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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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DICTIONARY B

BB  -  BEFZ

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BB  -  BEARZ
BEAS  -  BEATS
BEATT  -  BECZ
BED  -  BEDZ
BEE -  BEFZ



​BB  -  BEARZ

​B.B.
            n. 1.     a male homosexual (Bum Boy) ...20C sl.
            n. 2.     a bedbug ...1910s US sl.
 
B-BALL
            n.         basketball ...1960s US Black sl.
            vb.       to play basketball ...1990s US Black sl.
 
B.B.B. CROP
            n.         a very short haircut (Bad Borstal Boy) ...1940s UK prison sl.
 
B.B.-BRAINED
adj. 1960s US sl. - stupid
B BOY
n. 1. Bk1944 services' sl. - playful allusion to a mess sergeant
n. 2. 20C teen & high school sl. - a rap music devotee (B = Beat)
B-BOY STANCE
n. 20C teen & high school sl. - a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music
B-BROAD
n. 1930s sl., orig. US - a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting
B-CASE
n. 1930s sl. - a charge of soliciting
B.D.T.
n. 1915 Amer. dial. - diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot)
BE ABLE TO BITE A PUMPKIN THROUGH A RAIL FENCE
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A CRACK IN A BOARD FENCE
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN OFF A COB THROUGH A KNOTHOLE
vb. 1978 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. 1985 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN-ON-THE-COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. 1980 Amer. dial. - to have buck teeth
BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS
vb. a1663 obs. - to be free from anxiety 
BE ABRAM
vb. Bk1902 sl. - to be naked
BEACH BUM
n. 1962 sl. - someone, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches
BEACH CLOUDS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - long trailing clouds high in the sky
BEACHCOMB
vb. World War II Amer. sl. - to search for female companionship
BEACH-COMBER
n. 1. 1847 - a long wave rolling in from the ocean 
n. 2. 1885 Eng. nautical sl. - one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs
n. 3. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. - (usually as 'beachcomber') a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks
n. 4. Bk2004 Amer. World War II sl. - a sailor on shore leave
BEACH COMBERS
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - poor natives who live on the sea and what they can poach, steal, or smuggle
BEACHED
adj. World War II Amer. sl. - without funds
BEACHMAN
n. 1881 - one who earns his living on the beach 
 
BEACHMASTER
            n.         a sailor very fond of women ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEACH POUNDER
            n.         a member of the Coast Guard, i.e. one who patrols or ‘pounds’ the shore ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEACH WHISTLE
            n.         a tampon tube washed up on the beach ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BEACHWOOD
            n.         driftwood ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BEACON
n. 1. c950 obs. - a sign, a portent 
n. 2. a1000 obs. - an ensign, a standard 
n. 3. World War II Amer. sl. - a sailor’s home
vb. 1835 - to give light and guidance to; to lead 
BEAD
n. 1. c885 obs. - a prayer 
n. 2. 1958 Amer. dial. - in marbles: a cheap marble
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. - a squirt of tobacco juice
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - to pray
BE A DAG AT
vb. 1890s Aust. sl. - to be extremely good or expert at
BE-ADDLED
adj. 1917 Amer. dial. - confused, mixed up
BE A DEADER
vb. 20C sl., orig. US - to be recently dead
BEAD-FOLK
n. 1465 - people who pray for a benefactor 
BEADFUL
adj. c1200 obs. - prayerful 
BEADHOUSE
n. 1. c1160 - orig. a house of prayer, hence alms-house, the inmates of which were to pray for the soul of the founder 
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a workhouse
BEADLE
n. 1. c1000 obs. - one who makes a proclamation on behalf of another; a herald 
n. 2. c1400 obs. - the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier 
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a person receiving parish alms
 
BEADLE
            n.         a beagle (dog) ...1930 Amer. dial.
 
BEADLESS
            adj.       of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain ...1885 Eng. dial.
 
BEADLE STATE
            n.         Virginia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAD LINE
            n.         the starting line a game of marbles ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BEAD-MASTER
            n.         † a religious officer who attends to the poor, a deacon ...1579
 
BE A-DOING
            vb.       to do something merely to have something to do; to pass the time ...1902 Amer. dial.
 
BEAD-PULLER
            n.         a Roman Catholic ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BE ADREAMED
            vb.       † to be visited by a dream, to dream ...1556
 
BEAD-ROLL
            n. 1.     † a list of persons to be specially prayed for ...c1500 obs. or arch.
            n. 2.     † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1529 obs. or arch.
 
BEAD-ROW
            n.         † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series ...1576
 
BEADS
            n.         † prayers, devotions ...c885
 
BEADS BIDDING
            n.         the saying of prayers ...1387
 
BEADSMAN
            n. 1.     a man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another ...c1230
            n. 2.     † a messenger ...1377
            n. 3.     one paid or endowed to pray for others; a pensioner or almsman charged with the duty of praying for the souls of his benefactors;  hence in later times, in England, and almsman, an inmate of an almshouse ...a1524
 
BEAD-SONG
            n.         † a song of prayer ...c1200
 
BEADS-WOMAN
            n.         a woman who prays for a benefactor, an almswoman ...c1465
 
BEADY
            adj.       full of bubbles, frothy ...1881
 
BEAFT
            prep.    behind, in back of ...1945 Amer. dial.
 
BEAGLE
            adj.       ugly ...1720 Sc.
            n. 1.     one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
            n. 2.     an opprobrious epithet applied to a depraved, unmanageable, and troublesome person ...1744 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
            n. 4.     a oddly or grotesque dressed figure; a scarecrow ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     an oddly dressed figure ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 6.     a racehorse ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
            n. 7.     a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
 
BEAGLE IT!
            int.       a mild imprecation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BE A GOOD SAILOR
            vb.       to be exempt from sea-sickness ...1833
 
BEAINER
            n.         a dog ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEAK
            n. 1.     the nose ...1715 sl.
            n. 2.     a magistrate or justice of the peace ...1791 Eng. dial. & sl.
            n. 3.     a schoolmaster ...1888 schoolboys' sl.
            n. 4.     the long snout of a fish ...1889
            n. 5.     the brim or peak of a hat or cap; also, the hat itself ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     the face ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
            n. 8.     cocaine ...2001 UK sl.
            vb. 1.    to kiss ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to talk excessively, loudly, or maliciously; to 'peck' at someone ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BEAK COVER
            n.         a gas mask ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
 
BEAKER
            n. 1.     a large drinking vessel with a wide mouth, an open cup or goblet ...1348 now chiefly literary usage
            n. 2.     a fowl  ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BEAKING-FULL
            adj.       full to repletion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAK-IRON
            n.         a cooper's anvil ...1795 Eng. dial.
 
BEAKS
            n.         † a pair of pincers, a forceps ...1656
 
BEAKY
            adj. 1.   having a prominent nose ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   nosy, inquisitive ...2000s sl.
 
BEAKY LADY
n. 20C Irish sl. - a truancy officer
BEAKY MAN
n. 20C Irish sl. - a truancy officer
BEAL
n. 1. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - a pustule or boil; an abscess
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the nose; a bird's bill
vb. 1. 1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters
vb. 2. 1768 Sc. - to swell with pain or remorse
vb. 3. 1820 Eng. dial. - to bellow or roar as cattle; to shout
BE A LADDIE FOR
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to have a great liking for
BEALED
adj. 1790 Eng. & Amer. dial. - festered; infected; abscessed
BEALING
adj. 1. Bk1888 - suppurating
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - noisy
n. 1. a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - suppuration; a boil, an abscess
n. 2. 1865 Eng. dial. - a noise, an uproar
BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL
vb. 1754 obs. - to border on the affected 
BE ALKALIED
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to be an old timer of the desert in Arizona
BE-ALL
n. 1605 - that which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being 
THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL
n. 1854 sl. - something regarded as the most important element in something
BE ALL BUCKLED WITH ONE HASP
vb. Bk1902 Sc. - not to be better than one another
BE ALL DAY WITH ONE
vb. 1836 Amer. dial. - to be a hopeless situation for someone
 
BE ALL EARS
            vb.       to give all one's attention; to listen intently ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
 
BE ALL FLUMMUXED UP
            vb.       to be confused ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
BE ALL MAN AND SHIRT
            vb.       to put on consequential airs; to be proud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BE ALL ON ONE SIDE LIKE MARTON CHAPEL
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to be much on one side
BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES
vb. M19 sl. - to be in a bad mood
BE ALL OVER SOMEONE
vb. 1. 1912 sl. - to display great or excessive affection
vb. 2. M20 US sl. - to be in close bodily contact
BE ALL PISS AND WIND
vb. 1922 sl. - to be full of empty bravado
BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - of needlework: to be puckered
BE ALL WET
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl.  - to be wrong, to be mistaken
BEALS
n. 1990s sl. - an idiot, an unsophisticated person
BEAM
n. 1. 826 obs. - a tree 
n. 2. c1000 obs. poetic usage - a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk
n. 3. 1887 Eng. dial. - a bank of cloud
n. 4. 1929 sl. - the buttocks
vb. 1. c1430 obs. - to shed light upon, to illumine 
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. - of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea
vb. 3. 1893 - of a person: to smile radiantly 
vb. 4. 1940s African-American sl. - to look at, to stare
vb. 5. 1940s African-American sl. - to ascertain what is happening
vb. 6. 1990s US juvenile sl. - of a girl's nipples: to be erect
BE A MAN OF MANY MORNS
vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to be a procrastinator
 
BE A MAN OF ONE'S MEAT
            vb.       to have a healthy appetite ...1891 Sc.
 
BEAMED
            adv.      staring at, focused on ...1970s US sl.
 
BEAM-FILLED
            adj.       indulged ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAMFUL
            adj.       luminous ...a1631
 
BEAMFULL
            adj.       full or overflowing ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEAMING HOT
            adv.      intensely hot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAMISH
adj. 1530 arch. - shining brightly, radiant
BEAMLET
n. 1840 - a little beam or ray of light
BEAMLING
n. 1598 obs. - a little beam or ray of light 
BEAM ON
vb. 1940s African-American sl. - to look at, to stare
BEAMSOME
adj. 1595 obs. - shedding beams, radiant 
BEAMY
adj. 1. 1398 - emitting beams of light, radiant 
adj. 2. 1974 Amer. dial. - broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside
BEAN
n. 1. 1811 sl. - a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. - £1 
n. 3. 1905 sl., orig. US - the head
n. 4. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a term of disparagement
n. 5. 20C World War II Amer. sl. - one dollar, in coin or paper
n. 6. 20C US sl., derogatory - a Mexican or Mexican-American
n. 7. 2003 UK sl. - a capsule of MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy
vb. 1910 sl., chiefly US - to hit or strike someone on the head
BEAN-BELLY
n. 1. 1659 - a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire 
n. 2. 1678 Eng. dial. - a satirical epithet applied to Leicestershire
 
BEAN DAY
            n. 1.     a day when fishermen catch no fish and must eat beans as a substitute ...1918 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     Saturday ...1926 Amer. dial.
 
BEANE
            adj.       † ready, willing ...a1400
 
BEAN EATER
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1919 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a Bostonian ...20C US sl.
 
BEANER
            adj.       excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     something or somebody who is fine or excellent ...1911 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. sl..
 
BEANERY
            n.         a cheap restaurant ...1888 Amer. dial.
 
BEANERY QUEEN
n. 1932 Amer. dial. - a waitress
BEANEY
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - a small slingshot
BEAN-FEAST
n. 1. 1882 - an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people 
n. 2. 1897 Brit. sl. - a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others' expense
BEAN-FED
adj. 1889 - living on the best of everything 
BEAN FLIP
n. 1962 Amer. dial. - a slingshot
BEAN-FLIPPER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. - a slingshot
BEAN-HEAD
n. 1919 Amer. sl. - a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf
BEANIE
n. 1. 1955 Amer. dial. - a small or cheap marble
n. 2. 1970 Amer. dial. - in marbles: a shooter
BEAN JOCKEY
n. World War II Amer. sl. - a table waiter, on kitchen police duty
BEAN KING
n. World War II Amer. sl. - an Army mess officer
BEAN MASTER
n. 1944 Amer. dial. - the cook
 
BEANO
            n. 1.     a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal ...1888 sl.
            n. 2.     (derogatory) a person of Mexican origin ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BEANPOLE
            n.         a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
 
BEANPOLISH
            adj.       tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEANS
            n. 1.     nothing; nonsense ...M19 US sl.
            n. 2.     money ... Bk1903 sl.
            n. 3.     ammunition ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
            n. 4.     a commissary sergeant ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
            n. 5.     a claim; rights; right of priority; 'dibs' ...1956 Amer. dial.
            int.       nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAN SHOOTER
            n. 1.     a slingshot ...1890 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a commissary officer ...Amer. World War I sl.
            n. 3.     a shotgun; a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a civilian dietician at Post ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BEAN-SNAPPER
            n.         a slingshot ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BEAN SPILLER
            n.         an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEANSTICK
            n.         a lanky fellow ...1823
 
BEAN-SWAUP
            n.         a useless person ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEAN-TOSSER
            n.         the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BEANTOTE
            adv.      soon (French bientôt) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAN TOWN
            n. 1.     Boston ...1927 criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a part of town where poor people or foreigners live ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEANTOWN SPECIAL
            n.         Boston baked beans ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BE A NUT ON
            vb.       to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEANY
            adj. 1.   spirited; fresh ...1852 sl.
            adj. 2.   mentally defective, whether feeble-minded or insane; crazy ...1914 Amer. dial.
            adj. 3.   infatuated ...1919 Amer. dial.
 
BEANY HORSE
            n.         a spirited horse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE A QUEEN TO
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to be much superior to
BEAR
n. 1. c950 - barley, the original English name
n. 2. 1250 obs. rare - a wave, a billow 
n. 3. 1369 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a case or covering for a pillow
n. 4. a1400 obs. - bearing, behaviour
n. 5. 1638 sl. - a gruff, ill-tempered person; a difficult person
n. 6. 1674 obs. - pressure, thrust
n. 7. 1719 - on the Stock Exchange: a speculator for a fall; i.e. one who sells stock for delivery at a future date, in the expectation that meanwhile prices will fall, and he will be able to buy in at a lower rate what he has contracted to deliver at a higher
n. 8. 1719 sl. - a Russian
n. 9. 1751 - a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person
n. 10. 1825 Eng. dial. - a door-mat
n. 11. 1832 UK sl. - the pupil of a private tutor, who is 'led' by his master like a keeper with a tame bear
n. 12. 1905 US sl. - an expert; an adept an excellent, admirable person
n. 13. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - a surly person
n. 14. 1915 US sl. - someone who overworks their employees or students; a hard taskmaster
n. 15. 1916 jazz usage - a remarkable first-rate person
n. 16. 1935 Amer. dial. - a hairy caterpillar
n. 17. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something beautiful or attractive
n. 18. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an attractive young woman
n. 19. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 20. 1947 African-American sl. - an ugly or unattractive man or woman; a physically repulsive man or woma
n. 21. 1968 US sl. - an African-American
n. 22. a1968 US college sl. - a well-dressed man
n. 23. 1972 Amer. sl. - a physically repulsive man or woman; an ugly woman
n. 24. 1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US - a police officer, mainly applied to a highway patrol officer or state trooper
n. 25. 1989 US sl. - a grasping person; a miser
n. 26. 1989 orig. & chiefly homosexual usage - a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man
n. 27. M20 US sl. - a difficult task
vb. 1. a1300 obs. - to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. 
vb. 2. c1400 obs. - to exalt or lift up oneself upon; to plume oneself, to presume
vb. 3. 1596 obs. - to take as a companion; to take along with one; to carry as a consequence 
BEAR A BOB
vb. 1. 1890 Eng. dial. - to aid, to assist
vb. 2. 1890 Eng. dial. - to be brisk or active
BEAR A BRAIN
vb. a1529 obs. - to be able to think; to remember; to be cautious, thoughtful, or intelligent
BEAR A BULL'S NECK
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. - to bear a grudge
BEARANCE
n. 1725 arch. - endurance, patient suffering
BEAR A PART
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to join in
BEAR AT HAND
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to resent, to bear a grudge
 
BEARAWAY
            n.         a bat ...1742 Eng. dial.
 
BEAR AWAY THE BELL
            vb.       to carry off the prize ...1594
 
BEAR BAIT 
            n.         a driver without a Citizens' Band radio; hence, one likely to be caught speeding by police who set up a speed trap ...Bk1980 Amer. truckers' sl.
 
BEAR-BRAT
            n.         a term of contempt ...1583
 
BEAR CAGE 
            n.         a police station ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEARCAT
n. 1. 1916 US sl. - an aggressive, forceful, or powerful person; one of great energy or ability
n. 2. 1929 Amer. sl. - a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman 
n. 3. 1942 Amer. dial. - something extraordinary or excellent in some way; something of superior quality
n. 4. Bk1945 criminals' sl. - a good prizefighter; one with plenty of gumption
n. 5. Bk1978 railroad usage - a fireman who was disliked by members of his train crew
n. 6. 20C World War II Amer. sl. - a hard-fighting soldier
BEAR CATERPILLAR
n. 1935 Amer. dial. - a hairy caterpillar
BEAR-CLIMB
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to shinny up a tree
BEARD
n. 1. 1647 obs. - the train or tail of a comet when it appeared to precede the nucleus 
n. 2. 17C sl. - the female pubic hair
n. 3. 1927 Amer. sl. - a bearded man; a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively
n. 4. a1953 sl., orig. US - orig. in betting: a person who performs a transaction or, in later use, other action on behalf of another in order to conceal the identity of the principal
n. 5. 1957 Amer. sl. - an intellectual person; an egghead; a member of the avant-garde
n. 6. 1966 Amer. dial. - a corn tassel
n. 7. 1967 US police sl. - a Hasidic Jew
n. 8. 1968 sl., orig. US - a person who helps two people to conceal a clandestine love affair by escorting one of them in public
n. 9. 1971 homosexual sl., orig. US - a person who pretends publicly to be involved in a heterosexual relationship with a homosexual person in order to help to conceal that person's homosexuality
n. 10. Bk1992 criminals' sl. - a low-class prostitute or bar girl 
n. 11. Bk1992 criminals' sl. - a corrupt public official 
n. 12. Bk1994 surfing sl. - a veteran surfer
n. 13. Bk1998 New York police sl. - an undercover agent
n. 14. Bk2002 criminals' sl. - a man (possibly, but not necessarily, homosexual) used to take out to dinner the wife of a man in prison; his function is to prevent her becoming involved with other men
BEAR-DANCER
n. c1850 UK criminals' sl. - a young nobleman's travelling tutor
 
BEAR DAY
            n.         Groundhog Day (the black bear looks for his shadow, not the groundhog) ...1932 Amer. dial.
 
BEARDED
            adj.       of a comet, meteor, etc.: having a trail or tail ...c1380
 
BEARDED BUDDY 
            n.         any policeman ...Bk1995 euphemism
 
BEARDED CAD 
            n.         a porter employed by Winchester College to convey luggage from the railway station to the school ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BEARDED CLAM
            n.         the female genitalia ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BEARDED LADY
            n. 1.     a searchlight that diffuses ...Bk1944 service sl.
            n. 2.     a homosexual who has a beard ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
            n. 3.     a homosexual hippy ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BEARD-GRAVE
            adj.       † having the gravity of a bearded face ...1599
 
BEARDIE
            n.         a bearded person ...1941 sl.
 
BEARDIE-WEIRDIE; BEARDY-WEIRDY 
            n.         a man with long hair and/or a beard and as such negatively stereotyped as an 'intellectual', eccentric, or fan of radical politics; a scruffy beatnik ...2000 sl.
 
BEARDING
            n.         open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance ...1577
 
BEARD-JAMMER 
            n.         a whoremaster; one who conducts a brothel; a pimp ...1927 US sl.
 
BEARDLESS
            adj.       youthful, immature ...c1325
 
BEARDLESS WONDER 
            n.         an incompetent or foolish person ...1952 US sl.
 
BEARD-LIFTING
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - astonishing
BEARDLING
n. 1622 obs. - one who wears a beard 
BEARDMAN
n. 1. 1956 US sl. - a go-between who places bets for another in order to protect his identity
n. 2. 1968 W. Indies - a Rastafarian
BEARDNIK
n. 1967 Amer. sl. - a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively
BEARDO
n. 1964 sl. - a bearded person
BEARD-SPLITTER
n. 1. c1698 sl. - an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine
n. 2. 19C cant - the penis
BEARD-TREE
n. Bk1888 - the hazel
THE BEARD WON'T PAY FOR THE SHAVING
phr. 1882 Eng. dial. - the result is not worth the trouble
BEARDY
adj. 1598 - bearded
n. 1941 sl. - a bearded person
BEARER
n. 1. 1382 - one who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter 
n. 2. 1633 - one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession 
n. 3. 1757 - in India: a palanquin carrier; a domestic servant who has charge of his master's clothes, furniture, and (often) his ready money 
n. 4. Bk1890 Sc. - a person, usually a woman or girl, who formerly carried coal in baskets from the workings to the shaft, and in many cases up the ladders to the surface; the bearer was usually the miner's wife or daughter
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bridle
BEARER-UP
n. 1. 1873 UK sl. - a gambling cheat; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win
n. 2. 1886 UK sl. - a pimp who robs his prostitute's client
n. 3. 1910 criminals' sl. obs. - a robber who pulls his victim's hat over the eyes to prevent identification or interference during a robbery
n. 4. 1947 Aust. sl. - one who pursues woman
BEARESS
n. 1840 nonce word - a she-bear
BEAR-FELL
n. c1350 obs. - a bearskin 
BEAR-FIGHT
vb. 1892 - to behave rowdily 
BEAR FIGHTER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. - in lumbering: the man who separates strips from boards in a sawmill
BEAR-GARDEN
adj. 1687 - rude, turbulent 
n. 1. 1596 - a place originally set apart for the baiting of bears, and used for the exhibition of other rough sports
n. 2. 1743 - a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly 
n. 3. 1930 Amer. dial. - noisy domestic bickering
 
BEARGERED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAR GOT HIM, THE
            phr.      he was overcome by the heat; he had a sunstroke ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BEAR GREASE
            n.         G.I. soap (pronounced B'ar) ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BEAR HARD
            vb.       † to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against ...c1400
 
BEAR HEAD AGAINST
            vb.       to resist successfully, to hold one's own against ...1612
 
BEARHERD
            n.         † the keeper of a bear, who leads him about for exhibition ...1589
 
BEAR-HUG
            vb.       to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BE A RIGHT OLD MISERY
            vb.       to be a depressing person; to act in a self-pitying manner ...L19 sl.
 
BEARING
            adj.       † of food: sustaining, substantial ...c1618
            n. 1.     † upholding, supporting; maintenance ...1548
            n. 2.     † spring, elasticity ...1674
 
BEARING-BACK
            n.         † a peddler's staff for carrying his pack ...1607
 
BEARING CLOTH
            n.         † a child's christening robe ...1601
 
BEARING THE ENSIGN
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAR IN HAND
            vb. 1.    † to carry on, to manage ...c1300
            vb. 2.    to take notice, to regard ...1790 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to conjecture, to think; to foresee; to hold or maintain an opinion ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BEAR IN THE AIR 
            n.         a police officer in an airplane or a helicopter ...Bk1995 Amer. Citizens' band radio sl.
 
BEARISH
            adj.       rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
 
BEARK 
            n.         an active, aggressive person; one who is difficult to manage ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
 
BEAR-LEADER 
            n.         formerly a ludicrous name for the travelling companion or tutor of a young gentleman or nobleman, employed by the parents or guardians to watch over him and keep him from evil courses which he might fall into if left to himself; hence, an expert who teaches by example; also, a captor, a custodian ...1749 
 
BEARLESS
            adj.       †* barren ...1611
 
BEAR-LIFT
            vb.       to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BEAR LOW SAIL
            vb.       † to demean oneself humbly ...a1300
 
BEARM
            n.         excitement; agitation ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
BEAR-MEAL-WIFE
            n.         a woman who cannot pay her debts ...1825 Sc.
 
BEAR MOUSE
            n.         a field mouse ...1857 Amer. dial.
 
BEARN 
            n.         a bairn, a child ... c1000
 
BEAR OF LITTLE BRAIN, A 
            n.         a person of little intelligence; often used self-deprecatingly ...1960
 
BEAR OF VERY LITTLE BRAIN, A 
            n.         a person of little intelligence; often used self-deprecatingly ...1935
 
BEAR PARTY
            n.         an all-male party, esp. on the night preceding the wedding of one of the men ...M19 sl.
 
BEAR-PLAY
            n.         rough tumultuous behaviour ...1883
 
BEAR RAIDER 
            n,         on the Stock Market: an investor who initiates or participates in a bear raid (a speculative attempt to profit from a fall in the price of a stock, or to cause the price to fall in order to make a profit) ...1887
 
BEAR'S ASS
            n. 1.     a fool; an ignoramus ...1969 US college sl.
            n. 2.     a harsh taskmaster ...1990 US sl.
            int.       an exclamation of disgust ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BEAR'S BREATH 
            n.         a jocular or offensive term of address ...1942 UK sl.
 
BEAR'S-HAIRS
            n. threads of filmy white clouds, fringing greater masses of cloud, said to betoken some sort of weather ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAR SIGN
            n. 1.     bear droppings or tracks ...1839 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     doughnuts ...1903 Amer. cowboy usage
            n. 3.     berry jam ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
 
BEAR-SKIN
            n. 1.     hair ...L16 sl.
            n. 2.     money ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     pubic hair ...M18 sl.
 
BEARSKIN JOBBER 
            n.         early name of the 'bear' on the Stock Exchange, a speculator for a fall; one who sells stock for delivery at a future date, in the expectation that meanwhile prices will fall, and he will be able to buy in at a lower rate what he has contracted to deliver at a higher ...1726
 
BEAR'S MUCK
            n.         dead peat ...1846
 
BEAR'S PAW
            n.         a saw ...20C rhyming sl.
 
BEAR STATE
            n. 1.     the state of Arkansas ...1859 US
            n. 2.     California ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAR STORY
            n.         an exaggerated account; a 'tall tale' ...1856 Amer. dial.
 
BEAR TACK
            vb.       † to be substantial, strong, or lasting; to hold out, to endure, to hold one's own ...1573
 
BEAR THE BELL
            vb.       to take the first place; to have foremost rank or position, to be the best; to excel, to be pre-eminent ...c1374
 
BEAR THE BLUNT
vb. 1939 Amer. dial. - to bear the blame or consequences
BEAR THE LANTERN
vb. a1483 obs. - to show the way as a leader 
BEAR THE WALLET
vb. 1546 obs. - to be a beggar 
BEAR TRAP
n. 1. 1835 Amer. dial. - a difficult or undesirable situation
n. 2. 1944 Amer. dial. - a saddle which had a small seat and cantle close to the fork, making it a major achievement to fall out of it
BEAR TRAPPER'S HAT
n. 1990s sl. - a large, hairy vagina, esp. one that is dark in colour
BEAR-UP
n. 1900 US colloq. - the act of 'following' a woman; the pursuit of a woman
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - (as 'bear up') to recall to memory
vb. 2. E19 sl. - (as 'bear up') to help in the commission of a swindle or fraud
BEAR UP OIL
vb. 1390 obs. - to use flattering speech, to flatter 
BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN
vb. 1629 obs. - to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against 
BEAR-WALK
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to shinny up a tree
BEARWARD
n. 1. 1399 - the keeper of a bear, who leads it about for public exhibition of its tricks, etc. 
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a term of reproach
 
BEAR-WARDEN
            n.         a bear-ward ...1884
 
BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD, A 
            n.         a gruff, irritable person ...c1638
 
BEAR-WOLF
            n.         † a vigorous term of opprobrium ...1545
 
BEAR-WORM
            n.         † a hairy caterpillar ...1608 


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BEAS  -  BEATS

​BEASEL 
            n.         a young woman, with overtones of sexual precocity ...1922 US sl.
 
BEASEL HOUND 
            n.         a girl chaser ...1922 US sl.
 
BE A SHEET IN THE WIND'S EYE
            vb.       † to be slightly intoxicated ...1883
 
BEASLINGS
            n.         the first milk give by a cow after calving ...1723 Amer. dial.
 
BEAST
adj. 1970s sl. - White; pert. to White culture
n. 1. c1210 - a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature
n. 2. c1220 obs. exc. Sc. - the devil; evil spirits 
n. 3. c1400 - a human being under the sway of animal propensities; a contemptible, despicable, or base person
n. 4. c1400 - a man who is filthy and debased in his manners and habits
n. 5. 1577 sl. - an unpopular or unpleasant person
n. 6. 1594 - a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead 
n. 7. a1603 sl. - a homosexual male prostitute
n. 8. 1684 Amer. dial. - a horse
n. 9. 1862 sl. - something unpleasant or undesirable
n. 10. 1890 Amer. euphemism - a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull
n. 11. Bk1891 sl. - at Cambridge; one who has left school and come up to Cambridge for study, before entering the university
n. 12. L19 sl. - a bicycle
n. 13. Bk1911 Sc. - a puzzle; what beats one to discover
n. 14. Bk1945 jive usage - a gloomy person
n. 15. 1946 US sl., chiefly college usage - a homely, unattractive, ugly, or slovenly woman, esp. if sexually passionate or promiscuous
n. 16. 1946 US & W. Indies - a girlfriend viewed in a sexual context, esp. when she has another established relationship already
n. 17. 1948 US sl. - a distasteful or disliked female
n. 18. 1950 US sl. - a lewd woman; one of loose morals; a prostitute
n. 19. 1958 US drug culture sl. - heroin; a heroin addiction
n. 20. 1960s US drug culture sl. - the drug LSD
n. 21. 1968 sl., orig. African-American usage, usually offensive - a White person
n. 22. 1980s sl. - cheap beer
n. 23. 1989 UK sl. - a police officer
n. 24. 1989 prison sl. - one guilty of an offence involving sex, a sex offender, a child molester
n. 25. 1990 Aust. prison sl. - a prison officer
n. 26. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a cadet in preliminary training at West Point
n. 27. Bk2006 US sl. - a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male
n. 28. Bk2006 US sl. - liquor
n. 29. 2012 US college sl. - an expert; one who is exceptionally good at something; an outstanding person
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. - to vanquish
vb. 2. 1980s sl. - to molest a child
BEAST-BACK
adv. 1890 Amer. dial. - on horseback
BEAST-BOY,  BEAST-BWOY 
n. 1994 Black British sl. - a policeman
BEASTEN
adj. c1325 obs. - of beasts 
BEASTESS
n. 1934 US sl. - a coarse or degraded woman; a disliked girl or woman
BEASTIE
n. 1. 1785 orig. Sc. - a little animal; an endearing form of 'beast'
n. 2. Bk1984 sl. - anyone considered outside the group talking,. esp. if unattractive, empty-headed, etc.
 
BEASTISH
            adj.       † beastly, brutish ...1398
 
BEASTISHNESS
            n.         † brutishness ...1530
 
BEASTLE
            vb.       to soil, to befoul; to make filthy ...1867 Eng. dial.
 
BEAST-LEECH
            n.         a cow-doctor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAST-LICK
            n.         a harsh, heavy blow, such as might be given to an animal ...1940s W. Indies sl.
 
BEASTLIHEAD
            n.         † beastliness ...1579
 
BEASTLIHOOD
n. 1612 obs. - beastliness 
BEASTLING
n. 1872 - a little beast or animal 
BEASTLY
adj. 1. 1558 obs. - inhuman, brutally cruel 
adj. 2. 1584 obs. - unmanly, cowardly 
adj. 3. 1603 - unpleasant; deplorable 
adj. 4. 1854 Eng. dial. - dirty, soiled   
adj. 5. 1950s African-American sl. - excellent, wonderful, very enjoyable
adv. 1844 sl. - exceedingly
BEASTLYWISE
adv. c1440 obs. - in a beastly manner 
BEASTMAN
n. 1. 1311 - a cattleman 
n. 2. Bk1989 Indies sl. - a police officer
BEASTMASTER
n. Bk1989 US college sl. - a guy who consistently dates ugly girls
BEASTNESS
n. 20C W. Indies sl. - male promiscuity
BEASTS
n. 1790 Sc. - lice
BEAST WAGON
n. 1980s Black British sl. - a police van
THE BEAST WITH TWO BACKS
n. a1616 - a man and woman in the act of copulation
BEASTY
adj. 1980s US college sl. - disgusting, repellent, unattractive
n. 1781 - in India: the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back
BEAT
adj. 1. 1832 sl. - tired, exhausted, emotionally and physically
adj. 2. 1844 Eng. dial. - bruised with walking or hard work
adj. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - bewildered; perplexed; baffled; amazed, astonished, at a loss
adj. 4. 1944 Amer. sl. - worthless, inferior, no good
adj. 5. 1947 Amer. sl. - sad; disillusioned; world-weary; depressed
adj. 6. 1940s US sl. - of drugs: adulterated
adj. 7. 1950s Amer. sl. - broke, penniless
adj. 8. 1950s US drug culture sl. - of a drug addict: craving for a dose of a drug
adj. 9. 1980s sl. - very ugly
int. 20C teen & high school sl. - that's terrible!
n. 1. L18 sl., orig. UK criminals' usage - a street or streets as walked by a prostitute
n. 2. 1827 Amer. dial. - something that surpasses; an incomparable circumstance
n. 3. 1855 Amer. sl. - a remarkable or unexcelled person; an outstanding person, one who beats all rivals
n. 4. 1863 sl. - a swindler; a confidence trickster
n. 5. 1865 Amer. dial. - a worthless, idle fellow; a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts
n. 6. 1874 US sl. - a policeman who walks a beat
n. 7. M19 sl. - an area in which a pickpocket works
n. 8. M19 sl. - a loafer, a layabout, a sponger
n. 9. M19 US sl. - an escape, usually from prison
n. 10. 1930s US criminals' sl. - a swindle
n. 11. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a hasty or unceremonious departure
n. 12. 1950s US prison sl. - the area in which a criminal gang operates, thanks to bribing a local politician or police department
n. 13. 1958 - a member of the 'beat generation (orig. applied to a group of young people, predominantly writers, artists, and their adherents in San Francisco; later applied to similar groups elsewhere, adopting unconventional dress, manners, habits, etc., as a means of self-expression and social protest; a beatnik
n. 14. 1965 Amer. dial. - a person who saves in a mean way, or is greedy in money matters
n. 15. Bk1972 US homosexual sl. - one who causes homosexuals trouble; a homophobic thug
n. 16. 1975 US sl. - a prostitute's client who likes to be beaten, often bringing his own equipment with him
n. 17. 20C US sl. - information
vb. 1. c1360 obs. - to strike together the eyelids or the teeth 
vb. 2. 1470 obs. - to debate, to discuss; to reason about, to argue 
vb. 3. 1579 obs. - insist with iteration on or upon 
vb. 4. 1586 obs. - to exchange blows; to fight 
vb. 5. 1708 Eng. dial. - to bruise the feet with excessive walking
vb. 6. 1849 Amer. sl. - to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick
vb. 7. 1859 Amer. sl. - to avoid paying a debt, bill, fare, etc.
vb. 8. 1859 Amer. sl. - to succeed in robbing; to rob
vb. 9. M19 sl. - to defeat intellectually; to baffle, to confuse
vb. 10. 1902 Amer. sl. - to escape from prison
vb. 11. 1912 Amer. sl. - to evade punishment or conviction
vb. 12. 1940s African-American sl. - of a man: to have heterosexual intercourse
vb. 13. 1950s Amer. sl. - to steal
vb. 14. 1959 Amer. sl. - to leave a place quickly
BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
vb. 1520 - to avoid coming to the point; to delay talking about something difficult or unpleasant 
BEAT A DJE
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to be in the mood for a physical fight or verbal confrontation, esp. one that will last for several days
BEAT AKEYBO
vb. M19 sl. - to be confusing
BEAT ALL
vb. L18 sl. - to surpass in every way
BEAT ALL COCKFIGHT
vb. 20C W. Indies sl. - to be unbelievable, unheard of, or utterly ridiculous
BEAT ALL CREATION
vb. 20C US sl., World War II usage - to be excellent
 
BEAT ALL HOLLER
            vb.       to surpass in every way ...L18 sl.
 
BEAT ALL HOLLOW
            vb.       to surpass in every way ...L18 sl.
 
BEAT ALL NATURE
            vb.       to be surprising or astonishing ...1825 Amer. dial. arch.
 
BEAT ALL TO STICKS
            vb.       to thrash, to beat severely ...M19 sl.
 
BEAT A MONKEY SHOW
            vb.       to be remarkably amusing, exasperating or the like ...1858 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT AND BREEZE 
            vb.       to leave, to 'beat it' ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT A RAP
            vb. 1.    to be found not guilty in a court ...1920s sl.
            vb. 2.    in a non-judicial context: to extricate oneself from difficult circumstances ...1940s US sl.
 
BEAT A RETREAT
            vb.       to withdraw ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT AROUND
            vb.       to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly ...1960 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT ARTIST
            n. 1.     a swindler ...1971 Amer. police sl.
            n. 2.     an addict who robs to support his habit ...1973 drug addicts' sl.
            n. 3.     a drug dealer who cheats his customers, usually with bogus or counterfeit drugs ...1985 drug addicts' sl.
 
BEAT-ASS
            adj. 1.   excellent, outstanding ...2000s US sl.
            adj. 2.   second-rate ...2000s US sl.
            vb. 1.    ('beat ass') to leave, to depart ...1940s US sl.
            vb. 2.    to rush ...1974 Amer. sl.
 
BE AT A THING LIKE NEED-FIRE
            vb.       to do anything with great effort or industry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BE AT A VARY
            vb.       † to be at a loss; to feel uncertain ...1766 Sc.
 
BEAT A TRICK
            vb.       of a prostitute: to rob a client ...1970s US criminals' sl.
 
BEAT BANAGHAN
            vb.       to tell fabulous, fantastic tales ...L18 sl., orig. Irish
 
BEAT BANAGHER
            vb.       to surpass everything ...a1845
 
BEAT BANNAGHER
            vb.       to tell fabulous, fantastic tales ...L18 sl., orig. Irish
 
BEAT BASHER
            n.         a policeman ...1950s UK juvenile sl.
 
BE AT BAT
            vb.       to have a turn in conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT BOBTAIL
            vb.       to surpass (one's) expectation or comprehension ...1898 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT BOX 
            n. 1.     an electronic drum machine ...1980s sl.
            n. 2.     a large, portable tape deck ...1980s sl.
            n. 3.     the person who provides the (verbal) rhythmic beat in a rap song ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT BOY
n. Bk1992 rap sl. - a rapper
BEAT CHEEKS
vb. 1990s US sl. - to leave (at speed)
BEAT COP
n. 1941 colloq., orig. US - a police officer who patrols a beat
BEAT-DOWN
n. 1980s African-American sl. - a fight; a beating
vb. 1980s African-American sl. - (as 'beat down') to fight, to beat up, to defeat severely
BEAT'EM,  BEATEM
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the conqueror; the one who excels all others; often used in cock-fighting
BEATEMEST
adj. 1831 Amer. dial. - most remarkable or unusual
BEAT-'EM-UP
n. 1990s sl. - an action film or computer game
BEATEN
adj. 1. c1340 obs. - embroidered
adj. 2. a1543 obs. - well-worn, trite
adj. 3. a1593 obs. - of persons: inured to anything, experienced 
BEATENEST
adj. 1860 Amer. dial. - finest; very exceptional; most remarkable or unusual
n. 1907 Amer. dial. - one's best; one's utmost effort
BEATEN-OUT
adv. M19 sl. - impoverished
BEATER
n. 1. 1483 - a person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who beats a drum, etc.
n. 2. 1509 obs. - a street loafer or ruffian
n. 3. 1592 UK criminals' sl. - one who lures a victim into a crooked game of cards or dice
n. 4. 1845 US colloq. - a person who beats or excels others; an excellent person
n. 5. 1937 Amer. dial., esp. African-American usage - a person who doesn't pay his bills
n. 6. 1940s African-American sl. - cash; money
n. 7. 1950 Amer. dial. - a heavy hammer or maul; a sledge hammer; also, a wedge  used in splitting wood
n. 8. 1965 Amer. dial., esp. African-American usage - a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest
n. 9. 1965 Amer. dial., esp. African-American usage - a tramp
n. 10. 1980s US sl. - a junky old car
n. 11. Bk1995 Amer. sl. - a beatnik; a member oft the Bohemian subculture that flourished in the 1950s
BEATER-CASES
n. 18C UK criminals' sl. - shoes
 
BEATERMOST
            adj.       † most remarkable or unusual ...1843 Amer. dial.
 
BEATERS
            n. 1.     shoes, boots ...1859 Amer. criminal sl.
            n. 2.     false teeth ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT FEET
            vb. 1.    to hurry ...1944 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to leave; to clear out ...1944 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT FOR THE YOLK
            phr.      short of cash, temporarily impoverished ...1940s US Black sl.
 
BEAT GOOSE
            vb.       to strike the hands under the armpits to warm them ...1883
 
BEATH
            vb.       to decay, to wither ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAT HELL
            vb.       to surpass, to exceed in expectation, to surprise ...M19 sl.
 
BEAT HER ON THE BACK
            vb.       in railroading: to make fast time, work an engine at full stroke ...1929 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT INTO FITS
            vb.       to defeat or surpass completely ...M19 sl.
 
BEAT HOLLOW
vb. 1771 Amer. sl. - to surpass, to outdo
BEATIFIC
adj. 1649 - making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness
BEATIFICAL
adj. 1605 - making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness 
BEATIFICATE
vb. a1636 obs. - to make supremely happy or blessed 
BEATIFICATION
n. 1502 - the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed 
BEATIFIED
adj. 1575 - made supremely happy or blessed 
BEATIFY
vb. 1535 - to make supremely happy or blessed 
BE AT INCHES WITH
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to be very near
BEATINGEST
adj. 1903 Amer. dial. - most remarkable or unusual
BEATING STICK
n. 1952 Amer. dial. - a stick used to beat clothes while washing them
BEATING-STOCK
n. 1552 obs. - a jocular title given to one who is subjected to beating 
BEATING THE GUMS
n. Bk1947 Amer. sl. - talking
BEATING UP
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - said of the wind when it begins to increase
BEATING WITH CHILD
adj. 1691 Eng. dial. - breeding
 
BEATIN'S
            n.         the advantage ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT IN TIME
            vb.       to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BEATION
            n.         †* blessing ...1652
 
BEAT IT
            vb. 1.    to go away, to clear out  ...1665 sl.
            vb. 2.    to go in a hurry ...1665 sl.
            int.       go away!; get out! ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEAT IT ON THE HOOF
            vb.       † to go on foot ...1691
 
BEATITUDE
            n.         supreme happiness or blessedness ...1491
 
BEAT IT UP
            vb.       to have rowdy fun, typically resulting in breakages ...1933 sl.
 
BEAT IT WHILE THE BEATING IS GOOD
            vb.       to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT LIKE A RED-HEADED STEPCHILD
            vb.       to beat severely; to best definitively in a game or contest ...1999 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT LIQUOR
            vb.       to drink heavily ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
BE AT MARKET
            vb.       † to be for sale ...1776
 
BEATMEAT
            n.         masturbation ...1980s US homosexual sl.
 
BEAT MOLL 
            n.         a prostitute who walks the streets for trade of her profession ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
 
BEATNIK 
            n.         a member of the 'beat generation (orig. applied to a group of young people, predominantly writers, artists, and their adherents in San Francisco; later applied to similar groups elsewhere, adopting unconventional dress, manners, habits, etc., as a means of self-expression and social protest ...1958
 
BEATNIKOID 
            n.         a college student attempting to be a beatnik ...1960
 
BE AT NUMBER ONE, LONDON
            phr.      the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
 
BEAT-NUTS 
            n.         an obsessive masturbator ...1975 US sl.
 
BEAT OFF
            n. 1.     ('beat-off') an unattractive, repulsive person; one who is so unappealing sexually that it is thought he or she must resort to masturbation as the only available sexual activity ...1970-72 US sl.
            n. 2.     an act of masturbation ...1970s US sl.
            vb. 1.    to rob, to break into ...1920s US criminals' sl.
            vb. 2.    of a male: to masturbate ...1960s US sl.
            vb. 3.    to masturbate another person ...1960s US sl.
            vb. 4.    to waste time, to loaf around ...1960s US sl.
 
BEAT OFFICER 
            n. 1.     in Alabama & Mississippi: a local official serving a particular beat (the principal subdivision of a county) ...1846 US
            n. 2.     a police officer who patrols a beat (the round or course habitually traversed by a watchman, police officer, etc., on duty) ...1868 orig. US
 
BEATOMEST
            adj.       most remarkable or unusual ...1845 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT ONE'S CHOPS
            vb.       to talk loudly or to no purpose; to chatter; to complain ...1946  Amer. sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S DUMMY
            vb.       to masturbate ...1930s sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S GUMS
            vb.       to talk loudly or to no purpose; to chatter; to complain ...1935 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S HOG
            vb.       to masturbate ...1970s sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S MEAT
            vb.       to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
 
BEAT ONE'S SKIN
            vb.       to applaud, to clap ...1940s US Black sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S TIME
            vb. 1.    to confound one ...1869 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to steal someone's sweetheart ...1932 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT ONE'S WAY
vb. 1. 1873 Amer. sl. - to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling
vb. 2. 1873 Amer. sl. - to make one's way by stealing rides on railroad trains, usually in freight cars
BEAT OUT
adj. 1. 1746 Amer. dial. - tired, exhausted
adj. 2. 1943 Amer. dial. - mentally or nervously exhausted; at one's wits end
vb. Bk1888 - to overpower completely; to exhaust
BEAT OUT OF FITS
vb. M19 sl. - to defeat or surpass completely
BEAT OUT THE TIME
vb. 1889 Eng. dial. - to while away the time
BEAT OVER THE GROUND
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to re-discuss
BEAT OVER THE OLD GROUND
vb. 1792 - to discuss topics already treated of 
BEAT PAD
n. 1930s US drug culture sl. - a place where drugs are consumed
BEAT POET
n. 1955 orig. US - any of a group of American poets who emerged chiefly in California in the 1950s and were noted for their rejection of social and poetic conventions
BEAT POUNDER
n. 1942 criminals' sl. - a policeman, esp. one who patrols his beat on foot
BEAT QUEEN
n. Bk2000 Aust. sl. - a male homosexual who frequents beats (a public place which homosexual men frequent to pick up casual partners)
BE AT RAP-CHAFTS
vb. Bk2000 Aust. sl. - to have nothing to eat
BEAT REPORTER
n. Bk1999 baseball usage - in baseball: a journalist who writes about a particular subject on a daily basis; spec. a sportswriter who covers a major-league team on a daily basis
BEATS A HEN A-FLYING
phr. 1966 Amer. dial. - to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating
BEATS A HEN A-ROUTING
phr. 1966 Amer. dial. - to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating
BEATS ALL!
int. M19 sl. - an exclamation of incomprehension
BEAT SKIN
vb. 1940s African-American sl. - to applaud, to clap
BEATS ME!
int. M19 sl. - an exclamation of incomprehension
BEAT SOMEONE FOR
vb. 1950s sl. - to take a person's money, whether it is offered or not; to rob or trick someone out of their money
BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING
vb. 1849 US sl. - to swindle, to cheat
BEAT SOMEONE’S EARS IN
vb. World War II Amer. sl. - to do violence; to assault
BEAT SOMEONE'S TIME
vb. 1. M19 US sl. - to confuse, to confound
vb. 2. 1930s African-American & college sl. - to cheat or be cheated in a love affair
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE GUN
vb. 1920s US sl. - to start first, to do something before somebody else
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE PUNCH
vb. 1. 1960s sl., orig. African-American usage - to arrive at a destination sooner than another person
vb. 2. 1960s sl. - to appreciate or understand something faster than another person
BEATSTER
n. 1958 - a beatnik; a member of the 'beat generation (orig. applied to a group of young people, predominantly writers, artists, and their adherents in San Francisco; later applied to similar groups elsewhere, adopting unconventional dress, manners, habits, etc., as a means of self-expression and social protest; a beatnik 
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​BEAT TAR
            vb.       to walk around ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
BEAT THE AIR
            vb.       to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts ...c1375
 
BEAT THE BAGS OFF
            v.         to overcome totally ...1920s sl.
 
BEAT THE BAND
            vb.       to exceed, to surpass, to beat everything ...1900
 
BEAT THE BARGAIN
            vb.       † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1640
 
BEAT THE BEAVER
            vb.       of a woman: to masturbate ...1970s sl.
 
BEAT THE BEJESUS OUT OF
            vb.       to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1908 sl.
 
BEAT THE BISHOP
            vb.       to masturbate ...L19 sl.
 
BEAT THE BOARDS
            vb.       to dance; to tap-dance ...1940s US Black sl.
 
BEAT THE BOOBY
            vb.       † to strike the hands under the armpits to warm them; to slap or rub one's hands over one's body, arms, etc., as a way of stimulating the circulation and warming oneself ...1785
 
BEAT THE BOOKS
            vb.       to study hard ...1944 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT THE BOX
            vb.       to play dance music on a piano ...1915 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT THE BRAINS
            vb.       to think persistently and laboriously ...a1593
 
BEAT THE BREEZE
            vb. 1.    to gossip, to chat, to talk, to boast ...1944 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to travel with great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT THE BRICKS
            vb.       to walk the streets, esp. when in search of work ...1920s US sl.
 
BEAT THE BUGS
            vb.       to surpass all others ...c1833 US sl.
 
BEAT THE BULL
            vb.       to gossip, to chat ...1974 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT-THE-BUSH
            adj.       non-committal, evasive ...E19 sl.
 
BEAT THE BUSH
            vb.       to ensnare a victim ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
 
BEAT THE CAN OFF OF
            vb.       to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT THE CARS
            vb. 1.    to surpass in every way ...19C US sl.
            vb. 2.    to be the last straw ...1922 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT THE CATS
            vb.       to be surprising or astonishing ...1909 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT THE CLOCK
            vb.       to complete a task before a stated time
 
BEAT THE CUNT OUT OF
            vb.       to beat severely ...1980s UK sl.
 
BEAT THE DAISY
            vb.       to masturbate ...1971 US sl.
 
BEAT THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ONE
            vb.       to beat one severely ...M18 sl.
 
BEAT THE DEVIL AND DR. FOSTER
            vb.       to excel, to surpass ...1848 Ireland
 
BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF
            vb.       to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A BUSH
            vb.       to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
 
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND A STUMP
            vb.       to accomplish something by indirection or subterfuge; to be evasive or dilatory ...1908 Eng. dial.
 
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH
            vb.       to tell a long story without much point ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAT THE DEVIL ROUND THE STUMP
            vb.       to accomplish one's purpose while saving one's conscience by indirection ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT THE DRUM FOR
vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to promote or support someone or something
BEAT THE DUMMY
vb. 1930s US sl. - to masturbate
BEAT THE DUTCH
vb. 1775 - to be amazing; to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating; to surpass all others; often used in negative constructions
BEAT THE GANGER
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. - to smoke opium
BEAT THE HEAD
vb. 1579 - to think persistently and laboriously
BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
vb. 20C US sl., World War II usage - to do violence
BEAT THE HOOF
vb. 1687 obs. - to go on foot
BEAT THE HOUND OUT OF
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to thrash or beat thoroughly
BEAT THE JEWS
vb. 1845 US sl., offensive - to surpass all others
BE AT THE LAND-END
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to be quite worn out
BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF
vb. M18 sl. - to beat severely; to administer a violent thrashing
BEAT THE MARKET
vb. 1655 obs. - to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen 
BEAT THE MEAT
vb. 1967 sl., orig. US - to masturbate
BEAT THE MILL
vb. 20C US sl., World War II usage - to type; (mill = typewriter)
BE AT THE NECKING
vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to be courting
BEAT THE PANTS OFF
vb. 1934 colloq. - to beat convincingly; to utterly defeat
BEAT THE PRICE
vb. 1592 obs. - to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen
BEAT THE PUP
vb. 1956 Amer. sl. - of a male: to masturbate
BE AT THE RACES
vb. 20C sl. - to walk the streets as a prostitute
BEAT THE RAP
vb. 1927 US sl. - to escape punishment, esp. a prison sentence
BEAT THE RECORD
vb. Bk1903 sl. - to surpass all previous performances
BEAT THE SAP OUT OF
vb. World War II Amer. sl. - to do violence
BEAT THE SCARF
vb. 1901 Sc. - to strike the arms vigorously across the chest to promote warmth
BEAT THE SCARFS
vb. 1882 Sc. - to flap the arms against the sides to keep oneself warm on a cold day
BEAT THE SHEETS
vb. 1954 Amer. sl. - to sleep soundly
BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF
vb. 1966 sl. - to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting
BEAT THE SIDEWALK
vb. c1917 Amer. sl. - to walk a police beat
BEAT THE SKIN
vb. Bk1942 US sl. - to applaud
BEAT THE STREETS
vb. c1375 - to walk up and down; to run about idly 
BE AT THE TAKING-SIDE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to receive something instead of paying
BEAT THE TAR OUT OF
vb. 1884 sl. - to do violence; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to do violence 
BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK
vb. 1958 Amer. logging railroad usage - to attempt to get more steam out of an engine 
BEAT THE WADDING OUT OF
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. - to beat very thoroughly
BEAT THE WATER
vb. 1579 obs. - to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts 
BEAT THE WIND
vb. 1815 - to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts 
 
BEAT TIME
            vb.       to waste time; to busy oneself with unimportant things ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BE-ATTLED
            adj.       confused, mixed up ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BEAT TO A FRAZZLE
            vb.       to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT TO A JELLY
            vb.       to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT TO A MUMMY
            vb.       to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT TO CHUCKS
            vb.       to surpass utterly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEATTOCKS
            n.         mashed potatoes ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEAT TO THE CHOPS 
            adj.       tired out; orig. said of a trombone player ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
BEAT TO THE WHEEL
            vb.       to start first, to do something before somebody else ...1920s US sl.
 
BEAT-UP
            adj.       damaged; worn out; of unimpressive appearance; completely exhausted ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEAT UP ON
            vb.       of a man: to have heterosexual intercourse ...1940s US Black sl.
 
BEAT UP THE QUARTERS OF
            vb. 1.    to arouse; to disturb ...1670
            vb. 2.    to visit unceremoniously ...1823
 
BEAT WITH THE HEAT 
            adj.       hot and tired ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
BEAU
            adj.       † fair, beautiful ...c1325
            n. 1.     a man who gives particular, or excessive, attention to dress, mien, and social etiquette; a man of fashion, a fop, a dandy ...1687
            n. 2.     the attendant or suitor of a lady; a lover, a sweetheart ...1720
            n. 3.     a beautiful woman ...1833 US sl.
            n. 4.     a piece of thorn or briar which becomes attached to a woman's dress and drags along after her ...1899 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a boyfriend ...1989 US college sl.
            n. 6.     a stupid or clumsy person ...1989 US college sl.
            vb.       to escort; to act as suitor to; to date ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
BEAUBELET
            n.         †* a small toy, trinket, plaything ...c1205
 
BEAU BOY 
            n.         the boyfriend ...Bk1942 US sl.
 
BEAU BRUMMEL 
            n.         a dandy ...Bk1922
 
BEAU-CATCHER
            n.         a ringlet on the forehead or cheek ...1923 Amer. dial.
 
BEAUCLERK
            n.         † a learned man; a scholar ...c1367
 
BEAU DOLLAR
            n.         a silver dollar; esp. Black usage ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
BEAUETRY
            n.         † dandyism; dandy outfit ...1702
 
BEAU FITZ 
            n.         a fair son ...Bk1933
 
BEAU GARÇON
            n.         a handsome fellow; an exquisite, a fop ...c1665
 
BEAU-GARZON
            n.         a handsome fellow; an exquisite, a fop ...c1665
 
BEAUHUNK 
            n. 1.     a good-looking male; a sexy-looking boy  ...Bk1989 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a boyfriend ...Bk1989 US college sl.
 
BEAU-IDEAL
            n. 1.     † the ideal Beautiful; the Beautiful, or beauty, in its ideal perfection ...1801
            n. 2.     the highest conceived or conceivable type of beauty or excellence of any kind; the perfect type or model ...1820
 
BEAUIDEALIZE
            vb.       to form a beau ideal, or charming conception of ...a1839 nonce word
 
BEAU LION 
            n.         a fine dashing fellow ...Bk1894
 
BEAU-LOVER 
            n.         a suitor, a lover ...Bk1926 Amer. sl. 
 
BEAU-MONDE
            n.         the fashionable world, 'society' ...1714
 
BEAU-NASTY 
            n.         a dandy or fop who, though in exterior finely dressed, is dirty and slovenly in person and habits ...c1786 sl.
 
BEAU-PEER; BEAUPERE 
            n. 1.     † a term of courtesy for father: used especially in addressing or speaking of priests ...c1300
            n. 2.     † a good friend or companion ...1377
 
BEAU-POT
            n.         a large ornamental vase for cut flowers ...1761
 
BEAU REYNOLDS
            n.         a name for the fox ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAU SABREUR 
            n.         a fine soldier; a handsome or dashing adventurer ...1834
 
BEAUSIRE
            n.         † fair sir, a form of address ...c1300
 
BEAUT
adj. 1952 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ - excellent
n. 1. 1866 sl. - a beautiful person or thing
n. 2. 1866 sl. - a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person; a pleasant, agreeable person
n. 3. 1891 sl. - any outstanding or admirable person, whether physically attractive or not; a first-rate or excellent person; an adept person
BEAUTEOUS MAXIMUS
n. 20C teen & high school sl. - a good deal; a good job
BEAUT FROM THE INSTITUTE
n. Bk1942 US sl. - a pretty college girl
BEAUTIFUL
adj. 1. 1886 Eng. dial. - pleasing to the taste
adj. 2. Bk1905 Amer. dial. - excellent; first-rate
n. 1534 - a beautiful person; chiefly used as a term of endearment, esp. for a woman 
BEAUTIFUL AS AN ANGEL
adj. 1785 - extremely beautiful 
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
n. 1. 1950 colloq. orig. US - rich and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite
n. 2. 1967 hist. - hippies, regarded collectively
BEAUTIFY THE POST
vb. Bk1944 services' sl. - to cut the lawn, trim the hedge, paint, or the like
BEAUT OF A LOOKER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an attractive young woman; something beautiful
BEAU-TRAP
n. 1. a1674 sl. - a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like
n. 2. 1816 Eng. sl. - a loose stone in the pavement, which tips up when stepped upon, and scatters the dirty water collected under it over the pedestrian
BEAU TRAPS
n. 1690 criminals' sl. - prostitutes waiting for naive victims
BEAUTY
adj. 1. 1598 - beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight 
adj. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. - large or impressive of its kind
int. 1951 Aust. & NZ colloq. - an exclamation of approval or pleasure
n. 1. a1413 - a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman
n. 2. 1832 colloq. - an admirable, excellent, or remarkable person, whether attractive or not
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically
n. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 5. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality
vb. 1398 arch. - to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
n. 1781 - a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple 
BEAUTY BAR
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a brooch
BEAUTY-BLOOM
n. 1853 - beautiful tint or colour 
BEAUTY DOCTOR
n. 2010 - a person who performs cosmetic surgery
BEAUTY MAN
n. 1800 rare - a beautiful man, esp. one who is effeminate; a fop, a dancy 
BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1. 1598 obs. - an imitation of beauty 
n. 2. 1608 obs. rare - a woman whose beauty is not natural; a sham beauty 
 
BEAUTY PIN
            n.         a brooch ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEAUTY SPOT
            n.         the female genitalia ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BEAUTY-WATER
            n.         early morning dew ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAUX ESPRITS 
            n.         men of wit or genius ...1638
 
BEAVE
            n.         a prostitute ...1952 US sl.
            vb.       of ducks: to dive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEAVER
adj. 1967 sl. - said of films, photographs, etc. that feature the female genitals and pubic area
n. 1. 1691 Eng. dial. - slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal
n. 2. 1824 Eng. sl. - a top-hat
n. 3. 1833 US West sl. - a fellow, a geezer
n. 4. 1848 Amer. dial. arch. - money
n. 5. c1850 Amer. colloq.  - one who works diligently; a hard-working, diligent, active man
n. 6. 1870 Amer. dial. - a silk hat
n. 7. Bk1890 sl. - a hat
n. 8. 1910 sl. - a bearded man
n. 9. Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl. - a false beard
n. 10. 1958 Amer. loggers' usage - a clumsy axeman
n. 11. 1968 US sl. - a woman viewed as a sex object
n. 12. Bk1975 Amer. citizen's band radio usage - a woman, esp. one driving along the highway and operating a CB radio
n. 13. Bk1998 sl. - the female genitalia
vb. 1942 Amer. loggers' usage - to hack a tree down
BEAVER AWAY
vb. 1946 sl. - to make one's maximum effort
BEAVER-CLEAVER
n. Bk2006 US sl. - the penis
BEAVER DOWN
vb. 1942 Amer. loggers' usage - to hack a tree down
BEAVERKIN
n. 1867 - a little beaver (hat)
BEAVER SCOUT
n. 1955 US jocular usage - an eager beaver
BEAVER-SHOOTER
n. 1967 Amer. sl. - a man obsessed with looking at female genitals; a peeping tom 
BEAVIS
n. a2000 US college sl. - one who fails to prove acceptable to social norms
BE AWAY FOR SLATES
vb. 1. 1930 Ireland - to have started and be making good progress; to succeed
vb. 2. 1958 Eng. dial. rare - to depart hastily, to be in a hurry
BE AWAY LAUGHING
vb. 1964 NZ sl. - to make a good start
BEAYELL
n. c1400 obs. rare - a grandfather's father, a great grandfather
BEAZE
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to dry in the sun
BEAZEN
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bold
BEAZLE
n. 1. 1926 US sl. - a young woman, with overtones of sexual precocity
n. 2. 1931 US college sl. - an unappealing person; a worthless fellow
BEAZLED
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. - tired out, exhausted
BEAZLER
n. a1593 obs. - a bezzler, one who drinks to excess, a sot, a drunkard
BEAZY
adj. a1593 - dried up, withered
BEB
vb. 1781 Eng. dial. - to drink continuously, but in small quantities; to tipple
BE-BACK
n. 1982 US sl., derogatory - a potential customer who say he or she will return but clearly has no intention of doing so
BE BAGGED
vb. 1603 obs. - to be pregnant
BEBAIT
vb. 1589 obs. - to bait or worry persistently
 
BEBASS
            vb.       † to kiss all over, to cover with kisses ...1583
 
BEBAT
            vb.       † to cudgel ...1565
 
BEBAUCH
            vb.       † to debauch ...1607
 
BEBBING-FULL
            adj.       of the tide: high, full ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEBBLE
            vb.       to sip; to tipple; to drink carelessly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEBBLES
            n.         nonsensical talk ...Bk1898 Ireland
 
BEBED
            vb.       † to furnish with a bed ...a1300
 
BEBEE 
            n. 1.     a lady ...1843 Anglo-Indian
            n. 2.     a prostitute; a female bedmate ...1886 Anglo-Indian
 
BE BEHINDHAND LIKE THE MILLER'S FILLER
            vb.       to be dilatory in keeping appointments ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BE-BE-ITCHING
            adj.       bewitching ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE BIG ON
            vb.       to enjoy very much; to be enthusiastic about ...1867 Amer. sl.
 
BE BIT BY A BARN WEASEL
            vb.       † to be drunk ...1673
 
BEBLACKEN
            vb.       to calumniate boldly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEBLEED
            vb.       † to cover or stain with blood; to make bloody ...a1230 obs. or arch
 
BEBLOODY
            vb.       † to make bloody ...c1210
 
BEBLUBBER
            vb.       to make swollen by weeping ...1620
 
BEBLUBBERED
            adj.       disfigured by blubbering; befouled with tears ...1583
 
BE-BO
            n.         a lullaby ...1811 Eng. dial.
 
BEBOER 
            n.         a user of the social-networking website Bebo.com, launched in 2006, describing itself as 'a company that dreams up ideas for fun social apps' ...21C
 
BEBOP 
            n.         a performer or supporter of bebop, a development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the Second World War, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated rhythm  ...1981
 
BE-BOP-A-ROLLER 
            n.         a teenage girl with her hair done up in rollers ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BEBOPPER
n. 1. 1946 - a performer or supporter of bebop, a development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the Second World War, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated rhythm  
n. 2. 1966 US sl. - a juvenile delinquent
n. 3. 1980 African-American sl. - an inexperienced, naive person; an unpopular person
BE BORN WITH A LONG TONGUE
vb. 1960 Amer. dial. - to be a great talker
BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
vb. a1400 arch. - to be betrayed for a bribe
BEBROYDE
vb. 1583 obs. rare - to embroider about  
BE BUGS ABOUT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to be erratic about
BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN
vb. 1. Bk1902 sl. - to be asleep
vb. 2. Bk1902 sl. - to be half-witted 
BEBURY
vb. c1000 obs. - to entomb, to bury 
BECACK
vb. 1598 obs. - to deposit ordure on 
BECALL
vb. 1. c1250 obs. - to accuse of 
vb. 2. c1325 obs. - to call, to summon 
vb. 3. c1325 obs. - to call upon, to call forth, to challenge 
vb. 4. 1682 Eng. dial. - to abuse, to call names, to rail at
BE CALLED AFT
vb. 1975 Amer. sl. - to die
BE CALLED HOME
vb. Bk1898 - to die 
BECALM
vb. 1613 - to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize 
BECARVE
vb. a1000 obs. - to cut off 
BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP
vb. 1852 sl. - to be completely demolished, utterly defeated
BECATCH
vb. 1. c1200 obs. - to lay hold of, to seize upon 
vb. 2. c1200 obs. - to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive 
BE CAUGHT HOLDING ONE'S DICK
vb. 20C US sl. - to be caught in an embarrassing or generally disadvantageous situation
BE CAUGHT IN THE GO-LONG
vb. 1937 African-American usage - to be caught in an inevitable consequence of a sequence of events, often undesirable; to be an unfortunate victim of circumstances
BE CAUGHT SHORT
vb. 1890 sl. - to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate
BE CAUGHT WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN
vb. 1922 colloq. - to be surprised in an embarrassing situation; to be caught off guard
BECCO
n. 1604 obs. - a cuckold 
BECHANCE
adv. 1548 obs. - by chance 
vb. 1527 - to happen, to befall, to chance 
 
BECHATTED
            adj.       bewitched ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECHEKE
            vb.       † to choke, to stifle ...c1175
 
BECHER 
            n.         † a betrayer ...Bk1855
 
BE CHEWED UP
            vb.       to be very nervous and/or off colour ...c1920 sl.
 
BECHOR 
            n.         the eldest male child in a family ...Bk1982 Jewish 
 
BECK
            n. 1.     a brook or stream ...a1300
            n. 2.     a beadle, a constable ...c1698 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     a nod, a curtsy ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a horseshoe ...1863 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a well-off, middle-class Jewish teenager or young person, orig. just girls, usually from North London; often collectively as 'becks' ...2001 UK sl.
            vb. 1.    to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance ...1724 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to imprison ...1861 cant
            vb. 3.    to curtsy; to cringe; to do obeisance ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    of horse: to jerk the head ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BECKET
            n.         a mantelpiece ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECKETT
            n.         a little brook ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECK-HARMAN 
            n.         a constable ...Bk1855 sl.
 
BECKING
            n.         bowing, curtsying ...1856 Sc.
 
BECKON
            vb.       † to nod; to bow ...1578
 
BECKON BACK
            vb.       of the wind: to change direction ...1931 Amer. dial.
 
BECK-STRADDLER
            n.         the frog as it sprawls when swimming ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECKY SHARP 
            n.         an unscrupulous, worldly young woman ...Bk1922
 
BECLAM
            vb.       to beclog with anything clammy or sticky ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BECLAMED
            adj. 1.   flattered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   smeared over with dirt or grease ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECLAP
            vb.       † to catch or lay hold of suddenly ...c1386
 
BECLART
            vb.       to be dirty ...c1230 Eng. dial.
 
BECLARTED
            adj.       besmeared, bedaubed ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BECLEPE
            vb. 1.    † to complain against; to indict, to accuse ...c1030
            vb. 2.    † to call upon, to address, to accost ...c1220
            vb. 3.    † to summon to a higher court ...1297
            vb. 4.    † to appeal against, to object to, to disapprove obs.
 
BECLIP
            vb. 1.    to fold in the arms, to embrace, to clasp ...c1000 arch.
            vb. 2.    to wrap round, to enclose, to encircle, to surround ...c1000 arch.
            vb. 3.    to include, to comprise, to comprehend, to contain ...c1230 arch.
            vb. 4.    † to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip; to catch, to overtake ...c1380
            vb. 5.    † to curdle ...c1400
 
BECLIPPING
            n.         † an embrace ...1340
 
BECLOSE
            vb.       † to shut up or in; to enclose, to imprison ...c1000
 
BECLOUD
            vb.       to make obscure; to darken, to hide ...1619
 
BECLOUDED
            adj.       made obscure or gloomy ...1581
 
BECLUMPSE
            vb.       † to benumb ...1611
 
BECOME
            vb. 1.    † to come to a place; to arrive ...c885
            vb. 2.    † to come about, to come to pass, to happen, to fall to one's lot, to befall ...c888
            vb. 3.    to resemble ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BECOME A GOLD STAR IN MOTHER’S WINDOW
            vb.       to be killed in action ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BECOMED
            adj.       †* befitting, becoming ...1592
 
BECOME FRESH
            vb.       to calve ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BECOMELY
            adj.       † becoming, fitting, acceptable ...c1175
            adv.      † becomingly, properly ...c1200
 
BECOMENESS
            n.         †* becomingness; fitness, suitability ...1656
 
BECOMES
            n.         one's best clothes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BECOME UNCRUNKED
            vb.       of an engine: to stop running ...1972 Amer. dial.
 
BECOMMA
            vb.       to sprinkle with commas ...1881
 
BECOMSE
            vb.       †* to begin, to commence ...c1350
 
BE COPPERED ON THE JACK
            vb.       to fail; to lose one's point (from the game of faro) ...1878 Amer. sl.
 
BECOVER
            vb. 1.    † to cover over ...c1325
            vb. 2.    † to recover ...c1325
 
BE CRACKED ON
            vb.       to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BECRIKE!
            int.       an exclamation or oath; by Christ! ...1806 Eng. dial.
 
BECRIKEY!
            int.       an exclamation or oath; by Christ! ...1806 Eng. dial.
 
BECRY
            vb.       † to cry at, to accuse ...c1440
 
BECURRY
            vb.       † to beat, to thrash ...1598
 
BE CUT FOR THE SIMPLES 
            vb.       to be cured of one's folly; applied to one who has been guilty of some foolish act ...a1700 Eng. dial., orig. sl. 


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BED  -  BEDZ

BED
n. 1. a1300 - the grave; usually used with some qualification, as 'narrow bed'
n. 2. 1864 - the 'silver side' of a round of beef 
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the womb or uterus of an animal
n. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a heap of hay
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an anthill
n. 6. Bk1911 Sc. - a women's confinement
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to lodge, to find a resting-place
vb. 2. 1548 sl. - to have sex, mainly in the context of marrying a woman and taking her to bed on the wedding night
vb. 3. 1890 Eng. dial. - to become adapted to; to fit comfortably
vb. 4. 1970 Amer. dial. - to stack; to put in a pile
BEDABBER
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to fade by keeping in the hands
BEDABBERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - faded
BEDABBLE
vb. 1590 - to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty
BEDAD!
int. 1710 Ireland - an exclamation; a disguised oath
BEDAFF
vb. 1. c1386 obs. - to make a fool of, to make foolish
vb. 2. 19C Eng. dial. - to confound or stupefy
BEDAFT
adj. 1572 obs. - foolish, stupid
BEDAFTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bewildered, confounded, stupefied
BEDAG
vb. a1300 obs. - to bemire the bottom of, as dress
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to bespatter with moisture
BEDAGGLE
vb. 1580 obs. - to bemire the bottom of, as dress
BEDAL
n. 1. Bk1795 - a beadle, an inferior officer of court, commonly called beagle
n. 2. 1875 Sc. - a bedridden person
BED-ALE
n. 1880 obs. - ale brewed for christening 
BEDALL
n. 1. 1875 Sc. - a bedridden person
n. 2. Bk1876 Sc. - a gravedigger
BEDAMNED
adv. L16 - a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely 
BEDANGED!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an expletive of determination or dismay
BEDANGLED
adj. 1601 - beset with things dangling about one 
BEDARE
vb. 1599 obs. - to defy 
BEDASH
vb. 1. 1564 - to cover with dashes of colour or adornment 
vb. 2. 1594 - to injure or spoil by dashing, as the wind or rain dashes flowers 
vb. 3. 1609 - to dash against, to dash about 
BED ATHLETE
n. 1947 sl., orig. US - a promiscuous person
BEDAUB
vb. 1. 1553-87 - to spatter with abuse; to vilify
vb. 2. 1581 - to load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess 
BEDAW
vb. 1. 1393 obs. rare - to dawn upon 
vb. 2. a1529 - to make a fool of 
BEDAZE
vb. a1605 - to daze, to stupefy 
BEDAZED
adj. a1605 - dazed, stupefied; besotted 
BED BABY
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a baby too small to crawl
BEDBAIT
n. Bk1984 US sl. - an underage sexual partner; can be male or female, but usually a teenage girl
BED-BERE
n. 1420 obs. - a pillow-case 
BED-BLOCKER
n. 1975 orig. Brit., somewhat depreciative - a hospital patient, esp. an elderly one, whose treatment is complete but whose discharge is delayed because the necessary level of care is unavailable to him or her elsewhere
BED-BOUND
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bedridden
BED-BOUNDER
n. 1637 UK sl. - a promiscuous person
 
BED-BROKER
            n.         † a pander, a pimp ...1592
 
BEDBUG 
            n. 1.     an eccentric or crazy person ...1832 US sl.
            n. 2.     a person who enjoys staying in bed ...1903 US sl.
            n. 3.     an amorous or uxorious person ...Bk1926 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     an unpleasant or insignificant person ...1928 sl., orig. US Black
            n. 5.     a Pullman porter ...1940 US railroad usage
            n. 6.     a drug addict ...2000 drugs sl.
 
BEDBUG ALLEY
            n.         a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BEDBUGGER 
            n.         the driver of a moving van or furniture van ...1990 US trucking sl.
 
BEDBUG-HAULER 
            n.         the driver of a moving van or furniture van ...1971 US trucking sl.
 
BEDBUG ROW
            n.         a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BED-BUNNY 
            n. 1.     a female who enjoys sex immensely ...Bk2006 US sl.
            n. 2.     a young female who will copulate with any male; a promiscuous woman ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEDCHAMBER-MAN 
            n.         a servant of the bedchamber ...1643
 
BEDCHAMBER-WOMAN 
            n.         a servant of the bedchamber ...1833
 
BED-CHURN 
            n.         the boy who is the last to enter school in the morning ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
 
BED CLOTHES
            n.         blankets and sheets ...1972 Amer dial.
 
BEDCORD STRONG
            adj.       very strong indeed ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BED-CRONIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bedfellow
BEDDAL
n. 1. 1692 Sc. - a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman
n. 2. 1875 Sc. - a bedridden person
BEDDALL
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a licensed beggar
BEDDE
n. c1250 obs. - a bedfellow; a husband or wife
BEDDED
adj. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedridden
adj. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out
BEDDEL
adj. 1513 obs. rare - bedridden 
n. 1. a1572 obs. rare - a bedridden person 
n. 2. 1692 Sc. - a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman
BEDDELL
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a licensed beggar
BEDDER
n. 1. 1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a bed-maker
n. 2. Bk1891 - at Cambridge: a charwoman; one who makes the beds and performs other necessary domestic duties for residents in college 
n. 3. 1897 university sl. - a bedroom
BEDDIE
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a small bed
 
BEDDINER
            n.         a maker or beds; one who sells bedding ...1803 Eng. dial.
 
BEDDIT
            adj.       gone to bed; put to bed ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEDDLAR
            n.         a beggar ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BEDDLE
            n. 1.     a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
            n. 2.     a beadle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to beg ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BEDDRAL; BEDDREL; BEDERAL; BEDRAL; BEDRILL; BEDRILL 
            n.         a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person ...1790 Sc.
 
BEDDY
            adj. 1.   conceited, self-sufficient, saucy, forward ...1706 Sc. & Ireland
            adj. 2.   greedy, covetous of trifles ...1721 Sc.
            n.         a promiscuous girl; an attractive, sexually available young woman ...Bk1989 US college sl.
 
BEDDY-BYE 
            n.         bedtime ...20C juvenile sl.
 
BEDDY-BYES
            n.         a nursery word for sleep; also,  used for bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed ...1906
 
BEDE
            n.         †* command, bidding ...c1175
 
BEDEAD
            adj.       dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDEADED
            adj.       † deadened ...1656
 
BEDEAF
            vb.       † to deafen ...1620
 
BEDEAL
            vb.       † to deprive, to bereave, to free of ...c1000
 
BE DEATH ON A THING
            vb.       to be opposed to it ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
BEDEET
            adj.       dirtied, covered with dirt ...1845 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to dirty or foul ...1845 Eng. dial.
 
BEDELL
            n. 1.     in the English universities: the name of certain officials, formerly of two ranks distinguished as 'esquire bedels' and 'yeomen bedels', having various function as executive officers of the University; at Oxford, there are four, the junior- or sub-bedel being the official attendant of the Vice-chancellor, before whom he bears a silver staff or mace; at Cambridge, there are two, called esquire-bedells, both of whom officially walk in front of the Vice-chancellor with maces ...a1300
            n. 2.     a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...1790 Sc.
 
BEDELLUS 
            n.         a college janitor in St. Andrews and Glasgow ...1927 Sc. 
 
BEDELVE
            vb. 1.    † to bury ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to dig round or about ...c1000
BEDE-MAN 
            n.         † a beadsman, one who prays for another; a person who resides in a bede-house, or is supported from the funds appropriated for this purpose (bede-house – an alms-house) ...c1425
 
BEDENE
            adv. 1. † in one body or company; altogether ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            adv. 2. † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEDERAL
            n. .       an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
            n. 2.     a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person ...1824 Sc.
 
BEDERD!
            int.       an expletive, a slight oath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDET
            n.         † a horseman's or soldier's boy employed to carry his baggage ...1633
 
BED-EVIL
            n.         † illness or sickness that confines to bed ...1609 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BEDEVILED
            adj.       evil disposed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDEWMENT
            n.         †* a wetting with or as with dew ...a1679
 
BEDEWY
            adj.       †* dewy ...1607
 
BED-FAGGOT
            n.         a contemptuous term for a bedfellow; generally applied to a prostitute ...1838 Eng. dial.
 
BEDFAST
            adj.       confined to one's bed by illness, either temporary or permanent, bedridden ... a1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
BED-FASTENED
            adj.       confined to bed because of illness, infirmity or injury; bedridden ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BED-FAVOURITE       
            n.         a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning ...19C Eng. dial.
 
BEDFELLOW
            n. 1.     one who shares a bed with another ...1478
            n. 2.     † a husband or wife; a spouse; a concubine ...1490
            n. 3.     the penis ...L19 sl.
            n. 4.     the vagina ...L19 sl.
            n. 5.     a close companion or associate; often in an underhanded, clandestine sense ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
 
BEDFELLOW OF BONES 
            n.         a skinny, bony bedfellow ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BED-FERE
            n.         † a bedfellow ...c1300
 
BED-FLY
            n.         a flea ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
BEDFORDSHIRE
            n.         bed ...1665 humorous
 
BEDFORDSHIRE WOMAN 
            n.         a prostitute ...1721 UK sl.
 
BEDFUL OF BONES 
            n.         an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow ...1832 Sc. 
 
BED-GAME
            adj.       † going to bed ...1602
 
BED-GANG
            adj.       † going to bed ...a1300
 
BED-GATE
            adj.       † going to bed ...c1440
 
BED-HAPPINGS
            n.         the bedclothes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BED-HEAD
n. 1483 obs. - the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster
BED-HILLINGS
n. 1691 Eng. dial. - the coverlet or counterpane
BEDHOP
vb. 1960s sl. - to live a sexually promiscuous life
BEDHOPPING
n. 1960s sl. - a sexually promiscuous life
BED-HOUSE
n. 1. M19 sl. - a 'short-time' hotel
n. 2. Bk1902 sl. - a brothel
n. 3. 1945 Amer. railroad usage - a caboose
BED-I-BO
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bedtime
BEDIDDER
vb. c1000 obs. - to deceive, to delude 
BEDIDDLE
n. 1959 Amer. dial. - a car with only one working headlight
BEDIDE!
int. 1903 Amer. euphemism - a mild oath; 'be damned'
BED-IFERE
n. 1393 obs. - a bedfellow
BEDIGHT
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. - bedecked, arrayed
vb. c1400 arch. - to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck
BEDIGHTED
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. - bedecked, arrayed
BEDIGHTING
n. 1674 obs. - outfit, furnishing; hence, property, attribute
BEDILT
adj. 1660 obs. rare - hidden, covered
BEDINK
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to dress out smartly
BEDIRT
vb. 1622 obs. - to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify
BEDIRTER
n. 1747 obs. - a thrower of dirt; a vilifier; one who slanders
BEDIRTIN
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - soiled with excrement
BE DISGUISED ITSELF
vb. 1848 Ireland - to be drunk
BEDIZEN
vb. 1. 1661 - to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion 
vb. 2. 1876 Eng. dial. - to dirty, to cover with dirt
BEDIZENED
adj. 1707 - dressed up with vulgar finery 
BEDIZENMENT
n. 1837 - vulgar or gaudy attire 
BEDIZZEN
vb. 1661 - to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion 
BEDLAM
adj. a1535 - belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish 
n. 1. 971 obs. - the town of Bethlehem in Judea 
n. 2. 1522 obs. - an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm 
n. 3. 1598 - madness, lunacy 
n. 4. 1663 - a lunatic asylum, a madhouse 
n. 5. 1884 Eng. dial. - a troublesome person or animal
BEDLAM-BEGGAR
n. 1608 obs. - an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital, London, or of a lunatic asylum, or one first for such a place, a madman; specifically, a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm 
BEDLAMER
n. 1. c1675 obs. - a lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm 
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a term of contempt applied to boys and young men
 
BEDLAM-HOLE
            n.         a mad-house ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
BEDLAMISTIC
            adj.       disorderly; in confusion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEDLAMITE
            adj.       lunatic, mad ...1815
            n.         † a madman or lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm ...1621
 
BEDLAMITISH
            adj.       mad, foolish ...1824
 
BEDLAMLIKE
            adj.       mad-looking ...1618
 
BEDLAMLY
            adv.      † like a madman, insanely ...1553-87
 
BEDLAM-MAN 
            n.         a madman; a lunatic ...1658
 
BEDLAR
            adj.       † bedridden ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     † a person confined to bed ...1447 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
 
BEDLAWER 
            n.         † a person confined to bed ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEDLER 
            n.         a minor church official, whose chief duty is to attend to the minister, but who may also officiate as gravedigger and church bellman ...1692 Sc.
 
BEDLIER
            n.         a bedridden person ...1892 Eng. dial.
 
BEDMAN
            n.         a sexton ...1702 Eng. dial.
 
BED-MATCH
            n.         † marriage, wedlock ...1583
 
BED-MATE 
            n.         a bedfellow; a prostitute ...1582
 
BEDMATES 
            n.         an unmarried couple who live together or who share a bed for sexual purposes at a location other than the home of either partner ...Bk1986 sl.
 
BED-MINION 
            n.         a bardash; a homosexual male, a catamite ...Bk1880
 
BED MOTH
            n.         soft rolls of dust the collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEDO
            vb. 1.    † to put to, to shut ...c1000
            vb. 2.    † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
            vb. 3.    † to adorn, to ornament, to garnish ...a1500
 
BED OF DOWN
            n.         a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position ...1604
 
BED OF DUST
            n.         the grave ...1747
 
BED OF FLOWERS
            n.         a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position ...1777
 
BED OF HONOUR
            n.         the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle ...1663
 
BED OF ROSES
            n.         a delightful resting-place; a comfortable or easy position; a luxurious situation ...1806
 
BEDOG
            vb.       to follow about like a dog, to dog ...1858
 
BEDOITRIFY
            vb.       to stupefy ...19C Sc.
 
BEDOLED
            adj.       stupefied with pain or grief ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BEDOLING-PAIN
            n.         a dull, continuous pain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDONDERED 
            adj.       crazy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
 
BEDONE
            adj.       outwitted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDONNERD 
            adj.       crazy ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
 
BEDOOT
            prep.    without, unless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDOOZLE
vb. 19C Amer. sl. - to confuse, to bewilder
BEDOOZLING
adj. 2000s US sl. - astounding, amazing
BEDOTE
vb. c1385 obs. - to cause to dote, to make silly, to befool 
BEDOUBT
vb. 1470 obs. - to dread 
BEDOUIN
n. 1. c1400 - an Arab of the desert 
n. 2. 1863 - one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy, a wanderer or rover  
BEDOUT
prep. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - without, unless
BEDOVEN
adj. a1000 obs. - immersed, plunged 
BEDOVE
adj. a1000 obs. - immersed, plunged 
BEDOVEN
adj. a1000 obs. - immersed, plunged 
BEDOW
vb. 1513 Sc. obs. - ? to sadden
BEDOWN
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - downwards
prep. Bk1911 Sc. - down
BEDPAN COMMANDO
n. World War II Amer. sl. - a medical corpsman
 
BEDPAN FROM JAPAN 
            n.         an unglamorous person ...Bk1945 jive usage
 
BED-PARTNER
            n.         a hot water-bottle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDPHEER 
            n.         † a bedfellow ...c1325
 
BEDPHERE
n. c1325 obs. - a bedfellow 
BED-PIECE
n. Bk1891 - a whore 
BED-PLAID
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blanket
BED POT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a chamber pot
BEDPRESSER
n. 1. 1598 obs. - a heavy, lazy fellow 
n. 2. 19C sl. - a prostitute, a hussy, a harlot 
n. 3. 1933 US sl. - a whoremonger, a womanizer
BEDRABBLE
vb. c1440 - to make wet and dirty with rain and mud 
BEDRAGGLE
vb. 1727 - to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt 
BEDRAL
adj. 1513 obs. rare - bedridden 
n. 1. 1815 Sc. - an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple
BEDRAVEL
vb. 1377 obs. - to cover with drivel or saliva 
BEDRAWL
vb. 1377 obs. - to cover with drivel or saliva 
BEDREAD
adj. c1485 obs. rare - dreaded 
BED-REEDE
adj. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bedridden, confined to bed
BEDREL
adj. 1513 obs. rare - bedridden 
n. 1. a1572 obs. rare exc. Sc. - a bedridden person; a helpless cripple 
n. 2. 1815 Sc. - an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer
BE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. - to be dressed in a youthful style
BEDRID
adj. 1. c1000 - confined to bed through sickness or infirmity 
adj. 2. 1621 - worn out, decrepit, impotent 
 
BEDRIDDEN
            n.         †* a bedridden person ...1429
 
BEDRIL; BEDRILL 
            n.         a bedridden, maimed, or crippled person ...1790 Sc.
 
BEDRIP
            n.         a crowd; orig. a band of harvesters ...1893 Ireland
 
BEDRITE
            vb.       to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
 
BEDRITTEN
            adj.       befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEDRIVE
            vb.       † to commit, perpetrate, to do; to drive about ...c1205
 
BEDROCK
            n.         bottom, lowest level ...1883
 
BEDROOM ATHLETE 
            n.         a promiscuous person ...1972 sl.
 
BEDROOM EYE, THE
            n.         a flirtatious glance ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEDROOM EYES 
            n.         a look in the eyes that invites the person on whom it is focused towards seduction ...1910s sl.
 
BEDROOM SHOE
            n.         a house slipper ...c1960 Amer. dial.
 
BEDROOMY
            adj.       characteristic of a bedroom ...1865 colloq.
 
BEDROWSE
            vb.       to make drowsy ...1877
 
BED-RUG
            n.         a counterpane, a coverlet ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
BEDS
            n.         the game of hopscotch ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BED SHOE
            n.         a house slipper ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BEDSINK
            n.         a small alcove off a kitchen, with a curtain rather than a door, where older people could sleep warmly in winter ...1973 Amer. dial.
 
BED-SISTER
            n.         † the mistress of a married man in relation to his lawful wife ...1297
 
BED-SLAT
            n.         an emaciated animal ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
BED-SLAT RIB
            n.         a protruding rib of an emaciated animal ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
BEDSTEADER 
            n.         a sleepy truck driver ...1942 US trucking sl.
 
BEDSTEAD RELATION
            n.         an in-law; a relation you get in marriage ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEDSTOCK
n.         a bedstead, or it's front and back parts ...1483
 
BED-SWERVER
            n.         † one unfaithful to the marriage bed; an adulterer ...1611
 
BEDTHER 
            n.         a cripple ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
 
BED-THRALL 
            n.         a bedridden person; a bedral ...1815 Sc.
 
BED TICK
            n.         a bedbug ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BEDTIME STORY
            n. 1.     an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a simplistic and condescending explanation for something; a lie ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BED-TWILT
            n.         a bed quilt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEDU 
            n.         a Bedouin ...1912
 
BEDUB
            vb. † to adorn ...1657
 
BEDUNCH
            vb.       † to strike against ...1567
 
BEDUNDER
            vb.       to stupefy, to confound ...19C Sc.
 
BEDUSK
            vb.       to shroud in gloom, as of twilight ...1566
 
BED VESSEL
            n.         a chamber pot ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BED-VOW
            n.         † promise of fidelity to the marriage-bed ...1600
 
BEDWADDLED
            adj.       confused, distressed, bewildered, stupid ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BEDWARD
            adv.      † towards bedtime; just before going to bed ...c1430
 
BEDWELE
            vb.       † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
 
BEDWELEN
            vb.       † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
 
BED-WETTER 
            n.         one who is a failure; an incompetent person ...2002 US sl.
 
BEDWIN 
            n.         a Bedouin, an Arab of the desert ...c1400
 
BEDWOMAN
            n.         † a woman confined to bed ...1568
 
BED-WORK
            n.         † work that is or can be done in bed or without toil, easy work ...1606
 
BEDWYNGE
            vb.       † to constrain, to restrain ...1480
 
BEDYNER 
            n.         † a servant; an officer ...Bk1855
 
BEDYOW 
            n.         a lazy, good-for-nothing woman ...1929 Sc. 


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BEE  -  BEFZ

​BEE
int. 1924 Amer. dial. - come!; used as a call to chickens
n. 1. c1000 obs. - a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring 
n. 2. 1753 - a sweet writer
n. 3. 1791 - a busy worker
n. 4. 1870 Eng. dial. - a fly; a wasp
n. 5. 1920s sl. - a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an eccentric notion
n. 7. 1950s drug culture sl. - Benzedrine
n. 8. 1960s sl. - enough marijuana to fill a matchbox
BEE-A-BAW
n. 1811 Eng. dial. - a lullaby
BEE AITCH!
int. 1920s euphemism - bloody hell
BEEAL
n. 1942 Amer. dial. - an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear
BE-EAST
adv. Bk1911 Sc. - eastwards
BE EASY!
int. 1746 - do not hurry, don't be so eager
BE EATEN OFF OF ONE'S FEET
vb. Bk1905 Sc. - to be the victim of
BEE-BAW
n. 1. 1811 Eng. dial. - a lullaby
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a child's cradle
vb. 1849 Eng. dial. - to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby
BEEBEE
n. 1. 1816 - a Hindustani name for a lady
n. 2. 1886 Anglo-Indian - a White mistress; a prostitute 
n. 3. Bk1890 gypsy usage - an aunt
n. 4. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - a Hindu concubine
n. 5. 1930 Amer. dial. - the youngest member of a family or brood
BEE BEE BUMBLEBEE, ALL COME IN FREE
phr. 1966 Amer. dial. - in the game of hide and seek: when the first person in hiding is caught, the player who is 'it' calls this out to others 
BEE-BIKE
n. 1837 Sc. - a wild bee's nest
BEE-BONNETED
adj. 1856 - having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed 
BEE-BREAD
n. c825 obs. - honeycomb with the honey in it 
BEE-BUTT
n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a beehive
BEEBY
n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a baby
BEECHAM'S (PILL)
n. 1952 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'dill' - a fool, a simpleton
BEECHMAN
n. Bk1886 Anglo-Indian - a midshipman
BEED
n. 1. 1868 rare - the realm of bees 
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. - delay
BEEDLER
n. Bk1978 railroad usage - an engineer who works a locomotive to its limits
BEEDOM
n. 1868 rare - the realm of bees 
BEE-DROVE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a crowd or 'swarm' of men or animals
BEE EFF
n. 1925 sl., orig. Brit. services' usage - a foolish person, a 'bloody fool'
BEE-ESSER
n. 1962 US sl. - a time-waster, one who always fools around
BEEF
int. 1791 rhyming sl. - stop thief!
n. 1. c1597 sl. - a sexually appealing man or woman
n. 2. 1899 sl., orig. US - a complaint
n. 3. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. - an error; a blunder; a mistake
n. 4. c1915 Amer. sl. - a fat or husky person
n. 5. 1929 US sl. - a masculine man; a well-built male; a large person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals
n. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - nonsense
n. 7. 1953 Amer. dial. - a piece of bear meat
n. 8. 1966 Amer. sl. - a popular or attractive girl
n. 9. 20C US sl., World War II usage - a tedious or annoying person or thing
n. 10. 20C teen & high school sl. - in skateboarding: a fall on the butt
n. 11. Bk2006 US sl. - an act of breaking wind
vb. 1. 1860 US college sl. - to drive harder; to put more muscle into
vb. 2. 1888 sl., orig. US - to find fault with; to complain loudly; to grumble; to protest
vb. 3. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. - to loaf; to waste time
vb. 4. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. - to make a mistake
vb. 5. Bk1904 Amer. college sl. - to object
vb. 6. 1926 Amer. dial. - to strike or knock someone down
vb. 7. Bk2006 US sl. - to break wind; to release intestinal gas audibly
vb. 8. Bk2006 US sl. - to crack up and get injured
BEEFAHOLIC
n. 1973 - one addicted to beef 
BEEF-A-RONI
n. 1985 US college sl. - a sexy male
BEEF BABY
n. 2003 African-American sl. - a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities
BEEF-BRAIN
n. 1989 US sl. - a thug; a fool
BEEF-BRAINED
adj. 1627 obs. - thick-headed, stupid
BEEF-BREWIS
n. 1820 Sc. - broth made from beef
BEEFCAKE
n. 1  1949 sl., orig. US - an attractive, muscular man
n. 2. 2001 UK sl. - a term of address
BEEF CREATURE
n. 1782 Amer. dial. - a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef
BEEF CRITTER
n. 1782 Amer. dial. - a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef
BEEFEATER
n. 1. 1610 - an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial 
n. 2. 1628 sl. - an Englishman or Englishwoman
n. 3. 1671 - a popular appellation of the Yeomen of the Guard, in the household of the Sovereign of Great Britain, instituted at the accession of Henry VII in 1485; also of the Warders of the Tower of London, who were named Yeomen Extraordinary of the Guard in the reign of Edward VI, and wear the same antique uniform as the 'Beefeaters of the Guard'
n. 4. Bk1867 sl. - a stout, hearty, fat fellow; a large, fleshy person
n. 5. 1958 Amer. dial. - a cattle poacher
 
BEEFER
            n. 1.     a calf; a cow or bullock fed for the butcher ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a second-rate boxer ...1888 US sl.
            n. 3.     one who squeals or gives away a criminal; an informer ...1889 criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     a whinger, a complainer, a grumbler, a faultfinder ...1893 US sl.
            n. 5.     a black eye ...1954 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a football player ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     a gambler who complains when he loses ...Bk1992 gambling sl.
 
BEEF-EYE
            n.         a black eye ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BEEFHEAD
            n. 1.     a thickhead, a blockhead, a fool ...1775
            n. 2.     a Texan; a cowboy ...1866 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a skinhead, usually synonymous with a member of a right-wing/racist party ...2001 UK Black sl.
 
BEEFHEAD STATE
            n.         Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEEF-HEARTS 
            n.         audible releases of intestinal gas through the anus; farts ...Bk2006 US rhyming sl.
 
BEEFING
            n.         an ox for slaughter ...1466 Eng. dial.
 
BEE FLOWER
            n.         an orchid ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BEEF JERKY
n. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - a punchy, off-balance football player
BEEF STATE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - Texas
BEEFSTEAK
n. 1. 1928 criminals' sl. - a prostitute controlled by a pimp 
n. 2. 1935 Amer. dial. - in marbles: any game in which it is agreed any type of illegal play may be used which the players can 'get away with'
n. 3. 1950 Amer. dial. - a mistake, a blunder
n. 4. 1967 Amer. dial. - a children's outdoor game: player hides eyes, others have to hide but must freeze when the person who is 'it' opens his eyes (after counting to one hundred), and shouts 'beefsteak'
BEEFSTEAK EYE
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a black eye
BEEFSTEW
n. 1892 US sl. - a woman
BEEF-STEW SINGER
n. Bk1945 criminals' sl. - a very bad soloist
BEEF TO THE HEEL(S)
n. 1922 Irish sl. - a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman
phr. 1867 sl. - with rather overweight legs
BEEF TRUST
n. 1933 US sl. - an obese or fat person
BEEF UP
vb. 1941 sl. - to strengthen; to add vigour, power, or importance to
BEEF-WITTED
adj. 1606 - thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish 
BEEF-WITTEDNESS
n. 1863 - stupidity 
 
BEEFY
            adj. 1.   fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
            adj. 2.   heavy and muscular; hardy ...1889
            n.         a nickname for a short and stout person ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BE EGGED OFF
            vb.       to be pelted off state or platform with eggs, preferably rotten ...1930s colloq.
 
BEEGLE
            n. 1.     a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
            n. 2.     a beagle; a sheriff's officer ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEE GUM
            n. 1.     a hollow tree or log used as a beehive; any beehive ...1817 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a man's hat with a high crown ...1880 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a woman's hair put up on her head in a bunch ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEEGUM
            n.         a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank ...1634 Anglo-Indian
 
BEGUM 
            n.         a queen, princess, or lady of high rank ...1634 Anglo-Indian
 
BEE-HAVER 
            n.         (derogatory) a person who has beehives but doesn't take proper care of the bees ...Bk2006 beekeepers' usage
 
BEE-HEAD
            n.         a crazy person ...1657
 
BEE-HEADED
            adj.       harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
 
BEE-HERD 
            n.         a beekeeper ...1483
 
BEEHIVE STATE
            n.         Utah ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEE-HOPPET
            n.         a beehive ...1872 Eng. dial.
 
BEE IN ONE'S BONNET
            n.         an obsession with something ...1845
 
BEE-IN-THE-BONNET
            n. 1.     an eccentric; a flighty person; a foolish person ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     an eccentric notion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEEK
            n. 1.     a policeman or magistrate ...c1600 sl.
            n. 2.     the act of basking in the sun or by the fire ...1725 Sc.
            vb. 1.    † to expose oneself to the pleasurable warmth of sun, fire, etc.; to bask in the sun or warmth of a fire ...c1230 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to warm before the fire; to make warm ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    of the sun: to shine brightly ...1788 Sc.
 
BEEKIE 
            n. 1.     a company spy ...1949 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a nosy person ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
 
BEEKING
            n.         † exposure to genial warmth or heat ...1523 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BEEKS 
            n.         a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace ...c1600 sl.
 
BEEL
            n.         a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEELD
            vb. 1.    to swell, to suppurate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEELDY
            adj.       giving shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEELED
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. - of an ear: infected, abscessed
BEE-LIPPEN
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a beehive
BEELT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - swollen
BEELZEBUB
n. 1. c950 - the Devil
n. 2. 1940 Amer. dial. - a child born out of wedlock
n. 3. 1943 Amer. dial. - a hobgoblin
BEELZEBUBIAN
adj. 1867 rare - devilish
BEELZEBUB'S PARADISE
n. Bk1903 sl. - Hell, the infernal regions
BEEN
n. 1. Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial. - bees
n. 2. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - a has-been
BEEN AROUND
adj. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - sexually experienced
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK
adj. Bk2006 US sl. - sexually experienced
BEEN AT AN INDIAN FEAST
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
BEEN BOBBING FOR FRIES
phr. Bk2006 US sl. - said of one who has a really ugly face, as if badly burned
 
BEENGE
            vb.       to cringe, to fawn ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEEN IN THE CELLAR
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEEN IN THE SUN
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEENLIE
            adv.      pleasantly, comfortably, cosily ...c1450 Sc.
 
BEEN LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEEN LOOKING THROUGH ROSE-COLOURED GLASSES
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEENMOST
            adj.       uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
            phr.      used as a laconic, world-weary dismissal of another's suggestion ...2000 UK sl.
 
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, BOUGHT THE TEE-SHIRT        
            phr.      used as a laconic, world-weary dismissal of another's suggestion ...2000 UK sl.
 
BEEN-THERE MEDAL
            n.         the Vietnam Campaign Service Medal ...1991 US sl.
 
BEEN-TO
n. 1960 W. African & Asian usage - a person who has been to England, usually for education
BEEN TO A FUNERAL
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
BEEN TOO FREE WITH JOHN BARLEYCORN
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
BEEN TO SEE CAPTAIN BATES?
phr. L19 sl. - a greeting to a person one knows or suspects has been in prison
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-FUCKING
phr. 1970s US sl. - implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this)
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-ROPING
phr. 1970s US sl. - implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this)
BEEN VOTING FOR THE ALDERMAN
phr. 1823 sl. obs. - said of a person who is drunk
BEEP
n. 1. 1952 Amer. political sl. - a New York City borough president
n. 2. 1995 Jamaica sl. - an effeminate man, esp. a homosexual
n. 3. 20C US sl., World War II usage - a jeep
BEEP BEEP!
int. 1961 US sl. - pay attention!
BEE-PEITCH
n. 1878 Eng. dial. - a beehive
BEEPER
n. 1968 US sl. - the telephone
BEEPER BOY
n. 1985 Amer. drug culture sl. - a drug dealer who uses a pager, cellular phone, or other communications equipment to arrange deals
BEEPER FREAK
n. 1985 US sl. - a cocaine dealer who uses a pager to regulate his cocaine deliveries
 
BEE-POT
            n.         a beehive ...1879 Eng. dial.
 
BEER
            n. 1.     †* one who is or exists ...1382
            n. 2.     a drinking bout ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     semen ...1960s US Black & college sl.
            vb. 1.    to drink or indulge in beer ...1780 colloq. & humorous
            vb. 2.    to spend one's money on beer ...1910s sl.
 
BEER AND A BALL, A
            n.         a beer and a shot of whisky ...M19 sl., orig. US
 
BEER AND SARSE
            n.         the buttocks ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'arse'
 
BEER AND SKITTLES 
            n.         something very easy to do; an easy time of it ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEER BARN
            n.         a tavern ...1976 NZ sl.
 
BEER BARREL
            n. 1.     a confirmed tippler, a beer drunkard ...1600 sl.
            n. 2.     the stomach ...19C sl.
            n. 3.     a beer-drinkers paunch ...1940s sl., orig. US
            n. 4.     a person with a beer belly; a fat person ...1953 UK sl.
 
BEER BELLY
            n. 1.     a belly enlarged by drinking beer ...1942 sl.
            n. 2.     one who has a protruding stomach or paunch caused by drinking large quantities of beer ...1972 sl.
 
BEER-BIBBER 
            n.         one who drinks beer ...1841
 
BEER BLAST
            n.         a raucous party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge ...1963 Amer. dial.
 
BEER BONG
            n.         a device consisting of a funnel attached to a tube, which facilitates the speedier drinking of beer ...1980s US college sl.
 
BEER BOTTLE
            n.         a stout, red-faced man ...Bk1909 UK  sl.
 
BEER BOTTLE BEAT
            n.         a client who likes to be beaten by a prostitute who is wielding a beer bottle ...1970s US sl.
 
BEER-BOY
            n. 1.     a pot-boy; a boy or young man employed in a public house, etc. to serve drinks or collect glasses ...1841
            n. 2.     a drunkard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEER-BRUSSEN
            adj.       corpulent from drinking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEER BUST 
            n.         a beer-drinking party; a beer binge ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEER-BUZZER 
            n.         one who frequents saloons in the hope of cadging free beer ...1878 US sl.
 
BEER-CHEWER 
            n.         a heavy drinker of beer ...1889 Aust. sl.
 
BEER-DRINKING MARSUPIALS 
            n.         in surfing: Australian surfers ...Bk1997
 
BEER-EATER 
            n.         a great consumer of beer, one who more than drinks it – who lives on it ...1887 sl.
 
BEER GOGGLES 
            n.         perception influenced by the consumption of alcohol
 
BEERGOOD
            n.         yeast ...1691 Eng. dial.
 
BEER GUT
            n.         a belly enlarged by drinking beer ...1976 sl.
 
BEER-GUZZLER 
            n.         a heavy drinker of beer ...1845 sl.
 
BEERHEAD 
            n. 1.     a beer drunkard ...1869 US sl.
            n. 2.     a German ...1944 US sl.
 
BEERHOOD
            n.         * a beer-drinking class or set ...1865
 
BEERHOUND 
            n.         a heavy drinker ...1907 US sl.
 
BEERIFIED
            adj.       tipsy ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
BEERIN
            adj.       querulous, discontented ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEERINESS
            n.         beery quality or condition ...colloq.
 
BEER (IS BEST)
            n.         the chest ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
 
BEERISH
            adj.       having the nature or properties of beer ...1694
 
BEER JERK 
            n. 1.     orig. a drunkard ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a bartender ...1986 US sl.
 
BEERJERKER
            n. 1.     a hard drinker; a drunkard ...1866 US sl.
            n. 2.     one whose work is drawing beer from a bar tap into glasses or growlers; a waiter or waitress who serves beer ...1868 Amer. sl.
 
BEER-JUGGER 
            n.         a barmaid, a woman who serves in a bar ...1883 UK sl.
 
BEER-JUGGLER 
            n. 1.     a bartender ...1882 Aust. & US sl.
            n. 2.     a beer drinker ...1921 US sl.
 
BEER KEG
            n. 1.     the stomach ...L19 US sl.
            n. 2.     a beer belly ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BEER ME!
            int.       give me a beer ...L19 sl.
 
BEER-MONGER 
            n.         one who provides drink, an innkeeper ...1622
 
BEEROCRACY
            n.         a ludicrous name for the brewing and beer-selling interest ...1881
 
BEER-OFF
            n.         an off-licence ...1939 Brit. sl.
 
BEER-PUNISHER 
            n.         a (heavy) consumer of beer ...1876 US sl.
 
BEER SANDWICH
            n.         a lunch consisting of beer, beer, and more beer ...1998 NZ sl.
 
BEER SCOOTER
            n.         the ability to return home when too drunk to afterwards, remember the journey ...1999 UK sl.
 
BEER-SHIP
            n.         a public-house ...1894 Eng. dial.
 
BEER-SLINGER 
            n. 1.     a bartender or waiter in a beer saloon ...1866 sl. 
            n. 2.     a tippler; a regular beer drinker ...Bk1891
 
BEER SPANNER
            n.         a bottle opener ...1984 UK Royal Air Force usage
 
BEER-SPARRER 
            n.         a heavy drinker of beer ...1899 Aust. sl.
 
BEERSUCKER 
            n.         a heavy drinker of beer ...1889 Aust. sl.
 
BEER-SWAB 
            n.         a beer sot; a drunkard ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.

BEER-SWIPER
n. 1882 Aust. sl. - a drunkard
BEER-TANK
n. L19 sl. - a drinker, a drunkard
BEERTENDER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a bartender
BEER-THIRTY
n. 1980 US sl. - a fictional time of day, suggesting that a beer is overdue
BEER-UP
n. 1919 sl. - a beer-drinking session
vb. 1960 US sl. - (as 'beer up') to drink a lot of beer
BEER-VAT
n. Bk1891 - a tippler
BEER VOUCHERS
n. 2002 UK sl. - money
BEERY
adj. 1888 Eng. dial. - half-drunk
BEER-YANKER
n. 1881 US sl. - a bartender who draws beer in a saloon
BEERY BUFF
n. 1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'muff' - a fool
BEES
n. 1. 1776 Sc. - whims, fancies
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. - a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle
BEES AND HONEY
n. 1892 Brit. rhyming sl. - money
BEE-SCAP
n. 1695 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a beehive
BEE'S DICK OF A CHANCE
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. - the smallest possible chance
 
BEE-SHEPHERD 
            n.         one appointed to superintend and watch over the hives ...Bk1859
 
BEE SHIT
            n.         honey ...1984 US sl.
 
BEE-SKEP
            n.         a straw beehive ...a1640

BEE-SKIP
            n.         a beehive ... 1695 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEE'S KNEES, THE 
            n.         someone extraordinary, wonderful, or admirable; an excellent or superior person, or one who poses as such; the best ......1905 sl., orig. US
 
BEESOM 
            n.         a woman of loose habits ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
 
BEES SWARM
            phr.      a baby is born ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BEE-STALL
            n.         † a beehive ...1572
 
BEE STAND
            n.         a beehive ...1882 Amer. dial.
 
BEE STINGS
            n.         small female breasts ...1964 US sl.
 
BEESWAX
            n. 1.     a bore; one who ‘buttonholes’ another ...1838 US sl.
            n. 2.     cheese ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 3.     income tax; betting tax ...1989 UK rhyming sl.
 
BEES-WAXERS
n. 1859 sl. - thick laced boots used at Winchester School for playing football
BEESWAXING
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - bewitching
BEES WINGERS
n. 1980 UK rhyming sl. - fingers
BEE'S WISP
n. 1. 1892 Eng. dial. - a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a tangled mass
BEET
vb. 1. c885 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to make, kindle, put on a fire
vb. 2. c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds
vb. 3. c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land
vb. 4. c1200 obs. - to repent, to amend
vb. 5. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of
vb. 6. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to relieve hunger, thirst, or any form of want
vb. 7. 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to rouse or feed a passion, esp. love; to kindle
vb. 8. Bk1911 Sc. - to praise; to blazon
vb. 9. Bk1911 Sc. - to soothe; to mitigate
BEETER
n. 1578 obs. rare - a little wax candle
BEETHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - decayed, withered
BEETHY
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. - overripe, sodden
adj. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. - of meat: underdone
adj. 3. 1804 Eng. dial. - of fallen leaves: withered, decayed 
BEETING
n. 1517 obs. - the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling
BEETIT PRATIES
n. Bk1898 Sc. - mashed potatoes
BEETLE
n. 1. 1579 - an intellectually blind person; a blockhead 
n. 2. 1605 sl. - a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan 
n. 3. 1915 Amer. turf sl. - a poorly performing racehorse
n. 4. 1931 sl. - a young woman, esp. one who dresses in flashy clothes
n. 5. 1933 services' sl. - to Alaska soldiers: a girl
n. 6. Bk1944 services' sl. - to Alaskan soldiers: a girl
n. 7. Bk1945 criminals' sl. - a woman of easy morals; a loose girl or woman 
n. 8. 1957 US military sl., usually offensive - a Japanese; used contemptuously
n. 9. 1959 UK juvenile sl. - a policeman
n. 10. Bk1975 Amer. sl. - an independent, ultramodern, somewhat tomboyish girl, typically one with a short hair style, a preference for wearing slacks, a good education, and an interest in jazz, bull-fighting, and motorcycles 
vb. 1. 1602 - 
to look with beetle brows, to scowl 
vb. 2. 1743 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to beat, to pound
vb. 3. 1859 - to hang threateningly 
BEETLE-BEE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a flying beetle; a humming beetle
BEETLE-BRAIN
n. 1593 derogatory - a person of low intelligence; a stupid person; a blockhead; a fool; a dolt 
BEETLEBROW
n. 1850 sl. - a blockhead; a fool
BEETLE-BROWED
adj. 1362 - having prominent eyebrows 
BEETLE-CRUSHER
n. 1. 1860 sl. - a boot or foot, esp. a big one
n. 2. Bk1933 sl. - an infantry soldier
n. 3. 1959 UK juvenile sl. - a policeman
BEETLE-HEAD
n. 1. 1577 derogatory - a person of low intelligence; a blockhead; a fool, a stupid person 
n. 2. 1892 Eng. dial. - a young tadpole
 
BEETLE-HEADED
            adj.       dull, stupid ...1553-87
 
BEETLE JOSEPH 
            n.         an entomologist ...Bk1940 Eng. public school sl.
 
BEETLE-MAN 
            n.         one who blackmails ...1930 criminals' sl.
 
BEETLE-SQUASHER
            n. 1.     a boot or foot, esp. a big one ...1860 sl.
            n. 2.     an infantry soldier ...Bk1933 sl.
 
BEETLE-STICKER 
            n.         a jocular name for an entomologist ...1873
 
BEETLE-STOMPER
            n.         a soldier in the infantry ...1889 UK sl.
 
BEETLE-WIG
            n.         † an earwig ...1595
 
BEETLING BLOCK
            n.         a block of wood on which to beat clothes while washing ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BEET-MASTER
            n.         a person or thing that helps in an emergency; a last resource ...1816 Sc.
 
BEET-MISTER
            n.         a person that helps in an emergency; a last resource ...1816 Sc.
 
BEET-NEED 
            n.         a person or thing that helps in an emergency; a last resource ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BEET-RAVES
            n.         † the small red beet ...1719
 
BEET-RAW
            n.         the red beet, beetroot ...1743 Sc.
 
BEET RED 
            adj.       extremely red from blushing, embarrassment, etc. ...Bk1995 US sl.
 
BEETS
            n.         needful things ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEETSOOM
            phr.      "beats the stuff out of me' - I don't know ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BEEVEEDEES 
            n.         underwear; men's underwear ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEEVO
            n.         an alcoholic beverage ...1977 US sl.
 
BEE-WARD 
            n.         a beekeeper ...c1500
 
BEE WEE
            n.         British West Indian Airways ...1980 Trinidad & Tobago
 
BEE-WINE
            n.         nectar of a flower ...1818
 
BEE-WOMAN 
            n.         a woman bee-keeper ...1833
 
BE EXCUSED
            vb.       to be allowed to visit the lavatory ...1950s chiefly school usage
 
BEEYATCH
            n.         an emphatic variation of 'bitch', especially when used to a woman or as an exclamation ...2001 US sl.
 
BEE-YOO-TIFUL
            adj.       resplendently beautiful; gorgeous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEEZARK; BEZARK 
            n.         a person, often characterized as eccentric or unpleasant ...1919 US sl.
 
BEEZE
            n.         the penis ...1976 UK sl.
            vb.       to turn out, to drive out ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEEZER
            adj.       excellent; most attractive ...1961 UK sl.
            n. 1.     the nose ...1908 sl.
            n. 2.     a smart fellow; an excellent person ...1910 Sc. 
            n. 3.     a fellow, a chap ...1914 sl.
            n. 4.     the head ...1915 sl.
            n. 5.     the mouth ...1932 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a horse's nose ...Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
            n. 7.     a pedigree Ibizan hound ...2000 US sl.
 
BEEZER-WEEZER
            n.         an insect that sits in trees or bushes in hot weather and makes a sharp, buzzing sound; probably a cicada ..1970 Amer. dial.
 
BEEZO 
            n.         a fellow, a chap ...1937 US sl., chiefly juvenile usage
 
BEEZOK 
            n.         a person, often characterized as eccentric or unpleasant ...1933 US sl.
 
BEFALL
            n.         † a case, circumstance, incident, accident ...1491
            vb.       † to fall ...c897
 
BEFALLING
            adj.       † appertaining, appropriate, fitting ...1542
            n.         happening, occurrence, event ...c1374
 
BEFAME
            vb.       † to make famous ...1574
 
BE FAMILIAR WITH 
            vb.       to be sexually intimate with; to copulate with ...M15 euphemism
 
BEFANG
            vb.       to seize upon; to clutch ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEFANGLED
            adj.       smartly dressed or decorated ...19C Eng. dial.
 
BE FAST FOR
            vb.       to be in want of ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BEFATED
            adj.       † fatally possessed, infatuated (by his destiny) ...a1659
 
BEFAWN 
            vb.       † to surround; to seize ...Bk1852
 
BEFF
            n. 1.     a stroke, a blow, a buffet ...1768 Sc.
            n. 2.     a stout, stupid person ...Bk1866 Sc.
            vb.       to beat, to strike, to slap ...1790 Sc.
 
BEFFAN; BEFFIN 
            n.         a very stout, stupid person ...Bk1866 Sc.
 
BEFIGHT
            vb. 1.    † to deprive of by fighting ...c1000
            vb. 2.    † to fight against, to do battle with ...1474
 
BEFILE
            vb.       † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
 
BEFIND
            vb. 1.    † to find, to discover ...c1200
            vb. 2.    † to invent, to contrive ...1297
 
BE FIRST OARS WITH
            vb.       to be a favourite with ...1774 colloq.
 
BEFLAP
            vb.       † to clap ...1388
 
BEFLAY
            vb.       † to flay, to strip ...a1000
 
BEFLEE
            vb.       † to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun ...c1000
 
BEFLEET
            vb.       † to flow round ...a1300
 
BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK
 
            vb.       to be punished ...1960 Amer. dial.
BEFLOW
            vb.       † to flow by, about, or around; to flow all over ...a1000
 
BEFLUM
            n.         idle, nonsensical, or cajoling talk ...19C chiefly Sc.
            vb.       to deceive by cajoling language, to flatter, to humbug ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEFLY
            vb.       † to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape ...c1175
 
BEFLYING
            n.         † shunning, avoiding ...1340
 
BEFOG
            vb.       to obscure, to confuse ...1603
 
BEFOK
            adj.       crazy, angry, lacking emotional control; 'fucked up' ...1979 S. Afr. sl.
 
BEFOLD
            vb.       to fold up, to enfold, to wrap up, to envelop ...a1000
 
BEFONG
            vb. 1.    † to encompass, to enclose, to comprehend ...971
            vb. 2.    † to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp, to catch ...a1000
            vb. 3.    † to take hold on; to begin or commence upon ...c1200
 
BEFOOZELED 
            adj.       confused ...M19 sl.
 
BEFORCE
            vb.       †* to force, to ravish ...c1375
 
BEFORE
            adv. 1. † before the face of men; openly ...c1000
            adv. 2. † in a position of pre-eminence or superiority to ...1377
            adv. 3. of a watch or clock: fast ...1798 Sc.
 
BEFORE ABE 
            n.         a slave ...Bk1945 jive usage
 
BEFORE-BAR
vb. c1449 obs. - to preclude, to foreclose 
BEFORE-CASTING
n. 1388 obs. - forecasting, pre-calculation 
BEFORE-COME
vb. 1382 obs. - to prevent 
BEFORE-DARK
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - dusk, twilight
BEFORE-DAY
n. 1896 Amer. dial. - the time just prior to sunrise
BEFORE-DAYS
adv. 1982 Barbados sl. - in the past
BEFORE-GOER
n. c1388 obs. - a predecessor 
BEFORE-GRAITHE
vb. 1382 obs. - to prepare, to make ready beforehand 
BEFORE-HAD
adj. 1382 obs. - held previously 
BEFOREHAND
adj. a1704 obs. rare - ready, prepared 
adv. a1300 obs. - before this or that, previously 
BEFORENESS
n. 1625 rare - priority, anteriority, pre-existence 
BEFORE ONE CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
phr. 1785 sl. - instantly, in the shortest possible time 
BEFORE-PASSING
adj. 1382 obs. - excelling 
BEFORE-RIPE
adj. 1388 obs. - premature 
BEFORESAID
adj. a1225 arch. - mentioned or treated of before or already; aforesaid 
BEFORE-SAY
vb. 1382 obs. - to predict, to foretell 
BEFORE-SAYER
n. 1382 obs. - a prophet 
BEFORE-SPEAKER
n. c1400 obs. - a prophet 
BEFORE-TAKE
vb. 1382 obs. - to anticipate 
BEFORE THE MAST
n. Bk1958 Eng. sl. - an ordinary seaman on a sailing-ship (nautical usage)
BEFORE THE WIND
adj. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - out of debt 
BEFORETIMES
adv. 1. a1555 obs. - formerly, previously 
adv. 2. 1960 Amer. dial. - early 
BEFORE-WITTING
n. c1400 obs. - foreknowledge 
BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON
adv. 1785 sl. - immediately; shortly 
BEFORE YOU CAN SAY J.R.
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - immediately; shortly 
BEFORE YOU CAN SAY KNIFE
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - immediately; shortly 
BEFORE YOU CAN SAY SCAT
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - immediately; shortly 
BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACKRABBIT
adv. 1966 Amer. dial. - very quickly 
BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - immediately; shortly 
BEFORMERLY
adv. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - formerly; before 
BEFORN
adv. 1825 Eng. dial. - before 
BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP
vb. 20C Brit. colloq. - to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment 
BEFORTUNE
vb. 1591 rare - to befall, to happen, to chance 
BEFOULER
n. 1842 - one who makes foul or covers with filth; one who pollutes or defiles 
BEFRIENDER
n. 1856 - one who acts as a friend to or helps 
BEFRONT
adv. 1889 Eng. dial. - in front 
BEFROUNCE
vb. 1581 obs. - to toss about; to tousle 
BEFRUMPLE
vb. 1611 obs. - to crease into frumples or clumsy folds 
BEFT
vb. 1. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to beat, to buffet, to slap 
vb. 2. c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to strike, to give blows 
BEFTING
n. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a beating 
BEFUGGERED
adj. 2002 UK sl. - drunk 
BE FULL OF JACK
vb. 1872 Amer. dial. - to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion 
BE FULL OF PRUNES
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to be wrong, to be mistaken 
BEFYLE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to soil, to defile 
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