT to quarrel with someone, to break off relations ...M19 sl.
• TAKE ON to start a quarrel or fight with ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TALK BY A BOW to argue, to quarrel ...M19 sl.
• TANGLE WITH to conflict, quarrel, or argue with ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a quarrelsome manner, to rage ...1887 Sc.
• TANTER to argue, to quarrel, to dispute in a captious manner, to rage ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRATCH to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFF to have a petty quarrel ...1727
• TIFT † to have a tiff or petty quarrel ...1777 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNCOIF to tear off an adversary's head-gear in a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARGE to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARY † to disagree seriously, to discord or quarrel; to fall at variance ...c1440
• WARBLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...1600
• YAG to make a noise; to talk angrily; to importune incessantly; to irritate, to nag; to quarrel ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAGGAZ to wrangle, to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YANK to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARR † to quarrel, to be captious and troublesome ...1778 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOKE BY THE EARS † to set by the ears; to set quarrelling ...1796 Sc.
QUARREL - interjections
• MORE WAR! directed at a street quarrel, esp. among women ...1898 Cockney usage
QUARRY - nouns
• LATOMY * a stone quarry ...1656 Hist.
• QUAR † a stone quarry ...a1485 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUARR a quarry, a stone-pit ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUARREL † 1. materials from a quarry ...1759 Sc.
2. a stone-quarry ...1865 Eng. dial.
QUARRY - nouns, person
• QUAR-MAN a man who works in a quarry ...1825 Eng. dial.
QUARRY - verbs
• QUAR to work in a quarry; to raise stones from a quarry ...1825 Eng. dial.
• QUARREL to raise stones from a quarry ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUART - nouns
• QUARTELET †* a small quart ...1453
QUARTER (money) - nouns
• METER twenty-five cents or a quarter ...1940 US sl., orig. Black usage
• QUART a quarter, a twenty-five cent piece ...1965 Barbados
• QUATER twenty-five cents, a quarter ...1980 US sl.
QUARTER - nouns
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• QUARTERN † a quarter of anything ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUARTERED - adjectives
• QUARTLE †* quartered ...c1420
QUARTZ - adjectives
• QUARTZOSE mainly or entirely composed of quartz ...1757
• QUARTZOUS mainly or entirely composed of quartz ...1790 obs.
QUASH - verbs
• CASS † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• CASSATE † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1512
• ELIDE † to annul, to quash, to rebut ...1818 Sc.
QUAVER - verbs
• CRAKE to quaver hoarsely in singing; to speak hoarsely ...19C Eng. dial.
QUAVERING - adjectives
• QUAVERY quavering, jerky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUEASINESS - nouns
• WAMBLE a rolling or nausea in the stomach; a feeling of nausea; queasiness ...1603
• WAMBLES, THE a feeling of nausea, queasiness ...M17 sl.
QUEASY - adjectives
• NAAR sick, queasy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• QUALMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUALMY affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1852 Amer. dial.
• QUAMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUAZIE queasy, having a disordered stomach, squeamish ...1824 Sc.
• QUEECHY ailing, sickly, queasy, feeble ...1859 Eng. dial.
• URPISH nauseated, queasy; nauseating ...1949 Amer. dial.
• URPY nauseated, queasy; nauseating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED queasy, tipsy ...1736 Amer. dial.
• WEASY queasy ...1965 Amer. dial.
QUEEN - nouns, person
• AUNTIE WICKY Queen Victoria ...1982 Bahamas the belly
• LADY OF HONOUR † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1631
• LADY OF PRESENCE † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1530
• QUEENLET a petty queen ...1833
• QUYNE † queen ...c1450
• SELDOM SEEN the queen ...20C rhyming sl.
QUEEN VICTORIA - nouns, person
• VIC Queen Victoria ...M19 sl.
• VICCY Queen Victoria ...M19 sl.
QUEER - adjectives
• CRANKY queer, crotchety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DILLY queer, cranky ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUARE odd, eccentric, queer ...M19 Irish sl.
• QUEER-FAR'D having a queer countenance or queer features ...1805 Eng. dial.
• QUEERISOME odd, strange, queer, fey ...1900 Amer. dial.
• QUEERLY queer, odd; slightly demented ...1870 Eng. dial.
• QUEERSOME rather queer, odd, strange ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different ...1860 Amer. dial.
• QUISTICAL odd, queer, fantastic, eccentric ...1822 Sc.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS queer, odd, eccentric ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOBY-STRICKEN congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TOBY-STRUCK congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd ...1933 Amer. dial.
• UNDALI strange, queer ...1908 Sc.
• UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUEER, QUEERNESS - nouns
• QUEERITY queerness, oddity ...1711
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
• SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual ...1958 Amer. dial.
QUEER - nouns, person
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DINGBAT an odd or peculiar person; one who is queer but harmless; an eccentric ...1879 Amer.
• ODDBALL an eccentric, queer, or odd person; an intensely introverted person; a nonconformist ...1940s
• QUIST a queer fellow ...1853 Eng. dial.
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
• THRAWN-STICK a queer, obstinate person ...1893 Sc.
• TIKE an overgrown man or beast; an awkward, clumsy fellow; an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TYKE an overgrown man or beast; an awkward, clumsy fellow; an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUEER - verbs
• QUEER to put to confusion; to make or cause to feel queer; to cause to go wrong ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUEER-LOOKING - nouns
• MAGINK a queer-looking object or creature; an oddity ...1962 Sc.
QUEER-LOOKING - nouns, person
• MACKY-MOON a fool, a silly person; one who makes himself absurd or ridiculous by playing the fool; a queer-looking figure ...1872 Eng. dial.
QUEERLY - adverbs
• AWVISHLY stupidly, queerly ...1746 Eng. dial.
QUELL - verbs
• ADAUNT † to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission ...1297
• DAUNT † to cast down, to put down, to quell ...a1400
• OPPRESS † to put down, to suppress; to crush, to quell, to subdue, to overwhelm a person; to check or put and end to a thing or state of things, feeling, disposition, etc. ...c1340
• QUAIL to quell; to subdue through fear ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILE to quell; to subdue through fear ...1791 Eng. dial.
• REDD to quell, to subdue a fray; to compose a quarrel; to separate combatants ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEEPLE the quack of a duckling ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUACK - nouns, person
• ANDREW a clown, a mountebank ...1839 Eng. dial.
• BALADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BALLADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• MED-MAN a quack or a patent medicine seller ...1930s US sl.
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
• QUACKSTER †* a quack, a quacksalver ...1709
• SALTIMBANCO a mountebank; a quack ...1646
• SANGRADO a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge ...1820
• SANGRADOR a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge ...1832
• SAPIENT a travelling quack ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
QUACK (as a duck) - verbs
• QUACKLE to quack, as a duck ...1564
• QUECK † to quack, as a duck ...c1325
• QUEEPLE to peep, to quack in a squeaking, high-pitched tone, as ducklings do ...1880 Sc.
• SQUACKETT to quack like a duck; to make any disagreeable noise with the mouth ...1901 Eng. dial.
QUADRIPLEGIC - nouns, person
• QUAD a quadriplegic ...1980 US sl.
QUADRUPLE - adjectives
• QUATREBLE † quadruple ...1398
QUADRUPLE - nouns
• QUATREBLE † a fourfold amount ...a1400
QUADRUPLE - verbs
• QUATREBLE † to quadruple ...1398
QUAGMIRE - nouns
• BABANQUA a quaking bog, a quagmire ...1837 Sc.
• FEATHER-BOG a quagmire ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GULLION mud, a quagmire, a stinking, rotting marsh ...1824 Sc. & Irish
• LACHE a swamp; a quagmire; a wet mass ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAIR a quagmire; a muddy place; mud; quicksand, or any soft and yielding surface ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUABMIRE † a quagmire ...1597 obs. exc. dial.
• QUACK-MIRE † a quagmire ...1577
• QUADMIRE †* a quagmire ...1609
• QUAG a quagmire, a bog; soft, muddy ground ...1589
• QUAKE a quagmire ...1880 Sc.
• QUAKE-MIRE † a quagmire ...1577
• QUAKING-BOG a quagmire ...1866 Sc.
• QUAKING MOSS a quagmire ...1878 Sc.
• QUAKING-QUAW a moving quagmire ...1824 Sc.
• QUALLMIRE †* a quagmire ...1553
• QUAMIRE † a quagmire, a bog ...1555
• QUAVEMIRE † a quagmire ...1530
• QUAVING-GOG a quagmire ...1825 Eng. dial.
• QUAW a quagmire ...1535 Sc.
• QUAWMIRE a quagmire ...1535 Sc.
• QUICK †* a quick-mire, a quagmire ...1648
• QUICK-MIRE † a quagmire ...c1394
• QUOB a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUOBMIRE † a quagmire ...1597 obs. exc. dial.
• SANCOME a quagmire, a bog; a flat, spongy piece of ground ...1841 Eng. dial.
• WAGMIRE † a quagmire ...1777 Eng. dial.
• WAGMOIRE † a quagmire ...1579
QUAIL - nouns
• EDDISH-HEN † a quail ...a1300
QUAIL - verbs
• QUELL to quail ...1894 Sc.
QUAINT - adjectives
• FANTASTICAL † having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment ...1599
QUAINT - nouns, person
• ANCIENT an old man; a quaint, old-fashioned person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
QUAKE - adjectives
• QUOOK † did quake, quaked ...a1400
QUAKE - verbs
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUAUK to quake ...1785 Sc.
• QUAVE † to quake, to shake, to tremble; to vibrate ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• STARKLE † to shudder with fear, to quake, to be afraid ...1527
• TO-QUAKE † to quake violently ...c1275
• TO-RESE † to shake, to quake; to be shaken to pieces ...c1205
• WHACKER to tremble, to shake, to quake ...B1900 Eng. dial.
QUAKED - adjectives
• QUOKE quaked ...1899 Amer. dial.
QUAKER - nouns
• AUTEM QUAVER TUB a Quaker meeting house ...E18 sl.
• MEETING a local congregation of Quakers ...1713 Amer. dial.
QUAKER - nouns, person
• AMINIDAB a Quaker ...18C Eng. sl.
• AUTEM QUAVER a Quaker ...E18 sl.
• BROAD-BRIM one who wears a hat with a broad brim; a Quaker ...1797 colloq.
• OBADIAH a Quaker ...M17 sl.
• THWAKER a Quaker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEA AND NAY MAN a Quaker ...L17 sl.
QUAKER - verbs
• MARRY OUT OF MEETING. to marry one who is not a Quaker ...1898 Amer. dial.
QUAKING - adjectives
• BIBBERING quaking, trembling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOGGLIE quaking like a bog ...Bk1911 Sc.
• PAVID * fearful, timid, shy, quaking ...1656
QUAKING - adverbs
• AQUAKE quaking ...1876 poetic
QUALIFICATION - nouns
• HABILITATION the act of enabling or endowing with ability or fitness; capacitation, qualification ...1612
QUALIFIED - adjectives
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
• QUALIFICATE † qualified, conditional, under certain limitations ...1723 Sc.
QUALIFY - verbs
• HABILITATE to qualify oneself for office; to qualify as a teacher in a German University ...1881
• HABILLE † to make or pronounce competent; to enable, to qualify ...1530
QUALITY - adjectives
• ACES wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior ...20C US sl.
• ACEY-DEUCEY of mixed quality; having both good and bad, high and low ...Amer. sl.
• ALL-PRO of first quality; the best ...Amer. sl.
• ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY of high quality; genuine; reliable; in the best condition ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BARE † poor in quality, paltry, worthless ...1399
• BOBBERY poor, of indifferent quality ...1901 Anglo-Indian
• BUM of poor, wretched, or miserable quality ...1888 US colloq.
• BUMP'N of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUMP'N LIKE A MUG of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUMSKY of poor quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE poor-quality ...1990 NZ sl.
• CHEAPIE cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl.
• CHICKEN-CRAP insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHICKENSHIT insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality ...1940s sl., orig. US
• CHINCY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1970 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY of poor quality; cheap; contemptible ...1959 Amer. sl.
• COARSE AS NECK-BEEF very coarse; of the poorest quality ...Bk1902 sl.
• CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CRUMBY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• DENTY-CURIOUS of superlative quality or manufacture ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific ...1953 Aust. sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• EL CHEAPO cheap and of low quality ...1967 sl., orig. US
• GAMMY inferior, of low quality ...1979 UK sl.
• GASH useless, of poor quality ...1997 UK sl.
• GRADE of a domestic animal, as a dog: not purebred; hence, of uncertain or low quality ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ARSED of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASS of low quality; bad; inferior ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HALF-ASSED of low quality; bad; inferior ...1932 sl., orig. US
• ILL poor in quality; of little worth or substance, scanty, famine-stricken ...1712 Sc.
• ILL-FAURED poor in quality, unattractive, scruffy ...1806 Sc.
• JACK-LEG poor in quality ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LACK † deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality ...1790 Sc.
• LARRY among pitchmen: of unsatisfactory quality; poor ...1939 Amer. sl.
• MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MEAN of people and things: poor in quality or condition; comparatively worthless ...E19 US sl.
• MECKLEKECKLE poor in quality or fibre ...1894 Eng. dial.
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• NAUGHT bad in condition or quality; not good for eating or drinking ...1588
• NAUGHTY † bad, inferior; not up to the proper or usual standard or quality ...1526
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• ORNARY inferior, of poor quality ...1861 Eng. dial.
• PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1946 sl.
• PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1950 sl.
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• Q-ISH possessing quality ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE of poor quality ...2002 UK sl.
• RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RIBBY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to something shabby ...1936 sl.
• ROPEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1880
• RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1824
• SAD of very bad quality ...L19 sl.
• SCHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SCHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SHAG-BAG shabby and worthless; poor in quality ...1888 colloq.
• SHLOCK of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1915 sl.
• SHLOCKY of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment ...1968 sl.
• SHY doubtful in amount or quality ...M19 sl.
• SICK of poor quality, unfashionable, unappealing, weak, bizarre ...M19 US campus sl.
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDEY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SWELL elegant, stylish, first-rate, excellent, of the best quality ...1897 orig. & chiefly US
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TINKERLY of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• TIPTOP of the highest or best quality; excellent; first-rate ...1755
• TIP-TOP-GALLANT adj. of superlatively high rank or quality ...1730 nonce word
• TIP-TOPPING of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1827
• TIPTOPPISH of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1855
• TIPTOPSOME of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class ...1819
• TOP-FLIGHT excellent, superior, of the highest class or quality
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WAFF shabby, poor in quality ...1824 Sc.
• WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• WOJUS inferior; of poor quality ...2004 Ireland
QUALITY (trait, feature) - adjectives
• QUALITATED †* qualitied, furnished with a quality or qualities ...1662
QUALITY - nouns
• ABORTION something of very poor quality; a messy failure; a misfortune; an ugly person or thing ...1943 US sl.
• ACE something or someone of high quality or held in high esteem ...M19 sl., orig. US
• BAG OF SHIT anything of poor quality ...1995 UK sl.
• CHEAPIE something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1972 sl.
• CHEAPY something cheap and of low quality ...1898 sl.
• CLINKER something of poor quality, such as a film ...sl., chiefly US
• DAINTY † delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness ...a1300
• EL CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality ...1977 sl., orig. US
• HILL OF SHIT anybody or anything unpleasant, disgusting, of poor quality etc.; a disliked person; a piece of gross hypocrisy ...1940s sl., orig. US
• HONEY something of high quality, degree of excellence, etc. ...colloq.
• NAILER a marvellously good thing, animal, or person; an exceptionally good hand at something; anything of superior or surprising quality; a surprising lie ...a1818 colloq.
• NO-ACCOUNT something of poor quality ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT, THE something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality ...1916 Amer. dial.
• QUALE the quality of a thing; a thing having certain qualities ...1675
• TARAGE † quality, character, nature ...1429
• TARRAGE † quality, character, nature ...1429
QUALITY - nouns, person
• QUALITY the better class of people, a person of quality ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TIP-TOP people of the highest quality or social class ...1753
• TIP-TOPS people of the highest quality or rank ...1753
QUALITY - phrases
• GOOD WINE NEEDS NO BUSH a good thing requires no advertisement, it commends itself; there is no need to boast about something of good quality as people will discover its merits ...1821
• NOT WHAT IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE applied to something of lower quality than it is said to be ...1836
QUANDARY - adjectives/adverbs
• ILL-OFF perplexed, at a loss; in a quandary for want of something ...1818 Sc.
• IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled ...M19 sl.
QUANDARY - nouns
• BARBULYE confusion, perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc. arch.
• BARBULYIE perplexity, quandary ...1820 Sc.
• HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle ...1797 Sc.
• NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• QUANDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• QUONDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TIFTER a quandary; a difficult or disagreeable position ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUANTITY - adjectives/adverbs
• BY THE BOXCAR in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BY THE CARLOAD in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BY THE TRUCKFUL in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
• DEAD ample; great in number or quantity ...1866 Amer. sl.
• FEARFUL enormous in quantity ...1877 Eng. dial.
• GAY of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GEY of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling ...1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GIGANTINE † very great in quantity or amount ...1605
• HEAP-MEAL † in heaps; in large quantities or numbers...c897
• MAIN † of quantity or amount: large ...1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MICKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIGHTY large in quantity or size, great, exceeding, considerable ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OVERLY of an amount or quantity: large ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SUBSTANTIOUS † considerable in amount or number ...1569 chiefly Sc.
• SUBSTANTIVE of considerable amount or quantity ...1821
• TALL large, esp. in quantity, as of money ...M19 sl., orig. US
• THICK AND THREEFOLD in great numbers or quantity ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THICKER AND FASTER in great numbers or quantity ...1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UP THE SHIT in large quantities ...1980s US college sl.
QUANTITY - nouns
• ADVANTAGE † greater quantity or number; 'more-ness'; amount or quantity over, additional amount, overplus, excess ...1340
• BAFT a quantity or large number of something ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BAIT a sufficient or excessive quantity or amount ...1851 Amer. dial.
• BARGAIN an indefinite number or quantity of anything ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• DAFFER a quantity of things ...1810 Eng. dial.
• DEAL a quantity, a number; a great deal ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EVENT amount, quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FACK a quantity, a load ...Bk1900 Ireland
• FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse's load; a heap, a quantity of anything ...1777 Eng. dial.
• FARDEL a quantity, a lot ...1847 Sc.
• FECK amount, quantity ...c1470 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JAG a portion or quantity; a 'lot' ...1834 US
• MASK a quantity, a mass ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MATTER a number, quantity; a quantity of food ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAUCHLE a quantity of anything ...1927 Sc.
• RATE † the total computed or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of anything, usually as forming a basis for calculating other quantities or sums ...1472-3
• SANK a quantity; a collection of things, as of potatoes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOPOLOT † quantity ...1818 Eng. dial.
• TANTUM a fixed quantity; a due proportion; a stint of work, etc. ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TEW a quantity or crowd ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TURN the quantity of anything that can be carried or brought in a single trip ...1800 Amer. dial.
• UMBLEMENT average quantity; a quantity only just sufficient ...1887 Eng. dial.
• VIEW a quantity, number ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLET a mass; a quantity ...1816 Eng. dial.
YINK an indefinite quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• XYZ an unknown quantity; something or somebody unknown or undetermined ...1808
• YADDER an indefinite quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUANTITY, LARGE - nouns
• ABUNDATION abundance, plenty, a large quantity ...19C Eng. dial.
• ACRES large quantities, a wide expanse ...1830
• BARM a large quantity ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BATCH a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BENJEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BENZEL a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BINDER a large quantity, esp. of food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CARTLOAD many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity ...L16
• CARTLOADS many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity ...L16
• DAFFY a large number or quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD LOAD(S) a great quantity of anything ...1869 Amer. sl.
• DEAD OODLES a great quantity ...1869 Amer. sl.
• DEAD OODLINS a very great quantity ...1895 Amer. dial.
• DEAD OOGENS a great quantity ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DEMPTION a great quantity ...1887 Sc.
• EARTH, THE everything; a large amount or quantity ...L19 sl.
• GAD-GIN a large quantity or number ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GOODLES a large amount or quantity ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GRIST a large number or quantity ...1832 Amer. dial.
• HANKLE a handful, a great deal, a considerable quantity or amount ...1694 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANTLE a considerable amount or quantity; a good many, a good deal ...1692 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HATFUL a considerable quantity ...1686
• HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
• HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble ...1823 Sc.
• HAUL a large quantity or amount ...1896 Sc.
• HEIGHT the greater quantity ...1952 Amer. dial.
• INDER a great number or quantity of persons or things, esp. of money ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAC a large number of quantity; very many ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LACK a large number of quantity; very many; often in the plural ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LAIGISHIN a large, cumbersome quantity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIR a considerable quantity ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LAKH a large number of quantity ...c1885 Anglo-Indian
• LAMMOCK a large quantity ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASHINGS AND LAVINS a great quantity; plenty ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LOB a lump, a large quantity ...1941 Amer. dial.
• MAIN a large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASH a large quantity; a considerable number ...1846 Eng. dial.
• MELDER a heap; a large quantity ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS an indefinite quantity, amount or number, usually a large one; a crowd ...1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MICKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MIDDEN a heap or large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING a moderate quantity, a good deal, a good many ...1886 Eng. dial.
• MIGHT a considerable amount or quantity ...1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MUCKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEDDY a good deal, a considerable amount; a large quantity; plenty ...M19 Irish sl.
• OCEAN a very great or indefinite quantity; a large amount ...1590
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• OODLINS a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1886 Amer. dial.
• OOGENS a large quantity; plenty, many ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OOGLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OOZLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PASSEL a group of people, animal, or things; an indefinite, usually large, number or quantity ...1835 Amer. dial.
• PUCK large quantity, ample sufficiency ...1965 Irish sl.
• QUEER LOT a large amount, a considerable quantity ...1921 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAFT a large number or quantity ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE a load, as much as can be carried on one journey; a large quantity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REGIMENT a large number or quantity ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCADOODLES great quantities; a very large number or amount ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SCADS a great number or quantity ...19C Amer. colloq.
• SIGHT a large quantity; a great many; a multitude ...1390 UK
• SKADOODLES great quantities; a very large number or amount ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKADS large quantities ...M19 sl.
• SLUMP a large quantity or number ...L17 Sc.
• TEAR a great quantity, a large amount; generally used with adj. of bigness, as 'a big tear' ...1921 Sc.
• TEEM a large quantity; abundant supply ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TEESICKER an overpowering quantity ...1879 Eng. dial.
• TEEZICKER an overpowering quantity ...1879 Eng. dial.
• THRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Eng. dial.
• THRONG a large quantity ...1901 Sc.
• TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng ...1792 Sc.
• VAST a large number; a quantity or amount, a great deal ...a1779 Sc.
• VASTING a large quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VELLUM a large quantity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• VERMIN a large quantity or number; a swarm, a crowd, multitude ...1745 Sc.
• VERY DEAL, A n. a considerable quantity ...1865 Eng. dial.
• VOLUME a large quantity ...1892 Eng. dial.
• WAD a large quantity; a mass, heap ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALLAGE an untidy bundle; a mass; a large quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WOUNDED DEAL, A a considerable quantity ...1740 Eng. dial.
QUANTITY, SMALL - nouns
• ACKER a small quantity ...1929 Sc.
• AIR a small quantity of anything; a taste ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALMOUS a small portion; a definite quantity ...1882 Eng. dial.
• AUMLACH a small quantity ...Bk1898 Ireland
• BEGGING a very small quantity ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BONNY a small quantity of anything ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB a small quantity, either liquid or solid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DABBIT a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMICK a small quantity, esp. of food ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIMICKING a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINYAN anything very small; a little corner; a small quantity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE a shapeless lump; a hunk; a small quantity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• EACHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• ECHNIE a small quantity; a small piece ...1911 Sc.
• ERC a small quantity ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EYCHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece ...1916 Sc.
• GAGE a small quantity ...M19 sl.
• HAIR a very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle; the smallest possible amount ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALFPENNY-WORTH a very small quantity ...1864 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a small quantity of anything; anything obtained with difficulty and on rare occasions ...1821 Sc.
• HEN'S-NOSE-FULL a very small quantity of anything ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota ...1596
• KENNING a recognizable portion; just enough to be perceived; a little; a small amount or quantity ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LITTLE-WHAT † a small portion or quantity of ...c1380
• NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity ...1908 Sc.
• NEFFOW a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• NEIVEFUL a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• NICKET a small amount or quantity ...1946 Amer. dial.
• NIVVIL a handful; a small quantity ...1874 Sc.
• OFFERING a small quantity ...1903 Sc.
• PARCEL † a small or moderate quantity or amount; a lot ...1413
• PENNYWORTH a small quantity
• POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop ...1868 Sc.
• PUCKLE a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few ...B1900 Sc.
• SACRACH a small quantity ...1921 Sc.
• SARNICK a small quantity ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANTLING a small quantity or amount
• SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle ...1896 Sc.
• SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a small portion ...1848 Sc.
• SCENT a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little ...1839 Sc.
• SCIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMPTOM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMSHUN a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRIPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPTION a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SHADE a minute quantity ...M19 sl.
• SKETCH a very small quantity; a single drop ...1894 sl.
• SKIMPTION a trivial matter; a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1942 Amer. dial.
• SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SPOT a small quantity of anything ...colloq., chiefly Brit.
• TADDICK a small quantity or amount of anything; a measure, etc., partly filled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TADDLE a small quantity, a dab ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TAIT a small amount or portion of anything ...1824 Sc.
• TAT a small quantity ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEETHFUL a toothful, a small quantity of any liquid ...B1900 Sc.
• THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TICKET a minute quantity or part ...1634 Eng. dial.
• TODDICK a small quantity; a small measure or measuring vessel ...1913 Amer. dial.
• UMIK a very small quantity of something; a handful ...a1838 Sc.
• YALE † a small quantity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARANTINE - adjectives
• QUARANTINABLE * subject or liable to quarantine ...1894
• SICK of a ship: in quarantine on suspicion of infectious disease ...20C nautical colloq.
QUARANTINE - nouns
• LAZARET a building, sometimes a ship, set apart for the performance of quarantine ...1721
• LAZARETTO a building, sometimes a ship, set apart for the performance of quarantine ...1605
• QUARANTAIN † a period (orig. of forty days) during which persons who night serve to spread a contagious disease are kept isolated from the rest of the community; quarantine ...1669
• QUARTER-TIME quarantine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - adjectives
• ALL HAIR BY THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• ALL HAIR IN THE NOSE angry, quarrelsome, touchy ...1924 Amer. dial.
• ARGOL-BARGOLOUS quarrelsome, contentious about trifles ...1822 Sc.
• BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANGSOME quarrelsome ...1805 Sc.
• BARRATOUS † contentious, quarrelsome ...1430
• BATEFUL † full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious ...a1588
• BATTLESOME * given to fighting, quarrelsome ...1877
• BENSOME quarrelsome ...1809 Sc.
• BRABAGIOUS said of a quarrelsome woman; cantankerous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLESOME quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• BRAFFLESOME quarrelsome ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † chattering, garrulous; quarrelling ...1665
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• CADDLING quarrelsome, disputing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING quarrelsome ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGGY ill-tempered, ready to quarrel, splenetic ...1855 Eng. dial.
• CALLETING scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLETY scolding, quarrelsome, ill-tempered ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CAMSHACKLE angry, cross, quarrelsome ...1808 Sc.
• CAMSTAIRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CANTANKEROUS showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained ...1772
• CARNAPTIOUS irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, fault-finding ...1890 Sc. & Irish
• CAT-AND-DOGGISH characterized by quarrelling ...1878
• CONCERTATIVE † quarrelsome, contentious ...1730
• DABBERIN' quarrelsome ...1866 Sc.
• DEBATEFUL † of persons: full of strife, contentious, quarrelsome ...1491
• DEBATOUS †* quarrelsome, contentious ...1483
• DISCORDFUL * full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious ...1596
• DISCORDOUS † full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome ...1597-8
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense ...1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
• FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FRATCH quarrelsome, easily offended, touchy ...1882 Eng. dial.
• FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY quarrelsome ...B1900 sl.
• ILL-FASHIONED ill-mannered, quarrelsome ...1871 Sc.
• ILL-GREEIN' quarrelsome ...1903 Sc.
• IMBROGLID †* embroiled; involved in a quarrel ...1670
• JANGLESOME boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
• NAGGLY touchy, fretful, sarcastic, quarrelsome; ill-natured ...Bk1903 Sc.
• NAGGY AS A THORN-STICK said of a quarrelsome or ill-natured person ...B1900 Sc.
• NANGLY grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NETTLESOME ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NETTLIE ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PUGNACIOUS inclined to quarrel or fight; readily quarrelsome; belligerent ...1635
• QUAARTISH contradictious and quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUARDLING quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUARRELLOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; fault-finding ...1556
• RACKLESOME quarrelsome, disputative ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RALLY noisy, quarrelsome, disputatious, as one in drink ...1708 Sc.
• RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGENOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• RIXABUND quarrelsome, contentious ...B1900
• RIXY quarrelsome, carping, scolding ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ROWTY quarrelsome ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS pompous; violent and obstinate in opinion; forward, rash, bold, quarrelsome, out of humour; boisterous ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPPY quarrelsome ...1895 orig. US
• TANKERSOME fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome ...B1900 Eng. dial. obs.
• TEUKIN † quarrelsome, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRAWN-GABBIT peevish, ill-tempered, quarrelsome; contradictory ...1897 Sc.
• THREAPING argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, contradictory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• UDDERSOME queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNPEACEABLE irritable, quarrelsome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - nouns
• AGGRAVATION violence, quarrels, unpleasantness in general ...1960s sl.
• ALLEGATION a dispute, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGIE-BARGIE a contention, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ARGLE-BARGLE a disputatious argument; a bandying of words, a wrangling; a quarrel ...a1881 chiefly Eng. dialect and Sc.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGY-BARGY an argument; quarrelling ...1887 UK
• BARGLE a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BARRAT † contention, strife, quarrel, fighting ...c1300
• BITCH an argument or fight; a disagreement or quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLOW-OUT an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1826 Eng. dial. & US
• BLOW-UP an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1809 chiefly US
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BONES-BREAKING a fight; a bloody quarrel ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRABBLE a paltry altercation, a noisy quarrel, a wrangle ...1566
• BREEZE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a row ...1785 sl.
• BRIBBLE-BRABBLE † vain chatter or wrangling; quarrelling ...?1868
• BULLIRAGGLE n. a noisy quarrel, one in which opprobrious epithets are bandied ...1825 Sc.
• BUSTIFICATION an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CALLETING-BOUT a wordy quarrel; mutual recrimination ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMMING altercation, bickering, quarrelling ...1868 Eng. dial.
• CANTANKER † cantankerousness; an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition ...1825 nonce word
• CHEW an argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHEWFEST an argument, a quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHEWING MATCH a heated argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DABBER wrangling, quarreling ...1866 Sc.
• DAMNED GOOD SWINE UP a loud quarrel; a fierce argument, possibly leading to blows ...L19 sl.
• DEBATE 1. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
2. strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• DEBATEMENT †* contention, strife, quarrelling ...1590
• DIFFER difference of opinion, argument, quarrel ...1873 Amer. dial.
• DIFFERENCE a wordy quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIFFERING wrangling, quarrelling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIFFERING-BOUT a wordy dispute or quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DIFFICULTY a quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILLOW a noisy quarrel ...19C Sc.
• DING-DONG a heated quarrel ...1922 UK sl.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FACTION † a factious quarrel or intrigue ...1593
• FALL-OUT a quarrel, a misunderstanding ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAUCHENTULIE † an argument or quarrel ...1825 Sc.
• FLAMER a stiff criticism; a row; a quarrel ...c1805
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• GANDIEGOW an uproar, a noisy quarrel; a nonsensical prank; blustering talk; loud complaint ...1907 Sc.
• HABBLE a quarrel, a squabble, a fight ...1818 Sc.
• HASSLE trouble or annoyance caused by having to do something difficult; a problem, a difficulty; a quarrel, an argument; a fuss, a bother ...1945
• HAZY a scolding; a quarrel; abusive language ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAT † a quarrel, an angry dispute ...1570
• HEEKACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HEEKYAK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HICK-HACK an argument, quarrel, or controversy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• JAR 1. discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
2. a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• JARL a quarrel, a dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• KAS-KAS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KASS KASS a quarrel or contention ...1940s W.I. Rasta
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE an altercation, especially as carried on by a number of persons speaking at one time; a wrangling, a quarrelling ...1794 Sc.
• MAKEBATE † the breeding of quarrels, mischief-making ...1626
• MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISAGREEMENT a disagreement, a quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NABBLE an argument, quarrel, wrangle ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NEIVE-SHAKING a quarrel among women, a scolding-match ...1820 Sc.
• NIFF a quarrel, grudge, or spite; also dislike ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OUTFALLING † a falling out; a quarrel; contention ...a1670 Sc.
• PICK-QUARREL † an occasion of quarrel; a cause of dispute ...1611
• PRABBLE † a quarrel, a squabble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PUGNACITY the condition or character of being pugnacious; inclination to fight; quarrelsomeness ...E17
• QUARDLE a quarrel ...1867 Eng. dial.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKET a quarrel, fight, altercation; a disturbance ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RALLIE a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• RALLY a quarrel, a row ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLEMENT † a babble of angry words, confused discourse; a violent quarrel ...1825 Sc.
• RAM-SAMMY a family quarrel; a noisy gathering ...1891 Eng. dial.
• RAP a tiff, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RARE PIECE OF WORK, A a disturbance, a quarrel ...1893 Eng. dial.
• RAWLEY a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• REARDIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REARIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REEKIM a smart blow; a riot, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REERIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REVALLY a disturbance, quarrelling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIXATION † the act of scolding or brawling; a quarrel, a brawl ...1623
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• SCASH a quarrel, a dispute, a brawl ...1768 Sc.
• SCAT-TO a fight, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOG a quarrel, a dispute ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE a disturbance, a quarrel, an affray ..1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP a fight; a quarrel ...1846 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWL a quarrel, a brawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a quarrel, a squabble ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROG a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK quarrelsome talk ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SIMULTATION †* quarrelling ...1605
• SIMULTY †* a quarrel or contention ...a1637
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• SNAPPING AND GALCHING the quarrelsome conversation of two irritated persons ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE a conflict, quarrel, or disagreement ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TEARDOWN a violent quarrel or disagreement ...1941 Amer. dial.
• THRATCH a quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THREAP an argument, a discussion; a dispute; a quarrel ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THROUGH-THE-MUIR a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1871 Sc.
• THROUGH-THE-WUD-LADDIE a quarrel, contention; a fault-finding ...1824 Sc.
• THROW opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour; a quarrel, controversy ...1788 Sc.
• TICKSIE a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIFF a slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement ...1754
• TIFT a slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement ...1751 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTER a fit of bad temper or ill-humour; a quarrel; a fight ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFTING a scolding or quarrelling bout; a scolding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TONGUE FIGHT a quarrel ...1877 Amer. dial.
• UNCOIFING quarrelling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-AND-A-DOWNER a violent quarrel ...1927 sl.
• UP-AND-DOWNER a violent quarrel; a fight ...1927 UK sl.
• UPPER AND DOWNER a violent quarrel ...1927 sl.
• UPSCUDDLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1905 Amer. dial.
• UPSCUTTLE a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult ...1904 Amer. dial.
• UPSET a misunderstanding; a quarrel ...1879 Eng. dial.
• UPSETTING a disagreement; a quarrel, a row; a scolding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP a row, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAP a pugilistic fight; also, a quarrel ...1887 Sc.
• WARBLING †* an altercation; a quarrel, quarrelling ...1600
• YAGGAZ a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE a quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YANK a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOKE a dispute; a quarrel ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUARREL, QUARRELSOME PERSON - nouns, person
• BARGAINER † a quarreller, a wrangler, a bully ...c1500 Sc.
• BARRATOR † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
• BIDDY a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 sl.
• BRANGLER a quarrelsome, wrangling person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREED-BATE † one who breeds 'bate', or contention or strife; a quarrelsome person; one who incites to mischief ...1593
• CAGMAG a quarrelsome person ...19C Eng. dial.
• CALLET a scold, a virago, a constant fault-finder; a quarrelsome person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman ...1785 sl.
• CLIP-WIT a sharp-tongued, quarrelsome or quick-witted person ...19C Sc.
• DEBATER † one who contends or strives; a quarrelsome or contentious person ...1388
• EG-BATTLE a person who urges on others to quarrel and fight ...1875 Eng. dial.
• FEISTY BRITCHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FICETY BREECHES a touchy or quarrelsome person ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH a rude, quarrelsome person; a playful or frolicsome child ...19C Eng. dial.
• HABBLER one who causes or delights in a squabble; a quarrelsome person ...1880 Sc.
• HALLION an overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife; a mischief-maker; a quarrelsome person ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-FRAY † a raiser of quarrels ...1598
• NIGNAY a quarrelsome hypercritical person; one who picks faults ...1920 Sc.
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• OLD CATAMARAN an old, scraggy woman; a quarrelsome or offensive woman ...1785 sl.
• PICK-QUARREL † one ready to pick quarrels; a quarrelsome person; a cantankerous person ...1530
• QUARREL-BREEDER † one who causes quarrels and contention ...1611
• QUARREL-PICKER † one who picks quarrels; a quarrelsome person ...1547
• QUERELER † a quarreller, an objector ...1542
• RAFFLER †* a quarrelsome person ...c1750
• RAMPADGEON a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGER a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person ...1879 Sc.
• RANDY-DANDY a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RIXATRIX † a scolding or quarrelsome woman ...1745 orig. Old English law
• RIXY † a quarrelsome hussy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• ROUGH NECK a quarrelsome or uncultivated person ...1836 sl., orig. US
• SCORRIE an avaricious, quarrelsome person ...1961 Sc.
• SQUARER † one who quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow ...1599
• TADGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant ...1888 Sc.
• TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman ...1822 Sc.
• THREAP a contentious or quarrelsome person ...1898 Eng. dial.
QUARREL, QUARRELLING, QUARRELSOME - verbs
• AGREE NOT TO DISAGREE to cease quarrelling and determine to make amends ...1967 Amer. dial.
• AGREE TO AGREE to cease quarrelling and determine to make amends ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• ARR to egg on; to incite to quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANG IT OUT to fight, to quarrel ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BARRAT †* to quarrel, strive, brawl ...1600
• BATE † to contend, to quarrel, to fight, to strive with blows or arguments ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BE HEARD UPON THE MIDDEN-HEAD to quarrel openly ...1768 Sc.
• BEQUARREL † to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse ...1624
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BREAK A STRAW (WITH) to quarrel, to fall out with ...1564 sl.
• CABAL to quarrel, to dispute, to find fault with ...1866 Sc.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• CADDLE to quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLE to cavil, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG to quarrel, to speak abusively ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAM to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel ...1875 Eng. dial.
• CAMPLE † to scold, bully; to retort, answer pertly; to argue or contend saucily; to wrangle or quarrel; to be sulky or cross ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CAST OUT to disagree, to quarrel, to fall out ...1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CHIP AT to quarrel with; to criticize adversely ...1880 sl.
• DABBER to quarrel, to wrangle ...1825 Sc.
• DABBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DAUBLE to wrangle, to quarrel ...1869 Sc.
• DEBATE † 1. to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1340
2. to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• DEEM † to decide a quarrel ...1494
• DIFFER to quarrel, to wrangle; to disagree ...1849 Eng. dial.
• DIGLADIATE † to 'cross swords'; to fight, to contend, to quarrel; to dispute violently ...a1656
• DISACCORD to disagree, to quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EGGLE to incite, to instigate, to egg on, to stir up, to quarrel ...1880 Sc.
• FALL ABOARD OF † to come to words, to quarrel; to attack, to fall upon ...1604
• FALL AT JAR † to fall out, to quarrel ...1586
• FALL FORTH † to quarrel, to fight ...1607
• FALL FOUL OF to quarrel with ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS † said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel ...1539
• FAUCHENTULIE † to argue, to quarrel, to contend ...1825 Sc.
• FISTICATE to fight with fists, to box; to quarrel; to meddle ...1819 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABAL † to quarrel, to dispute ...a1843 Sc.
• HABBLE to quarrel, to wrangle ...1808 Sc.
• HAG(G) to excite to quarrel; to provoke, to irritate; to annoy, to incite; to complain, to find fault ...1806 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGLE to chatter; to quarrel, to bicker ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASSLE to quarrel or wrangle over something ...M20 colloq.
• HOLD WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to remain on good terms with both sides in a quarrel, etc.
• JAGGLE to quarrel, to jangle ...1868 Eng. dial.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JARL † to snarl, to quarrel, to dispute; to jeer, to jest ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KEBBIE to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KEBBIE-LEBBIE to altercate, to wrangle; to quarrel ...18C Sc.
• KEBBY to chide, to quarrel ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KICK UP A SHINDY to make a fuss or disturbance; to quarrel ...1899 Amer. dial.
• LALL to sing or shout loudly; to cry out; to quarrel ...1884 Eng. dial.
• LET FALL to take notice of, to make a ground of quarrel ...1810 Sc.
• LOCK HORNS to come into conflict, to disagree, to fight; to engage in an argument or quarrel with another ...1836 Amer. dial.
• MAKE BUZZARD TALK to quarrel ...1912 Amer. sl.
• MARDLE to quarrel; to interfere ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAGGLE to gnaw; to nag, to quarrel, to haggle ...1869
• PARLEY to quarrel, to bandy words, to argue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PART BRASS-RAGS to quarrel ...1904
• PART DOLL RAGS to argue, to quarrel, to part on bad terms ...20C sl.
• PASS WORDS to exchange hostile words; to quarrel ...1909 Amer. dial.
• PICK AT to quarrel with; to find fault; to complain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
• QUARDLE to quarrel ...1866 Eng. dial.
• QUARLY to quarrel ...1867 Eng. dial.
• QUART to quarrel, to disagree, to fall out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUERELE † to quarrel ...1548
• RAFFLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...c1750
• RAISE CAIN to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE HELL to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE HELL AND TOMMY to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAISE NED to be quarrelsome; to make a disturbance ...1849 Amer. sl.
• RAWL to quarrel, to grumble, to be quarrelsome ...1811 Eng. dial.
• RUN WITH THE HARE AND HUNT WITH THE HOUNDS to try to remain on good terms with both sides in a quarrel, etc.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to quarrel, to squabble; to have a heated argument or disagreement ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRABBLE to disagree; to quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAP to fight, to quarrel ...1895
• SCRAWL to quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMAGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMIDGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPLIT to quarrel with someone, to break off relations ...M19 sl.
• TAKE ON to start a quarrel or fight with ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TALK BY A BOW to argue, to quarrel ...M19 sl.
• TANGLE WITH to conflict, quarrel, or argue with ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a quarrelsome manner, to rage ...1887 Sc.
• TANTER to argue, to quarrel, to dispute in a captious manner, to rage ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRATCH to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIFF to have a petty quarrel ...1727
• TIFT † to have a tiff or petty quarrel ...1777 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNCOIF to tear off an adversary's head-gear in a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARGE to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARY † to disagree seriously, to discord or quarrel; to fall at variance ...c1440
• WARBLE †* to quarrel, to wrangle ...1600
• YAG to make a noise; to talk angrily; to importune incessantly; to irritate, to nag; to quarrel ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAGGAZ to wrangle, to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAGGLE to quarrel, wrangle, bicker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YANK to quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARR † to quarrel, to be captious and troublesome ...1778 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOKE BY THE EARS † to set by the ears; to set quarrelling ...1796 Sc.
QUARREL - interjections
• MORE WAR! directed at a street quarrel, esp. among women ...1898 Cockney usage
QUARRY - nouns
• LATOMY * a stone quarry ...1656 Hist.
• QUAR † a stone quarry ...a1485 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUARR a quarry, a stone-pit ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUARREL † 1. materials from a quarry ...1759 Sc.
2. a stone-quarry ...1865 Eng. dial.
QUARRY - nouns, person
• QUAR-MAN a man who works in a quarry ...1825 Eng. dial.
QUARRY - verbs
• QUAR to work in a quarry; to raise stones from a quarry ...1825 Eng. dial.
• QUARREL to raise stones from a quarry ...Bk1905 Sc.
QUART - nouns
• QUARTELET †* a small quart ...1453
QUARTER (money) - nouns
• METER twenty-five cents or a quarter ...1940 US sl., orig. Black usage
• QUART a quarter, a twenty-five cent piece ...1965 Barbados
• QUATER twenty-five cents, a quarter ...1980 US sl.
QUARTER - nouns
• CANTON † a quarter; a division of anything; a piece, or part ...1601
• QUARTERN † a quarter of anything ...c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUARTERED - adjectives
• QUARTLE †* quartered ...c1420
QUARTZ - adjectives
• QUARTZOSE mainly or entirely composed of quartz ...1757
• QUARTZOUS mainly or entirely composed of quartz ...1790 obs.
QUASH - verbs
• CASS † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1460 obs. exc. Sc.
• CASSATE † to make void, to annul, to quash ...1512
• ELIDE † to annul, to quash, to rebut ...1818 Sc.
QUAVER - verbs
• CRAKE to quaver hoarsely in singing; to speak hoarsely ...19C Eng. dial.
QUAVERING - adjectives
• QUAVERY quavering, jerky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUEASINESS - nouns
• WAMBLE a rolling or nausea in the stomach; a feeling of nausea; queasiness ...1603
• WAMBLES, THE a feeling of nausea, queasiness ...M17 sl.
QUEASY - adjectives
• NAAR sick, queasy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• QUALMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUALMY affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1852 Amer. dial.
• QUAMISH affected by nausea, queasy, sick at the stomach, inclined to vomit ...1787 Amer. dial.
• QUAZIE queasy, having a disordered stomach, squeamish ...1824 Sc.
• QUEECHY ailing, sickly, queasy, feeble ...1859 Eng. dial.
• URPISH nauseated, queasy; nauseating ...1949 Amer. dial.
• URPY nauseated, queasy; nauseating ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED queasy, tipsy ...1736 Amer. dial.
• WEASY queasy ...1965 Amer. dial.
QUEEN - nouns, person
• AUNTIE WICKY Queen Victoria ...1982 Bahamas the belly
• LADY OF HONOUR † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1631
• LADY OF PRESENCE † a lady who holds the position of attendant to a queen or princess ...1530
• QUEENLET a petty queen ...1833
• QUYNE † queen ...c1450
• SELDOM SEEN the queen ...20C rhyming sl.
QUEEN VICTORIA - nouns, person
• VIC Queen Victoria ...M19 sl.
• VICCY Queen Victoria ...M19 sl.
QUEER - adjectives
• CRANKY queer, crotchety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DILLY queer, cranky ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar ...1967 Amer. dial.
• QUARE odd, eccentric, queer ...M19 Irish sl.
• QUEER-FAR'D having a queer countenance or queer features ...1805 Eng. dial.
• QUEERISOME odd, strange, queer, fey ...1900 Amer. dial.
• QUEERLY queer, odd; slightly demented ...1870 Eng. dial.
• QUEERSOME rather queer, odd, strange ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different ...1860 Amer. dial.
• QUISTICAL odd, queer, fantastic, eccentric ...1822 Sc.
• RUMGUMPTIOUS queer, odd, eccentric ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOBY-STRICKEN congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TOBY-STRUCK congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd ...1933 Amer. dial.
• UNDALI strange, queer ...1908 Sc.
• UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
QUEER, QUEERNESS - nouns
• QUEERITY queerness, oddity ...1711
• QUEERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing ...1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
• SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual ...1958 Amer. dial.
QUEER - nouns, person
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DINGBAT an odd or peculiar person; one who is queer but harmless; an eccentric ...1879 Amer.
• ODDBALL an eccentric, queer, or odd person; an intensely introverted person; a nonconformist ...1940s
• QUIST a queer fellow ...1853 Eng. dial.
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
• THRAWN-STICK a queer, obstinate person ...1893 Sc.
• TIKE an overgrown man or beast; an awkward, clumsy fellow; an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TYKE an overgrown man or beast; an awkward, clumsy fellow; an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUEER - verbs
• QUEER to put to confusion; to make or cause to feel queer; to cause to go wrong ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
QUEER-LOOKING - nouns
• MAGINK a queer-looking object or creature; an oddity ...1962 Sc.
QUEER-LOOKING - nouns, person
• MACKY-MOON a fool, a silly person; one who makes himself absurd or ridiculous by playing the fool; a queer-looking figure ...1872 Eng. dial.
QUEERLY - adverbs
• AWVISHLY stupidly, queerly ...1746 Eng. dial.
QUELL - verbs
• ADAUNT † to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission ...1297
• DAUNT † to cast down, to put down, to quell ...a1400
• OPPRESS † to put down, to suppress; to crush, to quell, to subdue, to overwhelm a person; to check or put and end to a thing or state of things, feeling, disposition, etc. ...c1340
• QUAIL to quell; to subdue through fear ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUILE to quell; to subdue through fear ...1791 Eng. dial.
• REDD to quell, to subdue a fray; to compose a quarrel; to separate combatants ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.