DICT. - BOO - BREALZ - WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE PAST

DICTIONARY B

BOO - BREALZ

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BOO - BOOSZ
BOOT - BOSZ
BOT - BOWZ
BOX - BRAMZ
BRAN - BREALZ

BOO - BOOSZ

BOO
            n. 1.     money ...L19 US sl.
            n. 2.     mucus in the nose ...1892 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a bow, a bend ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a bull ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     a manor-house; a farmhouse; a village ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 6.     an object of terror; a bugbear ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a tramp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a bad scare; a serious fright ...1930s US Black sl.
            n. 9.     marijuana ...1959 sl., orig. US
            n. 10.    brother ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 11.    a ghostwriter ...1970s sl.
            n. 12.    a person's boyfriend or girlfriend ...L20 US sl.
            n. 13.    methamphetamine ...2000s sl.
            vb. 1.    to bow, to bend, to twist ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of hunting dogs: to bark confusedly while running in a pack ...1934 Amer. dial.

BOOAY
            n.         the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.

BOOB
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     a prison cell ...1908 sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead; a silly or childish person ...1909 sl.
            n. 3.     an inferior in any sense; a gullible person, a dupe, a victim ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     a Navy recruit ...World War II Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a woman's breast ...1949 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     an error, a blunder, a foolish mistake ...1959 sl.
            vb.       to make a foolish mistake ...M20 sl.

BOOB, THE
            n.         prison ...1908 sl., orig. US

BOOBADS
            n.         ads for bras and other female undergarments ...Bk1998 sl.

BOOBEE
            n.         a term of endearment ...1982 Amer. dial.

BOOBERY
            n.         stupidity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOBIE
            n.         brother ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOBIES
            n.         the breasts ...1934 sl.

BOOBISH
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOBISHNESS
            n.         stupidity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOBOISIE
            n.         boobs as a class, stupid people ...E20 US sl.

BOOBOLOGY
            n.         the study of fools ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOO-BOO
            n. 1.     a foolish mistake ...E20 sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     a prank, a trick ...E20 sl., orig. US
            n. 3.     a woman's breast ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     brother ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     mucus in the nose ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOB SQUAD
            n.         a squad of newly recruited soldiers ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOOB STUNT
            n.         an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOB TUBE
            n. 1.     a television ...sl.
            n. 2.     a woman's close-fitting strapless top ...1978 sl.

BOOBY
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     a foolish person ...1599 sl.
            n. 2.     the lowest in a class of children at school ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a woman's breast ...1916 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     mother's milk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a hard blow, as with the fist ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOBY, THE
            n.         prison ...1929 US sl.

BOOBY HATCH
            n. 1.     a jail; a police station ...1859 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a mental hospital ...1896 sl., orig. & chiefly US
            n. 3.     a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a cell; an asylum ...US sl.

BOOBY HATCH, THE
            n.         prison ...1859 US sl.

BOOBY HOUSE
            n.         a jail; a police station ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOBYISH
            adj.       awkward and silly ...L18

BOOBY PRIZE
            n.         awarded in fun or ridicule to the last competitor, lowest scorer, etc.

BOOBY TRAP
            n.         a firework that is set off when the strings at each end are pulled ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOBY WAGON
            n.         the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOCOODLES
            n.         a great deal; a large number, many ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOO-DADDY
            n. 1.     a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children ...1888 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     nasal mucus ...1987 Amer. dial.

BOODGEREE
            adj.       good ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.

BOODIE
            n. 1.     a small and unattractive person; a dwarf ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a ghost, a hobgoblin ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     dried nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOODIE-BO
            n.         a bugbear; an object of dread ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOODJER-RE
            adj.       good, excellent ...1793 Aust.

BOODLE
            n. 1.     a crowd, pack, lot ...E17 sl., chiefly US
            n. 2.     a large amount or number ...1833 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     counterfeit money; money illegally or dishonestly acquired or used; proceeds of corruption ...1858 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead ...1862 sl.
            n. 5.     candy, cake, ice cream, etc. ...Spanish-American War era
            n. 6.     a bribe ...1883 sl., orig. US
            n. 7.     money ...1883 sl., orig. US
            n. 8.     the whole ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     a great deal of money ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to bribe; to give or take bribes ...1890 sl., orig. US

BOODLE BAG
            n.         a money pouch or purse ...1950 Amer. dial.

BOODLE FIGHT
            n.         a party at which 'boodle' (cake, candy, ice-cream, etc.) is served ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOODLEISM
            n.         bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1894 sl.

BOODLEISTIC
            adj.       addicted to bribery and corruption ...1898 sl.

BOODLEIZE
            vb.       to bribe ...1886 sl.

BOODLER
            n.         one who practices bribery and corruption ...1894 sl.

BOODLERISM
            n.         bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.

BOODLERY
            n.         bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1887 sl.

BOODLING
            n.         bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds ...1890 sl.

BOO-DOCK
            n.         the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOODY
            n. 1.     the female sex organs; sex ...1926 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     the buttocks ...1967 Amer. jocular
            n. 3.     the female body ...1970 Amer. dial.
            vb.       * to sulk, mope, or be sullen; to look angry, glum, or gruff ...1857

BOODYDUNK
            n.         a large bullfrog ...1951 Amer. dial.

BOOF
            n. 1.     peach brandy ...1872 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a scare, a fright ...1896 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to top up a container of liquid ...L20 Aust. sl.

BOOFF
            n.         a stroke with the hand that causes a hollow sound; the sound thus produced ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to strike with the hand, causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOFHEAD
            n.         a fool; a very gullible person ...c1930 Aust. sl.

BOOF-HEADED
            adj.       gullible; foolish; stupid ...c1930 Aust. sl.

BOOFUL
            n.         an attractive young woman ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOG
            n.         a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOGALEE
            n. 1.     a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOGALOO
            n.         a dance with swivelling and shuffling movements ...M20 chiefly US

BOOGER
            n. 1.     an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1770 US sl.
            n. 2.     a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children ...1866 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye ...1891 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a baby, a child, esp. an impish one; a term of endearment to a child ...1892 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a louse ...1893 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     an animal ...1937 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     (sometimes derogatory) a fellow, a guy ...1938 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     something distasteful, troublesome, or discomforting; something that is very difficult to do ...1956 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     a storm with rain and thunder and lightning ...1956 Amer. dial.
            n. 10.    a very awkward, clumsy person ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 11.    a hot day ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 12.    soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture ...1968 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    of an animal, esp. a horse or steer: to shy, to behave skittishly ...1893 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to cause to shy away; to frighten; to spook ...1931 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to disfigure, to damage ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.

BOOGERBEAR
            n. 1.     a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     an ugly woman ...1977 Amer. dial.

BOOGERBOO
            n.         a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOGERED
            adj.       afraid, frightened, spooked ...1936 Amer. dial.

BOOGERED UP
            adj.       battered, spoiled, damaged; confused ...1931 Amer. dial.

BOOGERHEAD
            n.         an affectionate nickname for a friend ...20C teen & high school sl.

BOOGERING
            adj.       frightening ...1931 Amer. dial.

BOOGERISH
            adj. 1. spooky, frightening, unpleasant ...1887 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. skittish, inclined to shy ...1975 Amer. dial.

BOOGERLEE
            n. 1.     a person of mixed Black and White ancestry ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a member or descendant of the community of French Canadians who colonized the Bayou Teche area of Louisiana after 1755; a Cajun ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOGERMAN
            n. 1.     a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1903 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     the devil ...1913 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a policeman ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOGER UP
            vb.       to damage, to spoil; to confuse, to disorder ...1934 Amer. dial.

BOOGER WAGON
            n.         the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOGERY
            adj. 1. spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1900 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. skittish, inclined to shy ...1941 Amer. dial.

BOOGERY-EYED
            adj.       having very round eyes ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOOGEY-MAN
            n. 1.     the devil ...1944 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a policeman ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOGEY WAGON
            n.         the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOGIE
            n. 1.     mucus in the nose ...1890 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a party, esp. a rent party ...E20 US sl.
            n. 3.     (derogatory or offensive) a Black person ...1923 Amer. dial., orig. criminals' and tramps' usage
            n. 4.     a dance to pop or rock music ...M20
            n. 5.     boogie-woogie ...M20
            n. 6.     a louse ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1968 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to expel snot from the nose ...Aust. sl.
            vb. 2.    to dance; orig. to boogie-woogie music ...M20
            vb. 3.    to make love ...1979 sl.

BOOGIEBEAR
            n.         a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOOGIEBOO
            n.         a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOGIE MAN
            n.         a severe critic ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.

BOOGIE-PACK
            n.         a mini cassette-player with lightweight headphones, for listening while one is on the move ...c1981 sl.

BOOGIE-WOOGIE
            n.         a percussive style of playing blues, esp. on piano, with a repetitive bass figure ...E20

BOOG MAN
            n.         a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOO-HAG
            n.         a witch, the dead spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares ...1938 Amer. dial.

BOOHAL
            n.         the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.

BOO-HOLEY
            n.         the navel ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOHOO
            vb.       to weep or cry loudly, to bawl ...1843 Amer. dial.

BOOJERY
            adj.       good, excellent ...1793 Aust.

BOOJUM
            n. 1.     an imaginary animal, particularly dangerous kind of 'snark' ...1904
            n. 2.     a White person ...1976 Amer. dial. Black usage

BOOJY
            adj.       bourgeois, refers to Blacks whose money and position make them think they're White ...1970 Amer. Black sl.

BOOK
            n.         a magazine or pamphlet ...1913 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to record the name of someone who has committed an offense ...1841 sl.
            vb. 2.    to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 3.    to record names of a couple for proclamation of banns of marriage ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to butt; to push with the head or horns ...1930 Amer. dial.
            vb. 5.    to leave unfinished; to lay aside for the time being ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOOK, THE
            n.         the maximum penalty ...1908 sl., orig. US

BOOKED
            adj.       fatally ill; beyond recovery ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOOKER
            n.         † a writer of books ...OE

BOOKFUL
            adj.       †* full of knowledge or information gathered from books ...1709
            n.         as much as fills a book; the entire contents of a book ...1599

BOOK-HOUSE
            n.         † a library ...1675

BOOKIE
            n.         a bookmaker ...1885

BOOKIE-SUG
            n.         a sweetheart, a lover ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOOKING
            n. 1.     the act of recording names for proclamation of banns ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     education derived from books or schooling ...1974 Amer. dial.

BOOKISH
            adj. 1. pert. to a book ...M16
            adj. 2. addicted to reading books, studious; getting knowledge only from books ...L16

BOOK IT
            vb.       to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.

BOOKITY-BOOK
            adv.      quickly, swiftly ...1935 Amer. dial.

BOOKITY SAM
            n.         a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOK-LARE
            n.         education; knowledge gained from books ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOK-LARED
            adj.       educated; learned ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOK-LEAR
            n.         education; knowledge gained from books ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOK-LEARNED
            adj.       knowing books, but lacking practical experience

BOOKLING
            n.         * a tiny book

BOOKMAN
            n.         an author or publisher; a literary man

BOOKMOBILE
            n.         a mobile library ...N. Amer.

BOOK OF FATE
            n.         the future as being predetermined

BOOK OF FOUR KINGS
            n.         a deck of cards ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOKOOING
            n.         loud talking, bullying ...1935 Amer. dial.

BOOKS
            n.         school, the time spent in school ...1896 Amer. dial.

BOOK-SHY
            adj.       reluctant or unwilling to read books

BOOKSY
            adj.       having literary or bookish pretensions ...M20 colloq.

BOOK-WISE
            adj.       knowing books, but lacking practical experience

BOOKWORM
            n.         a diligent student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.

BOOKY
            adj.       given to books; bookish ...1880 colloq.
            n.         a bookmaker ...1885

BOOL
            n. 1.     a term of contempt for an old man ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a thickset man or boy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a boy's marble; a large round stone ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOO-LADY
            n.         a cow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOL-BACKIT
            adj.       round-shouldered; humpbacked ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOL-HORNED
            adj.       perverse, headstrong ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOLIE
            adj. 1.   † beloved, much-loved ...1769
            adj. 2.   crooked, bent, deformed; of the legs: bandy ...19C Sc.

BOOLIE-BACK
            n.         a bent back; a humpback ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOLS
            n.         the rims of spectacles ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOLYIE
            n.         a loud, threatening noise, like a bull's bellow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOM
            n.         a car stereo ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb.       of plants: to grow vigorously, to thrive ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOMALALLY
            n.         orig. a cadet of the South Carolina Military Academy; later, any soldier, esp. one on parade marching to music ...1952 Amer. dial.

BOO-MAN
            n.         the cattleman on a large farm ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOM AROUND
            vb.       to move from place to place, to wander ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOMBLE
            vb.       to make a booming noise, as stones tumbling down ...1904 Amer. dial.

BOOM BOOM
            n.         any small arm ...Bk1944 Amer. services sl.

BOOM DUST
            n.         dynamite ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOOMER
            n. 1.     a large male kangaroo ...1830 Aust.
            n. 2.     a red or grey squirrel ...1878 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     one who pushes an enterprise, or forces it upon public attention ...1883 US sl.
            n. 4.     anything excessively large or notable of its kind; a huge lie ...1885 Aust. sl.
            n. 5.     a settler who takes part in a boom or rush to occupy a newly opened region ...1890
            n. 6.     an itinerant worker ...1925 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a cloud that rolls up high before a thunder storm or rainstorm ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOOMERANG
            n. 1.     something that recoils on its originator ...M19
            n. 2.     a bore who is difficult to get rid of ...Bk1942 US sl.
            n. 3.     a dishonoured cheque ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
            vb.       to recoil on the originator ...L19

BOOMERANG CHEQUE
            n.         a 'bouncing' cheque which is not honoured, and is 'returned to drawer' ...1950s Aust. sl.

BOOMING
            adj. 1. large, astonishing ...M19 Aust. sl.
            adj. 2.   grand ...L19 sl.
            adj. 3.   successful, flourishing ...L19 sl.
            adj. 4.   good-looking ...1990s US Black sl.
            adj. 5.   excellent, worthy of approval ...1990s US college sl.

BOOMLET
            n.         a small boom on the Stock Exchange ...1897

BOOM OUT
            vb.       to go to the U.S. to work ...2002 Can. sl.

BOOMPIE
            n.         the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOM! POW! BAM!
            int.       an exclamation used to place emphasis in one's conversation ...1990s US Black teen sl.

BOOMPS-A-DAISY!
            int.       used as a childish catchphrase or light-hearted response to trivialize a minor physical accident ...1961 UK sl.

BOOMS
            n.         drums ...1960 US sl.

BOOM SQUAD
            n.         the group of prison guards who are used to quell disturbances ...2000 US sl.

BOOMSTER
            n.         a speculator ...L19 sl., orig. US

BOOM STICKS
            n.         drumsticks ...Bk2006 US musicians' sl.

BOOM WAGON
            n.         in trucking: a truck hauling dynamite ...1942 US sl.

BOOMY
            adj.       having a loud, deep, resonant sound ...E19

BOON
            adj. 1. † advantageous, fortunate, favourable ...LME
            adj. 2. † good, goodly ...LME
            adj. 3. convivial, jolly, genial ...M16
            adj. 4.   close, intimate ...1969 US sl.
            adv.      above ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a Black person ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a close friend ...1960s US Black sl.
            vb.       to drive cross-country ...1990s sl.

BOON-COON
            n.         a very close friend ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOONDAGGER
            n.         a lesbian with overtly masculine mannerisms and affectations ...1972 US sl.

BOONDIE
            n. 1.     a rock ...2002 West. Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a piece of conglomerated sand used by children to throw at one another in play ...1952 West. Aust. sl.

BOONDOCK
            adj.       rural ...1950s US sl.
            n. 1.     someone who comes from the boondocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a heavy work or walking shoe ...1967 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to park and 'neck' ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    in trucking: to drive on back roads, avoiding major highways/motorways ...1971 US sl.
            vb. 3.    in tiddlywinks: to shoot from a position far from the action ...1977 US sl.
            vb. 4.    in tiddlywinks: to send an opponent's wink a long way away, especially out of the playing area ...1980 UK sl.

BOONDOCKER
            n.         a picnic or party held in the woods where students can drink, play around, neck, etc. ...1966 US college sl.

BOONDOCKERS
            n.         heavy work shoes or walking shoes suitable for rough use ...1953 US

BOONDOCKS
            n.         rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place; an isolated unappealing place ...1909 Amer. dial.

BOONDOGGLE
            n. 1.     a dishonest undertaking, a fraud ...M20 N. Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking; a waste of time, money, or energy; esp. used by the US government for a project that is considered wasteful of tax dollars ...1940s N. Amer. sl.
            vb. 1.    to engage in a dishonest undertaking ...M20 N. Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to engage in a trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking; to waste time ...1930s US sl.

BOONDOGGLER
            n.         a loafer; a time waster ...1930s US sl.

BOONER
            adj.       upper ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a Black person ...1970s US sl.
            n. 2.     a talent scout ...1981 U S sl.
            n. 3.     an unrefined and loutish person from a lower socio-economic area ...1996 Aust. sl.

BOONERMOST
            adj.       uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOONG
            n. 1.     (derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal ...1924 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a native of Papua New Guinea ...20C sl.
            n. 3.     any non-White person ...20C sl.

BOONGA
            n.         a native of Papua New Guinea; any dark-skinned person ...1957 NZ sl.

BOONGIE
            n.         a prison officer ...2000s US prison sl.

BOONG MOLL
            n. 1.     a prostitute who prefers Aborigine clients ...1930s Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a passive male homosexual ...1960s sl.
            n. 3.     a Black person ...1960s US homosexual sl.

BOONGY
            n.         the buttocks ...1995 Bahamas sl.

BOONIE
            n. 1.     an outdoor toilet ...1944 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a peasant, a country person ...1950s sl.
            n. 3.     a picnic held in the woods ...1960s sl.
            n. 4.     something very good or excellent ...1970 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a Black person ...1970s US sl.

BOONIE HAT
            n.         a fatigue hat, made of cotton canvas with a brim around, that kept the sun and rain off the heads of American soldiers in Vietnam ...1972 US sl.

BOONIE RAT
            n.         a US combat infantryman in Vietnam ...1960s US sl., orig. military usage

BOONIES
            n.         the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.

BOONMOST
            adj.       uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOO OUT
            vb.       to leave ...1959 US sl.

BOOPER
            n.         a robot ...Bk1998 sl.

BOOPETY
            adj.       self-important, arrogant ...1948 Amer. dial.

BOOPS
            n.         a man who supports a woman with whom he lives without the benefit of marriage; a wealthy lover ...1970s W. Indies sl.

BOOPSIE
            n. 1.     a sweetheart, a darling ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a woman who enjoys the favours of her wealthy lover ...1970s W. Indies sl.

BOOR
            n.         a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16

BOORDLY
            adj.       stalwart, sturdy, strong, manly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOO-REEFER
            n.         marijuana ...1972 US sl.

BOORISH
            adj.       rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16

BOOSAM
            adj.       busy, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOSAN
            n.         a moving about, bustling ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOSCHT
            n.         a little, talkative person ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOSE
            n. 1.     drink, a draught ...1732 colloq.
            n. 2.     drinking, a drinking bout ...1864 colloq.
            n. 3.     force, energy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a pig's nose ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a person's mouth ...1968 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to bustle about; to be violently active ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOSHTY
            n.         a bed; a small bed ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOSHWA; BOOSHWAH
            n.         insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1906 Amer. sl.
            int.       nonsense! ...Bk1934 college sl.

BOOSHWAY
            n.         orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1870 Amer. dial.

BOOSIASMS
            n.         a woman's breasts ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOOSIN
            adj.       active, bouncing ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOST
            n. 1.     a statement of praise ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     a box ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     assistance ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     a robbery, usually shoplifting ...1930s US criminals' sl.
            n. 5.     a background player in a large confidence swindle ...1985 US sl.
            n. 6.     in poker: an increased or raised bet ...1988 US sl.
            n. 7.     a stolen vehicle ...2000s US criminals' sl.
            n. 8.     crack cocaine ...2003 UK sl.
            vb. 1.    to boast, to laud ...1906 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to guide in a particular direction ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to steal, to shoplift, to rob ...1928 US sl.
            vb. 4.    to attack ...1930s US sl.
            vb. 5.    in poker: to increase the amount bet on a hard ...1967 US sl.
            vb. 6.    to urge somebody to do something he shouldn't ...1970 Amer. dial.
            vb. 7.    to seduce; to have sexual intercourse with ...1980s US college sl.
            vb. 8.    to inject a drugs intravenously ...1998 US sl.
            vb. 9.    to leave ...1990s Sc. juvenile sl.
            vb. 10. to illegally open a lock using force, skill, or technology ...2001 UK sl.

BOOST, THE
            n.         the shoplifting profession ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.

BOOST AND SHOOT
            vb.       to steal to support a drug habit ...1960s drugs sl.

BOOSTER
            n. 1.     a helper; a confederate ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a shoplifter; a thief who operates in merchandise stores in day-time ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     a small child ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     something impressively big or extraordinary of its kind ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     an additional dose of a drug taken to prolong intoxication ...1970 US sl.
            n. 6.     a criminal who specializes in selling stolen goods ...1985 US sl.
            n. 7.     an aphrodisiac ...1990s W. Indies sl.
            n. 8.     a house player in a casino who entices genuine players to bet, and usually lose, their money ...20C US sl.
            n. 9.     a supporter ...Bk2006 US sl.
            vb.       to boost, to help someone up into a tree ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOSTER BLOOMERS
            n.         underwear that has been specially adapted for secreting items that have been shoplifted ...1972 US criminals sl.

BOOSTER BOX
            n.         a package that looks sealed but enables a shoplifter to secrete stolen goods ...20C US criminals' sl.

BOOSTER DRAWERS
            n.         underwear that has been specially adapted for secreting items that have been shoplifted ...1940s US criminals sl.

BOOSTER FOLD
            n.         a way of carrying stolen goods so as to render them invisible to store detectives ...1972 US criminals' sl.

BOOSTER SKIRT
            n.         clothes that have been specially adapted for secreting items that have been shoplifted ...1940s US criminals sl.

BOOSTER PILL
            n.         a central nervous system stimulant ...1971 US sl.

BOOSTER STICK
            n.         a tobacco cigarette that has been enhanced with marijuana or marijuana extract ...1973 US sl.

BOOSTING
            n. 1.     shoplifting ...1920s US criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     theft in general ...1960s US criminals' sl.

BOOSTING BEN
            n.         a special overcoat used by shoplifters ...1950 US sl.

BOOSTING BLOOMERS
            n.         underwear that has been specially adapted for secreting items that have been shoplifted ...1972 US criminals sl.

BOOSTING MOB
            n.         a gang of pickpockets ...1900s U S criminals' sl.

BOOST ONE
            vb.       to defecate ...1992 US sl.

BOOST-UP BOY
            n.         a thief ...1960s UK criminals' sl.

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BOOT - BOSZ

BOOT
            n. 1.     booty, spoil, plunder ...1598
            n. 2.     dismissal from employment or other engagement ...1881 UK sl.
            n. 3.     the children of a widowed or divorced woman who remarries ...1887 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a toady, a sycophant ...L19 US college sl.
            n. 5.     a fawning or subservient action or remark; an effort to curry favour ...1908 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a trainee in a military boot camp; a recruit ...1915 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a bootlegger ...1920s US sl.
            n. 8.     a thrill ...1930s US sl.
            n. 9.     a kick; an act of kicking ...1942 colloq.
            n. 10.    basic training received in a boot camp ...1944 US sl.
            n. 11.    (derogatory) a Black person ...1954 US sl.
            n. 12.    (derogatory) an unattractive woman; a woman with qualities that are considered unattractive ...1958 UK sl.
            n. 13.    an automobile tire ...1950s US college sl.
            n. 14.    in the US Army. a second lieutenant ...1966 US sl.
            n. 15.    a condom ...1966 US sl.
            n. 16.    a novice, a greenhorn, a very inexperienced person ...1970 Amer. dial.
            n. 17.    amusement or please ...1979 US sl.
            n. 18.    a cigarette ...1996 US sl.
            n. 19.    a bag of heroin ...1996 UK sl.
            n. 20.    a cash incentive designed to improve a business deal ...1997 US sl.
            n. 21.    a bootleg product ...1999 US sl.
            n. 22.    a dose of a given drug ...1990s drugs sl.
            vb. 1.    † to make better; to cure, to relieve, to heal; to remedy ...c1330
            vb. 2.    to kick ...1877 colloq.
            vb. 3.    to eject, to kick out ...M19 sl.
            vb. 4.    to dismiss, to ignore ...1910s US sl.
            vb. 5.    to walk or run away ...1910s US sl.
            vb. 6.    to bootleg ...1920s US sl.
            vb. 7.    to give to, to hand over ...1920s US Black sl.
            vb. 8.    to curry favour, to toady to ...1946 Amer. dial.
            vb. 9.    to understand ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
            vb. 10. to drive a car at speed ...1940s US Black & teen sl.
            vb. 11. to introduce ...1940s US Black sl.
            vb. 12. to become aware ...1940s US Black sl.
            vb. 13. to inform, to explain ...1940 US Black sl.
            vb. 14. to blunder, to make a mistake ...1940s US sl., orig. sporting usage
            vb. 15. in horse racing: to spur or kick a horse during a race ...1951 US sl.
            vb. 16. to inject a drug in stages, drawing the heroin/blood mixture up into the syringe/eyedropper, then injecting, then repeating the process several times ...1952 drugs sl.
            vb. 17. to smoke or sniff heroin or crack cocaine ...1950s drugs sl.
            vb. 18. to disparage, to criticize ...1960s US sl.
            vb. 19. to vomit ...1971 Amer. sl.
            vb. 20. in Alberta, Canada: to purchase alcohol or tobacco illegally for a minor ...2001 Can. sl.

BOOT, THE
            n.         dismissal, esp. dismissal from employment ...1881 sl.

BOOTALIZE
            vb.       to have sex ...1982 Bahamas sl.

BOOT AND RALLY
            vb.       to continue drinking after vomiting ...1989 US sl.

BOOT AND SHOE
            adj.       (boot-and-shoe) of a drug addict: desperately addicted ...1936 US sl.
            n.         the lowest class of narcotics user ...1930s US drugs sl.

BOOT AND SHOE FIEND
            n.         the lowest class of narcotics user ...1930s US drugs sl.

BOOT AROUND
            vb.       to kick, usually in a fight ...1930s sl.

BOOT-BOY
            n.         a violent or rowdy youth of a type characterized by assembling in gangs in search of trouble, wearing short-cropped hair and heavy boots ...1972

BOOT CAMP
            n.         a centre for the initial training of US naval or Marine recruits ...1916 US sl.

BOOT-CATCH
            n.         † a servant at an inn who pulled off the guests' boots ...1775

BOOT-CATCHER
            n.         a servant who removed a person's boots for cleaning ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOTCHKEY
            n.         (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1945 Amer. dial.

BOOT-DIGHTER
            n.         the boot-cleaner ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOT-EATER
            n.         a juror who would rather 'eat their boots' than find anyone guilty ...L19 sl.

BOOTED
            adj.       under the influence of drugs ...1940s drugs sl.

BOOTED AND SPURRED
            adj.       ready ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOTED ON
            adj.       aware, knowledgeable, smart ...1940s US Black sl.

BOOTER
            n. 1.     a toady, a sycophant ...1900s US college sl.
            n. 2.     a bootlegger ...1920s US sl.
            n. 3.     cocaine ...1990s US drugs sl.

BOOTERY
            n.         a shop selling boots and shoes ...E20 US

BOOT-FACED
            adj.       grim-faced, sad-faced; with an expressionless face ...1942 colloq.

BOOTHALE
            vb.       to rob, to steal ...L16 sl.

BOOT-HALER
            n.         a highwayman ...17C sl.

BOOTHEAD
            n.         (derogatory) a Black person ...1980s US sl.

BOOT HILL
            n.         orig. a cemetery for men who died by violence; later, any cemetery ...1901 Amer. dial.

BOOT HILL TWO-STEP
            n.         diarrhoea ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOTIE
            adj.       bad, phoney, inferior, second-rate ...1990s US Black teen sl.
            n. 1.     a bootlegger ...1920s US sl.
            n. 2.     a female recruit in training camp ...Bk1947 US Army sl.

BOOTIE-BUSTER
            n.         a male homosexual ...1980s US sl.

BOOTIE FOOD
            n.         food that goes right straight to the butt ...Bk1998 sl.

BOOTIKIN
            n.         a small boot ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOTILITIOUS
            adj. 1.   second-rate, inferior ...1990s US Black sl.
            adj. 2.   wonderful, attractive, sexy ...1990s Black sl.

BOOT IN
            vb.       to urge, to force ...1920s US sl.

BOOTING
            n. 1.     booty, prize ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     having sexual intercourse ...1920s US Black sl.
            n. 3.     bootlegging ...1930s sl.
            n. 4.     enjoying the immediate effects of a narcotic injection a little by little ...1960s drugs sl.

BOOT IN THE ASS
            n.         a thrill; a jolt of pleasure ...1930s US sl.

BOOT IS ON THE OTHER FOOT, THE
            phr.      the position is reversed; the advantage is the other way round ...1866

BOOT IS ON THE OTHER LEG, THE
            phr.      the position is reversed; the advantage is the other way round ...1866

BOOT IT
            vb. 1.    to walk or run away ...1905 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to drive a car at speed ...1940s US Black & teen sl.

BOOT-JACK
            adj.       stolen ...1960s sl.
            n. 1.     a fool ...M19 US college sl.
            n. 2.     an actor of utility parts ...1895 theatrical sl.
            vb.       (bootjack) to steal ...1930s sl.

BOOTKISSER
            n.         a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOOTLEG
            adj. 1.   of liquor: illegally transported, smuggled or distilled ...L19 sl., orig. US
            adj. 2.   fake, counterfeit ...L19 sl.
            adj. 3.   illegal in general ...1920s sl.
            adj. 4.   second-rate ...2000s US teen sl.
            n. 1.     illicit liquor, usually whisky ...L19 sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     adulterated coffee, usually mixed with chicory ...1900s service sl.
            n. 3.     a bootlegger ...1920s US Black sl.
            n. 4.     a a bootleg or pirated record, tape, or video, etc.   1950s sl., orig. US
            n. 5.     anything or anyone considered pitiful, embarrassing, second-rate, etc. ...1990s US teen sl.
            n. 6.     a song that is a mix of 2 completely different songs spliced into a single track ...2000s sl.
            vb. 1.    to smuggle, to transport illegally (generally, but invariably, of liquor) ...L19 sl.
            vb. 2.    to manufacture and sell illegal liquor ...1920s sl.
            vb. 3.    to sell cheaply ...1940s sl.
            vb. 4.    to make an illegal copy of music, video, etc. ...1960s sl.

BOOTLEGGER
            n.         a smuggler or manufacturer of illicit liquor ...L19 sl., orig. US

BOOTLEGGER'S TURN
            n.         a reversing the direction in which a vehicle is going by backing it across the other lane of the road, then going forward ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOOTLICK
            n.         a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour ...1849 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to do subservient things to gain one's favour; to seek to ingratiate oneself; to curry favour with, to toady ...1845 Amer. dial.

BOOTLICKER
            n.         a toady; a servile flatterer, one who curries favour ...1846 Brit. sl.

BOOT LIP
            n.         a Black person ...20C US sl.

BOOT LIQUOR
            n.         bad liquor ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOOTMAN
            n.         a dealer in boots and shoes ...1927

BOOT OUT
            vb.       to eject, to dismiss ...1880 sl.

BOOT POLISH
            n.         blackmail ...1950s UK criminals' sl.

BOOTS
            n. 1.     the servant assigned to the cleaning of boots and other odd jobs ...L18 sl.
            n. 2.     the youngest member, as of a regiment, a club, etc. ...L18 sl.
            n. 3.     any type of shoes ...1950s Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     (sometimes derogatory) a fellow Black person ...1960s US Black sl.

BOOTS AND ALL
            adv.      with no holds barred, wholeheartedly ...1947 Aust. & NZ colloq.

BOOTS AND SOCKS
            n.         venereal disease ...20C Aust. & UK rhyming sl. for 'pox'

BOOT SECOND LIEUTENANT
            n.         a newly commissioned second lieutenant ...1910s US military sl.

BOOTSEY; BOOTSIE; BOOTSY
            adj.       bad, phoney, inferior, second-rate ...1990s US Black teen sl.

BOOT-SNITCH
            n. 1.     an informer, a telltale ...1940s US Black sl.
            n. 2.     a dictionary ...1940s US Black sl.

BOOTSTRAPPER
            n.         a novice, a greenhorn; a very inexperienced person ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOOT THE GONG
            vb.       to smoke marijuana ...1998 UK sl.

BOOT UP
            vb. 1.    to use a drink or drug to improves one's feelings, e.g. to inject heroin, or to drink wine ...1950s US sl.
            vb. 2.    to get ready for a fight ...1970s US Black sl.
            vb. 3.    to take a narcotic ...1990s UK drugs sl.
            vb. 4.    to put on a condom ...1970s US Black sl.

BOOTY
            adj. 1.   weak ...1990s US Black sl.
            adj. 2.   second-rate, inferior ...1990s US Black sl.
            adj. 3.   gullible ...1990s US Black sl.
            n. 1.     the vagina; hence, a woman esp. as a sex object, and generic for sex ...1920s US Black sl.
            n. 2.     the buttocks, the rectum ...1920s US Black sl.
            n. 3.     the body; hence, a person ...1920s US Black sl.
            vb.       to cheat, to play falsely ...17C sl.

BOOTY BANDIT
            n. 1.     a homosexual male ...20C US sl.
            n. 2.     a heterosexual man who aggressively gropes or rubs up against women ...20C US sl.

BOOTY BANDITRY
            n.         male homosexual rape ...1990s US sl.

BOOTY-BUFFER
            n.         a male homosexual; a heterosexual who enjoys anal intercourse ...1990s sl.

BOOTY CALL
            n. 1.     a late-night rendezvous ...1990s sl., orig. US Black teen usage
            n. 2.     a person used for casual sex ...1990s sl.

BOOTY CHECK
            n.         a search of the rectum, as when police look for drugs ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOOTY-CHEDDAR
            n.         nonsense; bullshit ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOOTY DROUGHT
            n.         a lack of sex ...1980s US Black & college sl.

BOOTYER
            n.         a glutton ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOTY-FELLOW
            n.         a person w ho takes a share of the booty ...M16 sl.

BOOTY-FUNK
            adj.       unattractive ...1990s US college sl.

BOOTY-HO
            n.         a female one dislikes as a person but finds exciting sexually ...2000s US Black sl.

BOOTY JUICE
            n.         a mix of sweat and vaginal juices ...2000s US Black sl.

BOOTYLICIOUS
            adj. 1.   second-rate, inferior ...1990s US Black sl.
            adj. 2.   wonderful, attractive, sexy ...1990s Black sl.

BOOTY-STRUCK
            adj.       obsessively lecherous ...1920s US Black sl.

BOO UP
            vb.       to praise ...1953 Amer. dial.

BOOVEROO
            n.         a layabout ...1900s Aust. sl.

BOO-YA
            adj.       totally wonderful; incredibly fine ...1990s US Black teen sl.\

BOOZE
            n. 1.     alcohol; drink, a draught ...c1325 colloq.
            n. 2.     drinking, a drinking bout ...1850 colloq.
            vb.       to drink alcohol ...c1325

BOOZE BELLY
            n.         an oversized stomach resulting from drinking ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOOZED
            adj.       drunk ...1737 sl.

BOOZED UP
            adj.       drunk ...1737 sl.

BOOZE-FIGHTER
            n.         a confirmed heavy drinker ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.

BOOZEFUDDLE
            n.         liquor ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

BOOZE GUT
            n.         an oversized stomach resulting from drinking ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOOZEHEAD
            n.         a heavy drinker ...1986 Amer. dial.

BOOZE HISTER
            n.         a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOZE IT UP
            vb.       to drink excessively; to drink to intoxication ...E17 sl.

BOOZE POT
            n.         an oversized stomach resulting from drinking ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOOZER
            n. 1.     a drinker of alcohol; a drunkard ...1606 sl.
            n. 2.     a pub ...1895 Brit., Aust. & Irish sl.

BOOZEROO
            n.         a drinking spree ...1943 NZ sl.

BOOZE-UP
            n.         a drinking spree ...1897 sl.
            vb.       (as 'booze up') to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOZEY
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1890 sl.

BOOZIFIED
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOZIFY
            vb.       to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOOZING KEN
            n.         an alehouse or tavern ...Bk1890 sl.

BOOZINGTON
            n.         a drunken man; a drunkard ...c1860 Aust. sl.

BOOZY
            adj. 1. drunk ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
            adj. 2. bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOOZY-WOOZY
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOP
            n.         a blow ...1932 sl., orig. US
            vb.       to hit ...1928 sl., orig. US

BOP AROUND
            vb.       to move or go about energetically; to gallivant; to be lively ...1968 Amer. dial.

BO-PEEP
            n.         a look; a glance ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.

BOP OUT
            vb.       to faint, to pass out ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOPPER
            n.         a hard blow ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOR
            n.         a hole ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORAC; BORACK; BORAK; BORAX
            n.         insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery ...1845 Aust. & NZ sl.

BORACIC (LINT)
            adj.       having no money ...1959 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'skint'

BORBOROLOGY
            n.         †* filthy talk; ribaldry ...1649

BORD
            n. 1.     a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     of a woman's cap: the border or the band in front ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to provide an edge or border ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORDE
            n.         1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.

BORDEAUX HAMMER
            n.         † a vinous headache ..1576 humorous

BORDEL
            n.         a brothel ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORDEL-HOUSE
            n.         a brothel ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORDEN AND BOWMAN
            n.         breasts ...1971 Amer. dial.

BORDEN'S AND ELSIE'S
            n.         a woman's breasts ...1970 Amer. dial.

BORDER STATE
            n.         Maine ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORE
            n. 1.     an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a break in the clouds ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a mean, bad-tempered person ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a very awkward, clumsy person ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     an impertinent person, one who talks back ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     an unpleasant or unmannerly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream ...1972 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass ...1800 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
            vb. 3.    to become confused ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
            vb. 4.    to sew ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to cheat ...1954 Amer. dial.

BORE AN APE
            vb.       to shoot a Japanese ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORE A NIP
            vb.       (derogatory) to shoot a Japanese ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORE A NIPPO
            vb.       (derogatory) to shoot a Japanese ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORE A PERSON'S NOSE
            vb.       † to cheat or swindle a person ...1577

BORE A RATZY
            vb.       to shoot a German ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORECONSTRICTOR
            n.         a bore; an unpopular person ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORED FOR THE HOLLERHORN
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORED FOR THE SIMPLES
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORED PALLID
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORED STIFF
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORED TO EXTINCTION
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORED TO TEARS
            adj.       bored ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BORE FOR THE SIMPLES
            phr.      refers to a stupid person; the idea is that a hole in the skull might let some of the foolishness out ...1916 Amer. dial.

BORER
            n. 1.     the penis ...Urquhart usage
            n. 2.     a drummer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

BORESOME
            adj.       tiresome, boring ...1895

BORE THE PANTS OFF
            vb.       to bore ...1934 sl.

BORIE
            n.         a clear opening of the sky in wet weather ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORING AS BATSHIT
            adj.       very dull, uninteresting ...1964 Aust. sl.

BORING OLD FART
            n.         a very boring older person ...Bk2006 US sl.

BORINKI
            n.         a Puerto Rican ...1961 Hawaii

BORIS-NORIS
            adj.       careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency ...1863 Eng. dial.

BORKY
            adj.       slightly intoxicated ...19C Eng. dial.

BORN AND RAISED IN A SAWMILL
            adj.       unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1950 Amer. dial.

BORN-DEVIL
            n.         a downright blackguard ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORN-HEAD
            adj.       furious, impetuous ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      straightforward, impetuously, headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a young precocious fellow; a very foolish person ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORN IN A BARN
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1942 Amer. sl.

BORN IN A CAVE
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A LOG CABIN
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A PIGPEN
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A PIGSTY
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial. \

BORN IN A SAWMILL
            adj.       unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door ...1950 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A STABLE
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A TENT
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN A TREE
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORNING
            n.         birth, delivery of a child ...1848 Amer. dial.

BORNING GROUND
            n.         the country of one's birth; one's native soil ...1889 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE BACKHOUSE
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE COUNTRY
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE GUTTER
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE JUNGLE
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY
            adj.       cross-eyed ...1916 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE SLUMS
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN IN THE WOODS
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN-MAD
            adj.       furious ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORN ON A RAFT
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN ON NEWGATE-STEPS
            adj.       of thievish origin ...Bk1902 sl.

BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLANKET
            adj.       illegitimate ...c1750 colloq.

BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORN ON WEDNESDAY LOOKING BOTH WAYS FOR SUNDAY
            adj.       cross-eyed ...1905 Amer. dial.

BORN UNDER A DARK CLOUD
            adj.       always in hard luck or in bad shape ...Bk1913 Amer. sl.

BORN WITH A WOODEN LADLE IN ONE'S MOUTH
            adj.       unlucky; ill-fated ...1818

BORN WITH BURNT FEET
            adj.       of a child: illegitimate ...1973 Amer. dial.

BORN WITH THE CRAMP IN ONE'S FIST
            adj.       naturally stingy ...B1900 Eng. dial.

BORN YESTERDAY
            adj.       lacking manners, uncouth, boorish ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOROUGHMONGER
            n.         a rabbit ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORRACHO
            adj.       drunk ...1949 Amer. dial.
            n.         a drunkard ...1932 Amer. dial.

BORREGO
            n. 1.     a cloud ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a male sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.

BORREL
            adj.       rough, rude, clownish ...Bk1911 Sc.

BORRERA
            n.         a sheep ...1968 Amer. West. usage

BORROW
            n. 1.     a castrated hog ...1899 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a burgh or town ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to hire out ...1965 Amer. dial.

BORROWED BRASS
            n.         false courage inspired by drugs or drink ...World War II Amer. sl.

BORROWING-DAYS
            n.         the last three days of March are said to have been borrowed from April, and supposed to be especially stormy ...1899 Sc. & Amer. dial.

BORROWS!
            int.       in children's games: time out! ...1950 Amer. dial.

BORRY
            vb.       to borrow ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.

BORSCH
            n.         a German ...1969 Amer. dial.

BORUS-SNORUS
            adj.       happy-go-lucky, careless, reckless ...1863 Eng. dial.

BORY-HOLE
            n.         the navel ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOSCHELAND
            n.         Germany ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOSE
            adj.       hollow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOSH
            n. 1.     contemptible nonsense; foolish talk or opinions ...1834 sl. or colloq.
            n. 2.     a fiddle ...1859 sl.
            n. 3.     boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     something absurdly erroneous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     something worthless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb.       to make of no effect; to spoil; to humbug ...1870 sl.
            int.       stuff and nonsense! humbug! ...1852 sl.

BOSH AND MOONSHINE!
            int.       nonsense! ...1940 Amer. dial.

BOSH-FAKER
            n.         one who plays a fiddle ...1859 sl.

BOSHMAN
            n.         one who plays a fiddle ...1865 sl.

BOSHMEN
            n.         fiddlers, or musicians in general ...Bk1890 sl.

BOSHY
            adj.       nonsensical; contemptible ...1860

BOSIE
            n.         the bosom ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOSKER
            adj.       † excellent, good, delightful ...1906 Aust. sl.

BOSKY
            adj. 1.   covered with bushes or underwood; full of thickets, bushy, woody ...1593
            adj. 2.   somewhat the worse for drink; elated with liquor; tipsy, half drunk, intoxicated ...1790 Eng. dial.
            adj. 3. wild, unfrequented ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOSMAN
            n.         a farmer ...Bk1864 sl.

BOSNIAC
            n.         a native of Bosnia ...1836

BOSOM
            n.         the front of a shirt ...1872 US

BOSOM-BIRD
            n.         † a bosom friend; a specially intimate or beloved friend ...1655

BOSOM BUDDY
            n.         a very close friend; a best friend ...1920s Amer. sl.

BOSOM CHUMS
            n.         lice, vermin ... World War I Amer. sl.

BOSOM FRIEND
            n.         a packet of money kept inside the brassiere by elderly women when travelling ...1973 Amer. dial.

BOSOM-HOOK
            n.         a brooch ...1953 Amer. dial.

BOSOM OF THE PANTS
            n.         the seat of the trousers ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOSOM-PIN
            n.         a brooch ...1855 Amer. dial.

BOSQUE
            n.         a forest; a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a clump of trees ...1771 Amer. dial.

BOSS
            adj. 1. excellent, first-rate; wonderful ...1836 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. emaciated ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. hollow, empty ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 4. poor, despicable, worthless ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 5. pretentious ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 6. weak, ignorant ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     the chief; the person in charge ...L16
            n. 2.     a term of address to a male ...1839 sl., orig. US
            n. 3.     the American bison ...1848 US
            n. 4.     the head of a political machine ...1860s Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a term of respect used by a Black person for any White man, esp. one who employs them ...1908 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a bunch or tuft of grass ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a despicable, worthless person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 8.     a small cask ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 9.     anything hollow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 10.    the front of the body from chest to loins ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 11.    a cow or calf ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to bungle, to make a mess of ...1887 Eng. dial. & sl.

BOSS AROUND
            vb.       to direct or control someone in an offensively authoritarian way ...1850s Amer. sl.

BOSS CHARLIE
            n.         a White man considered as an oppressor; any White man; used contemptuously ...1928 US Black sl.

BOSS COCKY
            n.         a leader or organizer ...Bk1945 Aust.

BOSS DICK
            n.         a cop; a police officer ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOSS DOG
            n.         an important, sometimes, self-important person ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOSS-EYED
            adj. 1. having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed ...1860 sl.
            adj. 2. oblique, crooked, one-sided ...1898 Eng. dial.

BOSS OF THE SHANTY
            n.         the master or manager of the place ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.

BOSS ONE'S OWN SHOES
            vb.       to manage one's affairs personally ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.

BOSSIE
            n.         a cow or calf ...1939 Amer. dial.

BOSS-LADY
            n.         one's wife; a wife who gives the orders; humorous usage ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOSS-MAN
            n. 1.     an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority ...1908 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     one's husband; humorous usage ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOSSNESS
            n.         hollowness; emptiness from lack of food ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOSSON
            n.         a badger ...1617 Eng. dial.

BOSS ONE'S OWN SHOES
            vb.       to manage one's affairs personally ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.

BOSS-SHOT
            n. 1.     a bad shot or aim ...1890 sl.
            n. 2.     an unsuccessful attempt ...1898 Eng. dial.

BOSS-WOMAN
            n.         one's wife; a wife who gives the orders; humorous usage ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOSSY
            adj.       domineering, autocratic ...1880s Amer. colloq.
            n.         a cow or calf ...1863 Amer. dial.

BOSSY-BAREFOOT
            n.         one who is always trying to tell others what to do ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOST
            vb. 1.    to scold; to speak roughly ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to threaten ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOSTHOON
            n. 1.     an awkward fellow; a tactless, senseless person...1830 Irish
            n. 2.     a fool or blockhead ...1914 Irish sl.

BOSTON
            n.         a White citizen of the US ...1844 Amer. Pacific Coast Indians usage

BOSTON COFFEE
            n.         half coffee and half cream ...1943 Amer. dial.

BOSTON COOLER
            n.         vanilla ice cream in root-beer; a root-beer float ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOSTON DOLLAR
            n.         a penny ...1902 Amer. West. jocular

BOSTONER
            n.         † a Bostonian ...1758 US

BOSTONESE
            n.         natives or inhabitants of Boston ...1888 US

BOSTON EXCHANGE
            n.         the game of musical chairs ...1969 Amer. dial.

BOSTONIAN
            adj.       belonging to Boston ...1698
            n. 1.     a native or inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts ...1698
            n. 2.     a White citizen of the US ...1793 Amer. Pacific Coast Indians usage

BOSTON QUARTER
            n.         a tip of five or ten cents ...1942 US sl.

BOSTON SCREWDRIVER
            n.         a hammer ...1969 US sl.

BOSTON TEA PARTY
            n.         a sexual fetish in which the sadist defecates or urinates on the masochist ...1967 US sl.

BOSTON WOODCOCK
            n.         pork and beans ...1937 Amer. dial.

BOSTOON
            n.         a fool or blockhead ...1914 Irish sl.

BOSWELLGANG
            n.         a maze; a perplexity ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

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BOT - BOWZ

BOT
            n. 1.     † a person viewed as a parasite or pest ...1513
            n. 2.     a bottle ...1736 colloq.
            n. 3.     a habitual borrower or cadger; a scrounger; a person who frequently imposes on others ...1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n. 4.     the buttocks, the bottom ...1922 colloq.
            n. 5.     a minor illness; a cold, etc. ...1968 NZ colloq.
            n. 6.     a robot ...1969 orig. science fiction usage
            vb.       to borrow or cadge something, especially cigarettes and liquor ...1921 Aust. sl.

BOTANIST
            n.         a physician who views his patients as having plant-level intelligence ...1978 US sl.

BOTANY BAY
            vb.       to run away ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl.

BOTANY BAY COAT OF ARMS
            n.         a black eye ...Bk1945 Aust.

BOTANY BAY DOZEN
            n.         a flogging of twenty-five lashes ...Bk1945 Aust.

BOTANY BAY SWELLS
            n.         freed convicts ...1836 Aust.

BOTE
            n.         † help, remedy, salvation ...a1300

BOTE OF BEAM
            n.         † remedy, improvement, restoration ...1330

BOTFLY
            n.         a scrounger ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.

BOTHER!
            int.       used for registering annoyance ...1840 UK sl.

BOTHERATE
            vb.       to bother, to trouble ...1905 Amer. dial.

BOTHERATION
            n. 1.     annoyance, nuisance ...1797 UK sl.
            n. 2.     the act of bothering; petty vexation or annoyance ...1801 colloq.
            n. 3.     bewilderment; perplexity ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            int.       exclamation of annoyance or vexation ...1797 colloq.

BOTHERED UP
            adj.       apprehensive; agitated; confused; mixed up ...1951 Amer. dial.

BOTHER-HEADED
            adj.       stupid, thick-headed, muddled ...1872

BOTHERMENT
            n.         something troublesome; perplexity; bewilderment ...1843 Sc. & Amer. dial.

BOTHER IT!
            int.       used for registering annoyance ...1840 UK sl.

BOTHER ONE'S HEAD
            vb.       to worry oneself with ...Bk1997 Irish sl.

BOTHER ONE'S TIME
            vb.       to matter, to be of importance ...1933 Amer. dial.

BOTHER YOUR ARSE
            vb.       to make an effort; to take the trouble to do something ...1985 Sc. & Irish sl.

BOTHER YOUR BUNNIT
            vb.       to make an effort ...1985 Sc. sl.

BOTHER YOUR PUFF
            vb.       to make an effort ...1985 Sc. sl.

BOTHER YOUR SHIRT
            vb.       to make an effort ...1985 Sc. sl.

BOTH HANDS
            n.         a ten-year prison sentence ...1930s Amer. sl.

BOTHIE
            n.         a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTHIER
            n.         a farm servant living in a 'bothie' (cottage) ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTH SHEETS IN THE WIND
            adj.       alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOTH-SIDES
            adj.       † deceitful, two-faced, double-dealing ...17C

BOTH THE TWO
            pron.    the one and the other, both ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOTH TWO
            pron.    the one and the other, both ...1870 Amer. dial.

BOTH WAYS
            n. 1.     a wager that a selected horse, dog, etc., will finish a race in the first three ...1869 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose ...1950 US sl.

BOTH WAYS FROM THE ACE
            adv.      from both sides; thoroughly ...1916 Amer. sl.

BOTHY
            n.         a cottage in common for farm servants ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTRAY
            n.         crack cocaine ...1998 UK sl.

BOTS
            n.         a vague feeling of unwellness; the blues ...1898 Amer. dial.

BOTSEL
            n.         the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOTT
            n.         the buttocks, the bottom ...1922 colloq.

BOTTIE
            n.         the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.

BOTTLE
            n. 1.     money ...1893 Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. naval sl.
            n. 3.     courage ...1958 Brit. sl.
            n. 4.     in betting, odds of 2-1 ...1991 UK sl.
            n. 5.     a dose of crack cocaine, whether or not it is actually in a small bottle ...1992 US sl.
            n. 6.     a drunkard ...Bk2006 US sl.
            vb. 1.    to reprimand ...1946 Brit. naval sl.
            vb. 2.    to walk in a hurry ...c1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    of a man: to have sex with a woman; to impregnate a woman ...1961 UK sl.
            vb. 4.    to have anal sex, esp. with a woman ...1961 UK
            vb. 5.    to smell badly; to stink ...1979 UK sl.
            vb. 6.    to attack someone with a bottle, esp. in the face ...1984 UK sl.
            vb. 7.    in prison, to conceal articles such as drugs or money in the rectum ...1996 UK sl.
            vb. 8.    to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.
            v. 9.     to drink liquor to excess ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOTTLEACHE
            n.         a hangover ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOTTLE AND A HALF
            n.         in betting, odds of 5-2 ...1991 UK sl.

BOTTLE AND GLASS
            n. 1.     the backside; the anus ...1930 UK rhyming sl. for 'arse'
            n. 2.     quality, elegant behaviour ...1959 UK rhyming sl. for 'class'

BOTTLE AND STOPPER
            n.         a police officer ...1928 US rhyming sl. for 'copper'

BOTTLE BABY
            n. 1.     an alcoholic ...1925 US sl.
            n. 2.     a woman with dyed blonde hair ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOTTLE BLONDE
            n.         a person whose blonde hair is the result of bleach, not nature ...1972 US sl.

BOTTLE-CAP COLONEL
            n.         a lieutenant-colonel in the US Army ...1986 US (Vietnam War usage)

BOTTLE-CRONY
            n.         a boon-companion ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTTLED
            adj.       drunk ...1927 sl.

BOTTLE DEALER
            n.         a drug dealer who sells pills in large quantities ...1971 US sl.

BOTTLED EARTHQUAKE
            n.         intoxicating liquor ...a1891 Amer. sl.

BOTTLED IN A PEPPER-PATCH
            adj.       of whisky: very strong ...1954 Amer. dial.

BOTTLED-IN-THE-BARN
            n.         moonshine; home-made, bootleg whisky ...1940 Amer. dial.

BOTTLED SUNSHINE
            n.         beer ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOTTLED UP
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOTTLE IT
            vb.       to lose your nerve, to back down ...1999 UK sl.

BOTTLE LEGS
            n.         crooked legs ...1950 Amer. dial.

BOTTLE MAN
            n.         a drunkard ...1944 US sl.

BOTTLE MERCHANT
            n.         a coward, someone who loses nerve ...2000 UK sl.

BOTTLE-NECK
            n. 1.     any narrow opening or avenue ...1928
            n. 2.     a marijuana pipe made from the neck of a beer or soft drink bottle ...2004 S. Africa

BOTTLENECKING
            n.         necking ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.

BOTTLE-O; BOTTLE-OH
            n.         a collector of empty bottles ...1898 Aust. & NZ sl.

BOTTLE OF BEER
            n.         the ear ...1961 UK rhyming sl.

BOTTLE OF FIZZ
            vb.       to work as a pickpocket; to steal something quickly as an opportunity arises ...1938 UK rhyming sl. for 'The Whizz' (pickpocketing)

BOTTLE OF SCENT
            n.         a male homosexual ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'bent'

BOTTLE OF WATER
            n.         a daughter ...1961 UK rhyming sl.

BOTTLE-OH
            n.         a person who collects and sells used bottles ...1898 Aust. sl.

BOTTLE OUT
            vb.       to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1979 Brit. sl.

BOTTLE POCKET
            n.         the left side trousers pocket ...1980 Amer. dial.

BOTTLER
            adj.       extremely good; excellent, great, fantastic ...1938 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n. 1.     † a bottle maker ...a1425
            n. 2.     a thing or event of outstanding merit; someone or something that is excellent ...1855 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     a person who solicits and collects money from spectators or passers-by on behalf of a street performer or showman ...1898 sl.
            n. 4.     a man who takes the active role in anal sex ...1961 UK sl.
            n. 5.     a person who loses his or her nerve; a person lacking courage or spirit; a cowardly or timid person ...1994 UK sl.
            n. 6.     an itinerant musician's travelling companion ...1996 Irish sl.

BOTTLE-SCREW
            n.         a corkscrew ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTTLE TO THE FIELD
            n.         in racing, bookmaker's odds of 2-1 ...1967 sl.

BOTTLETOP
            n.         something gained; a thing of some value ...1974 UK rhyming sl.on 'cop' to obtain
            vb.       to catch, gain, or understand something (usually 2 words 'bottle top' ...1974 UK rhyming sl. on 'cop'

BOTTLE UP
            vb. 1.    to repress or contain your feelings ...1853 UK sl.
            vb. 2.    to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOTTLE UP AND GO
            vb.       to leave ...1947 US

BOTTLEWASH
            n.         nonsense, 'hogwash'...1944 Amer. dial.

BOTTLEY
            adj.       nervous ...2000 UK sl.

BOTTLING
            adj.       excellent, superlatively good ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
            n.         a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTTOM
            n. 1.     the buttocks ...1699 colloq.
            n. 2.     stamina, endurance, staying power; used esp. of horses and dogs ...1843 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     the submissive partner in a homosexual or sado-masochistic relationship ...1961 US sl.
            n. 4.     a nickname for Miami, Florida ...1991 US sl.

BOTTOM BITCH
            n.         the pimp's favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes ...1967 US sl.

BOTTOM BURP
            n.         a fart ...1984 UK sl.

BOTTOM CAT
            n.         the muskrat ...1970 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM CHAIRS
            vb.       to be lazy ...1926 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM FEEDER
            n. 1.     a despised person of low-status, who grasps any opportunity or means of survival ...1980 US sl.
            n. 2.     in poker, a low-betting player who tries to eke out meagre winnings against unskilled players ...1996 US sl.

BOTTOM FELL OUT, THE
            phr.      describing a very heavy rain ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM FISHER
            n.         a stock investor looking for stocks with a poor recent showing ...1988 US sl.

BOTTOM GIRL
            n.         the pimp's favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes ...1973 US sl.

BOTTOM-GRAPES
            n.         haemorrhoids, piles ...1990s sl.

BOTTOMLESS PIT
            n. 1.     a person with an insatiable appetite; a very hungry person ...Bk1995 US sl.
            n. 2.     an endless source of something, usually something troublesome ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOTTOM MAN
            n.         the passive partner in a homosexual relationship ...1972 US sl.

BOTTOM OF HIS SHOES WAS COMING UP, THE
            phr.      he was vomiting profusely ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM-ROOM
            n. 1.     a seat for one in a church pew ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     as much room as a person requires in sitting ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTTOMS
            n. 1.     the worst ...1955 US sl.
            n. 2.     dice that have been marked to have two identical faces ...1962 US sl.

BOTTOMSIDE UP
            adj.       upside down, topsy-turvy ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOTTOMSIDE UPWARDS
            adj.       upside down, topsy-turvy ...1858 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM'S UP
            n.         a common position for anal and/or vaginal sex, in which the passive partner lies on their stomach ...1960 US sl.
            int.       used as a toast ...1917 UK sl.

BOTTOM UPWARDS
            adj.       upside down, topsy-turvy ...1954 Amer. dial.

BOTTOM WEIGHT
            n.         a minimum amount ...1962 UK sl.

BOTTOM WOMAN
            n.         the pimp's favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes ...1969 US sl.

BOTTREL
            adj.       thickset, dwarfish ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a thickset, dwarfish person ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOTTY
            adj.       conceited, swaggering ...Bk1913 sl.
            n.         the human bottom ...1874 UK sl.

BOTTY BANGER
            n.         a fart ...1984 UK sl.

BOTTY BURP
            n.         a fart ...1984 UK sl.

BOUBIE
            n.         the lowest in a class at school ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUBOU
            n.         crack cocaine ...1998 UK sl.

BOUCH
            n.         a coward; a sneak ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUCHAL
            n.         a boy ...1913 Irish sl.

BOUDEN
            adj.       swollen, inflated ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUDOIR
            n.         an army tent ...1945 US sl.

BOUFF
            n. 1.     a dog ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a loud bark ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a noisy cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a stupid, blundering fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to bark like a large dog ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to cough noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to strike, to buffet ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUFFIE
            n.         a dog's short bark ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUFFIN
            adj.       given to barking ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a big, stout person; used rather contemptuously ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     continued coughing ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUG
            n.         a child's name for the stomach or belly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUGER
            n.         the puffin ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUGHAL
            n.         a boy ...1913 Irish sl.

BOUGHT
            n.         a curve ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUGHTEN
            adj. 1. purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1801 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. of teeth: artificial, false ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOUGHT GUTS
            n.         false courage inspired by drugs or drink ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOUGHTIE
            n.         a twig ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUGHT-MADE
            adj.       purchased, as opposed to homemade ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOUGHT TEETH
            n.         false teeth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOUK
            n.         a retching, a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUKIE
            adj.       bulky ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUKIT
            adj.       large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUKSOME
            adj. 1. bulky, of large size ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. pregnant ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUKY
            adj. 1. bulky; obese ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. numerous; well-attended ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUL
            n. 1.     a term of contempt for a person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     anything curved ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOULDEN
            adj.       swelled, inflated ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to swell ...1953 Amer. dial.

BOULDER
            n. 1.     a large marble ...1905 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a strong blast of wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     crack cocaine; a piece of crack cocaine ...1998 US sl.

BOULDER BABY
            n.         a crack cocaine addict ...2002 US sl.

BOULDER-HOLDER
            n.         a brassiere ...1970 UK sl.

BOULE
            n.         an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOULEVARD
            n. 1.     a long straight hallway ...1965 US sl.
            n. 2.     in trucking, a major motorway ...1986 US sl.

BOULEVARD BOY
            n.         a young male prostitute in an urban setting ...1987 US sl.

BOULEVARD COWBOY
            n.         a reckless driver ...Bk1942 US sl.

BOULEVARDIER
            n.         a man who picks up women on the streets ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOULEVERSE
            vb.       †* to upset, to overturn, to throw into utter disorder ...1673

BOUL-HORNED
            adj.       headstrong ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOULTER
            n.         anything large of its kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.

BOULYA
            n.         crack cocaine ...1998 UK sl.

BOUN
            adj.       ready, prepared ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to betake one's self to a place; to go ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to make ready, to prepare ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUNCE
            n. 1.     a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger ...1714
            n. 2.     a boastful, swaggering fellow ...1819 colloq.
            n. 3.     energy, vitality; spirit, exuberance, verve ...1909
            n. 4.     a buoyant rhythm ...1937
            n. 5.     a jail or prison sentence ...1957 US sl.
            n. 6.     a brainstorming session ...1984 US sl.
            n. 7.     in horse racing, a poorly run race followed by a well-run race ...1997 US sl.
            vb. 1.    † to beat, to thump, to trounce, to knock ...c1225
            vb. 2.    † to knock loudly, esp, at a door ...1570
            vb. 3.    † to talk big, to bluster, to hector; to swagger ...c1626
            vb. 4.    to talk big at; to bully; to blow up, to scold roundly ...1640
            vb. 5.    † to slam, to bang a door ...1786
            vb. 6.    to jilt; to dismiss someone ...1884 Amer. dial.
            vb. 7.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
            vb. 8.    to fail ...Bk1934 college sl.
            vb. 9.    to change the direction of movement of an animal, as cattle ...1941 Amer. dial.
            vb. 10. to pay; to provide without charge ...1970 US sl.
            vb. 11. to leave ...1996 US sl.

BOUNCEABLE
            adj.       bumptious, cheeky, prone to boasting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.

BOUNCE-BACK
            n.         resilience ...1959
            vb.       ('bounce back') to recover or return from a setback ...1950 UK sl.

BOUNCED
            adj.       † beaten, knocked about ...1519

BOUNCEFUL
            adj.       arrogant, domineering, masterful ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.

BOUNCER
            n. 1.     a brazen or startling lie ...1803
            n. 2.     a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar ...1834
            n. 3.     a big or large specimen of its kind ...1842
            n. 4.     one who cheats by laying wagers ...1862 thieves' sl.
            n. 5.     a person, usually a strong man, employed to maintain and restore order in a bar, restaurant, club or performance ...1883 US sl.
            n. 6.     a professional beggar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     a large, strong, vigorous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a lively person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 9.     a big, fleshy girl or woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
            n. 10.    a bartender ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 11.    on the railroad: a caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.
            n. 12.    the female breast ...1972 UK sl.

BOUNCE SHOT
            n.         in a dice game, a type of controlled shot by a skilled cheat ...1950 US sl.

BOUNCING
            adj. 1. exaggerated; excessive, big ...1899 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. lively; vigorous ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding ...1634

BOUNCING BUFFER
            n.         a beggar ...Bk1898

BOUNCING CHEAT
            n.         a bottle ...Bk1890 thieves' sl.

BOUNCING CHIT
            n.         a bottle ...Bk1890 sl.

BOUNCINGLY
            adv.      boastfully, blusteringly ...a1677

BOUNCING MAD
            adj.       furiously angry ...1834

BOUNCING POWDER
            n.         cocaine ...1971 US sl.

BOUNCY
            adj.       lively; vigorous ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUNCY-BOUNCY
            n.         sexual intercourse ...1960 US sl.

BOUND
            adj. 1.   † of persons and things: ready, prepared; of persons: dressed, attired ...c1175
            adj. 2. † a landmark indicating the limit of an estate or territory ...c1275
            adj. 3.   † of a woman: pregnant ...a1400
            adj. 4.   confined in the bowels, constipated ...1530
            adj. 4.   † of a cough: tight, dry ...1759
            adj. 5. of a boy or girl: indentured, apprenticed ...1800 Amer. dial.
            adj. 6. impotent, lacking in manhood ...1930 Amer. dial.
            adj. 7. determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n.         an obligation, duty ...1941 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to set bounds to, to limit; to confine within bounds ...1393
            vb. 2.    to abound, to be plentiful; to exist or be present in large numbers ...1568
            vb. 3.    † to recoil, to rebound ...1597
            vb. 4.    † to enclose, to confine, to contain ...1609

BOUNDAGE
            n.         † a marking out the bounds or limits ...1610

BOUNDAL
            n.         † bounds, limits ...a1670

BOUND AND SOT
            phr.      of the spirit of a dead person: prevented by a spell from wandering away from the burial place ...1889 Amer. dial.

BOUNDANT
            adj. 1.   † obligatory ...1649
            adj. 2. † obliged ...1654

BOUNDARY
            n.         a collection, a group, as of people ...1939 Amer. dial.

BOUNDARY-RIDER
            n.         one who rides around the fences of a station, and repairs them when broken ...1865 Aust.

BOUNDE
            n.         † a husbandman, a peasant, a serf ...c1320

BOUNDEN
            adj. 1.   † made fast by tie, band, or bar; tired, fastened, clamped ...c1325
            adj. 2.   under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced ...a1400 arch.
            adj. 3.   † tied with the bonds of matrimony ...c1426
            adj. 4.   † pregnant ...c1540

BOUNDEN OUT
            adj.       apprenticed; made the ward of someone ...1931 Amer. dial.

BOUNDER
            n. 1.     † a boundary, limit, landmark ...1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     † one who occupies a district bounding another; a borderer ...1542
            n. 3.     a vulgar and unwelcome pretender to polite society; a base or vile person; a nuisance; one of objectionable manners or anti-social behaviour; a cad ...a1889
            n. 4.     a heavy blow ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to limit, bound ...1636
            vb. 2.    to scrub or wash the body thoroughly ...1895 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to bounce, to make rebound ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to limit, set boundaries to ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.

BOUND FOR GLORY
            adj.       dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOUNDIFY
            vb.       †* to set bounds to; to confine ...1606

BOUNDING
            adj.       increasing by leaps and bounds, or rapidly ...1887

BOUND OUT
            adj.       apprenticed; made the ward of someone ...1929 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to swell out; to enlarge ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUND ROUND
            n.         a swaddling cloth ...1955 Amer. dial.

BOUNDURE
            n.         † a bounding or limiting; limitation; limit or bound ...1634

BOUNG-NAPPER
            n.         a cut-purse, a pickpocket ...L17 sl.

BOUNG-NIPPER
            n.         a cut-purse ...L17 criminal sl.

BOUNGY
            n.         the anus ...1982 Bahamas

BOUNKY
            n.         the buttocks ...1982 Amer. dial.

BOUNTITH
            n.         something given in reward for service, over and above wages; a bonus ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUNTY
            n.         a Black person who sides with the White authorities ...1996 UK sl.

BOUQUET OF ASSHOLES
            n.         (derogatory) an annoying or disgusting person or thing ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOUQUET STRAIGHT
            n.         in poker, a sequenced hand comprised of all red or all black suits, but not a flush ...1996 US sl.

BOUQUINIST
            n.         a dealer in secondhand books of little value ...1840

BOURBON
            adj.       excellent; first-rate ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOURBON BIBBER
            n.         an oil worker from Kentucky ...1954 US sl.

BOURBON POULTICE
            n.         a drink of whisky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOURD
            n. 1.     a jest, a joke ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a scoff ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     an encounter, a fight ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to dally ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to jest ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOURDFUL
            adj.       † full of jesting or sport; jocular, jocose, sportive ...1388

BOURIE
            n.         a rabbit's burrow; a fox's den ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOURKE SHOWER
            n.         a dust storm ...1945 Aust. sl.

BOURN
            n.         † a boundary or limit ...1523
            vb.       * to bound, to check; to set a limit or bounds to ...1807

BOURNE
            n.         † a boundary or limit ...1523

BOURNVILLE BOULEVARD
            n.         the anus, the rectum ...1997 UK sl.

BOUROCH
            n.         a house, a home ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOURRIAU
            n.         an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOURRIER
            n.         an executioner ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOURT
            vb.       † to pretend, to make believe ...Bk1886

BOUSE
            n.         drink, liquor ...1567 colloq.

BOUSER
            n.         a sot; a drunkard ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUSHTY
            n.         a bed ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUSING KEN
            n.         † a low alehouse ...1596 thieves' sl.

BOUSTEOUS
            adj.       boisterous; fierce ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUSTEROUS
            adj.       boisterous ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUSUM
            adj.       merry ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUSY
            adj. 1. covered with bushes ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. large, bulky, plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 4. tipsy; fond of liquor ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
            n. 2.     a street urchin; a lout ...20C Irish sl.

BOUT
            prep.    without ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         the act of coming upon by surprise ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUTCH
            vb.       to botch, to bungle ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUTEFEU
            n.         an incendiary; one who 'adds fuel to fire' ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUT-GATE
            n.         a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUTGER
            n.         a glutton ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI
            n.         cocaine ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'Charlie' (cocaine)

BOUVRAGE
            n.         drink, beverage ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUZY
            adj. 1. big, swelling, distended; fat, overgrown ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. bushy, wooded; bushy in appearance ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. of a jolly and good-humoured appearance ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOUZZIE
            n. 1.     a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
            n. 2.     a street urchin; a lout ...20C Irish sl.

BOVINA
            n.         in homosexual usage, a woman, esp. one with large breasts ...1980 US sl.

BOVINE EXCREMENT
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOVINE EXTRACT
            n.         milk or cream ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOVINELY
            adv.      in a dull or inert manner; stupidly ...1900

BOVVER
            n.         trouble, fighting, violent behaviour, esp. when associated with skinhead culture ...1969 UK sl.

BOVVER BOOT
            n.         a heavy-duty boot used as a kicking weapon, stereotypically worn by a skinhead ...1969 UK sl.

BOVVER BOY
            n.         a member of a hooligan gang, generally characterized as a skinhead, and therefore associated with extreme right-wing, racist violence ...1970 UK sl.

BOW
            n. 1.     the handle of scissors, or of a key ...1899 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sudden short dip in a road ...1903 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a fiddler ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a field for cows ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 6.     the arch of a bridge ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a rainbow ...1930 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     the elbow ...1980 US sl.
            vb.       to perform an act of oral sex ...1995 Jamaica

BOW AND ARROW
            n. 1.     (derogatory) an American Indian ...1930 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sparrow ...1931 UK Cockney rhyming sl.

BOW-AND-ARROW WEDDING
            n.         a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOW AND QUIVER
            n.         the liver. esp. in contexts of irritability or liverishness ...1961 UK rhyming sl.

BOWBERT
            adj.       † lazy, inactive ...1513 Sc.
            n.         † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.

BOW-BOW
            n.         a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOWBOWISM
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOW-BRIG
            n.         a one-arched bridge ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW-CAT
            n.         a man who fellates ...1995 Jamaica

BOWDACIOUS
            adj.       thorough, remarkable ...1845 Amer. dial.

BOWDEN
            adj. 1. burdened, provided ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. swollen, heavy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to fill; to burden ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWDER
            n.         a great squall, a heavy storm of wind and rain ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWDIE-LEGGIT
            adj.       having bow-legs ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWDING
            n.         swelling ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW DOLLAR
            n.         a silver dollar; esp. Black usage ...1944 Amer. dial.

BOWEL OFF
            vb.       to have diarrhoea ...1953 Amer. dial.

BOWEL-RACK
            vb.       to cut or wound so that the intestines are exposed ...1953 Amer. dial.

BOWELS
            n.         faeces ...1929 Amer. dial.

BOWER
            n. 1.     a close friend; an assistant; an accomplice ...1847 Amer. sl., orig. gambling
            n. 2.     a prison ...Bk1891 sl.
            n. 3.     a bow-maker ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     an inner room; a parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     the manager of a dairy on a dairy-farm ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWERBIRD
            n.         a compulsive hoarder; a person who collects ornaments, odds and ends, etc.; a petty thief ...1926

BOWERIQUE
            n.         a small 'bower' or parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWER-WOMAN
            n.         a lady's maid ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWERY
            n.         the part of a city notorious for low life; skid row ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOWET
            n. 1.     the moon ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a hand-lantern ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWFF
            n.         a stroke causing a hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to strike with the hand as to cause to hollow sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to bark like a dog ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWG
            n.         a child's belly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWGER
            n.         the puffin ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW-HAN'
            n.         a fiddler; a fiddler's right hand ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWHEAD
            n.         a silly coed who typically wears bows in her hair; a shallow sorority girl; a bouncy cheerleader type who ignores her intelligence, and is superficial ...1989 campus sl.

BOW-HOUGHED
            adj.       bow-legged ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW-HOUGHS
            n.         crooked legs or thighs ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWIE
            adv.      suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n.         a small barrel or cask open at one end; a tub; a milk pail; a water bucket or pail with a 'bow-handle' ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWIE STATE
            n.         Arkansas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOWING-CHAFFS
            n.         distortion of the face by grimaces ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWJANTHER
            n.         a pint bottle of Guinness ...Bk1997 Irish sl.

BOW-JAWED
            adj.       having a prominently projecting lower jaw ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOWK
            n. 1.     a vomiting ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     body; bulk ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to retch, to vomit ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW-KAIL
            n.         cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWKERS!
            int.       an exclamation of slight surprise or wonder ...1788 Eng. dial.

BOWL
            n. 1.     a drinking vessel, a cup or mug ...1887 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a pipeful of marijuana or the like ...1972 Amer. drugs sl.
            n. 3.     a pipe for smoking marijuana or the like ...1974 Amer. drugs sl.
            vb.       to boil ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW-LEGGIT
            adj.       having bandy legs ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWLEGS
            n.         a cavalryman or cavalrymen ...1907 Army usage

BOWLER
            n. 1.     a large marble ...1905 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a kettle, a boiler ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a dog, usually of unpretentious pedigree ...1977 Irish sl.

BOWLER-HAT
            vb.       to retire someone compulsorily, esp. demobilizing an officer ...1953 Brit. sl.

BOWLIE
            adj.       crooked, bent ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a term of contempt for a bow-legged person ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWLIE-BACKIT
            adj.       round-shouldered; humpbacked ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWLING ALLEY
            n.         a hand-fired coal-burning locomotive ...1940 Amer. railroad usage

BOWL-MAN
            n.         a male hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWL OF JELLY
            n.         a very fat person; a corpulent person ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOWL OF RED
            n.         chili con carne ...Bk1998 sl.

BOWL OUT
            vb. 1.    to overcome, to get the better of; hence, to kill, to knock out of action ...1805 Amer. military sl.
            vb. 2.    to find out, to be found out ...E19 sl.
            vb. 3.    to kill ...E19 sl.
            vb. 4.    to die ...M19 sl.

BOWL-OVER
            n.         a fight, a brawl ...20C Aust. sl.
            vb.       (as 'bowl over')
            vb. 1.    to astonish, to surprise ...M19 sl.
            vb. 2.    to defeat ...M19 sl.

BOW LOW
            vb.       to leave, esp. for one's own benefit ...1970s US homosexual sl.

BOWLTEST
            adj.       the most bent or crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWL THE HOOP
            n.         soup ...M19 rhyming sl.

BOWL-WIFE
            n.         a female hawker of crockery ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWMAN
            adj.       excellent, first-rate ...L17 sl.
            n. 1.     a thief ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWMAN KEN
            n. 1.     a house considered worth robbing ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a house occupied by thieves ...L17 UK criminals' sl.

BOWMAN-PRIG
            n.         a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.

BOWN
            vb.       to make ready ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW ONE'S BACK
            vb.       to refuse to do a job ...1958 Amer. dial.

BOW-OUT
            n.         a resignation ...1940s sl.
            vb.       (as 'bow out') to retreat or withdraw; to resign ...20C sl.

BOW PORT
            n.         the mouth ...1835 Amer. nautical sl.

BOW-POT
            n.         a nosegay, a bouquet ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWRACK
            n.         a heap of stones; a cluster ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWRAD
            n.         a fatal encounter ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWRICK
            n.         a heap of stones; a cluster ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWROCK
            n.         a heap of stones; a cluster ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWS
            n. 1.     a severe punishment ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     sugar tongs ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWSAN
            adj.       very big ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWSE
            n. 1.     drink, liquor ...1567 colloq.
            n. 2.     a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to rush like the wind ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWSER
            n. 1.     a petrol garage that also sells food and drink ...1950s NZ sl.
            n. 2.     a dog ...1965 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     a very ugly unattractive member of the opposite sex, esp. a young woman ...1978 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a troublesome character ...2000s Irish sl.

BOWSER BAG
            n.         a paper bag provided by a restaurant for patrons who want to take uneaten portions home, as for feeding to a pet dog ...1965 Amer. sl.

BOWSEY
            n. 1.     a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
            n. 2.     nasal mucus ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a street urchin; a lout ...20C Irish sl.

BOWSIE
            adj. 1. bushy, hairy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. curved like a bow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. large ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 4. bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
            n. 1.     a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
            n. 2.     a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a term of contempt for a crooked person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a street urchin; a lout ...20C Irish sl.

BOW-SOW
            n.         narcotics ...1930s US drugs sl.

BOWSPRIT
            n. 1.     the penis ...1741 Amer. nautical sl.
            n. 2.     the nose ...1785 Amer. nautical sl.
            n. 3.     a cigar ...1906 Amer. nautical sl.

BOW-STOCK
            n.         a cabbage ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWSY
            adj.       bad, evil, malicious ...1914 Irish sl.
            n. 1.     a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
            n. 2.     a street urchin; a lout ...20C Irish sl.

BOW'T
            adj.       bowed, bent; crooked ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWT
            n.         a thunderbolt ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOW UP
            vb. 1.    to improve ...1939 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to assert oneself; to stand up to someone ...1941 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to get mad; to turn mean; to refuse to do a job ...1958 Amer. dial.

BOW-WINDOW
            n.         a big belly ...1840 sl.

BOW-WINDOWED
            adj. 1.   having a pot belly ...1850 sl.
            adj. 2.   pregnant ...M19 sl.
            adj. 3.   having bow-windows ...1868

BOW-WOW
            adj.       captious, snarling ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     an affectionate or child's term for a dog ...1785
            n. 2.     the dogmatic tone in speaking or writing; the stating of opinions in an arrogant manner ...1889
            n. 3.     sausage ...1900 Amer. college sl.
            n. 4.     a thread ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     a stunted, aged steer, unsuited for beef or fattening ...1935 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a very unattractive or unsatisfactory person or thing ...1935 Amer. jocular
            n. 7.     something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb. 1.    to bully, to cheat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to scare; to frighten by barking ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOWZE
            vb.       to drink hard ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWZELLY
            adj.       bushy, unkempt ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOWZER
            n. 1.     a dog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an ugly young woman ...1978 Amer. sl.

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BOX - BRAMZ

BOX
            n. 1.     † a blow, a buffet ...c1385
            n. 2.     a blow on the ear or side of the head with the hand; a slap, a cuff ...c1440
            n. 3.     the vulva or vagina ...c1605
            n. 4.     a prison cell; a lockup; hence, a jail, prison, or stockade ...1834 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a fiddle ...1845 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     a ship, esp. if unseaworthy ...1851 Amer. nautical sl.
            n. 7.     a coffin ...1864 Amer. sl.
            n. 8.     the head ...1903 Amer. sl.
            n. 9.     a piano ...1908 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    a safe ...1909 Amer. criminals' sl.
            n. 11.    a guitar ...1911 Amer. sl.
            n. 12.    a camera ...1918 Amer. photography usage
            n. 13.    a phonograph, radio, or tape recorder; a portable stereo radio and cassette player ...1924 Amer. sl.
            n. 14.    the mouth ...1930 Amer. sl.
            n. 15.    a banjo ...1936 Amer. sl.
            n. 16.    an automobile trailer ...1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 17.    an intercom ...1948 Amer. sl.
            n. 18.    a tin or can with its contents ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 19.    a light shield worn by cricketers to protect the genitals ...1950
            n. 20.    a young woman ...1955-57 Amer. sl.
            n. 21.    a defensive pillbox ...1961 Amer. military sl.
            n. 22.    copulation...1963 Amer. sl.
            n. 23.    the buttocks ...1965 US Black sl.
            n. 24.    the scrotum and penis ...1965 Amer. homosexual sl.
            n. 25.    a jukebox ...1971 Amer. sl.
            n. 26.    an elevator ...1974 Amer. sl.
            n. 27.    a refrigerator ...1978 Amer. sl.
            n. 28.    an accordion or concertina ...1980 Amer. sl.
            n. 29.    a large woman ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 1.    to beat, to thrash; later, to strike with the fist, to cuff, to buffet; to strike with the hand ...1519
            vb. 2.    to fight with fists ...1581
            vb. 3.    to die ...1972 Amer. hospital usage
            vb. 4.    to imprison ...1979 Amer. sl.

BOX, THE
            n.         a television set ...1950 Amer. sl.

BOX AND COX
            n.         an arrangement in which two persons take turns in sustaining a part, occupying a position, or the like ...1881

BOX AND DICE
            n.         the sum total, everything; the whole, complete turn-out ...1889 Sc.

BOX-ANKLED
            adj.       having the ankles striking together; having large ankles ...c1950 Amer. dial.

BOX-ANKLED HOUND
            n.         a term of disparagement ...1919 Amer. dial.

BOX AROUND
            vb.       to play around, to move about idly ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOX-BARROW
            n.         a wheelbarrow with wooden sides ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOX-BEATER
            n.         a piano player ...1915 Amer. sl.

BOX BRUSH
            n.         a carpet sweeper ...1971 Amer. dial.

BOXCARS
            n. 1.     in craps: a throw of 12 on the dice ...1909 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     big feet or shoes ...1950 Amer. sl.

BOX CHIN
            n.         a square or prominent jaw ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOX CITY
            adj.       dead ...1981 Amer. sl.

BOX CLEVER
            vb.       to behave cleverly; to use one's wits ...1936 sl.

BOXED
            adj. 1. locked up ...Bk1890 sl.
            adj. 2. sheltered, walled in ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. drunk; intoxicated; also, drugged, high ...1947 Amer. sl.
            adj. 4. dead ...1966 Amer. sl.

BOXED OUT
            adj.       thoroughly drunk ...1968 Amer. sl.

BOXED UP
            adj. 1.   dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            adj. 2.   alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOXER
            n.         a bowler or billycock hat ...1897 Aust.

BOXES
            n.         the game of hopscotch ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOX FIGHTER
            n.         a boxer ...1926 Amer. sl.

BOX HARRY
            vb.       to go without a meal; to have a poor meal so as to save expense ...1823 colloq.

BOX-HAT
            n.         a tall hat ...1888 colloq.

BOXHEAD
            n.         (contemptuous) a Scandinavian ...1926 Amer. sl.

BOX-HEADED
            adj.       thick-headed ...1918 Amer. sl.

BOX-HOUSE
            n. 1.     a square-built house suggestive of a box ...1881 US
            n. 2.     a saloon with a theatre attached ...1951 Amer. dial.

BOXIE
            n.         a bleached blonde ...20C teen & high school sl.

BOX-JAWED
            adj.       having a prominent lower jaw ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOX-KEEPER
            n. 1.     the keeper of the dice and box at a gaming table ...1680
            n. 2.     an attendant at the boxes in a theatre ...1728

BOX KING
            n.         a champion boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.

BOX LUNCH
            n.         cunnilingus; rarely, fellatio ...1965 Amer. jocular

BOX MAN
            n. 1.     a safecracker ...1902 Amer. criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     in baseball: a pitcher ...1908 Amer. sl.

BOX-MASTER
            n.         a treasurer ...1873 Sc.

BOX OF DOMINOES
            n.         the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.

BOX OFFICE
            n.         that which is or is likely to be extremely profitable and popular with audiences ...1932 Amer. entertainment industry

BOX OF GLUE
            n.         (usually offensive) a Jew ...1927-28 Amer. sl.

BOX OF IVORIES
            n. 1.     a set of (good) teeth in one's mouth ...1860 sl.
            n. 2.     the mouth containing the teeth ...Bk1890 sl.

BOX OF LIGHTS
            n.         a box of matches ...Brit. sl.

BOX OF MINUTES
            n.         a watch ...Bk1890 sl.

BOX ONE'S EARS
            vb.       to punish by hitting ...1601 sl.

BOX ON THE TABLE
            vb.       to die on the operating table ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOX RUSTLER
            n.         in the 1870s (theatre), a woman who did her song and dance on the stage, and then, in a costume considered the extreme of indecency, mingled with the customers in the boxes, and encouraged the sale of liquors ...1939 Amer. theatre usage

BOX SCORE
            n.         the number of dead, wounded, missing etc. ...1951 Amer. military sl.

BOX SLUGGER
            n.         a safecracker ...1970 Amer. criminals' sl.

BOX SOCIAL
            n.         a fundraising gathering at which boxed meals are auctioned off and then shared by donor and buyer ...1895 Amer. dial.

BOX TEETH
            n.         false teeth ...1967 Amer. dial.

BOX THE FOX
            vb.       to rob an orchard ...1991 Irish sl.

BOX THE JESUIT
            vb.       to masturbate ...1785 sl.

BOXTY
            n.         bread made of raw potatoes ...Irish sl.

BOX UP THE DOUGH
            vb.       to cook ...1907 Amer. loggers' usage

BOX-WALLAH
            n. 1.     a small peddler, who sells cheap wares ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
            n. 2.     a shopkeeper, retailer, or businessman ...1956 Anglo-Indian

BOX WITH FIVE NAILS
            n.         a blow or slap with the hand ...1912 Amer. dial.

BOX WITH TWO HANDLES
            n.         a blow or slap with the hand ...1908 Amer. dial.

BOY
            n. 1.     formerly a slave or servant; later sometimes used of a Black adult male, usually considered insulting when the speaker is White ...1764 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a coin or banknote ...1780 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     in South Africa: a coloured labourer or servant of any age or race ...1839
            n. 4.     a rough or rowdy ...1843
            n. 5.     a hump on a man's back; used derisively ...1873 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     champagne ...1882 sl.
            n. 7.     a male person of any age and condition, if unmarried and residing in the parental home ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 8.     a smart, clever, capable fellow; used in derision as well as praise ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 9.     heroin ...a1953 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    one's husband ...c1960 Amer. jocular
            n. 11.    a wishbone ...1971 Amer. dial.
            n. 12.    a hero in a film ...1996 Irish sl.
            int.       wow! gosh! an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1894 orig. US

BOY, THE
            n.         champagne ...1882 sl.

BOY BEAUTIFUL
            n.         an admirable or handsome male ...Bk1942 US sl.

BOY-BONE
            n.         a wishbone ...1949 Amer. dial.

BOYCHIK
            n.         a boy, a fellow; usually used affectionately ...1965 Amer. sl.

BOYD
            n.         a blackberry ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOY DOG
            n.         a very large mosquito ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOY DROWNDER
            n.         an unsafe old boat ...1968 Amer. dial.

BOYEN
            n.         a washing-tub ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOYFRIEND
            n.         (disparaging) a male friend of a man ...1930 Amer. sl.

BOY-GIRL
            n.         a male homosexual who plays a feminine role ...1952 Amer. sl., esp. prison

BOY HOWDY!
            int.       an exclamation of excited surprise ...1920s US sl.

BOY IN BLUE
            n.         a sailor ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOY IN BROWN
            n.         a soldier ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOY IN BUTTONS
            n.         * a manservant in livery, a pageboy ...1842

BOY IN THE BOAT
            n.         the clitoris ...1896 sl.

BOY JONES
            n.         an informer ...Bk1997 Irish sl.

BOYKIN
            n.         a little boy: used as a term of endearment ...1547

BOYN
            vb.       to swell ...Bk1914

BOYO
            n. 1.     a boy; a fellow ...1870 Irish-Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a lad; a cute boor ...1966 Irish sl.

BOYOLOGY
            n.         the art of attracting boys ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOY ON THE LOOSE
            n.         an unmarried or widowed man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOYS
            n.         the resounding raindrops after they hit the surface ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly a child's word
            int.       an exclamation of pleasure or strong feeling ...1965 Amer. dial.

BOYS, THE
            n. 1.     criminals, rowdies, thugs, etc.; in the 19th century, corrupt politicians or their hangers-on ...a1815 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     the police ...1867 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     the thieves and swindlers that frequent racecourses ...a1889

BOY-SAN
            n.         a boy, a young man ...1971 Amer. military in Far East usage

BOYS AND GIRLS
            n.         folks, gentlemen; used in direct address ...1921 Amer. jocular

BOY'S AX
            n.         a term of contempt for any tool to small to do a job properly ...1958 Amer. dial.

BOY'S BRITCHES
            n.         the kernel of a walnut ...1940 Amer. dial.

BOYSIE
            n.         a boy; a brother ...1906 Amer. dial.

BOYS IN BLUE
            n. 1.     Union soldiers ...US Civil War usage
            n. 2.     the police ...1851 sl.

BOYS IN GRAY
            n.         Confederate soldiers ...US Civil War usage

BOYS OF THE SOD
            n.         an affectionate name for the Irish on either side ...US Civil War usage

BOYS' TOWN
            n.         the junior officers' quarters on shipboard ...1979-88 Amer. sl.

BOYTACH
            n. 1.     a small, dumpy animal ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a bunch, a bundle ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOYTOCH
            adj.       bad at walking from stoutness ...Bk1911 Sc.

BOY UPSTAIRS
            n.         a pilot, gunner, or bombardier, when in flight ...World War II Amer. sl.

BOYZEE
            n.         a boy ...1894 Amer. dial.

BOZACK
            n.         the penis ...1987 US Black sl.

BOZO
            adj.       crazy ...1983 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     a clumsy, clownish, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1916 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a fellow, a person ...1920 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a large, crude individual ...1930 Amer. college sl.
            n. 4.     a dog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a recruit ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
            n. 6.     a dull-witted, stupid person; a lout ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     a rustic or countrified person ...1966 Amer. dial.

BOZO FILTER
            n.         a setting on an internet email reader that will filter out selected annoying people ...Bk2006 US sl.

BOZ-WOZ
            n.         boasting ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BOZZIMACOO!
            int.       kiss my ass! (French 'baise mon cul') ...17C Brit.

BRA'
            adj.       fine ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRA
            n.         a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAAL
            n.         a fragment ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRABAGIOUS
            adj.       said of a quarrelsome woman; cantankerous ...1894 Eng. dial.

BRABBLACH
            n.         refuse ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRABBLE
            n. 1.     a paltry altercation, a noisy quarrel, a wrangle ...1566
            n. 2.     † a brawl, a skirmish, or petty war ...1577
            n. 3.     † a quibble, a captious objection or dispute ...1581
            n. 4.     † a frivolous or paltry action at law ...1598
            n. 5.     discordant babble ...1861
            n. 6.     a ruffle on the surface of the sea; a short swell ...19C Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    † to babble ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

BRABBLESOME
            adj.       quarrelsome ...19C Eng. dial.

BRACE
            n.         a coat hanger ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to ask for money or other support, esp. in a demanding way; to get credit by swagger; to request a loan; to beg ...1889 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to assume a defiant attitude towards ...1922 US
            vb. 3.    to charge extortionately ...1923 US sl.
            vb. 4.    to lend money ...1966 Amer. dial.

BRACE GAME
            n.         a game in which there is concerted cheating ...1902 US sl.

BRACE HOUSE
            n.         a casino or any place of entertainment where confidence tricksters or crooked gamblers operate ...L19 US sl.

BRACEL
            vb.       to advance hastily and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRACELETS
            n. 1.     wrist fetters ...17C sl.
            n. 2.     handcuffs ...1816 sl.

BRACE OF SHAKES
            n.         a short time; a moment ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRACER
            n.         a drink taken to brace one up ...1829 US

BRACERO
            n.         orig. a Mexican admitted to the US for seasonal agricultural work; later, any Mexican labourer in the US ...1959 Amer. dial.

BRACE UP
            vb.       to get married ...c1900 Amer. dial.

BRACHLE
            vb.       to advance hastily and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRACHTON
            n.         a term of contempt ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRACK
            n. 1.     a tear or flaw, usually in fabric ...1816 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a break, breach ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a large number ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     a sudden fall of earth or snow on a slope; a flood from a thaw; a sudden and heavy fall of rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     breaking waves ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to break ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRACKET-FACED
            adj.       of unpleasing features; ugly, hard-featured ...L18 sl.

BRACKISH
            adj.       slightly flavoured, sweetish, sourish; not salty ...1909 Amer. dial.

BRACKIT
            adj.       speckled ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRACKY WAGON
            n.         a horse-drawn carriage ...1969 Amer. dial.

BRAD
            n.         an opprobrious epithet applied to an old man ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRADBURY
            n.         a one-pound note ...1917 Brit. sl.

BRADDAN
            n.         a salmon ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRADE
            adj.       broad ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         breadth ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to resemble, like members of a family or stock ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRADS
            n.         half-pence, also money in general ...Bk1890 sl.

BRADSHAW
            n. 1.     a precise person, good at figures ...L19 sl.
            n. 2.     colloquial designation of ‘Bradshaw's Railway Guide’, a time-table of all railway trains running in Great Britain, the earliest form of which was first issued at Manchester in 1839 by George Bradshaw (1801–53), printer and engraver ...1882
            n. 3.     following a railway line in flying ...1946 Royal Air Force sl.

BRADY
            adj.       not cool ...20C teen & high school sl.

BRAE
            n.         a declivity, hillside, steep road; a knoll, a hill; the bank of a river ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAE-FACE
            n.         the front or slope of a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAEIE
            adj.       hilly; sloping ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAE-LAIRD
            n.         a landowner on the southern slope of the Grampians ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAE-MAN
            n.         a dweller on the southern slope of the Grampians ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAENGEL
            n.         a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAFFLESOME
            adj.       quarrelsome ...1891 Eng. dial.

BRAG
            adj.       excellent or superlative; worth bragging about ...1838 Amer. dial.
            n.         a braggart ...1950 Amer. dial.

BRAG-ABOUT
            n.         a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAG-ASS
            n.         a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAG-BOX
            n. 1.     a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     one who talks too much ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAGGABLE
            adj.       fit to be boasted about ...1960 Amer. dial.

BRAGGADOCIOUS
            adj.       boastful ...1954 Amer. dial.

BRAGGADOE
            n.         a person who likes to brag ...1967 Amer. dial.

BRAGGADOSHA
            n.         a person who likes to brag ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAGGADOSHE
            n.         a person who likes to brag ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAGGADOSHOO
            n.         a person who likes to brag ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAGGAND
            adj.       boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAGGIE
            adj.       boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAGGY
            adj.       bragging, boastful; bombastic ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a nickname for a braggart or an excessively boastful person ...1934 Amer. dial.

BRAG-HARD
            n.         a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAG-HEAD
            n.         a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAG IT OUT WITH A CARD OF TEN
            vb.       † to brag, to put on a bold front ...1542

BRAG ON
            vb.       to praise or boast about someone or something ...1850 Amer. dial.

BRAG ONE'S POTATOES
            vb.       to say grace at table ...1949 Amer. dial.

BRAG-POT
            n.         a braggart ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAG UP
            vb.       to praise or commend lavishly ...1885 Amer. dial.

BRAHMS (AND LISZT)
            adj.       drunk ...1978 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'pissed'

BRAID
            adj. 1. broad ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. having a strong dialect language or accent ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      without reserve ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     breadth ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     the cry of a newborn child ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to resemble, to take after ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIDNESS
            n.         breadth ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIG
            vb.       to brag, to boast ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIGGLE
            n.         an old and dangerously rickety article ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIK
            vb.       to retch ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIN
            adj.       furious, raging ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 1.     a severe injury ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     spirit, mettle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a knowledgeable or clever person ...1914 sl.
            vb. 1.    to kill someone by hitting them on the head ...1382 sl.
            vb. 2.    to hurt severely; to stun by an injury to the head ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIN-BOX
            n. 1.     the skull ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a railroad caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.

BRAIN CAGE
            n.         a railroad caboose ...1945 Amer. dial.

BRAIN-CANISTER
            n.         the head, the skull ...1865 pugilistic sl.

BRAIN DERBY
            n.         an academic contest ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.

BRAIN-FAG
            n.         exhaustion of the brain by prolonged mental strain ...1851

BRAIN-FAGGED
            adj.       exhausted by prolonged mental strain ...1902

BRAIN FOOD
            n.         noodle soup ...Bk1944 Amer. services sl.

BRAIN GANG
            n.         the staff of general headquarters ...World War II Amer. sl.

BRAINGE
            n. 1.     a fit of temper ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     bustling, angry haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to plunge rashly forward; to dash carelessly towards; to bustle about noisily in a fit of temper; to use violence ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINGER
            n.         a formidable foe ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINIAC
            n.         an intelligent student ...20C teen & high school sl.

BRAININ
            n.         a severe injury ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINISH
            adj.       † headstrong, passionate, hot-headed, high-spirited; furious ...1530 obs. or Sc.

BRAINLESS BRAWN
            n.         descriptive of a stupid, strong fellow ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAIN-LIT
            adj.       enlightened by thought ...1845

BRAIN-MAD
            adj.       determined; keenly bent on; hurried on with the greatest impetuosity ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIN-PAN
            n.         the skull ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINS
            n. 1.     intelligence ...1763
            n. 2.     an intelligence officer ...World War I Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     on the railroad: a conductor ...1953 Amer. dial.

BRAIN-SQUIRT
            n.         † a childish attempt at reasoning ...1654

BRAINSTORM
            n.         a brief mental aberration which causes one to do a foolish or untypical thing ...1907 sl.

BRAIN TRUST
            n.         a group of highly qualified military advisors ...World War II Amer. sl.

BRAIN WAGON
            n.         a railroad caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.

BRAIN-WUD
            adj.       mad; acting with fury or intense impetuosity ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINY
            adj. 1. knowledgeable, clever ...1845 sl.
            adj. 2. unmanageable, high-mettled; spirited, lively ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINYELL
            vb. 1.    to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to storm, to rave ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAINZEL
            vb. 1.    to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to storm, to rave ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIRD
            n.         a young growing fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAISANT
            adj.       brazened; impudent, bold; hardened, shameless ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAISSIL
            n.         a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to work hurriedly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAISSILS
            n.         fits and starts ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAIST
            vb.       to burst ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAITHEL
            n.         a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAKE
            n.         a considerable number ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to vomit, to retch ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAKE LURK
            n.         a fraudulent begging letter, claiming a broken limb or ribs ...M19 UK criminals' sl.

BRAKEY
            n.         a brakesman on a train ...1887 US colloq.

BRALLION
            n.         an unwieldy person or animal ...19C Sc.

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BRAN - BREALZ

BRAN
            n.         the calf of the leg ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANCH
            n. 1.     a small stream ...1663
            n. 2.     a lagoon or slough; a body of still water off to the side of a river or lake ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRANCHER
            n.         a young bird unable to fly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANCHLING
            n.         a small branch ...1910

BRANCH WATER
            n. 1.     water from a stream, rather than from a well ...1836 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     any weak beverage; esp. coffee ...c1960 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     something trifling ...c1960 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     plain water as opposed to soda water ...1968 Amer. dial.

BRAND
            n. 1.     a glowing cinder; a burning peat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a worthless person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     the calf of the leg ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANDED IN THE HIDE
            adj.       uncompromising in principle; dyed-in-the-wool ...1965 Amer. dial.

BRAND-FIRE-NEW
            adj.       completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.

BRANDIE
            adj.       brindled ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAND-SPANDY-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAND-SPANG-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1941 Amer. dial.

BRAND SPANK-FIRE NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAND-SPANK-FIRING-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1952 Amer. dial.

BRAND SPANKING
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAND-SPANKING-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAND-SPAN-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1939 Amer. dial.

BRAND SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAND SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAND-SPLINTER-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1942 Amer. dial.

BRAND SPLINTERFIRE NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRANDY-CLEEK
            n.         palsy in the leg from hard drinking ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANDY-SMASH
            n.         a drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass ...1909 US

BRAN-FACED
            adj.       freckle-faced ...1890 Eng. dial.

BRAN-FIRED NEW
            adj.       completely new and unused ...1911 Amer. dial.

BRAN-FIRE-NEW
            adj.       completely new and unused ...1825 Amer. dial.

BRANGE
            vb.       to dash forward impetuously ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANGLE
            n.         a tangle; a confused crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to entangle, to confuse ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to throw into doubt; to cast doubt upon ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to vibrate, to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANGLEMENT
            n.         confusion; perplexity ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANGLER
            n.         a quarrelsome, wrangling person ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANK
            adj.       sour ...1983 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     a prance; a toss of the head, a caper ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     the mumps ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to bridle or restrain ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to deck, to dress up ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to hold the head erect in a constrained or affected manner; to bridle-up ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to toss the head; to prance ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to turn sour ...1966 Amer. dial.

BRANKIE
            adj.       finely dressed, gaudy ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANKIN
            adj.       lively, gay; showy, ostentatious; prancing ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANKIT
            adj.       vain, puffed-up ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANKLESS
            adj.       unrestrained ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANK-NEW
            adj.       quite new ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANLE
            n.         a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery ...1894 Amer. dial.

BRANLING
            adj.       † wavering, vacillating, irresolute ...c1645
            n.         †* a wavering; an instance of irresolution or vacillation ...1646

BRANN
            n.         a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAN-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRANNIE
            n.         a brindled cow ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRANNIGAN
            n. 1.     the state of being drunk ...1892 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a drinking spree ...1927 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     a brawl or violent argument...1940 Amer. sl.

BRANNOCK
            n.         a young salmon ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAN-SPANKFIRE-NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAN-SPANKING
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAN-SPANKING-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAN-SPAN-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1806 Amer. dial.

BRAN SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAN-SPICK-SPAN-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAN-SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAN-SPLINDER-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAN-SPLINTER-CLEAN-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAN-SPLINTER-FIRED-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1905 Amer. dial.

BRAN-SPLINTERFIRE NEW
            adj.       new; novel ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRAN-SPLINTER-NEW
            adj.       completely new ...1919 Amer. dial.

BRAN UP
            vb.       to eat ...1929 Amer. dial.

BRANWAGON
            n.         the drive toward healthier eating ...Bk1998 sl.

BRASH
            adj. 1. hard, harsh, rough ...1868 US
            adj. 2. eager, lively, forward ...1885 Amer. dial.
            adj. 3. active, quick ...1887 US
            adj. 4. indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health ...1895 Amer. dial.
            adj. 5. easily angered; quick-tempered, sharp-tempered ...1903 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     a slight attack of sickness often arising from a digestive order such as heartburn; sudden nausea ...1830 Sc. & Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     an attack ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 4.     an effort ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 5.     broken bits, fragments, pieces ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 6.     a great or unusual number coming in rapid succession; a rush, a flood ...1921 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     audacity, boldness, forwardness ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to assault, to bruise; to break bones ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to belch acrid liquid into the mouth ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to rush headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRASHY
            adj. 1. indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments ...1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
            adj. 2. noisy; stormy; rugged ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. brittle ,,,1929 Amer. dial.

BRASS
            n. 1.     money; cash; formerly applied specifically to bronze or copper coins ...1597 sl.
            n. 2.     audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence ...1682
            n. 3.     officers of high rank in the armed services ...c1864 sl., orig. US
            n. 4.     a prostitute ...1934 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tail'

BRASS, THE
            n.         the locomotive bell ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BRASS ANKLE
            n.         (often derogatory) a person of racially mixed ancestry (White, Black, and/or Indian) ...1930 Amer. dial.

BRASSED OFF
            adj.       bored, fed-up ...1941 Brit. sl., orig. services' sl.

BRASSERIE
            n.         a beer-saloon, usually one in which food is served ...1882

BRASS FARTHING
            n.         any money; a trivial amount of money ...1642 Brit. sl.

BRASS-HAT
            n.         an officer of high rank in the armed services ...1893 sl., orig. Brit.

BRASSHEAD
            n.         a mosquito ...1975 Amer. dial.

BRASSIE
            n.         a wooden golf club shod with brass ...1888

BRASSILY
            adv.      with impudent or brazen confidence ...1889

BRASS IT
            vb.       to behave with effrontery ...1859 colloq.

BRASSLE
            n.         a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to work hurriedly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRASS LIP ECHO
            n.         a bugle call ...World War II Amer. sl.

BRASS LOOIE
            n.         a lieutenant ... World War I Amer. sl.

BRASS LOOT
            n.         a second lieutenant ...World War II Amer. sl.

BRASS NAIL
            n.         a prostitute ...1934 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'tail'
            vb.       to backbite ...Bk1902 sl.

BRASS NECK
            n.         audacity, effrontery ...1984 sl.

BRASS NOB
            n.         a prostitute ...1931 sl.

BRASS POUNDER
            n.         a telegraph operator ...1931 sl.

BRASS RAZOO
            n.         any money; a trivial amount of money ...1919 Aust. & NZ sl.

BRASS SOMEONE OFF
            vb.       to reprimand ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. services'

BRASS UP
            vb. 1.    to pay out money ...1898 sl.
            vb. 2.    to share out stolen goods ...1924 criminals’ sl.

BRASS-VISAGED
            adj.       bold; impudent; shameless; brazen-faced ...1816

BRASSY
            n.         a wooden golf club shod with brass ...1888

BRASTLE
            n.         a push; an encounter; a wrestle ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAT
            n. 1.     the glazed skin of porridge ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     an illegitimate child ...1926 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     bratwurst ...1950 Amer. dial.

BRATCH
            n.         a bitch-hound ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRATCHART
            n.         a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRATCHET
            n.         a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRATTIE
            n.         a small apron ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRATTLE
            n.         a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    of a stream: to flow tumultuously and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to make a loud rattling or crashing sound ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to peal as thunder ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to run quickly; to hurry ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRATTLEBRAINED
            adj.       silly; light-headed ...1969 Amer. dial.

BRATTY
            adj.       ragged ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAUGHTUS
            n.         something extra or given in addition ...1930 Amer. dial.

BRAUL
            vb.       to shake ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAUN
            n.         a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAUNER
            n.         a gelt pig ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAVA
            n.         a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1933 Amer. dial.

BRAVASHING
            adj.       †* boasting, swaggering, blustering ...1652

BRAVE AROUND
            vb.       to swagger ...1949 Amer. dial.

BRAVELIES
            adv.      very well, finely, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAVELY
            adv. 1. very well, satisfactorily, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv. 2. in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAVERIE
            n. 1.     bravado; show, splendour ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     fine clothes, showy dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     fine or ornate language ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAVISH
            adj.       large; notable ...1967 Amer. dial.

BRAVITY
            n. 1.     courage, bravery ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     fine show, display, finery ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAVO
            n.         a resident of the Cape Cod area whose ancestors were Black and Portuguese immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands ...1931 Amer. dial.

BRAVOORA
            n.         a mad-like degree of irritation or fury in man or beast ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAW
            adj. 1. fine, gaily dressed; handsome ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 2. pleasant, agreeable ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 3. stout, able-bodied ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adj. 4. worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWCHTON
            n.         anything weighty or unwieldy ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWD
            n.         a large, clumsy article ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWL
            vb.       to gallop ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWLIES
            adv. 1. well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv. 2. in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWLINS
            adv. 1. well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv. 2. in good health, fairly well ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWLY
            adj.       grand, splendid ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv. 1. in good health ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv. 2. well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWN
            n. 1.     a boar-pig ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     the calf of the leg ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWN-BURDENED
            adj.       having sturdy calves or legs ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWNER
            n.         a gelt boar ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWNIT
            adj.       brindled ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWNY
            adj.       brindled ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a brindled bull, cow, or ox ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWS
            n.         best clothes; finery; one's best apparel; wedding clothes ...1724 Sc.

BRAWSOME
            adj.       comely, handsome; rather 'braw' ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAWTUS
            n.         something extra or given in addition ...1922 Amer. dial.

BRAW-WARLD
            adj.       showy, gaudy ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAXY
            n.         food of any kind ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAY
            n. 1.     a 'brae,' a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a neigh; the sound that a horse makes; the noise made by a calf that's taken away from its mother ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to press, to squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to shove, to push ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAYIE
            adj.       hilly ...Bk1911 Sc.

BRAZED
            adj.       brazened; hardened to effrontery ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREACHY
            adj.       lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.

BREAD
            n.         † lean venison; the breast of a wild turkey ...1824 Amer. dial.

BREAD AND BUTTER!
            int.       used when two people walking together are momentarily separated by someone or something coming between them ...1939 Amer. dial.

BREAD-AND-BUTTER LETTER
            n.         a letter of thanks for hospitality written after a visit ...1901

BREAD-AND-BUTTER TEETH
            n.         buck teeth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAD-AND-BUTTER-WAREHOUSE
            n.         a brothel (spec. Ranelagh Gardens) ...Bk1902 sl.

BREAD AND JAM
            n.         a tram ...20C rhyming sl.

BREAD AND SKIP
            n.         a scanty meal ...1976 Amer. dial.

BREAD AND WITH IT
            n.         a meal of more than just bread ...1942 Amer. dial.

BREAD-BASKET
            n. 1.     the stomach ...1753 sl.
            n. 2.     a large bomb containing smaller bombs ...1940 Brit. sl.

BREAD CRACKER
            n.         a tooth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAD CRACKERS
            n.         false teeth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAD CUTTER
            n.         a tooth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAD GRINDER
            n.         a tooth ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAD HOOKS

            n.         one's hands ...1966 Amer. dial.
BREAD-ROOM
            n.         the stomach ...1794 sl.

BREAD SNATCHERS
            n.         one's hands ...1966 Amer. dial.

BREAD-WAGON
            n.         a thunder-clap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

BREAD-WRIGHT
            n.         † a bread maker, a baker ...c1250

BREAK
            n. 1.     a breakaway or break-down; a collapse or failure ...1827 US
            n. 2.     a break-out; a rush ...1834 US
            n. 3.     the angle between the brim and crown of a hat ...1881
            n. 4.     an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas ...1884 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a continuous or unbroken run ...1898 colloq.
            n. 6.     a heavy fall of rain or snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a hollow in a hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 8.     a large number; a crowd ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 9.     failure; bankruptcy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 10.    the breaking waves on a shore ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 11.    the turning-point of a road or hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 12.    a sudden short dip in the road ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to clear deep snow from a path or road ...1779 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to grow old or weak; to show signs of aging ...1800 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to become bankrupt ...1800 Sc. & Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    of milk: to curdle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to begin spending ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to break the skin; to abrade ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 7.    to burgle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 8.    to cause a breach of the peace ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 9.    to cut up, to carve ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 10. to disappoint, to deny, to refuse ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 11. to lower prices or wages ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 12. to open a full bottle ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 13. to sell by retail ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 14. to set out or run off briskly ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 15. to discharge pus ...1965 Amer. dial.

BREAK A BREATH
            vb.       to speak, to say a word ...1935 Amer. dial.

BREAK A FLY ON A WHEEL
            vb.       to make much fuss about very little ...B1859 colloq.

BREAK-A-LOOSE
            n.         a landslide ...1970 Amer. dial.

BREAK AND RUN
            vb.       to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.

BREAK AN EGG
            vb.       in curling: to play one stone so as to touch another very gently ...1871 Sc.

BREAK AN ELBOW AT THE CHURCH DOOR
            phr.      said of a woman who becomes lazy and indolent after marriage ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.

BREAK A STRAW (WITH)
            vb.       to quarrel, to fall out with ...1564 sl.

BREAK A TRACE-CHAIN
            vb.       to make a supreme effort ...1908 Amer. dial.

BREAK AWAY
            vb.       of the weather: to clear up ...1768

BREAK-BACK
            n.         the harvest moon; so called by harvest labourers because of the additional work it entails ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAK BANDS
            vb.       to trespass, to break bounds ...1861 Eng. dial.

BREAK BEANS
            n.         snap beans, green beans ...1906 Amer. dial.

BREAKBONE
            n.         a wishbone ...c1960 Amer. dial.

BREAK BREATH
            vb.       to utter a sound ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAK-BULK
            n.         † a captain that appropriates a portion of his cargo ...17C sl.

BREAK-DOWN
            adj.       riotously dancing, noisily convivial ...c1870 colloq.
            n. 1.     a boisterous rural dance or dancing party; a hoedown, a shindig ...1819 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a measure of liquor ...c1850 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     a convivial gathering ...20C colloq.
            vb.       (as 'break down')
            vb. 1.    to dance in a vigorous or boisterous fashion; to be boisterously convivial ...1838 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    of the weather: to become wet or stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to make lighter ...20C NZ sl.

BREAKER
            n. 1.     a retailer; one who sells goods in small quantities ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     a sudden short dip in the road ...1966 Amer. dial.

BREAK-FAITH
            adj.       perfidious, treacherous ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAK-HEART
            n.         heartbreak ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAKING BONE
            n.         a wishbone ...1968 Amer. dial.

BREAKING OF BREAD
            n.         the spoiling of one's prospects ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAKINGS
            n.         the remains of a feast, broken meats ...Bk1911 Sc.

BREAKING-UP
            n.         the American Civil War ...1945 Amer. dial.

BREAK INTO MATCHWOOD
            vb.       to break into minute splinters ...1861

BREAK IT OFF IN
            vb. 1.    to treat or hurt badly ...L19 US
            vb. 2.    to rebuke sternly; to wound someone with a sarcastic or cutting retort ...1906 Amer. dial.

BREAK IT UP!
            int.       stop what you're doing! move on! ...1930s

BREAK LURK
            n.         a fraudulent begging letter, claiming a broken limb or ribs ...M19 UK criminals' sl.

BREAK ME OFF A PIECE
            phr.      I want some, give me some ...1980s sl., orig. US Black

BREAK-NECK
            adj.       blundering or lumbering headlong ...1887

BREAK NIGHT
            vb.       to stay up all night partying, talking etc. ...1960s US sl.

BREAK-O'-DAY DRUM
            n.         an all-night tavern ...L19 sl.

BREAK-OFF
            n. 1.     a joke at another's expense ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
            n. 2.     the turning-point of a road or hill ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       (as 'break off')
            vb. 1.    to stop taking a narcotic drug ...1910s US drugs sl.
            vb. 2.    to discharge wind from the stomach ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to become less cloudy; to clear up; to stop raining ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to pay ...1990s US Black & campus sl.
            vb. 5.    to share, esp. to share one's pleasures ...1990s US Black & campus sl.
            vb. 6.    to disengage oneself from a confrontation ...2000s US Black sl.

BREAK ONE'S ARM
            vb.       to brag ...c1950 Amer. dial.

BREAK ONE'S ASS
            vb. 1.    to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1941 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1954 Amer. sl.

BREAK ONE’S BACK
            vb.       to become bankrupt ...17C colloq.

BREAK ONE'S BALLS
            vb. 1.    to punish severely; to thrash ...1955 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1955 US sl.
            vb. 3.    to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1966 US sl.

BREAK ONE’S DUCK
vb. 19C sl. - in cricket: to score at least one run

BREAK ONE’S EGG
vb. 19C sl. - in cricket: to score at least one run

BREAK ONE'S GALL
vb. c1460 obs. - to break the spirit, to cow, to subdue

BREAK ONE'S LEG
vb. 1908 Amer. dial. - to become pregnant

BREAK ONE'S MAIDEN
vb. 1951 Amer. sl. - of a horse or jockey: to win one's first race (horse-racing usage)

BREAK ONE'S NECK
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to get married

BREAK ONE'S TOE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to become pregnant

BREAK OPEN
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to discharge pus

BREAK OUT
vb. 1. 1831 Amer. dial. - to clear deep snow from a path or road
vb. 2. 1923 Amer. dial. - to break or train an animal to work

BREAK OUT A FLAG
vb. Amer. sl. - to request a loan from a friend in the Navy (World War II usage)

BREAK OUT AT THE MOUTH
vb. 1912 Amer. dial. - to talk too much or too loudly

BREAK OUT FINE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - of the weather: to clear up

BREAK OUT INTO ASSHOLES
vb. 1978 Amer. sl. - to become thoroughly terrified; used derisively

BREAK OVER
vb. c1937 Amer. dial. - to violate a rule or a resolution

BREAKS
n. Bk1914 sl. - any place of exit where throngs of people pour through en stream, as from a theatre, a convention, or other popular gathering (pickpockets' usage)

BREAK SOMEONE'S ASS
vb. 1949 US sl. - to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting

BREAK SOMEONE'S FACE
vb. 1896 Amer. sl. - to beat and disfigure someone's face

BREAK SOMEONE UP
vb. 1895 sl. - to cause to laugh (orig. US theatrical usage, chiefly US)

BREAK STONE
vb. 1929 sl. - to serve a sentence of penal servitude

BREAK THE BACK OF
vb. - to overburden, to crush a person; to finish the greatest or hardest part of a task

BREAK THE BANK
vb. 1612 - to be expensive

BREAK THE EGG IN A PERSON'S POCKET
vb. a1734 - to spoil his plan

BREAK THE HANK OF A THING
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to overcome the principal difficulty

BREAK THE MOLASSES JUG
vb. 19C Amer. - to make a mistake and come to grief

BREAK THE NECK OF
vb. 1576 obs. - to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end

BREAK THE NECK OF ANYTHING
vb. 1775 colloq. - to get the worst part done

BREAK THE NEEDLE
vb. c1925 sl. - to take a full hypodermic of narcotics (drugs usage)

BREAK THE PALE
vb. Bk1909 - to go beyond bounds, to indulge in extravagance or licence

BREAK THE RECORD
vb. Bk1903 sl. - to surpass all previous performances

BREAK THE WEATHER
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bring about change in the weather; said of a cat washing its face with its paws

BREAKTHROUGH KEYS
n. 1965 Amer. - a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke (coal mining usage)

BREAKUP
n. 1. 1868 Amer. dial. - the late spring melting of ice and snow
n. 2. 1869 Amer. dial. - the American Civil War
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - (as 'break up') to break into, as a burglar

BREAK UPON
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to change money; to draw on one's savings, etc.

BREAK WESTERN
vb. 1982 Amer. dial. - to talk rough, but not necessarily profanely

BREAKY
n. 1887 US colloq. - a brakesman on a train

BREAKY-LEG
n. 1. 1839 sl. - a shilling
n. 2. c1860 sl.  - strong drink; whisky

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