DICTIONARY B
BB - 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. stupid ...1960s US sl.
B BOY
n. 1. playful allusion to a mess sergeant ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 2. a rap music devotee (B = Beat) ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BOY STANCE
n. a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BROAD
n. a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting ...1930s sl., orig. US
B-CASE
n. a charge of soliciting ...1930s sl.
B.D.T.
n. diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot) ...1915 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO BITE A PUMPKIN THROUGH A RAIL FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A CRACK IN A BOARD FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
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. to have buck teeth ...1985 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN-ON-THE-COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1980 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS
vb. † to be free from anxiety ...a1663
BE ABRAM
vb. to be naked ...Bk1902 sl.
BEACH BUM
n. someone, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches ...1962 sl.
BEACH CLOUDS
n. long trailing clouds high in the sky ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEACHCOMB
vb. to search for female companionship ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH-COMBER
n. 1. a long wave rolling in from the ocean ...1847
n. 2. one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
n. 3. a sailor on shore leave ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. (usually as 'beachcomber') a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEACH COMBERS
n. poor natives who live on the sea and what they can poach, steal, or smuggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BEACHED
adj. without funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACHMAN
n. one who earns his living on the beach ...1881
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. † a sign, a portent ...c950
n. 2. † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
n. 3. a sailor’s home ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
BEAD
n. 1. † a prayer ...c885
n. 2. in marbles: a cheap marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a squirt of tobacco juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
vb. † to pray ...1790 Eng. dial.
BE A DAG AT
vb. to be extremely good or expert at ...1890s Aust. sl.
BE-ADDLED
adj. confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
BE A DEADER
vb. to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
BEAD-FOLK
n. people who pray for a benefactor ...1465
BEADFUL
adj. † prayerful ...c1200
BEADHOUSE
n. 1. orig. a house of prayer, hence alms-house, the inmates of which were to pray for the soul of the founder ...c1160
n. 2. a workhouse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. 1. † one who makes a proclamation on behalf of another; a herald ...c1000
n. 2. † the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier ...c1400
n. 3. a person receiving parish alms ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAKY MAN
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAL
n. 1. † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
vb. 3. to bellow or roar as cattle; to shout ...1820 Eng. dial.
BE A LADDIE FOR
vb. to have a great liking for ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEALED
adj. festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BEALING
adj. 1. suppurating ...Bk1888
adj. 2. noisy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL
vb. † to border on the affected ...1754
BE ALKALIED
vb. to be an old timer of the desert in Arizona ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BE-ALL
n. that which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being ...1605
BE-ALL AND END-ALL, THE
n. something regarded as the most important element in something ...1854 sl.
BE ALL BUCKLED WITH ONE HASP
vb. not to be better than one another ...Bk1902 Sc.
BE ALL DAY WITH ONE
vb. to be a hopeless situation for someone ...1836 Amer. dial.
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. to be much on one side ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES
vb. to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
BE ALL OVER SOMEONE
vb. 1. to display great or excessive affection ...1912 sl.
vb. 2. to be in close bodily contact ...M20 US sl.
BE ALL PISS AND WIND
vb. to be full of empty bravado ...1922 sl.
BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH
vb. of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL WET
vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEALS
n. an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
BEAM
n. 1. † a tree ...826
n. 2. † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
n. 3. a bank of cloud ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the buttocks ...1929 sl.
vb. 1. † to shed light upon, to illumine ...c1430
vb. 2. of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
vb. 3. of a person: to smile radiantly ...1893
vb. 4. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 5. to ascertain what is happening ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 6. of a girl's nipples: to be erect ...1990s US juvenile sl.
BE A MAN OF MANY MORNS
vb. to be a procrastinator ...Bk1905 Sc.
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. shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
BEAMLET
n. a little beam or ray of light ...1840
BEAMLING
n. † a little beam or ray of light ...1598
BEAM ON
vb. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
BEAMSOME
adj. † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
BEAMY
adj. 1. emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
adj. 2. broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
BEAN
n. 1. a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
n. 2. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. the head ...1905 sl., orig. US
n. 4. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 5. one dollar, in coin or paper ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...20C US sl.
n. 7. a capsule of MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy ...2003 UK sl.
vb. to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
BEAN-BELLY
n. 1. a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire ...1659
n. 2. a satirical epithet applied to Leicestershire ...1678 Eng. dial.
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. a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
BEANEY
n. a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FEAST
n. 1. an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people ...1882
n. 2. a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others' expense ...1897 Brit. sl.
BEAN-FED
adj. living on the best of everything ...1889
BEAN FLIP
n. a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FLIPPER
n. a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN-HEAD
n. a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1919 Amer. sl.
BEANIE
n. 1. a small or cheap marble ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 2. in marbles: a shooter ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN JOCKEY
n. a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN KING
n. an Army mess officer ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN MASTER
n. the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
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. to be much superior to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAR
n. 1. barley, the original English name ...c950
n. 2. †* a wave, a billow ...1250
n. 3. † a case or covering for a pillow ...1369 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. † bearing, behaviour ...a1400
n. 5. a gruff, ill-tempered person; a difficult person ...1638 sl.
n. 6. † pressure, thrust ...1674
n. 7. 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 ...1719
n. 8. a Russian ...1719 sl.
n. 9. a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
n. 10. a door-mat ...1825 Eng. dial.
n. 11. the pupil of a private tutor, who is 'led' by his master like a keeper with a tame bear ...1832 UK sl.
n. 12. an expert; an adept an excellent, admirable person ...1905 US sl.
n. 13. a surly person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 14. someone who overworks their employees or students; a hard taskmaster ...1915 US sl.
n. 15. a remarkable first-rate person ...1916 jazz usage
n. 16. a hairy caterpillar ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 17. something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 18. an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 19. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 20. an ugly or unattractive man or woman; a physically repulsive man or woman...1947 US Black sl.
n. 21. a difficult task ...M20 US sl.
n. 22. an African-American ...1968 US sl.
n. 23. a well-dressed man ...a1968 US college sl.
n. 24. a physically repulsive man or woman; an ugly woman ...1972 Amer. sl.
n. 25. a police officer, mainly applied to a highway patrol officer or state trooper ...1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 26. a grasping person; a miser ...1989 US sl.
n. 27. a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man ...1989 orig. & chiefly homosexual usage
vb. 1. † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
vb. 2. † to exalt or lift up oneself upon; to plume oneself, to presume ...c1400
vb. 3. † to take as a companion; to take along with one; to carry as a consequence ...1596
BEAR A BOB
vb. 1. to aid, to assist ...1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
BEAR A BRAIN
vb. † to be able to think; to remember; to be cautious, thoughtful, or intelligent ...a1529
BEAR A BULL'S NECK
vb. to bear a grudge ...1790 Eng. dial.
BEARANCE
n. endurance, patient suffering ...1725 arch.
BEAR A PART
vb. to join in ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAR AT HAND
vb. to resent, to bear a grudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. an aggressive, forceful, or powerful person; one of great energy or ability ...1916 US sl
n. 2. a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman ...1929 Amer. sl.
n. 3. something extraordinary or excellent in some way; something of superior quality ...1942 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a hard-fighting soldier ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 5. a good prizefighter; one with plenty of gumption ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a fireman who was disliked by members of his train crew ...Bk1978 railroad usage
BEAR CATERPILLAR
n. a hairy caterpillar ...1935 Amer. dial.
BEAR-CLIMB
vb. to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEARD
n. 1. the female pubic hair ...17C sl.
n. 2. † the train or tail of a comet when it appeared to precede the nucleus ...1647
n. 3. a bearded man; a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively ...1927 Amer. sl.
n. 4. 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 ...a1953 sl., orig. US
n. 5. an intellectual person; an egghead; a member of the avant-garde ...1957 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a corn tassel ...1966 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a Hasidic Jew ...1967 US police sl.
n. 8. a person who helps two people to conceal a clandestine love affair by escorting one of them in public ...1968 sl., orig. US
n. 9. 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 ...1971 homosexual sl., orig. US
n. 10. a low-class prostitute or bar girl ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 11. a corrupt public official ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 12. a veteran surfer ...Bk1994 surfing sl.
n. 13. an undercover agent ...Bk1998 New York police sl.
n. 14. 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 ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
BEAR-DANCER
n. a young nobleman's travelling tutor ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
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. astonishing ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEARDLING
n. † one who wears a beard ...1622
BEARDMAN
n. 1. a go-between who places bets for another in order to protect his identity ...1956 US sl.
n. 2. a Rastafarian ...1968 W. Indies
BEARDNIK
n. a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively ...1967 Amer. sl.
BEARDO
n. a bearded person ...1964 sl.
BEARD-SPLITTER
n. 1. an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine ...c1698 sl.
n. 2. the penis ...19C cant
BEARD-TREE
n. the hazel ...Bk1888
BEARD WON'T PAY FOR THE SHAVING, THE
phr. the result is not worth the trouble ...1882 Eng. dial.
BEARDY
adj. bearded ...1598
n. a bearded person ...1941 sl.
BEARER
n. 1. one who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter ...1382
n. 2. one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession ...1633
n. 3. in India: a palanquin carrier; a domestic servant who has charge of his master's clothes, furniture, and (often) his ready money ...1757
n. 4. 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 ...Bk1890 Sc.
n. 5. a bridle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEARER-UP
n. 1. a gambling cheat; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win ...1873 UK sl.
n. 2. a pimp who robs his prostitute's client ...1886 UK sl.
n. 3. † a robber who pulls his victim's hat over the eyes to prevent identification or interference during a robbery ...1910 criminals' sl.
n. 4. one who pursues woman ...1947 Aust. sl.
BEARESS
n. a she-bear ...1840 nonce word
BEAR-FELL
n. † a bearskin ...c1350
BEAR-FIGHT
vb. to behave rowdily ...1892
BEAR FIGHTER
n. in lumbering: the man who separates strips from boards in a sawmill ...1968 Amer. dial.
BEAR-GARDEN
adj. rude, turbulent ...1687
n. 1. a place originally set apart for the baiting of bears, and used for the exhibition of other rough sports ...1596
n. 2. a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
n. 3. noisy domestic bickering ...1930 Amer. dial.
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. to bear the blame or consequences ...1939 Amer. dial.
BEAR THE LANTERN
vb. † to show the way as a leader ...a1483
BEAR THE WALLET
vb. † to be a beggar ...1546
BEAR TRAP
n. 1. a difficult or undesirable situation ...1835 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a saddle which had a small seat and cantle close to the fork, making it a major achievement to fall out of it ...1944 Amer. dial.
BEAR TRAPPER'S HAT
n. a large, hairy vagina, esp. one that is dark in colour ...1990s sl.
BEAR-UP
n. the act of 'following' a woman; the pursuit of a woman ...1900 US colloq.
vb. 1. ('bear up') to help in the commission of a swindle or fraud ...E19 sl.
vb. 2. ('bear up') to recall to memory ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAR UP OIL
vb. † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1390
BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN
vb. † to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against ...1629
BEAR-WALK
vb. to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEARWARD
n. 1. the keeper of a bear, who leads it about for public exhibition of its tricks, etc. ...1399
n. 2. a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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
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. stupid ...1960s US sl.
B BOY
n. 1. playful allusion to a mess sergeant ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 2. a rap music devotee (B = Beat) ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BOY STANCE
n. a defiant pose typically taken by crossing both arms across the chest; common to rap music ...20C teen & high school sl.
B-BROAD
n. a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting ...1930s sl., orig. US
B-CASE
n. a charge of soliciting ...1930s sl.
B.D.T.
n. diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot) ...1915 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO BITE A PUMPKIN THROUGH A RAIL FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1966 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A CRACK IN A BOARD FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1950 Amer. dial.
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. to have buck teeth ...1985 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO EAT CORN-ON-THE-COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
vb. to have buck teeth ...1980 Amer. dial.
BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS
vb. † to be free from anxiety ...a1663
BE ABRAM
vb. to be naked ...Bk1902 sl.
BEACH BUM
n. someone, esp. a youth, who hangs about on beaches ...1962 sl.
BEACH CLOUDS
n. long trailing clouds high in the sky ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEACHCOMB
vb. to search for female companionship ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACH-COMBER
n. 1. a long wave rolling in from the ocean ...1847
n. 2. one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
n. 3. a sailor on shore leave ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 4. (usually as 'beachcomber') a tramp or bum who hung around saloons and begged sailors for money or drinks ...Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl.
BEACH COMBERS
n. poor natives who live on the sea and what they can poach, steal, or smuggle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BEACHED
adj. without funds ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEACHMAN
n. one who earns his living on the beach ...1881
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. † a sign, a portent ...c950
n. 2. † an ensign, a standard ...a1000
n. 3. a sailor’s home ...World War II Amer. sl.
vb. to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
BEAD
n. 1. † a prayer ...c885
n. 2. in marbles: a cheap marble ...1958 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a squirt of tobacco juice ...1968 Amer. dial.
vb. † to pray ...1790 Eng. dial.
BE A DAG AT
vb. to be extremely good or expert at ...1890s Aust. sl.
BE-ADDLED
adj. confused, mixed up ...1917 Amer. dial.
BE A DEADER
vb. to be recently dead ...20C sl., orig. US
BEAD-FOLK
n. people who pray for a benefactor ...1465
BEADFUL
adj. † prayerful ...c1200
BEADHOUSE
n. 1. orig. a house of prayer, hence alms-house, the inmates of which were to pray for the soul of the founder ...c1160
n. 2. a workhouse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEADLE
n. 1. † one who makes a proclamation on behalf of another; a herald ...c1000
n. 2. † the crier or usher of a law-court; a town-crier ...c1400
n. 3. a person receiving parish alms ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAKY MAN
n. a truancy officer ...20C Irish sl.
BEAL
n. 1. † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. the nose; a bird's bill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
vb. 3. to bellow or roar as cattle; to shout ...1820 Eng. dial.
BE A LADDIE FOR
vb. to have a great liking for ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEALED
adj. festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
BEALING
adj. 1. suppurating ...Bk1888
adj. 2. noisy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 1. † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL
vb. † to border on the affected ...1754
BE ALKALIED
vb. to be an old timer of the desert in Arizona ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
BE-ALL
n. that which is or constitutes the whole; the whole being ...1605
BE-ALL AND END-ALL, THE
n. something regarded as the most important element in something ...1854 sl.
BE ALL BUCKLED WITH ONE HASP
vb. not to be better than one another ...Bk1902 Sc.
BE ALL DAY WITH ONE
vb. to be a hopeless situation for someone ...1836 Amer. dial.
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. to be much on one side ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES
vb. to be in a bad mood ...M19 sl.
BE ALL OVER SOMEONE
vb. 1. to display great or excessive affection ...1912 sl.
vb. 2. to be in close bodily contact ...M20 US sl.
BE ALL PISS AND WIND
vb. to be full of empty bravado ...1922 sl.
BE ALL UNCLE REEVE AND COUSIN PUTCH
vb. of needlework: to be puckered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BE ALL WET
vb. to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEALS
n. an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
BEAM
n. 1. † a tree ...826
n. 2. † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
n. 3. a bank of cloud ...1887 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the buttocks ...1929 sl.
vb. 1. † to shed light upon, to illumine ...c1430
vb. 2. of a teapot: to warm or season it before putting in the tea ...1825 Sc.
vb. 3. of a person: to smile radiantly ...1893
vb. 4. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 5. to ascertain what is happening ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 6. of a girl's nipples: to be erect ...1990s US juvenile sl.
BE A MAN OF MANY MORNS
vb. to be a procrastinator ...Bk1905 Sc.
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. shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
BEAMLET
n. a little beam or ray of light ...1840
BEAMLING
n. † a little beam or ray of light ...1598
BEAM ON
vb. to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
BEAMSOME
adj. † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
BEAMY
adj. 1. emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
adj. 2. broad, wide, usually of a person; having a big backside ...1974 Amer. dial.
BEAN
n. 1. a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money ...1811 sl.
n. 2. £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. the head ...1905 sl., orig. US
n. 4. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 5. one dollar, in coin or paper ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 6. (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...20C US sl.
n. 7. a capsule of MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy ...2003 UK sl.
vb. to hit or strike someone on the head ...1910 sl., chiefly US
BEAN-BELLY
n. 1. a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire ...1659
n. 2. a satirical epithet applied to Leicestershire ...1678 Eng. dial.
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. a waitress ...1932 Amer. dial.
BEANEY
n. a small slingshot ...1949 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FEAST
n. 1. an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people ...1882
n. 2. a festive meal or other entertainment; in modern use, usually with the implication of indulgence at others' expense ...1897 Brit. sl.
BEAN-FED
adj. living on the best of everything ...1889
BEAN FLIP
n. a slingshot ...1962 Amer. dial.
BEAN-FLIPPER
n. a slingshot ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN-HEAD
n. a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1919 Amer. sl.
BEANIE
n. 1. a small or cheap marble ...1955 Amer. dial.
n. 2. in marbles: a shooter ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEAN JOCKEY
n. a table waiter, on kitchen police duty ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN KING
n. an Army mess officer ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAN MASTER
n. the cook ...1944 Amer. dial.
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. to be much superior to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAR
n. 1. barley, the original English name ...c950
n. 2. †* a wave, a billow ...1250
n. 3. † a case or covering for a pillow ...1369 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. † bearing, behaviour ...a1400
n. 5. a gruff, ill-tempered person; a difficult person ...1638 sl.
n. 6. † pressure, thrust ...1674
n. 7. 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 ...1719
n. 8. a Russian ...1719 sl.
n. 9. a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
n. 10. a door-mat ...1825 Eng. dial.
n. 11. the pupil of a private tutor, who is 'led' by his master like a keeper with a tame bear ...1832 UK sl.
n. 12. an expert; an adept an excellent, admirable person ...1905 US sl.
n. 13. a surly person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 14. someone who overworks their employees or students; a hard taskmaster ...1915 US sl.
n. 15. a remarkable first-rate person ...1916 jazz usage
n. 16. a hairy caterpillar ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 17. something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 18. an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 19. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 20. an ugly or unattractive man or woman; a physically repulsive man or woman...1947 US Black sl.
n. 21. a difficult task ...M20 US sl.
n. 22. an African-American ...1968 US sl.
n. 23. a well-dressed man ...a1968 US college sl.
n. 24. a physically repulsive man or woman; an ugly woman ...1972 Amer. sl.
n. 25. a police officer, mainly applied to a highway patrol officer or state trooper ...1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 26. a grasping person; a miser ...1989 US sl.
n. 27. a large, hirsute homosexual or bisexual man ...1989 orig. & chiefly homosexual usage
vb. 1. † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
vb. 2. † to exalt or lift up oneself upon; to plume oneself, to presume ...c1400
vb. 3. † to take as a companion; to take along with one; to carry as a consequence ...1596
BEAR A BOB
vb. 1. to aid, to assist ...1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to be brisk or active ...1890 Eng. dial.
BEAR A BRAIN
vb. † to be able to think; to remember; to be cautious, thoughtful, or intelligent ...a1529
BEAR A BULL'S NECK
vb. to bear a grudge ...1790 Eng. dial.
BEARANCE
n. endurance, patient suffering ...1725 arch.
BEAR A PART
vb. to join in ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAR AT HAND
vb. to resent, to bear a grudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. an aggressive, forceful, or powerful person; one of great energy or ability ...1916 US sl
n. 2. a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman ...1929 Amer. sl.
n. 3. something extraordinary or excellent in some way; something of superior quality ...1942 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a hard-fighting soldier ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 5. a good prizefighter; one with plenty of gumption ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
n. 6. a fireman who was disliked by members of his train crew ...Bk1978 railroad usage
BEAR CATERPILLAR
n. a hairy caterpillar ...1935 Amer. dial.
BEAR-CLIMB
vb. to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEARD
n. 1. the female pubic hair ...17C sl.
n. 2. † the train or tail of a comet when it appeared to precede the nucleus ...1647
n. 3. a bearded man; a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively ...1927 Amer. sl.
n. 4. 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 ...a1953 sl., orig. US
n. 5. an intellectual person; an egghead; a member of the avant-garde ...1957 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a corn tassel ...1966 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a Hasidic Jew ...1967 US police sl.
n. 8. a person who helps two people to conceal a clandestine love affair by escorting one of them in public ...1968 sl., orig. US
n. 9. 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 ...1971 homosexual sl., orig. US
n. 10. a low-class prostitute or bar girl ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 11. a corrupt public official ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
n. 12. a veteran surfer ...Bk1994 surfing sl.
n. 13. an undercover agent ...Bk1998 New York police sl.
n. 14. 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 ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
BEAR-DANCER
n. a young nobleman's travelling tutor ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
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. astonishing ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEARDLING
n. † one who wears a beard ...1622
BEARDMAN
n. 1. a go-between who places bets for another in order to protect his identity ...1956 US sl.
n. 2. a Rastafarian ...1968 W. Indies
BEARDNIK
n. a bearded beatnik, hippie, or avant-garde intellectual; usually used derisively ...1967 Amer. sl.
BEARDO
n. a bearded person ...1964 sl.
BEARD-SPLITTER
n. 1. an enjoyer of women; a seducer; a sexual athlete; a whoremonger; a libertine ...c1698 sl.
n. 2. the penis ...19C cant
BEARD-TREE
n. the hazel ...Bk1888
BEARD WON'T PAY FOR THE SHAVING, THE
phr. the result is not worth the trouble ...1882 Eng. dial.
BEARDY
adj. bearded ...1598
n. a bearded person ...1941 sl.
BEARER
n. 1. one who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter ...1382
n. 2. one who helps to carry a corpse to the grave, or who holds the pall in a funeral procession ...1633
n. 3. in India: a palanquin carrier; a domestic servant who has charge of his master's clothes, furniture, and (often) his ready money ...1757
n. 4. 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 ...Bk1890 Sc.
n. 5. a bridle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEARER-UP
n. 1. a gambling cheat; a decoy-duck at cards who induces strangers to play with sharpers by persuasion or by seeing him win ...1873 UK sl.
n. 2. a pimp who robs his prostitute's client ...1886 UK sl.
n. 3. † a robber who pulls his victim's hat over the eyes to prevent identification or interference during a robbery ...1910 criminals' sl.
n. 4. one who pursues woman ...1947 Aust. sl.
BEARESS
n. a she-bear ...1840 nonce word
BEAR-FELL
n. † a bearskin ...c1350
BEAR-FIGHT
vb. to behave rowdily ...1892
BEAR FIGHTER
n. in lumbering: the man who separates strips from boards in a sawmill ...1968 Amer. dial.
BEAR-GARDEN
adj. rude, turbulent ...1687
n. 1. a place originally set apart for the baiting of bears, and used for the exhibition of other rough sports ...1596
n. 2. a scene of strife, disorder, and tumult; a rude, turbulent assembly ...1743
n. 3. noisy domestic bickering ...1930 Amer. dial.
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. to bear the blame or consequences ...1939 Amer. dial.
BEAR THE LANTERN
vb. † to show the way as a leader ...a1483
BEAR THE WALLET
vb. † to be a beggar ...1546
BEAR TRAP
n. 1. a difficult or undesirable situation ...1835 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a saddle which had a small seat and cantle close to the fork, making it a major achievement to fall out of it ...1944 Amer. dial.
BEAR TRAPPER'S HAT
n. a large, hairy vagina, esp. one that is dark in colour ...1990s sl.
BEAR-UP
n. the act of 'following' a woman; the pursuit of a woman ...1900 US colloq.
vb. 1. ('bear up') to help in the commission of a swindle or fraud ...E19 sl.
vb. 2. ('bear up') to recall to memory ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAR UP OIL
vb. † to use flattering speech, to flatter ...1390
BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN
vb. † to endure with a grudge, to take a thing ill or amiss, to have ill will to, to have a resentment against ...1629
BEAR-WALK
vb. to shinny up a tree ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEARWARD
n. 1. the keeper of a bear, who leads it about for public exhibition of its tricks, etc. ...1399
n. 2. a term of reproach ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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
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. White; pert. to White culture ...1970s sl.
n. 1. a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature ...c1210
n. 2. † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a human being under the sway of animal propensities; a contemptible, despicable, or base person ...c1400
n. 4. a man who is filthy and debased in his manners and habits ...c1400
n. 5. an unpopular or unpleasant person ...1577 sl.
n. 6. a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead ...1594
n. 7. a homosexual male prostitute ...a1603 sl.
n. 8. a horse ...1684 Amer. dial.
n. 9. something unpleasant or undesirable ...1862 sl.
n. 10. a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull ...1890 Amer. euphemism
n. 11. at Cambridge; one who has left school and come up to Cambridge for study, before entering the university ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 12. a bicycle ...L19 sl.
n. 13. a puzzle; what beats one to discover ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 14. a gloomy person ...Bk1945 jive usage
n. 15. a homely, unattractive, ugly, or slovenly woman, esp. if sexually passionate or promiscuous ...1946 US sl., chiefly college usage
n. 16. a girlfriend viewed in a sexual context, esp. when she has another established relationship already ...1946 US & W. Indies
n. 17. a distasteful or disliked female ...1948 US sl.
n. 18. a lewd woman; one of loose morals; a prostitute ...1950 US sl.
n. 19. heroin; a heroin addiction ...1958 US drugs sl.
n. 20. (usually offensive) a White person ...1968 sl., orig. US Black usage
n. 21. a cadet in preliminary training at West Point ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 22. heroin; a heroin addiction ...1958 US drugs sl.
n. 23. the drug LSD ...1960s US drugs sl.
n. 24. a police officer ...1989 UK sl.
n. 25. cheap beer ...1980s sl.
n. 26. a prison officer ...1990 Aust. prison sl.
n. 27. one guilty of an offence involving sex, a sex offender, a child molester ...1989 prison sl.
n. 28. a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 29. liquor ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 30. an expert; one who is exceptionally good at something; an outstanding person ...2012 US college sl.
vb. 1. to vanquish ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 2. to molest a child ...1980s sl.
BEAST-BACK
adv. on horseback ...1890 Amer. dial.
BEAST-BOY; BEAST-BWOY
n. a policeman ...1994 UK Black sl.
BEASTEN
adj. † of beasts ...c1325
BEASTESS
n. a coarse or degraded woman; a disliked girl or woman ...1934 US sl.
BEASTIE
n. 1. a little animal; an endearing form of 'beast' ...1785 orig. Sc.
n. 2. anyone considered outside the group talking,. esp. if unattractive, empty-headed, etc. ...Bk1984 sl.
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. † beastliness ...1612
BEASTLING
n. a little beast or animal ...1872
BEASTLY
adj. 1. † inhuman, brutally cruel ...1558
adj. 2. † unmanly, cowardly ...1584
adj. 3. unpleasant; deplorable ...1603
adj. 4. dirty, soiled ...1854 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. excellent, wonderful, very enjoyable ...1950s US Black sl.
adv. exceedingly ...1844 sl.
BEASTLYWISE
adv. † in a beastly manner ...c1440
BEASTMAN
n. 1. a cattleman ...1311
n. 2. a police officer ...Bk1989 Indies sl.
BEASTMASTER
n. a guy who consistently dates ugly girls ...Bk1989 US college sl.
BEASTNESS
n. male promiscuity ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEASTS
n. lice ...1790 Sc.
BEAST WAGON
n. a police van ...1980s UK Black sl.
BEAST WITH TWO BACKS, THE
n. a man and woman in the act of copulation ...a1616
BEASTY
adj. disgusting, repellent, unattractive ...1980s US college sl.
n. in India: the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back ...1781
BEAT
adj. 1. tired, exhausted, emotionally and physically ...1832 sl.
adj. 2. bruised with walking or hard work ...1844 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. bewildered; perplexed; baffled; amazed, astonished, at a loss ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 4. worthless, inferior, no good ...1944 Amer. sl.
adj. 5. sad; disillusioned; world-weary; depressed ...1947 Amer. sl.
adj. 6. of drugs: adulterated ...1940s US sl.
adj. 7. broke, penniless ...1950s Amer. sl.
adj. 8. of a drug addict: craving for a dose of a drug ...1950s US drugs sl.
adj. 9. very ugly ...1980s sl.
n. 1. a street or streets as walked by a prostitute ...L18 sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
n. 2. something that surpasses; an incomparable circumstance ...1827 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a remarkable or unexcelled person; an outstanding person, one who beats all rivals ...1855 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an area in which a pickpocket works ...M19 sl.
n. 5. a swindler; a confidence trickster ...1863 sl.
n. 6. a worthless, idle fellow; a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a policeman who walks a beat ...1874 US sl.
n. 8. a loafer, a layabout, a sponger ...M19 sl.
n. 9. an escape, usually from prison ...M19 US sl.
n. 10. a swindle ...1930s US criminals' sl.
n. 11 a hasty or unceremonious departure...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 12 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 ...1958
n. 13. the area in which a criminal gang operates, thanks to bribing a local politician or police department ...1950s US prison sl.
n. 14. a person who saves in a mean way, or is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 15. one who causes homosexuals trouble; a homophobic thug ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
n. 16. a prostitute's client who likes to be beaten, often bringing his own equipment with him ...1975 US sl.
n. 17. information ...20C US sl.
vb. 1. † to strike together the eyelids or the teeth ...c1360
vb. 2. † to debate, to discuss; to reason about, to argue ...1470
vb. 3. † insist with iteration on or upon ...1579
vb. 4. † to exchange blows; to fight ...1586
vb. 5. to bruise the feet with excessive walking ...1708 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick ...1849 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to avoid paying a debt, bill, fare, etc. ...1859 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to succeed in robbing; to rob ...1859 Amer. sl.
vb. 9. to defeat intellectually; to baffle, to confuse ...M19 sl.
vb. 10. to escape from prison ...1902 Amer. sl.
vb. 11. to evade punishment or conviction ...1912 Amer. sl.
vb. 12. of a man: to have heterosexual intercourse ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 13. to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
vb. 14. to leave a place quickly ...1959 Amer. sl.
int. that's terrible! ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
vb. to avoid coming to the point; to delay talking about something difficult or unpleasant ...1520
BEAT A DJE
vb. to be in the mood for a physical fight or verbal confrontation, esp. one that will last for several days ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEAT AKEYBO
vb. to be confusing ...M19 sl.
BEAT ALL
vb. to surpass in every way ...L18 sl.
BEAT ALL COCKFIGHT
vb. to be unbelievable, unheard of, or utterly ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEAT ALL CREATION
vb. to be excellent ...World War II Amer. sl.
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. a rapper ...Bk1992 rap sl.
BEAT CHEEKS
vb. to leave (at speed) ...1990s US sl.
BEAT COP
n. a police officer who patrols a beat ...1941 colloq., orig. US
BEAT-DOWN
n. a fight; a beating ...1980s US Black sl.
vb. ('beat down') to fight, to beat up, to defeat severely ...1980s US Black sl.
BEAT'EM; BEATEM
n. the conqueror; the one who excels all others; often used in cock-fighting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEATEMEST
adj. most remarkable or unusual ...1831 Amer. dial.
BEAT-'EM-UP
n. an action film or computer game ...1990s sl.
BEATEN
adj. 1. † embroidered ...c1340
adj. 2. † well-worn, trite ...a1543
adj. 3. † of persons: inured to anything, experienced ...a1593
BEATENEST
adj. finest; very exceptional; most remarkable or unusual ...1860 Amer. dial.
n. one's best; one's utmost effort ...1907 Amer. dial.
BEATEN-OUT
adv. impoverished ...M19 sl.
BEATER
n. 1. a person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who beats a drum, etc. ...1483
n. 2. † a street loafer or ruffian ...1509
n. 3. one who lures a victim into a crooked game of cards or dice ...1592 UK criminals' sl.
n. 4. a person who beats or excels others; an excellent person ...1845 US colloq.
n. 5. a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1937 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 6. cash; money ...1940s US Black sl.
n. 7. a heavy hammer or maul; a sledge hammer; also, a wedge used in splitting wood ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 9. a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 10. a junky old car ...1980s US sl.
n. 11. a beatnik; a member oft the Bohemian subculture that flourished in the 1950s ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
BEATER-CASES
n. shoes ...18C UK criminals' sl.
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. to surpass, to outdo ...1771 Amer. sl.
BEATIFIC
adj. making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1649
BEATIFICAL
adj. making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1605
BEATIFICATE
vb. † to make supremely happy or blessed ...a1636
BEATIFICATION
n. the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed ...1502
BEATIFIED
adj. made supremely happy or blessed ...1575
BEATIFY
vb. to make supremely happy or blessed ...1535
BE AT INCHES WITH
vb. to be very near ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEATINGEST
adj. most remarkable or unusual ...1903 Amer. dial.
BEATING STICK
n. a stick used to beat clothes while washing them ...1952 Amer. dial.
BEATING-STOCK
n. † a jocular title given to one who is subjected to beating ...1552
BEATING THE GUMS
n. talking ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
BEATING UP
adj. said of the wind when it begins to increase ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEATING WITH CHILD
adj. breeding ...1691 Eng. dial.
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. to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling ...1873 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to make one's way by stealing rides on railroad trains, usually in freight cars ...1873 Amer. sl.
BEAT OUT
adj. 1. tired, exhausted ...1746 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. mentally or nervously exhausted; at one's wits end ...1943 Amer. dial.
vb. to overpower completely; to exhaust ...Bk1888
BEAT OUT OF FITS
vb. to defeat or surpass completely ...M19 sl.
BEAT OUT THE TIME
vb. to while away the time ...1889 Eng. dial.
BEAT OVER THE GROUND
vb. to re-discuss ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAT OVER THE OLD GROUND
vb. to discuss topics already treated of ...1792
BEAT PAD
n. a place where drugs are consumed ...1930s US drugs sl.
BEAT POET
n. 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 ...1955 orig. US
BEAT POUNDER
n. a policeman, esp. one who patrols his beat on foot ...1942 criminals' sl.
BEAT QUEEN
n. a male homosexual who frequents beats (a public place which homosexual men frequent to pick up casual partners) ...Bk2000 Aust. sl.
BE AT RAP-CHAFTS
vb. to have nothing to eat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAT REPORTER
n. 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 ...Bk1999 baseball usage
BEATS A HEN A-FLYING
phr. to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEATS A HEN A-ROUTING
phr. to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEATS ALL!
int. an exclamation of incomprehension ...M19 sl.
BEAT SKIN
vb. to applaud, to clap ...1940s US Black sl.
BEATS ME!
int. an exclamation of incomprehension ...M19 sl.
BEAT SOMEONE FOR
vb. to take a person's money, whether it is offered or not; to rob or trick someone out of their money ...1950s sl.
BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING
vb. to swindle, to cheat ...1849 US sl.
BEAT SOMEONE’S EARS IN
vb. to do violence; to assault ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT SOMEONE'S TIME
vb. 1. to confuse, to confound ...M19 US sl.
vb. 2. to cheat or be cheated in a love affair ...1930s US Black & college sl.
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE GUN
vb. to start first, to do something before somebody else ...1920s US sl.
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE PUNCH
vb. 1. to arrive at a destination sooner than another person ...1960s sl., orig. US Black usage
vb. 2. to appreciate or understand something faster than another person ...1960s sl.
BEATSTER
n. 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 ...1958
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. White; pert. to White culture ...1970s sl.
n. 1. a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature ...c1210
n. 2. † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a human being under the sway of animal propensities; a contemptible, despicable, or base person ...c1400
n. 4. a man who is filthy and debased in his manners and habits ...c1400
n. 5. an unpopular or unpleasant person ...1577 sl.
n. 6. a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead ...1594
n. 7. a homosexual male prostitute ...a1603 sl.
n. 8. a horse ...1684 Amer. dial.
n. 9. something unpleasant or undesirable ...1862 sl.
n. 10. a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull ...1890 Amer. euphemism
n. 11. at Cambridge; one who has left school and come up to Cambridge for study, before entering the university ...Bk1891 sl.
n. 12. a bicycle ...L19 sl.
n. 13. a puzzle; what beats one to discover ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 14. a gloomy person ...Bk1945 jive usage
n. 15. a homely, unattractive, ugly, or slovenly woman, esp. if sexually passionate or promiscuous ...1946 US sl., chiefly college usage
n. 16. a girlfriend viewed in a sexual context, esp. when she has another established relationship already ...1946 US & W. Indies
n. 17. a distasteful or disliked female ...1948 US sl.
n. 18. a lewd woman; one of loose morals; a prostitute ...1950 US sl.
n. 19. heroin; a heroin addiction ...1958 US drugs sl.
n. 20. (usually offensive) a White person ...1968 sl., orig. US Black usage
n. 21. a cadet in preliminary training at West Point ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 22. heroin; a heroin addiction ...1958 US drugs sl.
n. 23. the drug LSD ...1960s US drugs sl.
n. 24. a police officer ...1989 UK sl.
n. 25. cheap beer ...1980s sl.
n. 26. a prison officer ...1990 Aust. prison sl.
n. 27. one guilty of an offence involving sex, a sex offender, a child molester ...1989 prison sl.
n. 28. a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 29. liquor ...Bk2006 US sl.
n. 30. an expert; one who is exceptionally good at something; an outstanding person ...2012 US college sl.
vb. 1. to vanquish ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 2. to molest a child ...1980s sl.
BEAST-BACK
adv. on horseback ...1890 Amer. dial.
BEAST-BOY; BEAST-BWOY
n. a policeman ...1994 UK Black sl.
BEASTEN
adj. † of beasts ...c1325
BEASTESS
n. a coarse or degraded woman; a disliked girl or woman ...1934 US sl.
BEASTIE
n. 1. a little animal; an endearing form of 'beast' ...1785 orig. Sc.
n. 2. anyone considered outside the group talking,. esp. if unattractive, empty-headed, etc. ...Bk1984 sl.
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. † beastliness ...1612
BEASTLING
n. a little beast or animal ...1872
BEASTLY
adj. 1. † inhuman, brutally cruel ...1558
adj. 2. † unmanly, cowardly ...1584
adj. 3. unpleasant; deplorable ...1603
adj. 4. dirty, soiled ...1854 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. excellent, wonderful, very enjoyable ...1950s US Black sl.
adv. exceedingly ...1844 sl.
BEASTLYWISE
adv. † in a beastly manner ...c1440
BEASTMAN
n. 1. a cattleman ...1311
n. 2. a police officer ...Bk1989 Indies sl.
BEASTMASTER
n. a guy who consistently dates ugly girls ...Bk1989 US college sl.
BEASTNESS
n. male promiscuity ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEASTS
n. lice ...1790 Sc.
BEAST WAGON
n. a police van ...1980s UK Black sl.
BEAST WITH TWO BACKS, THE
n. a man and woman in the act of copulation ...a1616
BEASTY
adj. disgusting, repellent, unattractive ...1980s US college sl.
n. in India: the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back ...1781
BEAT
adj. 1. tired, exhausted, emotionally and physically ...1832 sl.
adj. 2. bruised with walking or hard work ...1844 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. bewildered; perplexed; baffled; amazed, astonished, at a loss ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 4. worthless, inferior, no good ...1944 Amer. sl.
adj. 5. sad; disillusioned; world-weary; depressed ...1947 Amer. sl.
adj. 6. of drugs: adulterated ...1940s US sl.
adj. 7. broke, penniless ...1950s Amer. sl.
adj. 8. of a drug addict: craving for a dose of a drug ...1950s US drugs sl.
adj. 9. very ugly ...1980s sl.
n. 1. a street or streets as walked by a prostitute ...L18 sl., orig. UK criminals' usage
n. 2. something that surpasses; an incomparable circumstance ...1827 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a remarkable or unexcelled person; an outstanding person, one who beats all rivals ...1855 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an area in which a pickpocket works ...M19 sl.
n. 5. a swindler; a confidence trickster ...1863 sl.
n. 6. a worthless, idle fellow; a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a policeman who walks a beat ...1874 US sl.
n. 8. a loafer, a layabout, a sponger ...M19 sl.
n. 9. an escape, usually from prison ...M19 US sl.
n. 10. a swindle ...1930s US criminals' sl.
n. 11 a hasty or unceremonious departure...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 12 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 ...1958
n. 13. the area in which a criminal gang operates, thanks to bribing a local politician or police department ...1950s US prison sl.
n. 14. a person who saves in a mean way, or is greedy in money matters ...1965 Amer. dial.
n. 15. one who causes homosexuals trouble; a homophobic thug ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
n. 16. a prostitute's client who likes to be beaten, often bringing his own equipment with him ...1975 US sl.
n. 17. information ...20C US sl.
vb. 1. † to strike together the eyelids or the teeth ...c1360
vb. 2. † to debate, to discuss; to reason about, to argue ...1470
vb. 3. † insist with iteration on or upon ...1579
vb. 4. † to exchange blows; to fight ...1586
vb. 5. to bruise the feet with excessive walking ...1708 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to cheat; to swindle; to bilk; to trick ...1849 Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to avoid paying a debt, bill, fare, etc. ...1859 Amer. sl.
vb. 8. to succeed in robbing; to rob ...1859 Amer. sl.
vb. 9. to defeat intellectually; to baffle, to confuse ...M19 sl.
vb. 10. to escape from prison ...1902 Amer. sl.
vb. 11. to evade punishment or conviction ...1912 Amer. sl.
vb. 12. of a man: to have heterosexual intercourse ...1940s US Black sl.
vb. 13. to steal ...1950s Amer. sl.
vb. 14. to leave a place quickly ...1959 Amer. sl.
int. that's terrible! ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
vb. to avoid coming to the point; to delay talking about something difficult or unpleasant ...1520
BEAT A DJE
vb. to be in the mood for a physical fight or verbal confrontation, esp. one that will last for several days ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEAT AKEYBO
vb. to be confusing ...M19 sl.
BEAT ALL
vb. to surpass in every way ...L18 sl.
BEAT ALL COCKFIGHT
vb. to be unbelievable, unheard of, or utterly ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
BEAT ALL CREATION
vb. to be excellent ...World War II Amer. sl.
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. a rapper ...Bk1992 rap sl.
BEAT CHEEKS
vb. to leave (at speed) ...1990s US sl.
BEAT COP
n. a police officer who patrols a beat ...1941 colloq., orig. US
BEAT-DOWN
n. a fight; a beating ...1980s US Black sl.
vb. ('beat down') to fight, to beat up, to defeat severely ...1980s US Black sl.
BEAT'EM; BEATEM
n. the conqueror; the one who excels all others; often used in cock-fighting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEATEMEST
adj. most remarkable or unusual ...1831 Amer. dial.
BEAT-'EM-UP
n. an action film or computer game ...1990s sl.
BEATEN
adj. 1. † embroidered ...c1340
adj. 2. † well-worn, trite ...a1543
adj. 3. † of persons: inured to anything, experienced ...a1593
BEATENEST
adj. finest; very exceptional; most remarkable or unusual ...1860 Amer. dial.
n. one's best; one's utmost effort ...1907 Amer. dial.
BEATEN-OUT
adv. impoverished ...M19 sl.
BEATER
n. 1. a person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who beats a drum, etc. ...1483
n. 2. † a street loafer or ruffian ...1509
n. 3. one who lures a victim into a crooked game of cards or dice ...1592 UK criminals' sl.
n. 4. a person who beats or excels others; an excellent person ...1845 US colloq.
n. 5. a person who doesn't pay his bills ...1937 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 6. cash; money ...1940s US Black sl.
n. 7. a heavy hammer or maul; a sledge hammer; also, a wedge used in splitting wood ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a person who sets out to cheat others while pretending to be honest ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 9. a tramp ...1965 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
n. 10. a junky old car ...1980s US sl.
n. 11. a beatnik; a member oft the Bohemian subculture that flourished in the 1950s ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
BEATER-CASES
n. shoes ...18C UK criminals' sl.
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. to surpass, to outdo ...1771 Amer. sl.
BEATIFIC
adj. making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1649
BEATIFICAL
adj. making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1605
BEATIFICATE
vb. † to make supremely happy or blessed ...a1636
BEATIFICATION
n. the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed ...1502
BEATIFIED
adj. made supremely happy or blessed ...1575
BEATIFY
vb. to make supremely happy or blessed ...1535
BE AT INCHES WITH
vb. to be very near ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEATINGEST
adj. most remarkable or unusual ...1903 Amer. dial.
BEATING STICK
n. a stick used to beat clothes while washing them ...1952 Amer. dial.
BEATING-STOCK
n. † a jocular title given to one who is subjected to beating ...1552
BEATING THE GUMS
n. talking ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
BEATING UP
adj. said of the wind when it begins to increase ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEATING WITH CHILD
adj. breeding ...1691 Eng. dial.
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. to get along by sponging, cheating, or swindling ...1873 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to make one's way by stealing rides on railroad trains, usually in freight cars ...1873 Amer. sl.
BEAT OUT
adj. 1. tired, exhausted ...1746 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. mentally or nervously exhausted; at one's wits end ...1943 Amer. dial.
vb. to overpower completely; to exhaust ...Bk1888
BEAT OUT OF FITS
vb. to defeat or surpass completely ...M19 sl.
BEAT OUT THE TIME
vb. to while away the time ...1889 Eng. dial.
BEAT OVER THE GROUND
vb. to re-discuss ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAT OVER THE OLD GROUND
vb. to discuss topics already treated of ...1792
BEAT PAD
n. a place where drugs are consumed ...1930s US drugs sl.
BEAT POET
n. 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 ...1955 orig. US
BEAT POUNDER
n. a policeman, esp. one who patrols his beat on foot ...1942 criminals' sl.
BEAT QUEEN
n. a male homosexual who frequents beats (a public place which homosexual men frequent to pick up casual partners) ...Bk2000 Aust. sl.
BE AT RAP-CHAFTS
vb. to have nothing to eat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAT REPORTER
n. 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 ...Bk1999 baseball usage
BEATS A HEN A-FLYING
phr. to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEATS A HEN A-ROUTING
phr. to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEATS ALL!
int. an exclamation of incomprehension ...M19 sl.
BEAT SKIN
vb. to applaud, to clap ...1940s US Black sl.
BEATS ME!
int. an exclamation of incomprehension ...M19 sl.
BEAT SOMEONE FOR
vb. to take a person's money, whether it is offered or not; to rob or trick someone out of their money ...1950s sl.
BEAT SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING
vb. to swindle, to cheat ...1849 US sl.
BEAT SOMEONE’S EARS IN
vb. to do violence; to assault ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT SOMEONE'S TIME
vb. 1. to confuse, to confound ...M19 US sl.
vb. 2. to cheat or be cheated in a love affair ...1930s US Black & college sl.
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE GUN
vb. to start first, to do something before somebody else ...1920s US sl.
BEAT SOMEONE TO THE PUNCH
vb. 1. to arrive at a destination sooner than another person ...1960s sl., orig. US Black usage
vb. 2. to appreciate or understand something faster than another person ...1960s sl.
BEATSTER
n. 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 ...1958
BEATT - BECZ
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. to promote or support someone or something ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEAT THE DUMMY
vb. to masturbate ...1930s US sl.
BEAT THE DUTCH
vb. to be amazing; to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating; to surpass all others; often used in negative constructions ...1775
BEAT THE GANGER
vb. to smoke opium ...20C US drugs sl.
BEAT THE HEAD
vb. to think persistently and laboriously ...1579
BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
vb. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT THE HOOF
vb. † to go on foot ...1687
BEAT THE HOUND OUT OF
vb. to thrash or beat thoroughly ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEAT THE JEWS
vb. (offensive) to surpass all others ...1845 US sl.
BE AT THE LAND-END
vb. to be quite worn out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF
vb. to beat severely; to administer a violent thrashing ...M18 sl.
BEAT THE MARKET
vb. † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
BEAT THE MEAT
vb. to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
BEAT THE MILL
vb. to type; (mill = typewriter) ...World War II Amer. sl.
BE AT THE NECKING
vb. to be courting ...Bk1905 Sc.
BEAT THE PANTS OFF
vb. to beat convincingly; to utterly defeat ...1934 colloq.
BEAT THE PRICE
vb. † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
BEAT THE PUP
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1956 Amer. sl.
BE AT THE RACES
vb. to walk the streets as a prostitute ...20C sl.
BEAT THE RAP
vb. to escape punishment, esp. a prison sentence ...1927 US sl.
BEAT THE RECORD
vb. to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
BEAT THE SAP OUT OF
vb. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SCARF
vb. to strike the arms vigorously across the chest to promote warmth ...1901 Sc.
BEAT THE SCARFS
vb. to flap the arms against the sides to keep oneself warm on a cold day ...1882 Sc.
BEAT THE SHEETS
vb. to sleep soundly ...1954 Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF
vb. to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1966 sl.
BEAT THE SIDEWALK
vb. to walk a police beat ...c1917 Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SKIN
vb. to applaud ...Bk1942 US sl.
BEAT THE STREETS
vb. to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
BE AT THE TAKING-SIDE
vb. to receive something instead of paying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAT THE TAR OUT OF
vb. to do violence; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to do violence ...1884 sl.
BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK
vb. to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
BEAT THE WADDING OUT OF
vb. to beat very thoroughly ...1968 Amer. dial.
BEAT THE WATER
vb. † to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts ...1579
BEAT THE WIND
vb. to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts ...1815
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. excellent ...1952 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
n. 1. a beautiful person or thing ...1866 sl.
n. 2. a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person; a pleasant, agreeable person ...1866 sl.
n. 3. any outstanding or admirable person, whether physically attractive or not; a first-rate or excellent person; an adept person ...1891 sl.
BEAUTEOUS MAXIMUS
n. a good deal; a good job ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEAUT FROM THE INSTITUTE
n. a pretty college girl ...Bk1942 US sl.
BEAUTIFUL
adj. 1. pleasing to the taste ...1886 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
n. a beautiful person; chiefly used as a term of endearment, esp. for a woman ...1534
BEAUTIFUL AS AN ANGEL
adj. extremely beautiful ...1785
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, THE
n. 1. rich and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite ...1950 colloq. orig. US
n. 2. hippies, regarded collectively ...1967 hist.
BEAUTIFY THE POST
vb. to cut the lawn, trim the hedge, paint, or the like ...Bk1944 service sl.
BEAUT OF A LOOKER
n. an attractive young woman; something beautiful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAU-TRAP
n. 1. a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like ...a1674 sl.
n. 2. a loose stone in the pavement, which tips up when stepped upon, and scatters the dirty water collected under it over the pedestrian ...1816 Eng. sl.
BEAU TRAPS
n. prostitutes waiting for naive victims ...1690 criminals' sl.
BEAUTY
adj. 1. beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight ...1598
adj. 2. large or impressive of its kind ...1895 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman ...a1413
n. 2. an admirable, excellent, or remarkable person, whether attractive or not ...1832 colloq.
n. 3. a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 5. any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
vb. to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck ...1398 arch.
int. an exclamation of approval or pleasure ...1951 Aust. & NZ colloq.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
n. a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple ...1781
BEAUTY BAR
n. a brooch ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEAUTY-BLOOM
n. beautiful tint or colour ...1853
BEAUTY DOCTOR
n. a person who performs cosmetic surgery ...2010
BEAUTY MAN
n. * a beautiful man, esp. one who is effeminate; a fop, a dancy ...1800
BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1. † an imitation of beauty ...1598
n. 2. †* a woman whose beauty is not natural; a sham beauty ...1608
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. said of films, photographs, etc. that feature the female genitals and pubic area ...1967 sl.
n. 1. slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal ...1691 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a top-hat ...1824 Eng. sl.
n. 3. a fellow, a geezer...1833 US West sl.
n. 4. money ...1848 Amer. dial. arch.
n. 5. one who works diligently; a hard-working, diligent, active man ...c1850 Amer. colloq.
n. 6. a silk hat ...1870 Amer, dial.
n. 7. a hat ...Bk1890 sl.
n. 8. a bearded man ...1910 sl.
n. 9. a false beard ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
n. 10. a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
n. 11. a woman viewed as a sex object ...1968 US sl.
n. 12. a woman, esp. one driving along the highway and operating a CB radio ...Bk1975 Amer. citizen's band radio usage
n. 13. the female genitalia ...Bk1998 sl.
vb. to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
BEAVER AWAY
vb. to make one's maximum effort ...1946 sl.
BEAVER-CLEAVER
n. the penis ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEAVER DOWN
vb. to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
BEAVERKIN
n. a little beaver (hat) ...1867
BEAVER SCOUT
n. an eager beaver ...1955 US jocular
BEAVER-SHOOTER
n. a man obsessed with looking at female genitals; a peeping tom ...1967 Amer. sl.
BEAVIS
n. one who fails to prove acceptable to social norms ...a2000 US college sl.
BE AWAY FOR SLATES
vb. 1. to have started and be making good progress; to succeed ...1930 Ireland
vb. 2. * to depart hastily, to be in a hurry ...1958 Eng. dial.
BE AWAY LAUGHING
vb. to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
BEAYELL
n. †* a grandfather's father, a great grandfather ...c1400
BEAZE
vb. to dry in the sun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAZEN
adj. bold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAZLE
n. 1. a young woman, with overtones of sexual precocity ...1926 US sl.
n. 2. an unappealing person; a worthless fellow ...1931 US college sl.
BEAZLED
adj. tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
BEAZLER
n. † a bezzler, one who drinks to excess, a sot, a drunkard ...a1593
BEAZY
adj. dried up, withered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEB
vb. to drink continuously, but in small quantities; to tipple ...1781 Eng. dial.
BE-BACK
n. (derogatory) a potential customer who say he or she will return but clearly has no intention of doing so ...1982 US sl.
BE BAGGED
vb. † to be pregnant ...1603
BEBAIT
vb. † to bait or worry persistently ...1589
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. 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 ...1946
n. 2. a juvenile delinquent ...1966 US sl.
n. 3. an inexperienced, naive person; an unpopular person ...1980 US Black sl.
BE BORN WITH A LONG TONGUE
vb. to be a great talker ...1960 Amer. dial.
BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
vb. to be betrayed for a bribe ...a1400 arch.
BEBROYDE
vb. †* to embroider about ...1583
BE BUGS ABOUT
vb. to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN
vb. 1. to be asleep ...Bk1902 sl.
vb. 2. to be half-witted ...Bk1902 sl.
BEBURY
vb. † to entomb, to bury ...c1000
BECACK
vb. † to deposit ordure on ...1598
BECALL
vb. 1. † to accuse of ...c1250
vb. 2. † to call, to summon ...c1325
vb. 3. † to call upon, to call forth, to challenge ...c1325
vb. 4. to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
BE CALLED AFT
vb. to die ...1975 Amer. sl.
BE CALLED HOME
vb. to die ...Bk1898
BECALM
vb. to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
BECARVE
vb. † to cut off ...a1000
BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP
vb. to be completely demolished, utterly defeated ...1852 sl.
BECATCH
vb. 1. † to lay hold of, to seize upon ...c1200
vb. 2. † to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive ...c1200
BE CAUGHT HOLDING ONE'S DICK
vb. to be caught in an embarrassing or generally disadvantageous situation ...20C US sl.
BE CAUGHT IN THE GO-LONG
vb. to be caught in an inevitable consequence of a sequence of events, often undesirable; to be an unfortunate victim of circumstances ...1937 Amer. Black usage
BE CAUGHT SHORT
vb. to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
BE CAUGHT WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN
vb. to be surprised in an embarrassing situation; to be caught off guard ...1922 colloq.
BECCO
n. † a cuckold ...1604
BECHANCE
adv. † by chance ...1548
vb. to happen, to befall, to chance ...1527
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.
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. to promote or support someone or something ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEAT THE DUMMY
vb. to masturbate ...1930s US sl.
BEAT THE DUTCH
vb. to be amazing; to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating; to surpass all others; often used in negative constructions ...1775
BEAT THE GANGER
vb. to smoke opium ...20C US drugs sl.
BEAT THE HEAD
vb. to think persistently and laboriously ...1579
BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
vb. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT THE HOOF
vb. † to go on foot ...1687
BEAT THE HOUND OUT OF
vb. to thrash or beat thoroughly ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEAT THE JEWS
vb. (offensive) to surpass all others ...1845 US sl.
BE AT THE LAND-END
vb. to be quite worn out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF
vb. to beat severely; to administer a violent thrashing ...M18 sl.
BEAT THE MARKET
vb. † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1655
BEAT THE MEAT
vb. to masturbate ...1967 sl., orig. US
BEAT THE MILL
vb. to type; (mill = typewriter) ...World War II Amer. sl.
BE AT THE NECKING
vb. to be courting ...Bk1905 Sc.
BEAT THE PANTS OFF
vb. to beat convincingly; to utterly defeat ...1934 colloq.
BEAT THE PRICE
vb. † to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen ...1592
BEAT THE PUP
vb. of a male: to masturbate ...1956 Amer. sl.
BE AT THE RACES
vb. to walk the streets as a prostitute ...20C sl.
BEAT THE RAP
vb. to escape punishment, esp. a prison sentence ...1927 US sl.
BEAT THE RECORD
vb. to surpass all previous performances ...Bk1903 sl.
BEAT THE SAP OUT OF
vb. to do violence ...World War II Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SCARF
vb. to strike the arms vigorously across the chest to promote warmth ...1901 Sc.
BEAT THE SCARFS
vb. to flap the arms against the sides to keep oneself warm on a cold day ...1882 Sc.
BEAT THE SHEETS
vb. to sleep soundly ...1954 Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF
vb. to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting ...1966 sl.
BEAT THE SIDEWALK
vb. to walk a police beat ...c1917 Amer. sl.
BEAT THE SKIN
vb. to applaud ...Bk1942 US sl.
BEAT THE STREETS
vb. to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
BE AT THE TAKING-SIDE
vb. to receive something instead of paying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
BEAT THE TAR OUT OF
vb. to do violence; to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting; to do violence ...1884 sl.
BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK
vb. to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
BEAT THE WADDING OUT OF
vb. to beat very thoroughly ...1968 Amer. dial.
BEAT THE WATER
vb. † to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts ...1579
BEAT THE WIND
vb. to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts ...1815
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. excellent ...1952 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
n. 1. a beautiful person or thing ...1866 sl.
n. 2. a kind, friendly, or trustworthy person; a pleasant, agreeable person ...1866 sl.
n. 3. any outstanding or admirable person, whether physically attractive or not; a first-rate or excellent person; an adept person ...1891 sl.
BEAUTEOUS MAXIMUS
n. a good deal; a good job ...20C teen & high school sl.
BEAUT FROM THE INSTITUTE
n. a pretty college girl ...Bk1942 US sl.
BEAUTIFUL
adj. 1. pleasing to the taste ...1886 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
n. a beautiful person; chiefly used as a term of endearment, esp. for a woman ...1534
BEAUTIFUL AS AN ANGEL
adj. extremely beautiful ...1785
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, THE
n. 1. rich and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite ...1950 colloq. orig. US
n. 2. hippies, regarded collectively ...1967 hist.
BEAUTIFY THE POST
vb. to cut the lawn, trim the hedge, paint, or the like ...Bk1944 service sl.
BEAUT OF A LOOKER
n. an attractive young woman; something beautiful ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEAU-TRAP
n. 1. a confidence trickster, especially a card-sharp; a well-dressed sharper on the lookout for raw country visitors and the like ...a1674 sl.
n. 2. a loose stone in the pavement, which tips up when stepped upon, and scatters the dirty water collected under it over the pedestrian ...1816 Eng. sl.
BEAU TRAPS
n. prostitutes waiting for naive victims ...1690 criminals' sl.
BEAUTY
adj. 1. beautiful; highly pleasing to the sight ...1598
adj. 2. large or impressive of its kind ...1895 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman ...a1413
n. 2. an admirable, excellent, or remarkable person, whether attractive or not ...1832 colloq.
n. 3. a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 5. any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamiliar with homosexuality ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
vb. to render beautiful; to beautify, to adorn, to deck ...1398 arch.
int. an exclamation of approval or pleasure ...1951 Aust. & NZ colloq.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
n. a beautiful woman and a man considered to be less attractive forming an ill-matched couple ...1781
BEAUTY BAR
n. a brooch ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEAUTY-BLOOM
n. beautiful tint or colour ...1853
BEAUTY DOCTOR
n. a person who performs cosmetic surgery ...2010
BEAUTY MAN
n. * a beautiful man, esp. one who is effeminate; a fop, a dancy ...1800
BEAUTY-MOCK
n. 1. † an imitation of beauty ...1598
n. 2. †* a woman whose beauty is not natural; a sham beauty ...1608
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. said of films, photographs, etc. that feature the female genitals and pubic area ...1967 sl.
n. 1. slight refreshment taken between meals either at 11 a.m. or 4 p.m.; occasionally applied also to a regular meal ...1691 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a top-hat ...1824 Eng. sl.
n. 3. a fellow, a geezer...1833 US West sl.
n. 4. money ...1848 Amer. dial. arch.
n. 5. one who works diligently; a hard-working, diligent, active man ...c1850 Amer. colloq.
n. 6. a silk hat ...1870 Amer, dial.
n. 7. a hat ...Bk1890 sl.
n. 8. a bearded man ...1910 sl.
n. 9. a false beard ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
n. 10. a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
n. 11. a woman viewed as a sex object ...1968 US sl.
n. 12. a woman, esp. one driving along the highway and operating a CB radio ...Bk1975 Amer. citizen's band radio usage
n. 13. the female genitalia ...Bk1998 sl.
vb. to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
BEAVER AWAY
vb. to make one's maximum effort ...1946 sl.
BEAVER-CLEAVER
n. the penis ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEAVER DOWN
vb. to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
BEAVERKIN
n. a little beaver (hat) ...1867
BEAVER SCOUT
n. an eager beaver ...1955 US jocular
BEAVER-SHOOTER
n. a man obsessed with looking at female genitals; a peeping tom ...1967 Amer. sl.
BEAVIS
n. one who fails to prove acceptable to social norms ...a2000 US college sl.
BE AWAY FOR SLATES
vb. 1. to have started and be making good progress; to succeed ...1930 Ireland
vb. 2. * to depart hastily, to be in a hurry ...1958 Eng. dial.
BE AWAY LAUGHING
vb. to make a good start ...1964 NZ sl.
BEAYELL
n. †* a grandfather's father, a great grandfather ...c1400
BEAZE
vb. to dry in the sun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAZEN
adj. bold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEAZLE
n. 1. a young woman, with overtones of sexual precocity ...1926 US sl.
n. 2. an unappealing person; a worthless fellow ...1931 US college sl.
BEAZLED
adj. tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
BEAZLER
n. † a bezzler, one who drinks to excess, a sot, a drunkard ...a1593
BEAZY
adj. dried up, withered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEB
vb. to drink continuously, but in small quantities; to tipple ...1781 Eng. dial.
BE-BACK
n. (derogatory) a potential customer who say he or she will return but clearly has no intention of doing so ...1982 US sl.
BE BAGGED
vb. † to be pregnant ...1603
BEBAIT
vb. † to bait or worry persistently ...1589
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. 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 ...1946
n. 2. a juvenile delinquent ...1966 US sl.
n. 3. an inexperienced, naive person; an unpopular person ...1980 US Black sl.
BE BORN WITH A LONG TONGUE
vb. to be a great talker ...1960 Amer. dial.
BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
vb. to be betrayed for a bribe ...a1400 arch.
BEBROYDE
vb. †* to embroider about ...1583
BE BUGS ABOUT
vb. to be erratic about ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN
vb. 1. to be asleep ...Bk1902 sl.
vb. 2. to be half-witted ...Bk1902 sl.
BEBURY
vb. † to entomb, to bury ...c1000
BECACK
vb. † to deposit ordure on ...1598
BECALL
vb. 1. † to accuse of ...c1250
vb. 2. † to call, to summon ...c1325
vb. 3. † to call upon, to call forth, to challenge ...c1325
vb. 4. to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
BE CALLED AFT
vb. to die ...1975 Amer. sl.
BE CALLED HOME
vb. to die ...Bk1898
BECALM
vb. to assuage, to mitigate, to soothe, to tranquillize ...1613
BECARVE
vb. † to cut off ...a1000
BE CATAWAMPTIOUSLY CHAWED UP
vb. to be completely demolished, utterly defeated ...1852 sl.
BECATCH
vb. 1. † to lay hold of, to seize upon ...c1200
vb. 2. † to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive ...c1200
BE CAUGHT HOLDING ONE'S DICK
vb. to be caught in an embarrassing or generally disadvantageous situation ...20C US sl.
BE CAUGHT IN THE GO-LONG
vb. to be caught in an inevitable consequence of a sequence of events, often undesirable; to be an unfortunate victim of circumstances ...1937 Amer. Black usage
BE CAUGHT SHORT
vb. to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate ...1890 sl.
BE CAUGHT WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN
vb. to be surprised in an embarrassing situation; to be caught off guard ...1922 colloq.
BECCO
n. † a cuckold ...1604
BECHANCE
adv. † by chance ...1548
vb. to happen, to befall, to chance ...1527
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.
BED - BEDZ
BED
n. 1. the grave; usually used with some qualification, as 'narrow bed' ...a1300
n. 2. the 'silver side' of a round of beef ...1864
n. 3. the womb or uterus of an animal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a heap of hay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an anthill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a women's confinement ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 1. † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
vb. 2. to have sex, mainly in the context of marrying a woman and taking her to bed on the wedding night ...1548 sl.
vb. 3. to become adapted to; to fit comfortably ...1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEDABBER
vb. to fade by keeping in the hands ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDABBERED
adj. faded ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDABBLE
vb. to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
BEDAD!
int. an exclamation; a disguised oath ...1710 Ireland
BEDAFF
vb. 1. † to make a fool of, to make foolish ...c1386
vb. 2. to confound or stupefy ...19C Eng. dial.
BEDAFT
adj. † foolish, stupid ...1572
BEDAFTED
adj. bewildered, confounded, stupefied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDAG
n. † to bemire the bottom of, as dress ...a1300
vb. to bespatter with moisture ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDAGGLE
vb. † to bemire the bottom of, as dress ...1580
BEDAL
n. 1. a beadle, an inferior officer of court, commonly called beagle ...Bk1795
n. 2. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
BED-ALE
n. † ale brewed for christening ...1880
BEDALL
n. 1. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
n. 2. a gravedigger ...Bk1876 Sc.
BEDAMNED
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...L16
BEDANGED!
int. an expletive of determination or dismay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDANGLED
adj. beset with things dangling about one ...1601
BEDARE
vb. † to defy ...1599
BEDASH
vb. 1. to cover with dashes of colour or adornment ...1564
vb. 2. to injure or spoil by dashing, as the wind or rain dashes flowers ...1594
vb. 3. to dash against, to dash about ...1609
BED ATHLETE
n. a promiscuous person ...1947 sl., orig. US
BEDAUB
vb. 1. to spatter with abuse; to vilify ...1553-87
vb. 2. to load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess ...1581
BEDAW
vb. 1. †* to dawn upon ...1393
vb. 2. to make a fool of ...a1529
BEDAZE
vb. to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
BEDAZED
adj. dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
BED BABY
n. a baby too small to crawl ...1954 Amer. dial.
BEDBAIT
n. an underage sexual partner; can be male or female, but usually a teenage girl ...Bk1984 US sl.
BED-BERE
n. † a pillow-case ...1420
BED-BLOCKER
n. (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 ...1975 orig. Brit.
BED-BOUND
adj. bedridden ...Bk1911 Sc.
BED-BOUNDER
n. a promiscuous person ...1637 UK sl.
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. a bedfellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDAL
n. 1. 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.
n. 2. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
BEDDALL
n. a licensed beggar ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDE
n. † a bedfellow; a husband or wife ...c1250
BEDDED
adj. 1. bedridden ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDDEL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. 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.
n. 2. †* a bedridden person ...a1572
BEDDELL
n. a licensed beggar ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDER
n. 1. † a bed-maker ...1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. at Cambridge: a charwoman; one who makes the beds and performs other necessary domestic duties for residents in college ...Bk1891
n. 3. a bedroom ...1897 university sl.
BEDDIE
n. a small bed ...Bk1898 Sc.
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. † the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster ...1483
BED-HILLINGS
n. the coverlet or counterpane ...1691 Eng. dial.
BEDHOP
vb. to live a sexually promiscuous life ...1960s sl.
BEDHOPPING
n. a sexually promiscuous life ...1960s sl.
BED-HOUSE
n. 1. a 'short-time' hotel ...M19 sl.
n. 2. a brothel ...Bk1902 sl.
n. 3. a caboose ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
BED-I-BO
n. bedtime ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDIDDER
vb. † to deceive, to delude ...c1000
BEDIDDLE
n. a car with only one working headlight ...1959 Amer. dial.
BEDIDE!
int. a mild oath; 'be damned' ...1903 Amer. euphemism
BED-IFERE
n. † a bedfellow ...1393
BEDIGHT
adj. bedecked, arrayed ...1894 Eng. dial.
vb. to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck ...c1400 arch.
BEDIGHTED
adj. bedecked, arrayed ...1894 Eng. dial.
BEDIGHTING
n. † outfit, furnishing; hence, property, attribute ...1674
BEDILT
adj. †* hidden, covered ...1660
BEDINK
vb. to dress out smartly ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDIRT
vb. † to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify ...1622
BEDIRTER
n. † a thrower of dirt; a vilifier; one who slanders ...1747
BEDIRTIN
adj. soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
BE DISGUISED ITSELF
vb. to be drunk ...1848 Ireland
BEDIZEN
vb. 1. to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion ...1661
vb. 2. to dirty, to cover with dirt ...1876 Eng. dial.
BEDIZENED
adj. dressed up with vulgar finery ...1707
BEDIZENMENT
n. vulgar or gaudy attire ...1837
BEDIZZEN
vb. to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion ...1661
BEDLAM
adj. belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish ...a1535
n. 1. † the town of Bethlehem in Judea ...971
n. 2. † 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 ...1522
n. 3. madness, lunacy ...1598
n. 4. a lunatic asylum, a madhouse ...1663
n. 5. a troublesome person or animal ...1884 Eng. dial.
BEDLAM-BEGGAR
n. † 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 ...1608
BEDLAMER
n. 1. † 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 ...c1675
n. 2. a term of contempt applied to boys and young men ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. to confuse, to bewilder ...19C Amer. sl.
BEDOOZLING
adj. astounding, amazing ...2000s US sl.
BEDOTE
vb. † to cause to dote, to make silly, to befool ...c1385
BEDOUBT
vb. † to dread ...1470
BEDOUIN
n. 1. an Arab of the desert ...c1400
n. 2. one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy, a wanderer or rover ...1863
BEDOUT
prep. without, unless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDOVEN
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOVE
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOVEN
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOW
vb. † ? to sadden ...1513 Sc.
BEDOWN
adj. downwards ...Bk1911 Sc.
prep. down ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDPAN COMMANDO
n. a medical corpsman ...World War II Amer. sl.
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. † a bedfellow ...c1325
BED-PIECE
n. a whore ...Bk1891
BED-PLAID
n. a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
BED POT
n. a chamber pot ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEDPRESSER
n. 1. † a heavy, lazy fellow ...1598
n. 2. a prostitute, a hussy, a harlot ...19C sl.
n. 3. a whoremonger, a womanizer ...1933 US sl.
BEDRABBLE
vb. to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
BEDRAGGLE
vb. to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt ...1727
BEDRAL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
n. 2. a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDRAVEL
vb. † to cover with drivel or saliva ...1377
BEDRAWL
vb. † to cover with drivel or saliva ...1377
BEDREAD
adj. †* dreaded ...c1485
BED-REEDE
adj. bedridden, confined to bed ...Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial.
BEDREL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. † a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ... a1572 obs. rare exc. Sc.
n. 2. an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
BE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION
vb. to be dressed in a youthful style ...1892 Eng. dial.
BEDRID
adj. 1. confined to bed through sickness or infirmity ...c1000
adj. 2. worn out, decrepit, impotent ...1621
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.
n. 1. the grave; usually used with some qualification, as 'narrow bed' ...a1300
n. 2. the 'silver side' of a round of beef ...1864
n. 3. the womb or uterus of an animal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a heap of hay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 5. an anthill ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a women's confinement ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 1. † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
vb. 2. to have sex, mainly in the context of marrying a woman and taking her to bed on the wedding night ...1548 sl.
vb. 3. to become adapted to; to fit comfortably ...1890 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
BEDABBER
vb. to fade by keeping in the hands ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDABBERED
adj. faded ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDABBLE
vb. to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
BEDAD!
int. an exclamation; a disguised oath ...1710 Ireland
BEDAFF
vb. 1. † to make a fool of, to make foolish ...c1386
vb. 2. to confound or stupefy ...19C Eng. dial.
BEDAFT
adj. † foolish, stupid ...1572
BEDAFTED
adj. bewildered, confounded, stupefied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDAG
n. † to bemire the bottom of, as dress ...a1300
vb. to bespatter with moisture ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDAGGLE
vb. † to bemire the bottom of, as dress ...1580
BEDAL
n. 1. a beadle, an inferior officer of court, commonly called beagle ...Bk1795
n. 2. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
BED-ALE
n. † ale brewed for christening ...1880
BEDALL
n. 1. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
n. 2. a gravedigger ...Bk1876 Sc.
BEDAMNED
adv. a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely ...L16
BEDANGED!
int. an expletive of determination or dismay ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDANGLED
adj. beset with things dangling about one ...1601
BEDARE
vb. † to defy ...1599
BEDASH
vb. 1. to cover with dashes of colour or adornment ...1564
vb. 2. to injure or spoil by dashing, as the wind or rain dashes flowers ...1594
vb. 3. to dash against, to dash about ...1609
BED ATHLETE
n. a promiscuous person ...1947 sl., orig. US
BEDAUB
vb. 1. to spatter with abuse; to vilify ...1553-87
vb. 2. to load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess ...1581
BEDAW
vb. 1. †* to dawn upon ...1393
vb. 2. to make a fool of ...a1529
BEDAZE
vb. to daze, to stupefy ...a1605
BEDAZED
adj. dazed, stupefied; besotted ...a1605
BED BABY
n. a baby too small to crawl ...1954 Amer. dial.
BEDBAIT
n. an underage sexual partner; can be male or female, but usually a teenage girl ...Bk1984 US sl.
BED-BERE
n. † a pillow-case ...1420
BED-BLOCKER
n. (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 ...1975 orig. Brit.
BED-BOUND
adj. bedridden ...Bk1911 Sc.
BED-BOUNDER
n. a promiscuous person ...1637 UK sl.
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. a bedfellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDAL
n. 1. 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.
n. 2. a bedridden person ...1875 Sc.
BEDDALL
n. a licensed beggar ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDE
n. † a bedfellow; a husband or wife ...c1250
BEDDED
adj. 1. bedridden ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDDEL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. 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.
n. 2. †* a bedridden person ...a1572
BEDDELL
n. a licensed beggar ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDDER
n. 1. † a bed-maker ...1803 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. at Cambridge: a charwoman; one who makes the beds and performs other necessary domestic duties for residents in college ...Bk1891
n. 3. a bedroom ...1897 university sl.
BEDDIE
n. a small bed ...Bk1898 Sc.
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. † the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster ...1483
BED-HILLINGS
n. the coverlet or counterpane ...1691 Eng. dial.
BEDHOP
vb. to live a sexually promiscuous life ...1960s sl.
BEDHOPPING
n. a sexually promiscuous life ...1960s sl.
BED-HOUSE
n. 1. a 'short-time' hotel ...M19 sl.
n. 2. a brothel ...Bk1902 sl.
n. 3. a caboose ...1945 Amer. railroad usage
BED-I-BO
n. bedtime ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDIDDER
vb. † to deceive, to delude ...c1000
BEDIDDLE
n. a car with only one working headlight ...1959 Amer. dial.
BEDIDE!
int. a mild oath; 'be damned' ...1903 Amer. euphemism
BED-IFERE
n. † a bedfellow ...1393
BEDIGHT
adj. bedecked, arrayed ...1894 Eng. dial.
vb. to equip, to furnish, to apparel, to array, to bedeck ...c1400 arch.
BEDIGHTED
adj. bedecked, arrayed ...1894 Eng. dial.
BEDIGHTING
n. † outfit, furnishing; hence, property, attribute ...1674
BEDILT
adj. †* hidden, covered ...1660
BEDINK
vb. to dress out smartly ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDIRT
vb. † to cover or defile with dirt; to 'throw dirt at,' to vilify ...1622
BEDIRTER
n. † a thrower of dirt; a vilifier; one who slanders ...1747
BEDIRTIN
adj. soiled with excrement ...Bk1911 Sc.
BE DISGUISED ITSELF
vb. to be drunk ...1848 Ireland
BEDIZEN
vb. 1. to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion ...1661
vb. 2. to dirty, to cover with dirt ...1876 Eng. dial.
BEDIZENED
adj. dressed up with vulgar finery ...1707
BEDIZENMENT
n. vulgar or gaudy attire ...1837
BEDIZZEN
vb. to dress out, esp. in a vulgar or gaudy fashion ...1661
BEDLAM
adj. belonging to a madhouse; mad, wild, ill-behaved, foolish ...a1535
n. 1. † the town of Bethlehem in Judea ...971
n. 2. † 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 ...1522
n. 3. madness, lunacy ...1598
n. 4. a lunatic asylum, a madhouse ...1663
n. 5. a troublesome person or animal ...1884 Eng. dial.
BEDLAM-BEGGAR
n. † 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 ...1608
BEDLAMER
n. 1. † 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 ...c1675
n. 2. a term of contempt applied to boys and young men ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
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. to confuse, to bewilder ...19C Amer. sl.
BEDOOZLING
adj. astounding, amazing ...2000s US sl.
BEDOTE
vb. † to cause to dote, to make silly, to befool ...c1385
BEDOUBT
vb. † to dread ...1470
BEDOUIN
n. 1. an Arab of the desert ...c1400
n. 2. one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy, a wanderer or rover ...1863
BEDOUT
prep. without, unless ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEDOVEN
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOVE
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOVEN
adj. † immersed, plunged ...a1000
BEDOW
vb. † ? to sadden ...1513 Sc.
BEDOWN
adj. downwards ...Bk1911 Sc.
prep. down ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDPAN COMMANDO
n. a medical corpsman ...World War II Amer. sl.
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. † a bedfellow ...c1325
BED-PIECE
n. a whore ...Bk1891
BED-PLAID
n. a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
BED POT
n. a chamber pot ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEDPRESSER
n. 1. † a heavy, lazy fellow ...1598
n. 2. a prostitute, a hussy, a harlot ...19C sl.
n. 3. a whoremonger, a womanizer ...1933 US sl.
BEDRABBLE
vb. to make wet and dirty with rain and mud ...c1440
BEDRAGGLE
vb. to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt ...1727
BEDRAL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
n. 2. a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEDRAVEL
vb. † to cover with drivel or saliva ...1377
BEDRAWL
vb. † to cover with drivel or saliva ...1377
BEDREAD
adj. †* dreaded ...c1485
BED-REEDE
adj. bedridden, confined to bed ...Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial.
BEDREL
adj. †* bedridden ...1513
n. 1. † a bedridden person; a helpless cripple ... a1572 obs. rare exc. Sc.
n. 2. an inferior church officer in Scotland, often combining those of clerk, beadle, sexton, gravedigger, bellringer ...1815 Sc.
BE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION
vb. to be dressed in a youthful style ...1892 Eng. dial.
BEDRID
adj. 1. confined to bed through sickness or infirmity ...c1000
adj. 2. worn out, decrepit, impotent ...1621
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.
BEE - BEFZ
BEE
n. 1. † a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring ... c1000
n. 2. a sweet writer ...1753
n. 3. a busy worker ...1791
n. 4. a fly; a wasp ...1870 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1920s sl.
n. 6. an eccentric notion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. Benzedrine ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 8. enough marijuana to fill a matchbox ...1960s sl.
int. come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
BEE-A-BAW
n. a lullaby ...1811 Eng. dial.
BEE AITCH!
int. bloody hell ...1920s euphemism
BEEAL
n. an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
BE-EAST
adv. eastwards ...Bk1911 Sc.
BE EASY!
int. do not hurry, don't be so eager ...1746
BE EATEN OFF OF ONE'S FEET
vb. to be the victim of ...Bk1905 Sc.
BEE-BAW
n. 1. a lullaby ...1811 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a child's cradle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby ...1849 Eng. dial.
BEEBEE
n. 1. a Hindustani name for a lady ...1816
n. 2. a White mistress; a prostitute ...1886 Anglo-Indian
n. 3. an aunt ...Bk1890 gypsy usage
n. 4. a Hindu concubine ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
n. 5. the youngest member of a family or brood ...1930 Amer. dial.
BEE BEE BUMBLEBEE, ALL COME IN FREE
phr. 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 ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEE-BIKE
n. a wild bee's nest ...1837 Sc.
BEE-BONNETED
adj. having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed ...1856
BEE-BREAD
n. † honeycomb with the honey in it ...c825
BEE-BUTT
n. a beehive ...1790 Eng. dial.
BEEBY
n. a baby ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
BEECHAM'S (PILL)
n. a fool, a simpleton ...1952 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'dill'
BEECHMAN
n. a midshipman ...Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
BEED
n. 1. delay ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 2. * the realm of bees ...1868
BEEDLER
n. an engineer who works a locomotive to its limits ...Bk1978 railroad usage
BEEDOM
n. * the realm of bees ...1868
BEE-DROVE
n. a crowd or 'swarm' of men or animals ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEE EFF
n. a foolish person, a 'bloody fool' ...1925 sl., orig. Brit. services' usage
BEE-ESSER
n. a time-waster, one who always fools around ...1962 US sl.
BEEF
n. 1. a sexually appealing man or woman ...c1597 sl.
n. 2. a complaint ...1899 sl., orig. US
n. 3. an error; a blunder; a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 4. a fat or husky person ...c1915 Amer. sl.
n. 5. a masculine man; a well-built male; a large person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals ...1929 US sl.
n. 6. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 8. a piece of bear meat ...1953 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a popular or attractive girl ...1966 Amer. sl.
n. 10. in skateboarding: a fall on the butt ...20C teen & high school sl.
n. 11. an act of breaking wind ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 1. to drive harder; to put more muscle into ...1860 US college sl.
vb. 2. to find fault with; to complain loudly; to grumble; to protest ...1888 sl., orig. US
vb. 3. to loaf; to waste time ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
vb. 4. to make a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
vb. 5. to object ...Bk1904 Amer. college usage
vb. 6. to strike or knock someone down ...1926 Amer. dial.
vb. 7. to break wind; to release intestinal gas audibly ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 8. to crack up and get injured ...Bk2006 US sl.
int. stop thief! ...1791 rhyming sl.
BEEFAHOLIC
n. one addicted to beef ...1973
BEEF-A-RONI
n. a sexy male ...1985 US college sl.
BEEF BABY
n. a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities ...2003 US Black sl.
BEEF-BRAIN
n. a thug; a fool ...1989 US sl.
BEEF-BRAINED
adj. † thick-headed, stupid ...1627
BEEF-BREWIS
n. broth made from beef ...1820 Sc.
BEEFCAKE
n. 1 an attractive, muscular man ...1949 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a term of address ...2001 UK sl.
BEEF CREATURE
n. a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef ...1782 Amer. dial.
BEEF CRITTER
n. a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef ...1782 Amer. dial.
BEEFEATER
n. 1. an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial ...1610
n. 2. an Englishman or Englishwoman ...1628 sl.
n. 3. 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' ...1671
n. 4. a stout, hearty, fat fellow; a large, fleshy person ...Bk1867 sl.
n. 5. a cattle poacher ...1958 Amer. dial.
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. a punchy, off-balance football player ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BEEF STATE
n. Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEFSTEAK
n. 1. a prostitute controlled by a pimp ...1928 criminals' sl.
n. 2. in marbles: any game in which it is agreed any type of illegal play may be used which the players can 'get away with' ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a mistake, a blunder ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 4. 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' ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEEFSTEAK EYE
n. a black eye ...1950 Amer. dial.
BEEFSTEW
n. a woman ...1892 US sl.
BEEF-STEW SINGER
n. a very bad soloist ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
BEEF TO THE HEEL(S)
n. a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman ...1922 Irish sl.
phr. with rather overweight legs ...1867 sl.
BEEF TRUST
n. an obese or fat person ...1933 US sl.
BEEF UP
vb. to strengthen; to add vigour, power, or importance to ...1941 sl.
BEEF-WITTED
adj. thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish ...1606
BEEF-WITTEDNESS
n. stupidity ...1863
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. of an ear: infected, abscessed ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEE-LIPPEN
n. a beehive ...1825 Eng. dial.
BEELT
adj. swollen ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEELZEBUB
n. 1. the Devil ...c950
n. 2. a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a hobgoblin ...1943 Amer. dial.
BEELZEBUBIAN
adj. * devilish ...1867
BEELZEBUB'S PARADISE
n. Hell, the infernal regions ...Bk1903 sl.
BEEN
n. 1. bees ...Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a has-been ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
BEEN AROUND
adj. sexually experienced ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK
adj. sexually experienced ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEEN AT AN INDIAN FEAST
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN BOBBING FOR FRIES
phr. said of one who has a really ugly face, as if badly burned ...Bk2006 US sl.
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. a person who has been to England, usually for education ...1960 W. African & Asian usage
BEEN TO A FUNERAL
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN TOO FREE WITH JOHN BARLEYCORN
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN TO SEE CAPTAIN BATES?
phr. a greeting to a person one knows or suspects has been in prison ...L19 sl.
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-FUCKING
phr. implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this) ...1970s US sl.
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-ROPING
phr. implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this) ...1970s US sl.
BEEN VOTING FOR THE ALDERMAN
phr. † said of a person who is drunk ...1823 sl.
BEEP
n. 1. a jeep ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 2. a New York City borough president ...1952 Amer. political sl.
n. 3. an effeminate man, esp. a homosexual ...1995 Jamaica sl.
BEEP BEEP!
int. pay attention! ...1961 US sl.
BEE-PEITCH
n. a beehive ...1878 Eng. dial.
BEEPER
n. the telephone ...1968 US sl.
BEEPER BOY
n. a drug dealer who uses a pager, cellular phone, or other communications equipment to arrange deals ...1985 Amer. drugs sl.
BEEPER FREAK
n. a cocaine dealer who uses a pager to regulate his cocaine deliveries ...1985 US sl.
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. a drunkard ...1882 Aust. sl.
BEER-TANK
n. a drinker, a drunkard ...L19 sl.
BEERTENDER
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEER-THIRTY
n. a fictional time of day, suggesting that a beer is overdue ...1980 US sl.
BEER-UP
n. a beer-drinking session ...1919 sl.
vb. (beer up) to drink a lot of beer ...1960 US sl.
BEER-VAT
n. a tippler ...Bk1891
BEER VOUCHERS
n. money ...2002 UK sl.
BEERY
adj. half-drunk ...1888 Eng. dial.
BEER-YANKER
n. a bartender who draws beer in a saloon ...1881 US sl.
BEERY BUFF
n. a fool ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'muff'
BEES
n. 1. whims, fancies ...1776 Sc.
n. 2. a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle ...Bk1911 Scot
BEES AND HONEY
n. money ...1892 Brit. rhyming sl.
BEE-SCAP
n. a beehive ...1695 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BEE'S DICK OF A CHANCE
n. the smallest possible chance ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
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. thick laced boots used at Winchester School for playing football ...1859 sl.
BEESWAXING
adj. bewitching ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEES WINGERS
n. fingers ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
BEE'S WISP
n. 1. a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground ...1892 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tangled mass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEET
vb. 1. † to make, kindle, put on a fire ...c885 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. † to repent, to amend ...c1200
vb. 5. † to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to relieve hunger, thirst, or any form of want ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to rouse or feed a passion, esp. love; to kindle ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to praise; to blazon ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 9. to soothe; to mitigate ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEETER
n. †* a little wax candle ...1578
BEETHED
adj. decayed, withered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEETHY
adj. 1. overripe, sodden ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of meat: underdone ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of fallen leaves: withered, decayed ...1804 Eng. dial.
BEETING
n. † the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
BEETIT PRATIES
n. mashed potatoes ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEETLE
n. 1. an intellectually blind person; a blockhead ...1579
n. 2. a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan ...1605 sl.
n. 3. a poorly performing racehorse ...1915 Amer. turf sl.
n. 4. a young woman, esp. one who dresses in flashy clothes ...1931 sl.
n. 5. to Alaska soldiers: a girl ...1933 service sl.
n. 6. to Alaskan soldiers: a girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 7. a woman of easy morals; a loose girl or woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
n. 8. (usually offensive) a Japanese; used contemptuously ...1957 US military sl.
n. 9. a policeman ...1959 UK juvenile sl.
n. 10. 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 ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to look with beetle brows, to scowl ...1602
vb. 2. to beat, to pound ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to hang threateningly ...1859
BEETLE-BEE
n. a flying beetle; a humming beetle ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEETLE-BRAIN
n. (derogatory) a person of low intelligence; a stupid person; a blockhead; a fool; a dolt ...1593
BEETLEBROW
n. a blockhead; a fool ...1850 sl.
BEETLE-BROWED
adj. having prominent eyebrows ...1362
BEETLE-CRUSHER
n. 1. a boot or foot, esp. a big one ...1860 sl.
n. 2. an infantry soldier ...Bk1933 sl.
n. 3. a policeman ...1959 UK juvenile sl.
BEETLE-HEAD
n. 1. (derogatory) a person of low intelligence; a blockhead; a fool, a stupid person ...1577
n. 2. a young tadpole ...1892 Eng. dial.
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. † to preclude, to foreclose ...c1449
BEFORE-CASTING
n. † forecasting, pre-calculation ...1388
BEFORE-COME
vb. † to prevent ...1382
BEFORE-DARK
n. dusk, twilight ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEFORE-DAY
n. the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
BEFORE-DAYS
adv. in the past ...1982 Barbados sl.
BEFORE-GOER
n. † a predecessor ...c1388
BEFORE-GRAITHE
vb. † to prepare, to make ready beforehand ...1382
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. Amer. sl. - out of debt (World War II usage)
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. 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
n. 1. † a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring ... c1000
n. 2. a sweet writer ...1753
n. 3. a busy worker ...1791
n. 4. a fly; a wasp ...1870 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1920s sl.
n. 6. an eccentric notion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. Benzedrine ...1950s drugs sl.
n. 8. enough marijuana to fill a matchbox ...1960s sl.
int. come!; used as a call to chickens ...1924 Amer. dial.
BEE-A-BAW
n. a lullaby ...1811 Eng. dial.
BEE AITCH!
int. bloody hell ...1920s euphemism
BEEAL
n. an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
BE-EAST
adv. eastwards ...Bk1911 Sc.
BE EASY!
int. do not hurry, don't be so eager ...1746
BE EATEN OFF OF ONE'S FEET
vb. to be the victim of ...Bk1905 Sc.
BEE-BAW
n. 1. a lullaby ...1811 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a child's cradle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
vb. to lull to sleep; to sing a lullaby ...1849 Eng. dial.
BEEBEE
n. 1. a Hindustani name for a lady ...1816
n. 2. a White mistress; a prostitute ...1886 Anglo-Indian
n. 3. an aunt ...Bk1890 gypsy usage
n. 4. a Hindu concubine ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
n. 5. the youngest member of a family or brood ...1930 Amer. dial.
BEE BEE BUMBLEBEE, ALL COME IN FREE
phr. 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 ...1966 Amer. dial.
BEE-BIKE
n. a wild bee's nest ...1837 Sc.
BEE-BONNETED
adj. having a bee in one's bonnet; somewhat crazed ...1856
BEE-BREAD
n. † honeycomb with the honey in it ...c825
BEE-BUTT
n. a beehive ...1790 Eng. dial.
BEEBY
n. a baby ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
BEECHAM'S (PILL)
n. a fool, a simpleton ...1952 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'dill'
BEECHMAN
n. a midshipman ...Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
BEED
n. 1. delay ...Bk1911 Sc.
n. 2. * the realm of bees ...1868
BEEDLER
n. an engineer who works a locomotive to its limits ...Bk1978 railroad usage
BEEDOM
n. * the realm of bees ...1868
BEE-DROVE
n. a crowd or 'swarm' of men or animals ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEE EFF
n. a foolish person, a 'bloody fool' ...1925 sl., orig. Brit. services' usage
BEE-ESSER
n. a time-waster, one who always fools around ...1962 US sl.
BEEF
n. 1. a sexually appealing man or woman ...c1597 sl.
n. 2. a complaint ...1899 sl., orig. US
n. 3. an error; a blunder; a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
n. 4. a fat or husky person ...c1915 Amer. sl.
n. 5. a masculine man; a well-built male; a large person; used by heterosexuals and homosexuals ...1929 US sl.
n. 6. nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a tedious or annoying person or thing ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 8. a piece of bear meat ...1953 Amer. dial.
n. 9. a popular or attractive girl ...1966 Amer. sl.
n. 10. in skateboarding: a fall on the butt ...20C teen & high school sl.
n. 11. an act of breaking wind ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 1. to drive harder; to put more muscle into ...1860 US college sl.
vb. 2. to find fault with; to complain loudly; to grumble; to protest ...1888 sl., orig. US
vb. 3. to loaf; to waste time ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
vb. 4. to make a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
vb. 5. to object ...Bk1904 Amer. college usage
vb. 6. to strike or knock someone down ...1926 Amer. dial.
vb. 7. to break wind; to release intestinal gas audibly ...Bk2006 US sl.
vb. 8. to crack up and get injured ...Bk2006 US sl.
int. stop thief! ...1791 rhyming sl.
BEEFAHOLIC
n. one addicted to beef ...1973
BEEF-A-RONI
n. a sexy male ...1985 US college sl.
BEEF BABY
n. a child fathered by a gangster who is living temporarily with a girlfriend or mistress while hiding from the authorities ...2003 US Black sl.
BEEF-BRAIN
n. a thug; a fool ...1989 US sl.
BEEF-BRAINED
adj. † thick-headed, stupid ...1627
BEEF-BREWIS
n. broth made from beef ...1820 Sc.
BEEFCAKE
n. 1 an attractive, muscular man ...1949 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a term of address ...2001 UK sl.
BEEF CREATURE
n. a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef ...1782 Amer. dial.
BEEF CRITTER
n. a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef ...1782 Amer. dial.
BEEFEATER
n. 1. an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial ...1610
n. 2. an Englishman or Englishwoman ...1628 sl.
n. 3. 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' ...1671
n. 4. a stout, hearty, fat fellow; a large, fleshy person ...Bk1867 sl.
n. 5. a cattle poacher ...1958 Amer. dial.
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. a punchy, off-balance football player ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
BEEF STATE
n. Texas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEFSTEAK
n. 1. a prostitute controlled by a pimp ...1928 criminals' sl.
n. 2. in marbles: any game in which it is agreed any type of illegal play may be used which the players can 'get away with' ...1935 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a mistake, a blunder ...1950 Amer. dial.
n. 4. 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' ...1967 Amer. dial.
BEEFSTEAK EYE
n. a black eye ...1950 Amer. dial.
BEEFSTEW
n. a woman ...1892 US sl.
BEEF-STEW SINGER
n. a very bad soloist ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
BEEF TO THE HEEL(S)
n. a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman ...1922 Irish sl.
phr. with rather overweight legs ...1867 sl.
BEEF TRUST
n. an obese or fat person ...1933 US sl.
BEEF UP
vb. to strengthen; to add vigour, power, or importance to ...1941 sl.
BEEF-WITTED
adj. thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits, doltish ...1606
BEEF-WITTEDNESS
n. stupidity ...1863
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. of an ear: infected, abscessed ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEE-LIPPEN
n. a beehive ...1825 Eng. dial.
BEELT
adj. swollen ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEELZEBUB
n. 1. the Devil ...c950
n. 2. a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a hobgoblin ...1943 Amer. dial.
BEELZEBUBIAN
adj. * devilish ...1867
BEELZEBUB'S PARADISE
n. Hell, the infernal regions ...Bk1903 sl.
BEEN
n. 1. bees ...Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a has-been ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
BEEN AROUND
adj. sexually experienced ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK
adj. sexually experienced ...Bk2006 US sl.
BEEN AT AN INDIAN FEAST
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN BOBBING FOR FRIES
phr. said of one who has a really ugly face, as if badly burned ...Bk2006 US sl.
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. a person who has been to England, usually for education ...1960 W. African & Asian usage
BEEN TO A FUNERAL
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN TOO FREE WITH JOHN BARLEYCORN
adj. drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEEN TO SEE CAPTAIN BATES?
phr. a greeting to a person one knows or suspects has been in prison ...L19 sl.
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-FUCKING
phr. implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this) ...1970s US sl.
BEEN TO THREE COUNTY FAIRS AND A GOAT-ROPING
phr. implies one's astonishment (one has had many, varied experiences, but never one such as this) ...1970s US sl.
BEEN VOTING FOR THE ALDERMAN
phr. † said of a person who is drunk ...1823 sl.
BEEP
n. 1. a jeep ...World War II Amer. sl.
n. 2. a New York City borough president ...1952 Amer. political sl.
n. 3. an effeminate man, esp. a homosexual ...1995 Jamaica sl.
BEEP BEEP!
int. pay attention! ...1961 US sl.
BEE-PEITCH
n. a beehive ...1878 Eng. dial.
BEEPER
n. the telephone ...1968 US sl.
BEEPER BOY
n. a drug dealer who uses a pager, cellular phone, or other communications equipment to arrange deals ...1985 Amer. drugs sl.
BEEPER FREAK
n. a cocaine dealer who uses a pager to regulate his cocaine deliveries ...1985 US sl.
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. a drunkard ...1882 Aust. sl.
BEER-TANK
n. a drinker, a drunkard ...L19 sl.
BEERTENDER
n. a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEER-THIRTY
n. a fictional time of day, suggesting that a beer is overdue ...1980 US sl.
BEER-UP
n. a beer-drinking session ...1919 sl.
vb. (beer up) to drink a lot of beer ...1960 US sl.
BEER-VAT
n. a tippler ...Bk1891
BEER VOUCHERS
n. money ...2002 UK sl.
BEERY
adj. half-drunk ...1888 Eng. dial.
BEER-YANKER
n. a bartender who draws beer in a saloon ...1881 US sl.
BEERY BUFF
n. a fool ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'muff'
BEES
n. 1. whims, fancies ...1776 Sc.
n. 2. a state of confusion; muddle; light-headedness; fuddle ...Bk1911 Scot
BEES AND HONEY
n. money ...1892 Brit. rhyming sl.
BEE-SCAP
n. a beehive ...1695 Sc. & Eng. dial.
BEE'S DICK OF A CHANCE
n. the smallest possible chance ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
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. thick laced boots used at Winchester School for playing football ...1859 sl.
BEESWAXING
adj. bewitching ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
BEES WINGERS
n. fingers ...1980 UK rhyming sl.
BEE'S WISP
n. 1. a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground ...1892 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tangled mass ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEET
vb. 1. † to make, kindle, put on a fire ...c885 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. † to make good or better; to mend or repair things damaged; to heal wounds, sickness; to improve land ...c975 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. † to repent, to amend ...c1200
vb. 5. † to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to relieve hunger, thirst, or any form of want ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to rouse or feed a passion, esp. love; to kindle ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to praise; to blazon ...Bk1911 Sc.
vb. 9. to soothe; to mitigate ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEETER
n. †* a little wax candle ...1578
BEETHED
adj. decayed, withered ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BEETHY
adj. 1. overripe, sodden ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of meat: underdone ...1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of fallen leaves: withered, decayed ...1804 Eng. dial.
BEETING
n. † the act of making food; mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
BEETIT PRATIES
n. mashed potatoes ...Bk1898 Sc.
BEETLE
n. 1. an intellectually blind person; a blockhead ...1579
n. 2. a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan ...1605 sl.
n. 3. a poorly performing racehorse ...1915 Amer. turf sl.
n. 4. a young woman, esp. one who dresses in flashy clothes ...1931 sl.
n. 5. to Alaska soldiers: a girl ...1933 service sl.
n. 6. to Alaskan soldiers: a girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
n. 7. a woman of easy morals; a loose girl or woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
n. 8. (usually offensive) a Japanese; used contemptuously ...1957 US military sl.
n. 9. a policeman ...1959 UK juvenile sl.
n. 10. 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 ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to look with beetle brows, to scowl ...1602
vb. 2. to beat, to pound ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to hang threateningly ...1859
BEETLE-BEE
n. a flying beetle; a humming beetle ...Bk1911 Sc.
BEETLE-BRAIN
n. (derogatory) a person of low intelligence; a stupid person; a blockhead; a fool; a dolt ...1593
BEETLEBROW
n. a blockhead; a fool ...1850 sl.
BEETLE-BROWED
adj. having prominent eyebrows ...1362
BEETLE-CRUSHER
n. 1. a boot or foot, esp. a big one ...1860 sl.
n. 2. an infantry soldier ...Bk1933 sl.
n. 3. a policeman ...1959 UK juvenile sl.
BEETLE-HEAD
n. 1. (derogatory) a person of low intelligence; a blockhead; a fool, a stupid person ...1577
n. 2. a young tadpole ...1892 Eng. dial.
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. † to preclude, to foreclose ...c1449
BEFORE-CASTING
n. † forecasting, pre-calculation ...1388
BEFORE-COME
vb. † to prevent ...1382
BEFORE-DARK
n. dusk, twilight ...1965 Amer. dial.
BEFORE-DAY
n. the time just prior to sunrise ...1896 Amer. dial.
BEFORE-DAYS
adv. in the past ...1982 Barbados sl.
BEFORE-GOER
n. † a predecessor ...c1388
BEFORE-GRAITHE
vb. † to prepare, to make ready beforehand ...1382
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. Amer. sl. - out of debt (World War II usage)
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. 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