DICTIONARY B

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​BUOR
n. E19 sl. - a woman, esp. one seen as sexually appealing and/or of loose character (orig. tramps' usage)
 
BUOYANT
adj. 20C sl. - drunk 
 
BUP
n. L19 sl. - bread and butter (usually juvenile usage)
 
BUPKES
n. 1940s sl. - nothing (whatsoever) 
 
BUPKIS
n. 1940s sl. - nothing (whatsoever) 
 
BUPPER
n. L19 sl. - bread and butter (usually juvenile usage)
 
BUPPIE
n. 1. L19 sl. - bread and butter (usually juvenile usage)
n. 2. 1980s sl. - a Black upwardly mobile young professional (orig. US)
 
BUPPY
n. 1980s sl. - a Black upwardly mobile young professional (orig. US)
 
BUPS
n. L19 sl. - bread and butter (usually juvenile usage)
 
BUPSIE
n. L19 sl. - bread and butter (usually juvenile usage)
 
BURB
n. 1970s Amer. sl. - a suburb (usually plural) 
 
BURBED OUT
adj. 1970s US - looking very middle-class and suburban; decked out like a suburban citizen; conventional (middle-class usage)
 
BURBLE
n. 1. 1898 - a murmurous flow of words 
n. 2. 1930 Amer. dial. - a little red pimple on the face after shaving too close 
vb. 1. M19 sl. - to chatter pleasantly 
vb. 2. 1891 - to speak murmurously 
 
BURBLE-HEADED
adj. 19C Sc. - stupid, confused 
 
BURCH
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to fart 
 
BURDETTS
n. 1920s sl. - boots (rhyming sl. for 'Burdett Coutts', the bankers)
 
BURDIE-BEETON
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a fondling term for a little child 
 
BURE 
n. E19 sl. - a woman, esp. one seen as sexually appealing and/or of loose character (orig. tramps' usage)
 
BURERK 
n. 1. M19 sl. - a flashily-dressed woman 
n. 2. M19 sl. - a prostitute 
n. 3. M19 sl. - a wife 
 
BURG
n. 1. 1846 US colloq. - a town or city 
n. 2. 1980s S. Afr. - a fool, an idiot; an unpleasant person 
 
BURG
n. 1843 Amer. dial. - a town, village, hamlet 
 
BURGALIZE
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to burgle 
 
BURGALIZER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. - a burglar 
 
BURGER
n. 1980s US sl. - a very sexy woman (college usage)
 
BURGERS
n. 1990s sl. - MDMA: usually as 'brown burgers', 'white burgers' (drugs usage)
 
BURGH
n. 1843 Amer. dial. - a town, village, hamlet 
 
BURGLAR
n. 1. 1920s US sl. - a swindler, a bribe-taker 
n. 2. 1960s sl. - a sodomite 
 
BURGLAR HOLE
            n.         a peephole in a front door ...1970s US sl.
 
BURGLARIA
            n.         Bulgaria ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURGLARIOUS
            adj.       addicted to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary; burglar-like ...1769
 
BURGLE
            vb.       to sodomize ...1960s sl.
 
BURGOO
            n. 1.     a soup or stew made with a variety of meat and vegetables, used especially at outdoor feasts ...1743 US
            n. 2.     a thick oatmeal gruel or porridge used chiefly by seamen ...1750
 
BURGRAVE
            n.         the governor of a town or castle; later, a noble ruling by hereditary right a town or castle, with the adjacent domain ...1551
 
BURGULLIAN
            n.         † a braggadocio, a bully ...1598 \
 
BURIAL
            n. 1.     † a burying place, grave, or tomb ...a1325
            n. 2.     baptism by total immersion ...1947 Amer. dial.
 
BURIAL CASE
            n.         a coffin, esp. one made of metal; a coffin made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a corpse ...1851 Amer. dial.
 
BURIALER
            n.         one who assists at a burial ...1832
 
BURIAL GROUND
            n.         a cemetery, often a small one for a family's use ...1934 Amer. dial.
 
BURIAN
            n.         † a tomb, a sepulchre ...a1000
 
BURICK
            n. 1.     a flashily-dressed woman ...M19 sl.
            n. 2.     a prostitute; a whore ...M19 sl.
            n. 3.     a wife ...M19 sl.
 
BURIED
            adj. 1.   serving a life sentence ...20C US criminal sl.
            adj. 2.   drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURIED IN A NAPKIN
            adj.       asleep, stupid ...19C sl.
 
BURIED TREASURE
            n.         in computing: an unexpected and usually poorly written piece of code found in a program ...1991 US sl.
 
BURIELS
            n. 1.     † a burying-place; a sepulchre, a tomb ...854
            n. 2.     † an interment, a funeral ...a1325
 
BURIER
            n.         † one who buries a body; a grave-digger ...1535
 
BURINESS
            n. 1.     † a burying, burial, sepulture ...c890
            n. 2.     † a burial-place; a grave, a tomb ...1175
 
BURIO
            n.         † a hangman, an executioner ...c1540
 
BURIOR
            n.         † a hangman, an executioner ...c1550 Sc.
 
BURK
            n. 1.     a foolish person ...1936 sl., chiefly Brit.
            n. 2.     an instance of vomiting ...c1960 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to avoid work ...L19 sl., orig. NZ
            vb. 2.    to fart ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to vomit ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BURKE
            n.         a foolish person ...1936 sl., chiefly Brit.
            vb. 1.    to murder; to kill by suffocation or strangulation, or for the purpose of selling the victim's body for dissection ...1829
            vb. 2.    to smother, to 'hush up', to suppress quietly ...1835
            vb. 3.    to hang ...E19 sl.
 
BURKING
            n.         a stifling or quietly but effectively suppressing ...1827
 
BURL
            n. 1.     † a small lump or rising in the skin; a pimple, a pustule ...1607
            n. 2.     an attempt, a try, a test ...1917 Aust. & NZ colloq.
            vb.       † to bubble, as a spring or fountain out of which water flows gently ...c1440
 
BURL (IVES)
            n.         in horse racing: odds of 5-1 ...1989 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'fives'
 
BURLAP
            n.         dismissal from employment ...1951 sl.
 
BURLAP HAIR
            n.         false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BURLAP TOP
            n.         false hair, worn by men ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BURLE
            n.         † disturbance, confused noise ...1563
 
BURLED
            adj.       † striped ...c1500
 
BURLESQUE
            adj. 1.   † droll in look, manner, or speech; jocular; odd, grotesque ...1656
            adj. 2.   ironically bombastic, mock-heroic or mock-pathetic ...a1700
            n. 1.     grotesque imitation of what is dignified or pathetic, in action, speech, or manner; a mockery ...1753
            n. 2.     a variety show, frequently featuring strip-tease ...1870 IS
            vb.        to turn into ridicule by grotesque parody or mitation; to caricature ...1676
 
BURLESQUED
            adj.       caricatured; made ridiculous; travestied ...1766
 
BURLETTA
            n.         † a comic opera; a musical farce ...1748
 
BURLEY
            n.         burlesque ...1923 US sl.
 
BURLEYCUE
            n.         burlesque ...1923 US sl.
 
BURLIBOND
            adj.       † 'burly-boned', clumsy, unwieldy ...1590
 
BURLILY
            adv.      in a pompous or swaggering manner ...1863
 
BURLIN
            adj.       drunk ...2002 UK sl.
 
BURLINGTON HUNT
            n. 1.     a fool ...1960 rhyming sl. for 'cunt'        
            n. 2.     the vagina ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
 
BURLY 
            adj. 1.   † stately, dignified, of noble or imposing presence or appearance ...a1400
            adj. 2.   stout, sturdy, massively built, corpulent; of large body or trunk ...c1400
            adj. 3.   very cold ...1991 US sl.
            adj. 4.   intimidating ...1993 US sl.
            n. 1.     a hurly-burly, a commotion, tumult, strife, uproar, turmoil, confusion ...1835
            n. 2.     burlesque ...1923 US sl.
            n. 3.     a hard thing to accomplish ...1993 US teen & high school sl.
            n. 4.     in foot-propelled scootering: a difficult trick or stunt which has pain or injury as the price of failure; a scooter-rider who specializes in such tricks ...2000 UK sl.
            vb.       †* to make burly; to puff out ...1635
 
BURLY SHOW
            n.         a burlesque show ...1981 US carnival usage
 
BURMA
            phr.      written on an envelope, or at the foot of a lover's letter as lover's code for 'Be Undressed (or Upstairs) and Ready My Angel) ...1960 UK sl.
 
BURMAN
            adj.       belonging to Burma (Myanmar) ...1814
            n.         a native of Burma 1800
 
BURN
            n. 1.     a spring, a fountain; a stream or river; a small stream or brook ...c1000
            n. 2.     † a burden, a load ...c1375 obs, exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a cigarette ...1941 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     an act of smoking ...1941 sl.
            n. 5.     a scathing remark or retort; a particularly cutting insult ...Bk1942 sl.
            n. 6.     a swindle; a deception; an instance of being cheated ...1960 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     a race, ride, or drive in a motor car, etc., at high speed ...1966 sl.
            n. 8.     a mark on the skin where someone has sucked it hard and brought blood to the surface; a hickey ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     the charge or 'rush' after the injection of a drug into a vein ...Bk1990 drugs sl.
            n. 10.    an exhibition, a display ...2002 US sl.
            vb. 1.    † to burnish; to make metal shining by friction; to polish a surface by rubbing with a hard and smooth tool ...c1374
            vb. 2.    † to infect with sores, esp. with venereal disease ...1529
            vb. 3.    to swindle, to cheat ...1655 sl.
            vb. 4.    to waste, to throw away ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
            vb. 5.    to criticize, to reprimand, to berate; also, to insult a person in a particularly cutting or scathing manner ...1914 US sl.
            vb. 6.    to execute someone in the electric chair; to die by electrocution in the electric chair ...1927 Amer. criminal sl.
            vb. 7.    to smoke a cigarette ...1929 sl.
            vb. 8.    to anger, to infuriate, to incense ...1935 US sl.
            vb. 9.    of a motor car, etc.: to travel at speed ...Bk1942 US sl.
            vb. 10.  in private dice games: to stop the dice while rolling, either as a superstition or to check for cheating ...1950 US sl.
            vb. 11.  to expose the identity of a person or place ...1959 US sl.
            vb. 12.  to smoke marijuana ...1964 Amer. drugs sl.
            vb. 13. to be put down ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 14.  to kill, usually with a gun; to shoot someone ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb. 15.  to cook ...1970 Amer. dial., Black usage
            vb. 16. to set off firecrackers ...1972 Amer. dial.
            vb. 17. to rob someone ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
            vb. 18.  to completer cover another graffiti artist's work with your own ...1995 US sl.
            vb. 19. to put someone under an unfair obligation ...1997 UK sl.
 
BURN AND SMOULDER
            n.         the shoulder ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
 
BURN AND TURN
n. Amer. sl. - the game of blackjack (World War II usage)
 
BURN AN INDIAN
vb. 1992 US sl. - to smoke marijuana 
 
BURN ARTIST
n. 1968 Amer. sl. - someone who cheats or harms someone else; a cheat, a con man; an informer (criminals' usage)
 
BURN COAL
vb. 1922 US sl. - of white person: to have sex with a Black person 
 
BURN DAYLIGHT
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. - to light candles before there is need 
 
BURN DOWN
vb. 1. 1934 Amer. dial. - to kill, usually with a gun; to shoot someone 
vb. 2. 1953 US sl. - to overuse and thus ruin something 
 
BURN DOWN SOMEONE
vb. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - to humiliate someone 
 
BURNED
adj. 1. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - cheated; betrayed 
adj. 2. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - disappointed; humiliated; put down 
 
BURNED BROAD
n. Amer. sl. - a woman with a venereal disease (World War II usage)
 
BURNED HOOKER
n. Amer. sl. - a woman with a venereal disease (World War II usage)
 
BURNED HUSTLER
n. Amer. sl. - a woman with a venereal disease (World War II usage)
 
BURNED OUT
adj. 1. 1978 Amer. sl. - recovering from drug dependence; no longer affected by a particular drug (drugs usage)
adj. 2. 1980 Amer. sl. - tired; exhausted beyond mental or physical capacity; bored 
adj. 3. Bk1990 Amer. - ruined by marijuana smoking (drugs usage)
adj. 4. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - having to do with the ruined veins of an addict (drugs usage)
 
ׇBURNED QUAIL
n. Amer. sl. - a woman with a venereal disease (World War II usage)
 
BURNED UP
adj. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - very angry 
 
BURNER
n. 1. 1838 US sl. - a swindler 
n. 2. 1926 US sl. - a handgun 
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a fast throw 
n. 4. 1950 US sl. - a criminal who specializes in breaking into safes using an acetylene torch 
n. 5. 1952 US sl. - an extraordinary person 
n. 6. 1978 US sl. - a very fast runner 
n. 7. 1985 US sl. - a marijuana smoker 
n. 8. 1992 US sl. - a drug addiction 
n. 9. 1997 US sl. - a complete piece of graffiti art 
 
BURNESE
n. 1933 US sl. - cocaine 
 
BURNET
adj. c1200 obs. - of a dark brown colour 
 
BURNEY BEE
n. 1799 Eng. dial. - the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata 
 
BURNEYS
n. Bk1914 sl. - a catarrh powder containing an illicit proportion of cocaine, used as a snuff, administered with a combination detachable rubber and glass blowing tube (drugs usage)
 
BURN HEAD
n. 1980 Jamaica sl. - any Rastafarian who defies the norms and shaves 
 
BURNIE
n. 1. 1724 Sc. - a small burn; a brooklet 
n. 2. 1933 US sl. - cocaine 
n. 3. 1952 Amer. sl. - a partially smoked marijuana cigarette (drugs usage)
 
BURNIE-BEE
            n.         a ladybird ...1799 Eng. dial.
 
BURNING
            n. 1.     † lighting up; illumination ...1466
            n. 2.     † a sore caused by fire or heat; a burn ...1542-3
 
BURNING AND TURNING
            adj.       of a helicopter: with engine running and blades rotating ...1978 UK sl.
 
BURNING LINE
            n.         † the equator ...1553
 
BURNING MARL
            n.         the torments of Hell ...1667
 
BURNING MOUNTAIN
            n.         a volcano ...1690
 
BURNING WITH A LOW BLUE FLAME
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURN-IRON
            n.         a branding-iron ...c1485
 
BURNISH
            n.         * anything laid over a surface to give a bright and glossy look ...1646
            vb.       † of the human frame: to grow plump, or stout; to increase in breadth ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BURNISHMENT
            n.         * metallic polish, lustrous adornment ...1862
 
BURN LOGS
            vb.       to smoke marijuana ...2001 UK sl.
 
BURN MY OLD WIG!
            int.       a mild oath ...L18
 
BURN OFF
            vb.       to drive very fast, especially if showing off ...1984 Aust. sl.
 
BURN OIL
            vb.       to chew tobacco ...1922 Amer. navy sl.
 
BURN ONE ON
            vb.       ? to get drunk ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BURN ONE'S BOATS
            vb.       to cut oneself off from all chance of retreat ...1886
 
BURN ONE'S FOOT
            vb.       to become pregnant ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BURN ONE UP
            vb.       to annoy or infuriate one ...1931 US sl.
 
BURNOUT
            n. 1.     a person whose mental capacity has been diminished by extended drug or alcohol use ...1973 US sl.
            n. 2.     an uninhabitable, ruined tenement, whether it has been burnt or not ...1987 US sl.
            n. 3.     in drag racing: the pre-race spinning of the car's rear tires to clean and heat the tires, producing crowd-pleasing smoke and noise ...1988 US sl.
            n. 4.     a particularly destructive fire, esp. one that razes buildings ...1906 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     someone no longer effective on the job ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
            vb.       (burn out) to make a fire in a prisoner's cell as retaliation for real or perceived cooperation with prison authorities ...1974 US sl.
 
BURNOUT BOX
            n.         in drag racing: the area where tires are heated and cleaned before a race ...1993 US sl.
 
BURN PAINT
            vb.       of a car or truck: to be engulfed in flames ...1977 US sl.
 
BURN RUBBER!
            int.       go away! leave me alone! ...1996 US sl.
 
BURN SEASONABLE WEATHER       
            vb.       † to fail to turn it to advantage; to consume, to waste ...1618
 
BURNSIDES
            n.         a style of beard consisting of a moustache, whiskers, and a clean-shaven chin ...1875 US
 
BURN SOMEONE'S BUTT
            vb.       to annoy, to irritate someone ...2001 US sl.
 
BURN SOMEONE'S EARS
            vb.       to scold severely ...1952 Amer. sl.
 
BURN SOMEONE UP
            vb.       to make someone very angry ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
 
BURNT
            adj. 1.   affected by a venereal disease ...1693
            adj. 2.   exhausted ...1995 US sl.
            adj. 3.   terrible; tough; strict ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BURNT CHEESE
            n.         a fart ...1998 Aust. sl.
 
BURNT (CINDER)
            n.         a window ...1958 Cockney rhyming sl.
 
BURNT-CORK ARTIST
            n.         a performer in a blackface minstrel show ...c1800
 
BURNT END
            n.         in bowls: a stage of play that has to be replayed when t he jack is driven out of bounds ...1990 UK sl.
 
BURN THE BREEZE
            vb.       to run or travel very fast ...1933 Amer. dial.
 
BURN THE EARTH
            vb.       to go at full speed ...1903 US
 
BURN THE EARTH LIKE A CANNED DOG
            vb.       to run or travel very fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
 
BURN THE HIGHWAY
            vb.       to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURN THE LEATHER
            vb.       to hurry ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BURN THE LOT
            vb.       of a carnival: to cheat a town so badly that no carnival will be able to come to that town for some time ...1989 US sl.
 
BURN THE MAIN LINE
            vb.       to inject a drug intravenously ...1998 UK sl.
 
BURN THE MILL
            vb.       to burn one's bridges, to cut oneself off from all possible means of retreat; to do something which makes it impossible to return to an earlier state ...1719
 
BURN THE PAVEMENT
            vb.       to go fast, esp. in a vehicle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURN THE PLANKS
vb. 1843 - to remain long sitting 
BURN THE PRAIRIE
vb. 1881 Amer. dial. - to run or travel very fast 
BURN THE ROAD UP
vb. 2002 US sl. - to leave 
BURN THE THAMES
vb. 1787 - to perform some startling prodigy, to 'set the Thames on fire' 
BURN-THE-WIND
n. 1786 Sc. - a blacksmith 
vb. 1891 Amer. dial. - (as 'burn the wind') to run or travel very fast 
BURN THE YELLOW
vb. 1992 Can. sl. - to race through a yellow traffic light 
BURN-THROUGH
n. 1970 US sl. - the process of cleaning tires on a dragster with bleach poured on the ground over which the tires are spun
BURN THUNDERWOOD
vb. 1960 Amer. dial. - to be angry 
BURNT-MARKED
adj. 1705 obs. - branded 
BURNT MONEY
n. 1997 US sl. - a bet in a dice game lost because of a rule violation 
BURNT OFFERING
n. 1937 Amer. sl. - burned food; a badly cooked meal 
BURNT OUT
adj. 1. 1978 Amer. drugs sl. - recovering from drug dependence; no longer affected by a particular drug 
adj. 2. 1980 Amer. sl. - tired; exhausted beyond mental or physical capacity; bored 
adj. 3. Bk1990 Amer. drugs sl. - ruined by marijuana smoking 
adj. 4. Bk1990 Amer. drugs sl. - having to do with the ruined veins of an addict 
BURNT TO A SCRATCHIN
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - of meat: dried up and shrivelled from over-roasting 
BURN-UP
n. 1961 sl. - a ride on a motorcycle, etc. an extremely high speed 
vb. 1971 Aust. sl. - (as 'burn up') to fall silent; to stop talking 
int. 1971 Aust. sl. - (as 'burn up') be quiet! 
BURN UP ANYBODY'S MILL POND
vb. 1898 Amer. dial. - to accomplish a great feat; to 'set the world on fire' 
BURN UP ONE'S TAIL
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. - to work very hard
BURN UP THE HIGHWAY
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to go fast, esp. in a vehicle
BURN UP THE PAVEMENT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - to go fast, esp. in a vehicle
BURN UP THE TRACK
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. - to run or travel very fast
BURN UP THE WIRES
vb. 1954 US sl. - to spend a great deal of time on the telephone
BURN WITH A LOW BLUE FLAME
vb. 1. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - to be heavily alcohol intoxicated
vb. 2. Bk1990 Amer. sl. - to be quietly and intensely angry
 
BURO
            n.         an unemployment exchange; the Department of Social Security ...1937 UK sl.
 
BUROO
            n.         orig. the Employment Exchange; hence, unemployment benefit ...1934 sl., chiefly Sc.
 
BURP
            n. 1.     a belch ...1932 sl.
            n. 2.     vomit; an act of vomiting ...1967 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     a fart ...1984 UK sl.
            n. 4.     any alcoholic beverage ...1985 Bermuda sl.
            vb.       to belch ...1929 sl., orig. US
 
BURP GUN
            n.         an automatic pistol; a submachine gun ...1946 US colloq.
 
BURP 'N' BLOW
            n.         the act of burping into your cupped hands then blowing the retained air at a chosen victim ...2004 UK sl.
 
BURP THE WORM
            vb.       of a male: to masturbate ...2001 US sl.
 
BURQA           
            n.         an out-of-style fashion garment ...2002 US sl.
 
BURR
            n. 1.     a circle ...c1440
            n. 2.     a circle of light round the moon, or a star ...1631
            n. 3.     whirr, vibratory or rushing noise ...1818
            n. 4.     a pine cone ...1859 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a man's very short haircut ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     the hull of a strawberry ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     the unpaved part of a graded road along the edge of the pavement ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     the recurring operating expenses in a circus or carnival ...1980 US sl.
            vb. 1.    †* to spread out like a burr round the moon ...1660
            vb. 2.    to make a whirring noise ...1838
 
BURRATINE
            n.         † a puppet; 'a sillie gull in a Comedie' ...a1637
 
BURRHEAD
            adj.       of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1930 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     (derogatory) a Black person ...1902 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a man's very short haircut ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a mule ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BURRHEADED
            adj.       of Black people: having tight, curly hair ...1948 Amer. dial.
 
BURRING
            adj.       whirring ...1886
 
BURRIO
            n.         † a hangman, an executioner ...c1540
 
BURRIOUR
            n.         † a hangman, an executioner ...c1550 Sc.
 
BURRITO
            adj.       cold ...1997 US sl.
 
BURRITO BAG
            n.         a mesh restraint used by police to contain a violent person ...1997 US sl.
 
BURRITO PONCHO
            n.         a condom ...1998 UK sl.
 
BURRO
            n. 1.     a racehorse that does not perform well ...1947 US sl.
            n. 2.     a burrito ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BURROO
            n.         an unemployment exchange; the Department of Social Security ...1937 UK sl.
 
BURROW
            n. 1.     † a circle of light about the moon ...1499
            n. 2.     shelter ...1577 Eng. dial.
            vb.       †* to protect, to shelter ...1657
 
BURROWER
            n.         a researcher ...1977 UK security service usage
 
BURROW-HEADED
            adj.       † ? given to searching things out, inquisitive, curious ...1650
 
BURR UNDER YOUR SADDLE BLANKET
            n.         an unexplained irritability ...1987 Can. sl.
 
BURR UP YOUR ASS
            n.         a person with a displeased focus on something ...1960 US sl.
 
BURRY
            adj.       † shaggy, rough, as a dog ...1568
 
BURSAR
            n. 1.     a treasurer, esp. of a college ...1587
            n. 2.     in Scottish universities and schools: a student or scholar who holds a bursary ...1567
 
BURSCH
            n.         a student in a German university ...1830
 
BURSE
            n. 1.     † a meeting-place of merchants for transaction of business; an Exchange ...1553
            n. 2.     a college, or academic hall ...1577
 
BURSEN BELCH
            n.         one who is breathless from corpulence ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BURST
            n. 1.     † damage, injury, harm; loss ...c1000
            n. 2.     a prolonged bout of drunkenness; a spree; also, a big feed, a 'blow out' ...1849 colloq.
            n. 3.     housebreaking, burglary ...1857 sl.
            n. 4.     a prolonged bout of drunkenness; a spree ...1881 colloq.
            n. 5.     a large meal ...M19 colloq.
            vb. 1.    † to cease, to come to an end ...a1100
            vb. 2.    † to break, to snap, to shatter suddenly ...c1250
            vb. 3.    † to violate a law or a principle ...1600
            vb. 4.    to interrupt, to put a sudden end to ...1842 poetic usage
            vb. 5     to spend money extravagantly ...1892 sl.
            vb. 6.    to ejaculate ...1971 Bahamas sl.
            vb. 7.    to strike someone violently ...1987 Irish sl.
 
BURST A GUT
            vb.       to hurt oneself by laughing too hard; to laugh very hard ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BURST A HAME
            vb.       to become excessively angry ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BURST A HAME STRING
            vb.       to laugh very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BURSTED
            adj.       cleaned out, broke ...1873 US colloq.
 
BURSTED VESSEL
            n.         a varicose vein ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BURSTEN
            adj.       burst, torn open ...c1440
 
BURSTENED
            adj.       † filled to bursting ...1697
 
BURSTENNESS
            n.         † burst state or quality; rupture, hernia ...1483
 
BURSTER
            n. 1.     a remarkable person or thing ...1831 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     in horse racing: a heavy fall, a cropper ...1863 sl.
            n. 3.     a burglar ...1866 Amer. criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     a small loaf ...Bk1890 sl.
            n. 5.     a hurricane ...1895 Amer. dial.
 
BURSTING
            n. 1.     † rupture, hernia ...1544
            n. 2.     † explosion, explosive noise ...1771
            n. 3.     a financial break-down ...1834
            n. 4.     rushing impetuously from restraint or rest ...1871
 
BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
            adj.       overfull ...1962 UK sl.
 
BURST ONE'S BOILER
            vb.       to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble ...1824 US
 
BURST ONE'S BRAIN
            vb.       † to take or use excessive thought ...1587
 
BURST ONE'S BUTTONS
            vb. 1.    to strain one's clothing by laughing too hard; to laugh very hard ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to swell with pride ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BURST ON THE WING
            vb.       of a bird: to start off into flight ...1809 poetic usage
 
BURST OUT IN FAIRY LIGHTS
            vb.       to show an expected level of enthusiasm ...1996 Sc. sl.
 
BURST-UP
            n.         the failure or collapse of an organization or scheme ...1879
            vb.1.     † to shatter, to destroy ...1601
            vb. 2.    to become bankrupt ...1848
 
BURT
            vb. 1.    † to push or thrust, as with horns; to butt ...c1440
            vb. 2.    † to pierce, to gore ...1597
 
BURTON-(ON-TRENT)
            adj.       homosexual ...1996 UK rhyming sl. for 'bent'
            n.         rent ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
 
BURWASH
            n.         a swindle, for fun or profit ...1983 UK sl.
 
BURY
            n.         † a manor-house or large farm ...c1175
            vb. 1.    to sentence a criminal to a long or life term in prison ...1904 US sl.
            vb. 2.    in casino gambling: to place a card in the middle of a deck or in the discard pile ...1991 US sl.
 
BURY A TOMMYHAWK
            vb.       to copulate ...c1939 Amer. dial.
 
BURY CAESAR
            vb.       to effect intromission of the penis ...1927 US jocular
 
BURY GROUND
            n.         a cemetery ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BURY HOLE
            n.         a grave ...1940 Amer. dial.
 
BURYIN' CART
            n.         a hearse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BURYING
            n.         a funeral, burial, interment ...1297
 
BURYING GROUND
            n.         a churchyard, a graveyard, a cemetery ...1711
 
BURYING HILL
            n.         a cemetery ...1808 Amer. dial.
 
BURYING LOT
            n.         a cemetery ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BURYING PLACE
            n.         a churchyard, a graveyard, a cemetery ...1382
 
BURYING POINT
            n.         a cemetery ...1975 Amer. dial.
 
BURYING YARD
            n.         a cemetery ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BURY OLD FAGIN
            vb.       of a man: to have sexual intercourse (Fagin - penis) ...1950s sl.
 
BURY PATCH
            n.         a cemetery ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BURY THE DEAD HORSE
            vb.       to work to pay off a debt ...19C Aust., NZ, & US sl.
 
BURY THE FANG
            vb.       to have sexual intercourse ...1950s sl.
 
BURY THE STIFFY
            vb.       from a male perspective: to have sex ...1994 US sl.
 
BURY THE TOMAHAWK
            vb. 1.    to lay down one's arms, to cease from hostilities ...1848
            vb. 2.    to copulate ...1939 Amer. dial. 

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BUS  -  BUSZ

​BUS
            n. 1.     a motor car ...1881 colloq.
            n. 2.     * an 'omnibus', a waiter's assistant; a busboy ...1902 US
            n. 3.     a wheelbarrow ...1906 sl.
            n. 4.     an aeroplane, esp. a heavy one ...1910 colloq.
            n. 5.     a kiss ...1935 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     an ambulance ...1992 US sl.
            n. 7.     a large touring motorcycle ...2003 US Biker usage
            vb. 1.    † to need to do something to be obliged or constrained to ...a1400 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to kiss ...1889 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to hit, to strike ...1889 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to shoot a gun at someone ...1995 US sl.
 
BUS AND TRAM
            n.         jam ...1978 UK rhyming sl.
 
BUS AND TRUCK
            phr.      said of a travelling show, with the cast and crew travelling by bus, and with the props and wardrobe in a truck ...1973 US sl.
 
BUS A TOWN
            vb.       to fly low near a town ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BUSBOY
            n. 1.     † a boy or man who collects fares, etc., on a bus ...1867
            n. 2.     a waiter's assistant; a person employed to clear tables in a restaurant, etc. ...1904 US
 
BUSCARL
            n.         in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England: a member of a body of men retained, apparently usually by the king, to guard the coast ...a1000
 
BUSCH
            vb.       † to move quickly, to rush; of water: to flow rapidly and forcefully, to gush ...c1400
 
BUS DRIVER
n. 1. 1944 US sl. - a pilot, esp. the pilot of a military transport aircraft 
n. 2. 1996 US sl. - in poker: the player in a given hand who controls the betting 

BUSE
vb. 1. 1589 - to abuse; to use something improperly, to misuse; to pervert, to take advantage of 
vb. 2. 1965 Barbados - to swear at someone 
 
BUS FACE
n. 1997 US sl. - the worn-out look gained from sleeping on a bus overnight 
 
BUSGIRL
n. 1. 1914 US - a girl or young woman employed to clear tables in a restaurant, etc. 
n. 2. 1916 Brit. - a female bus conductor 
 
BUSH
adj. 1. 1959 US sl. - second-rate, amateurish 
adj. 2. 1969 Aust. sl. - rough and ready 
n. 1. 1509 - a bushy head of hair 
n. 2. 1575 obs. - a bushy tail, esp. of a fox 
n. 3. 1650 sl. - pubic hair, esp. of a woman 
n. 4. 1840 Amer. dial. - boasting, bluster, 'tall talk' 
n. 5. 1856 NZ obs. - a clump of trees 
n. 6. 1895 sl. -       the cat-o'-nine-tails 
n. 7. 20C sl. - one's real boyfriend or girlfriend; one with 'roots' (teen & high school usage)
n. 8. 1942 Aust. sl. - the suburbs 
n. 9. 1951 US sl. - marijuana 
n. 10. 1966 US sl. - a sexually active female; a promiscuous woman 
n. 11. 1968 Amer. dial. - a person who tries to appear important 
n. 12. 1998 UK sl. - cocaine 
vb. 1. 1330 obs. - to hide in a bush; to lie in ambush 
vb. 2. a1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to butt with the head; to push 
vb. 3. a1659 obs. - to stop a hole, opening, or passage 
vb. 4. 1953 US sl. - in the used car business: to extract through any of a series of questionably ethical means more from a customer than originally contemplated by the customer 
vb. 5. 1971 US sl. - to deceive someone 
int. 1965 Amer. dial. - nonsense!
 
BUSHA
n. 1. 1969 Amer. dial. - a grandfather 
n. 2. 1969 Amer. dial. - a grandmother 
 
BUSHAILE
n. 1. a1400 obs. - a copse or thicket; often as a place of concealment, an ambush 
n. 2. c1400 obs. - brushwood, underwood
 
BUSH AROUND
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. - to consider, to discuss something 
 
BUSH BABY
n. 1940 Amer. dial. - an illegitimate child 
 
BUSH BACON
n. 1941 Amer. dial. - a rabbit 
 
BUSH BAPTIST
n. 1. 1902 Aust. & NZ sl. rare - a person of dubious religious persuasion or one who has no religious persuasion at all 
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. - a person of vague but strong religious beliefs 
 
BUSH-BASH
vb. 1967 Aust. sl. - to forge a path through scrubland; to travel through virgin bush 
 
BUSH BASHER
n. 1971 Aust. sl. - a person who forges a new pathway through scrubland 
 
BUSH-BEATER
n. 1809 - a backwoodsman; a lumberman 
 
BUSH BLASTER
n. 2001 US sl. - the penis 
 
BUSH BROTHERHOOD
n. 1903 - a society of missionaries, clerical and lay, established to evangelize the inhabitants of the Australian bush 
 
BUSH BUNNY
n. 2004 Fiji sl. - a woman from a remote area; a naive, unsophisticated woman 
 
BUSH-BUSTER
n. 1933 Amer. dial. - a hillbilly; a rustic 
 
BUSH CAPITAL
n. 1906 Aust. sl. - Canberra, the capital city of Australia; so-called because it was a new city built in the 'bush' (countryside) halfway between the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne 
 
BUSH CHILD
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - an illegitimate child 
 
BUSH DINNER
n. 1967 US sl. - oral sex on a woman 
 
BUS HEAD
n. 1988 US sl. - what one looks like after a long school field trip or away game (teen & high school usage)
 
BUSHED
adj. 1. a1513 - having a bushy head of hair 
adj. 2. 1812 sl. obs. - poor, without money 
adj. 3. 1848 Aust. colloq. - lost in the bush or uncleared country; hence, bewildered 
adj. 4. 1870 N. Amer. sl. - tired; exhausted
adj. 5. 1941 Amer. dial. - isolated, feeling the effects of 'cabin fever' 
 
BUSH EEL
n. 1835 Amer. dial. - a rattlesnake 
 
BUSHEL
            n. 1.     a large quantity or number ...c1374
            n. 2.     a tailor's thimble ...1889 US
            n. 3.     in trucking: a load of half a ton ...1976 US sl.
            vb.       to repair garments ...1877 US
 
BUSHEL (AND PECK)
            n.         the neck, the throat ...1979 UK rhyming sl.
 
BUSHEL BUBBY
            n.         a woman with large, full breasts ...1785 sl.        
 
BUSHEL-CUNTED
            adj.       possessing a slack and distended vagina ...1980 US sl.
 
BUSHELER; BUSHELLER
            n.         one who repairs garments for tailors ...1846 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHELMAN
            n.         a man employed in repair tailoring ...1864 US
 
BUSHEL OF COKE
            n.         a man ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'bloke'
 
BUSHEL-POKE
            n.         † a sack or bag ...1523
 
BUSHEL-WOMAN
            n.         a woman employed in repair tailoring ...1889 US
 
BUSHER
            n.         a German ...Amer. World War I sl.
 
BUSHES
            n. 1.     a false beard ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
            n. 2.     any place where sexual activity takes place, whether or not an actual bush is involved ...1975 US sl.
 
BUSHES, THE
            n.         an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHET
            n.         † a small shrub or bush; a small thicket ...1573
 
BUSH-FIGHTER
            n.         an irregular combatant or skirmisher, accustomed to fight in the bush; one who fires from among the bushes ...1760
 
BUSHFIRE BLONDE
            n.         a red-headed woman ...1943 Aust. sl.
 
BUSH GANG
            n.         a prison work gang working without the traditional chains ...1987 Can sl.
 
BUSH HERB
            n.         an unremarkable marijuana ...1994 UK sl.
 
BUSHI
            n.         a grandmother ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHIE
            n. 1.     a person who lives in the bush ...1887 Aust. sl.
            n. 2.     a rough, tough, unattractive, or otherwise unappealing woman ...1987 Aust. sl.
            n. 3.     a supporter or a member of the administration of US President George W, Bush ...2002 US sl.
 
BUSH IS ANOTHER WORD FOR CUNT
            phr.      used as a slogan that registers absolute contempt for US President George W. Bush ...2003 US sl.
 
BUSHISM
            n.         * a word or idiom peculiar to or used in the bush ...1916 NZ
 
BUSH-LAWYER
            n. 1.     a layman who fancies he has a knowledge of law; an argumentative person ...1835 Aust. & NZ
            n. 2.     a mining agent ...1874 Aust.
 
BUSH-LEAGUE
            adj.       inferior, minor, unsophisticated; mediocre, second-rate ...1908 N. Amer. colloq.
 
BUSHLET
            n.         * a tiny bush ...1822
 
BUSH LIGHT
            n.         in the pornography industry a light used to illuminate the genitals of the performers ...1995 US sl.
 
BUSHLING
            n.         * a little bush ...1562
 
BUSHLOPER
            n.         one who tramps through the bush or wilderness; a peddler ...1893 US
 
BUSHMAN
            n.         a person who lives or travels in the Australian or New Zealand 'bush'; a bush-farmer; a station-hand; a teamster who carries stores to the station; also; a person who fells timber ...1846
 
BUSHMENT
            n. 1.     † a body of soldiers forming an ambush ...c1465
            n. 2.     † a surprise party ...a1535
            n. 3.     † a bushy formation of feathers ...1555
            n. 4.     † a thicket, a mass of bushes ...1587
 
BUSHNIPPLE
            n.         a backwoodsman; a hermit ...1930 Amer. dial.
 
BUSH-RANGER
            n.         an escaped convict who took refuge in the Australian 'bush'; a criminal living in the bush, and subsisting by robbery with violence ...1817
 
BUSH-RANGING
            n.         the attacking and robbing of travellers or settlers in the bush ...1832
 
BUSH RAT
            n.         a backwoodsman; a woodsman ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHTAIL
            n.         among loggers: a horse ...1931 Amer. dial.
 
BUSH TELEGRAPH
            n.         bushrangers' confederates who disseminate information as to the movements of the police; rapid spreading of information, or of a rumour, etc.; the 'grapevine' ...1878 Aust.
 
BUSH UP
            vb.       to hide, esp. in dense shrubbery or woods ...1926 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHWA
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 1.     insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
            int.       nonsense! ...1920 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHWAH
            n.         insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
 
BUSHWASH
            n.         nonsense ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
ׇBUSHWHA
            n.         insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense ...1906 Amer. sl.
 
BUSHWHACK
            n.         illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1970 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to live in the backwoods ...1809 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to attack by surprise; to ambush ...1866 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to 'borrow' with intent to return ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to steal; to lie ...World War II Amer. sl.
            vb. 5.    to hike cross-country; to knock aside bushes to go or search through uncleared forest ...1937 Amer. dial.
            vb. 6.    to beat someone to something, esp. by using secretive methods; to cheat ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHWHACKER
            n. 1.     a backwoodsman ...1809 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     during the American Civil War: an irregular combatat who took to the woods, and was regarded as a patriot guerrilla, or a bush-ranger ...1862
            n. 3.     a woodsman ...1898 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     one who ambushes ...1935 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     an illegitimate child ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHWHACKING
adj. 1813 - boorish; rustic
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BUSH WHISKY
            n.         illegal made whisky; moonshine ...1955 Amer. dial.
 
BUSHY
            adj.       † of persons: with long thick hair ...1615
            n.         a dweller in the bush; a bushman as distinguished from a townsman ...1896 Aust.
 
BUSIER THAN A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST
            adj.       very busy ...1987 Amer. sl.
 
BUSIES
            n.         the police ...1948 UK sl.
 
BUSILY
            adv. 1.  † with fixed attention; carefully, heedfully; attentively, intently ...c1225
            adv. 2.  † anxiously, solicitously ...a1393
 
BUSINESS
            n. 1.     † anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness ...a1000
            n. 2.     † diligent labour, exertion, effort ...1340
            n. 3.     † eagerness, earnestness, importunity ...a1387
            n. 4.     † trouble, difficulty ...a1387      
            n. 5.     † care, attention, observance ...a1398
            n. 6.     † the object of anxiety or serious effort; a serious purpose or aim ...c1405
            n. 7.     a group of ferrets ...a1450
            n. 8.     † mischievous or interfering activity; prying, officiousness ...a1466
            n. 9.     a swarm of flies ...1478
            n. 10.    † disturbance, commotion ...1514
            n. 11.    † activity, briskness, motion ...a1398
            n. 12.    † an 'affair of honour'; a duel ...1612
            n. 13.    sexual intercourse, sex ...a1612 euphemism
            n. 14.    a difficult matter ...1843 colloq.
            n. 15.    an assignation with a prostitute ...1983 sl.
 
BUSINESS ANGEL
            n.         a person who supports a business financially; a person who invests private capital in a small business, usually in return for a proportion of the company equity ...1884
 
BUSINESS DOCTOR
            n.         * a man who gives advice upon the proper conduct of business ...1879 US
 
BUSINESS END, THE
            n.         the part of something which performs its main function ...1878 sl.
 
BUSINESS GIRL
n. 1964 colloq. - a prostitute 
 
BUSINESS GURU       
n. 1969 - a person with influential ideas or theories about business 
 
BUSINESSMAN
n. 1798 - a lawyer, attorney, or business agent 
 
BUSINESS WAGON
n. 1934 Amer. dial. - a horse-drawn vehicle used to carry people or loads 
 
BUSK
            n. 1.     †* adornment, embellishment ...a1687 Sc.
            n.         a loud or vigorous kiss ...1968 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order; to array ...c1330
            vb. 2.    to set out, to go, esp. with speed; to hurry, to hasten ...c1330
            vb. 3.    † to get up, to rise ...c1390
            vb. 4.    to clothe, to dress, to attire a person; to adorn a thing ...c1400
            vb. 5.    † to try, to make an attempt ...c1450
            vb. 6.    to embellish, to adorn ...1573
            vb. 7.    * to go searching or seeking for something; to go from place to place ...1635
            vb. 8.    †* to cruise or sail about on the sea ...1747
            vb. 9.    to perform music or some other entertainment in a public place for monetary donations ...1825
            vb. 10.  to improvise, esp. music; to speak or write without preparation ...1934 sl.
            vb. 11.  to kiss ...1941 Amer. dial.
 
BUSKED
            adj.       * clothed, attired, dressed up; adorned, embellished ...c1450
 
BUSKER
            n. 1,     † a keen-witted, impudent person ...1728
            n. 2.     a person who performs music or some other entertainment in a public place for monetary donations; an itinerant entertainer or musician; originally slang ...1851
 
BUSKET
            n.         †* a small bush or shrub ...1579
 
BUSKINED
            adj. 1.   having a tragic style or manner; dignified, elevated lofty ...1595
            adj. 2.   designating tragedy or tragic drama ...1603
 
BUSKLE
            vb. 1.    † to set out, to go, esp. hastily or promptly; to take hastily to something ...a1535
            vb. 2.    † to hurry about, to make haste; to be full of agitation or commotion; to bustle ...1545
            vb. 3.    † to prepare, to make or get ready; to equip, to attire ...a1555
 
BUSKLING
            n.         † eager activity; bustling; scuffling, agitation ...1546
 
BUSKRY
            n.         †* adornment, embellishment ...a1687 Sc.
 
BUSKY
            adj. 1.   † covered with bushes; full of thickets; bushy ...1570
            adj. 2.   drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n.         the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUS ONE
            vb.       to leave ...1993 US sl.
 
BUSS
            n. 1.     a kiss, esp. a loud or vigorous one ...1567
            n. 2.     † kissing ...a1721
            vb. 1.    * to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order, to array ...c1330
            vb. 2.    to kiss ...a1566
            vb. 3.    to clothe, to dress; to dress up, to adorn ...1569
 
BUSSEN
            adj.       ruptured ...1899 Amer. dial.
 
BUSSENED
            adj.       ruptured ...1845 Amer. dial.
 
BUSSER
            n.         a kiss ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUSSING
            n. 1.     kissing; a kiss ...1583
            n. 2.     †* clothes, attire ...c1712 Sc.
 
BUSS-WAGON
            n.         a car, esp. an old one ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BUSSY
 
            n.         a sweetheart ...1895 Amer. dial.
BUST
            adj.       having no money ...1913 sl.
            n. 1.     † a box, a container ...a1250
            n. 2.     a binge, a drinking bout ...1834 sl.
            n. 3.     a financial crash; a sudden failure or collapse of trade ...1842
            n. 4.     a failure, a flop; a disappointing person or experience ...1859 colloq.
            n. 5.     a burglary ...1859 sl.
            n. 6.     a punch, a blow ...1893 sl.
            n. 7.     in poker: a poor hand that fails to make a flush or a straight ...1932 sl.
            n. 8.     a (police) raid; a search ...1938 sl., orig. US
            n. 9.     an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    a hasty or unceremonious departure ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 11.    an arrest ...c1953 sl., orig. & chiefly US
            n. 12.    a good shot in basketball ...20C teen & high school sl.
            vb. 1.    † to beat, to thrash ...c1225
            vb. 2.    to break into and rob a place ...1859 sl.
            vb. 3.    to demote in the armed services ...1918 sl.
            vb. 4.    to arrest ...1940 sl., orig. & chiefly US
            vb. 5.    of the police: to search a place for drugs, stolen property, etc. ...1971 sl.
            vb. 6.    to be in trouble ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BUST A CAP
            vb.       to fire a bullet from a gun ...1872
 
BUST A GUT
            vb. 1.    to exert great effort; to do one's utmost ...1912 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to hurt oneself by laughing too hard; to laugh very hard ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BUST A HAME STRING
            vb. 1.    to make a sudden great effort ...1903 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to fail in an undertaking ...1923 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to become very angry ...c1960 Amer. dial.
            vb. 4.    to laugh very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTAL
            adj.       †* relating to burial or to the grave; funereal ...1727
 
BUST AN ARROW
            vb.       in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another ...1973 US sl.
 
BUST AND RUN
            vb.       to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUST A TRACE
            vb.       to laugh very hard ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BUST A TUG
            vb. 1.    to make a sudden great effort ...1899 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to laugh very hard ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTED
            adj. 1.   penniless, broke ...1836 US sl.
            adj. 2.   burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...1881 US colloq.
            adj. 3.   reduced in rank ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
            adj. 4.   failed ...1925 US sl.
 
BUSTED FLUSH
            n. 1.     a person who or a thing which has become worthless or useless, despite once having great potential ...1882
            n. 2.     in poker: a worthless hand that is not quite a flush ...1882
 
BUSTED ON
            adj.       infatuated with ...1929 US sl.
 
BUSTED UP
            adj. 1.   penniless, broke ...c1862 US sl.
            adj. 2.   grief-stricken; depressed ...1892 US sl.
            adj. 3.   burst, broken; bankrupt or ruined ...a1909 US colloq.
            adj. 4.   insane ...1977 US sl.
 
BUSTED VEIN
            n.         a varicose vein ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTER
            n. 1.     a remarkable person; something remarkable, impressive, extraordinary, excellent, or big or large of its kind ...1833
            n. 2.     * a loaf of bread ...1835
            n. 3.     an especially large individual ...1843 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a fellow; a dandy; also used as a term of address, esp. to a boy or young man ...1843 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     a heavy gale; a powerful or heavy wind ...1848 US nautical sl.
            n. 6.     a drinking spree; a reckless frolic ...1848 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     in crab fishing: a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell ...1855 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a burglar ...1859 Amer. criminals' sl.
            n. 9.     a heavy fall ...1874 Aust. & NZ
            n. 10.    a horse-breaker ...1891 US West sl.
            n. 11.    a dashing fellow ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
            n. 12.    a large or well-grown child ...1930 Amer. dial.
            n. 13.    a law-enforcement officer; a police officer ...1963 US sl.
            n. 14.    a sudden, very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 15.    a firecracker ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 16.    a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 17.    a motor vehicle that gives a very bumpy ride ...1974 Amer. sl.
            n. 18.    a tease ...1980s sl.
            vb.       to hurry; to travel quickly ...1988 US military sl.
 
BUSTERS
            n. 1.     misspotted dice ...1961 US gambling sl.
            n. 2.     pleasure; 'kicks' ...1973 US Black sl.
 
BUSTER SUIT
            n.         a child's suit or outfit that resembles the attire of the comic strip character Buster Brown; an outfit for a baby or young child, usually consisting of a top and a pair of short trousers fastened together with buttons ...1903 US
 
BUSTHEAD
            n. 1.     whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1857 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a headache from drinking bad whisky ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BUST-HEADED
            adj.       ? stubborn ...1932 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTICATE
            vb.       to break into pieces ...1916 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTICATED
            adj.       broken, completely shattered ...1916 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTIFICATION
            n.         an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTIFIED
            adj.       pot-bellied ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BUSTING
            adj.       very big; splendid ...1847 Amer. sl.
 
BUST INTO A RUN
            vb.       to depart hurriedly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUST INTO VIEW
            vb.       to appear suddenly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUST IN WITH
            vb.       to intrude in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUSTIOUS
            adj.       thickset, corpulent, over-fat ...1854 Eng. dial.
 
BUSTLE
            n. 1.     † a conflict, struggle, scuffle, or fray; the commotion caused by this ...1579
            n. 2.     † money of any sort or quantity ...1763 sl.
            n. 3.     the rump, the buttocks ...1928 US sl.
            vb. 1.    † to struggle, to scuffle ...1585
            vb. 2.    to work as a prostitute ...1935 US sl.
            int.       hurry up! stir yourself! ...1597
 
BUSTLED
            adj.       * harassed, disordered; stirred up, roused ...1602
 
BUSTLE-HEADED
            adj.       †* of a tree: stunted, misshapen ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BUSTLE IT OUT
            vb.       † to fight it out ...1670
 
BUSTLEPATE
            n.         †* a bustling person ...a1652
 
BUST ON
            vb.       to attack verbally, to criticize or scold; in a weakened sense, to tease, to mock ...1961
 
BUST ONE'S ASS
            vb. 1.    to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to toil, to labour, to strive furiously ...1908 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to be killed in an airplane crash ...1945 Amer. sl.
            vb. 3.    to harass; to annoy ...1965 Amer. sl.
            vb. 4.    to beat someone up; to thrash someone savagely ...1980 Amer. sl.
 
BUST ONE'S BACK
            vb.       to exert oneself; to work extremely hard ...1908
 
BUST ONE'S BALLS
            vb. 1.    to exert oneself to the limit of endurance; to work or try one's hardest ...1944 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to punish severely; to thrash ...1952 US sl.
            vb. 3.    to meet with disaster ...1957 US sl.
            vb. 4.    to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1967 US sl.
 
BUST ONE'S BUTTONS
            vb. 1.    to strain one's clothing by laughing too hard; to laugh very hard ...1921 Amer. dial.
            vb. 2.    to strain oneself physically or emotionally ...1950 Amer. dial.
            vb. 3.    to swell with pride ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BUST ONE'S EAR-STRING
            vb.       to become disillusioned and deaf to another's speech ...1917 Amer. dial.
 
BUST ONE'S HAMES
            vb.       to display a sudden burst of energy ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BUST ONE'S HUMP
            vb.       to exert oneself; to work extremely hard ...1957
 
BUST-OUT
            adj. 1.   being or connected with a dishonest establishment, esp. a gambling casino or disreputable saloon, at which patrons are routinely fleeced or robbed; crooked, illegal, dishonest ...1934 US sl., esp. gambling usage
            adj. 2.   out-and-out, pure and simple ...1961 US sl.
            adj. 3.   unregulated; blatantly illegal ...1962 US sl.
            adj. 4.   penniless, busted ...1976 sl.
            n. 1.     an extravagant or riotous celebration, a binge ...1861 sl.
            n. 2.     a breakout; a jailbreak ...1930 US sl.
            n. 3.     the high point of a confidence game, when the swindle occurs ...1958 US criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     a collapse or failure; hence, a smash-up; a person who is a failure ...1963 US sl.
            n. 5.     an instance of bankruptcy which has been engineered with the intent to defraud creditors ...1967 sl.
            vb.       (as 'bust out')
            vb. 1.    to expel or be expelled from school because of academic failure ...1939 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to ruin financially, to bankrupt; to go bankrupt ...1962 US sl., esp. gambling usage
 
BUST-OUTS
n. 1952 US sl. - fraudulent dice
 
BUSTSKULL
            n.         whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BUST SOME SUDS
            vb.       to drink some beer ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BUST SUDS
            vb.       to wash dishes, esp. as an occupation ...1911 chiefly Black usage
 
BUST THE MAINLINE
            vb.       to take an intravenous injection ...1930s sl., orig. US drugs usage
 
BUST THE WIND
            vb.       to run or travel fast ...c1960 Amer. dial.
 
BUST THIS!
            int.       watch this! ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BUSTUARY
            adj.       † belonging to the funeral pyre; funereal ...1656
            n.         † a person or thing who sets fire to something or someone ...1607
 
BUST-UP
            n. 1.     an explosion; hence, a wreck, break-up; an accident or disaster; a failure ...1841 US sl.
            n. 2.     an altercation; an argument, a row; a strong disagreement ...1842 sl.
            n. 3.     excitement ...1899
            vb.       (as 'bust up')
            vb. 1.    to break up ...1866 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to injure severely ...1978 US sl.
 
BUSTY
            adj.       self-assertive, loud, smart-alecky ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
BUSY
            adj. 1.   † of a warrior: keen to fight; bold; devoted to some business; active, assiduous, diligent, industrious ...a1000
            adj. 2.   † solicitous, concerned; anxious, uneasy, troubled; careful, attentive ...a1000
            adj. 3.   † of a thing: involving much work, care, or trouble; elaborate, intricate ...1448
            adj. 4.   of ornamentation: full of detail ...1903
            adj. 5.   interfering, nosy ...1970s
            n.         a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...1904 Brit. sl.
            vb.       † to afflict, to worry, to disturb, to perplex ...a1000
 
BUSY AS A BASKET OF CHIPS GOING TO A BONFIRE
            adj.       extremely busy ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
BUSY AS A BEE
            adj.       very busy or industrious; fully engaged with some occupation ...c1405
 
BUSY AS A BIRD DOG, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH AN ITCH, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A BIRD DOG WITH HIVES, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A NAILER, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...1879 Ireland
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH AN ITCH, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED BILL-POSTER WITH HIVES, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH AN ITCH, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED MILKER WITH HIVES, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH AN ITCH, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-ARMED PAPER-HANGER WITH HIVES, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH AN ITCH, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS A ONE-LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST WITH HIVES, AS
            adj.       extremely busy ...20C sl. orig. Aust. & US sl.
 
BUSY AS BEES IN A BASIN, AS
            adj.       busy with trifling matters ...1834 Eng. dial.
 
BUSY AS FORTY BEES IN A TAR-BUCKET
            adj.       very busy ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
BUSY AS THE DEVIL IN A GALE OF WIND
            adj.       doing or pretending to do a great deal and making a great fuss about it ...1797
 
BUSY AS THROP'S WIFE, AS
adj. 1868 Eng. dial. - used of a very busy person, esp. one busied over trifles 
 
BUSY BEE
n. 1. 1950s UK sl. - a policeman (juvenile usage)
n. 2. 1978 US sl. - PCP (drugs usage)
 
BUSYBODY
n. 1. 1892 US - a mirror or mirrors set at the side of a building and so angled as to reflect a view of the street to people inside
n. 2. 20C sl. - a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective 
vb. 1874 - to behave like a busybody; to interfere, to meddle, to pry 
 
BUSYBODYISH
adj. 1851 - prying, interfering; characteristic of a busybody 
 
BUSYBODYISM
n. 1828 - behaviour characteristic of a busybody; a meddling 
 
BUSYBODYNESS
n. 1642 rare - a being a busybody; meddlesomeness, desire to interfere 
 
BUSYFUL
adj. 1340 obs. rare - elaborate, ornate 
 
BUSYHEAD
n. 1. 1340 obs. - a being busy; preoccupation, concern 
n. 2. 1555 rare - a prying, gossiping, meddlesome, or officious person 
 
BUSY-HEADED
adj. a1555 obs. - meddlesome, prying 
 
BUSY-IDLE
adj. 1611 rare - busily employed in trivial matters; engaged in busy idleness 
 
BUSY-LICKUM
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a gossip, a tattletale 
 
BUSYSHIP
n. c1225 obs. - a busy state or quality; bustling activity 
 
BUSYTY
n. c1511 obs. rare - the state of being busy; officiousness; fussiness 

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BUT  -  BUTTOM

​BUT
n. 1. c1300 obs. - a throw of a stone or other heavy weight 
n. 2. 1950 Amer. dial. - the outer room of a house, esp. of a two-roomed cottage 
 
BUT-AND-BEN
n. 1937 Amer. dial. - a two-roomed cottage
 
BUTCH
adj. 1. 1939 colloq. - resembling a tough, violent, or physically fit man; macho, manly 
adj. 2. 1941 colloq. - of female homosexuals: masculine in appearance or behaviour; virile, tough 
adj. 3. 1949 US sl. - of a man: not homosexual 
adj. 4. 1962 US sl. - given to or involving violence (orig. prison usage)
adj. 5. 1971 sl. - of a woman: mannish; unpleasantly assertive; dominating 
adj. 6. 1987 colloq. - strong, powerful, rough, rugged 
n. 1. 1859 US colloq. - a butcher knife; a hunter's knife 
n. 2. 1873 US colloq. - a nickname for a tough young man 
n. 3. 1891 colloq. - a person who sells refreshments, newspapers, etc. in a train, theatre, etc. 
n. 4. 1939 US colloq. - a haircut in which the hair is clipped very short 
n. 5. 1942 US sl. - a mistake, a blunder, an error; in radio & TV: an error made in delivering lines 
n. 6. Amer. sl. - a medical officer (World War II usage)
n. 7. 1947 colloq. - a lesbian with masculine tendencies 
n. 8. 1963 colloq. - in a male homosexual couple: a partner who takes on a more dominant or active role, either sexually or in a more general sense 
vb. 1. 1656 rare - to slaughter an animal, to kill for market 
vb. 2. 1846 - to work as a butcher; to carry on the trade of a butcher 
vb. 3. 1953 colloq. - to cut hair very short 
vb. 4. 1964 - to make more traditionally or stereotypically masculine, either in appearance or behaviour 
 
BUTCH-BROAD
n. 1966 US sl. - a mannish aggressive lesbian; usually used contemptuously 
 
BUTCH CUT
n. 1939 colloq. - a short haircut; a crew cut 
 
BUTCHER
            n. 1.     † an executioner; a person who inflicts capital punishment or torture ...1483
            n. 2.     a doctor or surgeon, esp. one who is incompetent or too readily inclined to operate on patients ...1759 sl.
            n. 3.     a butcher knife ...1834 US sl.
            n. 4.     a bullfighter ...1848 US sl.
            n. 5.     a vendor of newspapers, peanuts, candy, etc., esp. aboard a passenger train or at a sporting event ...1867 US colloq.
            n. 6.     in journalism: a copy editor ...1867 US sl.
            n. 7.     a glass or measure of beer; it now typically measures 6 oz (170ml) ...1889 Aust. sl.
            n. 8.     a barber ...1906 US military & prison sl.
            n. 9.     a clumsy incompetent; a bungler ...1954 US sl.
            n. 10.    in basketball: an excessively rough defensive player ...1972 US sl.
            vb. 1.    †* to torment or inflict torture upon a person ...1597
            vb. 2.    to give an extremely close haircut to ...1942 US military sl.
            vb. 3.    to operate on ...1966 US sl.
            vb. 4.    in sports, esp. basketball: to block an offensive player with undue roughness ...1980 US sl.
 
BUTCHERBOY
            vb.       in baseball: to bat a ball with a sharp downward motion ...1978 US sl.
 
BUTCHER CART
            n.         an ambulance ...1926 US sl.     
 
BUTCHERDOM
            n. 1.     †* a situation in which acts of butchery or slaughter are committed ...1842
            n. 2.     butchers collectively; also, the state of being a butcher; the craft of a butcher ...1857
 
BUTCHERER
            n.         †* a person who wantonly destroys something ...1592
 
BUTCHERESS
            n. 1.     †* a woman who procures prostitutes or illicit sexual partners for others ...a1475
            n. 2.     a female butcher; also, butcher's wife or daughter ...1802
 
BUTCHER FLY
            n.         a fly that feeds on meat or flesh; a blowfly ...1633
 
BUTCHERLY
            adj. 1.   inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; barbarous; bloody; of a blow or stroke: violent, rough ...1528
            adj. 2.   †* relating to physical torture ...a1568
            adv.      † in a violent and bloody manner; brutally, barbarously ...1560
 
BUTCHER MAN
            n.         a butcher ...1481
 
BUTCHEROUS
            adj.       inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; murderous; barbarous; bloody ...1575
 
BUTCHER ROW
            n.         * stalls, in which butchers formerly prepared and sold meat ...a1425
 
BUTCHER'S
            adj. 1.   angry, annoyed ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
            adj. 2.   ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'butcher's hook' for 'crook'
            n.         a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. sl., short for 'butcher's hook'
 
BUTCHER'S BILL
            n.         the list of casualties in a battle or war; also, the financial cost of a war ...1829
 
BUTCHER'S CANARY 
            n.         a blowfly ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
BUTCHER'S HOOK
            adj.       ill ...1967 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'crook'
            n.         a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'look'
 
BUTCHER SHOP
            n. 1.     an operating room; also, a hospital; often used disparagingly ...1890 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
            n. 2.     a whaling ship; used disparagingly ...1932 Amer. nautical sl.
 
BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDLESTICK MAKER, THE 
            phr.      all and sundry ...Bk1999 
 
BUTCHER WAGON
            n.         an ambulance ...1882 US sl.
 
BUTCHER WORK
            n.         indiscriminate killing; also, brutal or crude work ...1808
 
BUTCHERY
            adj.       † brutal; barbarous; bloody ...1626
            n. 1.     originally: a place in which animals are slaughtered for food, and usually also cut up and prepared for sale; a shop or stall where animals are slaughtered; a slaughterhouse; an abattoir ...1340
            n. 2.     † butchers collectively; the community of butchers ...c1425
            n. 3.     †* a place of torture or torment ...c1540
            n. 4.     harsh criticism or condemnation of creative work, artist, etc.; disparagement ...1789
 
BUTCHERY OF CONSCIENCE
            n.         † spiritual torture ...1582
 
BUTCH-FEMME
            adj.       characterized by the adoption of butch and femme roles, esp. by two partners in a lesbian relationship ...1983 colloq.
 
BUTCHING
            n.         the trade or occupation of a butcher ...1688 humorous usage
 
BUTCHSKI; BUTCHSKY
            n.         (derogatory) a Czechoslovakian ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BUTCHY
            adj. 1.   characteristic of or associated with masculinity as traditionally conceived ...1956 US
            adj. 2.   denoting a lesbian whose appearance, behaviour, or identity is regarded as masculine ...1960 US
            n. 1.     †* a butcher ...1867 colloq.
            n. 2.     * a nickname for a tough, violent, or physically fit man ...1891 US
 
BUTE
            n. 1.     †* booty, plunder ...1530
            n. 2.     a beautiful person or thing ...1866 sl.
            vb.       †* to make booty of something; to share something taken as booty or plunder ...c1600 Sc.
 
BUTESMAN
            n.         †* a person who shares booty or plunder with another ...1530 Sc.
 
BUTIN
            n.         † spoil, plunder; booty ...c1450
 
BUTINSKI; BUTTINSKI; BUTTINSKY 
            n.         one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
 
BUTLER
            n. 1.     † originally, a servant responsible for supervising the wine cellar or serving wine or other drink, sometimes as cup-bearer to a monarch or nobleman; later, a (male) head servant, esp. in a large household, whose chief responsibilities include managing the wine cellar and dining arrangements, supervising other servants, and greeting visitors ...a1300
            n. 2.     † a person who or a thing which provides or dispenses something ...a1387
 
BUTLERAGE
            n. 1.     * the office or position of butler to a monarch, nobleman, etc. ...1487
            n. 2.     †* the part of household management or expenses which are supervised by the butler, or which relate to the butlery ...1815
 
BUTLERESS
            n.         a female butler ...1614
 
BUTLERIAN
            adj.       relating to a butler; characteristic of a butler ...1841
 
BUTLER'S BOX
            n.         † a box into which the players in a gambling game put part of their winnings, and which is handed to the butler; also, the money contained in this box ...1591
 
BUTLERY
            n.         orig.: a storeroom for provisions, esp. wine' the provision and serving of drink as a department of a royal or noble household; later, a room in a large house, usually located between the kitchen and dining room, used for the storage of dishes, glassware, cutlery, etc., and sometimes also for serving or storing food and drink ...c1325
 
BUT ME NO BUTS
            phr.      do no make any excuses, or protestations ...1629
 
BUTMENT
            n.         † a piece of land that abuts another larger piece ...1679
 
BUTSEL
            n.         the rump of a cooked chicken ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUTT
            adv.      † squarely, head-on ...1832 nautical usage
            n. 1.     † a blow, a thrust ...c1330
            n. 2.     the place or part where something terminates; a limit, a boundary; an end point ...c1425
            n. 3.     the buttocks ...c1450 sl., chiefly US
            n. 4.     a bundle, esp. of cloth, wool, or hay; a bale; a pack; a bag ...1470
            n. 5.     a man-made receptacle used as a home for a colony of bees; a beehive; a hiveful of bees ...1532 chiefly Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     a small piece of land, esp. of an irregular shape; a paddock ...1542 Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     an objective or result towards which efforts are directed; an end, aim, object ...1571
            n. 8.     any large cask or barrel; later, one used to collect and store rain water ...1572
            n. 9.     a headland, a promontory ...1598
            n. 10.    a hillock, a mound ...1600
            n. 11.    the trunk of a felled tree; the thickest part of this ...1601
            n. 12.    one who is an object of derision, abuse, or ridicule ...1607
            n. 13.    † a cushion for kneeling on in church, while at prayer; a hassock ...1823 Eng. dial.
            n. 14.    †* a large amount of something ...1831
            n. 15.    a fraction of a year, month, or week left to be served of a term of military enlistment, term of imprisonment, etc. ...1887 sl.
            n. 16.    a cigarette ...1893 Amer. sl.
            n. 17.    oneself; one's body ...1954
            n. 18.    a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
            n. 19.    a stupid or contemptible person ...1993 Amer. sl.
            n. 20.    (derogatory) a disliked person ...Bk2006 US sl.
            vb. 1.    †* to fall or dive head first in the direction specified ...c1330
            vb. 2.    †* to aim at something ...1533
            vb. 3.    to crush out a cigarette or cigar ...1924 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT, THE
            n.         anger or irritability ...1973 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTAL
            n. 1.     * a territorial limit; a boundary; also, a boundary marker ...1449
            n. 2.     †* a measured piece of land ...1635
            vb.       † to determine the limits or boundaries of a piece of land ...1449
 
BUTT-BANG
            vb. 1.    to subject to anal intercourse ...1960s US sl.
            vb. 2.    to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive ...1970s sl.
            vb. 3.    to injure ...1980s US sl.
 
BUTT-BANGER
            n.         a participant in anal sex, esp. the partner who penetrates ...1960s US sl.
 
BUTT BOY
            n.         an obsequious or servile person; a sycophant ...1948 US colloq.
 
BUTT BUCKET
            n.         an ashtray ...1958 US  Navy sl.
 
BUTT-BUSTER
            n. 1.     a hard-riding vehicle ...1974 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an antipersonnel mine ...1974 US Army sl.
 
BUTT CALL
            n.         an inadvertent call made on a mobile phone in one's rear trouser pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to the keypad or touch screen ...2003 US colloq.
 
BUTT CAN
            n.         a can used as a receptacle for cigarette ashes; hence, a standing ashtray ...1960 US military sl.
            vb.       (as 'butt-can') to toss away or aside ...a1986 US military sl.
 
BUTT CHEEKS
            n.         the buttocks ...1987 US colloq.
 
BUTT COOPER
            n.         a cooper who makes butts (barrels) to hold liquids, esp. beer ...1813
 
BUTT CRACK
            n.         the cleft between the buttocks ...1975 US colloq.
 
BUTT DIAL
            n.         an inadvertent call made on a mobile phone in one's rear trouser pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to the keypad or touch screen ...2008 US colloq.
            vb.       to inadvertently call someone on a mobile phone in one's rear trouser pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to the keypad or touch screen ...2005 US colloq.
 
BUTT-END
            n. 1.     the last part or remnant of anything ...1597
            n. 2.     of ropes: the end of, or a part near the end of ...E18
            n. 3.     a fragmentary part of a speech or conversation that one might overhear, just as it tails off ...E19
            n. 4.     the butt of a cigarette or cigar ...1827
 
BUTT-END CHARLIE
            n.         the trailing aircraft in a formation; a tail gunner in a bomber; the last individual in a line ...1942 US military sl.
 
BUTT-ENDED
            adj. 1.   † poorly adapted, unsuitable, or inappropriate for a particular purpose; back-to-front ...1850
            adj. 2.   having large buttocks ...1893
 
BUTT-ENDER
            n.         a  backward fall ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTER
            adj.       good; really fine ...Bk2006 US sl.
            n. 1.     †* a person who cheats at dice ...1474
            n. 2.     ingratiating speech, unctuous flattery, esp. when used to gain favour or advantage ...1618
            n. 3.     ejaculated semen; also (rarely) vaginal fluid produced during sexual activity or arousal ...c1618 sl.
            n. 3.     nitroglycerine or dynamite ...1921 US sl.
            n. 4.     soldering paste ...1929 US sl.
            n. 5.     paraffin ...1972 US sl.
            vb. 1.    † in gambling: to double or triple a bet ...1671 sl.
            vb. 2.    to flatter or praise a person, esp. as a means of gaining favour or advantage ...1700
            vb. 3.    †* to defraud through glib words ...1725 sl.
 
BUTTERACEOUS
adj. 1837 obs. - given to flattery; unctuous
 
BUTTER AND EGG DAY
            n.         a day to trade produce ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER-AND-EGG FLY 
            n.         a popular co-ed ...Bk1934 college sl.
 
BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN
            n. 1.     a dairyman; a provincial farmer or businessman characterized as unsophisticated or easily duped ...1867 US sl.
            n. 2.     a man who is a farmer or small-town businessman and who spends money extravagantly; used derisively ...1924 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     a wealthy unsophisticated man who spends money freely ...1924 US sl.
 
BUTTER AND EGGS
            n.         a daffodil ...1876 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER-AND-EGGS TROT
            n.         a short jog-trot ...L18 sl.
 
BUTTER A PERSON'S BREAD ON BOTH SIDES
            vb.       to provide for a person, esp. to a lavish or excessive degree ...a1625
 
BUTTER A PERSON'S BREAD ON BOTH SIDES
            vb.       to provide for a person, esp. to a lavish or excessive degree ...1881
 
BUTTER BADGER
            an itinerant trader who buys butter from farmers to sell wholesale ...1739 orig. Eng. dial.
 
BUTTERBAG
            n.         † (derogatory) a Dutchman ...1645
 
BUTTERBALL
            adj.       (derogatory) fat ...1888 colloq.
            n.         (derogatory) a fat or plump person or animal ...1868 Amer. colloq.
 
BUTTERBAR
            n. 1.     a second lieutenant ...1973 US sl.
            n. 2.     one of the two gold bars that are the insignia of the rank of second lieutenant ...1983 US military sl.
 
BUTTER-BASHER
            n.         (depreciative) a person who has recently taken  up work as a taxi driver, esp. during a strike ...1939 sl.
 
BUTTER-BEAN TEETH
            n.         buck teeth ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER BOAT
            n. 1.     excessive or insincere flattery ...1866 colloq.
            n. 2.     the vagina ...19C sl.
 
BUTTER BOWZY
            adj.       † designating a Dutchman ...1719
 
BUTTERBOX
            n. 1.     * (derogatory) a Dutchman; from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country ...1595
            n. 2.     a squarish, clumsy vessel ...1840 US nautical sl.
            n. 3.     a German ...M19 sl.
 
BUTTER BOY
            n.         (depreciative) a person who has recently taken up work as a taxi driver ...1939 sl.
 
BUTTERBRAIN
            n.         a fool ...1975-78 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTERCUP
            n. 1.     a pet name for a child ...L19 sl.
            n. 2.     an innocent and naive youth; a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
            n. 3.     an effeminate male homosexual ...1930s sl.
            n. 4.     an easy-hitting boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
            n. 5.     a daffodil ...1956 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     a pretty young girl ...1960s sl.
 
BUTTER DAISY
            n.         a buttercup ...1900 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERED
            adj. 1.   of words or speech: smooth and ingratiating; soothing, glib ...1605
            adj. 2.   whipped, flogged ...M19 US sl.
            adj. 3.   subjected to sexual intercourse ...L19 sl.
            adj. 4.   well-turned-out, elegant ...1940s US Black sl.
            adj. 5.   drunk ...1990s sl.
 
BUTTERED BREAD
            adj.       dead ...1990s rhyming sl.
 
BUTTERED BUN
            n. 1.     a woman who has had intercourse with one man and is about to repeat this immediately with a new partner; a sexually promiscuous woman; sexual intercourse with a woman who has just completed copulation with another man ...1638
            n. 2.     † a harlot, a mistress, a prostitute ...1679 sl.
            n. 3.     a country fool; a rustic simpleton ...E18 sl.
            n. 4.     a drunken man ...E18 sl.
            n. 5.     the number one ...1940s bingo usage
 
BUTTERED BUNS
            n.         † a harlot, a mistress; a prostitute ...1679 sl.
 
BUTTERED SCONE
            n. 1.     a woman who has had intercourse with one man and is about to repeat this immediately with a new partner ...M17 sl.
            n. 2.     the number one ...1940s bingo usage
 
BUTTERFACE
            n.         (derogatory) a female whose body is very attractive, but who has an unattractive face; an ugly woman ...1998 US Black sl.
 
BUTTER FACTOR
            n.         a tradesman who buys butter from farmers to sell wholesale ...1696
 
BUTTER-FINGERED
            adj. 1.   clumsy, awkward ...1615 colloq.
            adj. 2.   † unable or unwilling to handle hot items with one's bare hands ...a1825 Eng. dial.
 
BUTTER-FINGERS
            n.         someone liable to drop things ...1837 colloq.
 
BUTTERFISH
            n.         a moray eel ...1878 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER FLAP
            n. 1.     a cap ...M19 rhyming sl.
            n. 2.     a trap or light carriage ...M19 rhyming sl.
 
BUTTERFLIES
            n.         nerves, apprehension, a feeling of tension in the abdomen, esp. as the rest of anxiety; jitters ...1940 colloq.
 
BUTTERFLIES IN ONE'S STOMACH
            n.         nerves, apprehension, a feeling of tension in the abdomen, esp. as the rest of anxiety; jitters ...1940 colloq.
 
BUTTERFLOWER
            n. 1.     a buttercup ...1527
            n. 2.     a dandelion ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     ('butter flower') marijuana ...1970s drugs sl.
 
BUTTERFLY
            adj.       of clothes: gaudy, tasteless, flashy ...1900s sl.
            n .1.     something likened to a butterfly, esp. in being flimsy, fragile, or ephemeral ...c1390
            n. 2.     a capricious, giddy, or frivolous person; one having a gaudy or showy appearance; an overdressed, flashy person ...a1500
            n. 3.     an effeminate weakling ...L19 sl.
            n. 2.     a person whose periods of work or occupation are transitory or seasonal ...1884 UK sl.
            n. 4.     one given to wandering ...1890
            n. 5.     a worthless cheque which 'flutters away' ...1929 Amer. criminals' sl.
            n. 6.     an attractive young woman ...1930s sl., orig. US Black
            n. 7.     a flirt ...1940s US campus sl.
            n. 8.     an effeminate male homosexual ...1950s sl.
            n. 9.     a Black homosexual ...1980s US gay sl.
            n. 10.    a coin that fails to spin when tossed ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
            n. 11.    a new, young, and attractive prisoner, characterized as being potentially appealing to prison homosexuals ...1990s US criminals' sl.
            vb. 1.    † to avoid an exclusive commitment to one romantic partner; to flirt, to philander, to dally ...1893
            vb. 2.    to be sexually unfaithful to ...1945-46 US military in Far East usage
 
BUTTERFLY AEROPLANE
            n.         † any of various lightweight aeroplanes ...1908
 
BUTTERFLY BOY
            n.         an effeminate male homosexual ...1950s sl.
 
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
            n.         the phenomenon whereby a small change in some complex systems can have a large effect at a later time ...1976
 
BUTTERFLYING
            n.         a flirting ...1940s US campus sl.
 
BUTTERFLYISM
            n.         † the condition of being a butterfly; also, frivolous behaviour; giddiness ...1833
 
BUTTERFLY KISS
            n. 1.     a light kiss in which the lips only brush the skin ...1849
n. 2.     a 'kiss' made by fluttering one's eyelashes against one's partner's skin to caress it ...1883
 
BUTTERFLY MAN
            n.         a person who passes worthless cheques ...1920s US sl.
 
BUTTERFLY NOSE
            n.         a dog's nose when spotted or mottled ...1878
 
BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL
            n.         a weak or vulnerable person destroyed by, or at the mercy of, significantly more powerful people, institutions, or processes ...1734
 
BUTTERFLY'S BOOTS
            n.         something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTERFLY STOMACH
            n.         a fluttering sensation felt in the stomach as a result of nervousness or apprehensive excitement ...1943
 
BUTTERFLY TUMMY  
            n.         a fluttering sensation felt in the stomach as a result of nervousness or apprehensive excitement ...1941
 
BUTTER FRUIT
            n.         an avocado ...1902
 
BUTTER GILLS
            n.         a fool ...1950s US sl.
 
BUTTERHEAD
            n. 1.     a Black person who, for whatever reason, is considered an embarrassment to their race ...1940s US Black sl.
            n. 2.     a fool ...1963 US sl.
 
BUTTERHEADED
            adj.       foolish ...1950s US sl.
 
BUTTER-HEARTED
            adj.       tender-hearted ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERICK
            n.         † a picture typical of those found in a fashion magazine ...1901
 
BUTTERING
            adj. 1.   † designating a gambler who increases his or her stakes after every throw or game ...1716
            adj. 2.   characterized by flattery; ingratiating ...1789
            n.         a flattering or otherwise ingratiating oneself with someone; flattery ...1806
 
BUTTERING UP
            n.         excessive flattery ...19C sl.
 
BUTTERINSKY
            n.         one who interferes; a busybody, a meddler ...1903 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER-KNIFE
            n.         the penis ...19C sl.
 
BUTTER MAIDEN
            n.         (derogatory) a Eurasian woman ...1920s Anglo-Indian
 
BUTTERMILK
            adj.       having the characteristics of a marsh, boggy ...1843 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     something weak, insipid, or sour ...1630
            n. 2.     an orphaned calf ...1940 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERMILK BOTTOM
            n.         the Black area of town ...1920s US Black sl.
 
BUTTERMILK CHEESE
            n.         cottage cheese ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERMILK COW
            n.         a bull ...Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
 
BUTTERMILK LAND
            n.         swampy land characterized by pale loamy soil ...1843 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERMILK RANGER
            n.         a cavalryman; used derisively ...1867 US Confederate Army usage
 
BUTTERMILK SKY
            n.         the sky when filled with small, curd-like or patchy clouds; the clouds themselves ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERMOUTH
            n. 1.     † a Dutchman ...a1549
            n. 2.     a person who disarms and persuades others through the artful, ingratiating, or disingenuous use of language ...1865
            vb.       (usually as 'butter mouth') to flatter ...1990s US Black sl.
 
BUTTER-MOUTHED
            adj.       said of persons who are afraid to speak out plainly ...1865 Eng. dial.
 
BUTTERNUT
            n. 1.     a soldier or civilian of the Confederate States; a Southerner ...1862 US Army sl.
            n. 2.     a Brazil nut ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER ONE'S BREAD ON BOTH SIDES
            vb.       to simultaneously ally oneself with opposing factions, people, or causes; to behave in a duplicitous and self-interested manner ...1768
 
BUTTER OUT
            vb.       to flatter, to ingratiate oneself ...E19 sl.
 
BUTTER PEAR
            n.         an avocado ...1600
 
BUTTER PECAN
            n.         an attractive Puerto Rican/Latino woman ...1990s US Black teen sl.
 
BUTTER-PRINT
            n.         † an offspring; a baby or a child, specifically a weak or feeble one ...1616 sl.
 
BUTTER-QUEAN
            n.         † (derogatory) a woman who makes or sells butter, characterized as garrulous, argumentative, and bad-tempered ...1613
 
BUTTER ROSE
            n.         a buttercup ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTERS
            adj.       (derogatory) of a person: ugly, unattractive; later, of a thing, unappealing, disgusting, horrible ...2003 UK sl.
 
BUTTER-SHAG
            n.         a slice of bread and butter ...1805 Eng. dial.
 
BUTTER SKIN
            n.         money, esp. a bill ...c1960 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTER TEETH
            n.         buck teeth; later, teeth that are yellowish or uncared-for  ...a1566
 
BUTTER THE CONY
            vb.       † to take advantage of an unmissable opportunity ...1611
 
BUTTER THE FISH
            vb.       to win at cards ...1920s sl.
 
BUTTER THE MUFFIN
            vb.       of a woman: to masturbate ...1990s sl.
 
BUTTER THE SHUTTER 
            vb.       to smile for the camera ...Bk1942 US sl.
 
BUTTER-THUMBS
            n.         one who lets things slip through their fingers ...M19 sl.
 
BUTTER-TOOTHED
            adj.       having large or prominent teeth ...1688
 
BUTTER UP
            vb.       to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk ...1819 sl.
 
BUTTERWEED
            n.         a dandelion ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTER WEIGHT
            n.         † the full measure of something and then some ...1733
 
BUTTER WHORE
            n.         † a woman who makes or sells butter, characterized as garrulous, argumentative, and bad-tempered ...1592
 
BUTTER WIFE
            n.         a woman who makes or sells butter ...1542
 
BUTTER WOMAN
            n.         a woman who makes or sells butter ...1612
 
BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN HIS MOUTH
            phr.      used to refer to a person who has a demure, innocent manner or appearance that conceals a bad character, underhand behaviour, etc. ...1530
 
BUTTER WRAPPER
            n.         a newspaper ...L19 Aust. sl.
 
BUTTERY
            adj. 1.   susceptible to flattery; smooth and ingratiating ...a1585
            adj. 2.   of sound, music, a voice, etc.: mellow, smooth, and pleasant ...1864
            adj. 3.   of wine: having a rich, creamy flavour or smoothness similar to that of butter ...1979
            adj. 4.   bad ...1990s US campus sl.
            adj. 5.   first-rate, the best ...2000s US Black sl.
            n.         a storeroom for provisions, esp. ale and other alcoholic drinks; a pantry or larder ...c1384 hist.
 
BUTTERY BENJIE
            n.         † a first-year student at some Scottish universities ...1854 Sc. sl.
 
BUTTERY-FINGERED
            adj.       having a tendency to let things fall or slip from one's hands; clumsy, bungling ...1853
 
BUTTFACE
            n.         a term of abuse for an ugly, annoying, or contemptible person ...1973 US sl.
 
BUTTFACED
            adj.       ugly; contemptible, annoying ...1973 US sl.
 
BUTT FIEND
            n.         a heavy smoker ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUTT FLOSS 
            n.         a thong bathing costume ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BUTT-FUCK
            n. 1.     an act of anal copulation ...1971 US sl.
            n. 2.     a small, remote, rural town, esp. one characterized as undistinguished or insignificant ...1977
            n. 3.     an instance of victimization; an unfortunate event; a disaster ...1986 US sl.
            n. 4.     a tedious piece of work ...1980s sl.
            vb. 1.    to copulate with anally ...1962-68 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to treat unfairly; to cheat; to deceive, to betray ...1979 sl.
            vb. 3.    to victimize ...1979 US sl.
            vb. 4.    to injure ...1980s US sl.
 
BUTT-FUCKER
            n. 1.     a participant in anal sex, esp. the partner who penetrates ...1972 US sl.
            n. 2.     a contemptible or despicable person; chiefly used as a term of abuse ...1972 US sl.
            n. 3.     (derogatory & offensive) a homosexual man ...2005 US sl.
 
BUTT-FUCKING
            n.         anal sex ...1974 US sl.
 
BUTT-FUCKING EGYPT 
            n.         a place that is very far away ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BUTTFUCK MOTEL    
            n.         prison ...1990s US sl.
 
BUTT GARDEN
            n.         † an archery ground ...1810
 
BUTT-GIRL
            n.         a young woman who run errands, as for a fashion model ...1983 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTHEAD
            n. 1.     a cow, goat, or deer that has no horns ...1856 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a stupid, stubborn, or contemptible person; a blockhead; an insincere person ...1896 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT-HEADED
            adj. 1.   headstrong, obstinate, stubborn, bull-headed; stupid ..1855 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   having no horns ...1909 Amer. dial.
            adj. 3.   of a goat: inclined to butt or strike with the head ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BUTT HEADS
            vb.       of two or more people or groups: to engage with each other in conflict, dispute, or competition ...1714
 
BUTTHOLE
            n. 1.     the anus ...1951 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person ...1962 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     anal intercourse ...1990s sl.
 
BUTT-HOOK
            n.         an oafish or worthless person; a lout ...1981 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTHURT
            adj.       overly or unjustifiably offended or resentful ...1996 US sl.
 
BUTTIE
            n.         orig. a slice of bread spread with butter; now: a filled sandwich; also, an open sandwich ...1827 orig. Eng. dial.
 
BUTTIKEN
            n.         a shop ...M19 sl.
 
BUTT-IN
            n. 1.     concern, affair; usually used in negative contexts ...1902 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     one who butts in; an intruder; a busybody, a meddler ...1903 US
            n. 3.     an intrusion in a conversation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb.       (usually as 'butt in')
            vb. 1.    to arrive ...1898 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to intrude or interrupt; to meddle ...1899 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT-INER
            n.         †* one who butts in; an intruder ...a1910 US colloq.
 
BUTTING
            n.         a boundary, a border, a limit ...a1475
 
BUTTING OF HEADS
            n.         conflict or strong disagreement between parties, esp. when attempting to bring about change ...1895
 
BUTTINSKI
            n. 1.     one who interrupts or interferes; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
 
BUTTINSKY
            n. 1.     one who interrupts or interferes; a busybody; a meddler ...1902 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a goat that butts ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     the buttocks ...1972 Amer. jocular
 
BUTT INTO
            vb.       to meet by chance ...1931 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT-KICKER
            n.         an outstanding performer at a pursuit ...1980s US sl.
 
BUTT-KICKING
            adj.       aggressive, violent, tough; strong, powerful; also, excellent or impressive ...1973 US sl.
            n.         a beating; a decisive or humiliating defeat; a severe reprimand ...1970 US sl.
 
BUTT KIT
            n.         an ashtray ...1958 US  Navy and Marine Corps sl.
 
BUTTLE
            n.         a tap, a spigot ...1970 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to pour out a drink ...1853 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to do a butler's work ...1901 jocular
 
BUTTLEGGER
            n.         a person who smuggles or trades illegally in cigarettes ...1945 US colloq.
 
BUTTLEGGING
            n.         the illicit trade in cigarettes; cigarette smuggling ...1962 US colloq.
 
BUTTLESS
            adj.       having small buttocks ...1997
 
BUTTLICK
            n. 1.     a fool ...1980s US college sl.
            n. 2.     to toady, a sycophant ...1980s US college sl.
 
BUTTLOAD
            n.         a large amount or number ...1988 US sl.
 
BUTT ME
phr. 1944 Amer. sl. - give me a cigarette
 
BUTTMUNCH
            n.         a stupid, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a despised male; often used as a term of abuse ...1993 US sl.
 
BUTT NAKED
            adj.       completely naked or nude ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n.         phencyclidine ...1980s drugs sl.
 
BUTTOCK
            n.         † a common strumpet; a female prostitute ...1641 criminals' sl.
            vb. 1.    †* in horse racing: to overtake a horse ...1607
            vb. 2.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
 
BUTTOCK AND FILE
            n.         a prostitute who is also a pickpocket; a pimp who robs a prostitute's clients ...1653 criminals' sl.
 
BUTTOCK AND TONGUE
            n.         a shrewish woman ...L17 sl.
 
BUTTOCK AND TRIMMINGS
            n.         an Irish wager, a rump of beef, and a dozen of claret ...L18 sl.
 
BUTTOCK AND TWANG
n. 1. L17 sl. - a prostitute who does not double as a pickpocket 
n. 2. 18C sl. - a robbery executed by a prostitute who lures a customer, picked up in a tavern, into a dark alley where she picks his pocket and her male accomplice knocks down the victim so that both can escape 
 
BUTTOCK BALL
n. 1. 1687 sl. obs. - an event arranged by a bawd or pimp at which attendees dance with prostitutes in an erotic manner; an orgy
n. 2. 1785 sl. obs. - copulation 
 
BUTTOCK-BANQUETING
n. 1. 1555 obs. - engagement in extramarital sexual activity 
n. 2. M16 sl. - working as a prostitute 
 
BUTTOCK BROKER
n. 1698 sl. - a bawd; also, a match-maker 
 
BUTTOCK DOWN
vb. 1972 Amer. dial. - to sit down 
 
BUTTOCKING
adj. L17 sl. - promiscuous, whorish 
 
BUTTOCKING KEN
n. 19C cant - a brothel 
 
BUTTOCKING SHOP
n. 1811 sl. - a brothel 
 
BUTTOCK-JIG
n. Bk1896 sl. - copulation 
 
BUTTOCK-LICKING
adj. 1921 Amer. sl. - obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned 
 
BUTTOCK-MAIL
n. 1552 Sc. colloq. obs. - a fine imposed by an ecclesiastical court as a punishment for sexual intercourse outside of marriage 
 
BUTTOCK PENANCE
n. E18 sl. - a caning or thrashing at school 
 
BUTTOCKS
n. M16 sl. - a prostitute, esp. one who dispenses her favours for free 
 
BUTTOCKY
adj. 1598 - having large, well-developed, or prominently displayed buttocks 
 
BUTT OF A JOKE, THE
n. 1796 - one who is an object of derision, abuse, or ridicule 

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BUTTON  -  BWZ

​BUTTON
n. 1. 1584 rare - a pustule on the skin; a pimple 
n. 2. 1696 - the nose or mouth, regarded as resembling a button, typically in being small and rounded 
n. 3. 1772 colloq. - a bright, cheeky, or cute person, typically a child; also, a person who lacks experience or skill; a novice 
n. 4. 1785 sl. obs. - the penis 
n. 5. 1785 sl. - a counterfeit shilling (criminals’ usage)
n. 6. 1851 UK sl. obs. - a decoy or accomplice, esp. one who lures others into gambling or who poses as a customer to encourage other buyers (criminals' usage)
n. 7. 1851 sl. - a sham buyer at an auction employed to bid and raise the price of articles 
n. 8. M19 sl. - any coin 
n. 9. 19C sl. - a baby's penis 
n. 10. 1900 Amer. sl. - the clitoris 
n. 11. Bk1903 sl. - 1 shilling 
n. 12. 1913 Amer. sl. - a unformed police officer 
n. 13. 1915 Amer. dial. - a young man, a boy; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow (West. usage)
n. 14. 1920 Amer. sl. - in boxing: the point of the chin 
n. 15. 1925 US sl. - a stool pigeon 
n. 16. 1926 sl. - a small rubber suction-cap to make a card stick to the underside of a table (criminals’ usage)
n. 17. 1928 US sl. - the head 
n. 18. 1929 Amer. sl. - a law-enforcement officer's badge (police usage)
n. 19. 1931 US sl. - a small opium pellet, cooked over a small lamp and then smoked in the pipe (drugs usage)
n. 20. 1940s US sl. - money (African-American & college usage)
n. 21. 1940s US sl. - a lookout (criminals' usage)
n. 22. 1950s US sl. - a switchblade knife (gang usage)
n. 23. 1963 Amer. sl. - a woman's nipple 
n. 24. 1966 Amer. sl. - a low-ranking member of a crime syndicate (police & criminals' usage)
n. 25. 1967 US sl. - a person who works as a killer or enforcer for or as a member of a Mafia family 
n. 26. 1968 Amer. dial. - the rump of a cooked chicken 
n. 27. 1968 Amer. dial. - the hull of a strawberry 
n. 28. 1968 US sl. - a small amount of heroin, enough for a single dose 
n. 29. 1980 Amer. - in broadcasting: the finalizing bit of music or sound effects on a commercial (Radio & TV usage)
n. 30. a1984 US - a general's star (Army usage)
n. 31. Bk2006 US sl. - the punch line of a joke; a zinger 
vb. 1. 1857 sl. - to entice another to gamble (criminals’ usage)
vb. 2. 1910s sl. - of a trick, a ploy: to work 
vb. 3. 1990s US sl. - to keep a lookout (prison usage)
 
BUTTON B
adj. 1930s sl. - penniless 
 
BUTTON BOY
n. 1844 obs. - a manservant, usually in livery; a pageboy 
 
BUTTON-BUNG
            n.         a button thief ...17C sl.
 
BUTTON-BUSTER
            n.         a braggart, a boaster ...1940s sl., orig. US Black usage
 
BUTTON-CATCHER 
            n.         a tailor ...Bk1903 sl.
 
BUTTON-CHOPPER
            n. 1.     the laundry ...1941 US Army sl.
            n. 2.     a laundry worker ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON-DOWN
            adj.       conforming, holding establishment, conservative values ...1950s sl., orig. US
 
BUTTON EAR
            n.         an ear of a dog that laps over and hides the inside ...Bk1933
 
BUTTONED
            adj.       in order, sorted out; arranged successfully ...1940s sl.
 
BUTTONED-DOWN 
            adj.       having or characteristic of a conventional or conservative attitude or appearance; staid, formal, repressed ...1960 US
 
BUTTONED UP
            adj. 1.   of the mouth, lips, or eyes: firmly closed ...1753
            adj. 2.   reluctant to reveal emotion or to express thoughts freely; reserved, inhibited, or formal in manner or disposition; repressed; prim ...1767
            adj. 3.   saying nothing, silent; implying a general reservedness or uncommunicativeness ...1936 sl.
            adj. 4.   all prepared, sorted satisfactorily ...1940s sl.
            adj. 5.   emotionally stable; 'together' ...1984 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTONER
            n. 1.     † a person who lures others into gambling or a confidence trick ...1839 criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     any crooked businessman ...L19 sl.
            n. 3.     * a person who bids at an auction in order to raise the price or to encourage others to bid; a dummy bidder ...1910 criminals' sl.
 
BUTTON FINGER
            n.         the finger used by a woman to masturbate herself or her partner ...1990s sl.
 
BUTTON GUY
            n.         a low-ranking member of a crime syndicate ...1969 Amer. police & criminals' sl.
 
BUTTON-HEAD
            n.         a cow that has had her horns cut off ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTON-HOLD 
            vb.       * to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing, frequently so as to persuade or influence him or her ...1838
 
BUTTONHOLE
            n. 1.     a person's eye or mouth regarded as resembling a buttonhole, esp. in being small, narrow, or slit-like ...1599
            n. 2.     † the vagina ...1600
            n. 3.     a woman ...1940s sl.
            n. 4.     the buttocks ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 5.     the navel ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 6.     the anus ...1974
            vb.       to accost a person and detain him or her in conversation as if by taking hold of a buttonhole on his or her clothing ..1848
 
BUTTONHOLE CONNECTION
            n.         a distant relative; a family friend ...1913 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTONHOLE COUSIN
            n.         a distant relative; a family friend ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTON-HOLE FACTORY
            n.         a brothel ...Bk1902 sl.
 
BUTTONHOLER
            n.         † a flower or small spray of flowers worn in the lapel buttonhole or on the lapel of a coat or jacket ...1873
 
BUTTONHOLE RELATION
            n.         a distant relative; a family friend ...1913 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTONHOLES FOR THE ICE CREAM
            phr.      said to a child when he asks "What are you making?" ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUTTONHOLE WORKER
            n. 1.     the penis ...19C sl.
            n. 2.     a womanizer; a promiscuous man ...19C sl.
 
BUTTONHOLE WORKING
            n.         sexual intercourse ...19C sl.
 
BUTTON IT!
            int.       be quiet ...1980 sl.
 
BUTTON JOCK
            n.         a console operator, as at a discotheque ...1983 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON LOOSE, A
            phr.      eccentric, not all there 20C sl.
 
BUTTON LURK
            n.         a trick played on a naive woman by a man, bent on intercourse, who removes a button from his coat and promises that it will serve adequately as a contraceptive device ...1910s Aust. sl.
 
BUTTON MAN
            n. 1.     a low-ranking member of a crime syndicate ...1969 Amer. police & criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a person who works as a killer or enforcer for or as a member of a Mafia family ...1990 US sl.
 
BUTTON MISSING, A
            phr.      eccentric, not all there 20C sl.
 
BUTTON MUSIC
            n.         house music; music played on machines, with buttons, rather than on musical instruments ...2000 sl.
 
BUTTON-NOSED
            adj. having a small roundish nose ...1895
 
BUTTON ONE'S CHIN
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S FACE
            vb.       to become or remain silent ...1836 sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S GABBER
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S GOB
 
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S LIP
            vb.       to become or remain silent ...1836 sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S LIPPER
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S MOUTH
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S NOSE
            vb.       to become or remain silent ...1836 sl.
 
BUTTON ONE'S TRAP
            vb.       to be quiet; to stop talking ...20C sl.
 
BUTTON ON TO
            vb.       to grab hold of someone before forcing oneself on their company, whether they like it or not ...1900s sl.
 
BUTTON-PUSHER 
            n.         a person who manipulates or influences people and situations; someone who elicits or provokes a strong emotional or psychological response in a person ...1990
 
BUTTONS
            n. 1.     the dung or droppings of sheep or rabbits ...1684
            n. 2.     † the male genitals; the testicles ...1691 sl.
            n. 3.     a pageboy; a doorman ...1848 colloq.
            n. 4.     money ...1859 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     †* a person appointed to oversee work in a workhouse ...1885 sl.
            n. 6.     a unformed police officer ...1913 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     small amounts, as of money, stolen goods, etc. ...1950s US criminals' sl.
            n. 8.     the remote control for a television ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BUTTONS AND BOWS
            n.         toes ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
 
BUTTONS AND BUTTONHOLES
            adv.      entirely, completely ...1889 Sc.
 
BUTTON SHORT, A
            phr.      eccentric, not all there 20C sl.
 
BUTTON SOMEONE'S LIP
            vb.       to make someone keep quiet ...1950s sl.
 
BUTTON UP
            vb. 1.    to hold one's tongue; to shut up ...1859 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to behave in a formal, reserved manner; to remain silent ...1872 colloq.
            vb. 3.    to complete or conclude something, esp. a business transaction, satisfactorily or successfully; to finish, to finalize ...1906 colloq.
            vb. 4.    to place in solitary confinement ...1930s US prison sl.
 
BUTTON UP THE DAY
            vb.       to quit work for the day ...20C US sl.
 
BUTTON UP YOUR FACE! 
            int.       shut up! be quiet! ...1932 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON YOUR BONE-BOX
            vb.       to close up the mouth; to be quiet ...1859 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON YOUR FLAP
            vb.       to be quiet ...1960 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON YOUR LIP
            vb.       to close up the mouth; to be quiet ...1868 Amer. sl.
            int.       stop talking ...Bk1995 US sl.
 
BUTTON YOUR NOSE
            vb.       to be quiet ...1928 Amer. sl.
            int.       be quiet ...1928 Amer. sl.
 
BUTTON YOUR YAP
            vb.       to be quiet ...1939 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT OUT
            vb. 1.    to refrain from interrupting or intruding ...1906 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to leave ...20C sl.
            vb. 3.    to emerge; to come out of a passage or hidden place ...20C W. Indies sl.
            int.       go away! leave me alone! mind your own business! ...1960s sl.
 
BUTT PEDDLER
            n.         anyone who sells their body, as a prostitute, male or female ...1940s US sl.
 
BUTT PIRATE
            n.         a homosexual male ...1989 US sl.
 
BUTTPLATE
            n.         an inconsequential or obnoxious person ...1977 US Marine Corps usage
 
BUTT PLUG
            n. 1.                 a plug, usually rubber, inserted in the anus during sexual activity ...1980s sl.
            n. 2.     a stupid or contemptible person; a fool ...1993 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT-PLUNGER
n. 1. 1970s US sl. - a man who inserts a dildo into his own anus then walks around naked while a prostitute looks on; a general insult
n. 2. 2000s US sl. - the penis (homosexual usage)
 
BUTT-PUCKERED
            adj.       scared ...1970s US sl.
 
BUTT PUSSY
            n.         the anus; usually used in a homosexual context ...20C US sl.
 
BUTTRESS 
            n.         a person who provides essential support; an upholder of an institution or principle ...a1450
            vb.       to provide support for a belief or argument, a person, an institution ...c1400
 
BUTTRICKS
            n.         the buttocks ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BUTT RIDER
            n.         a male homosexual ...1990s US juvenile sl.
 
BUTT-RUSTLER
            n.         a male homosexual ...2000s US sl.
 
BUTTS AND BOUNDS
            n.         * the limits of a piece of land; the boundaries of a property ...a1563
 
BUTT SLUT
            n. 1.     a homosexual male, usually taking a passive role ...1990s sl.,, orig. US
            n. 2.     a woman who prefers anal to vaginal intercourse ...1990s sl.
 
BUTTS ON!
            int. 1.    a cry that calls for the right to smoke the last few puffs of another smoker's cigarette ...1930s US sl.
            int. 2.    to cry to claim someone's apple core ...1970s sl.
 
BUTT-SPRUNG
            adj.       of a garment: ill-fitting, esp. around the buttocks ...1930s US Black sl.
 
BUTT-SUCK
            vb.       to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady  ...1973 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT THE BULL OFF THE BRIDGE
            vb.       to meet the most difficult challenge or perform the most difficult task ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
BUTT THONG 
            n.         a thong bathing costume ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BUTT-UGLY
            adj.       (derogatory) very ugly; extremely homely or unattractive ...1981 Amer. colloq.
 
BUTT-WAD
            n.         lavatory paper ...1990s US sl.
 
BUTT-WHIP
            vb.       to spank, usually a child ...1970s US Black sl.
 
BUTTWHIPPED
            adj.       drunk ...1990s sl.
 
BUTTWHIPPING
            n.         a spanking ...1970s US Black sl.
 
BUTT-WIPE
            n.         toilet tissue; hence, a worthless, contemptible person; a useless, annoying person ...1971 Amer. sl.
 
BUTT-WOMAN
            n. 1.     † a woman who sells 'butts' (any of various flatfishes, as a sole, plaice, flounder, halibut, etc.); a fishwife ...1620
            n. 2.     a female official responsible for the maintenance of a church and churchyard, and for acting as an attendant to parishioners; a female sexton ...1823 Eng. dial.
 
BUTTWOOPING
            n.         a spanking ...1970s US Black sl.
 
BUTTY
            adj.       short ...20C Irish sl.
            n. 1.     a companion, workmate, or friend ...1791 UK
            n. 2.     orig. a slice of bread spread with butter; now: a filled sandwich; also, an open sandwich ...1827 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     the buttocks ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     hashish ...1980s Aust. drugs & prison sl.
 
BUVABLE
            adj.       †* drinkable ...1480
 
BUVARE
            n.         a drink ...M19 sl.
 
BUVETTE
            n. 1.     a tavern, a small inn; a refreshment bar or room ...1753
            n. 2.     a refreshment bar or room ...1774
 
BUXOM
            adj. 1.   † obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable ...c1175
            adj. 2.   † submissive, humble, meek ...a1300
            adj. 3.   † gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly ...1362
            adj. 4.   blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay ...1590 arch.
            vb.       †* to yield to, to obey ...c1305
 
BUXOMLY
            adv.      † obediently, humbly, meekly; courteously, willingly ...a1240
 
BUXOMNESS
            n. 1.     † obedience; submissiveness; lowliness, humility ...c1175
            n. 2.     † graciousness, kindly disposition; courtesy, complaisance ...a1400
            n. 3.     blitheness, gaiety ...1598 arch.
 
BUXTON BLOATERS
            n.         overweight invalids, wheeling around in bath chairs while they take the medicinal waters ...L19 sl.
 
BUXTON LIMP
            n.         the hobbling walk affected by invalids taking the waters ...L19 sl.
 
BUY
            n. 1.     a purchase of stolen or illicit goods, esp. narcotics ...1903 Amer. police & criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb. 1.    to accept as satisfactory or true; to approve or believe ...1926 sl.
            vb. 2.    to cause or bring about for oneself; to inflict upon oneself ...1932 Amer. sl.
            vb. 3.    to be charged for as a result of damaging, losing, etc. ...1938 Amer. sl.
 
BUY A BRUSH 
            vb.       to burst away with a rush, to move off abruptly, to be gone, to decamp, to make off ...1699 sl.
 
BUY A CAT IN THE SACK
            vb.       † to buy an article without first inspecting it ...c1380
 
BUY A DRINK
            vb.       to pour a drink ...1940s US sl.
 
BUY A FARM
            vb.       of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1956 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
 
BUYAL
            n.         †* the act of buying; purchase ...1612
 
BUY A PIECE OF THE GROUND
            vb.       to be bucked off a horse ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BUY A PIG IN A POKE 
vb. 1555 - to buy something without prior inspection 
 
BUY A PLOT
vb. 1954 Amer. sl. - of a pilot or airplane: to crash (esp. US Air Force usage)
 
BUY A PUP
vb. 20C sl. - to be deceived, esp. in business or financial transactions 
 
BUY A SALAD
vb. 1990s W. Indies sl. - to be rendered stupid 
 
BUY AT DEAR HAND
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. - to buy in small quantities at retail prices 
 
BUY A TICKET
vb. 1. L19 sl. - to die
vb. 2. 1970s sl. - to trust, to tolerate, to accept someone's statements 
vb. 3. 1980s sl. - to call someone's bluff 
 
BUY A TRUNK
vb. 1934 Amer. - to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country (Western usage)
 
BUY A WOLF TICKET
vb. 1980s US sl. - to capitulate to verbal intimidation (African-American usage)
 
BUY A WOOF TICKET
vb. 1980s US sl. - to capitulate to verbal intimidation (African-American usage)
 
BUY COTTON
vb. 1960 Amer. dial. - to do nothing 
 
BUYER
n. 20C UK sl. - a receiver of stolen goods (criminals' & police usage)
 
BUYER'S REMORSE 
n. 1966 - a feeling of regret experienced after making a purchase, typically one regarded as unnecessary or too expensive
 
BUY INTO
vb. 1910s sl. - to a accept, to believe 
 
BUY IT
vb. 1. 1825 sl. - to suffer a serious reverse; to get into a finishing situation 
vb. 2. 1920 sl. - to be killed; also, to die 
vb. 3. 1920s sl. - of an inanimate object: to be broken or destroyed 
 
BUY NEW SHOES
vb. 1920s US sl. - to jump bail 
 
BUY ONE
vb. 1929 Amer. sl. - to be killed, as in air combat (orig. military aviation usage)
 
BUY ONE'S BOOTS IN CROOKED LANE AND ONE'S STOCKINGS IN BANDY-LEGGED WALK
vb. L18 sl. - to have bandy legs 
 
BUY ONE'S WOOF TICKET 
vb. Bk2006 US sl. - to challenge someone's boast or taunt 
 
BUY ON THE NEVER TICK
vb. 1920s sl. - to buy on credit 
 
BUY OUT
vb. 1950s US sl. - to escape, to avoid a predicament 
 
BUY REAL ESTATE
vb. 1977 Amer. sl. - to be killed (military usage)
 
BUY SOMEONE A HAT
vb. 1910s US - to bribe someone (euphemism)
 
BUY SOMEONE'S THIRST
vb. L19 sl. - to pay for someone's drink (orig. US)
 
BUY THE BABY NEW SHOES
vb. 20C US sl. - to act in a purposeful manner 
 
BUY THE BABY SHOES
vb. 20C US sl. - to act in a purposeful manner
 
BUY THE BIG ONE 
            vb.       to die ...1980s US sl.
 
BUY THE DICK
            vb.       to get into trouble; to get hurt; to die ...1970 US sl.
 
BUY THE FARM
            vb. 1.    of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1955 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
            vb. 2.    to be killed; hence, to die ...1958 Amer. sl., orig. military
            vb. 3.    to get into a disastrous situation ...1961 Amer. sl.
 
BUY THE LOT
            vb.       to be killed; hence, to die ...1970 Amer. sl., orig. military
 
BUY THE RABBIT
            vb. 1.    * to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly ...1807 sl.
            vb. 2.    to be worsted; to be made to suffer ...1825 sl.
 
BUY THE RANCH
            vb.       to be killed; to die ...1963 sl., orig. services' usage, denoting being killed in action
 
BUY THE REAL ESTATE
            vb.       to be killed ...1977 Amer. military sl.
 
BUY THE RING
            vb.       to perform anal intercourse ...1980s sl.
 
BUY THE SACK
            vb.       to become tipsy; to get drunk ...c1720 sl.
 
BUY THE SHOP
            vb.       of a pilot or airplane: to crash ...1954 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force usage
 
BUY THE WAD
            vb.       to be inflicted with the worst; to suffer whatever is worst  ...1968 Amer. sl.
 
BUY-UP
            n.         a prisoner's weekly allowance and the purchases they make ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
 
BUY UP AN ORCHARD
            vb.       to have a serious road accident ...1971 Amer. trucking sl.
 
BUZ
            n. 1.     a pickpocket ...E18 sl.
            n. 2.     the picking of pockets ...L18 sl.
            n. 3.     purse-snatching ...1950s US criminals' sl.
            vb. 1.    to drain a glass or bottle; occasionally, to share the last bottle of wine equally among all drinkers, when there is not enough for a whole glass each ...E18 sl.
            vb. 1.    to pick pockets ...L18 sl.
            vb. 2.    to cheat ...L19 sl.
            vb. 3.    to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
            vb. 4.    to beg ...1910s Aust. & US tramps' sl.
            vb. 5.    to work as a purse-snatcher ...1950s US criminals' sl.
 
BUZ-BLOAK
            n.         a pickpocket who specializes in loose cash and purses, as opposed to jewellery or handkerchiefs ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
 
BUZ-COVE
            n.         a pickpocket ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
 
BUZ-FAKER
            n.         a pickpocket, esp. one who makes the victims drunk before robbing them ...19C sl.
 
BUZ-FAKING
            n.         picking pockets ...E19 sl.
 
BUZ-GLOAK 
            n.         a pickpocket ...1819 thieves sl.
 
BUZHIE 
            adj.       middle-class ...Bk2006 US sl.
            n.         a middle-class person ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BUZ-KNACKER
            n.         a trainer of young pickpockets ...M19 sl.
 
BUZ-MAN
            n. 1.     a pickpocket ...1832 thieves' sl.
            n. 2.     a police spy; an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
 
BUZ-WIG
            n.         a pompous fool ...M19 sl.
 
BUZWUZ
            n.         nonsense ...L19 sl.
 
BUZZ
            n. 1.     a prevailing rumour ...1612
            n. 2.     † a groundless fancy, a whim ...a1616
            n. 3.     busy activity; stir ...1628
            n. 4.     a thief ...E18 sl.
            n. 5.     a pickpocket ...E18 sl.
            n. 6.     the picking of pockets ...L18 sl.
            n. 7.     a feeling of mild intoxication, as from liquor or drugs ...1849 Amer. sl.
            n. 8.     a quizzing; an interviewing with an ulterior purpose, as by a criminal or a police officer ...1929 Amer. sl.
            n. 9.     chatter, conversation ...1930 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    a telephone call ...1930 Amer. colloq.
            n. 11.    a feeling of excitement or euphoria, esp. one induced by a stimulant; a thrill, a 'kick' ...1937 sl., orig. US
            n. 12.    a warning ...1930s US criminals' sl.
            n. 13.    a call on an intercom ...1930s US sl.
            n. 14.    a kiss ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 15.    a nickname for a brother ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 16.    purse-snatching ...1950s US criminals' sl.
            n. 17.    a close haircut given with electric clippers ...1977 Amer. sl.
            n. 18.    any form of sensation, good or bad ...1970s sl.
            n. 19.    nonsense ...1970s sl.
            n. 20.    phencyclidine ...1970s drugs sl.
            vb. 1.    to speak indistinctly; to mutter, to murmur busily ...1555 arch.
            vb. 2.    to tell in a low murmur or whisper; to communicate privately and busily ...1583 arch.
            vb. 3.    to spread as a rumour, with whispering or busy talk ...1616
            vb. 4.    to drain a glass or bottle; occasionally, to share the last bottle of wine equally among all drinkers, when there is not enough for a whole glass each ...E18 sl.
            vb. 5.    to drink to the last drop in the bottle ...1785
            vb. 6.    to rob a person, as by pickpocketing or purse-snatching ...1789 criminals' sl.
            vb. 7.    to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition ...1866 Amer. sl.
            vb. 8.    to question a person; to interview ...1871 Amer. sl.
            vb. 9.    to throw swiftly or forcibly ...1893 colloq.
            vb. 10. to talk ...1899 Amer. sl.
            vb. 11.  to scold, to tell off ...L19 US sl.
            vb. 12.  to cheat ...L19 sl.
            vb. 13. to be lively, busy, or exciting ...1906 colloq.
            vb. 14. to telephone or to use an intercom ...1916 Amer. sl.
            vb. 15. to solicit handouts from a person or on a street; to beg from ...1917 Amer. hobo sl.
            vb. 16. to go off or away quickly; to leave ...1925 sl.
            vb. 17.  of a person: to be in a state of stimulation or excitement; to be intoxicated or 'high', esp. on drugs ...1927 sl.
            vb. 18. to court, to have a date ...1928 Amer. dial.
            vb. 19.  to happen ...1920s sl.
            vb. 20. to go fast ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            vb. 21. to fly a plane very low over a building, field, etc....1944 Amer. sl.
            vb. 22.  to kiss ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
            vb. 23. to annoy, to irritate ...1952 Amer. sl.
            vb. 24.  to make, to prepare, to put on ...1950s sl.
            vb. 25.  to become lively, energetic; esp. of the atmosphere at a party or the performance of a rock band ...1950s sl.
            vb. 26.  to drive around town in one's car, looking for amusement ...1960s US teen sl.
            vb. 27.  to become excited ...1960s teen sl.
            vb. 28.  to fail to stop at a red traffic light ...2000s US sl.
 
BUZZA
            vb.       to challenge someone to empty what remains of a bottle into their glass and then to drink it all down ...L18 sl.
 
BUZZA?
            int.       what's up? ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BUZZ ABOUT 
            vb.       to bustle about in an annoying manner ...Bk1999 
 
BUZZ ALONG
            vb. 1.    to depart ...1914 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to go fast; to drive rapidly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZARD
            adj.       senseless, stupid ...1592
            n. 1.     a worthless, stupid, or ignorant person ...1377
            n. 2.     a foolish or despicable person; a contemptible old man ...1641
            n. 3.     a gold or silver dollar ...1834 Amer. sl.
            n. 4.     a native or resident of Georgia ...1845 Amer. jocular
            n. 5.     a botched job; a badly-spoiled piece of work ...1871 Amer. sl.
            n. 6.     a military discharge certificate ...1888 Amer. military usage
            n. 7.     an oppressive, arrogant person, jealous of rivalry and vindictive ...1889 US sl.
            n. 8.     a naval petty officer ...1894 US Navy usage
            n. 9.     a worthless horse ...1907 Amer. sl.
            n. 10.    a filthy child ...1900s US sl.
            n. 11.    a war correspondent ...1914 Amer. army usage
            n. 12.    a policeman ...1910s US criminals' sl.
            n. 13.    a second-rate thief; one who preys on women ...1910s US tramps' sl.
            n. 14.    a beggar, the lowest form of tramp ...1910s US criminals' sl.
            n. 15.    an enemy airplane ...1925 Amer. army usage
            n. 16.    the eagle worn as insignia by a colonel or naval captain ...1930s US military usage
            n. 17.    an airplane pilot ...1937 Amer. jocular
            n. 18.    chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall ...1941 Amer. military usage
            n. 19.    the American eagle ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 20.    an animal, a creature ...1950s sl.
            n. 21.    an unattractive woman ...1980s sl.
 
BUZZARD-BAIT
n. 1. 1851 Amer. sl. - a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person
n. 2. 1905 Amer. dial. - a thin, sickly animal; an emaciated horse
 
BUZZARD-BUSTER
            n.         a member of an antiaircraft unit ...1942 Amer. army usage
 
BUZZARD CHRISTIAN
            n.         a person who goes to church only for funerals, or only for dinners ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZARD COLONEL
            n.         a full colonel ...1930s US military usage
 
BUZZARD DETAIL
            n.         a graves-registration detail ...1948 Amer. army usage
 
BUZZARD DOLLAR
            n.         a silver or gold dollar as opposed to a trade dollar ...1889 Amer. finance usage
 
BUZZARDISM 
            n.         conduct resembling that of the buzzard; cowardice ...1659
 
BUZZARD LOPE
            n.         an ungainly running gait ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZARDLY
            adj.       † stupid, senseless ...1561
 
BUZZARD MEAT
            n. 1.     a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person ...1899 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an emaciated horse ...1932 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     chicken or turkey ...1944 Amer. military usage
 
BUZZARD RELIGION
            n.         the 'religion' practiced by one who goes to church only for funerals ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZARD ROOST
            n. 1.     a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     an upper balcony in a theatre ...1920 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZARD SHIT
            n.         vile or unappetizing food ...1939 Amer. military usage
 
BUZZARD'S ROOST
            n. 1.     a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building ...1889 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     the upper balcony of a theatre ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZARD'S ROW
            n.         the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZARD STORM
            n.         a period of very cold weather in spring ...1954 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZAROON
            n.         an umbrella ...19C Eng. dial.
 
BUZZ AROUND LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY
            vb. to be excessively busy, often to the detriment of others; to rush around headlong ...L19 sl.
 
BUZZ BOMB
            n. 1.     a German World War II V-1 winged robot bomb powered by a ramjet engine ...1940s Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a strong cocktail ...1945 Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     nitrous oxide ...1980s US drugs sl.
 
BUZZ BOOK
            n.         a best-selling book; a book everyone is talking about ...1970s Amer. sl.
 
BUZZ-BOX 
            n.         a motorcar ...1920 sl.
 
BUZZ BOY
            n.         a fighter pilot; a member of an air force; used derisively ...1944 Amer. military usage
 
BUZZ BUGGY
            n.         an automobile, esp. a cheap one ...1911 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZ-BUZZ
            n. 1.     unintelligible or tedious noise, esp. continuous vociferation ...1908 Amer. sl.
            n. 2.     a car, esp. an old one ...1909 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to converse ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZ CRUNCHER
            n.         a person or thing that destroys a feeling of euphoria; a killjoy or spoilsport ...1980s US college sl.
 
BUZZ-CRUSHER
            n.         someone or something that ruins or dampens one's pleasure; a killjoy or spoilsport ...1980s Amer. student sl.
 
BUZZ CUT
            n.         a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer.
 
BUZZED
            adj. 1.   intoxicated by liquor or drugs ...1952 Amer. sl.
            adj. 2.   excited, thrilled, stimulated ...1996 sl.
 
BUZZED HAIR
            n.         a cutting off of all or most of the hair ...1990s Amer. sl.
 
BUZZED OUT
            adj. 1.   intoxicated by liquor or drugs ...c1970 Amer. sl.
            adj. 2.   dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, dazed ...1980 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZED UP
            adj.       drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZER
            n. 1.     a pickpocket ...1862 sl.
            n. 2.     a confidence trickster who fools a shopkeeper into parting with a gold sovereign using sleight of hand and some hidden wax ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     any form of car ...20C sl.
            n. 4.     a police or other law-enforcement badge ...1914 Amer. sl.
            n. 5.     a military discharge certificate ...1918 Amer. army usage
            n. 6.     a fast throw ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            n. 7.     a mosquito ...1954 Amer. dial.
            n. 8.     a kiss ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 9.     a nickname for a brother ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 10.    a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
 
BUZZER BEATER 
            n.         something done, finished or accomplished at the last possible moment before a deadline ...1997, orig. US basketball usage
 
BUZZ-FAKING
            n.         picking pockets ...E19 sl.
 
BUZZGLOAK 
            n.         a pickpocket ...1819 thieves sl.
 
BUZZIE
            n.         a traveller ...2000s Irish sl.
 
BUZZIES
            n.         the female breasts ...1970s sl.
 
BUZZ IN
            vb.       to arrive, to enter ...1930s Amer. sl.
 
BUZZIN'
            adj.       drunk ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
 
BUZZING 
            adj. 1.   lively, exciting, active; busy, popular ...1882 colloq.
            adj. 2.   drunk ...2000s US college sl.
            n.         stealing, esp. picking pockets ...1819 thieves' sl.
 
BUZZING ACADEMY
            n.         a training school for pickpockets ...Bk1921 sl.
 
BUZZING LAY
            n.         stealing, esp. picking pockets ...1819 thieves' sl.
 
BUZZ IT
            vb.       to relax, to stay calm ...1950s US sl.
 
BUZZ JOB
            n.         an instance of flying very low so as to frighten or impress persons on the ground ...1943 Amer. aviation usage
 
BUZZ-KILL
            n.         someone or something that ruins or dampens one's pleasure; a killjoy ...1992 Amer. student sl.
            int.       an exclamation of disappointment and irritation; too bad! that's awful! ...1980s US college sl.
 
BUZZ-KNACKER
            n.         a trainer of young pickpockets ...M19 sl.
 
BUZZMAKER
            n.         a particularly potent mixed drink, often a shooter ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BUZZMAN 
            n. 1.     a pickpocket ...1832 thieves' sl.
            n. 2.     an informer ...M19 US criminals' sl.
 
BUZZ NAPPER
            n.         a young pickpocket ...Bk1890 sl.
 
BUZZ NAPPER'S ACADEMY
            n.         a school in which  young thieves are trained to the art ...Bk1890 sl.
 
BUZZ OFF
            vb. 1.    to go away; to leave; to depart ...1914 sl.
            vb. 2.    to ring off on the telephone ...1914
            vb. 3.    to send someone away curtly ...1967 Amer. sl.
            vb. 4.    to die ...1970 Amer. dial.
            int. 1.    go away! ...1925 sl.
            int. 2.    shut up! ...1960 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZOLOGUE
            n.         a conversation; discussion ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZ ON
            n.         a feeling of mild intoxication, as from liquor or drugs ...1948 Amer. sl.
 
BUZZSAW 
            n.         a gossip ...Bk1942 US sl.
 
BUZZSTOMP
            n. 1.     an unpleasant experience or event ...1980s US college sl.
            n. 2.     an unpleasant person, esp. one who ruins a hitherto enjoyable time ...1980s US college sl.
int.       an exclamation of disappointment and irritation; too bad! that's awful! ...1980s US college sl.
 
BUZZ STRIPPER
            n.         a person or thing that destroys a feeling of euphoria; a killjoy or spoilsport ...1980s US college sl.
 
BUZZ TAIL
            n.         a rattlesnake ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZ THE MAIN STEM
            vb.       to be along a town's main street ...L19 sl.
 
BUZZ-WAGON
            n.         an automobile ...1903 Amer. jocular
 
BUZZ-WIG 
            n. 1.     a large bushy wig ...1816
            n.         a person wearing a large bushy wig ..1832
 
BUZZ WIRE
            n.         a telephone or telegraph line ...Amer. World War I sl.
 
BUZZ WOOD
            vb.       to snore ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZWORTHY
            adj.       worthy of attention and gossip ...Amer. sl.
 
BUZZY
            adj. 1.   intoxicated; tipsy ...1736 sl.
            adj. 2.   crazy, eccentric ...L19 sl.
            adj. 3.   bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            adj. 4.   of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated ...1978
            adj. 5.   popular, fashionable, much-talked-about ...1982
            adj. 6.   thrilling ...2000s sl.
            n.         a nickname for a brother ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BUZZY HOUSE
n. 1908 Amer. sl. - an insane asylum
 
BVDs
            n.         underwear, esp. long underwear ...1920s Amer. sl.
 
B.V.H.
            n.         the penis (Blue Veined Hooligan) ...1990s sl.
 
BWAI
            n.         a boy ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
            int. 1.    an exclamation of excitement or pleasure ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
            int. 2.    an exclamation of surprise or disdain ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
 
B-WAY
            n.         Broadway, a major avenue in New York City ...1850 Amer. sl.
 
B.W.O.C.
            n.         a socially prominent college woman; a 'big woman on campus' ...1934 Amer. student sl.
 
BWOY
            n.         a boy ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
            int. 1.    an exclamation of excitement or pleasure ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
            int. 2.    an exclamation of surprise or disdain ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.

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BY  -  BYZ

​BY
            n.         † a place of habitation; a village or town ...c950
 
BY A CONSIDERABLE SIGHT
            adv.      by a long way, by a good deal. usually as a negative, such as 'not by a considerable sight' ...E19
 
BY A DAMN SIGHT
            adv.      by a long way, by a good deal. usually as a negative, such as 'not by a damn sight' ...E19
 
BY A DARN SIGHT
            adv.      by a long way, by a good deal. usually as a negative, such as 'not by a darn sight' ...E19
 
BY A JUGFUL
            adv.      by a great deal, 'by a long chalk'; usually used in the negative ...E19 US sl.
 
BY A LITTLE
            adv.      gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BY ALL THAT'S BLUE! 
            int.       an exclamation expressing surprise, emphatic confirmation, etc. ...1829
 
BY A LONG CHALK
            adv.      in a great degree; by far ...1846
 
BY A LONG SHOT
            adv.      by a good distance, by a considerable amount; usually used in the negative ...M19
 
BY A LONG SIGHT
            adv.      by a long way, by a good deal. usually as a negative, such as 'not by a long sight' ...E19
 
BY A LONG WAYS
            adv.      by far; far and away ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BY-AM-BY
            adv.      by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
 
BY A NOSE
            adv.      by a narrow margin, barely ...1908 Amer. sl.
 
BY A SIDE-WIND
            phr.      in an indirect method or manner ...1648
 
BY A SLUMP
            adv.      as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
 
BY A STREET
            adv.      by a long way ...20C
 
BY A TEXAS MILE
            phr.      by a great distance or amount ...1984 Amer. dial.
 
BY-A-WHISKER
            adj.       very nearly tied; very close ...1970s Amer. sl.
 
BYBIDDER 
            n.         a person at an auction who bids with the object of raising the prices ...1848
 
BY BIRD
            adv.      by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BY-BLOW 
            n.         one who comes into the world by a side stroke; an illegitimate child, a bastard ...1595
 
BY CAIN!
            int.       a mild oath ...1819 Amer. sl.
 
BY CHALKS
            adv.      by a long way; often used in the negative, as 'not by chalks' ...L19 Aust. sl.
 
BY-CHILD
            n.         an illegitimate child ...1894 Eng. dial.
 
BY-CHOP
            n.         a bastard ...a1637
 
BY CHRISTCHURCH!
            int.       by Christ! ,,,1940s NZ & UK euphemism
 
BY CHRIST'S WOUNDS!
            int.       an oath ...M14
 
BY CRACKER!
            int.       a mild oath ...1972 US
 
BY CRACKEY; BY CRACKY!
            int.       By Christ! ...1800s Amer. euphemism
 
BY CRIPES!
            int.       an exclamation ...1910
 
BY DAD!
            int.       a mild oath ...1678
 
BY DANG!
            int.       damn! ...L18 euphemism
 
BY DASH!
            int.       damn! ...M19 sl.
 
BY DINGY!
            int.       a weak oath (rhymes with 'clingy') ...19C
 
BY DIRR! 
            int.       a common oath ...1891 Eng. dial. 
 
BY-DWELLER
            n.         † one who dwells close by or near; a neighbour ...1611
 
BYE
            phr.      goodbye ...1709
 
BYE-BLOW 
            n.         one who comes into the world by a side stroke; an illegitimate child, a bastard ...1595
 
BYE-BYE
            adj.       unconscious or asleep; hence, dead ...1913 Amer. sl.
            n.         a nursery word for sleep ...1867
 
BYE-BYES
            n.         a nursery word for sleep ...1867
 
BYE-DRINK
            n.         an alcoholic dink taken other than at mealtimes ...M18 sl.
 
BYEE
            phr.      goodbye ...1964
 
BY FIRE! 
            int.       a mild oath ...1916 Amer. dial. 
 
BY FITS AND FEAGS
            adv.      †* by fits and starts ...1600 
 
BYFRAP
            vb.       †* to beat about, to thrash ...c1380
 
BY GAD!
            int.       * By God! ...1611
 
BY GADS-LID!
            int.       an exclamation ...1598
 
BY GADS-NIGGERS!
            int.       an exclamation ...1657
 
BY GAM! 
int.       a disguised oath ...1762 Eng. dial. 
 
BY GAR! 
            int.       an oath and exclamation ...L16
 
BY GARY!
            int.       exclamation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BY GEE AND JAY!
            int.       an exclamation and oath; By God and Jesus! ...Bk1982
 
BY GEORGE!
            int.       a mild exclamation of surprise, approval, determination, emphasis, etc. ...1731
 
BY GHOST!
            int.       a general exclamation ...1960s Aust.
 
BY GIGS!
            int.       9by Jesus! ...M16 euphemism
 
BY GINGER!
            int.       by Jesus! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GIS!
            int.       by Jesus ...16C euphemism
 
BY-GOD
            adv.      used as a general intensifier, as 'the by-god worst thing ever' ...L19 US
 
BY GOD AND BY GUESS
            adv.      haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BY GODFREY!
            int.       an exclamation ...1868 Amer. dial.
 
BY GODFREY CAESAR!
            int.       an exclamation ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BY GODFREY MIGHTY!
            int.       an exclamation ...1904 Amer. dial.
 
BY GOD'S DINES!
            int.       a mild oath ...L16
 
BY GOD'S SONTIES!
            int.       † an oath ...1596
 
BY GOLES!
            int.       by God! ...E18 euphemism
 
BY GOLEY!
            int.       by God! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GOLLIES!
            int.       by God! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GOLLY!
            int.       by God! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GONNIES!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc. ...1931 Amer. dial.
 
BY GOOD GRAVY!
            int.       by God! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GOOD RIGHTS
            phr.      it should be so ...Bk1903 sl.
 
BY GOR!
            int.       by God! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY GORRY!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise ...1854 Amer. dial.
 
BY GOSH!
            int.       by God! ...M18 euphemism
 
BY GRABS! 
            int.       an expression of surprise or annoyance ...1898 Amer. dial. euphemism for 'by God'
 
BY GRANNY!
            int.       an exclamation of astonishment ...M19
 
BY GRAVY! 
            int.       used as a mild oath or as an expression of surprise or annoyance ...1831 Amer. dial. 
 
BY GREAT JINGO!
            int.       a mild oath ...1871 sl.
 
BY GUESS AND BY DAMNED
            adv.      haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BY GUESS AND BY GAR
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GOD
adv. 1923 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GODFREY
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GOLLY
adv. 1914 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GORRY
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GOSH
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss
 
BY GUESS AND BY GRACIOUS
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY GUY
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS AND BY JINGO
adv. 1965 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUESS OR BY GOD
adv. 1963 Amer. dial. - haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss 
 
BY GUINEA!
int. 20C US colloq. - an exclamation and oath; "By God!" 
 
BY GUM!
int. c1815 - an exclamation of surprise or astonishment 
 
BY GUMMY! 
int. 1872 Amer. dial. - a mild oath 
 
BY HAB OR BY NAB
adv. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - by hook or by crook; by any means necessary; anyhow, anyway 
 
BY HABS AND NABS
adj. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - at odd moments, or in intervals of leisure; piecemeal 
 
BY HALF!
int. L17 - an emphatic intensifier 
 
BY HALF LIGHTS
adv. a1711 - indistinctly, vaguely, dimly 
 
BY HALVERS
adv. 1867 Amer. dial. - incompletely 
 
BY HAND
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. - on foot 
 
BY-HANGER
n. a1626 obs. - a hanger-on; a parasite 
 
BY HAP
adv. 1388 obs. - by chance, casually; perhaps 
 
BY HEAD AND SHOULDERS
adv. 1. 1581 - by force, violently 
adv. 2. 1864 - considerably, by far 
 
BY HEAPS
adv. 1523 obs. - in crowds, in large quantities, in great numbers 
 
BY HEAVENS! 
int. 1610 - an asseveration 
 
BY-HECK
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BY-HECKITY
            adj.       boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BY HELL'S PEEKHOLE! 
            int.       an oath ...1944 Amer. dial.
 
BY HEN! 
            int.       a mild oath; hell! ...1907 Amer. dial. 
 
BYHIRNE
            vb.       †* to hide in a corner ...1394
 
BY HIS HOOKERS!
            int.       an exclamation and oath ...E17
 
BY HOKEY!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...19C US
 
BY HOKY-POKY!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...19C US
 
BY HOOK OR BY THRAW
            adv.      by hook or by crook, anyway, anyhow ...1890 Sc.
 
BY HOOKY!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...19C US
 
BYHORE
            vb.       † to commit adultery against ...c1440
 
BY JACKS!
            int.       a mild oath ...1931 Amer. dial.
 
BY JACKSON!
            int.       by Jesus! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY JAIMMINTY!
            int.       an exclamation or quasi-oath ...1900 Ireland
 
BY JAKLE!
            int.       a disguised oath ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BY JAPERS
            int.       a low oath ...1821
 
BY JAPPERS
            int.       a low oath ...1821
 
BY JAYKLE!
            int.       a disguised oath ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BY JEEMS' COUSIN!
            int.       a mild oath ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BY JEEMS RICE!
            int.       a mild oath ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BY JEEPERS!
            int.       a mild oath ...1930 Amer. dial.
 
BY JEEZ!
            int.       a mild oath ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BY JEHOSAPHAT!
            int.       an exclamation or mild oath ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BY JEHOSHAPHAT!
            int.       an oath and an exclamation, possibly avoiding "Jesus" ...20C
 
BY JERPS! 
            int.       an expression of astonishment ...1927 Amer. dial.
 
BY JERUSALEM! 
            int.       a mild oath ...1840 Amer. dial.
 
BY-JESUS
            n.         the guts, the stuffing, the 'daylights' ...1940s sl.
 
BY JESWAX!
            int.       a mild oath ...1895 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIBBERS! 
            int.       a mild oath ...1924 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIGGERS! 
            int.       an exclamation of annoyance or disgust ...1924 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIM! 
            int.       a mild oath ...1866 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIMINY 
            int.       a mild oath ...1867 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIMINY CRICKET 
            int.       an exclamation of surprise ...1848 Amer. dial.
 
BY JIMMINY
            int.       by Jesus! ...E19 euphemism
 
BY JIMMY
            int.       by Jesus! ...E19 euphemism
 
BY JING! 
            int.       an asseveration ...1785 Sc. 
 
BY JINGO!
            int.       a mild oath...1691-2 sl.
 
BY JINKS!
            int.       by Jesus! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY JIS!
            int.       by Jesus! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY JOCKS!
            int.       an oath and exclamation ...20C US sl.
 
BY JOCKUM!
            int.       an oath and exclamation ...20C US sl.
 
BY-JOE
            adj.       excellent; first-rate (French 'bijou')...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            int.       ('by Joe!) by Jesus! ...M19 euphemism
 
BY JOE BEESWAX!
            int.       an ejaculation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BY JOVE!
            int.       by God! ...L16
 
BY JUPITER!
            int.       an exclamation ...17C
 
BYKE
            n.         a bisexual woman ...1990s US homosexual sl.
 
BYKER TEA-CAKE
            n.         a head-butt ...1990s sl.
 
BY KING!
            int.       a mild oath ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
BYKING
            n.         a hive, a swarm ...1822 Sc.
 
BY LADYKIN!
            int.       an oath or exclamation ...1812 Eng. dial.
 
BYLAND
            n.         † a peninsula ...1577
 
BY LEDDY!
            int.       an exclamation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BY LITTLES
            adv.      gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BY MANY FARS 
            adv.      by many degrees, very much ...1790 Sc. 
 
BYMEBY
            adv.      by and by, presently ...1825 Amer. dial.
 
BY MEGGINS!
            int.       an oath or exclamation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BYMODERED
            adj.       † besmeared with mud; bemired ...a1307
 
BY MY CADAVER!
            int.       a mild oath ...L19 Cockney usage
 
BY MY FAY!
            int.       † a quasi-oath ...a1300 
 
BY MY FIG!
            int.       an exclamation of astonishment or emphasis ...M17
 
BY MY FIGGINS!
            int.       an exclamation of astonishment or emphasis ...M17
 
BY MY HEAD
            phr.      by simple reasoning or intuition ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BY MY HOOD!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...L14
 
BY MY OWN HEAD
            phr.      by simple reasoning or intuition ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BY MY SALUTED AUNT!
            int.       an exclamation and mock oath ...20C colloq.
 
BY MY SANG!
            int.       a mild expletive of asseveration or surprise; by Jove!, upon my word! ...1790 Sc.
 
BY MY SOWKINS!
            int.       an exclamation of assertion ...1900s Aust.
 
BY MY VIRGINITY!
            int.       an exclamation and mild oath ...20C
 
BY NAILS AND BY BLOOD!
            int.       † an oath ...c1386
 
BY NAVY
            adv.      † by ship ...c1400
 
BY NED!
            int.       a mild oath...1853 Amer. dial.
 
B.Y.O.
            phr.      Bring Your Own; refers to bringing drinks to a party or an unlicensed restaurant ...1960s Aust. & US
 
BYO
            n.         a cradle ...1902 Amer. dial.
 
B.Y.O.B.
            phr.      Bring Your Own Bottle ...1950s Aust. & US
 
BY ODD
            adv.      † separately, by itself, alone ...c1330
 
BY ODDS
            adv.      by far, considerably ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BY ODDS AND BOBS
adv. 1805 Eng. dial. - piecemeal, at odd times 
 
B.Y.O.G.
phr. 1960s Aust. sl. - Bring Your Own Grog 
 
B.Y.O.L.
phr. 1960s Aust. & US sl. - Bring Your Own Liquor
 
BY ONE'S LEE-LANE
adv. 1878 Sc. - quite alone, by oneself 
 
BY ONE'S LONE
phr. 1910 Amer. dial. - alone, by oneself 
 
BY PARCELS 
adv. 1412-20 arch.  - a part at a time, piecemeal 
 
BY-PASS
vb. 1848 rare - to pass, to surpass 
 
BYPASSER
n. 1904 Amer. dial. - a passerby 
 
BYPAST
adj. 1425 obs. - that has passed out of life; deceased, departed
 
BY SAGGS!
int. 1898 Sc. - a mild expletive of asseveration or surprise; by Jove!, upon my word! 
 
BY SALMON!
int. a1550 cant. obs. - an oath or asseveration 
 
BY SANG!
int. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a petty oath 
 
BY SANNIES!
int. 1839 Ireland - a mild oath 
 
BYSAWE
n. c1225 obs. - a current saying; a proverb 
 
BY-SCAPE
n. 1646 obs. rare - a bastard 
 
BY SCISSORS!
int. Bk1913 Amer. dial. - a mild oath
 
BYSCORN
            n.         †* contempt, scorn ...1387
            vb.       † to cover with scorn ...c1386
 
BYSEN
            adj.       † monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful ...c1375
            n.         † something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; a sorry spectacle; a disgraceful thing ...a1525
            vb.       † to liken, to compare ...c1325
 
BYSENING
            adj.       † ill-boding, portentous; monstrous; frightful ...c1375
 
BY-SLIP
            n. 1.     † a casual or trivial fault ...1612
            n. 2.     † a bastard ...a1670
 
BY SLUMP
            adv.      as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate ...L17 Sc.
 
BY-SON
            n.         an illegitimate son ...1887 Eng. dial.
 
BYSPARKIT
            adj.       † bespattered, spotted ...1513 Sc.
 
BYSPEL
            n.         † an illegitimate child ...1781
 
BYSS
            vb. 1.    † to sing or hum children to sleep ...1440
            vb. 2.    † to hiss or fizz, as in the fire ...a1522
 
BYSTOUR
            n.         † a loud, rude talker; a braggart, a bully ...1535 Sc.
 
BY SUCCESSION(S)
            adv.      † successively ...1432-50
 
BY SUNDRIES
            adv.      † individually; separately ...a1400-50 
 
BYSWELT
            vb.       †* to burn, to scorch ...c1420
 
BYSWENKE
            vb.       † to work hard; to exert oneself, to labour ...a1400
 
BY-SYBBE
            n.         † a relative ...c1440
 
BYSYM
            n.         † something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight, a sorry spectacle, a disgraceful thing ...1568 Sc.
 
B.Y.T.
            n.         Bright Young Things ...2000s sl.
 
BYTE
            n.         money ... Bk1903 sl.
 
BY-TERM
            n.         † a by-name, a nickname ...1579
 
BY THE BACK DOOR 
            adv.      secretly or unofficially ...Bk1999 
 
BY THE BALD-HEADED JEWS!
            int.       a mild profanity ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE BIG HOOK-BLOCK!
            int.       a mild oath ...1867 Amer. nautical  sl.
 
BY THE BIRD
            adv.      by the most direct route, as the crow flies ...1982 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE BOARD
            adj.       correct ...World War II Amer. Army sl.
 
BY THE BONES OF DAVY JONES!
            int.       a mild oath ...1910s Aust. sl.
 
BY THE BOOK
            adv.      according to correct procedures; as one should under regulations, law, contract, etc. ...1840s Amer.
 
BY THE BOXCAR
            adj.       in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
 
BY THE BUTTONS! 
            int.       an oath, expletive ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BY THE CARLOAD
            adj.       in great quantity, numerous ...1960s Amer. sl.
 
BY THE CLOCK
            adv. 1.  absolutely, definitely ...1910s US sl.
            adv. 2.  manifestly, clearly, evidently ...c1920 Amer. sl.
 
BY THE CRINGE!
            int.       by Christ! ...1980s euphemism
 
BY THE DIRRS! 
            int.       a common oath ...1891 Eng. dial. 
 
BY THE ELEVENS!
            int.       an exclamation and oath ...B1900
 
BY THE ETERNAL!
            int.       an exclamation and oath ...B1900
 
BY THE ETERNAL GOD!
            int.       n exclamation and oath ...B1900
 
BY THE GOOD KATTY!
            int.       a mild oath, 'by the good St. Catherine ...L19 UK sl.
 
BY THE GREAT ANCHOR!
            int.       by God!                        M19 euphemism
 
BY THE GREAT HORN-SPOON!
            int.       exclamation of surprise ...1860 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE HARDEST
            adv.      with great difficulty ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE HEAD
            adj.       slightly intoxicated ...1860 sl.
 
BY THE HEAD AND EARS
            adv.      roughly, violently, as one drags a beast ...1590
 
BY THE HOKEY!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...19C US
 
BY THE HOKY-POKY!
            int.       a mild exclamation ...19C US
 
BY THE HOLY!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise, excitement, alarm, etc. ...19C
 
BY THE HOLY IRON!
            int.       a general oath ...19C
 
BY THE HOLY POKER!
            int.       a general oath ...19C
 
BY THE HOLY POKER AND THE TUMBLING TOM!
            int.       a general oath ...19C
 
BY THE HOLY POKER OF HELL
            int.       a general oath ...19C
 
BY THE HOOK-BLOCK!
            int.       a mild oath ...1833 Amer. nautical  sl.
 
BY THE HORN AND THE HOOF!
            int.       an exclamation ...17C
 
BY THE JUMPING JOHN ROGERS!
            int.       an exclamation ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE LITTLES
            adv.      gradually, little by little ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE LIVING JINGO!
            int.       a mild oath ...1766 sl.
 
BY THE LIVIN' LAWS!
            int.       a form of affirmation ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BY THE LORD HARRY!
            int.       exclamation expressing surprise or assertion ...1687
 
BY THE LORD OF HEAVEN!
int. 20C colloq. - an oath and an exclamation
 
BY THE MACK!
int. c1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - an exclamatory form of asseveration 
 
BY THE MACKINS!
int. c1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - an exclamatory form of asseveration 
 
BY THE MAN!
int. 1885 Eng. dial. - an expletive 
 
BY THE MASKINS!
int. 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - by the mass! an asseverative exclamation 
 
BY THE MASS!
int. c1369 - an oath 
 
BY THE MEGGINS!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an oath or exclamation 
 
BY THE MEGS!
int. 1864 Eng. dial. - an oath or exclamation 
 
BY THE MOUSE-FOOT!
int. M16 - a mild exclamation 
 
BY THE NEW TIME
adv. 1910s sl. - very quickly 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
adv. - in a prescribed way; mechanically (World War I armed forces usage)
 
BY THE PANDHEREN PARTHA!
int. 1836 Ireland - an oath 
 
BY THE PIPER!
int. 19C - a mild exclamation 
 
BY THE PIPER THAT PLAYED BEFORE MOSES!
int. 19C - a mild exclamation 
 
BY THE PIPER THAT SHOOK THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY!
int. 19C - a mild exclamation 
 
BY THE POWERS OF MOLL DOYLE!
int. E19 Irish - a mild oath
 
BY THE POWERS OF MOLL KELLY!
int. E19 Irish - a mild oath 
 
BY THE RACK OF ONE'S EYE
phr. 1899 Amer. dial. - using sight and judgement alone, without further rule or guide 
 
BY THE SACRED STARS AND STRIPES!
int. L19 US - an exclamation of surprise 
 
BY THE SALMON!
int. 1611 cant obs. - an oath or asseveration 
 
BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS
adv. 1938 Amer. - by instincts and feelings, without the benefit of formal training or procedures (aviation usage)
 
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH
adv. 1893 - with difficulty, narrowly, barely 
 
BY THE SLUMP
adv. L17 Sc. - as a whole, collectively, at a rough estimate 
 
BY THE TEMO!
int. 1867 Ireland - an exclamation or mild oath 
 
BY THE TENTH DEAL
adv. c1330 obs. - ten-fold 
 
BY THE TRUCKFUL
adj. 1960s Amer. sl. - in great quantity, numerous 
 
BY-THE-WAY
n. 1896 - an incidental remark 
 
BY THIS AND THAT!
int. 1842 Ireland - an expletive 
 
BY THIS HAT!
int. L16 - a general exclamation
 
BY TIME!
int. 1848 Amer. - by God! (euphemism)
 
BY TIMES
adv. 1. 1841 Eng. & Amer. dial. - occasionally 
adv. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. - early 
 
BY TOOTH AND TOENAIL
adv. 1923 Amer. dial. - fiercely, intensely 
 
BY-VIEW 
n. 1. 1706 obs. - selfish or private view; self-interested aim or purpose 
n. 2. 1753 - a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye 
 
BY VUM!
int. 1890 Amer. dial. - an exclamation 
 
BYWARD, BYWARDS
adv. 1556 obs. - sideways 
 
BY WAY OF CHEAPSIDE
adv. L18 - on the cheap, at a bargain price 
 
BYWENT
adv. a1522 Sc. obs. - bygone, past 
 
BY-WIPE
n. 1. 1641 - an indirect reproof or sarcasm 
n. 2. 19C Eng. dial. - a bastard; an illegitimate child 
 
BY YOUR LEAVE 
phr. 1914 - an expression of apology for not having asked permission; the asking of permission 
 
BY ZIGGITY!
int. a1930 Amer. dial. - an exclamation of joy or surprise 

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