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TENNESSEE - THICK-WITTED
TENNESSEE - nouns
• TENNESSY Tennessee ...1903 Amer. dial.
TENNESSEE - nouns, person
• CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia ...M19 US sl.
• MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said to have partly Indian blood ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TENNIS - nouns
• BACK-RACKET † the return of a ball in tennis ...1608
• BAGEL in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BAGEL JOB in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BANDY † in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a 'return' at tennis ...1598
• CACHESPELL † 1. a tennis court ...1526 Sc.
† 2. the game of tennis ...1568 Sc.
• CACHESPULE † 1. a tennis court ...1526 Sc.
† 2. the game of tennis ...1568 Sc.
• CADDY a tennis-ball ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CADDY-BALL a tennis-ball ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CATCH † tennis ...c1475 Sc.
• CATCHPOLE † tennis ...1663
• CATCHPULE † tennis ...1663
• DAISY-CUTTER a very low tennis shot ...1897 Amer. sl.
• DINK a drop shot in tennis ...M20 US
• FAG PACKET a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) ...Brit. sl.
• GROUNDIE in tennis: a ground stroke ...1981 Amer. sl.
• RABBITRY a state of being a poor player. esp. in golf or tennis ...1920s sl.
TENNIS - nouns, person
• NACKET † a tennis court-keeper's boy ...1500-20
• NETMAN a tennis player
• RABBIT a poor player, esp. in golf or tennis ...1920s sl.
TENNIS - verbs
• DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net ...M20 chiefly US
• SHACK to retrieve stray balls for a baseball or tennis player; to retrieve a stray ball; broadly, to go in search of ...1890 Amer. dial.
TENSE - adjectives
• EDGY nervous, irritable, tense ...1837 UK sl.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• ON EDGE very tense, nervy, anxious ...1870 UK sl.
• UP tense, nervous ...1990s US Black sl.
• UPTIGHT nervous, anxious, tense ...1934 US
• WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight; tense ...1970s Amer. sl.
• WIRED UP tense ...1970s sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WOUND tense, anxious, on edge ...1788 sl.
• WOUND UP tense, anxious, on edge ...1788 sl.
TENT - adjectives
• UNDER CANVAS in a tent ...1864
TENT - nouns
• BIVVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BIVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BOUDOIR an army tent ...1945 US sl.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• COT HOUSE a tent ...L19 sl.
• HALE † a place roofed over, but usually open at the sides; a pavilion; a tent; a booth, hut, or other temporary structure for shelter ...c1330
• MANSION † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
• RAG a tent, or tent-like shelter ...c1930 Amer. dial.
• RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAG BUILDING a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAG BUNGALOW a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RAG HOUSE a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1890 Amer. sl.
• RAG HUT a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1851 Amer. dial.
• RAG SHANTY a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1851 Amer. sl.
• RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TABERNACLE a temporary dwelling; generally movable, constructed of branches, boards, or canvas; a hut, tent, booth ...1382
• TAN a temporary tent, hut, or cabin, such as set up by tinkers or gypsies ...1895 Sc.
• TILT a covering of coarse cloth; an awning; a booth, tent, or tabernacle ...c1440
• WICKY a teepee ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TENT - verbs
• TILL † to pitch a tent ...1362
TENTATIVE - adjectives
• HORSEBACK tentative and based on informed speculation ...1879 US colloq.
TENTH - adjectives
• TITHE tenth ...c1250
TENTH - nouns
• DECIM † a tenth part, tithe ...1638
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• EDECIMATION †* the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth ...a1693
• TITHE a tenth part of anything; later, a very small part ...1494
• TITHELING †* tenth part, tithe ...c1320
• TITHING † a tenth part of anything ...1382
TENTH - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• DECIMATE † to divide into tenths, to divide decimally ...1749
• TITHE † to take every tenth thing or person from the whole number; to take one tenth of the whole; to divide into tenths ...c1000
TEPID - adjectives
• CALID warm, tepid; hot ...1599 arch.
• LEW † lukewarm, tepid ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TEPID - verbs
• LEW † to make warm or tepid; to become warm ...971 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEPEFY to make moderately tepid or warm ...1656
TEQUILA - nouns
• CACTUS JUICE tequila, mescal ...1960s sl.
• MEXICAN LIGHTNING tequila ...1975 Amer. sl.
TERMAGANT - nouns, person
• JEZEBEL an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew ...1553 colloq.
• RANDWHANG a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY a loud-tongued, coarse-mannered woman; a scold, a virago, a termagant ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANDY-WHANG a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• TAIRGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew ...1822 Sc.
• TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman ...1822 Sc.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
• TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TERMINAL - nouns
• BIG CASINO anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis ...1930s US sl.
TERMINATE - verbs
• ACHIEVE † to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate ...c1385
• ADETERMINE †* to bring to an end, to terminate ...1413
• BAIL to terminate a relationship, to break up ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• END OFF to come to an end, to terminate ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SACK IT UP to terminate, to bring to a conclusion ...1970s US Black sl.
TERMINATING - adjectives
• DESINENT † forming the end, ending, closing, terminating ...1605
TERMINATION - nouns
• END-DAY a termination, end ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination ...1970s sl., orig. military
TERN - nouns
• RIXY the common tern, Sterna fluviatilis ...1885 Eng. dial.
TERRACE - nouns
• CATSTEP a small terrace on a hill ...1939 Amer. dial.
TERRIBLE - adjectives
• ADJECTIVAL euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ADJECTIVE euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ANOINTED very great, terrible ...1877 Eng. dial.
• AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible ...c1786 colloq.
• BALD bad; terrible ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BURNT terrible; tough; strict ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful ...1660 colloq.
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• DOUTOUS † fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible ...a1300
• EISFUL † fearful, terrible ...a1000
• EISLICH † fearful, terrible ...c888
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FORMIDOLOUS † to be feared, fearful, dreadful, terrible ...1656
• GAG-AWFUL horrible, terrible ...1981 US college sl.
• GHASTFUL dreadful, terrible ...LME arch.
• GRIMFUL * fierce, terrible ...ME
• HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible ...1920s euphemism
• HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HELLACIOUS dreadful, terrible ...1976 US sl.
• SAD terrible ...1946 US sl.
• SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIMOROUS † causing fear or dread; dreadful, terrible ...1455
• TIRABLE † terrible ...1562
• UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky ...1828 Sc.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• VERMILION abominable, terrible ...L19 Aust. euphemism for 'bloody'
TERRIBLE - nouns
• DEATH a terrible situation or event ...1980s US college sl.
• FEAR † a sudden and terrible event; peril ...a1000
• OLD NICK something terrible ...1920s sl.
• TERRILOQUY the speaking of terrible or dreadful things
TERRIBLE - nouns, person
• HUMGRUFFIN a terrible or repulsive person ...1842
TERRIBLE - verbs
• TERRIBLIZE † to make or become terrible ...1605 nonce word
TERRIBLE - interjections
• BEAT! that's terrible! ...20C teen & high school sl.
TERRIBLY - adverbs
• DERF † grievously, terribly ...c1325
• MARVELLOUS exceedingly, terribly ...1953 Amer. dial.
TERRIFIC - adjectives
• BADASS terrific, excellent ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• CURL A MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DEF outstanding; terrific; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific ...1953 Aust. sl.
• FIERCE terrific ...20C teen & high school sl.
TERRIFIC - interjections
• CURL A MO! terrific! ...1954 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO! terrific! ...1954 Aust. sl.
TERRIFIED - adjectives
• AFEARD afraid, frightened, struck with fear or terror ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AGAST terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AGEST terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AGUSH'D terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWESOME susceptible to fear, terrified ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWSOME susceptible to fear, terrified ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DART frightened, terrified ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DERT frightened, terrified ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FERDY †* fearful, timid, afraid, terrified ...c1340
• FORFRIGHTED greatly terrified, badly frightened, afraid ...c1250
• GAST † terrified, afraid ...a1300
• OFGRISEN †* terrified ...c1200
• PACKING DEATH terrified, frightened ...1950s Aust. sl.
• SCARED RIGID utterly scared or terrified ...20C sl.
• SCARED STIFF utterly scared or terrified ...20C sl.
• SCARED WITLESS absolutely scared or terrified ...1920s sl.
• SHIT-SCARED extremely frightened; terrified; afraid ...1958 sl.
• TERRIFICK † afraid, terrified ...1821 Sc.
TERRIFIED - verbs
• BREAK OUT INTO ASSHOLES to become thoroughly terrified; used derisively ...1978 Amer. sl.
• CACK to be terrified ...1960s sl.
• CACK ONE'S PANTS to be extremely scared; to be absolutely terrified ...Aust. sl.
• CACK YOURSELF to be terrified; to 'shit yourself' ...2000 UK sl.
• HAVE ONE'S BALLS UNDER ONE'S CHIN to be terrified ...1937 US sl.
• HIDOUS †* to be terrified of ...c1380
• KACK IT to be terrified ...1960s sl.
• PISS BULLETS to be terrified ...1940s US sl.
• SHIT BULLETS to be terrified ...1940s US sl.
• SKRIK to be terrified ...L19 S. Afr.
TERRIFIED - phrases
• ONE'S ASSHOLE SUCKS WIND. one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1967 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS BUTTERMILK one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...c1954 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS STRAIGHT WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1961 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1920 Amer. sl.
TERRIFY - verbs
• ADRAD † to make afraid; to terrify ...c1314
• ADREAD † to make afraid; to terrify ...c1314
• AFEAR † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ASTONY to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement ...1340 arch.
• AWHAPE † to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly ...c1300
• BEGALLOW † to frighten or terrify ...c1320
• BOGLE to bewitch, to bamboozle; to terrify ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DASTARD † to make a dastard of; to cow, to terrify ...1593
• DASTARDIZE to make a dastard of'; to cow, to terrify ...c1645
• DAUNTON to terrify, to intimidate, to subdue; to depress, to awe, to dismay ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DERE to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy ...1790 Sc.
• FRIGHTEN THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify ...1951 sl.
• FRIGHTEN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify ...1951 sl.
• GALLY † to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAST † to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify ...c1000
• GASTER † to frighten, to scare, to terrify ...1593
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE to assault, to attack, to terrify ...1960s sl.
• HAZEN † to scare, to terrify, to be afraid of ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE SOMEONE CREAK IN THEIR SHOES to terrify, to frighten someone ..L19 sl.
• OFDREDE † to terrify, to frighten ...c1000
• OFFEAR † to frighten, to terrify ...1131
• OFFRIGHT † to frighten, to terrify ...c1160
• PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO to terrify someone ...1905 sl.
• SCARE OUT OF MIND to terrify greatly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCARE SOMEONE SHITLESS to terrify ...1970s sl.
• SCARE THE BEJABBERS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE BEJAZUS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify ...L19 sl.
• SCARE THE DOOKEY OUT OF to terrify ...1960s US sl.
• SCARE THE FUCK OUT OF to terrify ...1990s sl.
• SCARE THE GUTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE HOLY SHIT OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVER AND LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify ...L19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE NUTS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE PANTS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE PISS OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE SLACKS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE STUFFING OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE WHOSIS OUT OF to terrify ...1950s US sl.
• SCARIFY to scare, to terrify ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCARRIFY to scare, to terrify ...1897 Eng. dial.
TERRIFYING - adjectives
• AWESOME awful, appalling, terrifying ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AWSOME awful, appalling, terrifying ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARGRUGOUS austere, both in aspect and manners; terrifying, awe-inspiring; ugly ...1841 Sc.
• SCAREFUL terrifying, frightful ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TERRIFYING - adverbs
• FEARINGLY † in a terrifying manner ...1556
TERRIFYING - nouns
• PAVEFACTION †* a terrifying or making afraid ...1658
TERRIFYING - interjections
• HAIRBALL! terrifying! ...1998 US sl.
TERRITORY - nouns
• MARCH † country, territory ...a1300
TERRITORY - nouns, person
• MARCHER † one whose territory adjoins that of another ...c1440
TERROR - adjectives
• AFEARD affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFEARED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• DOUTOUS † fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible ...a1300
TERROR - nouns
• AGASTMENT sudden terror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AGUSHMENT sudden terror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AMP fear, terror ...B1900 Sc.
• BACK-FEAR an object of terror behind one, an intuitive dread of something sinister in the rear ...1894 Sc.
• BOGLE-BO a hobgoblin; any object of terror ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOO an object of terror; a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFFRAY † fear, terror ...1375
• FEAREDNESS † the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright ...a1300
• FEARLAC † fear, terror ...a1225
• FEE-FAW-FUM * nonsense, such as might terrify children ...E19
• FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear ...1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
• GALDIMENT † a great fright; terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GALLY-BAGGER a scarecrow; an object of terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GALLY-BEGGAR a scarecrow; an object of terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GASTNESS † terrified condition or appearance; terror, dread ...c1374
• HAG † an object of terror; a bogey ...1611
• HEART-QUAKE sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness ...1561
• HEART-QUALM sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc. ...1673
• RADDOUR † fear, terror ...c1375 Sc.
• TERRICULAMENT † a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear ...1548
• TERRIFICATION terror, anything causing terror ...1822 Sc.
TERROR - verbs
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• FREEZE to inspire terror ...1607
TERROR - phrases
• IT GROWLS ME † I have a feeling of terror or horror ...1482
TERRORIST - nouns
• HIT SQUAD a group of underworld assassins or political terrorists ...1969 Amer. sl., esp. journalism
• HIT TEAM a group of underworld assassins or political terrorists ...1978 Amer. sl., esp. journalism
TERRORIZE - nouns, person
• GOON someone hired by racketeers, etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents ...1938 sl., orig. US
TEST - nouns
• ACID TEST a very thorough or crucial test ...Amer. sl.
• POP QUIZ a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
• POP TEST a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
• QUERY a test or examination ...1976 US sl.
• SHOTGUN QUIZ a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
TEST - verbs
• APPLY THE ACID to test out a person or a statement ...1910s sl.
• DIPSTICK to test the abstract qualities of someone or something ...2003 UK sl.
• FEEL OUT to test or discover by cautious trial ...ME
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• PUT THE GAS ON to test out a person or a statement ...1900s Aust. sl.
• SAY to assay, to test; to taste ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to make trial of; to put to the test ...1804 Sc.
TESTAMENT - nouns
• REDD a will, testament ...1853 Eng. dial.
• TEST a will, testament ...1890 Sc.
TESTATOR - nouns, person
• LEGATOR one who gives something by will; a testator ...1651
TESTED - adjectives
• YFONDED † attempted, tried, tested, tempted ...c1175
TESTICLES - see GENITALS
TESTIFY - verbs
• DEPONE to testify, to asseverate, to affirm; to give evidence as a witness ...1726 Sc.
• INSTEFY to show, to testify; to set forth ...1899 Amer. dial.
• INSTIFY to show, to testify; to set forth ...1899 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY † 1. to prove; to authenticate, to make good; to testify to ...1746 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to put one to an oath, to cause one to testify; to swear, to testify ...1827 Amer. dial.
• SUFFRAGATE † to testify, to bear witness to ...1620
• TESTY to testify ...1890 Eng. dial.
TESTIMONIAL - nouns
• TESTIFICATE † a certificate, testimonial ...1751 Sc.
• TESTIFICATION † a certificate, testimonial ...1822 Sc.
TESTIMONY - adjectives
• LAUDABLE † of testimony: trustworthy ...1664
TESTIMONY - nouns
• SUFFRAGIES † votes, opinions, testimonies ...1587
TESTINESS - nouns
• CHICKEN testiness in discourse or behaviour ...20C Amer. sl.
TESTING - nouns
• FANDING † a testing or putting to the proof; a trial ...a1300
• FONDING † a testing or putting to the proof; a trial ...a1300
TESTY - adjectives
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered ...1960s sl.
• RAMSH brusque, testy ...1871 Sc.
• SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy ...1633
• TATTY testy, cross ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TESTIF † headstrong, obstinate, wilful, rash, testy ...c1374
• TESTORN † testy, quick to anger ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TETCHIOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY irritable; irascible; testy ...1592 sl.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• THRISSLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRISTLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1880 Amer. dial.
TESTY - nouns, person
• SNUFFY a nickname for a testy person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TETANUS - nouns
• JAWLOCK tetanus ...1892 Amer. dial.
TETCHY - adjectives
• TEECHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEETHY fretful, fractious, tetchy; generally applied to children or infants ...1828 Eng. dial.
• TESTIF † aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy ...1526
• TITCHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
TEXAN - adjectives
• TEX-MEX Texican-Mexican ...Amer. sl.
TEXAN - nouns, person
• BEEF-HEAD a Texan ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BOLL WEEVIL a Texan ...1932 Amer. dial.
• LONGHORN a Texan or other Southwesterner, esp. a shrewd, knowing, tough old-timer ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SHORTHORN someone not from Texas or the Southwest; an outsider, a neophyte, a greenhorn ...1885 Amer. dial.
• TEXICAN a Texan of Mexican or mixed ancestry; hence used, often derogatorily, for a migrant worker from Texas or elsewhere in the Southwest ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TEX-MEX a native of the Texas-Mexico border region ...1949 Amer. sl.
TEXAS - nouns
• BANNER STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEF STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEFHEAD STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG D Dallas, Texas ...1930 US sl.
• BIG D, THE Dallas, Texas ...1978 US sl.
• BIG TEX Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLIZZARD STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUE BONNET STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOLL-WEEVIL STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• H., THE Houston, Texas ...1998 US sl.
• JUMBO Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMBO STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONE STAR STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONGHORN STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD COFFINHEAD a giant rattlesnake of Texas folklore, pictured as 'eight feet long and so ole he done got whiskers' - used to frighten children with ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TEX Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THANK - verbs
• AGGRATE † to thank, to express gratitude to ...1633
• BETHANK †* to thank ...1593
• TA-TA to thank ...c1977 Amer. dial.
THANKFULLY - adverbs
• THANKSOMELY thankfully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THANKLESS - nouns
• MUG'S GAME a thankless activity ...1910 UK sl.
THANKS - nouns
• BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
• BREAD-AND-BUTTER LETTER a letter of thanks for hospitality written after a visit ...1901
• MENSE pay, recompense, reward; thanks, grateful return; kindness ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SADDY a formal acknowledgement of thanks ...1870 Amer. dial.
THANKS, THANK YOU - interjections, phrases
• ARIGATO Thank you ...1947 Amer. dial. (Hawaii, Japanese)
• 'ARRY'S GATORS thank you ...c1943 Aust. ('arrigato')
• CHEERS thank you ...1976 Brit.
• DANKE SCHOEN! thank you! (pronounced to rhyme with 'fern') ...1956 Amer. dial.
• GRACIAS! thank you ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAHALO! thank you, thanks ...1938 Hawaii
• MERCY BLOW THROUGH many thanks; 'merci beaucoup' ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MERCY BUCKETS "thanks" ...Amer. sl.
• MESSY BUCKET(S) many thanks; (French 'merci beaucoup') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SADDY! thank you! ...1835 Amer. dial.
• SAHDIE! thank you! ...1882 Amer. dial.
• TA! int. thanks! ...1772 colloq.
• TA EVER SO thank you ...1914 Brit.
• TA MUCHLY! thank you very much ...1970
• TA-TA! thanks! ...1884 Amer. dial.
• THANKS A BUNCH thank you; often used ironically ...1981
• THANKS A BUNDLE thank you; often used ironically ...1981
• THANKS A MILLION thank you ...1936 orig. US
• THANKS AWFULLY thank you ...1890 Brit.
• THANKS EVER SO thank you ...1914 Brit.
• THANKY! thank you! ...1850 Amer. dial.
• YOURS! you're welcome! reply to 'thank you' for a favour ...1936 Amer. dial.
THANKSGIVING - nouns
• BEGGAR'S NIGHT Thanksgiving eve or day when children dress up in old clothes and, armed with large paper bags, they tour the neighbourhoods, begging for candy, cookies, and other delicacies ...1938 Amer. dial.
THATCH - nouns
• THACK a thatch; a roof or covering, esp. of straw; materials for thatching ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEAK thatch, thatching; grass, straw, etc., cut for thatching ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCH - verbs
• THACK to thatch, to roof; to cover; to lay on ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEAK to thatch ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCHED - adjectives
• CULVER-HEADED thatched with straw or stubble ...19C Eng. dial.
• THACK thatched, made of thatch ...1815 Sc.
• THACK-COVERED thatched ...1895 Eng. dial.
• THATCHEN thatched, made of thatch ...1869 Eng. dial.
THATCHED - nouns
• THACKY a thatched cottage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THATCHER - nouns, person
• THACKER a thatcher ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THACKSTER a thatcher ...1787 Eng. dial.
• THEAKER a thatcher ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCHER, MARGARET
• MAGGIE Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British Prime Minister (1979-90) ...1994 Brit. sl.
THAW - nouns
• SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture ...1895 Sc.
THAW - verbs
• DAGE to thaw ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAVE to thaw ...1858 Eng. dial.
• EVE to thaw ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SAFTEN to thaw ...1825 Sc.
• UNEAVE to show condensation; to thaw ...1810 Eng. dial.
• UNFREEZE to thaw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw ...1889 Eng. dial.
THAWING - adjectives
• SAFT of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw ...1825 Sc.
THEATRE - adjectives
• LETTER-PERFECT knowing one's part to the letter ...1885 theatrical usage
THEATRE - nouns
• ARTFUL FOX a theatrical box ...1882 music-hall rhyming sl.
• ATTIC the upper balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEADED ROW in a theatre: the front row of seats at a stage performance, esp. a burlesque, presumably occupied by old men ...1889 US
• BALDHEAD ROW in a theatre: the front row of seats at a stage performance, esp. a burlesque, presumably occupied by old men ...1887 US sl.
• BUMPER a crowded house at a theatre ...1839 theatrical sl.
• BUZZARD ROOST an upper balcony in a theatre ...1920 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST the upper balcony of a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CACKLE the dialogue of a play ...c1870 sl.
• CHARLES JAMES a theatrical box ...L19 rhyming sl. (Charles James Fox)
• CHICKEN ROOST the upper balcony of a theatre ...1905 US sl.
• COD VERSION a burlesque version of a well-known play ...20C theatrical usage
• DAMP BLANKET in the theatre: a bad review ...1981 US sl.
• DARKY COX a box in a theatre auditorium; the seating area in a theatre ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• D.C. the Dress Circle in the theatre ...1900s Aust. sl.
• DECK the upper balcony of a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ETHIOPIAN HEAVEN the top gallery in a theatre ...20C US sl.
• ETHIOPIAN PARADISE the highest balcony in a segregated theatre ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FACE-ENTRY † freedom of access to a theatre ...1874 theatrical usage
• FACTORY, THE the theatre ...1952 UK actors usage
• FAKE 1. in the carnival and theatre: a performance ...1885 Amer. sl.
2. any unused or worn-out and worthless piece of property ...1889 theatrical usage
• FAKEMENT small properties, accessories ...c1875 theatrical usage
• FAKES AND SLUMBOES † properties; accessories ...c1880 theatrical usage
• FAT a part with good lines and telling situations, which gives the player an opportunity of appearing to advantage ...1883 theatrical usage
• FOOTS theatrical footlights ...1919 US sl.
• GAFF a cheap music hall or theatre ...L18 sl.
• HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE the audience at a theatre ...1921 Amer. sl.
• JIGGER in a theatre: the curtain ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
• LAKING-HOUSE a playroom; a theatre; a gaming-house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LEG SHOP a theatre devoted to burlesque, i.e. the display of women's legs ...L19 US sl.
• LOFT the upper balcony in a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOVER'S HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MAGOO in the theatre: a cream pie thrown in slapstick comedy ...1926 Amer. theatrical sl.
• MAIN KICK the stage or theatre ...1930s US Black sl.
• MONKEY ROOST the upper balcony in a theatre ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MUCK stage makeup ...1926 US sl.
• NABE a neighbourhood theatre ...1935 sl.
• NECKERS' HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER HEAVEN (derogatory) the highest balcony in a theatre ...1878 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERS' HEAVEN (derogatory) the highest balcony in a theatre ...1878 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER a theatrical piece; a routine ...Aust. sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PARADISE the upper gallery of a theatre ...M19 sl.
• PEANUT GALLERY the topmost rows of a theatre ...1888 Amer. sl.
• PEANUT HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROOST the upper balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON ROOST the balcony of a theatre ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON'S ROOST the balcony of a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAG a theatre curtain ...M19 sl.
• RAGS AND STICKS a travelling outfit; a theatrical booth ...c1870 showmen's and theatrical usage
• SEVENTH HEAVEN the upper gallery in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHELF a balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHOWCASE an audience many of whom were admitted on free tickets ...Bk1974 Amer. theatre use
• SHOW-SHOP a theatre ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SPEELKEN a theatre ...L18 sl.
• SPELL a theatre ...M18 sl.
• SPELLKEN a theatre ...L18 sl.
• STRAW-HAT a theatre operating in the summer only and presenting various productions or companies ...US
• STRAW-HATTER a play presented in a straw-hat theatre ...US
• TANK the top gallery of a theatre ...1900 Amer. college sl.
• TIRE-HOUSE † the wardrobe of a theatre ...c1620
• TIRING-HOUSE a dressing-room; the room or place in which the actors dressed for the state ...1590 arch.
• TIRING-ROOM a dressing-room; the dressing-room of a theatre ...1623 arch.
• WOOD FAMILY used as a humorous description of empty seats in a theatre ...1952 UK sl.
• WOW a theatrical success ...1920s Amer. show business usage
• WROTH OF RESES a wreath of roses; said of a male singer who vocalizes too sentimentally ...c1882 theatrical usage
THEATRE - nouns, person
• ACTOR-MAN a theatrical actor ...1796
• ANGEL a financial backer of an enterprise, esp. one who supports a theatrical production ...1894 sl., orig. US
• BALADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BALLADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BOX RUSTLER in the 1870s (theatre) , a woman who did her song and dance on the stage, and then, in a costume considered the extreme of indecency, mingled with the customers in the boxes, and encouraged the sale of liquors ...1939 Amer. theatre usage
• CACKLE-CHUCKER † in the theatre: a prompter ...c1860 theatrical usage
• CAGE GIRL a ticket seller in a theatre ...1952 US sl.
• DADDY a stage-manager ...c1850 theatrical sl.
• DEADHEAD a person given a ticket or tickets for having performed minor services in a theatrical production ...1973 US sl.
• FLYMAN in the theatre: a stagehand who operates the scenery, curtains, etc. in the flies
• GALLERY GOD a theatre-goer who sits in the uppermost balcony ...1947 US sl.
• GALLERYITE one who occupies a seat in a gallery ...1895
• GATHERER † a money-taker at a theatre ...c1600
• GODS the occupants of the gallery in a theatre ...M18 colloq.
• LITTLE DEERS young women who are involved in some way with the stage ...L19 sl.
• MOKE a variety performer who plays on several instruments ...B1900 theatrical sl.
• NAP-NIX an amateur player of minor parts for the sake of experience ...Bk1902 theatrical sl.
• QUEER CHECKER in the theatre: a swindling box-keeper ...L18 theatrical sl.
• TIRE-MAN † a man in charge of the costumes at a theatre ...1599
• WRECKING CREW theatre insiders who watch a show's early performances and spread negative comments about the show ...1973 US sl.
THEATRE - verbs
• BE EGGED OFF to be pelted off state or platform with eggs, preferably rotten ...1930s colloq.
• FAKE to adapt for the theatre ...1887 theatrical usage
• FAKE UP to adapt for the theatre ...1887 theatrical usage
• HOLD A SPEAR to take a very minor non-speaking part ...1950 Aust. theatrical sl.
• HOLD UP THE BACKDROP to play a nonspeaking role, esp. as part of a group of bystanders ...1929 Amer. theatrical sl.
THEATRE - phrases
• NOT A DRY SEAT IN THE HOUSE used of a theatre audience that is helpless with laughter or a male audience that is sexually aroused ...1974 UK sl.
THEATRICAL - adjectives
• GAMELY † theatrical ...a1000
THEFT - adjectives (also see THIEF)
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LARCENISH disposed to larceny or small thefts ...1862
• ON THE CHORIE engaged in thieving (as a regular occupation) ...1990s Sc. sl.
• ON THE COP engaged in theft ...L19 sl.
• ON THE MAKE engaged in theft or swindling ...1868 US criminals' sl.
• THEFTUOUS given to theft, thievish; dishonest; furtive, secret, sneaking ...c1400 orig. Sc.
THEFT - adverbs
• ON THE HOOK by or engaging in theft ...1865 Amer. sl.
• THEFTUOUSLY by theft ...1898 Sc.
THEFT - nouns
• CABIN-CRACKING the act of breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• COP a theft ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• CRIB a theft, esp. of another's writing or thoughts ...colloq.
• FILCHING theft, thieving, robbery ...M16 sl.
• FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAGGING † theft of money by pickpocketry to which several men working together have cleverly led up by engaging a man in conversation, taking him to a public-house, and skilfully causing him to disclose how much money he has ...1828 UK sl.
• GAME, THE † thieving ...19C sl.
• LADY AND GENTLEMAN RACKET the theft of barnyard fowls ...M19 sl.
• LARCENARY † larceny ...a1639
• LARCERY † larceny ...a1500
• LARCIN † larceny ...c1400
• LARCINRY † larceny ...a1639
• LARKING theft ...c1920 Brit. sl.
• LATROCINATION † theft, robbery ...1656
• LIFT a theft or robbery ...1845 Amer. sl.
• LOID a celluloid or plastic strip used by thieves to force locks ...1958 sl.
• MAKE a successful theft or swindle ...1860 sl.
• NAB a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing; the proceeds of a theft ...1884 Sc. & Amer. sl.
• NABBERY theft ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PALMISTRY theft ...E18 sl.
• PETER-HUNTING the stealing of baggage and boxes ...19C UK criminals' sl.
• PETER LAY the stealing of baggage and boxes ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• QUESTION LAY 'to knock at a door early in the morning and ask for the master of the house, and if he's a bed, to desire the servant not to disturb him. for you'll wait till he rises. and so you take an opportunity of stealing something ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• QUID FISHING first-class, expert thieving ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• RAP the theft of a purse ...M18 sl.
• ROADWORK the work of a travelling thief ...1925 sl.
• STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• SUPER-SCREWING watch-stealing ...1859 thieves' sl.
• TAIL-BUZZING stealing a wallet from a tailcoat pocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE 1. money acquired by theft or fraud ...1888 sl., chiefly US
2. a theft, a robbery ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• WALKAWAY a type of theft in which the thief walks away with a suitcase in a public place, leaving behind his suitcase as an alibi if apprehended ...1954 US sl.
THEFT - nouns, person
• SCORE the victim of a theft or swindle ...colloq.
THEFT - verbs
• BLOW A SCORE to fail in an attempted theft ...1937 criminals’ sl.
• BUZZ to engage in theft, esp. pickpocketing ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CADGE to commit petty thefts ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRACK to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• CRACK A SHORT to break into cars ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• GAME † to wink at or encourage theft ...1818 UK sl.
• HUSSLE to practice swindling or petty theft ...M19 sl.
• HUSTLE to practice swindling or petty theft ...M19 sl.
• LOID to break open a lock or let oneself in using a 'loid' ...1968 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
THEN - adverbs
• SITH then, thereupon; afterwards, subsequently ...a1000 arch.
THEORIST - nouns, person
• OPINATOR † one who holds an opinion; a thinker; a theorist ...1626
• OPINIONATOR †* one who holds an opinion; a theorist ...1677
THEORY - nouns
• RACKET a theory, an idea ...L19 sl.
THEREFORE - adverbs
• THOFFER therefore, because ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THEREFORE - conjunctions
• THOFFER therefore, because ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THERMOMETER - nouns
• FERNOMETER thermometer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEMP STICK a thermometer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THICK - adjectives
• BILTIE thick, clubbish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CHUNKED thick and short ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALLOCH thick, bulky ...1911 Sc.
• SPISCIOUS † of a thick consistency; thickened ...1655
• THICKY thick, viscous ...1986 Amer. dial.
THICK - nouns
• PUDGE anything both short and thick ...1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
THICKEN - verbs
• THRUMP to swell, to thicken ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKENED - adjectives
• SPISCIOUS † of a thick consistency; thickened ...1655
THICKET - adjectives
• QUEACHY † forming a dense growth or thicket ...1565
• RAMAGE full of thickets, rough ...c1475
THICKET - nouns
• CHAPARRAL a tangle, a thicket ...1875 Amer. dial.
• CRIPPLE a dense thicket, usually in marshy land ...Amer. dial.
• ELFIN FOREST a thicket, a scrub forest ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LOGAN a damp thicket ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• QUEACH † a dense growth of bushes; a thicket ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THICK a thicket ...1853 Amer. dial.
• TITI a dense thicket ...1905 Amer. dial.
THICKHEAD, THICK-HEADED - nouns, person
• BEEFHEAD a thickhead, a blockhead, a fool ...1775
• CABBAGE-HEAD a brainless fellow; a thickhead ...1682
• GROUT-HEAD † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce, a stupid person ...1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GROUTNOLL † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce ...1578
• HAZIE a stupid, thick-headed person ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JOBBERNOWL a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead, a fool, a dunce, a dolt ...1592 colloq.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PECKERWOOD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person ...1986 Amer. dial.
THICK-HEADED - adjectives
• ADDLE-PATED confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed ...1630
• BEEF-BRAINED † thick-headed, stupid ...1627
• BEEF-WITTED thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish ...1606
• BONE-HEADED thick-headed; stupid ...1903 US colloq.
• BOTHER-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, muddled ...1872
• BOX-HEADED thick-headed ...1918 Amer. sl.
• CULVER-HEADED thick-headed, stupid ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNDER-HEADED ponderously stupid, thick-headed ...1825
• FAT-WITTED of slow wit, dull, thick-headed, stupid ...1596
• GROUT-HEADED † thick-headed, stupid ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAM-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, dull ...1813
• ZAWKIN stupid, thick-headed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
THICKNESS - nouns
• THICKEDNESS thickness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKSET - adjectives
• BATTLE fat, thickset ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILTIE thickset; clubbish; clumsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILTING moving like a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTREL thickset, dwarfish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTIOUS thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
• COBBY of the nature of a cob (horse); short and thickset, stocky ...1871
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NUGGETY of people and animals: short, thickset, and strong; stocky ...1893 Aust. & NZ
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• SACKETY of a person: like a stuffed sack, short and thickset; dumpy ...1825 Sc.
• SACKIE short and thick in physical build ...1825 Sc.
• SACKY short and thick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAPPY lusty, thickset ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPUDDY short and fat or plump; thickset ...a1825
• STOCKY thickset; sturdy
• THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKSET - nouns, person
• BILT a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUNKART a thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODSIE a nickname for a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOL a thickset man or boy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTREL a thickset, dwarfish person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CUTTY a short, thickset girl ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FADGE a short, thickset person; a fat, clumsy woman ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FADGY a stout, thickset little person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARRON a strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy ...1808 Sc.
• GERRON a strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy ...1808 Sc.
• GRUB a short, thickset person (rarely a woman) ...15C colloq.
• HODDY-DODDY † a short and dumpy or thickset person ...a1553
• LAIGHIE-BRAID a person having a short, thick body; any animal having short legs and a thick body ...Bk1902 Sc.
• NUGGET a short, thickset or muscular person ...c1890 Aust. colloq.
THICKSET - verbs
• FALL ABROAD. to grow stouter, more sturdy, thickset ...1867 Eng. dial.
THICK-SKINNED - adjectives
• THICK-PELTED thick-skinned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICK-WITTED - nouns, person
• GULPIN a thick-witted, stubborn fellow ...B1900 Irish
• RAM-HEAD † one who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person; a stupid person, a blockhead ...1605
• TENNESSY Tennessee ...1903 Amer. dial.
TENNESSEE - nouns, person
• CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia ...M19 US sl.
• MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said to have partly Indian blood ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TENNIS - nouns
• BACK-RACKET † the return of a ball in tennis ...1608
• BAGEL in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BAGEL JOB in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BANDY † in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a 'return' at tennis ...1598
• CACHESPELL † 1. a tennis court ...1526 Sc.
† 2. the game of tennis ...1568 Sc.
• CACHESPULE † 1. a tennis court ...1526 Sc.
† 2. the game of tennis ...1568 Sc.
• CADDY a tennis-ball ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CADDY-BALL a tennis-ball ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CATCH † tennis ...c1475 Sc.
• CATCHPOLE † tennis ...1663
• CATCHPULE † tennis ...1663
• DAISY-CUTTER a very low tennis shot ...1897 Amer. sl.
• DINK a drop shot in tennis ...M20 US
• FAG PACKET a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) ...Brit. sl.
• GROUNDIE in tennis: a ground stroke ...1981 Amer. sl.
• RABBITRY a state of being a poor player. esp. in golf or tennis ...1920s sl.
TENNIS - nouns, person
• NACKET † a tennis court-keeper's boy ...1500-20
• NETMAN a tennis player
• RABBIT a poor player, esp. in golf or tennis ...1920s sl.
TENNIS - verbs
• DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net ...M20 chiefly US
• SHACK to retrieve stray balls for a baseball or tennis player; to retrieve a stray ball; broadly, to go in search of ...1890 Amer. dial.
TENSE - adjectives
• EDGY nervous, irritable, tense ...1837 UK sl.
• NERVY nervous; ill at ease; scared, cowardly, tense ...1891 sl.
• ON EDGE very tense, nervy, anxious ...1870 UK sl.
• UP tense, nervous ...1990s US Black sl.
• UPTIGHT nervous, anxious, tense ...1934 US
• WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight; tense ...1970s Amer. sl.
• WIRED UP tense ...1970s sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WOUND tense, anxious, on edge ...1788 sl.
• WOUND UP tense, anxious, on edge ...1788 sl.
TENT - adjectives
• UNDER CANVAS in a tent ...1864
TENT - nouns
• BIVVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BIVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BOUDOIR an army tent ...1945 US sl.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• COT HOUSE a tent ...L19 sl.
• HALE † a place roofed over, but usually open at the sides; a pavilion; a tent; a booth, hut, or other temporary structure for shelter ...c1330
• MANSION † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
• RAG a tent, or tent-like shelter ...c1930 Amer. dial.
• RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAG BUILDING a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAG BUNGALOW a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RAG HOUSE a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1890 Amer. sl.
• RAG HUT a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1851 Amer. dial.
• RAG SHANTY a tent, or tent-like shelter ...1851 Amer. sl.
• RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of 'rag houses' (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TABERNACLE a temporary dwelling; generally movable, constructed of branches, boards, or canvas; a hut, tent, booth ...1382
• TAN a temporary tent, hut, or cabin, such as set up by tinkers or gypsies ...1895 Sc.
• TILT a covering of coarse cloth; an awning; a booth, tent, or tabernacle ...c1440
• WICKY a teepee ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
TENT - verbs
• TILL † to pitch a tent ...1362
TENTATIVE - adjectives
• HORSEBACK tentative and based on informed speculation ...1879 US colloq.
TENTH - adjectives
• TITHE tenth ...c1250
TENTH - nouns
• DECIM † a tenth part, tithe ...1638
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• EDECIMATION †* the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth ...a1693
• TITHE a tenth part of anything; later, a very small part ...1494
• TITHELING †* tenth part, tithe ...c1320
• TITHING † a tenth part of anything ...1382
TENTH - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• DECIMATE † to divide into tenths, to divide decimally ...1749
• TITHE † to take every tenth thing or person from the whole number; to take one tenth of the whole; to divide into tenths ...c1000
TEPID - adjectives
• CALID warm, tepid; hot ...1599 arch.
• LEW † lukewarm, tepid ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
TEPID - verbs
• LEW † to make warm or tepid; to become warm ...971 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEPEFY to make moderately tepid or warm ...1656
TEQUILA - nouns
• CACTUS JUICE tequila, mescal ...1960s sl.
• MEXICAN LIGHTNING tequila ...1975 Amer. sl.
TERMAGANT - nouns, person
• JEZEBEL an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew ...1553 colloq.
• RANDWHANG a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY a loud-tongued, coarse-mannered woman; a scold, a virago, a termagant ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANDY-WHANG a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• TAIRGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew ...1822 Sc.
• TARGER a termagant; a scold; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman ...1822 Sc.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
• TATTER-CAN a termagant; a kicking cow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TERMINAL - nouns
• BIG CASINO anything terminal or fatal, esp. a disease, as cancer; also syphilis ...1930s US sl.
TERMINATE - verbs
• ACHIEVE † to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate ...c1385
• ADETERMINE †* to bring to an end, to terminate ...1413
• BAIL to terminate a relationship, to break up ...1970s US Black & teen sl.
• END OFF to come to an end, to terminate ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SACK IT UP to terminate, to bring to a conclusion ...1970s US Black sl.
TERMINATING - adjectives
• DESINENT † forming the end, ending, closing, terminating ...1605
TERMINATION - nouns
• END-DAY a termination, end ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• WRITE-OFF a farewell, a termination ...1970s sl., orig. military
TERN - nouns
• RIXY the common tern, Sterna fluviatilis ...1885 Eng. dial.
TERRACE - nouns
• CATSTEP a small terrace on a hill ...1939 Amer. dial.
TERRIBLE - adjectives
• ADJECTIVAL euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ADJECTIVE euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ANOINTED very great, terrible ...1877 Eng. dial.
• AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible ...c1786 colloq.
• BALD bad; terrible ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BURNT terrible; tough; strict ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful ...1660 colloq.
• DERF † painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel ...a1225
• DOUTOUS † fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible ...a1300
• EISFUL † fearful, terrible ...a1000
• EISLICH † fearful, terrible ...c888
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FORMIDOLOUS † to be feared, fearful, dreadful, terrible ...1656
• GAG-AWFUL horrible, terrible ...1981 US college sl.
• GHASTFUL dreadful, terrible ...LME arch.
• GRIMFUL * fierce, terrible ...ME
• HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible ...1920s euphemism
• HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HELLACIOUS dreadful, terrible ...1976 US sl.
• SAD terrible ...1946 US sl.
• SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting ...1930s US Black sl.
• TIMOROUS † causing fear or dread; dreadful, terrible ...1455
• TIRABLE † terrible ...1562
• UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky ...1828 Sc.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• VERMILION abominable, terrible ...L19 Aust. euphemism for 'bloody'
TERRIBLE - nouns
• DEATH a terrible situation or event ...1980s US college sl.
• FEAR † a sudden and terrible event; peril ...a1000
• OLD NICK something terrible ...1920s sl.
• TERRILOQUY the speaking of terrible or dreadful things
TERRIBLE - nouns, person
• HUMGRUFFIN a terrible or repulsive person ...1842
TERRIBLE - verbs
• TERRIBLIZE † to make or become terrible ...1605 nonce word
TERRIBLE - interjections
• BEAT! that's terrible! ...20C teen & high school sl.
TERRIBLY - adverbs
• DERF † grievously, terribly ...c1325
• MARVELLOUS exceedingly, terribly ...1953 Amer. dial.
TERRIFIC - adjectives
• BADASS terrific, excellent ...M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate ...Bk1900
• CURL A MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO great, terrific, excellent ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DEF outstanding; terrific; common in rap music lyrics ...20C teen & high school sl.
• DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific ...1953 Aust. sl.
• FIERCE terrific ...20C teen & high school sl.
TERRIFIC - interjections
• CURL A MO! terrific! ...1954 Aust. sl.
• CURL THE MO! terrific! ...1954 Aust. sl.
TERRIFIED - adjectives
• AFEARD afraid, frightened, struck with fear or terror ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AGAST terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AGEST terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AGUSH'D terrified, afraid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWESOME susceptible to fear, terrified ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWSOME susceptible to fear, terrified ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DART frightened, terrified ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DERT frightened, terrified ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FERDY †* fearful, timid, afraid, terrified ...c1340
• FORFRIGHTED greatly terrified, badly frightened, afraid ...c1250
• GAST † terrified, afraid ...a1300
• OFGRISEN †* terrified ...c1200
• PACKING DEATH terrified, frightened ...1950s Aust. sl.
• SCARED RIGID utterly scared or terrified ...20C sl.
• SCARED STIFF utterly scared or terrified ...20C sl.
• SCARED WITLESS absolutely scared or terrified ...1920s sl.
• SHIT-SCARED extremely frightened; terrified; afraid ...1958 sl.
• TERRIFICK † afraid, terrified ...1821 Sc.
TERRIFIED - verbs
• BREAK OUT INTO ASSHOLES to become thoroughly terrified; used derisively ...1978 Amer. sl.
• CACK to be terrified ...1960s sl.
• CACK ONE'S PANTS to be extremely scared; to be absolutely terrified ...Aust. sl.
• CACK YOURSELF to be terrified; to 'shit yourself' ...2000 UK sl.
• HAVE ONE'S BALLS UNDER ONE'S CHIN to be terrified ...1937 US sl.
• HIDOUS †* to be terrified of ...c1380
• KACK IT to be terrified ...1960s sl.
• PISS BULLETS to be terrified ...1940s US sl.
• SHIT BULLETS to be terrified ...1940s US sl.
• SKRIK to be terrified ...L19 S. Afr.
TERRIFIED - phrases
• ONE'S ASSHOLE SUCKS WIND. one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1967 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS BUTTERMILK one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...c1954 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS STRAIGHT WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1961 Amer. sl.
• ONE'S ASS SUCKS WIND one is thoroughly confused or terrified; hence, one is talking nonsense; used derisively ...1920 Amer. sl.
TERRIFY - verbs
• ADRAD † to make afraid; to terrify ...c1314
• ADREAD † to make afraid; to terrify ...c1314
• AFEAR † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFFERE † to frighten, to terrify, to make afraid ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ASTONY to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement ...1340 arch.
• AWHAPE † to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly ...c1300
• BEGALLOW † to frighten or terrify ...c1320
• BOGLE to bewitch, to bamboozle; to terrify ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DARE † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DASTARD † to make a dastard of; to cow, to terrify ...1593
• DASTARDIZE to make a dastard of'; to cow, to terrify ...c1645
• DAUNTON to terrify, to intimidate, to subdue; to depress, to awe, to dismay ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DERE to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy ...1790 Sc.
• FRIGHTEN THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify ...1951 sl.
• FRIGHTEN THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to frighten; to terrify ...1951 sl.
• GALLY † to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAST † to frighten, to alarm, to scare, to terrify ...c1000
• GASTER † to frighten, to scare, to terrify ...1593
• GLOPPEN † to startle, to astound, to surprise; to scare, to frighten, to terrify; to stupefy ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE to assault, to attack, to terrify ...1960s sl.
• HAZEN † to scare, to terrify, to be afraid of ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MAKE SOMEONE CREAK IN THEIR SHOES to terrify, to frighten someone ..L19 sl.
• OFDREDE † to terrify, to frighten ...c1000
• OFFEAR † to frighten, to terrify ...1131
• OFFRIGHT † to frighten, to terrify ...c1160
• PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO to terrify someone ...1905 sl.
• SCARE OUT OF MIND to terrify greatly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCARE SOMEONE SHITLESS to terrify ...1970s sl.
• SCARE THE BEJABBERS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE BEJAZUS OUT OF to completely and utterly terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify ...L19 sl.
• SCARE THE DOOKEY OUT OF to terrify ...1960s US sl.
• SCARE THE FUCK OUT OF to terrify ...1990s sl.
• SCARE THE GUTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE HOLY SHIT OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVER AND LIGHTS OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF to scare one severely, to terrify ...L19 sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE NUTS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE PANTS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE PISS OUT OF to terrify ...1920s sl.
• SCARE THE SLACKS OFF to terrify ...1930s sl.
• SCARE THE STUFFING OUT OF to terrify ...M19 sl.
• SCARE THE WHOSIS OUT OF to terrify ...1950s US sl.
• SCARIFY to scare, to terrify ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCARRIFY to scare, to terrify ...1897 Eng. dial.
TERRIFYING - adjectives
• AWESOME awful, appalling, terrifying ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AWSOME awful, appalling, terrifying ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GARGRUGOUS austere, both in aspect and manners; terrifying, awe-inspiring; ugly ...1841 Sc.
• SCAREFUL terrifying, frightful ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
TERRIFYING - adverbs
• FEARINGLY † in a terrifying manner ...1556
TERRIFYING - nouns
• PAVEFACTION †* a terrifying or making afraid ...1658
TERRIFYING - interjections
• HAIRBALL! terrifying! ...1998 US sl.
TERRITORY - nouns
• MARCH † country, territory ...a1300
TERRITORY - nouns, person
• MARCHER † one whose territory adjoins that of another ...c1440
TERROR - adjectives
• AFEARD affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFEARED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• DOUTOUS † fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible ...a1300
TERROR - nouns
• AGASTMENT sudden terror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AGUSHMENT sudden terror ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AMP fear, terror ...B1900 Sc.
• BACK-FEAR an object of terror behind one, an intuitive dread of something sinister in the rear ...1894 Sc.
• BOGLE-BO a hobgoblin; any object of terror ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOO an object of terror; a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFFRAY † fear, terror ...1375
• FEAREDNESS † the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright ...a1300
• FEARLAC † fear, terror ...a1225
• FEE-FAW-FUM * nonsense, such as might terrify children ...E19
• FUNK a state of cowardice, terror, fear ...1743 orig. Oxford University sl.
• GALDIMENT † a great fright; terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GALLY-BAGGER a scarecrow; an object of terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GALLY-BEGGAR a scarecrow; an object of terror ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GASTNESS † terrified condition or appearance; terror, dread ...c1374
• HAG † an object of terror; a bogey ...1611
• HEART-QUAKE sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness ...1561
• HEART-QUALM sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc. ...1673
• RADDOUR † fear, terror ...c1375 Sc.
• TERRICULAMENT † a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear ...1548
• TERRIFICATION terror, anything causing terror ...1822 Sc.
TERROR - verbs
• EFFRAY † to frighten, affect with terror; to alarm, startle; to scare ...1375
• FREEZE to inspire terror ...1607
TERROR - phrases
• IT GROWLS ME † I have a feeling of terror or horror ...1482
TERRORIST - nouns
• HIT SQUAD a group of underworld assassins or political terrorists ...1969 Amer. sl., esp. journalism
• HIT TEAM a group of underworld assassins or political terrorists ...1978 Amer. sl., esp. journalism
TERRORIZE - nouns, person
• GOON someone hired by racketeers, etc. to terrorize political or industrial opponents ...1938 sl., orig. US
TEST - nouns
• ACID TEST a very thorough or crucial test ...Amer. sl.
• POP QUIZ a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
• POP TEST a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
• QUERY a test or examination ...1976 US sl.
• SHOTGUN QUIZ a surprise test ...1960s US college sl.
TEST - verbs
• APPLY THE ACID to test out a person or a statement ...1910s sl.
• DIPSTICK to test the abstract qualities of someone or something ...2003 UK sl.
• FEEL OUT to test or discover by cautious trial ...ME
• HANDSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste ...1605
• PUT THE GAS ON to test out a person or a statement ...1900s Aust. sl.
• SAY to assay, to test; to taste ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to make trial of; to put to the test ...1804 Sc.
TESTAMENT - nouns
• REDD a will, testament ...1853 Eng. dial.
• TEST a will, testament ...1890 Sc.
TESTATOR - nouns, person
• LEGATOR one who gives something by will; a testator ...1651
TESTED - adjectives
• YFONDED † attempted, tried, tested, tempted ...c1175
TESTICLES - see GENITALS
TESTIFY - verbs
• DEPONE to testify, to asseverate, to affirm; to give evidence as a witness ...1726 Sc.
• INSTEFY to show, to testify; to set forth ...1899 Amer. dial.
• INSTIFY to show, to testify; to set forth ...1899 Amer. dial.
• QUALIFY † 1. to prove; to authenticate, to make good; to testify to ...1746 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to put one to an oath, to cause one to testify; to swear, to testify ...1827 Amer. dial.
• SUFFRAGATE † to testify, to bear witness to ...1620
• TESTY to testify ...1890 Eng. dial.
TESTIMONIAL - nouns
• TESTIFICATE † a certificate, testimonial ...1751 Sc.
• TESTIFICATION † a certificate, testimonial ...1822 Sc.
TESTIMONY - adjectives
• LAUDABLE † of testimony: trustworthy ...1664
TESTIMONY - nouns
• SUFFRAGIES † votes, opinions, testimonies ...1587
TESTINESS - nouns
• CHICKEN testiness in discourse or behaviour ...20C Amer. sl.
TESTING - nouns
• FANDING † a testing or putting to the proof; a trial ...a1300
• FONDING † a testing or putting to the proof; a trial ...a1300
TESTY - adjectives
• NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered ...1960s sl.
• RAMSH brusque, testy ...1871 Sc.
• SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy ...1633
• TATTY testy, cross ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TESTIF † headstrong, obstinate, wilful, rash, testy ...c1374
• TESTORN † testy, quick to anger ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TETCHIOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1913 Amer. dial.
• TETCHY irritable; irascible; testy ...1592 sl.
• TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered ...1621 obs. exc. Sc.
• THRISSLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRISTLY testy, crabbed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered ...1880 Amer. dial.
TESTY - nouns, person
• SNUFFY a nickname for a testy person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TETANUS - nouns
• JAWLOCK tetanus ...1892 Amer. dial.
TETCHY - adjectives
• TEECHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEETHY fretful, fractious, tetchy; generally applied to children or infants ...1828 Eng. dial.
• TESTIF † aggressive, contentious, short-tempered, peevish, tetchy ...1526
• TITCHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered ...1691 Eng. dial.
TEXAN - adjectives
• TEX-MEX Texican-Mexican ...Amer. sl.
TEXAN - nouns, person
• BEEF-HEAD a Texan ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BOLL WEEVIL a Texan ...1932 Amer. dial.
• LONGHORN a Texan or other Southwesterner, esp. a shrewd, knowing, tough old-timer ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SHORTHORN someone not from Texas or the Southwest; an outsider, a neophyte, a greenhorn ...1885 Amer. dial.
• TEXICAN a Texan of Mexican or mixed ancestry; hence used, often derogatorily, for a migrant worker from Texas or elsewhere in the Southwest ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TEX-MEX a native of the Texas-Mexico border region ...1949 Amer. sl.
TEXAS - nouns
• BANNER STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEF STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEFHEAD STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BIG D Dallas, Texas ...1930 US sl.
• BIG D, THE Dallas, Texas ...1978 US sl.
• BIG TEX Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLIZZARD STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUE BONNET STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOLL-WEEVIL STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• H., THE Houston, Texas ...1998 US sl.
• JUMBO Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMBO STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONE STAR STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LONGHORN STATE Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD COFFINHEAD a giant rattlesnake of Texas folklore, pictured as 'eight feet long and so ole he done got whiskers' - used to frighten children with ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TEX Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THANK - verbs
• AGGRATE † to thank, to express gratitude to ...1633
• BETHANK †* to thank ...1593
• TA-TA to thank ...c1977 Amer. dial.
THANKFULLY - adverbs
• THANKSOMELY thankfully ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THANKLESS - nouns
• MUG'S GAME a thankless activity ...1910 UK sl.
THANKS - nouns
• BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement ...1826 Sc.
• BREAD-AND-BUTTER LETTER a letter of thanks for hospitality written after a visit ...1901
• MENSE pay, recompense, reward; thanks, grateful return; kindness ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SADDY a formal acknowledgement of thanks ...1870 Amer. dial.
THANKS, THANK YOU - interjections, phrases
• ARIGATO Thank you ...1947 Amer. dial. (Hawaii, Japanese)
• 'ARRY'S GATORS thank you ...c1943 Aust. ('arrigato')
• CHEERS thank you ...1976 Brit.
• DANKE SCHOEN! thank you! (pronounced to rhyme with 'fern') ...1956 Amer. dial.
• GRACIAS! thank you ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAHALO! thank you, thanks ...1938 Hawaii
• MERCY BLOW THROUGH many thanks; 'merci beaucoup' ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MERCY BUCKETS "thanks" ...Amer. sl.
• MESSY BUCKET(S) many thanks; (French 'merci beaucoup') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• SADDY! thank you! ...1835 Amer. dial.
• SAHDIE! thank you! ...1882 Amer. dial.
• TA! int. thanks! ...1772 colloq.
• TA EVER SO thank you ...1914 Brit.
• TA MUCHLY! thank you very much ...1970
• TA-TA! thanks! ...1884 Amer. dial.
• THANKS A BUNCH thank you; often used ironically ...1981
• THANKS A BUNDLE thank you; often used ironically ...1981
• THANKS A MILLION thank you ...1936 orig. US
• THANKS AWFULLY thank you ...1890 Brit.
• THANKS EVER SO thank you ...1914 Brit.
• THANKY! thank you! ...1850 Amer. dial.
• YOURS! you're welcome! reply to 'thank you' for a favour ...1936 Amer. dial.
THANKSGIVING - nouns
• BEGGAR'S NIGHT Thanksgiving eve or day when children dress up in old clothes and, armed with large paper bags, they tour the neighbourhoods, begging for candy, cookies, and other delicacies ...1938 Amer. dial.
THATCH - nouns
• THACK a thatch; a roof or covering, esp. of straw; materials for thatching ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEAK thatch, thatching; grass, straw, etc., cut for thatching ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCH - verbs
• THACK to thatch, to roof; to cover; to lay on ...1823 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEAK to thatch ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCHED - adjectives
• CULVER-HEADED thatched with straw or stubble ...19C Eng. dial.
• THACK thatched, made of thatch ...1815 Sc.
• THACK-COVERED thatched ...1895 Eng. dial.
• THATCHEN thatched, made of thatch ...1869 Eng. dial.
THATCHED - nouns
• THACKY a thatched cottage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THATCHER - nouns, person
• THACKER a thatcher ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THACKSTER a thatcher ...1787 Eng. dial.
• THEAKER a thatcher ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THATCHER, MARGARET
• MAGGIE Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British Prime Minister (1979-90) ...1994 Brit. sl.
THAW - nouns
• SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture ...1895 Sc.
THAW - verbs
• DAGE to thaw ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAVE to thaw ...1858 Eng. dial.
• EVE to thaw ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SAFTEN to thaw ...1825 Sc.
• UNEAVE to show condensation; to thaw ...1810 Eng. dial.
• UNFREEZE to thaw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw ...1889 Eng. dial.
THAWING - adjectives
• SAFT of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw ...1825 Sc.
THEATRE - adjectives
• LETTER-PERFECT knowing one's part to the letter ...1885 theatrical usage
THEATRE - nouns
• ARTFUL FOX a theatrical box ...1882 music-hall rhyming sl.
• ATTIC the upper balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BALDHEADED ROW in a theatre: the front row of seats at a stage performance, esp. a burlesque, presumably occupied by old men ...1889 US
• BALDHEAD ROW in a theatre: the front row of seats at a stage performance, esp. a burlesque, presumably occupied by old men ...1887 US sl.
• BUMPER a crowded house at a theatre ...1839 theatrical sl.
• BUZZARD ROOST an upper balcony in a theatre ...1920 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD'S ROOST the upper balcony of a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CACKLE the dialogue of a play ...c1870 sl.
• CHARLES JAMES a theatrical box ...L19 rhyming sl. (Charles James Fox)
• CHICKEN ROOST the upper balcony of a theatre ...1905 US sl.
• COD VERSION a burlesque version of a well-known play ...20C theatrical usage
• DAMP BLANKET in the theatre: a bad review ...1981 US sl.
• DARKY COX a box in a theatre auditorium; the seating area in a theatre ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• D.C. the Dress Circle in the theatre ...1900s Aust. sl.
• DECK the upper balcony of a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ETHIOPIAN HEAVEN the top gallery in a theatre ...20C US sl.
• ETHIOPIAN PARADISE the highest balcony in a segregated theatre ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FACE-ENTRY † freedom of access to a theatre ...1874 theatrical usage
• FACTORY, THE the theatre ...1952 UK actors usage
• FAKE 1. in the carnival and theatre: a performance ...1885 Amer. sl.
2. any unused or worn-out and worthless piece of property ...1889 theatrical usage
• FAKEMENT small properties, accessories ...c1875 theatrical usage
• FAKES AND SLUMBOES † properties; accessories ...c1880 theatrical usage
• FAT a part with good lines and telling situations, which gives the player an opportunity of appearing to advantage ...1883 theatrical usage
• FOOTS theatrical footlights ...1919 US sl.
• GAFF a cheap music hall or theatre ...L18 sl.
• HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOUSE the audience at a theatre ...1921 Amer. sl.
• JIGGER in a theatre: the curtain ...Bk1896 theatrical sl.
• LAKING-HOUSE a playroom; a theatre; a gaming-house ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LEG SHOP a theatre devoted to burlesque, i.e. the display of women's legs ...L19 US sl.
• LOFT the upper balcony in a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOVER'S HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MAGOO in the theatre: a cream pie thrown in slapstick comedy ...1926 Amer. theatrical sl.
• MAIN KICK the stage or theatre ...1930s US Black sl.
• MONKEY ROOST the upper balcony in a theatre ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MUCK stage makeup ...1926 US sl.
• NABE a neighbourhood theatre ...1935 sl.
• NECKERS' HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER HEAVEN (derogatory) the highest balcony in a theatre ...1878 Amer. dial.
• NIGGERS' HEAVEN (derogatory) the highest balcony in a theatre ...1878 Amer. dial.
• NUMBER a theatrical piece; a routine ...Aust. sl.
• OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre ...1920s US sl.
• PARADISE the upper gallery of a theatre ...M19 sl.
• PEANUT GALLERY the topmost rows of a theatre ...1888 Amer. sl.
• PEANUT HEAVEN the upper balcony in a theatre ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROOST the upper balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON ROOST the balcony of a theatre ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON'S ROOST the balcony of a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAG a theatre curtain ...M19 sl.
• RAGS AND STICKS a travelling outfit; a theatrical booth ...c1870 showmen's and theatrical usage
• SEVENTH HEAVEN the upper gallery in a theatre ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SHELF a balcony in a theatre ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHOWCASE an audience many of whom were admitted on free tickets ...Bk1974 Amer. theatre use
• SHOW-SHOP a theatre ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SPEELKEN a theatre ...L18 sl.
• SPELL a theatre ...M18 sl.
• SPELLKEN a theatre ...L18 sl.
• STRAW-HAT a theatre operating in the summer only and presenting various productions or companies ...US
• STRAW-HATTER a play presented in a straw-hat theatre ...US
• TANK the top gallery of a theatre ...1900 Amer. college sl.
• TIRE-HOUSE † the wardrobe of a theatre ...c1620
• TIRING-HOUSE a dressing-room; the room or place in which the actors dressed for the state ...1590 arch.
• TIRING-ROOM a dressing-room; the dressing-room of a theatre ...1623 arch.
• WOOD FAMILY used as a humorous description of empty seats in a theatre ...1952 UK sl.
• WOW a theatrical success ...1920s Amer. show business usage
• WROTH OF RESES a wreath of roses; said of a male singer who vocalizes too sentimentally ...c1882 theatrical usage
THEATRE - nouns, person
• ACTOR-MAN a theatrical actor ...1796
• ANGEL a financial backer of an enterprise, esp. one who supports a theatrical production ...1894 sl., orig. US
• BALADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BALLADINE † a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon ...1599
• BOX RUSTLER in the 1870s (theatre) , a woman who did her song and dance on the stage, and then, in a costume considered the extreme of indecency, mingled with the customers in the boxes, and encouraged the sale of liquors ...1939 Amer. theatre usage
• CACKLE-CHUCKER † in the theatre: a prompter ...c1860 theatrical usage
• CAGE GIRL a ticket seller in a theatre ...1952 US sl.
• DADDY a stage-manager ...c1850 theatrical sl.
• DEADHEAD a person given a ticket or tickets for having performed minor services in a theatrical production ...1973 US sl.
• FLYMAN in the theatre: a stagehand who operates the scenery, curtains, etc. in the flies
• GALLERY GOD a theatre-goer who sits in the uppermost balcony ...1947 US sl.
• GALLERYITE one who occupies a seat in a gallery ...1895
• GATHERER † a money-taker at a theatre ...c1600
• GODS the occupants of the gallery in a theatre ...M18 colloq.
• LITTLE DEERS young women who are involved in some way with the stage ...L19 sl.
• MOKE a variety performer who plays on several instruments ...B1900 theatrical sl.
• NAP-NIX an amateur player of minor parts for the sake of experience ...Bk1902 theatrical sl.
• QUEER CHECKER in the theatre: a swindling box-keeper ...L18 theatrical sl.
• TIRE-MAN † a man in charge of the costumes at a theatre ...1599
• WRECKING CREW theatre insiders who watch a show's early performances and spread negative comments about the show ...1973 US sl.
THEATRE - verbs
• BE EGGED OFF to be pelted off state or platform with eggs, preferably rotten ...1930s colloq.
• FAKE to adapt for the theatre ...1887 theatrical usage
• FAKE UP to adapt for the theatre ...1887 theatrical usage
• HOLD A SPEAR to take a very minor non-speaking part ...1950 Aust. theatrical sl.
• HOLD UP THE BACKDROP to play a nonspeaking role, esp. as part of a group of bystanders ...1929 Amer. theatrical sl.
THEATRE - phrases
• NOT A DRY SEAT IN THE HOUSE used of a theatre audience that is helpless with laughter or a male audience that is sexually aroused ...1974 UK sl.
THEATRICAL - adjectives
• GAMELY † theatrical ...a1000
THEFT - adjectives (also see THIEF)
• KLEPTISTIC * pert. to theft; related to or consisting in stealing ...1742-3
• LARCENISH disposed to larceny or small thefts ...1862
• ON THE CHORIE engaged in thieving (as a regular occupation) ...1990s Sc. sl.
• ON THE COP engaged in theft ...L19 sl.
• ON THE MAKE engaged in theft or swindling ...1868 US criminals' sl.
• THEFTUOUS given to theft, thievish; dishonest; furtive, secret, sneaking ...c1400 orig. Sc.
THEFT - adverbs
• ON THE HOOK by or engaging in theft ...1865 Amer. sl.
• THEFTUOUSLY by theft ...1898 Sc.
THEFT - nouns
• CABIN-CRACKING the act of breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• COP a theft ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• CRIB a theft, esp. of another's writing or thoughts ...colloq.
• FILCHING theft, thieving, robbery ...M16 sl.
• FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAGGING † theft of money by pickpocketry to which several men working together have cleverly led up by engaging a man in conversation, taking him to a public-house, and skilfully causing him to disclose how much money he has ...1828 UK sl.
• GAME, THE † thieving ...19C sl.
• LADY AND GENTLEMAN RACKET the theft of barnyard fowls ...M19 sl.
• LARCENARY † larceny ...a1639
• LARCERY † larceny ...a1500
• LARCIN † larceny ...c1400
• LARCINRY † larceny ...a1639
• LARKING theft ...c1920 Brit. sl.
• LATROCINATION † theft, robbery ...1656
• LIFT a theft or robbery ...1845 Amer. sl.
• LOID a celluloid or plastic strip used by thieves to force locks ...1958 sl.
• MAKE a successful theft or swindle ...1860 sl.
• NAB a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing; the proceeds of a theft ...1884 Sc. & Amer. sl.
• NABBERY theft ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PALMISTRY theft ...E18 sl.
• PETER-HUNTING the stealing of baggage and boxes ...19C UK criminals' sl.
• PETER LAY the stealing of baggage and boxes ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• PICK-UP stealing, theft ...1928 sl.
• QUESTION LAY 'to knock at a door early in the morning and ask for the master of the house, and if he's a bed, to desire the servant not to disturb him. for you'll wait till he rises. and so you take an opportunity of stealing something ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• QUID FISHING first-class, expert thieving ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
• RAP the theft of a purse ...M18 sl.
• ROADWORK the work of a travelling thief ...1925 sl.
• STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• SUPER-SCREWING watch-stealing ...1859 thieves' sl.
• TAIL-BUZZING stealing a wallet from a tailcoat pocket ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE 1. money acquired by theft or fraud ...1888 sl., chiefly US
2. a theft, a robbery ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• WALKAWAY a type of theft in which the thief walks away with a suitcase in a public place, leaving behind his suitcase as an alibi if apprehended ...1954 US sl.
THEFT - nouns, person
• SCORE the victim of a theft or swindle ...colloq.
THEFT - verbs
• BLOW A SCORE to fail in an attempted theft ...1937 criminals’ sl.
• BUZZ to engage in theft, esp. pickpocketing ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
• CADGE to commit petty thefts ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CRACK to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• CRACK A SHORT to break into cars ...1965 Amer. sl.
• CRACK UP to break open or into for the purpose of theft; to burglarize ...1725 Amer. sl., orig. criminals'
• GAME † to wink at or encourage theft ...1818 UK sl.
• HUSSLE to practice swindling or petty theft ...M19 sl.
• HUSTLE to practice swindling or petty theft ...M19 sl.
• LOID to break open a lock or let oneself in using a 'loid' ...1968 sl.
• THIEF to steal, to rob; to commit theft ...1838 Amer. dial.
THEN - adverbs
• SITH then, thereupon; afterwards, subsequently ...a1000 arch.
THEORIST - nouns, person
• OPINATOR † one who holds an opinion; a thinker; a theorist ...1626
• OPINIONATOR †* one who holds an opinion; a theorist ...1677
THEORY - nouns
• RACKET a theory, an idea ...L19 sl.
THEREFORE - adverbs
• THOFFER therefore, because ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THEREFORE - conjunctions
• THOFFER therefore, because ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THERMOMETER - nouns
• FERNOMETER thermometer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEMP STICK a thermometer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
THICK - adjectives
• BILTIE thick, clubbish ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CHUNKED thick and short ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALLOCH thick, bulky ...1911 Sc.
• SPISCIOUS † of a thick consistency; thickened ...1655
• THICKY thick, viscous ...1986 Amer. dial.
THICK - nouns
• PUDGE anything both short and thick ...1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
THICKEN - verbs
• THRUMP to swell, to thicken ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKENED - adjectives
• SPISCIOUS † of a thick consistency; thickened ...1655
THICKET - adjectives
• QUEACHY † forming a dense growth or thicket ...1565
• RAMAGE full of thickets, rough ...c1475
THICKET - nouns
• CHAPARRAL a tangle, a thicket ...1875 Amer. dial.
• CRIPPLE a dense thicket, usually in marshy land ...Amer. dial.
• ELFIN FOREST a thicket, a scrub forest ...1955 Amer. dial.
• LOGAN a damp thicket ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• QUEACH † a dense growth of bushes; a thicket ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THICK a thicket ...1853 Amer. dial.
• TITI a dense thicket ...1905 Amer. dial.
THICKHEAD, THICK-HEADED - nouns, person
• BEEFHEAD a thickhead, a blockhead, a fool ...1775
• CABBAGE-HEAD a brainless fellow; a thickhead ...1682
• GROUT-HEAD † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce, a stupid person ...1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GROUTNOLL † a blockhead, a thickhead, a dunce ...1578
• HAZIE a stupid, thick-headed person ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JOBBERNOWL a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead, a fool, a dunce, a dolt ...1592 colloq.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PECKERWOOD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person ...1986 Amer. dial.
THICK-HEADED - adjectives
• ADDLE-PATED confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed ...1630
• BEEF-BRAINED † thick-headed, stupid ...1627
• BEEF-WITTED thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish ...1606
• BONE-HEADED thick-headed; stupid ...1903 US colloq.
• BOTHER-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, muddled ...1872
• BOX-HEADED thick-headed ...1918 Amer. sl.
• CULVER-HEADED thick-headed, stupid ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUNDER-HEADED ponderously stupid, thick-headed ...1825
• FAT-WITTED of slow wit, dull, thick-headed, stupid ...1596
• GROUT-HEADED † thick-headed, stupid ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAM-HEADED stupid, thick-headed, dull ...1813
• ZAWKIN stupid, thick-headed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
THICKNESS - nouns
• THICKEDNESS thickness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKSET - adjectives
• BATTLE fat, thickset ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILTIE thickset; clubbish; clumsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILTING moving like a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTREL thickset, dwarfish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUSTIOUS thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
• COBBY of the nature of a cob (horse); short and thickset, stocky ...1871
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• NUGGETY of people and animals: short, thickset, and strong; stocky ...1893 Aust. & NZ
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• SACKETY of a person: like a stuffed sack, short and thickset; dumpy ...1825 Sc.
• SACKIE short and thick in physical build ...1825 Sc.
• SACKY short and thick ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SAPPY lusty, thickset ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPUDDY short and fat or plump; thickset ...a1825
• STOCKY thickset; sturdy
• THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THROSSEN-UP fat, bulky, thickset ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICKSET - nouns, person
• BILT a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUNKART a thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BODSIE a nickname for a short, thickset person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOL a thickset man or boy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOTTREL a thickset, dwarfish person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CUTTY a short, thickset girl ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FADGE a short, thickset person; a fat, clumsy woman ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FADGY a stout, thickset little person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GARRON a strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy ...1808 Sc.
• GERRON a strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy ...1808 Sc.
• GRUB a short, thickset person (rarely a woman) ...15C colloq.
• HODDY-DODDY † a short and dumpy or thickset person ...a1553
• LAIGHIE-BRAID a person having a short, thick body; any animal having short legs and a thick body ...Bk1902 Sc.
• NUGGET a short, thickset or muscular person ...c1890 Aust. colloq.
THICKSET - verbs
• FALL ABROAD. to grow stouter, more sturdy, thickset ...1867 Eng. dial.
THICK-SKINNED - adjectives
• THICK-PELTED thick-skinned ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THICK-WITTED - nouns, person
• GULPIN a thick-witted, stubborn fellow ...B1900 Irish
• RAM-HEAD † one who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person; a stupid person, a blockhead ...1605