DICTIONARY B

BIP  -  BLEZ

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BIP  -  BITDZ
BITE  -  BLABZ
BLAC  -  BLACKMZ
BLACKN  -  BLAOZ
​BLAP  -  BLEZ

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​BIP  -  BITDZ

​BIR
            n.         force, impetus ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRBECK
            n.         the call of the moorcock or grouse ...1876 Sc.
 
BIRD
            n. 1.     the pupil of the eye ...1691 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a young woman; a girlfriend ...1838 sl., now chiefly Brit.
            n. 3.     an exceptionally smart or accomplished person; a first-rate animal or thing ...1842 US sl.
            n. 4.     a male person, a fellow ...1843 sl.
            n. 5.     the penis ...L19 sl.
            n. 6.     something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     a fast man, woman, or horse ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a prison sentence ...1924 Brit. sl.
            n. 9.     an attractive girl or woman...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
            n. 10.    something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 11.    an airplane ...1950s Amer. sl.
            n. 12.    the female genitals; the vagina ...1960s sl.
            n. 13.    a point of contention or disagreement ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD, THE
            n. 1.     a show of disapproval by an audience, esp. in the form of hissing ...1884 sl., orig. theatrical usage
            n. 2.     dismissal ...1924 sl.
 
BIRD-AND-JOE
            adv.      cheek-by-jowl, like Darby and Joan ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRD BATH
            n.         a bath requiring a minimum of water ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDBILL
            n.         a violet ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDBOAT
            n.         an aircraft carrier ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BIRD-BOY
            n.         a boy employed to scare birds from grain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-BRAIN
            n.         a slow-witted person ...1933 sl.
 
BIRD-BRAINED
            adj.       foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid ...1922 sl.
 
BIRD-CAGE
            n. 1.     a compound for prisoners in WWII
            n. 2.     a sedan ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     in the railroad: a brakeman's or switchman's lantern ...1945 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD DOG
            n.         the buttocks ...c1950 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to spend much time away from home; usually said of a man ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD-DOGGER
            n.         a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else's favour ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD DOGGING
            n.         dancing with a superior's girl ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BIRD-DUFFER
            n.         a bird-seller ...1851 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-EATER
            n.         a person who eats little or is finicky about food ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDEEN
            n.         a young bird; also, a young girl; used as a playful form of address ...1895
 
BIRDER
            n.         † a wild cat ...1712 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD EYE
            n.         a small marble ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD-EYED
            adj.       near-sighted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRDIE
            n. 1.     an affectionate or child's term for any (small) bird ...1792
            n. 2.     a small bird ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD IN THE MONKEY SUIT
            n.         an aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BIRD-KEEP
            n.         to frighten birds off new-sown corn and crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-KEEPER
            n.         a boy employed to keep birds off the crops ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-KEEPING
            n.         frightening birds off the crops ...1894 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-LIME
            n.         imprisonment; a prison sentence ...1857 Brit. rhyming slang for 'time'
 
BIRDMAN
            n.         an aviator, an airman ...1909 colloq.
 
BIRD-MINDER
            n.         one who frightens birds away from a crop ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD-MOUTHED
            adj.       unwilling to speak out, shy of expressing an opinion ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIRD OF A LOOKER
            n. 1.     something beautiful or attractive ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD OF DEATH
            n.         a vulture ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD OF FREEDOM
            n.         the American eagle ..1848 US
 
BIRD OF JOVE
            n.         the eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD OF JUNO
            n.         the peacock ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD OF MINERVA
            n.         an owl ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD OF PARADISE
            n.         the nightingale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD OF THE NIGHT
            n. 1.     a prostitute ...17C sl.
            n. 2.     a wandering vagabond ...E19 sl.
            n. 3.     an owl ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD OF WASHINGTON
            n.         the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BIRD O' SATAN
            n.         the blue jay ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BIRD-PECK
            n.         the navel ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDS AND BEES
            n.         the sexual facts of life ...sl.
 
BIRDSEED
            n. 1.     nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a silly or stupid person ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BIRD'S-EGGING
            n.         one's affairs, business ...1854 Amer. dial. arch.
 
BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE
            n.         a light-skinned attractive Black woman ...Bk2002 Amer.
 
BIRD'S NEST
            n. 1.     the female genitals; the vagina ...L18 colloq.
            n. 2.     the navel ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDSNIE
            n.         † a term of endearment ...1661
 
BIRD SNOW
            n.         late spring snow ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
BIRDS OF PREY
            n.         lawyers ...Bk1890 sl.
 
BIRD-STARVING
            n.         frightening birds off grain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD'S-WEDDING-DAY
            n.         St. Valentines' day ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-TENTING
            n.         driving away birds from crops ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-TIDES
            n.         especially low tides occurring annually about midsummer ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
BIRD-WITTED
            adj.       lacking the faculty of attention; having no concentration; flitting from subject to subject; easily imposed on;  thoughtless, inconsiderate ...1658
 
BIRDWOMAN
            n.         a female aviator ...Bk1933 colloq.
 
BIRD-WORK
            vb.       to leap, to hop, to progress by a series of high jumps ...1923 Amer. dial.
 
BIRGE
            n.         a bridge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRK
            n. 1.     the birch tree, Betula alba ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a youth, a smart, young fellow ...1871 Sc.
            n. 3.     a foolish person ...1936 sl., chiefly Brit.
            vb.       to give a sharp answer; to converse in a lively manner ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BIRKED
            adj.       birched, punished with a birch rod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIRKEN
            adj.       birch, made of birch ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n.         a birch tree ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRKENSHAW
            n.         a small wood of birch trees ...Bk1911 Sc.  
 
BIRKIE
            adj. 1.   sharp in speech; lively, spirited ...1821 Sc.
            adj. 2.   abounding with birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 1.     a term of address in conversation; 'old fellow' ...1725 Sc.
            n. 2.     a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
 
BIRKS
            n.         a coppice or small wood consisting chiefly of birches ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BIRK UP
            vb.       to cheer up; to brisk up ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRKY
            adj.       sharp in speech; lively, spirited ...1821 Sc.
            n. 1.     a term of address in conversation; 'old fellow' ...1725 Sc.
            n. 2.     a lively, smart young fellow; an active person ...1742 Sc.
 
BIRL
            n.         a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to spend money ...1776 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to make a noise like the rapid turning of a wheel; to twirl round, to spin ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to drink hard; to carouse; to ply with drink ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRLE
            vb. 1.    to pour out liquor, to pass round, to ply with drink ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to drink hard, to carouse ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIRLER
            n.         a master of the revels, who presides at a feast ...1851 Eng. dial.
 
BIRLIE
            n.         a loaf of bread ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRLING
            adj.       whirling with noise ...1865 Sc.
            n. 1.     a feast, a carousal; a drinking-match in which the drink is clubbed for ...1819 Sc. 
            n. 2.     a whirring noise; a noisy, rapid revolution of a wheel ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRL THE BAWBEE
            vb.       to make the money fly, to gamble or spend in drink ...1776 Sc.
 
BIRN
            n. 1.     the withered stems of garden or other plants ...1790 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a burden; a load carried on the back ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 3.     a burnt mark ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            vb.       to burn ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRNY
            adj.       of plants: having rough or stunted stems ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BIROMANTIC 
            n.         a person who is romantically attached to both men and women ...1997
 
BIRR
            n. 1.     force, impetus, energy; violence; passion ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a whirring noise; a rapid whirling motion ...1821 Sc. 
            n. 3.     confusion, turmoil ...1892 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to make a whirring noise; to move rapidly, to bustle, to act with energy ...1803 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to be in a turmoil or confusion ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            vb. 3.    to move rapidly, to bustle; to act with energy ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BIRRINGLY
            adv.      with vigour, energetically ...1827 Sc. 
 
BIRS
            n.         the gadfly ...Bk1898 Sc. 
 
BIRSE
            n. 1.     a bristle; hair; a plume of hair or bristles ...1790 Sc. 
            n. 2.     temper, anger ...1816 Sc. 
            n. 3.     a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze ...1822 Sc. 
            vb. 1.    to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press ...1822 Sc. 
            vb. 2.    to get suddenly angry ...1828 Sc. 
 
BIRSED
            adj.       bruised, crushed by a blow ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
BIRSEY 
            n.         a patronizing term for a farmer or country yokel; someone who looks depressed or unwell ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
 
BIRSIE
            adj.       hot-tempered, passionate ...1825 Sc.
            n.         a forward, impertinent child ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BIRSLE
            n.         a thorough warming ...Bk1898 Sc. 
            vb.       to scorch, to toast, to parch; to crackle with heat ...1871 Sc. 
 
BIRSLED
            adj.       dried, scorched by fire or sun ...1822 Sc.
 
BIRSLING
            adj.       scorching, drying ...1789 Sc. 
 
BIRST
            n. 1.     difficulty, emergency; an attack, a battle, a fight ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     an exertion beyond one's strength having evil consequences ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 3.     convulsive weeping ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 4.     a small, impudent person ...1824 Sc. 
            vb.       to weep convulsively ...1825 Sc.
 
BIRSY
            n.         a nickname for a pig ...Bk1898 Sc.
            adj.       of the weather: keen, bleak, sharp ...1825 Sc.
            adv.      bristly, with hair standing on end ...1827 Sc.
 
BIRTH
            n.         a current in the sea caused by a furious tide, but taking a different course from it ...1700 Sc.
 
BIRTH-CHILD 
            n.         † a child by birth in a place, a native ...1609
 
BIRTHDAME
            n.         a midwife ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTHDAY PARTY
            n. 1.     a party to which one pays an admission fee based  upon the number of birthdays one has had ...1906 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     an orgy ...1960s euphemism
 
BIRTHDAY SUIT
            n.         a state of nature; nakedness ...1874 sl.
 
BIRTH HOLE
            n.         the navel ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTHMAN 
            n. 1.     † a boatman ...1767 Sc.
            n. 2.     a man of good birth ...Bk1862
 
BIRTHMARK
            n.         the navel ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTHNIGHT SUPPER
            n.         a social gathering to celebrate someone's birthday ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTH PARTNER 
            n.         * a person born at the same time as another, a twin ...1870
 
BIRTH-PUFFED
            adj.       proud of one's descent ...1823
 
BIRTHSCALD
            n.         a birthmark ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTHSPOT
            n.         the navel ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTH SUIT
            n.         nakedness ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BIRTHY
            adj.       numerous; productive, prolific, fruitful ...1680 Sc.
 
BIRTLE
            adj.       brittle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to behave boisterously ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BISCAKE
            n.         a biscuit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BISCAN 
            n.         an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France ...1634
 
BISCAYAN 
            n.         an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France ...1634
 
BISCAYNER 
            n.         a native of Biscay ...1664
 
BISCUIT
            adj.       easy ...20C teen & high school sl.
            n. 1.     a young woman, who is 'sweet' and/or 'good enough to eat' ...1855 sl.
            n. 2.     a watch ...1905 Amer. jocular
            n. 3.     a square brown palliasse or mattress ...1917 military sl.
            n. 4.     the saddle horn ...1940 Amer. Western usage
            n. 5.     one's head ...1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     a woman, esp. a worldly or cruel woman ...1952 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     a woman considered as a sex object ...M20 Amer. sl.
            n. 8.     a small bun or roll of hair ...c1960 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
            n. 10.    a gullible person ...Bk1989 US college sl. 
            n. 11.    a weakling; a coward ...1998 euphemism for 'bitch'
 
BISCUIT-BANDIT 
            n.         a homosexual who is the active partner in anal intercourse ...Bk1972 prison sl.
 
BISCUIT BEGGAR
            n.         (derogatory) a person of foreign background; an American Indian ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BISCUIT BITCH 
            n.         a female volunteer worker with the American Red Cross ...1983 US military sl.
 
BISCUIT BROWN 
            n.         a lover ...1959 US Black sl.
 
BISCUIT BUSH
            n.         an imaginary object used in teasing a naive or inexperienced person ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BISCUIT-EATER
            n. 1.     a worthless person ...1924 sl.
            n. 2.     a worthless dog; a dog of mixed and uncertain breed ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BISCUIT GETTER
            n.         a breadwinner; the husband ...1966 Amer. jocular
 
BISCUIT HOOKS
            n.         one's hands ...1932 Amer. jocular
 
BISCUIT HOUND
            n.         a dog ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BISCUIT NIBBLER 
            n.         a young person ...1834 UK sl.
 
BISCUIT ROLLER
            n. 1.     a lover, usually female ...1928 US Black sl.
            n. 2.     a cook at a camp or ranch ...1968 Amer. Western usage
 
BISCUITS
            n. 1.     knees ...20C rhyming sl. (Biscuits and Cheese)
            n. 2.     the buttocks ...1965 Amer. jocular
 
BISCUITS AND CHEESE
            n.         knees ...20C rhyming sl.
 
BISCUIT SHOOTER
            n. 1.     a waitress; sometimes a waiter; a waiter in a logging camp ...1893 US sl.
            n. 2.     a cook at a camp or ranch ...1893 Amer. Western usage
 
BISCUIT-TOSSER 
            n.         a waiter or waitress ...1877 US sl.
 
BISH
            n. 1.     a bishop; a chaplain ...1875 humorous
            n. 2.     poison ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
            n. 3.     a mistake ...c1925 UK school usage
            n. 4.     a fool, a stupid person, a dope ...1963 US teen sl.
            vb. 1.    to throw ...c1920 Aust. sl.
            vb. 2.    to officiate in the absence of the chaplain ...c1939 services’ sl.
 
BISHIMER
            n.         an ant ...1893 Eng. dial.
 
BISHOP
            n. 1.     † an overlooker, inspector, or watchman ...1592
            n. 2.     the ladybird, Cocinella septem punctata ...1691 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a large condom ...L18 sl.
            n. 4.     a cantankerous, peevish boy ...1825 Sc.
            n. 5.     a nickname for a person who talks or act a great deal to little purpose ...1825 Sc.
            n. 6.     a chamber-pot ...Bk1896 sl.
            n. 7.     glans of the penis ...sl.
            n. 8.     a private detective ...1972 UK sl.
            vb. 1.    to conceal the signs of age in a horse by tampering with its teeth, etc ...1834 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of milk: to burn in boiling ...1863 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to trim or furbish up any article so as to make it look better than it really is ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BISHOP BARNABEE; BISHOP BARNABY
            n.         the ladybird, Cocinella septem punctata ...1855 Eng. dial.
 
BISHOPESS 
            n. 1.     the wife of a bishop ...1672-5
            n. 2.     a female bishop ...1853
 
BISHOP HAS SET HIS FOOT IN IT, THE
            phr.      the contents of the dish have been burnt while being cooked; originally said of milk or porridge ...1738
 
BISHOPLET 
            n.         a little or petty bishop ...1878
 
BISHOPLING 
            n.         a little or petty bishop ...Bk1888
 
BISHOPPED
            adj.       o milk, etc.: burnt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BISHOP'S FINGER
            n.         a guidepost ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BISHOP'S FOOT, THE
            n.         a taste of burning ...1790 Sc.
 
BISHOP'S NOSE
            n.         the rump of a cooked chicken ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BISIM
            n.         a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1951 Ulster sl.
 
BISKEY; BISKY
            n.         a biscuit ...1860 Eng. dial.
 
BISMAR 
            n.         a keeper of a brothel; a bawd ...Bk1874 Sc.
 
BISMARCKER 
            n.         a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
 
BISMARE 
            n.         a lewd woman; a bawd ...1825 Sc.
 
BISMAROON
            n.         a bullfrog ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BISMARQUER
            n.         a cheat, especially at cards or billiards ...c1866
 
BISMER
            n. 1.     † shame, disgrace, reproach, mockery, scorn ...c893
            n. 2.     † a reproach, a taunt, an insult ...971
            n. 3.     † a person worthy of scorn; a disgraceful or lewd person; a pander or bawd ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 4. the name given to a species of stickleback ...1805 Sc.
            vb.       † to treat with scorn, to mock, to deride, to insult ...c1000
 
BISNE 
            n.         † a blind person ...Bk1855
 
BISOGNIO 
            n. 1.     † a raw recruit ...1591
            n. 2.     † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
 
BISOGNO 
            n.         † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
 
BISOM 
            n. 1.     an undisciplined child ...1943 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1951 Ulster sl.
 
BISON 
            vb.       to vomit ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BISP 
            n.         † a bishop ...a1300
 
BISPEL
            n. 1.     † a proverb ...c1000
            n. 2.     † a natural child, an illegitimate child ...1781
            n. 3.     a term of reproach applied in general to young persons, and charging them with being mischievous rather than vicious ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
 
BISQUE
            n.         a light brown colour or tint ...1921
 
BISSOM
            n.         a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman ...1808 Sc.
 
BISSON
            adj.       blind ...1750 Eng. dial.
 
BISSY
            adj.       cross, ill-tempered, angry; easily provoked to anger, excitable ...1887 Sc.
 
BIT
            adj. 1.   small ...1820 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   cheated ...1834 Amer. dial.
            adj. 3.   short ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     money of any kind or quantity...1607 thieves' sl.
            n. 2.     a short while, a short space of time ...1653 colloq.
            n. 3.     the female genitals; the vagina ...17C euphemism
            n. 4.     sexual intercourse ...17C sl.
            n. 5.     conclusion, crisis ...1785 Sc.
            n. 6.     a prison sentence ...1866 criminals' sl.
            n. 7.     an admirable person ...1868 US sl.
            n. 8.     a unit of value equal to an eighth of a dollar; used only in even multiples, esp. two bits ...1873 US sl.
            n. 9.     (mainly derogatory) a woman; a young woman ...1923 Brit. sl.
            n. 10.    a woman considered as a sex object...1923 sl.
 
BIT AND BAID
            n.         food and clothing ...1768 Sc.
 
BIT AND BUFFET
            n.         food and blows ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIT AND DROP
            n.         a little to eat and drink ...1874 Sc.
 
BIT AND SUP
            n.         a little to eat and drink ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BIT BAIRN 
            n.         a little child ...1825 Sc.
 
BIT-BAT
            n.         a bat (animal) ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
BIT BOY 
            n.         a little boy ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
 
BIT-BUCKET 
            n.         the imaginary place where lost computer data goes ...Bk2006 US computing sl.
 
BIT CACK, A
            phr.      said of anything a bit unpleasant or unsightly ...Aust. sl.
 
BITCH
            n. 1.     a term of abuse for a woman; strictly, a lewd or sensual woman; later, a malicious, treacherous, unpleasant, or otherwise despicable woman ...a1400
            n. 2.     a prostitute ...1682 sl.
            n. 3.     an extraordinary or surprising person ...1713 sl.
            n. 4.     an effeminate male, supposedly the 'passive' partner in a homosexual couple; a male prostitute ...1726 homosexual & prison sl.
            n. 5.     a weak or subservient man; a term of contempt applied to a man ...1749 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     one who plays host at a tea-party ...1792 UK university sl.
            n. 7.     something unpleasant or undesirable ...1814 sl.
            n. 8.     tea ...1824 Eng. dial.
            n. 9.     a term applied, with no disrespectful meaning, to a woman or a female animal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 10.    an improvised lamp consisting of a twisted rag wick in a container of grease ...1904 Amer. dial.
            n. 11.    a queen, at cards ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
            n. 12.    an ill-tempered, malicious homosexual man ...1933 US homosexual sl.
            n. 13.    a complaint; an instance of complaining ...1945 sl., orig. US
            n. 14.    an untidy or negligent woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
            n. 15.    an exceptionally skilled person ...1946 sl., orig. US
            n. 16.    a male or female who complains or makes unfairly negative comments ...1950 sl.
            n. 17.    a homosexual ...1959 prison sl.
            n. 18.    a fellow homosexual, usually a friend ...1962 homosexual sl.
            n. 19.    a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent ...1960s US prison sl.
            n. 20.    something regarded as outstanding of its kind, esp. in unpleasantness; something difficult or formidable ...1964 Amer. dial.
            n. 21.    a very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 22.    an argument or fight; a disagreement or quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 23.    a girlfriend ...1971 US Black sl.
            n. 24.    a submissive lesbian ...1989 homosexual sl.
            n. 25.    a girl a guy dates often; often used in the plural ...Bk1989 US college sl.
            n. 26.    a subservient person; a servant ...1991 US sl.
            n. 27.    a habitual criminal ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
            n. 28.    one who knowingly dispenses unpleasantly adulterated varieties of marijuana ...2002 US drugs sl.
            vb. 1.    to spoil a piece of work ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
            vb. 3.    to complain ...1918 sl., orig. US
 
BITCH-ASS 
            n.         a term of black-on-black abuse; a Black person who complains ...1996 US Black teen sl.
 
BITCH-ASS NIGGA 
            n.         a weak, effeminate, or soft male who can  be easily victimized ...1995 US Black teen sl.
 
BITCH BATH
            n.         a so-called bath without water, using talcum powder, deodorant, and perfume ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BITCH BOOBY 
            n.         a rough, unsophisticated country woman ...1796 UK military sl.
 
BITCH BOX 
            n.         a public-address system loudspeaker; because it is always nagging ...Bk2006 US military sl.
 
BITCH-BOY 
            n.         a term of affectionate address between friends ...a2000 US college sl.
 
BITCH-CLOUT 
            n.         a worthless woman ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BITCH-DAUGHTER
            n. a nightmare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITCH-FOX
            n.         a vixen ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITCHEN-TWITCHEN
            adj.       excellent; great; classy ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BITCHER
            n. 1.     a botcher, bungler, muddler ...1825 Sc.
            n. 2.     an irritable person who is always complaining or finding fault ...1937 Amer. dial.
 
BITCHES' BASTARD
            n.         a severe, possibly violent warder ...1954 UK prison sl.
 
BITCHES' WINE
            n.         champagne ...c1850 sl.
 
BITCH HOPPER 
            n.         a most provoking woman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
BITCHIN'! 
            int.       terrific! ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITCH KITTY 
            n.         an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman ...c1930 Amer. sl. 
 
BITCH MAGNET 
            n.         a man who is irresistibly alluring to a woman ...1999 US sl.
 
BITCH ON WHEELS 
            n.         an extraordinary or surprising person; a superior person ...1939 US sl.
 
BITCH OUT 
            vb.       to complain ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITCH QUEEN 
            n.         one who finds fault with everything; one who constantly complains; a spiteful shrew ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
 
BITCH'S BASTARD 
            n. 1.     a term of abuse; a contemptible or objectionable person ...1922 sl.
            n. 2.     a severe, possibly violent warder ...1954 UK prison sl.
 
BITCH'S BLIND 
            n.         a homosexual or bisexual man's heterosexual wife ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
 
BITCH SESSION 
            n.         a session of complaining; an informal gripe session ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITCH SLAMMER 
            n.         a women's prison ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITCH SOMEONE OFF 
            vb.       to make someone very angry ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITCH SQUEAK 
            n.         a telltale, a garrulous female ...1950 US sl.
 
BITCH-WELP
            adv.      headlong ...1809 Eng. dial.
 
BITCH WOOL
            n.         soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BITCHY 
            adj.       irritable; complaining ...Bk2006 US sl.
            n.         a conceited sexual pervert ...1935 US criminals' sl.
 
BIT COVE 
            n.         a coiner, a counterfeiter ...a1790 UK criminals' sl.
 
BIT CULL 
            n.         a coiner, a counterfeiter ...a1790 UK criminals' sl.

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BITE  -  BLABZ

​BITE
            n. 1.     † cash, money ...1532 thieves' sl.
            n. 2.     † a sharper, a swindler, a cheat, a trickster, an impostor ...Bk1698
            n. 3.     † an imposition, a deception; what is now called a 'sell'; passing from the notion of playful imposition or hoax, to that of swindle or fraud ...1711 sl.
            n. 4.     a nickname for a Yorkshireman ...1805 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 6.     one who drives a hard bargain ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 7.     a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 8.     a small meal or snack ...1899 sl.
            n. 9.     strong flavour, esp. spiciness or pungency ...1955
            n. 10.    a person from whom one anticipates borrowing money; a person from whom one expects any easy loan ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
            vb. 1.    to vex, to annoy ...1629 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to smart, to tingle, to sting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to cheat, to swindle, to deceive, to take in ...1709 colloq.
            vb. 4.    to excite, to worry ...1911 US sl.
            vb. 5.    to borrow money, etc. ...1919 Aust. sl.
            vb. 6.    of a situation, object, etc.: to be contemptible, awful, or unpleasant ...1975 US sl.
            vb. 7.    to steal something; to copy something without permission ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITE AND SUP
            n.         food and drink; a slight repast ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb.       to take food and drink ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
BITE BY THE EAR
            vb.       † i.e. as a sign of fondness, to caress fondly ...1597
 
BITE BY THE NOSE
            vb.       † to treat with contempt ...1602
 
BITE-FAKER 
            n.         a counterfeiter ...Bk1891 UK criminals' sl.
 
BITE-FIG 
            n.         a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITE FOR SCART
            phr.      tit for tat ...1854 Sc.
 
BITE-MA-LUG 
            n.         a flatterer ...1923 Sc.
 
BITE MERCHANT 
            n.         a persistent cadger ...1991 Aust. sl.
 
BITE MY ASS!
            int.       used as a derisive retort; also an exclamation of astonishment ...1954 Amer. sl.
 
BITE OFF MORE THAN ONE CAN CHEW
            vb.       to undertake too much, to be too ambitious ...1878 orig. US
 
BITE ONE'S BAIT
            vb.       to hold off on a decision to see what develops, not to push a point too fast ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BITE ONE'S NOSE OFF
            vb.       * to reply in a curt, sharp, or angry manner ...1599
 
BITER
            n. 1.     a confidence trickster ...1669 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a card-sharp ...1674 UK sl.
            n. 3.     † a deceiver; one who amuses himself at another's expense ...1680
            n. 4.     an unpleasant, contemptible, or despicable person ...1709 sl.
            n. 5.     a lascivious woman ...1785 UK sl.
            n. 6.     a cadger ...1851 sl.
            n. 7.     an amorous woman ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 8.     the claw of a crab ...1952 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     a tooth ...1965 Amer. jocular
            n. 10.    a plagiarist, esp. in rap/hip-hop, etc. ...1987 US sl.
            n. 11.    a thief ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
 
BITER OF PETERS 
            n.         one who specializes in stealing trunks and boxes from the back of stagecoaches or carts ...c1698 UK criminals' sl.
 
BITERS 
            n.         people who copy from others ...Bk2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. 
 
BITES
            n.         pliers ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BITE-SHEEP 
            n.         † a once-favourite pun upon 'bishop', as if = one who bites the sheep which he ought to feed ...1570
 
BITE SOMEONE'S EAR
            vb.       to borrow money, etc. ...1879 sl.
 
BITE SOMEONE'S HEAD OFF 
            vb.       to attack verbally, esp. as a disproportionate response ...1984 UK sl.
 
BITE THE BAG
            vb.       to be very unsatisfactory ...1983 Amer. sl.
            int.       used to express contempt or disapproval, and rejection; Go away! To hell with you! ...1952 Amer. sl.
 
BITE THE BIG ONE 
            vb. 1.    of a situation, object, etc.: to be contemptible, awful, or unpleasant ...1974 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to die, to stop functioning or existing ...1979 US sl.
 
BITE THE BULLET 
            vb.       to behave courageously; to avoid showing fear or distress ...1891
 
BITE THE DUST 
            vb. 1.    to fall in death, to die; also to fall to the ground, to fall wounded ...1749
            vb. 2.    to break; to fail; to give out ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITE THE GROUND 
vb.       to fall in death, to die; also to fall to the ground, to fall wounded ...1697
 
BITE THE ICE! 
            int.       go to hell! ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BITE THE SAND 
            vb.       to fall in death, to die; also to fall to the ground, to fall wounded ...1716
 
BITE UPON THE BRIDLE
            vb.       † to champ the bit like a restless horse, to wait impatiently ...c1530
 
BITE YOUR BUM! 
            int.       shut up! get lost! ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
BIT-FAKER 
            n.         a coiner, a counterfeit money-maker ...1812 criminals' sl.
 
BITHEAD 
            n.         a highly competent computer professional ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
 
BIT HIGH, A
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BITIE 
            n.         a young woman ...1995 US Black sl.
 
BITIES 
            n.         a collective term for spiders, snakes, scorpions, etc. ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
BITING DADDY 
            n.         a homosexual who takes sadistic pleasure in biting nipples, shoulders, and buttocks ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BITING FROST
            n.         a severe frost; one that kills young plants ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BITING-ON
            n.         light refreshment taken between meals, lunch ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
BITING THE BRUTE
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BITLACKS
            n.         † the teeth ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BITLEHEAD 
            n.         a blockhead ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
 
BIT-MAKER 
            n.         a coiner, a counterfeiter ...1832 UK criminals' sl.
 
BIT O' BLINK
            n.         drink ...L19 rhyming sl.
 
BIT OF A DAG, A
            n.         someone or something extraordinary or entertaining; an amusingly eccentric or impudent person; a character ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
BIT OF A DODDLER 
            n.         a small boy ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
 
BIT OF A GIRL 
            n.         a young girl ...1895 sl.
 
BIT OF A GROAT 
            n.         a woman seen in a sexual context ...1714 UK sl.
 
BIT OF A JOB 
            n.         a young person ...1969 UK sl.
 
BIT OF A LAD
            n. 1.     a lively (young) man, esp. a highly sexed one ...1913 sl. 
            n. 2.     a cheeky, self-possessed youth who fancies himself ...1939 UK sl.
            n. 3.     a young man who is full of self-confidence with which he pursues sensual ambitions ...1960 UK sl.
 
BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A
            adj.       extremely good ...Bk1903 sl.
            n. 1.     something satisfactory ...1898
            n. 2.     a sexually attractive person ...1898 sl.
 
BIT OF ARSE 
            n.         a woman as a sex object ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
 
BIT OF A THING 
            n.         a young person ...1873 UK sl.
 
BIT OF BLOOD, A
            n. 1.     a mettlesome horse ...1819
            n. 2.     a dandy ...1821 UK sl.
 
BIT OF BLUE, A 
            n.         indecency, obscenity, often of a mild nature ...1889
 
BIT OF BROWN
            n.         anal intercourse ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF CALICO
            n. 1.     a young woman or women ...1868 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     sexual groping ...M19 US sl.
 
BIT OF CAULIFLOWER
            n.         copulation ...Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF CAVALRY, A
            n.         a horse ...1821
 
BIT OF COKE 
            n.         a girlfriend ...1907 Aust. sl.
 
BIT OF CRACKLING
            n. 1.     a girl; young women generally ...c1890 sl.
            n. 2.     an attractive woman or man ...20C sl.
 
BIT OF CRUMB
            n.         a plump, attractive woman ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF CRUMPET 
            n.         a sexually attractive woman; a desirable woman, or man ...1936 sl. 
 
BIT OF CUFF
            n.         a young woman, regarded as a sex object; thus sexual intercourse ...Bk1984 sl.
 
BIT OF DAMP
            n.         a woman in sexual terms ...Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF DRAPERY 
            n.         a woman who is considered sexually forward and who emphasizes her appeal by a flashy style of dress ...1905 UK sl.
 
BIT OF EBONY
            n. 1.     a Black woman viewed as a sex object ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     a Black person ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BIT OF FAT
            n.         an unexpected advantage ...M19 sl.
 
BIT OF FISH
            n. 1.     copulation ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     the vagina ...M19 sl.
            n. 3.     a woman regarded as a sex object ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BIT OF FLAT
            n.         copulation ...sl.
 
BIT OF FLUFF
            n. 1.     a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
            n. 2.     a prostitute ...1916 sl.
            n. 3.     anything or any person considered insignificant or ineffectual ...Bk1984 sl.
 
BIT OF FROCK
            n.         an attractive (young) woman ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF FRONT DOOR WORK
            n.         said of males: copulation ...sl.
 
BIT OF FRUIT
            n.         sexual intercourse ...1940s sl.
 
BIT OF FUN
            n.         copulation ...sl.
 
BIT OF GIG
            n.         a spree; a bit of fun ...E19 sl.
 
BIT OF GOODS
            n.         a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
 
BIT OF GOOD TRUTH
            n.         the plain facts ...Bk1890 sl.
 
BIT OF GOOSE
            n.         a piece of good fortune ...1930s sl.
 
BIT OF GREASE 
            n.         a stout and smiling Hindu woman: not derogatory ...Bk1909 Anglo-Indian military sl.
 
BIT OF GREY 
            n.         an elderly person who is recruited to attend weddings or funerals and by their presence add a degree of solemnity to the proceedings ...1883 UK sl.
 
BIT OF HAIR
            n.         copulation ...L19 Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF HARD
            n.         copulation ...sl.
 
BIT OF HAW-HAW 
            n.         a fop, a dandy ...Bk1909 UK sl.
 
BIT OF HELIOTROPE 
            n.         a girlfriend ...1902 Aust. sl.
 
BIT OF HOMEWORK 
            n.         a woman considered as sexually desirable, esp. a man's girlfriend ...1945 sl. 
 
BIT OF HUMPTY 
            n.         a sexually willing female ...1963 UK sl.
 
BIT OF JAM
            n. 1.     the vagina ...19C sl.
            n. 2.     a woman considered a sexual object; an attractive woman ...L19 sl.
            n. 3.     a sweetheart; a mistress ...c1886 sl.
            n. 4.     copulation ...sl.
 
BIT OF KIT
            n.         an item of equipment, esp. mechanical or electrical ...2000 UK sl.
 
BIT OF KYFER
            n.         a woman ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF LEAF, A
            n.         a small quantity of tobacco ...1889 prison sl.
 
BIT OF LEG 
            n.         a woman considered as a source of sexual intercourse or satisfaction ...1997 sl.
 
BIT OF LUMBER
            n. 1.     a woman courted, esp. one picked up at a party, etc. ...1966 sl.
            n. 2.     a woman viewed as a sex object ...1966 Sc. usage
 
BIT OF MEAT
            n. 1.     copulation ...E18 sl.
            n. 2.     a woman considered as nothing more than a sex object ...1975 UK sl.
            n. 3.     a prostitute ...Bk1995 sl.
 
BIT OF MESS
            n.         a prostitute's lover who is neither ponce nor client ...1977 UK sl.
 
BIT OF MUSLIN
            n. 1.     a young woman, esp. if a prostitute ...1821 sl.
            n. 2.     a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
            n. 3.     a sweetheart ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 4.     a girl confident of herself ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
 
BIT OF MUTTON
            n. 1.     a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
            n. 2.     a nice woman, generally in a questionable sense ...1889 sl.
            n. 3.     a prostitute ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BIT OF NIFTY
            n.         copulation ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF NONSENSE
            n. 1.     a mistress ...1947 UK society usage
            n. 2.     an easily achieved criminal act ...1968 UK sl.
 
BIT OF OLD 
            n.         sexual intercourse ...1990s euphemism
 
BIT OF POOH 
            n.         flattery, esp. in the context of courtship ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF PORK
            n. 1.     the female genitals ...18C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     an act of copulation ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF POSH
            n.         an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object ...1977 UK sl.
 
BIT OF RASPBERRY 
            n.         an attractive woman ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF RED 
            n. 1.     a soldier ...18C sl.
            n. 2.     vaginal intercourse ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF RING 
            n.         anal intercourse ...1930s sl.
 
BIT OF ROUGH
            n. 1.     copulation ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     the vagina ...M19 sl.
            n. 3.     a woman ...1902 colloq.
            n. 4.     a lover of either sex who enjoys aggression with sex; a male lover, categorized as of a lower social status, or a rougher background than the partner ...1973 colloq.
 
BIT OF SCARLET 
            n.         an oath ...M19 sl.
 
BIT OF SKATE 
            n.         the vagina ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF SKIN
            n. 1.     a woman, a girlfriend ...1922 UK sl.
            n. 2.     copulation ...sl.
            n. 3.     a woman considered as a sex object ...1962 sl.
            n. 4.     a young man ...1980 UK homosexual sl.
 
BIT OF SKIRT
            n.         a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
 
BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE
            n. 1.     kissing and cuddling; sexual petting which may be considered as foreplay by one participant ...1910s UK sl.
            n. 2.     sexual intercourse ...1984 UK sl.
 
 BIT OF SNUG
            n. 1.     the penis ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     copulation from the female point of view ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF SNUG FOR A BIT OF STIFF
            n. 1.     the vagina ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     copulation from the female point of view ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF SOAP 
            n.         a charming girl, though frail ...1883 sl.
 
BIT OF SPARE
            n.         anyone providing sexual favours, even on a short-term or occasional basis; an unattached woman, esp. at a club, party or any place where men may be expected to look for a sexual companion or conquest ...1969 sl.
 
BIT OF STRAY
            n.         a casual sexual acquaintance, usually female ...2001 UK sl.
 
BIT OF STUFF
            n. 1.     a young woman, usually attractive and often out enjoying herself ...1771 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a prize-fighter ...1812 sl.
            n. 3.     an overdressed man; a man with full confidence in his appearance and abilities; a conceited, dressy young man ...1828 sl.
            n. 4.     an admirable person ...1836 sl.
            n. 5.     a woman viewed as a sex object ...1847 sl.
            n. 6.     a prostitute ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 7.     a fashionable person ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
            n. 8.     a tough, aggressive young man ...1900 Aust. & Irish sl.
 
BIT OF TAIL, A
            n. 1.     (offensive) a woman regarded as a sexual object ...1933 sl.
            n. 2.     an act of anal intercourse; an act of sexual intercourse where the male partner enters the female from behind ...1984 UK sl.
 
BIT OF THE GOOSE’S NECK
            n.         copulation from the female point of view ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT OF THE OLD
            n.         money ...L19 sl.
 
BIT OF THE OTHER
            n.         copulation ...1930s sl.
 
BIT OF TICKLE
            n. 1.     a woman regarded as a sexual object ...1984 UK sl.
            n. 2.     sexual intercourse ...1984 UK sl.
 
BIT OF TIT
            n. 1.     a woman regarded as a sexual object ...1984 UK sl.
            n. 2.     sex with a woman ...1984 UK sl.
 
BIT OF TRIPE 
            n.         one's wife ...Bk1909 UK sl.
 
BIT OF VELVET
            n.         any dark-skinned woman ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
 
BIT OF WORK
            n.         a crime; a robbery ...1996 UK sl.
 
BIT ON, A
            adj.       drunk ...19C Brit. & US sl.
 
BIT ON A FORK
            n. 1.     the female genitals, the vagina ...19C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     copulation, getting into the fork the female’s body ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BIT ON THE SIDE
            n. 1.     a love affair; extra-marital sex ...1977 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a secret lover in addition to your regular partner ...1977 UK sl.
 
BIT ON THE TOP
            adv.      to the full, with violence ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BIT PLAYER 
            n.         an actor with a very small acting role with few lines to speak; a person with a very small part in something ...1936
 
BITS
            n. 1.     the male genitals ...1976 UK sl.
            n. 2.     in betting: odds of 11-10 ...1991 UK sl.
 
BITS AND BATS
n.         odds and ends, broken pieces; knickknacks ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITS AND BOBS
n.         miscellaneous small articles; odds and ends ...1896 UK sl.
 
BITS AND BRATS
            n.         food and clothing ...1843 Sc.
 
BITS AND TITS
            n.         the controls ...1962 Aust. sl.
 
BITSER
            n. 1.     a dog of mixed breed ...1936 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a person of mixed blood or stock ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
 
BIT SMASHER 
            n.         † one who makes or passes counterfeit money ...1821 UK criminals' sl.
 
BITS OF KIDS
            n.         youngsters ...1999 UK sl.
 
BITS OF STIFF
            n.         banknotes ...1889 sl.
 
BITS ON THE EAR'OLE
            n.         in  betting: odds of 13-8 ...1991 UK sl.
 
BIT SPIT
            n.         any electronic communication ...1997 US sl.
 
BITSY
            n.         small, tiny ...1905 US sl.
 
BITTEN BY THE BUG
            adj.       obsessively enthusiastic ...1902 sl.
 
BITTEN TO THE BRAIN
            adj.       drunk ...?1546
 
BITTER
            adj.       great, excessive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            adv.      very, exceedingly ...1825 Eng. dial.
            n.         † one who has charge of a 'bit' or fire-bucket; a fireman ...c1467
 
BITTER-ENDER
            n.         one who fights or holds out to the bitter end; one who refuses to yield or compromise ...1850 colloq.
 
BITTER HALF 
            n.         one's wife or female partner; occasionally used of a husband or male partner ...1847 sl.
 
BITTERLY
            adv.      excessively ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITTERMENT
            n.         bitterness ...1798 Eng. dial.
 
BITTER-MOUTH
            vb.       to speak harshly ...1947 US sl.
 
BITTER PILL 
            n.         a disagreeable or unpleasant person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
 
BITTERSWEET
            n.         a spiteful thing done under pretense of friendliness ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITTER-WEED
            n. 1.     a bad-tempered, unruly, mischievous person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a disgraceful person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
 
BITTISH, A
            adv.      somewhat, rather ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BITTOCK
            n.         a small portion, a little bit ...1688 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIT TOO RANK, A
            phr.      somewhat too strong; too much of a good thing ...1899 Eng. dial.
 
BIT-TURNER-OUT 
            n.         a coiner of bad money, a counterfeiter ...a1904 UK sl.
 
BIT TWIDDLER
            n.         a computer operator ...1974 US sl.
 
BITTY
            adj.       tiny ...1905 US sl.
            n. 1.     a girl, a young woman ...1962 US sl.
            n. 2.     a woman considered sexually ...Bk1995 US Black sl.
 
BITTY-BIT
            n.         a small amount; a bit ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BITTY BOX
            n.         a small computer, esp. a single-tasking-only machine ...1991 US sl.
 
BITUMEN BLONDE 
            n. 1.     (derogatory) an Aboriginal girl or woman ...1943 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a brunette; a dark-haired woman ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
 
BIT UNDER, A
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BITZA
            n.         a dog of mixed breed ...1936 Aust. sl.
 
BITZER
            n.         a dog of mixed breed ...1936 Aust. sl.
 
BIVER
            vb. 1.    to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of cold: to shrivel up, to pinch ..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    of the lips or chin; to quiver, to tremble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BIVIOUS
            adj.       having or leading two different ways or passages ...a1644
 
BIVOLOPUS
            n.         a very stupid person ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BIVOUCKY
            adj.       nuts from manoeuvres ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BIVVAL 
            n.         a stoutly-built, sturdy person ...1929 Sc.
 
BIVVER
            n.         a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to shake, to quiver, to tremble, esp. with cold or fear ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIVVY
            n.         a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
 
BIVY
            n.         a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
 
BIZ
            n. 1.     business ...1861 US sl.
            n. 2.     the syringe and other equipment used by intravenous drug users ...1949 US sl.
            n. 3.     a small amount of a drug ...1971 US sl.
            n. 4.     crime ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BIZ, THE
            n.         the entertainment, theatre, or film making business ...1961 UK sl.
 
BIZA 
            n.         a blood brother ...2005 S. Afr. prison sl.
 
BIZARRO
            adj.       bizarre ...1971 US sl.
            n.         a bizarre person; a strange, eccentric person; a transvestite ...1980 US sl.
 
BIZATCH 
            n.         'bitch'; a spiteful or unpleasant woman ...1997-2000 US euphemism 
 
BIZE
            n.         a mark made on the ground from which all competitors in a game start ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BIZEN 
            n.         an overdressed person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
 
BIZMAROON
            n.         a bullfrog ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BIZNATCH
            n.         'bitch'; a spiteful or unpleasant woman; a difficult or unpleasant situation or thing ...2002 US euphemism
 
BIZNITCH
            n.         'bitch'; a spiteful or unpleasant woman; a difficult or unpleasant situation or thing ...2002 US euphemism
 
BIZOTIC
            adj.       unexpected, out of the ordinary, weird ...1984 US teen & high school sl.
 
BIZZ
            n. 1.     a buzz, a bustle ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a feeling of mild intoxication, as from liquor or drugs ...1849 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     business ...1861 US sl.
            n. 4.     the syringe and other equipment used by intravenous drug users ...1949 US sl.
            n. 5.     small amount of a drug ...1971 US sl.
            vb.       to buzz; to fuss about or move with a disturbing noise ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BIZZIE
            n.         a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...20C sl.
 
BIZZIES
            n.         the police ...1948 UK sl.
 
BIZZING
            n.         hanging onto the bumper of a car and sliding along the icy streets on one's shoes ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BIZZLE
            n. 1.     a drunkard ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 2.     a brother in the sense of male companion ...2002 US sl.
 
BIZZLER 
            n.         a drunkard ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BIZZO
            n. 1.     an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1969 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     business ...1969 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     an ill-tempered woman ...2001 US sl.
 
BIZZUM 
            n.         a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman; a cheeky, forward, or cantankerous woman ...1808 Sc. & Ireland
 
BIZZUM-HEAD 
            n.         a person who is equally foolish and stupid ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
 
BIZZURD
            adj.       bizarre, absurd ...2003 UK sl.
 
BIZZY
            n.         a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...20C sl.
 
BJ
            n.         an act of oral sex; a blow job ...1949 US sl.
 
BJAKK 
            n.         a small person; also, a person of very slight physical strength, used disparagingly ...1908 Sc.
 
BJARTIN 
            n.         a youth, a boy, a young lad ...Bk1914 Sc.
 
BJM 
            n.         a fellator (Blow Job Man) ...1960s teen sl. 
 
BJOCHEL 
            n.         a weak, incapable person, esp. a person with a bad gait, weak in the knee joints ...1908 Sc.
 
B JOINT
            n.         a bar where women coax customers to buy drinks ...1993 US sl.
 
BJs
            n.         crack cocaine ...2003 UK sl.
 
BK 
            n.         a homosexual who is the active partner in anal intercourse (Brownie King) ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BK LOUNGE
            n.         a Burger King™ fast food restaurant ...1985 US sl.
 
BLA
            n. 1.     insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
            n. 2.     a brother, a friend, a pal ...1972 Hawaii
 
BLAA
            n.         the bleat of a calf or sheep ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BLAB
            n. 1.     an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale; a gossip ...c1374
            n. 2.     a large quantity of strong drink ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 3.     (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
            vb. 1.    to speak revealingly ...1583
            vb. 2.    to make a gurgling noise with the lips in drinking or in taking liquid food; to slobber ...1825 Sc
            vb. 3.    to drink much and frequently; to tipple ...1871 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to pour out suddenly; to spurt out ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLABBAN
            n.         the act of drinking to excess ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLABBER
            n. 1.     one who blabs; one who reveals secrets; a telltale; a tattler ...1557
            n. 2.     idle talk, chatter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     (sometimes derogatory) the mouth ...1942 Amer. jocular
            n. 4.     a tippler ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 5.     a quantity of strong liquor ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to talk loquaciously ...c1375
            vb. 2.    to cry, to blubber ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to tope, to drink largely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLABBER-BOX
            n.         one who talks too much ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLABBERER 
            n.         one who reveals secrets; a telltale, a tattler ...c1375
 
BLABBER-FEST
            n.         a gathering of people for talking or gossip ...1968 Amer. sl.
 
BLABBERGUTS 
            n.         one who talks too much or betrays secrets; a gossip; a telltale ...1977 US sl.
 
BLABBERLIP 
            n.         an indiscreet talker, a gossip, a telltale ...c1551 UK sl.
 
BLABBERMOUTH
            n.         one who reveals secrets, a telltale, a gossip, an indiscreet talker ...1916 sl., orig. US
            vb.       to tell secrets in public ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BLABBERSKITE 
            n.         a voluble, boastful speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
 
BLABBING-BOOK 
            n.         a telltale ...Bk1881
 
BLAB-BLAB
            n.         a too-ready talker; a gossip; a blabmouth ...c1960 Amer. dial.
 
BLAB-CHOPS
            n.         a talkative person, a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAB-FEST
            n.         a gathering of people for talking or gossip; a conversation; a discussion...1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAB-MOUTH
            n.         a talkative person; a gossip ...1850 Eng. dial.
 
BLAB-MOUTHED
            adj.       talkative ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLABMOUTHER 
            n.         a talkative person; an indiscreet talker; a gossip, a telltale ...1893 US sl.
 
BLABO 
            n.         one who talks too much ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
 
BLAB OFF
            vb.       to talk out of turn ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLAB-TIT 
            n.         an indiscreet talker; a telltale ...1894 Eng. dial.
 
BLAB-TONGUE
            n.         an indiscreet talker; a telltale ...1600
 
BLAB-TONGUED
            adj.       talkative; unable to keep a secret ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.

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BLAC  -  BLACKMZ

BLACK
            adj. 1.   sad, melancholy; unlucky, malignant, wicked ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   of wind or weather: foul, overcast ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 1.     a man of 'black' skin; a member of a dark-skinned race, esp. a person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; also, a person of Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...1614
            n. 2.     † a mute or hired mourner at a funeral ...1619
            n. 3.     † a black-haired person ...c1686
            n. 4.     † one of a band of poachers who went about their work with blackened faces ...1722
            n. 5.     in chess and draughts: the player using the black or coloured pieces ...1750
            n. 6.     a blacksmith ...1776 sl.
            n. 7.     a shabby rogue; a blackguard ...1797 UK sl.
            n. 8.     a scoundrel ...Bk1825 Sc.
            n. 9.     † a blackleg, a person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker's place ...1826 sl.
            n. 10.    dark discolouring stain; dirt ...1870 Eng. dial.
            n. 11.    a blackmailer ...1931 UK sl.
            n. 12.    a term of address to a fellow Black man ...1998 sl.
            n. 13.    black coffee ...Bk1998 sl.
            vb. 1.    to scold, to abuse; to defame ...1866 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to blackmail ...1928 sl.
 
BLACK ACE
            n.         the female genital area ...M17 sl.
 
BLACK ACID
            n.         LSD ...1970 US sl.
 
BLACK ACTION
            n.         casino betting in $100 increments ...1991 US sl.
 
BLACK-ACTUALLY
            adv.      truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AFRICAN
            n. 1.     a dark-skinned African; esp. one who is a native or inhabitant of sub-Saharan Africa ...1633
            n. 2.     marijuana ...1970s drugs sl.
 
BLACK AMERICAN 
            n.         a native or inhabitant of the United States who is Black; an African-American ...1818
 
BLACKAMOOR
            n. 1.     a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
            n. 2.     a devil, the devil ...M17
            n. 3.     a black Angus or Friesian cow ...1956 NZ sl.
 
BLACK-A-MOORE 
            a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
 
BLACKAMORE 
            n.         a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1525
 
BLACKAMORIAN 
            n.         † a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person ...1526
 
BLACK AND DECKER 
            n.         in baseball: a player used for odd jobs, such as warming up bullpen pitchers ...1982 baseball usage
 
BLACK-AND-TAN
            n. 1.     (usually offensive) a person of mixed race, esp. a person of mixed Black and White descent ...1868 sl., orig. & chiefly US
            n. 2.     a dog, esp. a hound, with black and tan colouring ...1884 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-AND-WHITE 
            n. 1.     a police officer ...1965 US sl.
            n. 2.     a casino dealer, who typically wear black slacks and a white shirt or blouse ...Bk1997 gambling cheats' usage
 
BLACK ANGEL 
            n. 1.     a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
            n. 2.     one who hides from the law ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl. 
 
ׇBLACK ANKLE
            n.         a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK ANNIE
            n.         a police vehicle; a black Maria ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK APE
            n.         (derogatory) a Black person ...1884 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK ARMY
            n.         a swarm of fleas ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK ARR
            n.         a stain on the character ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-ARR'D
            adj.       sullied, stained ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK ART
            n.         † lock-picking, burglary ...1591 thieves' sl.
 
BLACK-ARTIST 
            n. 1.     * a practitioner of the black art; a magician, a necromancer ...1593
            n. 2.     an individual engaged in the professions of burglary or lock-picking ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
 
BLACK AS A BAG
            adj.       very dark ...1887 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK AS A BLEG
    adj.       very black (bleg = blackberry) ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK AS A COAL-MINER'S ASSHOLE AT MIDNIGHT
            adj.       utterly black ...1976 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK AS COAL 
            adj.       extremely dark or evil ...Bk1995 US sl.
 
BLACK AS NEWGATE, AS 
            adj.       very black ...Bk1902 sl.
 
BLACK AS OLD NICK
            adj.       very black ...1809 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS ONE'S HAT
            adj.       absolutely black ...1710
 
BLACK AS SIP
            adj.       extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS TAR
            adj.       very black ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS THE CROOK 
            adj.       very black (crook = a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot or kettle on) ...1826 Sc.
 
BLACK AS THE DEVIL'S ARSE
            adj.       as black as can be; pitch-black ...1774 US sl.
 
BLACK AS THE EARL OF HELL
            adj.       very black ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS THE NIGHT 
            adj.       extremely dark ...Bk1995 US sl.
 
BLACK AS TOAL'S CLOAK
            adj.       very dark ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK AS TOBEY'S BEHIND
            adj.       very black ...1958 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS TOBY'S HILL
            adj.       very black ...1997 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AS ZIP
            adj.       extremely black ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK AUSTRALIAN 
            n.         a native or inhabitant of Australia who is Black; an Australian Aboriginal ...1863
 
BLACK-AVISED
            adj.       having a dark complexion, swarthy ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-BABBLING
            adj.       babbling maliciously, slanderous ...1624
            n.         malicious talk ...17C
 
BLACK-BACK 
            n.         a backbiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BACKRA 
            n.         a respected Black man ...1958 W. Indies
 
BLACK-BAG 
            n.         a pleader in the law courts ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BLACK-BAG TOTER
            n.         a doctor ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBAITER 
            n.         † any person in favour of Black slavery; a person with intolerant attitude toward Blacks ...c1840 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK BALL 
            n.         a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
 
BLACK-BEAR-AWAY
            n.         the bat ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BEAUTY
            n.         prizefighter Joe Louis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK BEETLE 
            n.         a constable in the Thames River police ...1894 UK sl.
 
BLACK BEETLES
            n. 1.     the lower orders, the rabble ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 2.     Roman Catholic priests ...1959 UK sl.
 
BLACK BELLY 
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a Black person ...1952 US sl.
            n. 2.     a policeman ...1973 W. Indies
 
BLACK BELT
            n. 1.     in judo or karate: one who has earned certification of highest proficiency ...1954
            n. 2.     the section of a city which is populated predominantly by Blacks; the poor section of a city; a ghetto ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BERN
            n.         blackberries ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY 
            n.         a Black person; used contemptuously ...1859 US sl.
 
BLACKBERRY BABY 
            n.         an illegitimate child ...Bk1996 Amer. dial.  
 
BLACKBERRY MOUCHER 
            n.         a boy who plays truant to pick blackberries ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY RAIN
            n.         a spring storm or cold snap ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY SQUALL
            n.         a late cold spell in May or early June ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY STORM
            n.         a spring storm or cold snap ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY SUMMER
            n.         a spell of fine weather in the blackberry season ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKBERRY SWAGGER 
            n.         a hawker of tapes, shoelaces, etc. ...c1850 sl.
 
BLACKBERRY WINTER
            n.         a late cold spell in May or early June ...1904 Amer. dial. BLACK BESS
            n.         a gun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.        
 
BLACK BETSY
            n.         a police vehicle; a black Maria ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBETTS
            n.         liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1846 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BETTY
            n.         liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1823 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKBIRD
            n. 1.     † a sweet singer; a songster ...1634
            n. 2.     a Black person who has been taken captive as a slave ...1853 sl., orig. & chiefly nautical usage
            n. 3.     an Aborigine ...1865 Aust. sl.
            n. 4.     an indentured labourer recruited in the south Pacific to work on a sugar plantation ...1875 sl., orig. & chiefly nautical usage
            n. 5.     (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1894 sl.
            n. 6.     a blackmailer or confidence man ...1895 criminals' sl.
            n. 7.     a Black child ...1903 US sl.
            n. 8.     a Black aviator ...World War II Amer. sl.
            n. 9.     one whose family looks down upon his activities ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 10.    a dark-complexioned Black person ...1980 US sl.
            n. 11.    an itinerant or migratory worker ...1980 US sl.
            n. 12.    a man proficient in riding logs on a river drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage 
            n. 13.    a White man who works in the slave trade ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
 
BLACKBIRD-CATCHER 
            n.         a slave trader ...1869 sl.
 
BLACKBIRD CATCHING
            n.         the slave trade; recruiting coloured labourers in the South Sea Islands ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
 
BLACKBIRDER
            n. 1.     a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; also, a slave trader ...1876 sl., orig., nautical usage, chiefly Aust. and south Pacific 
            n. 2.     a man or a vessel engaged in 'black-birding' or slave traffic ...1888
 
BLACKBIRD STORM
            n.         a short cold spell in late spring, after the appearance of the blackbirds ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BITCH 
            n. 1.     a gun ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 2.     a Black man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BLACK BLEGS
            n.         blackberries ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BLIZZARD
            n.         a dust storm ...1934 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-BLUTTER
            n.         a blackberry; a bramble ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACKBOARD ERASER
            n.         a schoolchild who makes a special effort to get in good with the teacher in hopes of getting a better grade ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BOB
            n.         any small black beetle; a cockroach ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BOGGLE
            n.         a nursery bogy ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BOGY
            n.         a nursery bogy ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK BOMBER
            n. 1.     prizefighter Joe Louis ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an amphetamine tablet ...1963 sl.
 
BLACK-BONNET
            n.         an elder of the church ...1785 Sc. 
 
BLACK-BOO
            n.         a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK BOTTLE
            n.         a poisonous drink ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BOTTOM
            n.         the part of a town where Black people live ...1915 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-BOTTOM ROAD
            n.         a road paved with blacktop ...c1970 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK BOW-WOWERS
            n.         blackberries ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-BOX 
            n.         a lawyer; from the tin boxes where they kept their papers ...c1698 UK criminals' sl.
 
BLACK BOY 
            n. 1.     a dark-skinned boy or youth ...1530
            n. 2.     † a Black man, esp. a Black manservant ...1594
            n. 3.     * (offensive) an Australian Aboriginal man ...1810
            n. 4.     a lawyer ...1821 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 5.     a parson, a clergyman ...1835 UK sl.
            n. 6.     a chimney sweep ...1852 UK sl.
            n. 7.     a flea ...1867 Eng. dial.
            n. 8.     (offensive) an Aboriginal guide accompanying  explorers ...1893
 
BLACKBOYD
            n.         a blackberry ...1817 Sc. 
 
BLACKBOYS
            n.         aboriginal servants in Australia ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
 
BLACK BREEKS 
            n.         a minister ...1894 Sc.
 
BLACK BRITON 
            n.         a Black British person ...1971
 
BLACK BUGGY
            n.         a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-BUMPER
            n.         a member of an Amish or Mennonite sect which allows the use of cars and other motor-driven vehicles ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-BURNING
            adj.       causing intense blushing or shame ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACKBUTT 
            n.         a native Australian ...1910 Aust. sl.
 
BLACK CAKE 
            n.         wedding cake ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK CANADIAN 
            n.         a native or inhabitant of Canada who is black ...1968
 
BLACKCAP    
            n. 1.     a person who bids at an auction merely to raise the price ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     † the member of a gang of thieves who slyly elicits information from household servants about the household where they work and passes it on; he usually does not take part in the crime itself but receives his cut for supplying the information ..1899 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     a wave resulting from strong wind ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK CAP AND WHITE SHEEP 
            n.         † the member of a gang of thieves who slyly elicits information from household servants about the household where they work and passes it on; he usually does not take part in the crime itself but receives his cut for supplying the information ..1920 criminals' sl.
 
BLACK CAT 
            n. 1.     a preacher ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
            n. 2.     clergymen; parsons ...1719 UK sl.
 
BLACK CATTLE 
            n. 1.     clergymen; parsons ...1719 UK sl.
            n. 2.     † Black slaves ...Bk1922 Eng. sl.
 
BLACK CHRISTMAS
            n.         a snowless period in late December ...1938 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-CLOCK
            n.         a cockroach; a black beetle ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-CLOTH JOB
            n.         an easy task; 'gentleman's work' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK CLOUD 
            n.         a Black person; used derisively ...1938 US sl.
 
BLACKCOAT
            n. 1.     a depreciative term for a clergyman, a parson ...1616
            n. 2.     a man that is not wearing a mask at a costume ball ...1916 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     ('black coat') a waiter ...1943 Aust. sl.
 
BLACK-COATED WORKER 
            n.         an office worker, as opposed to a manual worker ...Bk1958 Eng. sl. 
 
BLACK-CORK
            n.         porter ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK COVE 
            n. 1.     a prison turnkey; a warder ...1809 sl.
            n. 2.     a chimney sweep ...1852 UK sl.
 
BLACK COVE DUBBER 
            n.         a jailer, a turnkey ...a1790 UK criminals' sl.
 
BLACK COW
            n. 1.     a misfortune ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 2.     chocolate milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK COW HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT, THE
            phr.      you have known misfortune and sorrow ... 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK CRAWS
            n.         dried nasal mucus ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK DARK
            n.         night time at its darkest ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK DIAMOND 
            n. 1.     a person whose rough exterior hides a heart of gold; a rough but clever, or good, person ...1821 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a Black slave ...1860 slave trade usage
            n. 3.     an affluent, salaried Black person ...2007-8 S. Afr. sl.
 
BLACK DIAMONDS
            n.         coal ...Bk1890 sl.
 
BLACK DISHES
            n.         cooking utensils, by contrast with glass and china ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK DISPATCH
            n.         a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK DOCTOR 
n.         a horse-leech ...1876 Sc.  
 
BLACK DOCTORS 
            n.         the native dressers in a hospital ...Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
 
BLACK DOG
            n. 1.     a fit of bad temper ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a gun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-DOGGED
            adj.       damned, darned ...1943 Amer. euphemism
 
BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A
            phr.      said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
 
BLACK DOLL 
            n.         a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
 
BLACK-DOY
            n.         a black beetle ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK DRAUGHT
            n. 1.     a chimney-sweep ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 2.     a poisonous drink ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK DRESS MAN 
            n.         * a convict who wears a black uniform as a mark of misconduct; one who has been found guilty of assaulting a warder ...1875 UK prison sl.
 
BLACK DROPS, THE
            n.         a state of mild physical discomfort; not actually sick, but feeling not quite right ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK DUCK 
            n.         a Native American Indian; used contemptuously ...1767 sl.
 
BLACK DUST 
            n.         an extremely dark-skinned person ...Bk1984 US Black sl.
 
BLACK DUSTER
            n.         a heavy sandstorm ...1962 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK EAGLE, THE
            n.         the guy you get all your confidential latrine rumours from ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLACKED EBONY 
            n.         a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
 
BLACK ENOUGH TO HOLD AN EGG
            adj.       said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKER THAN TOBY'S HEEL
            adj.       very black ...1901 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKEE; BLACKEY; BLACKIE; BLACKY 
            n.         (offensive) a Black person; usually African, but also Indian, Aboriginal ...1732 colloq.
 
BLACK ENOUGH TO HOLD AN EGG 
            phr.      said of strong coffee ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKER THAN TOBY'S HEEL 
            adj.       very black ...1901 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKETEER 
            n.         a trader in black-market goods ...1942 colloq.
 
BLACK EYE
            n.         a severe blow or rebuff ...1795 US
 
BLACK-EYED SUSAN
            n. 1.     a revolver ...1889 US sl.
            n. 2.     a prostitute ...1977 euphemism
 
BLACKFACE 
            n.         * (offensive) a dark-skinned person ...1704 orig. & chiefly US
 
BLACK-FACED 
            adj.       having a dark or gloomy face or aspect ...1581
 
BLACK-FASTING
            adj.       practising severe fasting ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK-FAVOURED
            adj.       of dark or grimy complexion ...1843 Ireland
 
BLACK FAY
            n.         a Black person who is deferential or subservient toward Whites ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKFELLA; BLACKFELLER; BLACKFELLOW 
            n.         an Aborigine; a dark-skinned person ...1827 Aust. sl.
 
BLACK FELLOW
            n. 1.     orig. any dark-skinned man ...1598
            n. 2.     a man having a black or very dark skin ...1738
            n. 3.     a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk1910 Ireland
 
BLACK-FISHER 
            n.         one who catches salmon just after spawning; a night poacher of fish ...1809
 
BLACK-FISHING
            n.         a fishing illegal by night ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLACKFIT
            n.         a lovers' go-between ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK FLESH
            n.         Black slaves ...1827 US
 
BLACK FLY 
            n.         a clergyman, a parson ...c1786 UK sl.
 
BLACK FOOT 
            n.         * a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1808 Sc.
 
BLACKFORD-BLOCK 
            n.         a sporadically well-dressed man ...a1909 UK sl.
 
BLACKFORD-SWELL 
            n.         a sporadically well-dressed man ...a1909 UK sl.
 
BLACKFORD-TOFF 
            n.         a sporadically well-dressed man ...a1909 UK sl.
 
BLACK FRIDAY
            n.         Good Friday ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK FROST
            n. 1.     a frost or cold that kills vegetation and usually accompanied by hoarfrost ...1709 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     hard frost without rime or snow ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 3.     freezing weather not cold enough to kill vegetation ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-FYSE
            adj.       of swarthy complexion ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACKGANG
            adj.       blackguardly ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n.         (usually as 'black gang') all the members of a ship's engineering department ...US Civil War usage
 
BLACK GEORGE 
            n.         a poacher ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK GOB
            n.         a term of contempt ...1812 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK GOWN
            n. 1.     † a collegian or learned man ...1616
            n. 2.     a clergyman ...1731 sl.
            n. 3.     a Roman Catholic priest ...1847 US Indian usage
 
BLACK GROUND
            n.         loose, dark soil ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-GUARD 
            n. 1.     † the lowest menials of a royal or noble household, who had charge of pots and pans and other kitchen utensils, and rode in the wagons conveying these during journeys from one residence to another; the scullions and kitchen-knaves ...1535
            n. 2.     † a guard or soldier dressed in black, or dark or forbidding in features or character ...1589
            n. 3.     † a vagrant child; a young ragamuffin ...1699
 
BLACKGUARD
            adj.       characterized by abusive or obscene language ...1806 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough;  an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium ...1732
            n. 2.     a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer ...1750
            n. 3.     a duster or cloth used in doing the dirtiest housework ...Bk1898 Eng, dial.
            vb. 1.    to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKGUARD DRUNK
            adj.       drunk to the point of viciousness ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK HAND
            n.         a witchcraft spell, a charm ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK HAT
            n. 1.     a newly-arrived immigrant ...1887 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a villain or criminal, esp. one in a film or other work of fiction; a 'bad guy' ...1959 colloq., orig. US
 
BLACK HANDER 
            n.         a person involved in Black Hand methods of extortion (a method used by members of the Italian-American criminal underworld); a swindler, terrorist, or extortionist ...1905 US hist.
 
BLACK HAT 
            n. 1.     a newly-arrived immigrant ...1887 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a villain or criminal, esp. one in a film or other work of fiction; a 'bad guy' ...1959 colloq., orig. US
            n. 3.     a person who engages in illegal or malicious hacking, creates or distributes computer viruses, etc. ...1990 computing sl.
 
BLACK HAWK
            n.         army necktie ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLACKHEAD
            n. 1.     a tadpole ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a Black person ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     a black rain-cloud ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKHEART
            n. 1.     a blackguard ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a mean or ill-tempered person ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-HEARTED
            adj.       having a wicked, malicious disposition; morally bad ...1638
 
BLACK HOLE
            n.         prison; a police cell ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-HOOD 
            n.         † a non-regent member of the senate of the University of Cambridge, distinguished from a regent by wearing a black hood ...1763
 
BLACKIE
            n. 1.     a Black person ...1815 colloq.
            n. 2.     a blackbird ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a fireman ...Bk1978 railroad usage 
            n. 4.     the black bear ...1982 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK INDIAN 
            n.         a person of African descent living as a member of a North American Indian; now also, a person of mixed African-American and North American Indian descent ...1876
 
BLACKING
            n.         a scolding; abuse ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKING MAN 
            n. 1.     a man who sells or manufactures blacking for shoes ...1601 hist.
            n. 2.     a street trader who polishes shoes with blacking ...1819 hist.
 
BLACK IRISH 
            n. 1.     an Irish person with black hair and dark complexion ...Bk1998 New York sl.
            n. 2.     (usually derogatory) an Irish Protestant ...Bk1998 New York sl.
 
BLACK IS THE WHITE OF MY EYE
            phr.      there is a slur on my character ...1844 Sc.
 
BLACK IVORY 
            n.         Black slaves ...1864 sl.
 
BLACK JACK; BLACKJACK
            n. 1.     a drinking vessel; a large copper can ...1819 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a cockroach ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     gunpowder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     † a judge or magistrate ...1900 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 5.     very strong coffee without cream or milk ... World War I sl.
            n. 6.     a thug, a rowdy ...1928 US sl.
            n. 7.     (derogatory) during apartheid: a member of a police force composed of Black officers and operating in the townships ...1966 S. Afr. sl.
            n. 8.     a heavy dark soil ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     illegal liquor; moonshine; illegally made whisky ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 10.    gingerbread ...1975 Amer. dial.
            n. 11.    in marbles: the name of the head taw man when no marbles went out of the ring at the first shot ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKJACK ARTIST 
            n.         a prison guard overly fond of using his nightstick ...1934 prison sl. 
 
BLACKJACK STEER
            n.         a scrawny steer from the timbered country ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK JAUDY 
            n.         a dirty-faced lassie; but generally applied to those girls who go from house to house doing the lowest kitchen work - servants of servants ...1843 Sc.
 
BLACK JEW 
            n.         a Jewish person who is dark-skinned or black, esp. (in Asia and Africa) as distinguished from one of European or Levantine ancestry ...1807
 
BLACK JOB 
            n.         a Black child born to a White couple; the assumption being that the actual father was a Black servant ...1839 UK sl.
 
BLACK-KITES
            n.         blackberries ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK KNIGHT 
            n.         a person making an unwelcome attempt to takeover another company ...1978 business sl.
 
BLACK KNOB 
            n.         † an attorney or any influential person dressed in black ...1835 UK criminals' sl.
 
BLACK LAD, THE
            n.         the devil ...1891 Sc.
 
BLACKLAND
            n.         a heavy, loose, or sometimes sticky dark soil; also, countryside which has such soil ...1803 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-LEG
            n. 1.     a swindler, esp., a swindling bookmaker ...1767
            n. 2.     a turf swindler ...1771 sl.
            n. 3.     a professional gambler or layer of odds ...1776 
            n. 4.     †* a blackfoot; a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...Bk1825 Sc.
            n. 5.     a confidence trickster, preying on visitors to the city ...1838 UK sl.
            n. 6.     (depreciative) a person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker's place ...1844
            n. 7.     one who cheats at cards or billiards ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 8.     a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 9.     a fashionable dandy ...L19 US sl.
            n. 10.    in wrestling, one who makes no real attempt to throw his opponent, generally with the object of winning bets made through an accomplice ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
            n. 11.    a match-maker; a lovers' go-between ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 12.    a professional criminal ...1930 US criminals' sl.
            n. 13.    an unscrupulous criminal lawyer ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
            n. 14.    an informer ...2013 UK sl.
            vb.       to take the place of a worker who is on strike, thereby helping th employer to carry on his business and defeat the ends of the strike ...1897
 
BLACKLEG IT
            vb.       of a trade-union workman: to return to work before a strike is settled ...1888
 
BLACK LETTER LAWYER
            n.         a lawyer versed in early English law ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKLIE
            adj. 1.   ill-coloured; dirty; badly washed ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            adj. 2.   of the weather: dark with threatening clouds ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK-LOOKING
            adj.       sullen, ill-tempered ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-MACK
            n.         † a blackbird ...1519
 
BLACKMAILER 
            n.         one who extorts, or endeavours to extort money by blackmailing ...1833
 
BLACK-MAMMY
            n.         a tar-like substance used to repair small leaks in a boat ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK MAN; BLACKMAN
            n. 1.     † a dark-haired or swarthy man ...a1398
            n. 2.     a dark-skinned man, esp. a man of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal origin or descent ...a1398
            n. 3.     an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil ...1692
            n. 4.     liquorice ...1856 Sc.
            n. 4.     a go-between in love-making; the man who accompanies a suitor to the house of the intended father-in-law, to help to make the match ...1867 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow ...Bk190 Ireland 
            n. 6.     a nursery bogey ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 7.     a funeral director, an undertaker ...1927 Eng. dial.
            n. 8.     a piece of dried mucus in the nose ...1962 Sc.
 
BLACK MAN, THE
            n.         the devil ...1890 Sc.
 
BLACK MAN KISSED HER 
            n.         a sister ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
 
BLACK MARIA
            n. 1.     an ambulance ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a hearse ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a fishing net ...1969 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a Black prostitute ...1986-7 US sl.
 
BLACK MARIAH
            n.         a fishing net ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK MARKETEER 
            n.         a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1941
 
BLACK MARKETER 
            n.         a black marketeer, a person engaged in trading on the black market ...1942
 
BLACK MARKETING 
            n.         stealing dates ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK MASTER 
            n.         a funeral furnisher, an undertaker ...1823 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK MEAT 
            n. 1.     cured bacon or ham ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a Black woman ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
 
BLACK MIKE
            n.         stew ...1968 Amer. logging usage
 
BLACK MOKE
            n.         (usually derogatory) a Black person ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK MONDAY
            n. 1.     the first day of going to school after holidays ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     the first Monday after holidays ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK MONK 
            n.         a monk of the order of St. Benedict, so called from the colour of the habit worn; also, a Black or Augustinian Canon ...1297
 
BLACK-MONTH
            n.         November ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKMOOR; BLACKMOORE
            n.         a black-skinned African; an Ethiopian; a Black person; any very dark-skinned person; formerly used without depreciatory force ...1547
 
BLACK MORIAN 
            n.         † a Black African; a dark-skinned person ...1526
 
BLACK-MOUTH 
            n. 1.     * a foul-mouthed person; a slanderer ...1642
            n. 2.     an Irish Protestant dissenter ...1843 Ireland
            n. 3.     a Presbyterian ...1979 Ulster sl.
 
BLACK-MOUTHED
            adj.       † having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
 
BLACK-MUCK
            n.         the ashes and cleanings of streets ...1784 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-MUMMER 
            n.         one unwashed and unshorn ...a1790 UK sl.

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BLACKN  -  BLAOZ

BLACK NEB
            n. 1.     (depreciative) a workman who refuses to join a trades union; a workman willing to work for a master whose men are on strike; a strike-breaker ...1832 Sc.
            n. 2.     a person disaffected toward government ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 3.     carrion crow ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            n. 4.     a Presbyterian ...1915 Ulster sl. 
 
BLACKNECK 
            n.         a rural Black Southerner who is opposed to various politically liberal programs ...1978 US Southern political sl.
 
BLACK NIGGER IN CHARGE 
            n.         any Black authority figure; used sarcastically ...1973 US Black sl.
 
BLACK NIGHT
            n.         night time at its darkest ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK NOB 
            n. 1.     (depreciative) a blackleg, a strike-breaker, a non-unionist ...1838 Sc.
            n. 2.     † an attorney or any influential person dressed in black ...1850 UK criminals' sl.
 
BLACK OPERATOR 
            n.         a secret agent or spy ...1884 Amer. euphemism 
 
BLACKOUT
            n. 1.     general issue coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
            n. 2.     a very dark-skinned person; a Black person ...1947 US Black sl.
 
BLACK OX
            n. 1.     one worn out with age or care ...Bk1881
            n. 2.     a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR FOOT, THE
            phr.      you have known misfortune and sorrow ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK OX HAS TRODDEN ON YOUR TOE, THE
            phr.      you have known misfortune and sorrow ... 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLACK PARR
            n.         an imaginary monster ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK PEEPER
            n.         a black eye ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK PETER
            n.         a portmanteau ...1815 Sc.
 
BLACK PISHMINNIE
            n.         a black ant ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK POPE
            n.         a nickname for the Superior-General of the Jesuits ...1877
 
BLACK-POT 
            n. 1.     † a toper; a drunkard ... c1590 UK
            n. 2.     a sausage made of fat and blood ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK PROTESTANT 
            n. 1.     a Protestant settler in Ireland at the time of the Cromwellian Settlement of 1652 ...1829
            n. 2.     (derogatory and offensive) a staunch Irish Protestant, esp. one characterized as intolerant or bigoted; also used as a more general term of abuse for an Irish Protestant ...1958
            n. 3.     a non-practising Protestant ...1968 sl.
 
BLACK RASCAL 
            n.         a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-RING
            n.         the female pudendum ...Bk1903 sl.
 
BLACK ROBE 
            n.         esp. among North American Indians: a Christian priest, esp. a missionary ...1811 Can.
 
BLACKS
            n.         mourning clothes ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK SAM
            n.         the devil ...1875 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK SANCTUS
            n.         † a kind of burlesque hymn; a discord of harsh sounds expressive of contempt or dislike (formerly used as a kind of serenade to a faithless wife); 'rough music' ...1578
 
BLACKSANDER 
            n.         in New Zealand: a miner who pans black sand for gold ...1897
 
BLACK SCOUNDREL 
            n.         a Black person: used jocosely ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK SHARK 
            n.         an attorney ...1818 UK sl.
 
BLACK SHEEP
            n. 1.     a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character; a scoundrel, an outcast ...1640
            n. 2.     a clergyman ...1829 UK sl.
            n. 3.     a strike-breaker ...1832 sl.
            n. 4.     an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY 
            n.         a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character ...1856
 
BLACK SHEEP OF THE FLOCK 
            n.         a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc.; a bad character ...1816
 
BLACKSHIRT 
            n. 1.     a member of a fascist party; spec. a member of Italy's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista) (1921–43), or of the British Union of Fascists (1932–40); also, more generally, a person with fascist tendencies ...1922
            n. 2.     in Nazi Germany: a member of the internal security force, the Schutzstaffel (S.S.) ...1933 hist.
 
BLACK-SILK BARGE 
            n.         a stout woman that, frequenting dances, dresses to minimize her amplitude ...Bk1909 ballroom usage
 
BLACK SLUG 
            n.         a clergyman, a parson ...1804 UK sl.
 
BLACKSMITH 
            n. 1.     a smith who works in iron or black metal, as distinguished from a 'whitesmith' who works in tin or white metal ...1248
            n. 2.     a clumsy or slipshod worker; spec. an inept journalist, one who pounds out copy or news stories ...1882 US sl.
            n. 3.     a door-key ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a forger ...1906 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 5.     a safebreaker ...1926 US criminals' sl.
            n. 6.  (usually derogatory) a cook on an outback station ...1933 Aust. sl.
 
BLACKSMITH OF KIND 
            n.         a blacksmith the seventh in descent of a family of smiths ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKSMITH'S DAUGHTER
            n.         a lock and key, a padlock ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKSMITH'S EYE
            n.         an eye very correct in estimating size, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKSMITH'S WIFE
            n.         a lock and key, a padlock ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK SMOKER 
            n.         one who smokes opium ...1930 drug addicts' sl. 
 
BLACK SMOLLICHER 
            n.         a person with very dark features ...1911 Sc.
 
BLACK'S MY NAIL
            phr.      there is a slur on my character ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK SNAKE
            n. 1.     a short-handled whip with a long lash; used on stages and dog-teams ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a train of coal cars ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLACK-SOLE 
            n.         † a "Blackfoot", a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker ...1725 Sc.
 
BLACK SPELL
            n.         a sudden feeling of weakness, when sometimes the person loses consciousness ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-SPOOL
            n.         a bottle of porter ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK SPOT
            n.         an area shaded from the sun ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK SPY 
            n. 1.     a constable; an informer ...a1790 sl.
            n. 2.     a blacksmith ...1823 UK sl.
            n. 3.     a derogatory term of address ...1858 UK sl.
 
BLACK SQUIRE
            n.         a clerical squire ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-STAR
            n.         the starling ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-STARVED
            adj.       pinched and blue with cold ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKSTONE 
            n.         a judge ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
 
BLACK STORY
            n.         a decidedly bad lie ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK STRAP
            n. 1.     port wine ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 2.     general issue coffee ...World War I sl.
            n. 3.     thick black coffee ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BLACK STUFF 
            n. 1.     a Black person in a sexual context ...1907 sl.
            n. 2.     Black labourers ...1937 S. Afr. sl.
 
BLACK SUGAR
            n.         liquorice ...1787 Sc.
 
BLACKTAIL
            n.         the stoat ...1885 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK TAN
            n. 1.     a dog, esp. a hound, with black and tan colouring ...1856 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a good-for-nothing person ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK TAR
            n.         an exceptionally pure form of heroin originating in Mexico ...1986 sl.
 
BLACK-TEAPOT 
            n.         a Black footman ...Bk1889 UK sl.
 
BLACK TO THE BONE
            adj.       of persons: worn by disease and having a dark or sallow complexion ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK-TRACKER
            n. 1.     an Australian Aboriginal employed by police to track down fugitives or persons lost in the bush ...1862 Aust.
            n. 2.     a native policeman employed in tracking down fugitive Blacks and criminals ...1867 Aust.
            n. 3.     a nickname for a religious person who is overly dependent on their spiritual adviser ...1900-10 Aust. sl.
 
BLACK VELVET 
            n. 1.     (offensive) a Black, Aboriginal, or Maori woman, esp. as the focus of a White man's sexual interest ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n. 2.     a dark-skinned prostitute ...1982 euphemism
 
BLACK VICTUAL
            n.         peas and beans ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK WAGON
            n. 1.     a hearse ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     an ambulance ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK-WARD
            n.         † a state of servitude to a servant ...1822 Sc.
 
BLACK WATER
            n. 1.     coffee, esp. weak coffee ...1850 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     ink ...1939 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WATERITE
            n.         a person of mixed race, usually Black, Indian, and White ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WATERMELON
            n.         a big, dark green watermelon with black seeds ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WAX
            n.         a dark soil which is sticky or wax-like ...1893 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WEATHER
            n.         rainy weather ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLACK WEDNESDAY
            n.         rifle calisthenics ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLACK-WET
            adj.       thoroughly wet; sodden with water ...1865 Eng. dial.
            n.         rain , as distinguished from snow ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLACK WIDOW 
            n. 1.     an unpopular girl ...c1940 Amer. student sl. 
            n. 2.     a girl who never dates ...Bk1942 US sl.
            n. 3.     a male homosexual who habitually takes away the love-mates of other homosexuals ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BLACK WIND
            n.         a dust storm ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WINE
            n.         port wine ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACK WITCH 
            n.         a witch who practices black magic; one who uses witchcraft for malicious purposes ...1645
 
BLACK WOMAN 
            n.         a black-skinned or coloured woman ...1788
 
BLACK-WOOD
            n.         evergreen trees collectively ...1871 US
 
BLACK WORD
            n.         a very uncomplimentary remark ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLACK WORK
            n. 1.     undertakers' work ...1859
            n. 2.     the work of a blacksmith ...1874
 
BLACK WORKER 
            n.         an undertaker ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BLACKWORM
            n.         an earthworm ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BLACKY
            n. 1.     a Black person ...1815 colloq.
            n. 2.     a blacksmith, esp. as a nickname ...1906 US sl.
 
BLACKY-MONTH
            n.         November ... Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLACKY-MOOR 
            n.         a man of colour ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
            n.         a Black person ...1825 Sc.
 
BLAD
            n. 1.     a large portion of anything; a fragment ...1785 Sc. 
            n. 2.     a slap, a blow ...1789 Sc. 
            n. 3. a person who is of weak, a soft constitution, whose strength is not in proportion to his size or looks; often applied to a young person, who has become suddenly tall, but is of a relaxed habit ...1808 Sc.
            n. 4.     a heavy fall of rain ...1825 Sc. 
            n. 5.     a person who walks with long and heavy steps ...1879 Sc.
            n. 6.     a dirty spot, a discoloration ...Bk1898 Sc. 
            n. 7.     a useless thing ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
            n. 8.     a long and heavy step in walking ...Bk1898 Sc. 
            n. 9.     a person of weak, soft constitution, from rapid overgrowth ...Bk1911 Sc. 
            vb. 1.    to slap, to strike; to thrust violently ...1721 Sc. 
            vb. 2.    to abuse, to defame ...1810 Sc. 
            vb. 3.    of wind and rain: to beat against, to drive in gusts ...1825 Sc. 
            vb. 4.    to spoil, to injure, esp. by wind and rain, or by a blow ...1876 Sc. 
            vb. 5.    to blow or flap about in the wind ...1890 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to walk heavily and clumsily; to take long steps, treading heavily ...Bk1898 Sc. 
 
BLADDED
            adj.       spoilt, injured ...1870 Sc.
 
BLADDER 
            n. 1.     an inflated pretentious man; a windbag; a talkative, long-winded, boring person ...1579
            n. 2.     a pimple, a burn or scald ...1757 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a football ...1864 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a bagpipe ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     an unattractive and/or aging prostitute; the implication is of diseased matter ...1935 US criminals' sl.
 
BLADDERDASH
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1911 Sc. 
 
BLADDERED
            adj.       drunk ...1992 Brit. sl.
 
BLADDER-HEAD 
            n. 1.     a stupid and tiresome talker; one who will keep on arguing and who will have the last word ...Bk1883
            n. 2.     a coarse, brutal bully...Bk1886 Eng dial.
 
BLADDER MOUTH 
            n.         a coarse, noisy talker, devoid of sense; a noisy fool ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
 
BLADDER OF LARD 
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a bald-headed man...Bk1864 UK sl.
            n. 2.     (derogatory) a fat man ...1886 UK sl.
 
BLADDERSCAT
            n.         a deceiving person; one you cannot trust ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BLADDERSKATE 
            n. 1.     a silly foolish person; an indistinct or indiscreet talker; a babbler ...a1680 Sc.
            n. 2.     a boaster ...1870 Sc.
 
BLADDERSKYTE 
            n.         a silly foolish person ...Bk1876 Sc.
 
BLADDING
            adj.       breezy, gusty ...1785 Sc.
            n.         a spoiling, destruction ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLADDY
            adj.       gusty, unsettled ...1825 Sc.
 
BLADE
            n. 1.     a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau ...1597
            n. 2.     a human being, a person ...1773 Sc.
            n. 3.     a man; in ancient times, the term for a soldier ...Bk1860 sl.
            n. 4.     a depreciatory term for a woman. ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a swordsman ...Bk1891
            n. 6.     one's wife or girlfriend ...1915 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a young man, esp. one who believes himself socially adroit, sophisticated, and witty ...1949 Amer. sl. 
            n. 8.     a homosexual man, regardless of his age ...1960s teen sl.
            n. 9.     a surgeon ...1974 US medical usage
            n. 10.    a showily or bizarrely dressed woman ...1983 Ulster sl.
            n. 11.    an expert; a connoisseur; a wise man or one posing as such ...1993 US sl.
            n. 12.    a young homosexual male ...1995 sl.
            n. 13.    a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1996 Ulster sl.
            n. 14.    in baseball: a nickname for a thin, wiry player ...Bk1999 baseball usage
            vb.       to slap; to spoil ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLADE-FORGER 
            n.         a maker of blades ...1831
 
BLADE GLOMMER 
            n.         a sword swallower ...Bk2006 carnival usage
 
BLADER 
            n. 1.     † the user of a blade; a swordsman ...1577
            n. 2.     † a maker of blades; a blade-smith ...1598
 
BLADERDASH
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BLADESMITH 
            n.         a sword cutler ...c1540
 
BLADEY!
            int.       an assertive expletive: by our Lady! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLADGE 
            n.         a low, coarse, vulgar woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
 
BLADHUNK
            n.         a prison ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BLADROCK
            n.         a talkative, silly fellow ...1825 Sc.
 
BLADRY
            n.         foolishness, deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLADS AND DAWDS
            n.         large leaves of greens boiled whole in a sort of broth ...1825 Sc.
 
BLAE
            adj. 1.   of a bluish tinge, lead-coloured ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
            adj. 2.   bleak, cold ...1807 Sc.
            adj. 3.   disappointed ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a loud bleat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to make very cold, to numb ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to bleat as a lamb ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to cry as a child ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAEFLUMMERY
            n.         nonsense; vain imaginations ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAELIKE
            adj.       livid, pale ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAFF
            n.         a blow ...1894 Sc.
            vb.       to bang ...1894 Sc.
 
BLAFFART
            n.         a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAFFERE 
            n.         † a stammerer ...Bk1967
 
BLAFFOORDE 
            n.         † a person who stammers, or has any defect in his speech ...Bk1855
 
BLAFLUM
            n. 1.     nonsense, idle talk, deception, a hoax ...1788 Sc.
            n. 2.     a pompous, empty-headed person ...1825 Sc.
            vb.       to coax, to cajole; to deceive ...1727 Sc.
 
BLAFUM 
            n. 1.     nonsense, idle talk, deception, a hoax ...1788 Sc.
            n. 2.     a pompous, empty person; chiefly applied to males ...1825 Sc.
 
BLAG
            n. 1.     the blackberry ...1870 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     an act of robbery (with violence) ...1885 Brit. sl.
            vb. 1.    to gather blackberries ...1866 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to employ one's time in a profitless way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to rob (with violence), to steal ...1933 Brit. sl.
 
BLAGAIRD 
            n.         a blackguard ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
 
BLAGGARD
            n.         a blackguard ...1902 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to talk obscenely; to curse or swear at ...1902 Amer. dial.
 
BLAGGER 
            n. 1.     a person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a bluffer, a scrounger, a cadger, a sponger; a smooth talker, a persuasive person ...1963 Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     one who blags, or robs, esp. a bank robber; a thief ...1938 sl.
 
BLAGGERD 
            n.         a blackguard; one addicted to swearing and low language ...Bk1884
 
BLAG MERCHANT 
            n.         a pay-roll robber ...c1950 sl. 
 
BLAGUE
            n. 1.     pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting ...1837
            n. 2.     the blackberry ...1870 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug ...1883
 
BLAGUEUR 
            n.         one who talks pretentiously; a joker or teller of stories ...1883
 
BLAH
            adj. 1.   boring, dull, tedious ...1922 sl., orig. US
            adj. 2.   insane, mad ...1924 sl.
            adj. 3.   inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1918 US sl.
            n. 2.     a fool, an idiot ...1923 US sl.
            n. 3.     boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     something worthless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a small or insignificant person ...1967 US sl.
            vb.       to talk pretentiously or ostentatiously ...1924 sl.
            int.       nonsense! it is ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAH-BLAH
            n.         pretentious talk or writing; insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1918 US sl.
            vb.       to talk pretentiously or ostentatiously ...1924 sl.
 
BLAHS, THE 
            n.         a state of mental depression; the blues ...1968 sl., orig. & chiefly US
 
BLAICK
            n. 1.     a puzzle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a scoundrel ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAID
            n.         † a little boil ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLAIDRY
            n. 1.     nonsense, foolish talk ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     phlegm coughed up ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     unmerited applause ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAIK
            n.         a puzzle ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb.       to puzzle, to mystify, to baffle ...1895 Sc.
 
BLAIN
            n.         a fault; a blemish; a scar; discolouration of skin after a sore ...1856 Sc.
 
BLAINCH
            vb.       to cleanse ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAIR
            n. 1.     a loud sound; a cry ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     the bleat of a sheep ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to make a noise; to cry aloud ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to bleat as a sheep ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAIRHAWK 
            n.         a rude, noisy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAISTER
            vb.       to blow with violence ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAIT
            adj. 1.   naked, bare ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2.   shy, sheepish; modest, retiring ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3.   stupid, easily imposed on ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAITH
            adj.       blithe, glad ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAITIE BUM 
            n.         † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow ...1540 Sc.
 
BLAITLY
            adv.      bashfully ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAIZE
            n.         a blow ...1809 Sc.
 
BLAKE 
            adj. 1.   † pale, wan ...c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   yellow, of a golden colour, generally applied to butter and cheese, etc. ...1747 Eng. dial.
            adj. 3.   of a dusky colour, livid ...1790 Eng. dial.
            adj. 4.   cold, exposed, bleak ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to turn pale ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to become out of breath, to faint; esp. of children exhausted with crying, coughing, or laughing ...1867 Eng. dial.
 
BLAKEN         
            vb.       to turn yellow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLALA
            n.         a brother, a friend, a pal ...1972 Hawaii
 
BLAM
            adv.      suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAMED
            adj.       confounded ...1840
            adv.      confoundedly, excessively ...1845
 
BLAMEFUL 
            adj. 1.   conveying blame or censure; blaming, fault-finding ...c1386
            adj. 2.   fully meriting blame, blameworthy ...c1430
 
BLAME GOOD
            adj.       excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAN-BEC
            n.         a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
 
BLANC-BEC
            n.         a greenhorn ...1846 Amer. dial.
 
BLANCH
            n.         a flash or sudden blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLANCO 
            n.         a White person ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BLANDANDER
            vb.       to tempt by blandishment; to cajole ...1888 colloq.
 
BLANDER
            n.         †* a flatterer ...1340
            vb. 1.    to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to scatter sparingly, to disperse in a scanty way ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLANDIGO
            adj.       † cloudy ...Eng. dial.
            n.         † a shower of rain ...1691 Eng. dial.
 
BLANDILOQUENT
            adj.       * in the language of compliment; smooth-speaking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1599
 
BLANDILOQUOUS
            adj.       †* smooth-talking, flattering, fair-spoken ...1615
 
BLANDISH
            n.         flattery ...1805 Sc.
 
BLANE
            n.         the mark left by a wound ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLANGE
            n.         a mixture ...1890 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to mix ...1877 Eng. dial.
 
BLANK
            adj. 1.   disappointed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     a spark from a fire ...1790 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a disappointment ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to disappoint ...1816 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to deliberately ignore someone ...1977 Brit. sl.
 
BLANKER
            n.         a spark or ember of burning wood, straw, etc. ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BLANKET
            n. 1.     in whaling: a large strip of whale blubber ...1851 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a pastry crust ...1918 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     an overcoat ...1925 Amer. hobo sl.
            n. 4.     a pancake ...1927 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a beaver pelt, esp. a large one ...1954 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a dollar bill ...1967 Amer. jocular
            vb.       to suppress, to put in the shade ...1903
 
BLANKET-ASS
            n.         an American Indian, used contemptuously; usually considered vulgar ...1967 Amer. sl.
 
BLANKET BAY
            n.         bed ...1775 Amer. nautical sl.
 
BLANKET-BUCK
            n.         (derogatory) an American Indian ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BLANKET BUSTED
            adj.       said of a man who has lost everything on a bet, including his bedroll ...1958 Amer. logging usage
 
BLANKET DRAWERS
            n.         long handled underwear about of the same itchiness and same thickness as a horse blanket ...1958 Amer. logging usage
 
BLANKET DRILL
            n.         sleep ...1922 military sl.
 
BLANKET-FAIR
            n.         bed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & sl.
 
BLANKET FEVER
            n.         refers to the condition of a lumberjack who stays in bed in the morning after the other men are up; usually a lazy lumberjack ...1969 Amer. lumberjack usage
 
BLANKET HARBOR
            n.         bed ...1870 Amer. nautical sl.
 
BLANKETHEAD
            n.         an American Indian; used contemptuously ...1956 Amer. sl.
 
BLANKET-HEEZIE
            n.         one who tosses another in a blanket ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLANKET HOIST
            n.         a punishment as well as a game; if a lumberjack got out of place, others would put him in a blanket, get hold of the sides of the blanket, and hoist him in the air a few times ...1969 Amer. lumberjack usage
 
BLANKET MAN
            n.         a tramp; an itinerant worker ...1872 Amer. dial.
 
BLANKET-MARKET
            n.         bed-clothes ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
BLANKET NIP
            n.         a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BLANKET PARTY
            n.         a form of retribution in which a soldier is surprised, covered with a blanket, and beaten ...a1969 Amer. military sl.
 
BLANKETS
            n. 1.     pancakes ...1899 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     cigarette papers ...1925 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     hot cakes ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLANKET SHEET
            n.         a newspaper in folio form ...1888
 
BLANKET SOLDIER
            n.         a military policeman; so called because his other names are unfit for publication ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BLANKET SQUAD
            n.         in logging: a new crew coming in to the camp in the old days, each man carrying his blankets ...1958 Amer. dial.
 
BLANKET STIFF
            n.         a migratory labourer who carries his belongings in a blanket roll or other bundle; a tramp ...1872  Amer. Hobo & West. sl.
 
BLANKET WIFE
            n.         a prostitute ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BLANK FILE
            n.         a stupid soldier ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BLANKO WATER
            n.         coffee ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BLANKS
            n. 1.     Whites or Europeans (used by themselves) ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
            n. 2.     in dominoes; 0-0 ...sl.
 
BLANNY
            n.         ingratiating or flattering speech; cajolery ...1926 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to ingratiate oneself, esp. by using flattering speech ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BLANSCUE
            n.         a catastrophe; an unforeseen accident ...1825 Eng. dial.

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BLAP  -  BLEZ

​BLAP
            vb.       to kill or destroy ...1971 Amer. military sl.
 
BLARE
            n. 1.     a fuss, a to-do, a disturbance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a noisy scolding ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     the bleat of a sheep or goat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    of animals: to bleat, to bellow, to bray ...1784 Sc. & Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to cry, to weep, to lament; to roar ...1839 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to speak loudly, to shout in a rude or angry manner ...1856 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to let out secrets, to blab ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to protrude, to thrust out the tongue ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 6.    to wander about; to rush about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 7.    to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
            vb. 8.    to open wide ...1912 Amer. dial.
            vb. 9.    to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly ...1930 Amer. dial.
 
BLARED
            adj.       of an eye: wide-open, bulging ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BLARE-EYED
            adj.       having wide-open, bulging eyes ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BLARE OUT
            vb.       to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
 
BLAREY-EYED
            adj.       having eyes which turn outward; wall-eyed ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BLARING
            n. 1.     a crying aloud; a roaring ...1813 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     loud talking, noisy, senseless talk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLARING AND STARING
            phr.      aimlessly or wildly wandering and staring ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
 
ׇBLARNEY
            n. 1.     insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1796
            n. 2.     a flatterer ...1797 Amer. sl.
            vb.       to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk, to persuade; to wheedle ...1803
 
BLARNEYFEST
            n.         a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLARNEYFIED
            adj.       wheedling, flattering ...1834
 
BLARNEYING
            n.         flattery, humbug ...1892 Ireland
 
BLART
            n.         a loud noise; meaningless talk ...1873 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to fall flat in the mud ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to cry, to lament; to roar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to cry out, to make a noise; to scold, to rate ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to let out a secret; to spread abroad news or scandal ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLARTING
            n.         the crying or whining of a child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLASE
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLASED
            adj.       of milk: turned sour, but not coagulated ...1870 Sc.
 
BLASH
            adj.       weak, poor, wishy-washy ...1876 Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     a heavy fall of rain or sleet ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     weak, trashy stuff; drink of poor quality ...1834 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a splash or dash of liquid, mud, etc. ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     puddle water; liquid, soft mud ...1891 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     nonsense, foolish talk ...1891 Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     a flash, a sudden blaze or flame ...Bk1898
            vb. 1.    to splash liquid or mud about by spilling it or treading in it ...1790 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to drink to excess ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to blaze, to flare up suddenly; to set alaze ...1861 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to toil slavishly ...1891 Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to make public, to reveal secrets ...1891 Eng. dial.
            vb. 6.    to suffer from chafing of the skin, consequent on much exercise in hot weather ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 7.    to rain heavily and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 8.    to drench, to soak ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLASH-BOGGART
            n.         an apparition appearing and disappearing like a flash; also, a person who is wild or strange in appearance ...1870 Eng. dial.
 
BLASH-CANTER
            n.         weak liquor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLASHED
            adj.       drunk, stupefied with drink ...1871 Eng. dial.
 
BLASHER
            n.         a great drinker ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLASH-KEGGED
            adj.       having a protuberant stomach ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLASH-KITE
            n. 1.     a lover of liquids, a 'tosspot' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a noisy, nonsensical talker ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLASHMENT
            n.         any weak liquor ...1801 Eng. dial.
 
BLASHY
            adj. 1.   rainy, wet, gusty ...1788 Sc.& Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   wet, muddy, splashy, sloppy ...1788 Eng. dial.
            adj. 3.   thin, poor, weak, watery ...1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            adj. 4.   frivolous, silly, over-talkative ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BLASPHEMATORY
            adj.       † blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language ...1611
 
BLASPHEMATOUR
            n.         † one who blasphemes ...1483
 
BLASPHEMIOUS
            adj.       blasphemous ...1908 Amer. dial.
 
BLAST
            n. 1.     blight, mildew ...1750 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a sudden illness; a chill ...1823 Sc.
            n. 3.     a drink of liquor ...1866 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a smoke, a whiff of the pipe ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding ...1874 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     long-continued frost ...1891 Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     a small wood-fire in a fireplace ...1899 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a brag, a boast ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 9.     a pleasurable thrill; fun; an uproariously good time; a funny thing ...a1950 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    a telephone call ...1955 Amer. sl.
            n. 11.    a wild party ...1959 Amer. sl.
            n. 12.    a parachute jump ...1988 Amer. Army sl.
            n. 13.    a draw on a marijuana cigarette or an injection of a narcotic drug ...Bk1994 Amer. sl.
            vb. 1.    to pant, to breathe hard ...1768 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to smoke a pipe ...1807 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to brag, to boast ...1814 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to feed a fire with furze or wood ...1852 Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to use big words or strong language ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to smoke tobacco ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 7.    to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 8.    to shoot; hence, to fire a bullet into; to shoot dead ...1927 Amer. sl.
            vb. 9.    to leave ...1933 Amer. sl.
            vb. 10.  to complain ...1942 Amer. sl.
            vb. 11. to smoke a marijuana cigarette ...1943 Amer. drugs sl.
            vb. 12. in horse racing, to tout a racehorse while misrepresenting oneself as having inside information ...1956 Amer. sl.
            vb. 13. to scold or criticize severely or vociferously ...1957 Amer. sl.
            vb. 14. to defeat soundly in a game or contest ...1968 Amer. sl.
            vb. 15. in weightlifting, to concentrate on developing muscles, as through lifting weights ...1981 Amer. sl.
            vb. 16. to damn, to curse ...Bk1994 Amer. sl.
            int.       damn! an exclamation of annoyance ...1916
 
BLAST-BOB
            n.         † the stroke of a blast of wind; a blast of wind ...1582
 
BLASTED
            adj. 1.   damned ...1750 Amer. sl.
            adj. 2.   very drunk or high ...1928 Amer. sl.
 
BLASTER
            n. 1.     a boaster; one who exaggerates ...1825 Sc.
            n. 2.     a gun; a gunman ...1935 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     a jet plane ...1955 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a portable tape player and/or radio ...1984 Amer. sl.
 
BLAST FROM THE PAST
            n.         anything from the past that is now striking or impressive; originally, a formerly popular recording that remains enjoyable ...1965 Amer. sl.
 
BLASTFUL
            adj.       full of or exposed to blasts of wind; windy, gusty ...1883
 
BLAST HIS HIDE!
            int.       damn! ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BLASTHOGUE
            n.         flattery, delusisve talk, 'blarney' ...1848 Ireland
 
BLASTIE
            adj. 1.   gusty, blustering ...1822 Sc.
            adj. 2.   puffing, panting ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a shrivelled, dwarfish person; an ill-tempered or unmanageable child; a term of contempt ...1806 Sc.
 
BLAST IT!
            int        . damn! an exclamation of annoyance ...1916
 
BLAST MY EYES!
            int.       an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
 
BLAST-OFF
            n. 1.     a sexual orgasm ...1965 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an exciting time ...1969 Amer. sl.
 
BLAST THE LUCK!
            int.       damn! ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BLASTY
            adj.       gusty, stormy ...1822 Sc.
 
BLAST YOUR EYES!
            int.       an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
 
BLAT
            n. 1.     the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     the cry of a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1850 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to talk noisily ...1888 US
            vb. 3.    to bleat like a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
 
BLATANTATION
            n.         noisy and eager expression of emotions; swagger ...1890 sl.
 
BLATCH
            adj.       black, sooty ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n.         dirt, soot, smut ...1825 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to blacken, to smirch with black ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLATCHY
            adj.       sooty, dirty ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLATE
            adj. 1.   shy, sheepish, bashful, timid ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   dull, unpromising ...1871 Sc.
            n. 1.     one who is shy ...1850 Sc.
            n. 2.     the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     noise ...1881 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to bellow, to roar; to make a noise; to talk wildly, to rave ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to make the cry of a calf or cow ...1949 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to make the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
 
BLATELY
            adj.       of rain: soft, gentle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      bashfully ...1825 Sc.
 
BLATENESS
            n.         shyness, bashfulness, awkwardness ...1823 Sc.
 
BLATE OUT
            vb.       to blurt out, esp. a secret ...1909 Amer. dial.
            int.       speak out! out with it! ...1903 Amer. dial.
 
BLATERATE
            vb.       † to talk or babble vainly or rapidly ...1676
 
BLATEROON
            n.         † a senseless or foolish babbler or boaster; an idle talker ...c1645
 
BLATHER
            n. 1.     one who talks or behaves foolishly ...1724 Sc.
            n. 2.     empty, noisy, or unwise talk; flattery, nonsense ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     soft mud, dirty rubbish of any kind ...1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a heavy fall ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
            n. 5.     foul weather; a spell of bad weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to talk foolishly; to talk nonsense; to brag, to tell tales ...1524 orig. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to besmear with mud, blood, or tears ...1809 Sc/ & Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to make any disturbance or commotion; to cry out ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to talk indistinctly ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
            vb. 5.    to make untidy or foul ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLATHERATION
            n.         foolish talk ...1863 Sc.
 
BLATHER-DASH
            n.         nonsense ...1856 Eng. dial.
 
BLATHERED
            adj.       muddy, splashed, wet; defaced ...1768 Sc & Eng. dial.
 
BLATHERER
            n.         a foolish talker ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLATHERGAB
            n.         a gossip, a chatterer ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BLATHERIE
            n.         foolishness, deception ...1800 Sc.
 
BLATHERING
            adj.       talkative, foolish, boastful ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n.         loud or foolish talking, blabbing ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLATHERMENT
            n. 1.     idle, noisy talk ...1875 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     mud, slime, adhesive dirt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLATHERSKITE
            n. 1.     a noisy, talkative fellow; a talker of blatant nonsense; a blustering, talkative, or frivolous person ...c1650 sl., orig. Sc., now chiefly US
            n. 2.     boasting ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     nonsense ...1892 Sc.
            int.       an exclamation of annoyance or disgust ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BLATHERUMSKITE
            n.         a babbler; a foolish talker ...1892 Sc.
 
BLATHERY
            adj.       muddy, splashed, wet; defaced ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BLATHRIE
            adj.       nonsensical, foolish; talkative ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n.         foolishness, deception ...1800 Sc.
 
BLATING
            adj.       noisy, roaring ...1864 Eng. dial.
 
BLATTER
            n. 1.     soft mud, dirty rubbish of any kind ...1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a hailstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a rattling sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     loud, forcible, noisy talk ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    of breath: to flutter, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to beat on with force and noise like hail ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to make a disturbance ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to rattle; to make a rattling sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to talk loudly and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAUD
            n.         a large piece or fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to blow in gusts ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to injure ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to slap ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAUNCH
            n.         a blotch or white spot upon the skin ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAUNDERS
            n.         mucus, blowings from the noise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAW
            n. 1.     a blossom; a bloom ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a blow, a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a boast; a lie from ostentation ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a smoke; a whiff of a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to believe; to fancy, to imagine ...1860 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to blossom, to flower ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to brag; to exaggerate from ostentation ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to breathe ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to play the bagpipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 7.    to smoke a pipe ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 8.    to whisper in the ear, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAWCH
            n.         loud talking; a noisy fellow ...1865 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to gossip, to talk idly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAWCHING
            adj.       noisy, talkative ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
BLAWFLUM
            n. 1.     a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a pompous, empty person ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAWN-DRINK
            n.         the remainder of drink in a glass of which one or more have partaken, and which has frequently been breathed on ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAW-OUT
            n. 1.     a drinking-bout ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a good meal; a great display or feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLAWP
            vb.       to belch; to heave up water ...1825 Sc.
 
BLAWTH
            vb.       to blow ...1884 Eng. dial.
 
BLAWTHER
            vb.       to bungle or blunder; to stumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAWTHERING
            adj.       clumsy, awkward, blundering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAWTHIR
            n.         wet weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLAY
            n. 1.     a blaze ...1814 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     the bleating of sheep ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to shout ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to bleat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAZE
            n. 1.     a sudden blast of dry wind ...1825 Sc.
            n. 2.     in poker: a hand which consists of five court cards, and which, when player, beats two pairs ...1889 US
            vb. 1.    to flare up, to get angry ...1746 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to vilify, to calumniate; to spread rumours or scandal ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to bluster, to brag, to boast ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    of lightning: to strike ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLAZE AWAY
            vb.       to work at anything with enthusiastic vigour ...1843 colloq.
 
BLAZE AWAY AT
            vb.       to shoot at ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BLAZED
            adj. 1.   in a state in which liquor begins to tell ...Bk1898 Sc.
            adj. 2.   of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BLAZE-FACE
            n. 1.     a face with a white spot or streak on it, usually a horse or cow ...1787 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a horse which has a white mark on its face ...1937 Amer. dial.
 
BLAZE-FACED
            adj.       of a horse or cow: having a white stripe running down the face ...1870 Amer. dial.
 
BLAZE-FACED SHIRT
            n.         * a starched white shirt ...1909 Amer. dial.
 
BLAZE OUT
            vb.       of a person: to become angry ...1903
 
BLAZER
            n. 1.     something that attracts attention ...1845 US
            n. 2.     an error or lie ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BLAZE-WIG
            n.         a jocular term for an uproarious old man ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BLAZING
            adj. 1.   gossiping, slanderous ...1746 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   blustering, boasting ...1824 Sc.
            adj. 3.   hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAZING-FOU'
            adj.       uproariously drunk ...1895 Sc.
 
BLAZING HEADACHE
            n.         a violent headache ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAZING HOT
            adj.       hot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLAZNICKS
            n,         large and showy ornaments ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLEACH
            n.         a blow; a fall ...1878 Sc.
            vb.       to strike, to beat; to fall flat; also of rain: to drive in ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLEACHED MORT
            n.         a fair-complexioned wench ...1785 cant
 
BLEACHER
            n.         a severe blow ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLEACHERITE
            n.         a frequenter of bleachers at baseball or football games ...1909 US
 
BLEACHERY
            n.         an open-air stand for spectators, esp. at football or baseball games ...1909 US
 
BLEACHING
            n.         a beating ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BLEACHY
            adj.       pale ...1821 Eng. dial.
 
BLEAK
            adj. 1.   pale, wan, sickly-looking ...1868 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   sheepish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to talk in a noisy, empty way ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLEAK-BLEAK
            n.         the cry of the hare ...1876 Sc.
 
BLEAR
            vb. 1.    to deceive by flattery ...1815 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to expose oneself to the cold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLEARED
            adj.       dim-sighted ...1737 Sc.
 
BLEARIE
            adj.       dim of sight; watery-eyed ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEARS
            n.         tears or their traces ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEAR THE EYE
            vb.       to blind by flattery ...1815 Sc.
 
BLEARY
            adj. 1.   dim-sighted, watery-eyed ...1846 Sc.
            adj. 2.   bleak, windy, cold, showery ...1874 Eng. dial.
 
BLEARY-EYED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLEAT
            adj.       shy, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a feeble complaint ...1916 sl.
            n. 2.     the noise made by a calf that's taken away from its mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to tattle ...1905 Amer. dial.
 
BLEATLY
            adv.      timidly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEB
            n.         a bubble; a small blister or pustule ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to bubble, to cover with drops of liquid; to rise in blisters ...1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to sip, to tipple ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to slobber ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEBBER
            n.         a tippler ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb.       to drink hard and often ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEBBIT
            adj.       blurred; besmeared ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEBBY
            adj.       covered with blisters ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLECK
            adj.       black ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a challenge to a feat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEDDER
            vb.       to talk idly or foolishly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEDDOCH
            n.         buttermilk ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEE
            adj.       raw and cold ...1821 Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     colour, hue ...c888 arch.
            n. 2.     † appearance, form ...a1000
            n. 3.     colour of the face, complexion ...a1225 arch.
            n. 4.     gladness ...1819 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     † a tear ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     bleak weather from an exposed quarter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     † gladness ...1819 Eng. dial.
 
BLEEBE
            vb.       to believe ...1888 Amer. dial.
 
BLEECH
            n.         a blow; a fall ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to strike; to fall flat ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEED
            vb. 1.    to draw or extort money from ...1680 colloq.
            vb. 2.    to sweat heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLEEDER
            n. 1.     a haemophiliac ...1803 sl.
            n. 2.     an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1887 sl.
            n. 3.     a 'bloody fool' ...1890 sl.
            n. 4.     one who extorts money ...1894
            n. 5.     £1 ... Bk1903 sl.
            n. 6.     a person ...1938 Brit. sl.
 
BLEEDING IT OUT
            adj.       sweating heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLEEDING TO DEATH
            adj.       sweating very heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BLEED ONE'S LIZARD
            vb.       of a male: to urinate ...1973 Amer. sl.
 
BLEEDY
            adj.       bloody ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEENIE
            n.         a frankfurter ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BLEEP
            n.         a small amount ...1974 Amer. dial.
 
BLEER
            n.         what dims the sight; a trace of weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to make the eyes water; to bedim the eyes, as with tears ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEERIE
            adj.       of liquor: weak, thin in quality ...1825 Sc.
 
BLEERIT
            adj.       dim-sighted ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEERY
            adj. 1.   of liquor: weak, thin in quality ...1825 Sc.
            adj. 2.   dim-sighted; watery-eyed ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         thin, poor gruel, soup, etc. ...1892 Sc.
 
BLEET
            vb.       to bellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEETLY
            adv.      modestly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEEVIT
            n.         a blow ...1825 Sc.
 
BLEEZE
            n. 1.     a smart blow with the fist ...1825 Sc.
            n. 2.     a rage, passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a sudden blast of dry wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to blaze, to flare up ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to get angry ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast; to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to turn slightly sour ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEEZED
            adj.       fuddled; at the state of intoxication when the face reddens or is flushed ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEEZE-WIG
            n.         a jocular term for an uproarious old man ...19C Eng. dial.
 
BLEEZIE
            n.         a small blaze ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEFF
            adj.       turbulent, noisy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLEFFART
            n. 1.     a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       of the wind: to bluster ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEFFIN
            n.         a block or wedge of wood ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLEFFIN-HEAD
            n.         a blockhead, a simpleton ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BLEFLUM
            n.         a sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEFLUMMERY
            n.         vain imaginations ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLELLUM
            n.         † a foolish, talkative person; an idle chatterer ...1787 Sc.
 
BLEMAGE
            n.         a blemish ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
BLEMISH
            n.         a motion as if to strike ...1899 Amer. dial.
 
BLEMMLE
            vb.       to mix up fluid and solid, as flour and water ...1864 Eng. dial.
 
BLENCH
            n. 1.     a fault ...1790 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a glance, a glimpse ...1878 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to glance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to blind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to spoil; to cause to blister ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to betray; to impeach ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BLENCHED
            adj.       of milk: a little sour ...1825 Sc.
 
BLENCH-LIPPED
            adj.       having a white mouth ...1817 Sc.
 
BLEND
            vb. 1.    to bewilder, to mislead, to confuse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to marry ...1942 Amer. sl.
 
BLENK
            n.         a glance ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to shine; to glimmer; to wink ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLENT
            adj.       blended, mixed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    of fire: to flash ...1825 Sc.
            vb. 2.    of the sun: to shine after the sky has been overcast ...1825 Sc.
 
BLENTER
            n. 1.     a boisterous, intermittent wind; a gust ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a strong, sharp blow, a flat stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to rush, to make haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to strike with a strong, sharp blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLENTERING
            adj. 1.   blundering ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2.   near-sighted ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BLEPHUM
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a sham 
 
BLESILOQUENT
adj. 1656 obs. rare - speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech 
 
BLESS
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. - to charm or cure by incantation 
 
BLESSED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - good 
 
BLESSED BE THE MAKER
phr. 1892 N. Ireland - used before or after detailing the personal defects of another 
 
BLESSING
n. 1. 1863 Amer. dial. - a scolding; a tongue-lashing 
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. - a charm 
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - something given into the bargain or thrown in 
 
BLESSING-OUT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a scolding; a tongue-lashing 
 
BLESS ME!
int. 1709 - an exclamation of surprise or astonishment 
 
BLESS MY SOUL!
int. 1851 - an exclamation of surprise or astonishment 
 
BLESS MY TATERS!
int. 1895 Eng. dial. - a mild oath 
 
BLESS O' BARN!
int. 1867 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of surprise 
 
BLESS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MOUTH        
vb. 1890 Eng. dial. - to curse 
 
BLESS OUT
vb. 1935 Amer. dial. - to scold or rebuke 
 
BLESS THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of surprise 
 
BLESS US!
int. 1646 - an exclamation of surprise or astonishment 
 
BLET
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a large fragment 
 
BLETCH
n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a blister 
 
BLETHER
n. 1. 1861 Sc. & Eng. dial. - soft mud, dirty rubbish of any kind 
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. - nonsense, foolish talk 
n. 3. Bk1898 Sc. - windbag, a talkative person 
vb. 1. 1524 - to talk nonsense; to prattle, to chatter (orig. Eng. dial.)
vb. 2. 1850 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to make any disturbance or commotion; to cry out 
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. - to speak indistinctly; to stammer 
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to be out of breath; to put out of breath 
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to inflate, to distend, to blow out 
 
BLETHERATION
n. Bk1911 Sc. - foolish talk 
 
BLETHERBAG
n. 1870 Sc. - a fluent, foolish talker 
 
BLETHER-BREEKS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a bragging, idle fellow 
 
BLETHER-BRAINS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a noisy fool 
 
BLETHER-CHOPS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a noisy fool 
 
BLETHERER
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a foolish talker 
 
BLETHER-GUTS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a noisy fool 
 
BLETHER-HEAD
n. 1796  Eng. dial. - a noisy fool 
 
BLETHER-HEADED
adj. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - foolish; noisy 
 
BLETHERIE
n. 1800 Sc. - foolishness; deception 
 
BLETHERING
adj. 1. 1813 Eng. dial. - noisy, weeping 
adj. 2. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. - talkative, foolish, boastful 
n. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - loud or foolish talking, blabbing 
 
BLETHER-LUGS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a babbler, a telltale 
 
BLETHERSKATE
n. c1650 Eng. dial. & US colloq. - a noisy, talkative fellow; a talker of blatant nonsense
 
BLETHER-TAIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a babbler, a telltale 
 
BLETHER-TONGUE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a babbler, a telltale 
 
BLEUVED
adj.Bk1898 Sc. - dead 
 
BLEVIT
n. 1825 Sc. - a blow 
 
BLEWDER
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a hurricane 
 
BLEWDERY
adj. Bk1911 Sc. - tempestuous 
 
BLEWZE
vb. 1846 Eng. dial. - to look sulky or bad-tempered 

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